Chapter 012 The first loyal subordinate

Chen Guodong thought he was dead, but when he opened his eyes again, he was lying on a clean bed, surrounded by the fragrance of fine wine.

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

"you're awake?"

Only then did Chen Guodong realize that his body was densely wrapped in gauze. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to survive. Opposite him was a very young woman. The bun in her bun meant that the woman was a married woman.

"Thank you so much for your life, ma'am!"

"Don't thank me, I'm not the one who saved you, the one who saved you is our boss!"

"Your boss..."

"Our boss's surname is Cheng, his nickname is Shijie, and he is from Luoyang!"

Now Cheng Shijie was also a member of the Ming Dynasty and settled in Dengzhou. At the same time, he spent one hundred and forty taels of silver and bought the false title of a foreign minister and a foreign minister.

Now Cheng Shijie, ordinary people would call him Yuanwai.

Yang Yuniang has long forgotten her original intention. Her childhood life has been quite prosperous. Cheng Shijie trusts her very much and lets her take care of the food and clothing expenses 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, and then found a doctor to treat him. 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 fate!"

I never thought that this man would survive.

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

Chen Shitou was thirteen years old, Liu Huzi was fourteen years old, Zhao Di was fifteen years old, and Yin Di was fourteen years old.

Cheng Shijie did not register the four as slaves, but adopted adopted sons and daughters. Chen Shitou became Cheng Shi, Liu Huzi was renamed Cheng Hu, Yang Zhaodi was renamed Cheng Anning, and Huang Yindi was renamed Cheng Jingjing.

With a different identity, it is natural that he no longer lives in Liu Ji. Cheng Shijie mainly considered that he would transfer materials from two time and space, but Liu Ji was filled with materials that appeared out of thin air. A small amount would be fine, but no matter how much, I'm afraid

It attracted the attention of others.

Due to the large number of people in his family, Cheng Shijie decided not to rent at Liu Ji Inn, but to rent a house. It would be a while before the Wuqiao mutiny, and Cheng Shijie decided to flee with his whole family.

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

This house is located near Zhenhai Gate. The original owner was a Dengzhou businessman. However, when he was shipping goods, the goods and people were robbed by bandits. The business failed. His wife, concubines, and children staged a property seizure.

Big drama. As a result, the house was mortgaged to Xingping Pawn Shop, and his family returned to their hometown in Huang County.

This is a dead pawn. The pawn shop can handle it on its own without having to worry about the original owner coming back to redeem the house after moving in. Xingping Hao can naturally be sold.

Shiqiao Lane got its name because of a stone bridge. After passing the stone bridge, you will reach Zhonglou Street, the central axis of Dengzhou City, which was regarded as a prosperous core area in later generations.

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

Cheng Shijie rode Lao Zhou's carriage to Shiqiao Alley. Song Kangnian pointed to the entrance of the alley and said: "The second house in the alley, is Mr. Cheng satisfied?"

"Let's take a look!"

This house faces the street and faces east. To the east of the outer courtyard is a row of five inverted houses facing away from the street. One is the concierge, two are living rooms, and two are servants' living rooms.

Passing through the hanging flower gate is the main courtyard. The five tall rooms in the north are facing south, and there are three wing rooms on each side. The tall courtyard wall in the south separates it from the neighbor's house.

Both the rooms and walls are built with blue bricks and gray tiles. The wing rooms, main room and hanging flowers are all connected by corridors. There is a large water tank as high as a person's waist between the patios. The function of this water tank is related to later generations.

The fire hydrants have different approaches but the same purpose.

There are also two osmanthus trees and a pomegranate tree planted in the yard, and there is a small swing frame in the middle. Passing through the main house and behind it is the backyard. There is a row of low back rooms facing south, which are usually used as warehouses.

The miscellaneous room, the maid, and the mother-in-law live there.

The entire courtyard has twenty-seven houses of various sizes, covering an area of ​​about two acres and more than a thousand square meters. No matter where it is placed, it can be regarded as a mansion.

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

Song Kangnian and the Xingping guy next to him whispered softly.

