Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 346 Three Hundred Acres leads to a big gift-giving session
"We heard that Mr. Shuiyuan and your father have been looking for a house in Beiping City these days.

We happen to have a few suitable houses in our house, so we gave them to your father and Mr. Shuiyuan! "

Zhu Di said lightly.

"These four courtyards?"

Guo An couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Your Highness, my father and father-in-law would never dare to accept such an expensive courtyard!"

Two houses with four entrances and two houses with five entrances have been bought by some wealthy families in the current Beiping City and will not be sold to the outside world at all.

As for the prices of these four courtyards, they are at least 5 taels of silver!

"Guo Qing doesn't know that with the prosperity of Beiping Mansion, it is becoming more and more difficult to find houses in Beiping City. Now many good houses are in the hands of some people and do not sell them.

If it doesn't matter, unless Mr. Shuiyuan comes to the door in person, or Guo Qing comes forward, he won't be able to buy a suitable house at all! "

Zhu Di looked at Guo An with a chuckle, not worried at all that Guo An would refuse.

And Guo An was just as grateful as Zhu Di thought.

"Wei Chen takes the place of my father and father-in-law. Thank you for your kindness. However, the price of these four houses has already reached 5 taels of silver. It is really difficult for Wei Chen to make the decision on behalf of my father and father-in-law.

However, after Wei Chen returned, he explained the matter to his father-in-law and father! "

"5 taels of silver?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di could not help but feel a trace of distress and a trace of wonder in his eyes.

These courtyards were purchased by Princess Yan over the years. He didn't know how valuable they were now.

"Now, the price of houses in Beiping Mansion is already so expensive?"

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "Now as Beiping Mansion becomes more and more prosperous, more and more people want to live in Beiping City, and many houses can no longer satisfy them!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but subconsciously asked: "Does Guo Qing have a good solution?"

After saying that, Zhu Di couldn't help but smile and shook his head secretly. The city of Beiping is so big, what good idea can Guo An have?
Unless, the city wall of Beiping Mansion is demolished and houses are built outside.

Guo Andao: "Your Highness, do you still remember that there is an abandoned city wall in the north of Beiping City?"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di was stunned, "What does Guo Qing mean?..."

Guo Andao: "Your Highness, I think the abandoned old city can be reused!"

In the early Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty had just captured Yuan Dadu, due to the sparse residents in the north of Yuan Dadu, the terrain was open and difficult to defend, and the army in the city had no place to rely on when defending.

therefore.

After Xu Da captured the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, he directly built an earthen wall in the center of the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty, to the north. Guangxi Gate and Suqing Gate were also enclosed and became the current northern wall of Beiping City.

Later, these smaller half of the divided cities were gradually abandoned.

The original official offices and main residence were also demolished.

Although Zhu Di placed some Mongolians there, there are still no people from Beiping Prefecture willing to go!

In fact, it’s not that I don’t want to go.

Instead, those places have been blocked by city walls and have become ruins.

However, when the Yuan Dynasty was able to build a city here, the foundations below and some ditches and canals were suitable for building houses.

After Guo An reminded him, Zhu Di also thought about it, so his eyes couldn't help but shine.

Then, he remembered something and asked hesitantly: "Guo Qing, is there really someone willing to buy that piece of wasteland?"

"Your Highness, the northern part of Beiping City has a beautiful environment, and the foundation of the North City was built by the ancestors of the Liu family. As long as Your Highness can build a cement avenue outside the city, the Guo family and the Liu family will be willing to go!"

Guo An said with certainty.

Zhu Di was stunned and asked in disbelief: "Where do you want the Guo family and Liu family to live?"

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly!

Zhu Di said directly: "In this case, we will give each of them a land deed of [-] acres!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An was overjoyed and quickly accepted.

Let's occupy the land first. If Guo's father and father-in-law don't want to, there are still so many houses in his house that the Guo and Liu families can live in.

"Tomorrow, we will send someone to take you, your father, and Mr. Shuiyuan to choose an address!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

……

Guo An went back and informed Guo's father and Liu Huiyuan of the matter.

When they heard that it was the deed for the abandoned [-] acres of land in Beicheng, the two of them agreed without thinking.

They lived in spacious houses in Shunde Mansion. They couldn't come to Beiping Mansion and live in a house with three or four entrances.

Moreover, the three or four people entering the house cannot accommodate their own family members.

But now, with the three hundred acres of land, they can build a house as they wish.

But the price of the two houses Zhu Di gave them was much higher.

Moreover, according to their perspective, if King Yan builds a number of houses in these courtyards again, the price will not be much lower.

The next day.

Zhu Di then sent several scribes from Prince Yan's Mansion, as well as Ma He, to follow Guo An, Guo Fu and others to the outside of Beicheng to enclose the land!

Although the area outside the North City is almost in ruins, the surrounding environment is indeed good. Some places may even be slightly transformed into a natural lake or garden.

After looking around, Father Guo and Liu Huiyuan were even more satisfied.

After both of them had circled [-] acres of land each, Guo An didn't stop and actually circled another [-] acres of land.

