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Chapter 338 Bianjing Buying a House

After Zhang Yue came out from Wang Anshi's mansion, Zhang Shi approached him as soon as he returned to the mansion, and said that Wu Anshi planned to donate the house.

Zhang Yue thought that there was such a good thing, but he still said: "Before, I received three thousand guan from the Wu family for the land, and now I have a mansion worth three to five thousand guan. Brother, after all, I am also a person who wants face. "

Zhang Shi looked at Zhang Yue in great bewilderment and said, "But..."

Zhang Yue said: "Mr. Wu Dalang is right. It is not an option for us to stay in the second aunt's house temporarily. Now that I am getting married and in Bianjing in recent years, I should also buy a house and move out."

Zhang Shi said: "Third brother, although I think it's fine to continue living here, but since you have made up your mind, then everything is up to you."

Zhang Yue heard the words and said happily: "Brother, I don't even know what to say."

Zhang Shi said: "Although my brother is not very shrewd, he is not confused. You are the most important official in our family now, and we will rely on you to support our appearance in the future. We should listen to your orders for such important matters. I shouldn't hold back Brother's airs, listen to you more."

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Thank you brother."

Zhang Shi patted Zhang Yue's shoulder and said: "One family doesn't talk about two families, you should rest earlier, I have someone reject Mr. Wu Dalang, and we brothers will go to Bianjing to look at the house together tomorrow."

And in the Wu Mansion.

Fan is in Shiqiniang's boudoir.

Fan said with a smile: "Our Shu brocade is famous all over the world. The so-called Bei Jin is perfect, as Zhuo Se Jiang Bo said. It just happens to be pressed at the bottom of the cage for you."

Seventeen Niang looked at the Shu brocade in her hand and said: "The rules are strict, complex but not chaotic, the color is Danbi, dark yellow, and colorful. The gift from my sister-in-law is really good, I like it very much."

Fan said with a smile: "Of course, yes, I heard that the imperial court has sent many people from Fujian to Shu to serve as officials. Maybe one day you will also come to Shu with your husband. Let me tell you that we Shu people like to have a feast. Even the prefect is no exception."

"Do you know that when the officials wanted Song Xianggong to go out of the town of Shuzhong, Song Xianggong said that the wind in Shu is extravagant, and Qi Xi's banquet may not be appropriate."

Seventeen Niang smiled when she heard this.

Fan said again: "But having said that, Mr. Zhang Sanlang was exempted from paying back this time, and stayed in the capital, and was granted a marriage by the official family. What an honor it is. No boudoir woman in Bianjing would envy you."

Seventeen Niang said: "Oh? Didn't they say before that I missed Liu Lang and chose Zhang Lang? Are they blind?"

Fan laughed and said, "Seventeen, you still remember this."

Seventeen Niang said with a smile: "Why don't you remember, I just want to read it all the time! I can't bear the idleness of such a chatty woman."

Fan said with a smile: "In the future, you will be Mrs. Zhuangyuan. If word spreads, others will say that you are stingy. It depends on how you handle yourself."

After a pause, Fan said: "But let's get down to business. Mr. Zhang Sanlang has been living in other people's homes before. Now I heard that the officials said that they would give him a house for Zhang's family, but in the end they refused. They said they wanted to buy a house. I am worried. The officer said something wrong again."

Seventeen Niang said: "Sister-in-law, my brother's visit is a little unreasonable. The Zhang family is not from a generation of prominent officials. The capital has known it for a long time, otherwise the official family would not have given money to marry them."

"Even if it's a poor alley for a while, it's not like living here for the rest of your life, so why bother to make a decent marriage?"

Fan said: "Officials are also kind-hearted, but they did do bad things. It is not easy to live in Bianjing. In fact, we can wait for Mr. Zhang Sanlang to be an official for a long time before buying."

"Nowadays it's difficult for others. They have to pay for the marriage and buy a house. How can they have money now?"

Fan sighed.

Housing prices in Bianjing are naturally high, not to mention that within a hundred miles of Bianjing city or outside Bianjing city, there is no Qu (qu) land, and they are all bought by rich people as gardens.

