After coming out of Jinzouyuan, Guo Song went to the West Market. He had not heard from the wine shop for four or five days, and he was a little worried. Although the Dou family had no plans to open another wine shop, what about other wealthy families?
As soon as Guo Song arrived at the gate of the West Market, he saw Zhang Lei coming out of the West Market from a distance, followed by someone next to him. What were the two talking about animatedly?
"Brother!"
Guo Song shouted, Zhang Lei turned his head, saw Guo Song, and immediately waved to him happily.
Seeing his senior brother smiling brightly, Guo Song was relieved that nothing happened at the liquor store.
"Junior brother, do you have anything to do when you go to the liquor store?"
"Nothing to do, I just went to see you."
"Since you have nothing to do, come with me and help me check out the house."
"Senior brother, do you want to buy a house?"
Guo Song has been persuading the senior brother and his wife to buy a house as soon as possible, but Li Wenyu always wants to make the wine shop bigger and stronger and is determined not to spend money arbitrarily. Now it seems that the profit is good, and the senior sister has also changed her mind.
Guo Song suddenly became interested and quickly got off his horse and asked, "Where is the house that senior brother wants to buy?"
"It's in Huaiyuanfang. Your sister-in-law visited it yesterday and asked me to go and have a look today."
Huaiyuanfang is located due south of the West Market and is also close to the West Market. This place is a famous merchant settlement in Chang'an. The houses are not very big, mostly three to five acres. There is also a Xingguo Temple in the place, which is very popular.
prosperous.
Guo Song and Zhang Lei entered Huaiyuanfang. The man with them was a house broker. He would receive at least 30 yuan in commission from completing the house transaction, so he was particularly enthusiastic.
Entering Huaiyuan Square, Guo Song felt that the house had a strong commercial atmosphere. There was not a single carriage in the entire square. Businessmen had just been allowed to ride horses, but they were not allowed to use carriages yet. They could only use donkey carts and ox carts.
The colors of houses are mostly black and gray. This is also because businessmen are not allowed to use bright and bright colors. Of course, there are no restrictions on the color of women's clothes, which is mainly for men and houses.
However, this year businessmen are also allowed to use white. You can see that many people’s courtyard walls have been painted white from dark gray.
"Senior brother, is your household registration a merchant?" Guo Song asked in a low voice.
"It's not a business registration. Your sister-in-law and I's household registrations are registered at her cousin's house in Feng County. We are non-registered households. After we buy the house, we can transfer our household registrations here and we can become independent households."
"In that case, why do you want to buy the house in Huaiyuanfang?"
Guo Song took the opportunity when the broker opened the door and whispered: "Huaiyuanfang is a gathering place for merchants. When others hear that your home is in Huaiyuanfang, they will look down upon you."
"We have also considered this issue. We usually deal with businessmen, and we don't compare. It doesn't matter what the reputation is. The key is that this house is in a good location, convenient to the West Market, and it also has a large cellar. You
My sister-in-law looked at many houses, and finally she was very satisfied with this cellar, which is very suitable for storing wine, and the price is not expensive."
"How much does it cost?"
"Two thousand guan per acre, totaling about 11,000 guan. Next door, Yankangfang, not even close to the West Market, would cost 3,000 guan per acre."
Guo Song smiled and shook his head, "If it's just for the convenience of a mere five thousand guan, I advise you not to buy here."
"Let's see and then talk!"
The two followed the broker into the house. The house was very ordinary, with a typical three-entry structure, front yard, middle pavilion and back house. It felt not much different from Guo Song's three-acre house, but this was a five-and-a-half-acre house, and there were
Where did the two and a half acres of land go?
The broker pointed to a piece of land next to the back house and said: "This land is about two acres. It is empty now and nothing has been built. The big cellar you want is under this land."
"Go and have a look!" Zhang Lei said excitedly.
The broker led the two people into a room and pushed open a large stone slab, revealing a dark cave entrance and a long stone staircase below.
The broker led them down. The ground was very deep and made of large bluestones. It was beyond Guo Song's expectation. When they walked down, Guo Song was shocked. This place should be called the basement and covers an area of about two acres.
, divided into four warehouses by three stone walls, each warehouse is very narrow and long in shape. The key three walls are made of one or two tons of boulders, supporting the weight of the entire roof bluestone, and the ventilation effect is very good. They
I didn't feel stuffy down there.
No wonder the senior sister took a fancy to this house at first sight. Guo Song also liked the basement. It was obvious that it cost a lot to build.
When the broker saw that both of them liked the basement, he smiled and said: "The former owner specially asked someone to estimate the price of this basement. It will cost at least eight thousand to ten thousand yuan to build this basement."
"Who built this basement?"
The broker smiled and said: "It is inferred that it was built during the Sui Dynasty. This place originally belonged to a royal palace. Later, the palace was destroyed by the war, but the basement was preserved. The former owner was in the cloth business, and it was filled with cloth."
Zhang Lei scratched his head and asked: "Then why do you want to sell the house?"
