Xiangye

Chapter 235 Beijing House Prices
It is really very appropriate to describe this neighborhood with fireworks.

This is the business district of Beijing. There is a Luoma Market in Sanlidi from the Shanxi Guild Hall, a big market selling miscellaneous goods such as bamboo wares and wooden wares.Along the road, there are shops, restaurants, teahouses, and brothels one after another on the street. The ground is also paved with bluestone slabs. Pedestrians, merchants, carriages and horses are constantly coming and going, even lively.Especially when crossing a small stone arch bridge, because there were so many people, Gao Wen and Xiaoying sweated a lot.

After crossing the small bridge, there is a big stone archway facing you. There are cows and horses tied to the horse posts next to the archway.The bell of "Ding Dong" came, and looking around, it was a few camels with bells tied, swinging their limp humps.

Behind the camel was a sheep dealer waving his whip, and about a hundred sheep, led by a goat, swarmed like an avalanche.The IQ of the goat is estimated to be higher than that of the sheep, and it has become the head sheep. There is still a bell under the neck, which is regarded as a symbol of intelligence.

There was a lot of traffic, shoulder to shoulder, and Gao Wenai's lively temperament, so he couldn't help saying: "This place is not bad!"

However, after the flock passed by, he and Xiaoying couldn't help frowning when they saw the sheep dung and eggs all over the floor.

Generally speaking, this street is quite glamorous, after all, it is a thoroughfare and the facade of businesses.Behind the shop is the residence of ordinary people. Turning into an alley, Xiaoying couldn't help scolding Mu Shi: "What good place are you looking for, and people can live here?"

It turned out that there were no professional sanitation workers in the Ming Dynasty.Sanitation in the city is carried out by the servants of Shuntian Prefecture Yamen and Daxing County Yamen. These yamen shoulder a lot of responsibilities. In addition to cleaning and being responsible for law and order, they also have to be firefighters to put out fires. be wide.

Of course, because it is at the foot of the emperor, the first good district, the funds for the yamen are also sufficient, and the number of yamen servants is also extremely large.Take Daxing County as an example, there are as many as [-] official servants in the third class, unlike Hancheng County, where there are only a dozen people.

Like later generations, government offices at all levels in the Ming Dynasty also paid attention to face-saving projects.The streets are cleaned up by government servants every day, but the scene behind the streets is not as satisfactory.

I saw that the place near the wall in the alley in front of me was full of household garbage, green, green, yellow and yellow, and I didn't know what it was.Fortunately, the weather has cooled down, otherwise I don't know what the smell is like.

Hearing Xiao Ying's scolding, Mu Shi apologized and said with a smile: "Young master, Mr. Gao bought a house, not this street. This street belongs to the public, and they don't give money, so naturally no one cleans it."

Xiaoying: "I don't care, my master loves to be clean, your place is no good." After finishing speaking, he said to Gao Wen: "Sir, let's go back, don't look at it."

Seeing that the business was about to fail, Mu Shi repeatedly bowed his hands and begged, "Master Gao, we are only two steps away. You should go and have a look, and see that there is still a piece of meat on your body. I know you have a great future, Mr. Gao." People, right this time is a microservice private visit to observe the people's sentiments."

Gao Wen saw that this place was really dirty, and he felt a little unhappy.But at this moment, he suddenly looked up, and saw that the rising sun had completely dyed the eastern sky red.In the distance of the alley is a tall brick tower, a flock of pigeons fly past, the pigeon whistle is long, in the morning sun, the alley is deep and simple, with an indescribable classical charm.

For a so-called modern person who traveled to ancient times and saw this original classical picture scroll, Gao Wen's youthful temper was offended.Xindao: This is the real ancient building, it is the Beijing city of the Ming Dynasty.But I am not targeting anyone, I just want to say that compared with the beautiful scenery in front of me, Nanluoguxiang and Beiluoguxiang are hot chickens!
"Well, since that's the case, it's okay to go and have a look." Gao Wen nodded.

Mu Shi was overjoyed: "Master Gao, please follow me." After saying that, he graciously took Gao Wen and Xiao Ying into a two-entry house.

After entering the courtyard, not only Gao Wen, but also Xiao Ying, who had been dissatisfied all along, was very satisfied.

This is an ordinary courtyard house. It can be seen that the host is a diligent and meticulous person, and the floor has been cleaned.Although there are not many furniture in each room, they are neatly arranged.Unlike some houses, all messy objects are stuffed inside.

