Chief Liu didn't find it strange at all about Cui Mian's rude reaction.
This kind of people usually sell by force, buy by force, and plunder a lot of times, so they think that they can really do whatever they want.
This is Chang'an, at the feet of the Emperor. Everything must follow a law, and the county magistrate is the one who abides by the law the most.
This is not the territory of your Boling Cui family, nor is it the territory of your Qinghe Cui family. When you get here, you can still survive by following the rules. If you don't follow the rules, the county magistrate will have 10,000 ways to ruin your reputation.
The No. 2 courtyard on Zhuque Street closest to the imperial city was the one the county asked for at 100,000 yuan. Chief Secretary Liu thought it was very suitable, even lower.
Courtyard No. 1 is where the old gods live, and it is the courtyard with the best feng shui. This has already made it difficult for ghosts and gods to enter the nearby land, not to mention that behind the No. 2 courtyard is the back house of Prince Ji's Mansion.
Courtyards No. 1 to No. 10 are all large houses with three entrances. The neighbors on the left are either the Duke's Mansion or the Marquis Mansion. Those with official positions lower than the fourth rank are not even qualified to live there.
Not to mention that when this place was planned, the layout of the houses was completely different from all the houses in the Tang Dynasty. Not only was the outside renovated into a long garden, but even more than a dozen flower bears were moved here to wait for the construction of these houses.
After the completion, there will be many long-tailed golden pheasants that have been reared skillfully on the ancient trees brought back from the Qinling Mountains.
As for the water drawn from the palace city, it will flow down in the form of small rivers along both sides of Zhuque Street, and finally merge into the moat. This is called Zhanlongqi.
The real sand table model has been built by the joiners of Jinchangfang. Although the pavilions and pavilions inside can still be seen to be of the Tang Dynasty style, there are some shadows in it. As for the ostentation inside the house, it has long been
Big changes have taken place, the most important of which is the abandonment of the four-beam and eight-column structure, which makes the house look very refreshing.
Although the county official said that when the earth dragon comes over, a house with four beams and eight pillars will be more durable than the one-brick-to-top house they are implementing now, but Mr. Liu still thinks the new house looks good, at least, it doesn't need to be used when getting up at night.
Hit a wall.
In order to make up for the shortcoming, the walls of the houses on both sides of Jinchangfang were built with iron mesh at a large cost.
Can wood be better than iron?
Chief Secretary Liu still thought that the county magistrate was worrying too much.
However, thinking that the newly built house of the county gentleman's family still used more wood, Master Liu decided that it would be better to follow the county gentleman's footsteps.
They didn't show Cui Mian the complete sand table because they were afraid that the dandy would hand over the money in one go, which would make it inconvenient for him to manipulate it later.
Although many of the princes in the world have been killed and disabled by the empress over the years, there are still many who want to go to Beijing and live under the emperor's feet. After they join the game, there is plenty of room for the increase in the rent of one hundred thousand gu.
The princes had better spend all their money on houses in Chang'an, so as not to have too much money and have random thoughts.
When leaving the Yuquan Pavilion, Mr. Liu raised his hand and touched the chin of a beautiful maid, then rubbed his fingers, smelled the fragrance of the powder on his fingertips, laughed three times and left.
Arriving at Zhuque Street, which was still a large construction site, Chief Liu coughed lightly, straightened his back, and automatically changed his persona from a scholar to the third-in-command position in Wannian County.
He stopped pacing, his walking speed more than doubled, he held the folding fan in his hand and no longer unfolded it, and became a fast-moving official.
Courtyard No. 1 is already halfway up, and there is a big gap left in the middle of the green bricks. The craftsmen lowered the iron mesh into it, and then poured it in with a mortar made of glutinous rice slurry, slaked lime, and limestone powder...
Someone secretly drank the glutinous rice milk. Manager Liu frowned when he saw it. After calling the foreman over and scolding him, he picked up a shovel and poured two shovelfuls of sand into the cooked glutinous rice milk.
