Seeing Ji Chuyi jumping up and down, looking anxious, and wanting to get closer to the construction site to look for his father, Huo Xi signaled Ta Yue with her eyes and caught him back.
"The construction site is very busy now. You ran over and delayed the work. Do you want to be beaten?"
"I want to find my dad."
He glanced at Huo Xi cautiously, fearing that Huo Xi would be angry.
"How can you find your father after searching like this? By the time we find him, the foreman's whip may have beaten you half to death."
Nowadays, the inner and outer city walls are being repaired. There are more than a dozen large and small city gates and moats. The former Yan Palace is also under repair. Are you looking for them one by one?
"Then how to find it?"
Qiu Dazhuang couldn't bear it. Seeing that he was a child with only a father to love him, he gave him some advice.
"When they finish work, you can find where they live and ask them one by one. The craftsmen and civilians at each construction site are all together, and most of them live in shacks near the construction site now. Just go and ask them one by one."
"But it will be dark by the time work ends."
Ji Chuyi didn't want to wait and rubbed his feet back and forth on the ground.
Huo Xi looked at him intently and sighed: "I'll teach you a trick."
"Master, please speak quickly!" Ji Chuyi looked at her with burning eyes.
Huo Xi gave him an idea: "If you are brave and not afraid of being beaten, go from construction site to construction site, not far or near, and call your father's name. If your father is among them, he will definitely respond to you. If the foreman rushes,
You, just run."
This is a good idea, Master!
"Yeah!" Chu Yi nodded repeatedly, with little stars in his eyes, eager to try.
Before Huo Xi could react, he saw him jogging two steps and clasping his hands to his mouth: "Ji Fengshi! Ji Fengshi! Dad!"
Oops, the loud sound startled Huo Xi.
Seeing that everyone on the construction site stopped what they were doing and looked back at them, Huo Xina screamed in embarrassment.
I didn’t want to follow him from construction site to construction site. Seeing that he refused to follow them, I gave him a few words.
"Be smart and don't get caught by Mr. Li and Mr. Zheng again. Remember the place and go back?"
"I'll run away if I'm caught. I have a good nose and can avoid people. I also remember where we live, so I can find it back."
Ji Chuyi now wants to find his father, let his father work with him, sell himself to his master, have food to eat, a bed to sleep on, clothes to wear, and enough to eat.
Oops, I forgot that he still has this skill.
It's a bit uneasy to leave him alone outside, but now I can't find anyone to follow him.
"If you can't find anyone, go back, or go to the shop to find the shopkeeper and ask him to ask a waiter to follow you, remember?" Huo Xi gave him two more instructions.
"Remember. Master, don't worry, I can do it alone."
Seeing him waving to her, he ran to the other side of the construction site, shouted, and hurriedly took Qiu Dazhuang and Ta Yue away. It was not a good feeling to be the center of attention.
Huo Xi wanted to buy some more properties in Peiping, so she walked around the city for a long time.
Since Emperor Yongkang ascended the throne, he has taken special care of his feudal state. Since two years ago, 20,000 households have been moved from Taiyuan and other places to Wanping and Daxing counties in Shuntian Prefecture.
Nowadays, the city is being built and the temple is being built, and a large number of civilian craftsmen have been recruited. In the future, if these civilian craftsmen see that they have work to do, a steady stream of income, and can survive, they will definitely stay here consciously.
Then the population that has been lost in the past few decades will slowly flow back.
But if we want to attract a population, we cannot keep these peasants and craftsmen living in shacks. Summer is fine, we can get along no matter what, but what about winter?
So Shuntian Prefecture built many private houses in Beiping City to rent to these civilian workers and craftsmen.
According to the different levels of prosperity in the inner and outer cities, they are divided into large houses, medium houses and small houses.
The "big house" was built in the inner city, near Bei'anmen, Xuanwumen, Haizi Bridge, and the Bell and Drum Tower. According to the impression in Huo Xi's memory, it was a wealthy area within the Second Ring Road of Peking, where the bosses lived.
