National Tide 1980.

Chapter 148 Really "Honor"

To be honest, it's not that Ning Weimin has never seen the world, nor is it that he speaks wild words.

Because as long as they have a certain understanding of the house on the Kang Shude house deed, I am afraid that anyone will feel similar to Ning Weimin.

First of all, there is nothing to choose about the location of the house.

It turned out to be Weijia Hutong located west of Dongsi North Street.

What is that place?

Ning Weimin took out the 1980 version of the capital map, compared it and found it.

It is located in the northeast corner of the Forbidden City, which is the absolute center of the capital.

Around this alley, there are not only prestigious schools, hospitals, banks, government agencies, and commercial districts.

Moreover, it is still surrounded by the National Art Museum, Nanluoguxiang, Jingshan Park, Forbidden City, Guozijian, Lama Temple, Prince Gong’s Mansion, Houhai, Longfu Temple, Wangfujing, Ritan Park, and Workers’ Stadium.

If you start from here, these places, no matter where you want to go.

The farthest is no more than five kilometers, which is extremely convenient.

And such a lot will be put aside 30 years later, the land price is absolutely incredible, at least 15 square meters.

However, the area of ​​this house is astonishingly large.

The real estate drawing that the old man took out is quite clear.

What is written on the official seal paper is even more clear.

The details are as follows.

"Li sells a house named Renma XX. There is an ancestral garden house covering an area of ​​[-] acres and a third of an ancestral garden. It is located in West Weijia Hutong, Dongsi North Street Road."

"Among them, there are five porters at the west gate, two counting rooms, five mud halls, twenty storerooms, and six garages, all of which are north rooms, with a total of 38 rooms."

"The east part of the garden covers an area of ​​six acres and eight minutes, including seven courtyards, with a total of 85 houses and attic pavilions."

"There is also a three-story theater building in the east, and a two-span and four-entry courtyard house side by side, with a total of 140 four houses. And all the houses have complete doors, windows and walls, and the upper and lower parts are connected by civil engineering."

"Now, based on the agreement of middlemen Song Xiuwen and Kong Linxiang, they are willing to sell all this house under the name of Kang Shude as a permanent property. The stated selling price is [-] silver dollars. The silver was paid in full on the same day, and there is no shortage. "

"Since the date of the sale of this house, if there are disputes among relatives, etc., or if there are repeated abuses in the pawn sale, the seller will bear all the responsibility. I am afraid that there is no proof, and the words are evidence. September 35th, [-]th year of the Republic of China."

Then there are the signatures of the two middlemen and the seller.

Undoubtedly, the content of this official lease reveals a lot of curious content.

For example, the time of the transaction, who is the middleman, and the price of the house, how was it negotiated at that time...

Anyway, there are quite a lot of details that can be investigated and the legs and feet.

But the most eye-catching content is undoubtedly the building area and building regulations of this house.

Eleven acres and three points... How big is that?

Ning Weimin did some calculations, and was surprised to get a number, which was about [-] square meters.

Moreover, there are theater buildings, gardens, and garages in this house, and there are two courtyard houses side by side.

He knew that the "in" of a courtyard is the meridian, which refers to the area in depth.

"Cross" is a parallel, referring to left and right parallel.

A courtyard with two spans and four entrances, that is to say, the courtyard has at least eight courtyards.

Plus the seven courtyards in the garden...

Hey, this is really catching up with the palace.

Of course, Prince Gong's Mansion, the largest in the capital, covers an area of ​​[-] square meters, and the palace has the highest architectural regulations.

Thirty years later, the golden nanmu pillars in the Hall of Light will be worth two billion yuan.

The theater building is also unique and fully enclosed.

If we only talk about "Hao", there must be a big gap.

But having said that, there is more than enough than the top and more than the bottom.

Compared with the mansion of Emperor Guangxu's own father, Prince Chun's Mansion located on the northern edge of Houhai, it is almost the same.

Because the area of ​​Chunwang Mansion is 840 square meters.

And this includes office areas such as squares, mansion gates, Yin'an Hall, and side halls.

If we only talk about the size of the actual house and garden, I'm afraid it's not as good as this house.

If you compare it with Shuncheng Prince's Mansion, it will be crushed.

Because the area of ​​the Prince's Mansion in Shuncheng County is only [-] square meters, Kang Shude's house is already more than twice that size.

Based on this calculation, the future value of this house may be as high as several billion yuan.

But is that over?

No, there is another crucial point in this house in Weijia Hutong.

It is directly destined to its intrinsic value and artistic value, which surpasses the palace to some extent.

Even Prince Gong's Mansion is incomparable.

This point comes from the professional ability of the owner who built this house - the artistic attainments of Ma Huitang, an expert in construction, in ancient buildings.

