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The center of Xia Jing is the palace city. To the north of the palace city is the harem, and to the south is the center of the entire country. The main central agencies, including the Third Department, the Political Hall, the Privy Council, etc., are all established in the palace city.

To the south of the palace city, all the way to the second city, are the locations of various government offices. Hubu is also among them.

As the centralized location of government agencies across the country, the Shijo Street in the south of Miyagi is where the largest concentration of officials in the entire country is located. There are at least 3,000 officials and 10 times that number of officials working here, plus 10 times the number of officials’ family members and servants. You can imagine the crowding in the south of the Second City.

For the Xia Dynasty officials who only had slow transportation, living in the south of the Second City not only gave them the vanity of Manhattan, but also real convenience and necessity.

Therefore, when Father Cheng chose an ordinary small courtyard with two entrances, the price quoted by the seller was a high price that surprised even Cheng Jinzhou: twenty-four thousand taels of silver.

For 24,000 taels of silver, the woman who bought it could fill the room and stack it up to the rafters.

High housing prices are never exclusive to a certain region. If officials want to wake up 30 minutes later, they will have to pay 30 more years of salary.

Cheng Jinzhou was surprised when he heard what the fat businessman said, and couldn't help but said: This thing can be up to 1,000 square meters. You want me 24 taels of silver per square meter? And it's a bungalow!

His last sentence was very serious.

The bulging businessman didn't understand what Cheng Jinzhou wanted to say, but he still said with a good-tempered smile: Sir, it only takes a quarter of an hour to walk from here to the Liubu government office. There are Dongxiang Restaurant and Haomei Restaurant nearby. It's just across two streets. Where can I find such a good location? The house is also new. If the boss hadn't been promoted to the north, he would never have sold it.

Speaking of which, one square meter of land in the center of the capital costs as much as two or three acres of land outside, which is not too high from a Chinese perspective. Cheng Jinzhou was not short of money, but he just grunted in dissatisfaction.

Before his father takes office, he needs to report his work to the Ministry of Personnel. Although trying to arrange it as quickly as possible, the latter still set the time two months later, which is in line with the government's efficiency level.

Before that, they did need to buy a new mansion. The Cheng family's house in the capital is suitable for temporary residence, but if it is used as a permanent residence, I wonder what disputes will arise within the family. Cheng Yunxiang, the second uncle of classmate Cheng, was quite enthusiastic and even wanted to take Cheng's father home to live there. Of course, that was completely impossible.

Seeing Cheng Jinzhou turn away, the fat businessman took the opportunity to continue selling: The previous Mr. Li heard the news of his promotion in this house. It is a place with excellent Feng Shui...

Cheng Yun'an was a good buyer. He only walked around the house twice before he said, Cheng Xiao, go pay.

The fat businessman went to settle accounts with a smile. Cheng Jinzhou pulled his father and asked, How much money did you bring out? Don't spend it all on the house.

I brought enough 30,000 taels of silver. I bought a house, and the rest is enough.

Aren't you going to do some more planning? Cheng Jinzhou felt that his cheap dad seemed to be smart sometimes, but most of the time, he was stupid and stupid. The largest official in Shaonan is the Cheng family, and everything costs tens of thousands of taels of silver. There are important ministers in all important places in the capital, and they receive even more heavy sums of money. Thousands of taels of silver are nothing more than drizzle. The tradition of a Chinese-style country has always been to support tens of thousands of people with tens of thousands of people, and to nourish a township with the wealth of Kyushu.

Cheng Yun'an took a roll of official uniforms and didn't want to discuss such an impure topic with his son, so he said decisively: 6,000 taels of silver is enough.

Cheng Jinzhou touched his forehead and said, It costs 20,000 taels of silver to buy a house. In the capital, what can you do with 6,000 taels of silver?

He couldn't help but take out a box from his pocket, handed it to his father and said, There are ten thousand taels of silver in it. You can use it.

Since ancient times, literati are like women, they are all spenders. Cheng Jinzhou has money, but he does not dare to give his father too much, lest when he cannot spend all the money, he simply buys a few rooms and a concubine, which will be self-defeating. .

Cheng Yun'an did not refuse. He looked at Cheng Jinzhou strangely and said, I know it's easy for Star Warlocks to get money, but I don't want you to spend your time on it. What do the Cheng family say...

It didn't delay my star technique. If you are really worried, just cancel my time to go to Hongwen Hall.

No. Father Cheng stuffed the money into his sleeves and said sternly: Study and educate people. If you don't study, it will be a waste no matter how strong your star skills are. Where did you get the money? Third Prince?

When he said his name, he lowered his voice again.

Cheng Jinzhou feels that his cheap dad is indeed a truly educated man. He will never be merciful when collecting money, he will not necessarily do things after collecting money, and he will never recall it after collecting money. It can be called the three-collection doctrine.

For a moment, Cheng Jinzhou really felt like an overseas Chinese facing Sun Yat-sen. He handed over the money in a polite manner and said honestly: Prince Yanping wanted to give me money, but I refused. I earned the money from doing business. He didn’t do it himself, he sent an attendant.”

Studying is important. Cheng Yun'an frowned and said again.

All aristocratic families are doing business, but the methods are different.

Cheng Jinzhou chuckled, and would not stupidly explain how he earned the money. He shook his body and said: Speaking of the future, when mother arrives in the capital, the third bedroom will be moved to the capital. I want to rent some fields. It’s better to rely on land rent to supply the needs.”