They are all killing their talents. If they drink up all the glutinous rice milk, will this wall still be strong?
Where old gods live, they don’t dare to cut corners.
After inspecting the construction site, Mr. Liu was already covered in dust. However, at this moment, a luxurious four-wheeled carriage stopped beside him. He took a look at the rotating plate under the carriage and saw that
I found out that this carriage came from Jinchangfang Carriage Shop and had a special shock absorbing device. It couldn't get off without a thousand strings.
A kind-faced old man opened the car window, looked at Mr. Liu and said, "Can we get in the car and talk?"
Master Liu cupped his hands and said, "I'm covered in dust, so I don't dare to disturb you."
The old man laughed and said: "The dust on the officials' bodies is a rare good thing. It is just a good thing to leave for the children and grandchildren to clean up."
Master Liu once again clasped his fists and saluted: "The Lu family of Fan Yang is from a noble family. Liu is just a small official and he dare not ride with Mr. Lu."
The old man in the car smiled and said: "Fanyang is just a small place. Since His Majesty's decree prohibiting intermarriage with the rich, the Lu family has become a barren mountain barbarian. This time I came to Beijing just to find a place for my descendants."
Let's see if the descendants of the Lu family can make a difference in Chang'an.
Since Mr. Liu is deeply trusted by Mr. Yun County, and I want to ask for help from Mr. Liu, why should Mr. Liu refuse people thousands of miles away like this?"
Master Liu smiled and said: "Gong Lu has given me a gift to Liu. As long as the place Lu Gong likes is not on either side of Zhuque Street, Liu will naturally meet Lu Gong's needs."
The old man smiled and said: "Why can't Mr. Lu get the mansions on both sides of Zhuque Street?"
Master Liu smiled and said: "It's because prices are so high."
The old man smiled and said: "It is said that rice is expensive in Chang'an and it is not easy to live there. Although the Lu family is shallow, they still have enough money and food to buy some family property."
Chief Liu smiled bitterly and said: "Gong Lu is a very old man, so why don't you discuss this matter with my county magistrate?"
The old man said: "Marquis Yun has a cold and aloof nature, and is not a person who can be accommodating. I heard that Master Liu is open-minded in dealing with things, so naturally the way to go is to discuss it with Master Liu first."
Chief Liu thought for a moment and saluted the old man and said, "If Mr. Lu doesn't mind the dust at the construction site, I would really like to inspect the construction site with Mr. Lu, and we can talk about other things."
I thought that after saying these words, Lu Ting, the head of the northern branch of the Lu family in the car, would flatly refuse. Unexpectedly, this head of the family, who is used to being an imperial master, actually followed the good advice and even got off the carriage with the help of the boy.
After tucking the hem of his robe into his belt, he will follow Mr. Liu into the construction site for inspection.
This puts Mr. Liu in a bit of a dilemma, because although this Lu family is noble, it is indeed a pauper family. It would be difficult for them to come up with more than 100,000 yuan of silver.
After all, what the county magistrate wants is real money, and what he wants is for the big families to keep their money in the house and remove their capital for evil at once, not for any reputation.
In desperation, Director Liu had no choice but to take Lu Ting to inspect the construction site again and explain the county magistrate's plans for the renovation of Zhuque Street in detail.
Chief Liu made it clear, and Lu Ting listened carefully. After they came out of the construction site in disgrace, Lu Ting said to Chief Liu: "The chief has never kept his words, which means that the house here is being sold by the chief.
If you don’t have the right, why don’t you tell me, let’s see how expensive the price of rice in Chang’an is.”
Although Master Liu knew that he was being polite and didn't think much of him, the most junior official, he still felt that it was very honorable.
After being embarrassed for a long time, he cupped his hands and said to Lu Ting: "Courtyard No. 1 is the immortal residence of Sun Shenxian. Courtyards No. 2 to 6 will be auctioned on the Liushui sign in Qujiangli.
