Zhang Fei reminded Chen Maoqian that he was just worried about attracting the intervention of the imperial court and causing unnecessary trouble. He was really not afraid of inflating housing prices and affecting the country. In the case of the Northern Song Dynasty, housing prices were really inflated.
It won’t bother the people.
Because the common people simply cannot afford it.
Those who clamor for six pockets, please buy it and cherish it.
......
Not surprisingly, even a deal was not completed today.
Zero income.
And some money for tea.
The reason is very simple, because this is a place to borrow money, not a place to buy a house.
But it doesn't matter. The traffic visible to the naked eye and the special identities of these customers are enough to impress Fan Yong and others to join the business.
In the evening.
The Ma's Pawn Shop, which had been bustling for a day, finally became quiet.
"Fourth brother!"
Ma Tianhao had just seen off the last batch of distinguished guests when he suddenly heard someone shouting. He couldn't help but look up and saw a middle-aged man of medium build and a shoehorn face walking over quickly.
He couldn't help but frown.
The middle-aged man came to Ma Tianhao, cupped his hands and said: "Fourth brother, congratulations, congratulations."
Ma Tianhao hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you! Thank you so much!"
The middle-aged man said again: "I'm really sorry. Fourth brother, you are so forgetful. Maybe you forgot to send me a post. I've been so busy these days that I couldn't pay attention. I learned about it from the mouth of my shop assistant.
This matter comes too late, I hope you can forgive me."
"What the hell, this is my negligence."
Ma Tianhao turned sideways and said, "Please come in from outside."
"Thank you."
This middle-aged man is Fan Li, one of the eight tea-eaters.
Arriving at the hall, after the servants had prepared refreshments, Ma Tianhao ordered the servants to retire and said to Fan Li: "Brother Fan, I just have something to talk to you about."
Fan Li thumped, something is not good!
The Fan family has been helping the Ma family deal with contracts and disputes. The relationship between the two families has always been good, but this time the Ma family made such a big noise, but did not send him a message. Fan Li waited for a day, but the message never came, and finally
I couldn't help it, so I rushed over in person.
The Ma family was originally a big customer, but now that they are doing this, one can imagine how much profit it contains. This big customer cannot afford to lose it!
"I wonder if Fourth Brother has anything to offer me?"
“I don’t dare to take advice seriously.”
Ma Tianhao coughed and said, "The thing is, the cooperation between us may be reduced in the future."
I'm really afraid of what will happen. Fan Li immediately said: "But because of Zhang San's current situation, Fourth Brother should know very well that the government will not buy his fault."
"No, no, it has nothing to do with him."
Ma Tianhao shook his head repeatedly, thinking to himself, it sounds like I can afford to hire him.
He only dared to ask Zhang Fei to draw up some major contracts, but he didn't dare to ask Zhang Fei for trivial contracts. This was really a waste of money.
Fan Li asked again: "Why is that?"
Ma Tianhao said: "The main reason is that I have recently cooperated with Baifanlou and may hand it over to Li Xingshou. As you know, Baifanlou has been looking for their old Li family."
Fan Li seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, but he still maintained the demeanor of a tea-eater, squeezed out a smile to express his understanding, and then left.
Looking at Fan Li who was in despair, Ma Tianhao felt quite uncomfortable and sighed: "Don't blame me, why did Zhang Yide die at the hands of one of you named Fan?"
......
Zhang Fei also left in the evening. Although he did not entertain the officials, he was worried that the Ma family could not explain clearly and there would be misunderstandings, so he kept a close eye on them.
By the time he returned to Xu Mansion, Xu Zun had already sent him home and was chatting with Xu Zhiqian.
"It seems business is good there!"
"Did your benefactor also hear about it?" Zhang Fei asked.
Xu Zun chuckled and said, "Don't you need to hear that half of the people in the imperial city are missing today?"
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "My benefactor was joking, but many officials did go there to inquire."
Xu Zundao: "I usually don't see it, and I never thought that so many people want to buy a house."
Zhang Fei asked: "I wonder if I have any ideas?"
"You want me to buy a house?" Xu Zun was stunned for a moment, as if he had never thought about it.
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "A gentleman loves money and gets it wisely. Using my benefactor's salary to buy this house will not cause a big burden, and the housing prices in Bianjing will definitely rise. If this happens,
If you don’t buy it, when Dalang wants to buy a house, I’m afraid he won’t be able to afford it.”
The big man he refers to is Xu Zhiqian's brother.
Xu Zun sighed and waved his hands repeatedly: "I can't afford it!"