Ma Huitang's real name is Wensheng, and his courtesy name is Huitang. He was born around the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1870).

The Ma family is a well-known construction family in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is as famous as "Style Lei", and has been engaged in the construction of royal construction projects for generations.

Undertook the construction of a large number of royal buildings and princely residences including the Summer Palace, and presided over the maintenance of many altars, temples, temples and mausoleums.

It was very famous in the capital at that time, and it was known as "a family of philosophers and craftsmen".

When it was passed down to No.12 descendant Ma Huitang, the family fortune was even more prosperous.

In the late Qing Dynasty, it became the first of the "eight cabinets" in the capital (i.e. Xinglong, Guangfeng, Binxing, Deli, Dongtianhe, Xitianhe, Juyuan and Dexiang eight wood factories).

As for Ma Huitang himself, there is another one that he wanted to make up for the mistakes of his craftsmen.

The wood carvings made of golden nanmu are faked into glazed tiles, inlaid on the Nine Dragon Wall of Beihai, and the legendary story of getting away with the acceptance project.

This is not fiction, but real people.

The piece of golden nanmu is located on the lower abdomen of the third dragon from the left on the Nine Dragon Wall of the Forbidden City, and it still exists today.

In the period of the Republic of China, although the Qing royal family owed a large amount of project funds, it could not be recovered.

But the Ma family still relied on the accumulation of their ancestors to become the real richest man in the capital.

At that time, Majia Xinglong Wood Factory had been renamed Hengmao Wood Factory. It not only owned more than 400 houses, but also operated many other enterprises concurrently.

There are hundreds of shops and stalls in Dong'an Market, as well as shares in Tongjitang Pharmacy, Jingcheng Hotel, Kailuan Coal Mine, Jingcheng and Jinmen Tram Company, Qixin Cement Company, and Water Supply Company.

So some people said back then that everyone in the capital knew that "the horse is Juyuan on the head, the Badaxiang is worn, the Neiliansheng is on the feet, and the four constants are wrapped around the waist".

Don't talk about Na Tong in Jinyu Hutong and Zeng Chong in Qin Lao Hutong.

As far as these people are concerned, no one is as rich as the Ma family.

The Ma family really wanted to use a large cart to pull silver dollars from East Si to West Si, and from day to night.

Then think about it, such a rich man is also a skilled craftsman who really understands ancient architecture.

Can the garden house built for myself be worse?

In fact, it has to be said that an expert is still an expert.

Because according to Kang Shude's introduction, Ma Huitang personally designed it, spent several years of painstaking efforts, and used the remaining materials of the Old Summer Palace and the Summer Palace to carefully build a retirement residence for himself.

This house can be said to be a combination of a large courtyard and a medium-sized garden, and it is a model of the ingenious combination of ancient architectural art and garden art in my country.

In fact, Ma Huitang did not make the exterior of the building too luxurious.

But the layout and function are carefully constructed, and the decoration style is also very elegant.

Looking at the whole garden, the layout is generous but not rigid, the houses are simple but not crude, the mountains and rocks are numerous but not cumbersome, and the lotus pond is beautiful but not artificial. It is indeed worthy of the handwriting of famous craftsmen and an outstanding representative of private gardens in Beijing during the Republic of China.

On the other hand, the garden of Prince Kung's Mansion, though large in size, deliberately emphasizes symmetry, neatness and even rigidity.

Because even the stacked lake stones have to echo, equal.

As a result, the garden is too artificial and artificial, losing the spirituality of nature, but falling behind.

At the same time, Ma Huitang himself also pays great attention to enjoyment.

His mansion also has a lot of decoration materials specially imported from foreign countries, adopts many advanced living facilities, and has the advanced nature of combining Chinese and Western.

Running water, flush toilets, lights, ceiling fans and mosaics have already been used since the beginning of construction.

A special billiards room was even built on the rockery.

This was also a great thing at the time, and it was definitely an advanced consumption at the time.

Therefore, after the construction of this house was completed, many dignitaries from political circles visited it, and the garden was also lent out many times for holding festive ceremonies.

There are more and more guests who come to enjoy the garden because of the name.

Therefore, the reputation of this house garden became more and more famous at that time, and it was called Ma's Garden by celebrities in the society.

Its architectural level and artistic value, in the category of private gardens in the capital, are completely comparable to Wanyan's half-acre garden and the garden in Jinyu Hutong.

Today, the half-acre garden and that garden have been submerged in the dust of history and no longer exist.

This garden is the only one left today that the builder built for himself.

If you look at it from this angle, nature is even more precious, and it is undoubtedly an extremely precious cultural heritage.

Then how to negotiate the price?How much will it be worth?

(End of this chapter)