Chapter 100 There is a lot of news in the teahouse
The first night of sleeping in their new home was not a good one for Yu Qingyu and the others. The doors and windows in the house were banged by the wind all night long, causing the family to be woken up several times during the night.
Hongtao was so angry that she got up at nine o'clock the next day and wanted to go out and buy some items to improve Feng Shui, but Qingyu persuaded her not to do so.
After breakfast, the family split into two groups. Zhufeng and Hongtao went shopping, while Wenya Shian and Qingyu went to the busiest teahouse nearby - Hongyun Teahouse.
The teahouse is divided into two floors. The lobby on the first floor has a lot of customers, while the private rooms on the second floor are suitable for talking and have better privacy.
Qingyu and the others asked for a table in the middle of the first floor, ordered a pot of tea, a plate of peanuts, and a plate of melon seeds, and then "Sanniang Mu" chatted leisurely.
"...The He family has done a great job this time. I think the Si family has been overpowered."
"I don't think so. The Si family is an aristocratic family after all, with several generations of heritage. The He family has only made its fortune in recent years. This starving camel is bigger than a horse. If the He family wants to overwhelm one, it will probably take several years."
"What kind of foundation it has, it may have been lost a long time ago. The aristocratic family is no longer what it used to be."
"But isn't it true that the Si family is one of the best in Yinzhou?"
"Is there a feud between the He family and the Si family you are talking about?" Wen Ya intervened at the right time.
In the tea house, everyone is here to chat, and it is normal for you to interrupt and I to say something, so everyone is not surprised that Wen Ya joins in.
"From outside, right? Speaking of the Si and He families, although there is no feud, everyone knows that the two families are opposed.
Pushing forward ten years, the Si family was the richest man in Yinzhou. However, in these ten years, the He family rose from the second-class wealthy family to the first class, and is even now on an equal footing with the Si family, with no distinction between the two families.
The He family is a rising star, and their ambitions are obvious. They must want to be the richest man in Yinzhou, so the Si family standing in their way is an eyesore, so the He family is always against the Si family.
In the past, the He family must have pretended to be grandsons in front of the Si family, but now that they have become successful and the family is so rich, they dare to challenge the Si family."
"Mr. He will curry favor with the government. With the government's backing, isn't it certain that he will be in full swing?"
"Don't underestimate the family's heritage. In Yinzhou City, most of the gentry, landlords and merchants are related to the Si family."
Wen Ya smiled and asked, "I have indeed just arrived in Yinzhou not long ago. So why did the Si and He families you mentioned meet up with each other this time?"
"Bu City, two families are fighting over Bu City. It's a big deal. I heard that both sides have invested more than 100,000 taels, and they are still throwing money into it to see who can survive until the end.
But no matter who holds on, there will be a lot of blood this time, and the internal injuries will be serious."
"The losing side will probably be crushed in the future."
The people were naturally happy to talk about the two most famous families in Yinzhou. For a while, the topic followed the battle between the Si and He families, talking about the people of the two families, then Fengle Tower and Baxian Tower. In the end, somehow,
Speaking of this land.
"...To say that the He family is lagging behind now, this land counts as one thing. The savings of several generations of the Si family, and the title of the largest landowner in Yinzhou, the He family has not surpassed it yet."
"Don't talk about surpassing, even being equal can't be done. As long as the Si family holds on to the land and doesn't sell it, what can the He family do? Other businesses can be snatched away, but this land... you can't snatch the land title away. So the He family
It’s better to take the Si family a step further.”
"What's the use of just having land? Look at the weather this year. It's already April, and there hasn't been a single rain this year. The fields in the countryside are all dry. We definitely can't expect a harvest this year."
"How come I heard that the He family is secretly annexing other small landowners?"
This was new and no one had heard it before. For a while, everyone was asked to elaborate. So the man continued: "One of my cousin's neighbor's sisters married in the countryside. That family is a tenant farmer, and the land that belongs to the tenant is the He family.