Zhang Fei said in surprise: "With the salary from the benefactor, I shouldn't be able to afford it!"
Xu Zun smiled bitterly and said, "You spend a lot of money!"
"Ah?"
Zhang Fei looked at Xu Zun in surprise, "Only your three meals a day and these two pieces of cloth, how much can you spend! After saving for so long, it shouldn't be a problem to buy it in full!
Xu Zun sighed and said nothing.
Xu Zhiqian said: "My father often spends his own money to help the people. I...I also spent a lot. There is no spare money at home."
As she talked about the latter part, her cheeks felt dizzy and her voice sounded like a mosquito moaning.
The father and daughter didn't have any hobbies of spending money, and their food and clothing were relatively ordinary. The money was used to help people like Li Si. Didn't Xu Zun also use the money to support Zhang Fei himself? p>
Now that Xu Dalang is mentioned, both father and daughter feel extremely ashamed.
I really didn’t leave any money for Dalang!
Zhang Fei also realized that he had a deep understanding of this. The two fathers and daughters were indeed philanthropic. Seeing that Xu Zhiqian was ashamed and speechless, he thought, "It doesn't matter! Madam Xu will be able to save money soon."
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Xu Zhiqian asked in astonishment: "Where will I get the money?"
Zhang Fei said: "The money from the last contract has not been divided yet, and now I am negotiating a contract transaction of several hundred guan. If nothing else happens, you can at least get 300 or 400 guan."
He just negotiated so many orders, this gunman can't let go.
"So many?" Xu Zun said in shock.
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "It's okay, it's not much."
Xu Zhiqian didn't care, she was already used to it, and thought, yes, I have to work hard to make up for this money for my brother.
......
When Mrs. Wang returned home, she felt very uneasy. She knew her cousin's character very well, so she cooked three exquisite dishes herself in the evening.
However, for Wang Anshi, no matter how delicious the food is, it cannot compare with the fragrance of books.
The book has its own golden house, and the book has its own beauty like jade.
He didn't notice it at all and continued reading and eating as usual.
Mrs. Wang was a little disappointed, but she was used to it and spoke in a low voice.
"Cousin, today I went to Ma's pawn shop."
"Yeah."
"I asked about it, and the interest rate on the mortgage is reasonable. I don't need to pay much every month."
"Hmm. Okay."
"Do you still remember that I had my eye on a small house before?"
"Remember! Remember!"
"I think we will go home to retire in the future, and the children may have to stay in the capital. If there is a house, they will not have a fixed place to live, and the two of us can enjoy peace of mind and happiness."
"Yes, yes."
"I was thinking, why don't we buy that house? I've calculated that the money we have saved now is enough to pay the down payment."
"Yeah, yeah."
Dang!
Mrs. Wang suddenly put the chopsticks in her hand on the bowl, and there was a loud sound.
Wang Anshi raised his head suddenly, with a mouthful of rice still in his mouth. He looked at his wife in astonishment, swallowed the rice in his mouth, and asked cautiously: "Cousin, what's the matter?"
He and Mrs. Wang are cousins, so they have been calling each other cousins for decades.
Mrs. Wang straightened her clothes and said expressionlessly: "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly remembered that I forgot to add salt."
Wang Anshi lowered his head and glanced at the three almost empty plates on the table. He didn't know what he had eaten. He said with a smile: "It seems to be quite tasty when I eat it! Not bad! Not bad!"
Mrs. Wang felt very happy when she saw Wang Anshi's dumb look, but she suppressed her smile, rolled her eyes at her husband, and said angrily: "You don't taste good when you eat, you look good when you look at it!"
Wang Anshi smiled awkwardly, and seeing that his wife looked unkind, he quickly put down the book with his left hand, put down the chopsticks with his right hand, and said, "My cousin seemed to have mentioned the matter of the house just now."
As he said this, he was suddenly startled, "Does my cousin also want to borrow money to buy a house?"
Mrs. Wang nodded and said with a guilty conscience: "If we don't borrow money, we can't afford it!"
Wang Anshi waved his hand and said: "What kind of house should I buy? We are not very rich, and living here is pretty good."
Mrs. Wang said: "You just think about yourself and don't think about your family. It's good for you to live there, but what about Zhu'er and the others? We can't let them rent a house all the time. I think what Zhang San said is quite right.
Well, the house prices in Bianjing have been rising. You won’t lose money if you buy one. The worst is to sell it. We couldn’t afford it before, but now we can afford it. Why not buy it? We are so frugal.
, because we are still children."
