"I heard that the original owner of the manor has disappeared, and the servants in the manor have also been dismissed. Farmers around said that the manor was basically abandoned and no one took care of it." He paused and added, "I expect the official
After observing it for several months, I felt that I could take advantage of it, so I simply accepted it and resold it, hoping to make a fortune for nothing. But I didn’t expect someone to come to Bega’s place.”
He Lingchuan laughed: "I wanted to take over the entire household, but I couldn't. It seems that this is not the first time that the official has done this. Can you find out who the original owner of the manor is?"
"It seems like he is a national master? But no one around him can give his specific name."
He Lingchuan's heart moved: "Is it the Qingyang Imperial Master?"
In the past few months, the only Imperial Master who has been dismissed from Bejia's position is Qingyang Imperial Master, and he is still closely related to him.
In addition, Qingyang Imperial Master has been in a high-ranking position for more than a hundred years, so it is not surprising to buy property anywhere.
Hey, I didn’t expect that I would be able to hear the news about Qingyang Imperial Master even though I was thousands of miles away. What a fate.
"What the officials did was speculative, unkind and risky." After all, it was the family property of the Bega people. Can they be confiscated at will?
Of course, He Lingchuan had also heard of this kind of thing in his original world.
If you take advantage of someone so crudely, it's easy to hit a brick wall.
"How to deal with this matter in the end?"
"I don't know how the two parties negotiated. The official returned the manor, and the original owner has entrusted someone to sell it." Ding Zuodong coughed, "I think the manor is not expensive, and someone seems to be targeting it. Does the owner want to take it?"
He quoted the price, and He Lingchuan heard that it was indeed not expensive.
It seems that Imperial Master Qingyang is determined to sell off all his foreign assets.
After she was demoted to a commoner, she became an old woman who was almost 200 years old and had no children. What was the use of leaving so many intangible assets? It was better to exchange money for her.
With this alone, He Lingchuan knew the general situation of her situation.
"Wait a little longer." He Lingchuan had less than 300,000 taels in hand, which was already more wealth than ordinary people could earn in a few lifetimes, but he still felt that it was hard to use it to start a career. Every copper coin is very useful now, so you can't invest it casually.
, "If you want to buy it, use your name."
Ding Zuodong agreed and immediately withdrew.
In the evening of the next day, one of He Lingchuan's men, Lu Qiuwei from Rongshan, also came to report:
"The Lu family once had a butler named Feng who was fired six months ago. Because no one hired him again, he often went to the Yellow Fish Tavern in Hong Kong to express his sorrow in the past few months. Whenever he got drunk, he would curse the original owner."
He Lingchuan has also been to Yellow Fish Bistro. The drinks there are a bit inferior, but the noodle soup is surprisingly good.
Because of the low prices, most of the regular customers are peddlers and laborers who move goods on the dock.
"Is he Lu Zhensheng's housekeeper?"
Lu Qiuwei shook his head: "No, no, he used to be the second housekeeper at Lu Zhensheng's cousin's house. I heard from people in the tavern that he was fired because of his dirty work at the owner's house, so he went around scolding the Lu family. The original owner was not happy.
, accusing him of making a false accusation, and treated him to prison food for half a month. After he was released, Butler Feng did not dare to stay in Qucheng anymore, so he came to Daojian Port."
That's right, the Lu family belongs to Bailie. It couldn't be easier to catch Butler Feng and put him in jail. Blade Port is different. You can curse people here as you like. He Lingchuan said with a smile: "Then when he scolds the Lu family, it really means nothing."
burden."
"I invited him to drink twice, and he called me brother and sister, and even quarreled with others on my behalf." Drunk people usually don't take precautions against outsiders. "Tonight, a large fleet of ships arrived at the port, and they need to unload the cargo in the middle of the night.
, most people in the tavern have to go there to work, so it is quiet there. I would like to take the opportunity to ask some inside stories about the Lu family."
"Is it safe?"
"The wine seller said that the bitter water in Butler Feng's stomach was poured out every time he met someone. He had poured it out dozens of times, and his ears almost grew calluses when he heard it. No one seemed to care about me chatting with Butler Feng."
He Lingchuan stood up immediately: "I'll go with you."
The Yellow Fish Bistro has a good reputation. It is located near the port, so regular customers can come for a drink after work. The faded signboard looks a bit old, but He Lingchuan knows that business here has always been booming.
Cheap, but high volume.
Moreover, the store is not cramped at all and can accommodate more than twenty square tables at the same time. However, the windows are small and not bright.
This is also intentional. After drinking too much, people become a little afraid of light.
The tavern was indeed quiet today. Most of the guests here went to work on the pier, and the permeating smell of sweat was lighter. Lu Qiuwei looked at the small table at the back and sighed: "That's him."
He Lingchuan took a look and saw that the man was leaning on his head with his back to the door, and there was a bottle of wine on the table.
Lu Qiuwei walked over and sat down at Butler Feng's table, while He Lingchuan sat by the window, two tables away from them.
The corners of the table were coated with patina, making them very shiny and smooth.
The waiter brought a plate of bad edamame to the guests, and He Lingchuan asked for a bottle of soju and a bowl of fish soup noodles.
He was good at drinking both good and bad wines. The soju in this dock tavern was so dry and spicy that it burned the throat. Customers who drank it for the first time often choked. If they drank too much, they would wake up the next day with a splitting headache.
