Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan were responsible for finding a house. For several days in a row, Han Qian took Zhao Kuo, Fan Dahei, and Lin Haizheng to Linjiang Houfu to Yingmao every day.
Emperor Tianyou has never designated the third prince Yang Yuanpu as an assistant. Feng Yi and Kong Xirong are still lazy and slack, while Li Chong "justifiably" gets close to Yang Yuanpu, and actually takes the responsibility of guiding Yang Yuanpu's riding and archery instead of Chen De...
Although Han Qian did not ask his father endlessly about the movements of the DPRK, he believed that these matters were in the eyes of interested people and the DPRK could not remain indifferent.
Perhaps Yang Yuanpu had been suppressed in the palace for too long. After leaving the palace, he could breathe some free air. Although he was very young, he also showed great interest and persistence in practicing riding and archery.
The Minister of the Marquis Mansion had not appointed officials yet, so he had no other subjects to learn. Everyone spent the whole day in the back garden, and Han Qian also took this rare opportunity to practice riding and shooting.
When Han Qian and others were there, Guo Rongdu stayed by Yang Yuanpu's side at all times, and was more "dedicated to his duties" than Chen De, the commander of the guard camp. The female officer who had made a surprise appearance when she entered the palace usually stayed in the back house, but
Occasionally show your face in the back garden or front yard.
After Han Qian entered the Hou Mansion, he didn't even have a chance to talk to the female official named "Song Xin" who had long been ordered by Queen Xu to take care of Mrs. Wang and the third prince.
The third prince Yang Yuanpu's attitude towards him was no different from that of his attendants Feng Yi and Kong Xirong. Naturally, Han Qian would not stick to him and provoke the suspicion of Guo Rong and Song Xin for no reason.
Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, and Li Yu, the Prince of East Zhejiang, are half-brothers. They are not afraid of suppression from the Anning Palace, but Han Qian still has to keep a low profile as much as possible to avoid causing undue disaster to his father.
The calm days lasted until late September when the weather was clear and crisp. Han Qian rushed to the Hou Mansion with Zhao Kuo, Fan Dahei and Lin Haizheng early in the morning. He saw Guo Rong and Chen De commanding the guards, and the chamberlain was there.
The front yard is busy. I wonder if anyone important is coming over in the next two days.
"Yesterday, the emperor summoned Shen Yang, a bachelor at the Wenying Hall, and wanted him to serve as a lecturer in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion. However, Shen Yang, an old man, excused his illness in front of the emperor and said that he had been short of breath and weak for the past few months, and it was difficult for him to do his job.
The emperor chose another Gao Ming, but he was scolded severely by the emperor in the Wenying Palace. The court ordered Shen Yang to enter the Marquis Mansion in two days to teach the three princes. If he does not comply, he will be punished as a crime of disobedience..."
While Han Qian was wondering, Feng Yi came from nowhere, reached Han Qian's ear, and told Han Qian everything he had heard from the gossip.
Han Qian listened to Feng Yi vividly describing what happened in the palace yesterday, but he glanced at Feng Yi doubtfully, thinking about what happened in the palace yesterday, and wondered where he knew such details.
Feng Wenlan and Kong Zhou, like his father Han Daoxun, at least on the surface, had no ambiguous relationship with the prince and the ministers of King Xin's lineage in the court. It was precisely for this reason that he, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong were singled out.
Take on the hard work of accompanying the prince to study.
"The household budget is not enough to pay the official salary. Yesterday, my father was summoned by the emperor to the Wenying Palace to ask for advice, and he happened to see this scene." Feng Yi said without concealing anything.
Han Qian didn't have a deep impression of Feng Wenlan. After meeting him twice, he only remembered that he always had a cold expression and a stern smile. It was hard to imagine that he would so casually regard what happened in the palace as a serious matter.
An interesting anecdote to tell to my son who is not very popular.
The minister, Shen Yang, will not officially enter the mansion to teach lessons until tomorrow. After hanging out in the Hou Mansion for a day, Han Qian returned to the house. His father, Han Daoxun, also came back from the government office just after dark, but his eyes could not hide the look of exhaustion. Han Qian also There was something that puzzled his father.
