Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 14 Chen Yunfu's New Home
The house given by Zhu Yuanzhang is located in the central area of ​​Jinling City, adjacent to Liren Street on West Chang'an Avenue.

It is connected to Chengxian in the north and close to the Drum Tower, which is the best terrain in Jinling City except Chang'an Avenue.

Therefore, Liren Street is full of princes, generals, high-ranking officials and dignitaries, counting from the street to the end of the alley, I am afraid that there is only one white man like Chen Yunfu.

"What a big house."

Chen Yunfu raised his head and let out a sincere admiration.

Before coming here, it was not uncommon for him to think that it was the house bestowed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and its size must not be small, but Chen Yunfu was shocked when he saw it for the first time.

It's too big.

The main entrance alone is a full two feet wide, and the stone lions displayed on the left and right are nearly two heads taller than Chen Yunfu, who is 13 and a half years old at the time. How could this scene speak for itself.

If I had to find a fly in the ointment, the door was extremely damaged, the dust on the two stone lions was also very serious, and the door was rotten. It seems that no one has lived in it for a long time.

Chen Yunfu went forward and tried to push the door, only to find that the door was locked from the inside, and immediately frowned slightly.

Could it be that there are still people in this house?

With that in mind, Chen Yunfu turned his head and glanced at the doorman's location, then stepped over and knocked.

"anyone there?"

There was no one in the porter's room to respond, so Chen Yunfu had no choice but to go to the window and peep inside. Seeing that there were still dishes and chopsticks on a table in the porter's room that hadn't been cleaned up in time, he confirmed his guess in his heart.

There are people.

After confirming that there were still people guarding the house here, Chen Yunfu stopped worrying. He took his luggage and went to a restaurant not far away to rest, and by the way overlooked the house that was about to become his new home.

After waiting like this for more than half an hour, Chen Yunfu finally saw a 40-year-old middle-aged man walking to the house with two bags of things, and opened the locked gate.

"Little Er check out."

Chen Yunfu yelled, and Xiao Er, who was guarding the stairs on the second floor, ran over.

"Young master, you just order a pot of hot water, a stack of snacks, Cheng Hui, thirty cash is all you need."

Prices in the early Ming Dynasty were still high, and Chen Yunfu wasn't sure if this was due to the general environment, or it was just Jinling being the capital that was so expensive.

He ordered a pot of white water, which cost no more than three or two yuan at most, but a stack of pastries cost more than twenty yuan.

A simple conversion is equivalent to going to a cake shop in later generations and asking for a glutinous rice cake, which costs more than 20 yuan.

Expensive is naturally a little expensive, but fortunately it is acceptable.

Chen Yunfu reached out and groped in Lili, and finally took out a treasure note.

Chen Yunfu really didn't have copper coins, and the only thing Zhu Yuanzhang gave him was this so-called Ming Tongxing treasure.

This thing is equivalent to the banknotes of Daming at this time, which were approved and issued by the Ministry of Households in the eighth year of Hongwu.

At this time, the purchasing power of the Daming Banknotes was still very strong, and it was not depreciated until Zhu Laosi in the Yongle Dynasty issued it for the five Northern Expeditions. After the civil engineering changes, the Daming Banknotes were completely reduced to a pile of waste paper.

Seeing that Chen Yunfu's hand was a treasure note with a denomination of one thousand Wen, Xiaoer's face became more submissive, and he bent over to take it with both hands, said something to the young master, and then hurriedly turned and left.

Not long after, he came back holding a tray with a dozen thick stacks of copper coins on it.

"A total of 970 texts are looking for you, how about you?"

Chen Yunfu didn't have time to check it, thinking that the waiter in the store under the emperor's foot would not dare to lie to himself, so he stretched out his hand and poured all the copper coins in front of him into his bag, then went downstairs and left, rushing to his new home.

Going again this time, the man I saw earlier was already in the concierge, and when he saw Chen Yunfu, he came out and asked a question.

"Who is this young man looking for?"

"My name is Chen Yunfu. This is my household certificate and the monk's certificate issued by the monk Taoist earlier, and this is the house deed issued by the imperial minister. This house belongs to me now."

Chen Yunfu took out all the things in the package that could prove his identity, and then looked directly at the man.

Hearing that the young man in front of him turned out to be the new owner, the man's face showed a little surprise, he respectfully stretched out his hands to take it and began to check it, and handed it back after a while, bowing at the same time.

