Chapter 45 New House Move-in
It didn't take long for a ... Forehead... It should be the magistrate, but what Zhao Ming saw was: an old man was pulling out his boots hard, and his clothes had not been buttoned up. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Zhao Ming looked at it in a cold sweat, this county is in such a hurry!
But Zhao Ming didn't know how miserable the life of this county magistrate was at the foot of this imperial city, and if it weren't for the 'unit room', he probably wouldn't be able to afford to live in the house.
Every month, the salary is barely enough to live in the capital, and if there is no case, it will indirectly make him unable to make any extra money.
The sale of this house can be said to be the little business left in the yamen that can increase income, but how many properties in this imperial city can be sold through them? Basically, they are all peripheral and small courtyards, and the inner city is occupied by those dignitaries, how can it be their turn to get their yamen!
Therefore, the people who come here to sell houses are outsiders who are not very familiar with the capital, and it is rare to meet one, so how can he miss it.
"Distinguished guest, I've been waiting for a long time!" the voice of the magistrate came before he arrived.
"Oh, it turned out to be a master!" "When the magistrate saw Zhao Ming, he found that he was actually a monk, which is rare, which monk you said is not living in the temple, what is the matter of buying a house in the capital, although there is no explicit provision that monks cannot buy houses, but they have never met monks to buy houses here, although the laws of the Song Dynasty are easy for monks, it is said that some places can marry wives and have children, but monks have always had little money, after all, unlike the Tang Dynasty at this time, they do not advocate Buddhism, and those monks are to make a living.
Zhao Ming said angrily: "I'm just here to sell the house, do you sell it or not?"
"Sell, sell, hehe, master, don't buy a set, even if you buy two sets and live in one set, I have no opinion, haha!"
Zhao Ming didn't say any more, and followed the magistrate to the apse, and the magistrate led Zhao Ming into the house and hurriedly took him to a wall with a map hanging on it.
Zhao Ming looked at the wall, there was a map of the capital hanging on it, although it was not as detailed and clear as that of later generations, but the basic location of the house could be seen.
"Master, you see that these red pens are all for sale, which one do you like, just say, I can help you with the formalities, and you can definitely live tonight." The magistrate is still very eager for Zhao Ming to buy a yard, and keeps introducing Zhao Ming to the side.
Zhao Ming looked at the map of the capital on the wall, and found that those circles were basically gathered in the periphery of the entire capital, especially in the west, and there were fewer in the south and east.
Zhao Ming asked suspiciously: "Lord Zhixian, why didn't you see the inner city?"
The magistrate could only ask like this, hehe, he smiled: "Master, you are not from the capital, you don't know that this inner city is mostly the residence of high-ranking officials and nobles, even if it is empty, it will not be sold to us, most of it is reserved for high-ranking officials and nobles or the emperor to reward it, and it is impossible to get my small yamen!"
Hearing the words of this magistrate, he also understood, this is a manifestation of his identity, Zhao Ming didn't care too much, he didn't care where he lived, as long as he settled down first.
started to find his own suitable one in those red circles, and soon Zhao Ming liked a few, but what happened next Zhao Ming was embarrassed.
"Lord Zhixian, I don't know how this courtyard house is sold?" Zhao Ming asked Zhixian by pointing to a red circle.
Zhixian looked in the direction of Zhao Ming's finger, and after seeing it clearly, Zhixian politely introduced: "At this time, a big mansion with three entrances and three exits used to be the residence of a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, of course, it is now vacant, master, you really have a vision, this can be said to be the reason why the courtyard is the number one, and you have taken a fancy to it." ”
Zhao Ming was quite happy to be told by the magistrate.
"If you let this old guy go in modern times, he must be a good salesman!" Zhao Ming thought shamelessly in his mind when he took a fancy to Zhixian.
"I don't know how to sell this courtyard?" Zhao Ming is still very satisfied with this three-in and three-out courtyard.