Wang Anshi was surprised and said: "How can we be frugal?"
Mrs. Wang pointed to the empty plates on the table, "Do you, the Hanlin University scholar, eat this light tea and light meals all day long?"
In fact, tonight's dishes were more exquisite, but she knew that Wang Anshi must not have paid attention.
Wang Anshi said helplessly: "This is not called frugality, it is called not wasting. How much can the two of us eat? We will get tired of delicacies from the mountains and seas every day."
Mrs. Wang said: "I don't care about delicacies from the mountains and seas, but I really want to buy a house so that I can live by myself now and leave it to Xiao'er and the others in the future."
Seeing that his wife was fascinated, Wang Anshi muttered: "It's unreasonable. Zhang San, a brat like me, actually tricked me into hurting my cousin."
Mrs. Wang felt unhappy when she heard this, "Zhang San is called smart and knows how to run a household. Unlike you, who knows how to read and doesn't care about anything at home."
Seeing that his wife was really mad, Wang Anshi felt frightened and coughed: "Well, I'll ask Zhang San again to see if it's really worth buying. What does my cousin think?"
Only Mrs. Wang can make Mr. Ao be so humble.
Mrs. Wang glanced at her husband and felt that she had gone too far just now. She nodded and said: "It's okay to ask clearly, but you are not allowed to threaten Zhang San. He has good intentions and did not force me to buy it." p>
Wang Anshi was puzzled, "Cousin, you have only met Zhang San once, why are you protecting him like this?"
Mrs. Wang said: "Don't you also protect him?"
"That's what I am... ok, ok, I'll go and ask tomorrow."
Even so, the anger was still simmering in his stomach. Early in the morning the next day, Wang Anshi sent someone to call Zhang Fei to the Municipal Taxation Department, which had not yet been listed.
"You are such a capable boy, how dare you trick my wife into borrowing money to buy a house?"
Wang Anshi paced back and forth, pointed at Zhang Fei's nose and said.
He really hates these materialized things, not to mention borrowing money to buy a house, which is unacceptable to him.
Zhang Fei felt extremely wronged and hurriedly said: "Master Wang Mingjian, I am not fooling you. It was Mrs. Wang who came to the door herself."
Wang Anshi said: "Then you should stop her too!"
"Mrs. Wang is extremely intelligent, manages the household well, and does not give in to women. She knows what is right and what is wrong. How can I stop her?" Zhang Fei explained.
Wang Anshi said: "With your eloquence, you will not be able to stop me. I think you must have evil intentions."
This...is this a conspiracy? Zhang Fei was unhappy with this label, "Let's talk about the matter, and in terms of eloquence, Academician Wang is better. Can Academician Wang convince Mrs. Wang?"
This sentence made Wang Anshi turn blue in the face, and his temper flared up again. He waved his hand and said, "I don't care, this happened because of you. You must let my wife give up this idea."
Zhang Fei said: "It's too late!"
Wang Anshi asked: "Why is it so late?"
Zhang Fei said: "If Grand Scholar Wang is free now, you can go to a place with me. When we get there, Grand Scholar Wang will understand."
Half an hour later.
Wang Anshi and Zhang Fei sat in the dilapidated carriage and quietly came to Bianjing Fangya and Chenjia Tooth Shop.
"I can guarantee that Mrs. Wang is either here or on the way here." Zhang Fei leaned back and opened the curtain with one hand.
Wang Anshi turned his head and saw that the Chen family dental shop was crowded with people, and they were all old acquaintances.
Zhang Fei added: "When Mrs. Wang sees this situation, will she still listen to what I say?"
Wang Anshi slapped his thigh hard, "Hey! I, Wang Jiefu, have lived for decades, but I haven't even owed a penny. Now I owe..."
He panicked a lot.
It turns out that this is the reason why the reform failed. Zhang Fei suddenly realized it and said: "Master Wang, what I have to say should not be taken seriously?"
Wang Anshi angrily said: "If you fart, just let it go."
Wow... Scholar? Zhang Fei said tremblingly: "What I want to say is that today the national finance cannot make ends meet. It can be said that it is in debt every year. If Academician Wang lacks experience in debt, how can he manage the national finance well?
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Wang Anshi bulged his eyes and shouted: "So you know that debt is not a good thing, so you still told my wife that you won't lose money by borrowing money to buy a house."
Damn it, why am I talking so much? This old man is a famous debater in history! Zhang Fei shivered and said aggrievedly: "I just want to prove that my eloquence is really not as good as that of Bachelor Wang."