If Mr. Lu is interested in buying property, I think Courtyard No. 7 is very suitable for Mr. Lu."
Lu Ting said with a smile: "Although it's a bit ugly for me to discuss money and food matters with others, I still ask Master Liu to come up with a price."
Chief Liu hesitated for a long time before he said with difficulty: "The county has issued an order, and the price of Courtyard No. 7 is 100,000 yuan, no matter the price."
Even Lu Ting was someone who had seen strong winds and waves. He couldn't help but take a breath after hearing the price offered by Master Liu.
"really?"
"really!"
"Are there so many wealthy people in the world?"
Master Liu patted a new wall and sighed: "Just like this, the county magistrate does not allow officials and families below the fifth rank, wealthy merchants, wealthy households, and Hu merchants to participate in the "Chronicle of the Clan".
If this opening is opened, there are only 200 houses on both sides of Zhuque Street, and they will probably be sold out in an instant."
Lu Ting looked at the busy construction site and sighed: "It seems that I have lived in a remote place like Fan Yang for a long time and no longer know about the changes in the world.
Mr. Lu is embarrassed, please let me go back and think about it carefully."
Master Liu sent Lu Ting off to the car with a smile and was not in a hurry to sell the houses in his hands.
After Lu Ting boarded the car, the boy who helped Lu Ting walk around immediately said: "You bastard, you are not a son of man."
Lu Ting looked at the boy and said, "Your name is Zhao Lin. It seems that you will need your neighbors to take care of you in the future."
Lu Zhaolin said angrily: "My grandson doesn't need anyone to take care of him."
Lu Ting opened the curtains, looked at the construction site that was still in full swing, and sighed: "The Lu family is already poor. If we can't spend all the money this time, we will become even poorer in the future."
"But, he offered Cui Mian 100,000 guan for the better No. 2 yard, and now he still offers 100,000 guan for the No. 7 yard. It's really too deceiving." Lu Zhaolin's little face turned red.
Lu Ting looked at the construction site outside and sighed: "According to the "Clan Chronicle", the Cui family is only a third-class family, and the Lu family is only a second-class family. If we still have trouble with the emperor, the thousand-year-old Chinese family may be wiped out by everyone.
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If my prediction is correct, if Cui Mian wants to buy the house here again, I am afraid it will no longer be as simple as one hundred thousand yuan."
Lu Zhaolin said in confusion: "Why do we have to buy a house? Can't we buy land? Can't we do business?"
Lu Ting sighed and said: "When Li Yifu went to Zhuo County, he was already dissatisfied with the large amount of land owned by the Lu family. If we continue to acquire land and recruit tenants, we may be worried about military disasters. As for doing business, the situation is too small for us.
You can't feed the Lu family.
This time there are five surnames and seven families, so let’s not talk about it... In short, the money in hand must be spent as soon as possible..."
After Chief Secretary Liu returned to the county government office, while he was covered in dust, he went to the county magistrate's office to have an interview.
Yun Chu looked up at the dusty Master Liu and said with a smile, "It's hard work, Master."
Master Liu smiled and said: "I reported to the county magistrate that Mr. Cui is too expensive and Mr. Lu has chosen Courtyard No. 7."
Yun Chu nodded and said: "Very good, it seems that Mr. Lu already knows that the money disaster is coming, and wants to get rid of all the copper coins in his hands before the money disaster comes. How can there be such a good thing in this world.
You continue to drag them, but you must also stabilize them. We must wait until we turn all the money in the hands of the people into houses before we take action.
At that time, the people will have no money in their hands, but they will have the ability to make a living, and the officials will have materials in their hands, so they will not be able to barter and exchange things for labor again.
I want to see how much money they have to spend on Chang'an City.
I have already built such a large copper smelting plant. All the copper coins received this time will be thrown into the furnace for me..."