I heard that the He family has recently increased the rent for their tenants, oppressing the tenant farmers and not allowing them to rent land other than the He family. The He family has tens of thousands of hectares of land and there are so many tenants. As a result, other small landowners will be miserable.
The land is uncultivated, so it can only be resold, but who will buy it? Small landowners are also landlords. The land on hand can be hundreds of acres at least. Who can ordinary people afford it?
What's more, there is a severe drought this year. Even if you have money, no one is willing to buy it. If you have the spare money, it is better to use it for other businesses. Furthermore, with the He family being so big, no one else dares to buy it."
"So the land can only be sold to the He family?" someone asked curiously.
"Otherwise? Mr. He is also ruthless in his tactics. He suppresses tenant farmers and makes small landowners lose their jobs. At the same time, he also uses the weather as an excuse to lower prices. I heard that fertile land can be sold for five cents per acre."
After hearing this, everyone sighed, and some people were angry and complained: "This pressure is too harsh, the government just doesn't care?"
Some people sneered, "Why does the government care about this? Anyway, the land belongs to the landlords themselves, and the government only cares about official land."
"Where's the Si family? Why don't the Si family buy it?" Someone else asked curiously.
"After all, the Si family is no longer what it used to be. Now that we have exhausted all our energy in fighting with the He family in the cloth market, there is no time left to take care of this."
The crowd was still chattering and discussing, and Qingyu had eaten a lot of melon seed shells in front of him. When the waiter came again to add new tea, Qingyu said: "Auntie, let's go."
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When Qingyu and the others returned, Zhufeng and Hongtao were spitting with the carpenter in a carpentry workshop in the market.
Zhufeng could not be more sincere, "Boss, we sincerely want to buy it. Please tell me a real price. As long as the price is right, I will pay for it immediately."
The carpenter boss couldn't be more determined, "It can't be less, not even a copper coin."
"One door costs twenty-five taels. You are outrageously expensive." Hong Tao continued.
The carpenter boss was also impatient and said in a rather irritable tone, "I have said many times that this is a wealthy family, and this is no more than what is used in the palace.
Look, the pattern, the wood, and the luster are all of the highest quality. The mahogany alone is worth fifteen taels of silver, not to mention the labor cost.
Mahogany is hard and can easily crack when planed and sawed. A single piece of mahogany can be used as the door. If you look at this door again, there is no crack inside or outside, not even a thorn.
And if you smell this woody fragrance, you can smell it from a long distance away. For such a top-quality product, I can sell it to you for twenty-five taels, which is already considered a bargain."
Finally, the carpenter boss kicked me out, "If you don't buy it, leave. Don't delay my other business."
Zhufeng and Hongtao looked at each other, and Hongtao gritted his teeth, "Are you really sure you don't need to seek good luck and avoid bad luck? Your family will be in catastrophe in the future. Don't regret it until the end."
The carpenter boss's face turned dark and he said to Zhufeng: "Children speak freely, but adults don't teach them well. Seeing as you are still literate, you really have read the Holy Book in vain."
Zhufeng held his forehead, glanced at Hongtao, and without giving up, said to the carpenter boss: "Then you leave the door for me, and I will come back when I have money."
The carpenter didn't say anything, nor did he refuse.
"Father and daughter" left quickly.
When they got home, Qingyu and the others had already gone back first. Zhufeng discussed things at the market with a tired look on his face.
"...I have all kinds of good things to say, but the price is very high. Hey...even if it is small, it can be much less, twenty or so...one door is enough for our rent for more than half a year."
Hong Tao was also very sorry: "Thanks to the fact that I found so many houses, his house is going to be in serious trouble, but he just won't listen. That house is really good, and it's the perfect place to change the atmosphere."
She took out a bunch of things, ranging from potted plants to window paper, and everything else. "These things are barely ready, and they just need that door. Junior sister, head, is there any way to buy that door cheaply?"