I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 13 The first loyal subordinate
Chapter 012 The first loyal subordinate
Chen Guodong thought he was going to die, but when he opened his eyes again, he was lying on a clean bed, surrounded by the smell of fine wine.

He looked at the room above his head. It was a very small room with one bed and one cabinet. Near the window was a dark red wooden table.

"you're awake?"

It was only then that Chen Guodong realized that his body was tightly wrapped in gauze. Fortunately, his life was hard and he came back to life. Opposite him was a very young woman, and the bun represented that the woman was a married woman.

"Thank you for your life, my lady!"

"Don't thank the slave, the slave is not the one who saves you, the one who saves you is our boss!"

"Your owner..."

"Our owner's surname is Cheng, and the taboo name is Shijie, from Luoyang!"

Now Cheng Shijie is also a person with status in the Ming Dynasty and has settled in Dengzhou.At the same time, he spent 140 taels of silver and bought the false title of a foreigner and foreigner.

Now Cheng Shijie, ordinary people will call him Yuanwai.

Yang Yunniang has already forgotten her original intention now, her childhood has been quite prosperous, and Cheng Shijie trusts her very much, letting her take care of the food and clothing in the house.

Seven days ago, Cheng Shijie brought back the seriously injured and dying man. Cheng Shijie used some medicine to disinfect the man himself, and then found a doctor for treatment.Seeing that Chen Guodong was seriously injured, the doctor advised Cheng Shijie not to waste money.

But Cheng Shijie said: "Do your best and obey the destiny!"

I never thought that this man would survive.

At that time, Cheng Shijie also brought back two men and two women. The two men were named Chen Shitou and Liu Huzi, and the girls were named Yang Zhaodi and Huang Yindi.

Chen Shitou is 13 years old, Liu Huzi is 14 years old, Zhaodi is 15 years old, and Yindi is 14 years old.

Cheng Shijie did not enslave the four of them, but adopted his adopted son and adopted daughter. Chen Shitou became Cheng Shi, Liu Huzi changed his name to Cheng Hu, Yang Zhaodi changed his name to Cheng Anning, and Huang Yindi changed his name to Cheng Jingjing.

Their identities are different, so naturally they will no longer live in Liu Ji.Cheng Shijie mainly considered that he dumped materials from two time and space, but Liu Ji was inside and out, and the materials that appeared out of thin air, a small amount was fine, and any more might attract the attention of others.

Due to the large number of families, Cheng Shijie decided not to rent in the Liuji Inn, but to buy a house. There was still a while before the Wuqiao mutiny, and Cheng Shijie decided to take his family to flee.

Song Kangnian really became a broker, and he found that being a broker was more profitable than being a fortune teller.

This house is located near Zhenhaimen. The original owner was a Dengzhou businessman. However, when he was delivering the goods, the goods and people were robbed by bandits. The business failed, and his wife, concubine and children staged a property seizure big drama.As a result, the house was mortgaged to Xingping Pawnshop, and his family returned to their hometown in Huang County.

This is a dead pawn, and the pawn shop can handle it by itself, so there is no need to worry about the original owner running back to redeem the house after staying.The Xingping number can naturally be sold.

Shiqiao Lane got its name because of a stone bridge. After passing the stone bridge, it is the central axis of Dengzhou City, Bell Tower Street. It can be regarded as a prosperous core area in later generations.

Because it is close to Zhenhai Gate, whether it is going out of the city or to the pier, the traffic is very convenient. If you are going in the direction of the South Gate or West City, you need to make a big turn.

Cheng Shijie came to Shiqiao Lane in Lao Zhou's carriage.Song Kangnian pointed to the entrance of the alley and said, "The second house in the alley, was Cheng Yuanwai ever satisfied?"

"Let's see!"

The house faces the east facing the street, and to the east of the outer courtyard there is a row of five upside-down houses with their backs facing the street.

The main courtyard is through the vertical flower gate. The five rooms in the north are built tall and facing the south. There are three wing rooms on each side.

Both the room and the walls are built with blue bricks and gray tiles. The wing rooms, main rooms and hanging flowers are connected by corridors. There are large water tanks as high as people's waists in the courtyard.The function of this water tank is similar to that of fire hydrants in later generations.

There are also two sweet-scented osmanthus trees and a pomegranate tree planted in the yard, and there is a small swing frame in the middle. After passing through the main building, there is a backyard. The miscellaneous rooms live with maids and mother-in-law.

The entire yard has 27 large and small houses, covering an area of ​​more than two acres, more than 1000 square meters.No matter where it is placed, it is considered a mansion.

Cheng Shijie originally wanted to spend dozens of taels of silver to rent a small courtyard as a temporary place to stay, but he never thought it would be such a mansion.

Song Kangnian and the staff of Xingping beside him whispered softly.

Song Yang, the shopkeeper of Xingping, said: "Mr. Cheng, the original furniture of this house has been removed by the original owner, but our Xingping also has a mortgage furniture business. Song is the master, and he can make it untidy for Mr. Cheng. But..."

"But what?"

"This house is only for sale, not for rent!"

"That's it!"

Cheng Shijie really didn't want to buy this house. After all, he knew that Dengzhou would be occupied by Dongjiang rebels at the end of December, that is, in more than four months.

Seeing Cheng Shijie's reluctance.

Song Yang said, "If Cheng Yuanwai doesn't have a lot of money, you can lend Cheng Yuanwai the Xingping number!"

Cheng Shijie actually didn't need to borrow money. Most of the crystal ornaments he bought from later generations were sold by Song Kangnian. Now Cheng Shijie is already a rich man. He has more than 6000 taels of silver, plus more than 2000 taels of gold that have been exchanged. .