In order to regain his father's trust and attention, Han Qian would not ask too much about his father's affairs in the government office, but he would tell all the big and small things that happened in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion every night during dinner.
On the surface, forces such as Empress Xu, Jiangdong County Prince Li Yu, and Xinchang Marquis Li Pu have been involved. The seemingly small Linjiang Marquis Mansion can also be said to be undercurrent at this time. The slightest disturbance is enough to cause people's death. Speculations abound.
Emperor Tianyou forced Shen Yang to serve as minister of the Hou Mansion. In the eyes of the court ministers with sensitive sense of smell, it was not a small incident. However, in Han Qian's view, what happened in Wenying Palace yesterday was spread through Feng Wenlan's mouth. More intriguing.
"...What do you think of this?" Han Daoxun took time every day to listen to Han Qian talk about what happened in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion. Seeing that he was more concerned about the details of Feng Yi's message, he thought that Feng Wenlan was deliberately spreading rumors about the three. He asked with interest in the bad news about the prince.
"The Feng family has nothing to do with the prince or King Xin. In the end, it's just about who is filial to the emperor and who is loyal to whom. There is no need to get involved in these disputes. And if things have always been as what my father said at the beginning, His Highness the Third Prince There is little hope for the throne. I am waiting to study with His Highness the Third Prince. It will not have any impact in the future, let alone the ups and downs of the Feng family and the Han family. But the bad thing is Li Chong - I think my father Are you feeling troubled by this?" Han Qian said.
"..." After hearing what Han Qian said, Han Daoxun couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing his father Han Daoxun like this, Han Qian knew that his judgment was right.
The conspiracy between the late Honglou, Marquis Xinchang, Concubine Wang and others misled the ministers of the court and central government into thinking that Li Yu, the prince of eastern Zhejiang Province, was involved in this matter, which to a certain extent changed the expectations of the government and the public for the third prince Yang Yuanpu to aspire to the throne.
In the past, Empress Xu and the prince's family might have sent Guo Rong, Song Xin and others to keep an eye on the third prince Yang Yuanpu, and there was no need for any unnecessary actions. However, Li Yu, the prince of eastern Zhejiang Province, was involved. The trend of the generals has changed. How could Empress Xu and the Prince's family continue to stand still?
At this time, Feng Wenlan made these small moves, although he was a little impatient, but he mainly wanted to clear up the involvement of the Feng family and Linjiang Marquis, and prevent the Feng family from being beaten by Empress Xu and the prince's line.
This also shows that Li Yu, the prince of eastern Zhejiang Province, was involved in this matter, which changed his expectations to a certain extent, but Feng Wenlan still believed that the hope of the third prince Yang Yuanpu ascending to the throne was slim.
"The Feng family can't wait to end their relationship. What does father want to do?" Han Qian asked.
"As long as you have a clear conscience, you don't need to worry too much. We can just remain unchanged in the face of changes..." Han Daoxun said.
Han Qian stared at the azure wine cup in front of him, wondering what kind of countermeasure this was.
It's just that he couldn't guess what his father was thinking at this time, and he couldn't say anything more.
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At this time, Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan walked in and reported that they had been inquiring about vacant houses near Lanting Lane in the past few days.
"..." Han Qian returned home earlier than his father in the past few days, but Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan did not mention this matter when they met him. He thought that the people below were slow in doing things. Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan had not paid attention to the surrounding area. After investigating the vacant house, they did not expect that in the eyes of Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan, he was still just the "young master", and his father Han Daoxun was the head of the house.
Han Qian glanced at Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan coldly, and sat aside to listen to them talk about the conditions of the houses in nearby streets and alleys.
Lanting Lane is located in Nancheng.
Unlike the North City, where the Imperial City is located, where most royal officials and princes live, the South City is mostly populated by poor common people.
Even after Emperor Tianyou established his capital in Jinling, many wealthy families moved in. However, due to Emperor Tianyou's severe criminal laws, those who committed the slightest crime were either exiled to the army or executed. In addition, the city's taxes were extremely heavy and harsh.
The pursuit of wealth has resulted in many bankruptcies in the city, and there are still many vacant houses for sale in the south city.
Those more dilapidated houses are also very cheap.