Looking at Butler Feng, the clothes are made of good material, but they are wrinkled and have two patches.
What he drank was a big man's bottle of bad wine, and the only food he drank was a plate of dried shrimps.
But when he saw Lu Qiuwei, his eyes lit up. The latter patted him on the shoulder: "Why are you so drunk again?"
Butler Feng laughed at himself: "Oh, isn't it like this every day?"
Lu Qiuwei called the waiter and ordered a bottle of red rice wine, then some braised pork head meat, dried salted fish and other meat dishes, and then said: "Old Feng, I will go north in two days."
"Oh? Where to go?"
"Qucheng. Our boss is going to open a shop there to do business and try the waters."
"Testing the waters? Your boss went to Qucheng to test the waters?" Butler Feng took a sip of wine, "Is your boss out of his mind?"
Lu Qiuwei asked curiously: "How do you say this?"
He glanced back calmly and saw the "brainless boss" pouring himself a drink, very calmly.
"In addition to Duqu City, who owns this entire Bailie?"
"deer?"
Butler Feng smiled and said: "It was appropriate more than ten years ago, but in recent years, Bailie's exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes have been overwhelming. Ask the people in this tavern, they have been here for more than 20 years and they have to ask someone to intercede in order to pay less taxes.
.This is true in Blade Port, let alone Qucheng! If you ignorant strangers dare to go to Qucheng to do business, they will punish you to death."
Lu Qiuwei was puzzled: "I heard that Bailie has been at peace for decades and has not fought any major wars. Why are you still thinking of ways to get money from everyone?"
Bailie has a good geographical location. Mou State is a big country to the west, but it has a good relationship with Bailie. It is surrounded by small countries, even tribal territories like Bailie. Of course, the most unstable factor in the east is the rapid rise of Ya
country.
If Panlong City could defend this place, Zhong Shengguang would really wake up laughing from his dreams at night.
"Money grabbing, these two words are used well!" Butler Feng slammed the table, "They can obviously rob you forcefully, but they still want to give you a fine."
He asked this new good friend: "Do you know the origin of Bailie?"
"I know a little bit. I heard that the people here are the remnants of the Bailie Kingdom. The old territory was occupied by Bega, so they came here."
"The territory of Bailie -" Butler Feng poked the table with his middle finger, "actually the original area was three times the current size."
"Hey? That's not small." Lu Qiuwei was a little surprised, "What happened?"
"For six hundred years, people cut off a piece of land in the east, borrowed a piece of land in the west, and gave way to the disputed areas, slowly shrinking to the size it is now." Steward Feng shook his head, "Bailie is also
In the past few years, I can still be tougher. In the past few decades, my body was weak. I swallowed my anger and asked for whatever I said, and asked for it..."
"Seek others in return?" It's such a complimentary word, but why is it used in this way?
"Yes! Anyway, I don't dare to cause trouble outside."
"Oh, it doesn't mean that the son of the head of the Lu clan has climbed onto the high branches of the Mou Kingdom. Bailie ZTE is in sight."
"ZTE?" Steward Feng sneered, "It's good if it doesn't go bankrupt!"
"Bankrupt?" Lu Qiuwei looked unbelieving, "How can we go bankrupt if we sit in such a large area? I heard that Bailie has fertile soil and fertile soil, developed commerce and industry, and is flourishing in all industries."
Judging from the geographical location of Bailie, it is north of the Gulf and among the countries. It is the hub leading to all countries.
Even if you touch a piece of fat, your hands will be covered in oil.
At this time, the fish soup noodles ordered by He Lingchuan arrived. The soup was milky white and fragrant, with a few green onions on top. It looked very good.
It looks like plain noodles - indeed there are no other ingredients - but it is actually a soup base made from a large amount of trash fish. The most indispensable thing at the pier is fishing goods. The store specializes in picking up the trash fish left in the basket by others.
Come and make soup for free.
Therefore, such a big bowl of noodles only costs three kuai, and it is reasonably priced and even poor people can afford it. It has become one of the signatures of Yellow Fish Bistro.
He Lingchuan sucked, the soup was thick and delicious, and the noodles were quite chewy.
Butler Feng looked back at him after hearing the sound, and then continued to say to Lu Qiuwei: "More than ten years ago, although the Lu family was criticized by other countries, they were still living a good life behind closed doors; now they seem to be proud and proud to the outside world.
In fact, it’s a mess inside, and only you know it!”
Lu Qiuwei was surprised: "That's true. Did you use all the money to decorate your appearance?"
Lu San is Lu Zhensheng’s cousin, ranking third in the family.
"That's not it!" Butler Feng sneered, "I have been the housekeeper of Lu San's family for more than ten years. From the outside, his family looks like a wealthy family, and the house is large and grand. In fact, half of the institutions inside have been closed for many years.
It was neither repaired nor cleaned. Two years ago, a wing on the west side kept making creaking noises at night. Everyone thought it was haunted. Finally, it was discovered that a nest of weasels lived there. They often jumped over the well and pulled up the rope.
Just bring the barrel."
"That's because there are few people, right?" The Lu family seems to have always been underpopulated.
"It's really not much, but the salary his family pays to us housekeepers and servants is also very generous. It's not even as much as the merchants in Qucheng. No one believed me when I told you."
——Author’s words (free below)——
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