"How much silver does this house need?"

"800 taels of silver!"

"Eight hundred?"

Cheng Shijie was quite surprised. He still knew too little about housing prices in the Ming Dynasty. This house with an area of ​​more than two acres and 27 houses only cost 800 taels.

He thought in his heart that such a house would cost several thousand taels, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver.

In fact, Cheng Shijie didn't know that the Ming Dynasty's price was actually not high.

In the 42nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1614), Wang Yuanjun, a resident of Xiuning County, Huizhou, sold a house, including 3 main rooms, 3 wing rooms, and 3 facades, for 50 taels of silver.

Look at the housing prices in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty.Also according to Zhang Chuanxi's "Explanation of the Compilation and Interpretation of Contracts in the Past Dynasties of China" records:
In the 13th year of Chongzhen, Fu Shangzhi, a resident of Zhengyangmen Street in Beijing, sold a house. The selling price was only 33 taels.

Of course, Dengzhou was a city with a relatively strong commercial atmosphere in the fourth year of Chongzhen, and housing prices were not cheap. This house has only 27 houses, and the price of 800 taels is already very expensive.

Song Kangnian and Song Yang naturally bargained for the price, and the two sides fought each other, and finally settled the deal at a price of 680 taels.

With a value of 680 taels of silver, the Song family’s Xingping account was also profitable. When the original owner mortgaged the Xingping account, he only mortgaged 300 taels of silver.

Song Kangnian was in charge of the delivery, and Cheng Shijie didn't have to worry about it.

After Song Kangnian handed it to Cheng Shijie with the deed of a good household: "Member, when are we going to move?"

Cheng Shijie looked at Song Kangnian in surprise: "Us?"

"That's right!"

Song Kangnian wasn't embarrassed at all: "Song wants to invite the staff to treat me to dinner!"

"This one……"

Cheng Shijie really didn't want to delay Song Kangnian's future. Without his help, would Li Zicheng still be able to build the Dashun Empire?
Song Kangnian was willing to follow Cheng Shijie mainly because of two reasons. First, he couldn't see through Cheng Shijie's fate. Second, because of his body, Song Kangnian was a person with self-esteem and low self-esteem.

But Cheng Shijie has seen dwarves in later generations, and he has also seen dwarf performances. He knows that these dwarfs are famous in front and suffer in the future.

Song Kangnian did not see the contempt and discrimination in Cheng Shijie's eyes.In the end, it was Cheng Shijie who took out a large number of crystals and some treasures that he couldn't see through.Especially a box that Cheng Shijie was carrying with him, he accidentally touched it, half of his body became numb, and it took half an hour to get better.

To Song Kangnian, Cheng Shijie was a secret treasure.

Cheng Shijie reluctantly agreed because he still needed Song Kangnian to run for him.

"If Mr. Song doesn't dislike it, let's go together!"

Song Kangnian bowed and said, "Then I, like Ming Yu, will also call you Master!"

Shen Mingyu said: "Boss, can I not live in the same room as Mr. Song?"

"Why, you still despise Song!"

Shen Mingyu smiled wryly: "You snore too loudly, I can't sleep well!"

"Song hasn't disliked your smelly feet yet!"

"Now there are many rooms in this courtyard, you can choose by yourself, you can live wherever you want!"

"Boss, when shall we move?"

"Or, now?"

Cheng Shijie also felt a little inconvenient, Liu Ji's Dongkua courtyard was too small, plus Song Kangnian, Shen Mingyu and the four teenagers couldn't live there at all.

His two adopted sons opened a room in Liuji, but his two adopted daughters lived with Yang Yunniang in a wing room, where four people, big and small, lived.Fortunately, Cheng Anning and Cheng Anjing were both thin, otherwise they would not be able to sleep in the same bed.

Cheng Shijie decided to move, and Shen Mingyu started exercising.

The current Cheng Shijie somewhat lamented that in later generations he was a hard worker, but in the late Ming Dynasty, as long as he moved his mouth, someone would immediately do the work.

Cheng Shijie didn't have many things at the end of the Ming Dynasty. If he moved, he could easily complete it with a few large cars. The problem was that Chen Guodong's injuries were still too serious, so he couldn't move at all.

Fortunately, Liu Jidong's house across the courtyard has not been returned.

After finishing the move, Song Yang sent over a dozen large carts of old furniture. The quality of these furniture is not bad, but they really didn't use some rags to make up for it. However, the quality of the wood is only average, and there is no expensive wood.

"Daddy!"

Cheng Shijie's four adopted sons and daughters greeted him.

"Get up, don't kneel down!"

Cheng Shijie said: "We are all one family!"

Cheng Shijie looked at the yard he had just bought, feeling an indescribable joy.

At this time, Yang Yunniang became entangled instead.

Ordinarily her task has been completed, and Cheng Shijie has made it clear to the owner of Xingpinghao that the crystal music box can be sold by Xingpinghao as a death pawn, and he will never redeem it again.

In fact, Yang Yunniang can evacuate completely, but she has been wandering in the rivers and lakes for too long, she wants to settle down and have a home, her master is actually just using her to make money, she knows this very well.

Just as Cheng Shijie opened the window in the main house in the backyard to let in the air, Yang Yunniang walked in with her daughter in her arms.

"Pfft!"

Yang Yunniang knelt directly in front of Cheng Shijie.

"Yunniang, what are you doing?"

"Boss, I'm sorry!"

(End of this chapter)