This is also due to the national conditions of the Great Song Dynasty, which emphasizes the inside and the outside, and has strong stems and weak branches, so there is an unprecedentedly prosperous Bianjing city.

Zhang Yue, Zhang Shi took the carriage, and went to see the house with Fang Yazi.

Fang Yazi asked, Zhang Yue, what kind of house did Zhang really want to buy.

Zhang Shi lacked confidence, but Zhang Yue said, take them to have a look first, but he didn't buy two of them.Those in the inner city of Bianjing are not bought, nor are those in the northeast of the outer city.

Hearing Zhang Yue's words, Fang Ya knew from the bottom of his heart that every inch of land in the inner city was expensive, so the so-called don't buy it, it seems that he couldn't afford it.

As for the northeast of the outer city, it is quite low, and most people in Beijing don't like to live here, and they don't want to buy it.

Fang Ya heard the words and said: "The order of the champion, the villain will remember, I don't know if the house should be purchased or not?"

Zhang Yue said: "It is to buy a house."

Fang Ya laughed and said: "The villain is getting fussy, let's visit Bianjing City first."

The carriage was driving on the streets of Bianjing.

There are two counties in Bianjing City, Kaifeng and Junyi, with Xuandemen to Zhuque South Road as the boundary, Kaifeng County to the east of Da Nei, and Junyi County to the west.

There are eleven rooms in the two counties, five rooms in Kaifeng, and six rooms in Junyi, but they are all two rooms in the inner city, and the other rooms are all in the outer city.

At the foot of the imperial city, the inner cities and four chambers of the two counties are all priced at gold prices, and the residents are not ordinary wealthy families.For example, Han Qi lives in Xingdaofang, the first wing of the Zuojun in the inner city.Pu Wang Zhao Yunrang lives in Xuanpingfang not far from Han Qi.

So Zhang Yue doesn't think about the inner city, but if the inner city can't afford it, can the outer city afford it?
Fang Ya said that in the outer city of Bianjing, a general pattern is that the common people live in the southeast, and the dignitaries live in the northwest.

why?

related to water.

But seeing Fang Yazi and Zhang Yue, Zhang Shi said: "There is a saying that the sky is not enough for the northwest, and the land is not enough for the southeast. Why do you say that? In the Song Dynasty, the northwest was high, while the southeast was low."

Zhang Yue heard the words: "Well said, have you read the book?"

Fang Ya said with a bright face: "Lao Zhuangyuan asked, how can we do it if we don't know a few words, and the villain has also worshiped the master."

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Then please tell me."

Fang Ya said: "In the Song Dynasty, it is better for all rivers to flow from northwest to southeast. Our Bianjing City has a pattern of four rivers running through the capital. The Bianhe and Caihe rivers in the south of the imperial city are all Caohe Rivers, with 670 million stones flowing every year. The food grains all rely on these two rivers to transport them, and the Wuzhang River and Jinshui River are on the north side of the imperial city."

Zhang Shi was unconvinced and said: "Then it cannot be said that Jinshui River and Wuzhang River are more expensive than Bianhe and Caihe rivers in the north of the imperial city."

Fang Ya smiled and said: "This official doesn't know, the upper reaches of our Jinshui River are drawn from Jingshui, and from Zhongmou. Among them is the spring water from Huangdui Mountain. The water can be said to be clear and sweet."

"But Bianhe and Caihe often live here, and they have both seen it. Every day, tank boats pass by, and hundreds of thousands of people eat, drink and scatter here, so that's how it is."

That's right, the level of house prices in Bianjing is related to water intake.

The Bianhe Caihe is a Caohe, so the water is dirty. The common people can't pay attention to this, so they can only live here.But the powerful chose to live beside the Jinshui River and Wuzhang River, which have cleaner water quality.

Living by the water and choosing the water to rest is the reason why the ancients chose the place to live.

Following Fang Ya's words, Zhang Yue's carriage gradually drove to the northwest of the city.

Square wells with stone beams can be seen everywhere at the entrance of alleys and streets here. The wellheads are square rather than round, and a frame of the word "Tian" is placed on the wellhead. The four mouths of the "Tian" character can draw water.

Under this well is the culvert that leads to the city from the Jinshui River.

(End of this chapter)