"Haha, no more, no more, two thousand taels of silver, if the master wants it, then I'll give you a cheaper, what do you think of one thousand nine hundred taels?" said Zhixian and looked at Zhao Ming expectantly.
Zhao Ming was frightened by the sentence 'not much' in the county, the housing prices in the capital are too expensive, not only the food is expensive, but also the food is so expensive.
Zhao Ming 'hehe', there was no follow-up, and the magistrate was also very interested, so he didn't ask.
"What about this?" Zhao Ming pointed to a small courtyard.
"This is cheaper, only 1,500 taels of silver. This time, the magistrate didn't rush to ask Zhao Ming if he would buy it.
Zhao Ming suddenly felt a little embarrassed, this is not cheap, Zhao Ming looked for it on the map again, this time he didn't look for a mansion, just looked for some remote small courtyards, and sure enough, the price went down.
"Lord Zhixian, how much is this courtyard?"
Zhixian glanced at Zhao Ming's hand and said, "This is cheap, only one hundred and fifty taels of silver." The magistrate still gave Zhao Ming a complete answer, but this time he obviously lost his previous passion.
Zhao Ming didn't care too much, and said happily: "Okay, then this one!"
The magistrate was also shocked when he heard Zhao Ming settle down, although Zhao Ming didn't drop as much silver as he thought, but no matter how small this is, it's meat, and you can't take shrimp as seafood!
Soon, the formalities were completed for Zhao Ming now, Zhao Ming took the title deed and the key to the house and followed the official who went to the county magistrate for himself at the beginning to go to his new house, and his heart was still happy.
"Hehe, Lao Tzu is also a capital household registration in the Great Song Dynasty, haha......" Zhao Ming followed the official for nearly half an hour before arriving, Zhao Ming looked at the courtyard in front of him, and couldn't help but be depressed.
"Master, your house has arrived!" the official said and left.
But leaving Zhao Ming alone is depressed, you can see how remote the city wall should be, and Zhao Ming obviously saw a turning corner on the city wall, which can be said to be the most remote place in the entire capital, why didn't you see it on the map at that time.
In fact, this is a small trick of the yamen, without painting the city wall on the periphery, it will be remote at most, and it will not be so remote that no one buys it.
"Wouldn't I have to ride a horse when I go to the market!" Zhao Ming looked at the courtyard gate depressedly, looked left and right, and saw that the neighbors were basically locked, and it was estimated that not many people lived here.
Zhao Ming took out the key and inserted it into the rusty lock.
"Ka Dong Ka Dang" was finally stabbed open by Zhao Ming.
Walking into the yard, a musty smell came to Zhao Ming's nose, and Zhao Ming waved his hand and led the horse into the house.
"It's okay, it's okay, this house is still good, but it hasn't been cleaned for a long time!" Seeing that the courtyard inside is still in good condition and has not collapsed, Zhao Ming is still very happy, at least he can still live.
Zhao Ming walked inside and out, and found that the previous furniture was useless, and all pots and pans were covered with dust, although Zhao Ming didn't think about cooking by himself, but this thing can't be missing!
Zhao Ming tied the horse under the peach tree in the yard, like the courtyard at this time, there will be a peach tree or jujube tree in the courtyard, Ju said that this can ward off evil spirits, at this time people are more superstitious, so basically the courtyard has such a tree.
Zhao Ming looked at the yard if it was not cleaned up, it would be impossible to live in it, and after thinking about it, he began to move, at least the broom in this yard was still intact, otherwise how could he kneel directly.
After an hour of hard work, Zhao Ming was tired and became a dog, and finally moved out all the useful and useless ones, and swept them inside and out, and the windows were also opened, and Zhao Ming was still very happy to look at his masterpiece.
"In this way, you will have all the things you need on the street, and then find a restaurant to book all the meals, and you can almost live!"
Zhao Ming looked at the yard and laughed, he was an orphan in his last life, he had no car or house, and he finally had his first house in this life, although it was a little worse, but after all, it was his own, peace of mind.