Ma He and the other scribes couldn't help but look embarrassed, "Guo Changshi, His Royal Highness the King of Yan only allows each family to own [-] acres of land. Now there are [-] more acres of land. We want to ignore such a large land. You can’t even ignore it!”

"Who told you to ignore it?"

"what?"

"We want you to take note of these three hundred acres of land, and we want to buy it from His Highness King Yan!" As soon as Guo An said this, everyone was stunned.

However, Father Guo and Liu Huiyuan nodded subconsciously and couldn't help but look away.

Ma He and the other scribes had doubts in their eyes, and they couldn't help but remind them: "Guo Changshi, the land price here is not cheap!"

Guo An said directly: "You don't need to say more, we can afford it!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Ma He and the few scribes did not persuade him.

In this regard, Zhu Di did not persuade him much.

Over the years, no one has purchased this old site, and it has been left alone.

Moreover, he knew how rich Guo An was.

And Guo An also handed over the money and got the land deed very quickly.

At the same time, a large number of orders began to be placed with the cement workshop in Yanwang Mansion and some brick kilns in Beiping Mansion.

No one in Beiping Mansion dared to ignore Guo An's order.

When the New Year was approaching, they finally knew why Guo An placed an order for so many green bricks for them.

In the Huang family, Huang Bi was sitting by the stove in the main hall, warming himself and drinking tea.

His third son walked in from the door with a happy face.

"Father, I have found out clearly that Guo Changshi's father and his father-in-law, Mr. Shuiyuan, are moving from Shunde Prefecture to Beiping Prefecture.

His Highness King Yan gave the ruins in the north of the original city to these two families.

Even Guo Changshi actually bought three hundred acres of wasteland from His Highness King Yan on that ruins!

Guo Changshi bought green bricks from families like mine to build a house on that wasteland! "

"That abandoned city wall in the north of the city?"

"Exactly!"

"How could Guo Changshi think of building a house on that abandoned city wall?"

"Father, I heard that Guo Changshi's father and Mr. Shuiyuan once looked for a courtyard in Beiping City, but there was no suitable courtyard in Beiping City.

So, His Highness King Yan gave each family three hundred acres of wasteland in that area. As for Guo Changshi, he bought three hundred acres for himself! "

"The three of them have nine hundred acres!"

"Father, there are more and more people in Beiping City, and housing prices are getting higher and higher. Now that the Guo family and Liu family have moved to Beiping Mansion, will the old city wall become prosperous again in the future?"

"what do you mean……"

“Father, Guo Changshi has always been called a boy who makes money, whether he asks me to wait for these gentry to build brick kilns or repair Zhangjiawan Pier;

Or, build an academy, or even the group of houses around the academy, which are very valuable now..."

"Third brother, hurry up and ask your classmate who is a scribe in Prince Yan's Mansion. Our Huang family also wants to buy the land in Beicheng!"

"Yes, father!...Father, it is the New Year's Day soon. According to the practice of Prince Yan's Mansion, Prince Yan's Mansion does not handle any government affairs these days and is distributing benefits..."

"Then I'll give some New Year's gifts to all your classmates!"

"Yes, Father!"

……

Similarly, in the Zheng family, Zhou family...

These gentry from Wanping County and Daxing County also heard that Guo An wanted to build a house in the abandoned city wall to the north of Beiping City.

These gentlemen all looked excited.

One after another, they sent their family stewards or their children, or even themselves, to come forward in person to give New Year's gifts to all the officials in Prince Yan's Mansion.

At the beginning, the officials in Prince Yan's Mansion could still say a few polite words and accept New Year's gifts from classmates or fellow villagers with whom they had a good relationship.

However, in the end, all the famous gentry or merchants from the prefectures and counties in Beiping City came to give them gifts.

In fact, these gifts are becoming more and more important, and there are more and more tricks. No matter how slow they react, they realize that something is wrong.

So, after thinking for a long time, these officials hurriedly approached Zhu Di.

After listening, Zhu Di's expression became solemn.

"What do you mean, this year the gentry and merchants in Beiping Mansion suddenly showered you with large amounts of gifts?"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Zhu Di asked curiously: "How much did you give?"

A clerk said sarcastically: "Your Highness, I have collected about 1000 taels of items and money in the past three days."

"Ten taels?"

Zhu Di's eyes suddenly widened and he subconsciously looked at the other scribes.

"Your Highness, Weichen has received a gift of one thousand, two hundred taels!"

"Weichen is 900 taels..."

"Wei Chen is one thousand, five hundred taels..."

"Fuck it!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but be furious.

All the officials trembled and hurriedly apologized with fear on their faces: "Your Highness, please forgive me, Wei Chen and others were also deceived.

At first, the people who gave gifts to Wei Chen and others were all classmates and friends, or people from the same hometown.

They are also normal New Year gifts...

However, later on, more and more gentry and merchants were able to give gifts to minor ministers!

Those gifts are also all kinds of weird. Some gifts have treasures hidden inside, and even some pastry fillings have silver..."

"Wei Chen and others realized something was wrong, so they hurriedly came to report to His Highness. And they also brought all the gifts!"

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(End of this chapter)