Zhu Ji led a group of people to the five-in mansion that Huo Xi bought two years ago.
Two years ago, when he heard that Beiping was going to be built, Huo Xi asked Shen Qianzhong to go to Beiping to buy some properties, including this five-in-one mansion in the inner city.
Shen Qianzhong originally bought three rooms for servants, and placed the other two rooms on the village, leaving only one room for people to guard the house.
When Lao Qiutou learned that his master was coming, he hurriedly brought his family to see him.
Huo Xi looked at their family and saw that they were all honest people. She asked Xianghua to give them their wallets, said a few words of hard work, and then entered the house.
Lao Qiutou's two grandsons, Youqing and Shuangxi, secretly looked at Huo Xi.
Seeing that his master was young and friendly, he breathed a sigh of relief quietly. Seeing that his grandparents were helping to move things, they didn't need to, so they held hands and trotted to keep up with Huo Xi.
Huo Xi turned around and saw it, and smiled: "My brother's name is Youqing, and my sister's name is Shuangxi?"
Shuangxi was still a little timid, but Youqing nodded with bright eyes: "The master has just arrived. Youqing should take the master to have a look."
Seeing that the child was seven or eight years old and very resourceful, Huo Xi nodded and asked him to lead everyone around the house.
The five-level house only has one person to take care of it, so it is really difficult to take care of it.
But it has been empty since I bought it two years ago.
The Qiu family lives in one house. Lao Qiutou looks after the door and takes care of the flowers, plants and trees in the house. His old wife takes his daughter-in-law to take care of all the hygiene and garden management, and the son does some hard work. There is no need to wait on people, he only looks after the house. This is One room is enough for one person.
Wujin's house is very large, but it is clean everywhere, with no dead leaves or weeds. It can be seen that the house is taken care of quite carefully, and it can be seen that the Qiu family is attentive.
The house does not appear dilapidated because no one lives in it. But in addition to the main courtyard, some courtyards need to be renovated if they are to be lived in.
According to Huo Xi's opinion, the houses in this city cannot be bought or rented, so they are not a good investment because they cost money to repair and maintain, and the assets are not revitalized.
But fortunately, houses in Beiping City are very cheap now, so in the long run, it's still a good deal.
Huo Xi took two maids and settled down in the main courtyard, while the others were arranged in the guest courtyard at the first entrance.
"Are you familiar with the capital?" Huo Xi asked the clever Youqing.
Youqing thought for a while and nodded: "I'm familiar with this area, but I'm still young and my parents won't let me go too far. I'm not familiar with other places."
I feel a little disappointed that I didn't help my master.
Then he said: "But my father and I know each other very well. They used to be servants of a wealthy family. They all know what is available in every nook and corner in this city."
After speaking, he looked proud and puffed out his chest.
Huo Xi smiled and gave him a silver bean: "Okay, go and tell your father that when I have a good rest, let him take me to the city for a walk."
Seeing Shuangxi peeking at her, he also gave her a silver bean. Shuangxi smiled shyly at her and thanked her.
"Okay!" Youqing was very happy after getting the silver beans. He clutched the silver beans tightly and ran away with his sister.
"Mom, dad, grandpa, look, the master gave it to me. My sister also has it!"
Lao Qiutou and others took a look and saw that both children had a silver bean lying in their hands. "It seems that the master is generous."
"My master is kind and a good man."
After hearing what her brother said, Shuangxi also nodded heavily. Just now she couldn't help her and didn't dare to speak. The master gave her a silver bean. He was a good man.
Lao Qiutou told his son: "You will take the master around the city later and serve him attentively. If we find a good master, our family will have someone to rely on in the future." There is no need to worry about being sold.
Qiu Dazhuang nodded in agreement.
After settling down in the house, Huo Xi took some rest, leaving two maids to tidy up in the house, and only took Tayue and Qiu Dazhuang out.
Ji Chuyi ran over, following closely behind her.
"Why don't you follow the shopkeepers to the shop?" The shop is on the main street. I want to find my father on the first day of the new year. I want to go with Zhu Ji to the shop to get acquainted with him and find someone there.
"I want to follow my master."
Huo Xi glanced at him and asked him to follow.
As the capital of the Wu dynasty, Peiping had a glorious history of nearly a hundred years. After the Han people regained power, Taizu decided to be the capital of Tianfu, and the political, economic, and cultural centers of gravity moved southward. After years of war, people fled and the population was lost.
Peiping gradually became desolate.
Nowadays, walking in the city seems especially empty. It is very different from the bustling Jiangnan.
If there is a carriage running on this street, it will not hit anyone.
The first two shops that Guangfeng Shui bought were both opened on the main street. They were both seven-bay shops with very wide fronts. Because they were engaged in livelihood businesses such as grain and cloth, the customers coming and going in the shops were much better than the other businesses.
Popular enough.
The two shops are not only large in appearance, but also have large warehouses. Nowadays, Guangfeng has more ships and can deliver goods to Peiping at least once a month.
In addition to the grain and cloth business, Guangfengshui later opened a workshop. After Zhuji arrived in Peiping, he bought a shop next to the cloth shop and sold some daily groceries. Now the business seems to be doing well.
After looking at the shops, we wandered around the city.
Peiping served as the capital of the Wu dynasty for nearly a hundred years, and its urban planning and streets are naturally very mature. However, in recent decades, the population has been lost and it has become somewhat dilapidated.
After Taizu founded the country, he enfeoffed Peiping to King Yan as his fiefdom.
When Taizu founded the country, he implemented a political system that combined the system of prefectures and counties with the feudal system. He established officials to manage the people, named the princes as princes, built the country with tin soil, used the princes to protect the direct lineage, and used the vassal state to protect the central government.
Among the vassal kings, the nine princes who were entrusted to the northern border were also called Sai kings.
The responsibility of the King of Sai is to fight against the southward intrusion of the remnant forces of the former dynasty that retreated to Mobei at any time, and to eliminate the threat to the imperial court from the nomads in the north.
Peiping has a special geographical location. As the capital of the former dynasty, it took five and eleven emperors nearly a hundred years to build the palace. It is majestic, luxurious and magnificent, but in the end it was destroyed by war.
King Yan was entrusted with the land of the former imperial city, and I was still here, so he could not use the palace of the former dynasty as his mansion.
In the end, Prince Yan's Palace was built on the site of Longfu Palace, the former Prince's Palace.
But now that King Yan has become an emperor, and Peiping is the place where Longxing thrives, this mansion seems small. Now that Emperor Yongkang plans to move the capital, it is natural that he must make drastic changes.
It's just that the palace of the Wu Dynasty took five generations and eleven emperors to build, and it took nearly a hundred years to build it. The palace city needs to be built all at once. It can't be accomplished overnight. How can you imagine the huge cost?
The Ministry of Finance doesn’t have that much money either.
So they built the city wall first.
The city walls of the Wu Dynasty capital city were all made of earth. Over the years, many of them had collapsed due to wind and rain. Emperor Yongkang ordered the construction of Beiping City, and the first thing to build was the city wall. If he didn't have the money to tear it down and rebuild it, he started with bricks.
Wrap a layer on the outside of the earth wall for reinforcement.
While building the city wall, the moat was dug deeper and the river banks were lined with stones.
All over the city wall, the heads of craftsmen and ladies were buzzing. Ji Chuyi bulged his eyes, searching for his father's figure.