"My surname is Wu, a minor official of Cao from the Yingtian Mansion. This house used to be the house of Yan Niyuwen, the former servant of the Ministry of Officials. Yan Ni was involved in the case of Hu Niweiyong and confiscated his home. This place was abandoned until now. today.

I was ordered to guard here to prevent it from being destroyed by thieves. The first class lasted for more than three years, so I can be regarded as looking forward to a new owner. "

The home of the former official minister?
Chen Yunfu was stunned, and understood why this house was so luxurious.

Be good, sir.

Minister of the Ministry of Officials, from the second grade, tsk tsk.

Great, really great.

I have picked up a big mistake, no, to be precise, I should thank Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang for his generosity.

If such a large house was sold in the tooth market, it would probably cost thousands of taels of silver based on the price of land in Jinling.

Nothing to say, pay attention!

Happy to be happy, Chen Yunfu didn't dare to get carried away, he bowed to the man surnamed Wu and saluted: "So it's Wu, Uncle Wu."

Forgive Chen Yunfu for not knowing how to address Old Wu, who is a subordinate official. The subordinate official is just a temporary worker in the yamen, so he can't be called a court official or an adult, so he can only be called an uncle according to his age.

If this is the case, it also scares this old Wu so much that he dare not take it seriously.

"If the young master thinks highly of me, just call me Old Wu."

Just kidding, Chen Yunfu held the house deed issued by the Imperial Secretary in his hand, indicating that it was awarded by the emperor's Lao Tzu. The young son in front of him may be the son of some incredible prince.

This uncle, whoever dares to be an uncle, can afford to be an uncle.

"Mr. Chen, please, let me come down and introduce you one or two."

"It's work."

Chen Yunfu nodded, followed this old Wu into the house.

There is no novelty in the mansion. It has not been inhabited for more than three years. This Yan Mansion, which was once a bustling city, has long been dilapidated. Dust is everywhere, and even the corridors and corners are densely packed The cobwebs, coupled with the desolation that no one lived in for many years, made the whole house look very cold and uncomfortable.

"No one cleans it, it looks very embarrassing, I hope Mr. Chen will forgive me."

"It's okay."

Chen Yunfu didn't care much, although the house looked messy and dirty, but the building as a whole didn't have any damage, and it could be lived in after a little tidying up.

Strictly speaking, this is a thousand-square-meter courtyard. If it wasn't for time travel, even if I struggled a few lifetimes in my previous life, I wouldn't be able to live in this kind of place one day.

People value contentment, and Chen Yunfu is already very satisfied.

"Old Wu, can you please help me find some servants to tidy up."

"I'll do it right away."

Where would Old Wu say anything else, he immediately agreed, and before he turned around to implement it, several carriages stopped outside the gate.

Chen Yunfu recognized it at a glance, it was a carriage from the palace.

I saw a young eunuch getting off from one of the carriages, approaching Chen Yunfu with a few steps and slightly cupping his hands.

"Little Master Daoming, this slave is here to send someone to you under the orders of the Chief Manager."

"Send someone? Who?"

Chen Yunfu didn't understand it for a while, and he didn't realize it until the carriages got on and off more than a dozen maids.

Aren't these maids of honor the maids of Empress Ma in the early days?

The little eunuch pulled Chen Yunfu aside, and whispered in his ear.

"The chief manager is worried that the emperor will feel sad when he sees these people and think of the former queen, and he is also afraid of killing these people, so he simply sends them all over to serve you, you can keep them."

Chen Yunfu thanked him again and again, and afterward, Old Wu was even more straight-eyed.

He kept thinking in his heart, what kind of prince's son is this Chen Yunfu, maybe he is not the prince who left the palace.

How great is it to give a maid to serve you?
The little eunuch's mission was completed, and he turned back to the palace. Chen Yunfu stopped his excitement, and his eyes flicked over the maids.

Na Baoxiang was very considerate.

I am afraid that there is a third point that the little eunuch has not mentioned.

Even among the dozen or so court ladies, there must be a 'Jinyiwei'.

However, Chen Yunfu was still very happy, and he was indeed worthy of being happy.

What are these maids of honor?
It is the concretization of the holy family!
What a wealth of political capital this is.

Not only did Chen Yunfu want to stay, but he also had to make a big splash in the market, so that all the princes and dignitaries who lived here in Ren Street would know about it.

"By virtue of its strength, the good wind sent me to Qingyun."

Faced with this great gift from Baoxiang, Chen Yunfu couldn't just let it go to waste.

(End of this chapter)