The first thousand two hundred and eighth chapter Zhu Yu news
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The famous Huisi Restaurant in Luoyang changed its owner today, but this is nothing new in Luoyang. In the past few months, housing prices in Luoyang have plummeted, and properties are being sold all over the city, especially official residences of five to ten acres.
, it was all Zhu Si’s ministers and generals who were selling.
Zhu Si didn't follow the rules very much. When allocating official residences, he gave them directly to the officials together with the property rights. Already feeling that the end was coming, these officials began to abscond and plan to exchange the new money for gold, silver or old money, which they could not take away.
Houses and land also need to be sold. A ten-acre house that was originally worth tens of thousands of guan can now be bought for a few thousand guan, which of course refers to old money.
Although the price is extremely low, there are very few buyers. On the one hand, this is because the officials’ prices are in old money, or they require gold and silver to pay the bill. How can ordinary people get it? Even if they can afford it, it is not because it is an official residence.
Anyone who dares to take action knows that it will probably be taken back in the future.
Huisi Restaurant was originally Qiu Jingzhong's restaurant, but it was raided by Liu Feng. This time Liu Feng borrowed money from several major counter shops and mortgaged Huisi Restaurant to the counter shops.
Of course, one million yuan cannot be borrowed from a Huisi Building alone. Liu Feng also used Qiu Jingzhong's other assets, as well as those of Taiwei Yu Sheng and Situ Zhang Wuzhuo. Except that their official residences cannot be mortgaged,
The rest of the private residences, shops, restaurants, warehouses, docks, as well as large pieces of jade, bronze, expensive furniture, etc. that were difficult to liquidate were all mortgaged to the cabinet shop. There were twelve restaurants alone.
In fact, the value of these assets had exceeded two million yuan before Zhu Si occupied Luoyang, and now it has dropped by more than half.
Liu Feng also knew that he could not repay the money from the cabinet shop, so he transferred the property rights of these assets to the cabinet shop. Therefore, the new owner of Huisi Building was Baoji Cabinet Shop, but in fact, its real owner was
Guo Song, through the inner treasury of the King of Jin, entrusted one million yuan to the three major cabinet shops and lent it to Liu Feng.
With the assets of the cabinet shop, the cabinet shop recruited clerks and shopkeepers to reopen. A large number of internal security spies took this opportunity to sneak into Luoyang and take over these shops.
Huisi Building has become the headquarters of the intelligence point, with Jiang Min as the big shopkeeper. His fur shop has closed down, and the clerks have transformed themselves into restaurant clerks. The business can still be maintained, mainly because the restaurant is of high quality and only receives high-ranking officials and businessmen.
Royal relatives.
Yang Mi has also become a regular customer of Huisilou. Huisilou is not far from Liu Feng's Prime Minister's Mansion. Yang Mi basically comes here to have a few drinks at noon every day.
At noon, Yang Mi came to Huisi Building as usual. The waiter came up to him and said with a smile on his face: "Hey! Mr. Yang is here, are you following the rules?"
"Today's treat is to the backyard!"
The meaning of the treat is that he has important information for Jiang Min. The waiter understood it and immediately shouted: "We are an old customer, from the Lotus Appreciation Courtyard in the back area!"
Yang Mi passed through the gatehouse and entered the back area. There are six small courtyards in the back, which are high-end places dedicated to entertaining guests. He entered the lotus appreciation courtyard at the end.
As soon as Yang Mi sat down, Jiang Min walked in with a smile. He had just been promoted from the seventh grade to the sixth grade, and he was in a good mood.
"Brother Yang, what good news have you brought me?" Jiang Min sat down and asked.
"Not to mention good news, it's important news about Zhu Si!"
Because of Yang Mi's repeated outstanding achievements, he was also awarded the rank of seventh-grade civil servant and the title of viscount. This means that he can at least be a county magistrate in the future. With a visible future, Yang Mi will naturally work extra hard.
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He was responsible for monitoring Zhu Si's situation. He told Liu Feng that Zhu Si's health was related to the fate of the Liu family and must be closely monitored and could not be concealed by the Xiao family. Therefore, Liu Feng bribed the imperial doctor and the eunuchs around Zhu Si to visit him every day.
They all told Yang Mi about Zhu Si's physical condition, and Yang Mi analyzed it and reported it to Liu Feng.
Of course, Liu Feng was not the only person who received Yang Mi's analysis. Jiang Min also received news from Yang Mi about Zhu Si's health every day.
But today, Yang Mi spoke in the Independent Courtyard, indicating that Zhu Si's situation must have changed significantly, at least the kind of news that must be notified to Chang'an immediately.
"Tell me! What important news?"
Yang Mi said slowly: "Zhu Si fell into a coma yesterday and was revived. His condition has obviously worsened. Now several imperial doctors have changed their tune. They no longer dare to say when Zhu Si will recover, but how long he can live.
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"How long can I live?" Jiang Min asked the key point directly.
"Several imperial doctors gave different opinions, ranging from a minimum of one month to a maximum of two months. Anyway, they all suggested that the queen should prepare for Zhu Si's funeral."
This was major news. Zhu Si still had one to two months to live. Once Zhu Si died, Luoyang would inevitably be in chaos and even internal strife. Jiang Min immediately realized that he must report the news to Chang'an immediately.