The "small houses" are built near Anding Gate, Desheng Gate, Xizhi Gate, and Fucheng Gate, outside the Second Ring Road.
There is another type called "Zhongfang", which is built inside Xizhimen, and its prosperity is between the two.
Of course, don't even think about it within the first ring. It is the forbidden city of the imperial palace, as well as the residences of some royal relatives, civil and military officials, and even civilian craftsmen cannot afford to live there.
Now that Huo Xi wants to buy a house, she has no plans to look elsewhere. She just focuses on the houses in the first ring road. If there is no suitable house in the first ring road, she will look for it in the second ring road.
Her five-story mansion and three shops are also within the first ring of the inner city. Now, before the capital is moved and the population is not large, it is better to buy more properties in the first ring. It will be easier to sell in the future.
And outside the inner city, the large, medium and small houses built by the imperial court for these civilian craftsmen were not allowed to live in vain.
According to Qiu Dazhuang's introduction, the rent is paid every three months. Each large room pays about 6 yuan. The monthly rent is about 200 yuan. The monthly rent for the middle house is about 150 yuan, and the monthly rent for the small room is about 150 yuan.
One hundred cents per room.
It is said that the current drafted peasants and river workers earn about one tael per month, while bricklayers, carpenters, and other skilled craftsmen can earn more than one tael or five taels per month.
According to this calculation, if you work and rent a house in Peiping, the rent will account for about 10% to 20% of your income.
It’s similar to Huo Xi’s working spirit in her previous life. If you want to live well, the rent should account for at least 20% to 30% of your monthly income.
So this kind of government low-rent housing has appeared a long time ago. If big cities want to attract and retain talents, they have to think of various ways?
Huo Xi followed Qiu Dazhuang all the way to look at houses and had a general understanding of housing prices in various locations.
Nowadays, in Beiping City, in some parts of the inner city, buying a house with three or four rooms without a yard is enough for 40 to 50 taels of silver.
With a yard and four or five houses, you can buy it for six to seventy taels.
She wants to buy a house, but the utilization rate is not high if it is just sitting there. She doesn’t plan to buy more in other locations, so Huo Xi plans to focus on buying in the inner city. She specializes in buying large houses, which will be easier to sell in the future.
Which official position does not bring a family? The house is too small to live in.
In addition, I plan to buy more shops and more Zhuangzi fields in the suburbs. Money begets money, and only when money is used can assets be put to good use.
After two days of shopping in the city, I bought four shops on the main street, fifteen shops on half a street of the sub-main street, and a piece of land in the direction of Dongzhimen in the north from Chaoyangmen.
This place was originally a commercial street selling the four treasures of study. Now that the imperial city is in Jiangnan and the style of writing is also popular in Jiangnan, this place has been abandoned.
A street is now full of broken tiles and ruins.
Qiu Dazhuang was a little puzzled by her generosity and kept looking at her secretly.
The owner of the house in front of me has bought about ten large houses with three, five and seven rooms, as well as a lot of shops on the main street. However, don’t throw away the money like this. Why buy this abandoned street with shanty towns?
Is he too young and inexperienced, or is he just stupid? But his master doesn't listen to him.
Qiu Dazhuang frowned all the way.
Huo Xi didn't have time to explain to him. She took Ta Yue to the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, applied for the red deed, and paid the deed tax.
The clerks in charge of her all wanted to surrender her.
What kind of aristocratic son is this, spending money to buy so many properties? Because the city of Peiping was built, the government officials wanted to break a penny in half and spend it. When they saw the money, their eyes glowed green.
Why does the emperor plan to move the wealthy families from the south of the Yangtze River? He doesn't want to take their money.
He himself wanted to capture the wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River and ask them to buy more properties in Peiping, so as to fill the treasury.
Today I finally met an enemy... No, it's your lord. How can I let him go? Isn't it better to seize him?
When you smile, it's called flattery, and when you smile, it's called enthusiasm.
"Young Master, look, there are some excellent fields near Beiping City. Zhuangzi, do you want to take a look?"