Cheng Yun'an's face became a little better, and he believed it to be true and said: Farmers can do it by farming and reading heirlooms. But renting land is not possible. Relying on the price difference is not stable after all, so just buy the land.

“It’s too expensive to buy land.”

Then buy it in Shaonan. Cheng Yunan's idea was not surprising. Gentlemen who were officials in Hangzhou back then had to ask their servants to take silver coins back to their hometowns in Shaanxi to buy land and build houses, let alone wealthy families like the Cheng family.

Cheng Jinzhou couldn't plant all the real rice in Shaonan, so he had to say: I have rented 10,000 hectares of land from the outer peninsula. I just want to tell you that if possible, I will send some people from home to manage it.

Father Cheng said in disbelief: You rented 150,000 acres of land? How much is the rent?

Don't ask. Just think of a way to send someone to me first. Cheng Jinzhou said and slipped away along the wall.

Father Cheng sighed and pinched the money box in his sleeve. Thinking that Cheng Jinzhou was already a serious star warlock, he stopped insisting.

Cheng Jinzhou returned to his room and wrote another letter to Cao Feng. Field management is a very complex knowledge in the 21st century. In this era, it is the top priority for folk learning. 150,000 acres of land involves tens of thousands of families, that is, more than ten farms, large and small. Although they are all tenants, management is much more difficult than an army of the same number.

With the spring plowing approaching, how to choose those 10,000 hectares of land, how to purchase farm tools and livestock, and how to deal with the tenants on the land all had to be decided one by one.

Since ancient times, tenants' resistance to rent and landlords' rent increases have always been the repertoire of both parties. Landlords have been bullied no less than tenants. In an era without mechanization, the cultivation of real rice ultimately relied on them to move it up with hoe after hoe.

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Cheng Yunan had a good start in the capital.

As a level 10 official, he comes from the marginal Cheng family, but he spends his time in and out of the houses of level 4 and 5 officials. In addition to the frequent banquets held by officials from the Third Prince's line, several ministers who were on good terms with Warlock Jiang Huangxing also often invited Cheng Yun'an to attend some banquets.

In the absence of any conflict of interest, Cheng Yun'an seemed to feel at home in the capital, even more smoothly than during his tenure in Shaonan.

As for Cheng Jinzhou, he didn't have to wait for his father to take office, and he enjoyed the treatment in the yamen first. Not only did the transaction through Shi Yan's men go smoothly, but when he went to Huangjin County to conduct the transaction that day, he was warmly received by the local warehouse secretary.

The so-called warehouse secretary is usually responsible for the warehousing of a place. If it is a provincial-level warehouse secretary, its name can be called Tiju Changping Division, and the chief officer can be called Tiju Changping Official Affairs. At the state and county level, they can only be called Cangsi. Although it sounds like they are just warehouse leaders, in most places, these officials who control the entry and exit of materials in the entire region have unimaginable benefits.

For example, Shi Yan once met the bald warehouse manager at Hongri Village in Shaonan. He didn't even have the title of ninth grade, but he dared to sell short warehouses to store grain. When he got to a higher-level warehouse manager, he could do it. There are even more tricks.

Cang Si from Huangjin County is a man in his 30s with a dark complexion. It is rare to have a beard on the lips and a beard under the chin, which looks like a simplified version of Japan. He didn't know where he got the news about Cheng Jinzhou. When he saw Cheng Jinzhou, he bowed to the end and said loudly: Greetings to Mr. Star Warlock.

Cheng Jinzhou was stunned on the spot. After becoming a star warlock, although all the officials he met were warm and polite to him, there was only one in front of him who bowed greatly.

Although he felt happy, Cheng Jinzhou still had to pretend to support him and said: My lord, you are polite, you are polite.

I'm humble Cao Lu. Sicang chuckled, stood up half-heartedly and said with a smile: I heard that Lord Star Warlock has rented a lot of warehouses in Huangjin. I was ecstatic when I heard about it...

Just like many civil servants, after this person started speaking in an exaggerated tone, he had no tendency to stop.

You're welcome. Cheng Jinzhou finally had to interrupt him and said, May I ask why Mr. Cao is here...

Cao Lu's black eyes rolled and he suddenly said: Mijiang is the transportation artery of our dynasty, but Huangjin County is a little far away from the capital. Compared with West Wharf and others, the storage capacity is only one-tenth of the other party. Since I took office, , learned from the pain, and came up with a good recipe.

oh?

Only when more people come to Huangjin Wharf to store goods, the warehouse can be increased and the capacity can be increased. If we want people to come to Huangjin to store goods, we must reduce the cost of storage, so that we can compete with the two wharves in the capital. Cao Cao The words used by Lu were straightforward but very logical. He made it clear in two sentences, and then changed his tone and said: Last year, a section of the Changning Army was stationed here. Now that they have withdrawn, more than a hundred warehouses have been vacated. It’s quite wasteful, and I just want to rent them to others because of my humble position. Lord Star Warlock’s things are so important, why not store them in Chang Ningjun’s warehouse for the time being?”

He talked a lot, and at the end, he said the purpose of today, but it was to give a gift.

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Other than the word count: The recent update has been unstable, so let’s just treat it as an adjustment. Besides, the Chinese New Year is coming again, so the plot is changing.

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