"Is there any other news?" Jiang Min asked again.
"Also, Taichang Qing Li Yuan disappeared. Seven members of his family disappeared at the same time. His housekeeper reported the case. He disappeared seven days ago and reported the case seven days later. In fact, everyone knows that Li Yuan escaped."
It is no longer news that Zhu Si's officials have fled. Many middle and low-level officials have fled, but high-ranking officials above the third rank have fled. Taichang Qing Li Yuan was the first to escape, which is of symbolic significance.
"Have his official residence and farm been sold?" Jiang Min asked.
Yang Mi shook his head, "The farm doesn't know, but the official house doesn't exist. Liu Feng has sent people to take it back. Now no one dares to take over the official house that cannot be sold. In fact, even the manor is not easy to sell. The farmers want to buy it piecemeal."
They wanted to buy dozens of acres, but they had no old money in their hands, let alone gold and silver. So far, only the three-acre official residence of Wang Yang, a doctor in the household department, had been sold for 300 taels of silver, but they could not settle the account. This buyer
Sooner or later the family will be in bad luck!"
"Why can't I cross the household?" Jiang Min asked puzzledly.
"It seems that you don't understand the rules here. Official residences and private residences are of different natures. Although Zhu Si awarded the official residence to an individual, it is still an official residence and can only be used by himself. It can be passed on to descendants, but it cannot be bought or sold. If
If you want to buy or sell, you must first convert the official residence into a private residence, but the official residence is a means for Zhu Si to control officials, how could he allow it to be converted into a private residence? Otherwise, Zhang Guangsheng's family would not be driven out of the house by the government."
Jiang Min laughed and said, "Originally I wanted to buy a government house! A two-acre house only costs two hundred taels. It seems that I can't take advantage of this."
Yang Mi narrowed his eyes and smiled and said: "If I could buy it, I would have bought it a long time ago, but you can buy a private house. Private houses are also very cheap now. Many businessmen are not optimistic about Luoyang and are selling them at a low price. I bought a five-acre private house and spent just
We paid 1,500 taels of silver. You must know that in the Daizong era, this house was worth 20,000 taels of silver."
Jiang Min's eyes lit up, "There is such a good thing. Someone introduced me to a house. It is less than 3,000 yuan. The bigger the area, the better. I will pass it on to my descendants as my ancestral home."
"But you have to think carefully. People who fled to Chang'an may not be willing to come back. I don't think there will be any development in Luoyang within ten years."
"Dongdu is Dongdu. As long as the epidemic disappears, it will prosper soon. I know it in my heart! This opportunity to buy cheap property may only happen once in my life. Of course I must seize the opportunity."
Yang Mi nodded, "Taiwei Yu Sheng has a private house. It is a private house with an area of eight acres. It costs three thousand taels if you buy it with old money in Anyefang, but it only costs two thousand five hundred taels if you buy it with silver."
If you want the silver, I'll get it for you."
Jiang Min was overjoyed. Anyefang was close to the central axis and had always been a gathering place for famous houses. In Daizong's time, let alone 30,000 yuan, even 80,000 yuan could not buy an eight-acre mansion. This was a huge bargain.
He quickly clasped his fists and said, "I'll leave this to my brother!"
Yang Mi chuckled, "If you bring the money this afternoon, I'll do it for you on the spot."
Jiang Min hesitated and said: "I will send the information to Chang'an in the afternoon, and I will come find you tomorrow morning."
"Yes, please also tell His Highness that General Zhou is doing very well and is highly regarded by Liu Feng."
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Zhou Fei entered Luoyang more than ten days ago and was introduced by Yang Mi to Liu Feng, who was thirsty for martial arts.
After Liu Feng was threatened by Xiao Wanding, he also found that his brother-in-law Xiang Fei was not reliable. He was eager to establish a true escort team of his own, and he gave this task to Yang Mi.
Yang Mi quickly introduced Wang Qing, the famous leader of Jiutou Village in Songshan Mountain, to Liu Feng.
Wang Qing was originally a fierce bandit in the Xiong'er Mountain area. Two years ago, he became a bandit in Songshan Mountain and established Jiutou Village. He soon committed several major crimes and shocked Luoyang. Zhu Si sent Qiu Jingzhong twice to suppress the bandits.
But they all returned in vain. As the war in Qi State continued, Zhu Si did not bother to suppress the bandits, which made Wang Qing even more rampant.
This Wang Qing was naturally impersonated by Zhou Fei, and the real Wang Qing and his men had actually been recruited by Qiu Jingzhong, and finally died in the rebel army during the Battle of Songzhou where the Jin army annihilated Qiu Jingzhong.
Liu Feng was amazed by Zhou Fei's high martial arts. He then asked Zhou Fei to summon all the 500 gangsters from Jiutou Village. With Liu Feng's gold medal, Zhou Fei's 500 men could not stand in the way.
Entered Luoyang City.
Zhou Fei's men were of excellent quality and all performed extremely bravely, which made Liu Feng extremely happy. He immediately gave each of them a high salary of ten guan of old money per month and organized them into the internal guard of the Prime Minister's Palace.
Zhou Fei and his men put on the most sophisticated armor and were usually stationed at the Prime Minister's Mansion and patrolled around the Prime Minister's Mansion.