"The previous owner's surname is Jiang, maybe Boss Zhang has heard of it!"
"Could it be Jiang Silang?" Zhang Lei blurted out.
"This is the person who is famous in the Western City."
Guo Song asked: "Brother, what's going on with this guy?"
Zhang Lei shook his head and said: "I heard that this man transported cloth worth hundreds of thousands of guan to Lulong Jiedu Mansion. As a result, Tian Chengsi not only didn't give him a penny, but also detained him in Lulong and asked him
The family wants a ransom of 100,000 yuan."
The broker smiled and said: "What Mr. Zhang said is absolutely right. Jiang Silang's son is raising money everywhere. He is selling this house. Their family is very anxious. If they can pay him silver before noon tomorrow, he will give him another thousand
A sum of money, 10,000 yuan to buy this house."
"What do you think?" Zhang Lei asked Guo Songdao.
Guo Song smiled lightly and said: "Based on this basement, I think we can close the deal now."
Zhang Lei immediately said: "We can make a deal!"
The broker was overjoyed, "Then let's go to Jiang's Cloth Store immediately, and we can sign the house deed and transfer the property now."
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Zhang Lei left the matter of buying a house to his wife Li Wenyu, and he never cared about such matters.
Zhang Lei and Guo Song came to Yunting Restaurant opposite the West Market, and they found a seat by the window on the second floor and sat down.
Zhang Lei is a regular customer here, and both the shopkeeper and the bartender know him. They immediately brought the food and drinks to the table without any instructions.
"Junior brother, these are my usual favorite drinks and dishes. Order whatever you like!"
Guo Song shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as it's not bracken and rice dumplings, I like them all."
The two of them suddenly remembered the years in Kongtong Mountain and couldn't help but laugh together. Zhang Lei sighed and said: "I still miss the past very much, but I still miss the past. If you ask me to go back to live, I won't do it."
Zhang Lei handed Guo Song another half piece of jade pendant and a voucher from the cabinet shop, "I divided the net profit of 200,000 taels of silver. This is your 140,000 taels of silver. It is stored in Baofeng Cabinet Shop. With the voucher
Go and get the silver with your jade pendant."
Brothers, if you want to cooperate for a long time, you can't be hypocritical and pretentious. You should take your own money. Guo Song understands this truth. He took the order politely and said with a smile: "You still have 50,000 yuan on hand."
For two taels of silver, I suggest you buy another good house. Buy it now before house prices have fully recovered. If you don’t want it in the future, you can still make a fortune by selling it.”
"We also think about it this way, but good houses are almost all official houses. They can be found but not sought. We can only take a look slowly and make a decisive move when we like it. Then we also want to buy a small house in Chengdu in case of war in Chang'an.
Now, our whole family still has a place to retreat."
"It's possible, it's very thoughtful."
Guo Song collected the jade pendant and the shop tickets, filled Zhang Lei with a glass of wine and asked, "Is anyone still planning to open a wine shop these days?"
Zhang Lei shook his head, "There are basically no people who have negotiated to join the gang. Even the afternoon before yesterday, a few gangsters wanted to come and steal wine. The guards they hired beat them hard. After that, no one dared to come. Now we also find that there are
The money should be spent. After hiring a guard, shopkeeper and accountant, your sister-in-law will be much more relaxed, otherwise she would have no time to look at the house."
Guo Song also chuckled, "You should have a son when you have time."
"I think so too! You see, I never look for women outside, just to save money to have a son and try to have a son next year."
Speaking of having a son, Zhang Lei remembered something and said to Guo Song: "Do you know the Zheng family in Xingyang?"
"I've heard of it. It seems to be from a famous family. What's wrong?"
"There is news that the proprietor of Diecuixuan is planning to recruit a son-in-law for his young daughter through a martial arts competition. She is very beautiful. I heard that the proprietor of Diecuixuan is the Zheng family in Xingyang. Are you interested in giving it a try?"
"Senior brother, do you think I will become someone's son-in-law? Moreover, famous families cherish their reputation. This family openly competes to recruit relatives. I don't know if it is the Zheng family of Xingyang. Maybe it is an old turtle of Zheng pretending to be Zheng of Xingyang.
Home!"
"That's true, but Diecuixuan's business is very big. If I were ten years younger, I don't care if the mother is from a wealthy family. I'd just get the money."
"Senior brother, apart from making money, you have never thought of doing anything else? For example, participating in martial arts."
Zhang Lei snorted disdainfully, "To participate in the martial arts competition, I have to take the riding and archery test. I haven't even practiced archery, so how about riding and archery? My master said at the beginning that I have no ambitions and am not a person who wants to do big things. He was right.
, My biggest wish in this life is to make more money, have more sons, drink tea when I have nothing to do, go to other shopkeepers to brag, and live peacefully as a commoner. I am very satisfied with my current life, not at all.
Don’t want to change.”
Guo Song picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Then I wish senior brother to give birth to a son soon and drink this glass!"