Gao Wen deliberately touched the window lattice with his hand, but there was not a trace of dust.Moreover, at the most wonderful time, unlike the dark and dark rooms in ancient times, all the houses are equipped with bright tiles on the roof, which brings sunlight into the house, which is really spacious and bright.It really needs to be compared, but it is a bit like a hotel inn in an ancient town in later generations.It is both antique and in line with the living habits of modern people.

There are a total of seven rooms in this two-entry house, all of which are neat and clean.

The two courtyards are also large, and flower gardens were immediately opened, planting wintersweet and green bamboo.These two large stone jars were placed in the courtyard respectively, and water was stored immediately. This is used to fight fires in case of water leakage in the house.However, lotus flowers were raised in the tank and goldfish were fed.

If he hadn't known in advance that this place belonged to an ordinary family, Gao Wen would really have thought it was a scholar's house in terms of its elegance.

The only fly in the ointment is that all the windows are pasted with paper-cuts, with magpies and plum blossoms on the paper-cuts, which is a bit tacky.

Outside the house is the world of mortals, but there is a world here, which is really not bad.

"Master Gao, are you still satisfied?" Mu Shi asked carefully, his eyes full of expectation.

Gao Wen naturally agreed, and was about to nod, Xiaoying interrupted, sneering and saying: "Satisfied, what is our master's status, do you think he may be satisfied? This place is also very ordinary. You have a lot of houses like this in the capital." , you may not have to buy it." As he spoke, he gave Gao Wen a wink, signaling that everything would be handled by him.

Gao Wen naturally knew that Xiaoying wanted to kill the opponent, so he deliberately said something bad here.Naturally, he was impatient to do this kind of thing, so he let Xiaoying negotiate with Mu Shi and the original owner of the house, and sat on the chair with a teacup in his hand to watch the scenery.

While talking, Xiaoying began to provoke the shortcomings of this house with half-baked Beijing movies.He was born in a public family, and he was very familiar with the way in the market, so he immediately said that it was useless.

At the beginning, Mu Shi and the owner of the house could still talk back, but gradually he was berating him so much that he couldn't speak.

The place is very clean, and I thought the owner of the house was also a decent person.But seeing someone today, Gao Wen couldn't help shaking his head.

This person's surname is Yan, and his given name is Fulin. He is the second child in his family, and he is also called Yan's second child.

He looks about 34 to [-] years old, an ordinary Beijing citizen.Born pale and short, with two mouse whiskers, he even looked wretched.When encountering the aggressive little eagle, he shrunk his head, as if he was a little afraid.

After being robbed for a while, he murmured: "My little brother, I can see that your master has a background. It's really not suitable for someone with status like him to live here, but it's clean anyway. The key is cheap! In this capital city, it is easy to find a clean place, and a cheap place is also easy to find. But I am the only one with a clean, cheap, and large house.”

"You boasted this place as a flower, and we won't buy it." Xiaoying snorted, pretending to be indifferent: "A casual question, how much is this house?"

Mu Shi smiled apologetically: "Brother Yun, the owner of this house is asking for 200 taels. Seeing as Mr. Gao is a man of status, let's get a 160% discount, so it's [-] taels!"

Kitty Hawk: "What!"

"What!" Gao Wen was also shocked, and spouted the tea out of his mouth with a puff: This...isn't this too cheap?

Yes, in his opinion, a quadrangle courtyard with two entrances as big as Beijing would cost several thousand taels.If it is replaced by a modern society, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of RMB are also possible.I only have 1000 taels of gold with me, so I can still buy this kind of yard with my teeth.

But I don’t want to think that it’s only 180 taels, which is only a few dollars... The RMB is only tens of thousands of yuan, and tens of thousands of yuan will be enough to buy a square meter in later generations.

This is a big courtyard house in Beijing, you can earn it!

Immediately, Gawain was about to nod.

But at this moment, the little eagle finished calling, and shouted again: "180 taels, you think my master is opening a charity hall to help the victims! Our money is not blown by a strong wind, how can we let you two little thieves be deceived?" Go. Don't buy it!"

While talking, he turned his head and said to Gao Wen: "Master, let's go. To this kind of bastard who asks for a lot of money, it's nonsense to say anything more."

"Don't mind, don't mind!" Apparently, Yan Fulin, the owner of the house, was in a hurry to make a move, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother, brother, the price is easy to negotiate, easy to negotiate! Otherwise, I'll make another discount, 160 tael It's gone." He could also see that Mr. Gao, who was sitting on the side, should be a noble son of a wealthy family, who knew nothing about economic affairs.All the money should be spent on this family member surnamed Yun, as long as he is settled, there will be no problem.