Song Yang, the shopkeeper of Xingping Hao, said: "Executive member Cheng, the original furniture of this house has been moved away by the original owner, but our Xingping Hao also has a furniture mortgage business. Song is the one who makes the decision and can help the generals. But..."

"But what?"

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

"That's it!"

Cheng Shijie really doesn't want to buy this house. After all, he knows that at the end of December, which is more than four months, Dengzhou will be occupied by the Dongjiang Army rebels. By then, will this house be good enough?

Looking at Cheng Shijie's reluctant look.

Song Yang said, "If Mr. Cheng is short of money, the Xingping can be lent to Mr. Cheng!"

Cheng Shijie actually didn't need to borrow money. Most of the crystal jewelry he bought from later generations were sold by Song Kangnian. Now Cheng Shijie is already a rich man. He owns more than 6,000 taels of silver, plus 2,000 taels of gold that have been exchanged.

Two more.

"How much money does this house need?"

"Eight hundred 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 price offered by the Ming Dynasty was actually not high.

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

Let’s look at the housing prices in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty. Also according to Zhang Chuanxi’s “Explanation of the Contracts of Chinese Dynasties”:

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, Fu Shangzhi, a resident of Zhengyangmen Street in Beijing, sold his house, a small courtyard house with two south rooms, two north rooms and one wing room, for only 33 taels.

Of course, Dengzhou was a city with a strong commercial atmosphere in the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, and housing prices were actually not cheap. This house only had twenty-seven houses, and the price of eight hundred taels was already very expensive.

Song Kangnian naturally went to bargain with Song Yang, and the two sides exchanged words, and finally settled at a price of 680 taels.

With a value of 680 taels of silver, Song's Xingping Hao also made a huge profit. When the original owner mortgaged the Xingping Hao, he only mortgaged 300 taels of silver.

Song Kangnian is responsible for the delivery, so Cheng Shijie doesn't have to worry about it.

When Song Kangnian took the transferred house deed and handed it to Cheng Shijie: "Executive member, when will we move?"

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

"That's right!"

Song Kangnian was not the least bit embarrassed: "Song also wants to invite the staff to have a meal outside!"

"this……"

Cheng Shijie really didn't want to delay Song Kangnian's future. Without his help, could Li Zicheng still be able to establish the Dashun Empire?

Song Kangnian was willing to follow Cheng Shijie mainly for two reasons. First, he could not see through Cheng Shijie's destiny, and secondly, because of his body shape, Song Kangnian was a person with high self-esteem and low self-esteem.

However, Cheng Shijie had seen dwarfs in later generations and had also seen dwarf performances. He knew that these dwarfs were noble in the past but suffered in the future. Only a small number of dwarfs lived well, and most of them lived a very difficult life.

Song Kangnian did not see contempt or discrimination in Cheng Shijie's eyes. In the end, Cheng Shijie took out a large number of crystals and some treasures that he could not see through. Especially a box that Cheng Shijie carried with him, he accidentally touched it and half of it

My body was numb and it took half an hour to get better.

Cheng Shijie was a secret treasure to Song Kangnian.

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

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

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

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

"Why, you still dislike Song!"

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

"Song doesn't mind your smelly feet yet!"

"There are many rooms in this courtyard now. You can choose for yourself. You can live wherever you want!"

"Master, when will we move?"

"How about now?"

Cheng Shijie also felt a little inconvenient. Liu Ji's East Cross Courtyard was too small. With Song Kangnian, Shen Mingyu and four teenagers, it was impossible to live there.

His two adopted sons opened a room in Liuji, and his two adopted daughters lived with Yang Yunniang. There were four people, big and small, living in a side room. Fortunately, Cheng Anning and Cheng Jingjing were both thin, otherwise

It's impossible to sleep on a bed.

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

Now Cheng Shijie somewhat laments 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 of his own in the late Ming Dynasty. If he moved, he could easily move it with a few large trucks. The problem was that Chen Guodong's injury was still too serious and there was no way to move it.

Fortunately, Liu Jidong's house across the courtyard was not returned.
To be continued...