Fan Xicheng, Han Laoshan and the others have been running around for a few days to find out all the houses available for sale in Nancheng. There are almost hundreds of them, and they are now waiting for Han Daoxun to decide.
If some of the family soldiers are transferred to the city, the houses do not need to be luxurious, and the simple single-family houses in Nancheng are also very cheap. You can buy a half-acre house for 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. In the dream world, the capital is soaring to the sky.
The house prices are completely incomparable.
Han Daoxun's official salary was limited, and the harvest from the villa was very tight for the food and clothing of the big house. Han Qian got twelve loaves of gold from Hanji Bronze Shop, which could be used to buy five or six small houses.
"Qian'er, you decide which ones to buy." Han Daoxun left the decision to Han Qian, with the intention of taking the exam.
Han Qian asked Fan Dahei to bring a pen and paper to his room, and sketched out the nearby streets. He also asked Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan to mark the vacant houses for sale in the nearby lanes, and then marked the houses he was interested in.
The six houses were outlined with a red pen and handed over to Han Laoshan and Fan Xicheng, saying:
"Uncle Han, Master Fan, please tell me the situation of these courtyards..."
Fan Xicheng took it over and saw that the young master Han Qian had chosen one house at the beginning and end of Lanting Lane, two houses on the left and right sides of Kaoshan Lane, and two houses on Wuli Lane. Six houses happened to surround the house here.
If there is any disturbance outside, the people living in these six houses will be the first to hear it, and they can gather here as quickly as possible.
The benefits of this are clear at a glance after sketching them out with a pen and paper, and there is no need to waste words and explanations.
Fan Xicheng has been with Han Daoxun for many years and knows that the master of the family has a good reputation in the outside world. He did not expect that the young master Han Qian has cultivated his moral character in the past two months and has the demeanor of the master of strategizing. When he raised his head and looked at the eyes of the master Han Daoxun, he felt towards the young master Han.
Qian does have some approval...
The six houses are scattered in three adjacent alleys, namely Orchid Pavilion, Kaoshan, and Wuli. Not only do they surround the main house, but they also control access to and from the alleys.
After seeing the approval in his father Han Daoxun's eyes, and learning more about the six houses, Han Qian directly decided how to distribute the six houses after buying them.
There are two houses at the beginning and end of Lanting Lane. Han Qian plans to share the one at the end of the lane with Zhao Kuo and a lonely soldier who has no family.
Han Qian didn't know what kind of secret Zhao Kuo was hiding. He usually took him to the Linjiang Marquis Mansion to meet Mao, but he didn't want to go back to the house and live under Zhao Kuo's surveillance.
In that case, he would feel some inexplicable psychological pressure and ask Zhao Kuo to move out, as long as he could be summoned if something happened.
Han Qian plans to house Fan Xicheng, Fan Dahei and his son in the building at the end of Lanting Alley.
Lin Haizheng had a mother, two younger sisters, a widowed sister-in-law, and a young nephew who was only 12 or 13 years old. It was not suitable for him to stay in the villa to engage in heavy physical labor, so Han Qian gave a two-story house in Wuli Lane to him.
Lin Haizheng.
There are also two houses located in the back lane behind the big house. Ladders are even prepared in the yards on both sides. You only need to climb two gables to directly enter the main house. Han Qian plans to house six small families of soldiers.
Go in.
Han Laoshan and his wife and their maid Qingyun still followed Han Daoxun and Han Qian continued to live in the mansion.
There is also a house with three entrances, located at the end of Wuli Lane, with Shitang River leading to Qiupu River to the north, next to Lin Haizheng's residence to the south, and behind it is Zhao Kuo's residence in Lanting Lane.
This courtyard is not next to other houses. It is relatively close, and you can use boats to enter the Qiupu River from Shitang River to Wanhonglou. You can even cross Shuiguan out of the city and reach Chishan Lake in the south of the villa. Han Qian plans to
He left this courtyard alone as a place for him to practice swords and bows...
Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan looked at each other, knowing that it was impossible for them to make more reasonable arrangements than the young master Han Qian. They secretly felt that the young master's roots were not bad, but the key was to change his mind and give up bad habits.
"Okay, just do as Qian'er said." Han Daoxun said with finality, erasing the last trace of doubt in the minds of Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan.