Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 27 The Prelude to Life in Chang'an

Before departure the next day, Gan Chen sent the remaining [-] support staff back to Lingzhou, and of course he brought his secret letter with him.

There are few people, but the journey is not slow. The originally planned eight-day journey took everyone only six days!On the way, Booger Khan knew that he had no chance to escape, so he performed quite well.

The day before arriving in Chang'an, Jiang Shiren sent a small team into the city to report.The next day, Jin Yu followed Jiang Shiren into Chang'an City. Even though he was used to seeing the prosperous cities of later generations, he couldn't help being secretly surprised after entering Chang'an City. There are many pennants, Chinese and foreign businessmen in different dresses are bustling, so lively!
(Chang’an in the Tang Dynasty, according to historical records, was about 10 kilometers long and 8.5 kilometers wide. You may not have any idea about it. Just now, Hoe He opened the map of Du Niang and drew a rectangle, and found that the area is half of the area within the second ring road of Jinan. What kind of concept is this? There are five districts within the second ring road of Jinan! Friends who have no idea can draw a rectangle of their own city to see, it is absolutely shocking.)
The ones who came to hand over Booger Khan to Jiang Shiren were the Beiya Forbidden Army. I heard Jiang Shiren said that this is a troop that is highly valued by Li Er. It seems that Booger Khan is quite valued by Li Er.

The rewards of Jiang Shiren and his party came very quickly, and they came in the afternoon, and Jiang Shiren was so happy.But Jin Yu's "Notice of Noble Title" has not yet arrived. Li Daozong arranged for Gan Chen to monitor Jin Yu, but he did not say that he would not let Gan Chen return to the camp. Wait two more days at the station.When Jiang Gan returned with his troops, Jin Yu didn't wait too long, and took Yang Ying and Chen Rui to inquire about buying a house.

Jin Yu and his party came to the Yamen of Wannian County and explained their respective situations (returning to Tang in a different place). The official didn't say anything, asked Jin Yu to stand upright, measured his height, told him to sit upright and not move, He glanced at Jin Yu from time to time, and then wrote something on the file.If it wasn't for Jin Yu knowing that this was the Tang Dynasty, he would have thought it was a photo shoot.Record the "group appearance" one by one. (In the Tang Dynasty, when someone settled in the household registration, it was necessary to record personal physical characteristics, which was called "group appearance" at that time)
The official is very experienced, it seems that this kind of thing has been done frequently, and the handling fee is not much, three people six copper coins, and enthusiastically introduced: "If you need to buy a house or land, please go out and turn right to the next door. If you don’t even have money for meals, please go out and turn left to the next door, there will be special staff to receive you, so you don’t have to leave.”

Jin Yu was invited out in a daze. He really didn't expect that the officials of the Tang Dynasty were so efficient and charged very low fees. The most important thing is that there is a concept of subsistence allowances these days!It seems that Li Er's fame during his reign was not without reason.

Jin Yu came to the room on the right and said that he wanted to buy a house and buy some land by the way.

"There are still a few sets of houses. The land is only outside the city." The little official surnamed Zhou replied.

"It's okay outside the city, let's see if there is any suitable one." Jinyu asked Na Zhouli to introduce.

"There are several houses on the east side of Dongshi, but the land is only near one, about [-] mu." Zhou Li took out a rough floor plan and showed Jinyu the location. "This month, a few businessmen are not doing well and want to sell their houses. This land is relatively close, but it is not a good field, and it can only be regarded as a middle field."

"How do you sell this house?" Jin Yu asked, pointing to a house close to Dongshi.

"150 guan. If you want me to say it's not as good as the Changlefang set, the seller only needs [-] guan." Zhou Li introduced.

"Is this the cheapest?" Bashiguan is equivalent to the purchasing power of 40 in later generations. It seems that the housing prices in the prosperous areas in ancient times are not cheap, Jin Yu secretly clicked his tongue.

"It's the cheapest among the ones for sale, but the seller has a condition, that is, he must buy the 150-acre Zhongtian together, a total of [-] guan."

"Yeah, it's him." Jin Yu asked others, buying a house or land must go through the government, there is no personal intermediary, since it is the cheapest here, there is no better value for money than this.

"Sir, don't think about it again? It is said that this land has changed hands three times in three years, and the harvest every year is common." Zhou Li said truthfully.

"It's okay, it's just him, let's go through the formalities." Jinyu is still confident in his farming skills, who told him to still have corn, sweet potatoes and land in his bag?These few seeds are sure to yield high yields.

The formalities were also done very quickly. I took the land deed that had been signed long ago, and finished the work with my fingerprints.

Since he was not married yet, Chen Rui was afraid that some rumors would be bad for Yang Ying and Jin Yu, so he stayed with Yang Ying in the new house and asked Jin Yu to go to the place where he bought it.

After leaving the Chunming Gate, walking eastward for about ten miles, we arrived at the White Grass Beach bought by Jin Yu. Jin Yu didn’t ride a horse, but walked slowly with the lion. Many people along the way were attracted by the handsome and unrestrained appearance of the lion. .

The farther you go to the east, the fewer people there are. In the distance, there is a willow tree growing in the middle of the road, branching from half a person's height to the two sides, with luxuriant branches on both sides.The thin green smoke all around rises mistyly, gradually fades until it disappears.The children's happy laughter came from the distant village, mixed with a few barks of dogs, Jin Yu seemed to have returned to the small village where he lived, feeling extremely cordial.

But he said that today Li Chunfeng took a rest and went out to play with his master Yuan Tiangang. He was a little tired, so he rested under this forked willow tree.

Not long after the two of them sat down, they saw someone walking this way from a distance. It was Yuan Tiangang who wanted to study his apprentice carefully, so he proposed, "Let's figure out where the young man Congshu who passed by is. Let’s go and see who’s right.”

"Let the master tell you." Li Chunfeng had no objection, but secretly cared about it.

The two counted their fingers together for a long time, but neither of them spoke. Seeing that the person on the opposite side was about to come, they opened their mouths. One said to the left, and the other said to the right.

Jin Yu walked over from the opposite side, and really didn't pay attention to the two of them. He just saw that the willow tree was turning green, with tender green shoots growing out. It was really a "spring breeze in February like scissors".With a childlike innocence, Jin Yu hopped onto the forked branch with great effort, reached out and broke off a willow branch, trying to make a whistle that he used to play with when he was a child.

Jin Yu jumped down from the middle, but Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were dumbfounded. Yuan Tiangang hurriedly asked: "Young man, the road on both sides is so wide, why don't you pass on both sides, but walk on the tree?"

Only then did Jin Yu realize that there were two people sitting under the tree, so he couldn't say that he had a childlike innocence, could he?He laughed at the moment, "This is called 'the road faces the sky, don't walk on both sides'!"

(End of this chapter)