Xiaoying said coldly: "160 taels is too expensive. My master only pays 120 taels. If you agree, we will pay immediately. I won't talk too much nonsense. If you continue talking, aren't you afraid of dry mouth?"

Yan Laoer screamed: "Brother Yun, 160 taels is really a price for conscience, nothing less. 120 taels, isn't this a cheap sale of ancestral property?"

At this time, Gao Wen woke up from the low housing prices in Beijing, and thought again: Yes, this is the Beijing of the Ming Dynasty, and this is not a modern society. The house is only worth this price.I scare myself, hehe!

It turned out that the prices of houses in the Ming Dynasty were extremely low. Like houses in ordinary counties in remote provinces, they couldn't be sold for much money at all.

When Gao Wen was studying the history of the Ming Dynasty, he once read a piece of information from historical materials.In the second year of Tianqi, a resident of Xiuning County, Anhui Province sold his house, a bungalow of about [-] square meters, for eight taels of silver.

The houses in the capital city are not comparable to the county towns, about 30 taels!

Hai Rui had been an official for more than ten years, and he was still a high-ranking official. He had saved his life's money, but in the end he just bought a large courtyard house in the capital for 120 taels of silver.

It can be seen that the price of 120 taels offered by Kitty Eagle is reasonable.

In this era, the daily wages of porters who work hard and sweat profusely in Beijing are about five cents of silver. After a year, they can save about ten taels.After working for a few years, the courtyard house is not expected, but the ordinary bungalows of dozens of taels are still possible.

Xiaoying: "I can't care so much. Anyway, at this price, if you want to sell it, find a middleman to come over and pay with a signature and a painting. Otherwise, let's stop talking in vain. The city of Beijing is huge, and it's not just your family." There is a house."

After finishing speaking, he said to Gao Wen: "Master, it's useless to talk too much, let's go."

Gao Wen knew that Xiaoying was bargaining, and after recalling the records in historical materials, he had a good idea of ​​the housing prices in Beijing.To be honest, 150 taels for this house is really expensive. Although I am not short of money, I can't be slaughtered like a pig.Others will laugh at you as an idiot if you don't talk about your cheapness.

He nodded and stood up: "Forget it, let's go and see elsewhere."

"Don't don't don't, business is done by talking about it." Mu Shi cupped his hands and bowed again: "Master Gao, Mr. Yan, everyone is easy to talk about, easy to talk about. Old man Yan, don't bargain too much. Wouldn't it be nice to have less?"

Yan Laoer: "How about, I will lose another ten taels, 150 taels, and I can't give up any more."

Gao Wen: "Sorry, that's all for today, goodbye!"

Seeing his resolute attitude, Yan Laoer's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Master Gao, why don't you wait, I'll go and ask my mother first to see if she is willing."

Xiaoying scolded: "It's no business for you to treat my master as an idler like you. Who is patient to wait here for you? Come on!"

Yan Laoer cried out bitterly: "Master Gao, you don't need to wait too long, my mother lives next door, and she can come over as soon as you call." As he spoke, he gave Mu Shi a wink: "Brother Mu, here's the first step." I leave it to you, my servant, Master Gao."

"Just next door?" Gao Wen asked.

Yan Laoer pointed to the courtyard next to him: "It's right next to it..." Then he shouted: "Mother, mother, are you there?"

An old woman's voice came from the side: "It's really useless. If you have half the ability of your brother, how can you be reduced to this situation. You can't do this thing properly, get out!"

Although separated by the wall, the voice came clearly, like a night owl, sharp and sharp.

Second Yan looked at Gao Wen in embarrassment: "Master Gao, this, this..."

Gao Wen was actually quite satisfied with the courtyard, so he nodded, "Forget it, I'll wait for you."

"Thank you, master, thank you, master!" Yan Laoer was overjoyed, and walked out of the courtyard like a puff of smoke.

When he left, Mu Shi hurriedly said: "Master Gao, I'm sorry, why don't I save some more tea for you. Hey, this tea is too weak, I'll make you another cup."

When he went to the room to look for tea and boiling water, Xiaoying smiled at Gao Wen and said in a low voice, "Mr. Gao, the price of this house can be lowered."

Gao Wen was stunned: "This yard is very nice, it's about this price, how can I kill it?"

"I can tell that Mister really likes this place." Xiaoying said, "Don't worry Mister, let's see what I do today."

Gao Wen: "You boy, if that's the case, I'll give you the reward for the part that was killed."

Xiaoying shook his head: "Sir, I have worked in the Shaanxi Criminal Division for so many years, and I have some savings. I don't care about the yellow and white things, but I am really bored when I am idle, and I am playing with that surnamed Yan."

(End of this chapter)