Fenghou

Chapter 91
Chen Qing's new house is located on the north side of the Third Bridge in Shixifang. The courtyard wall is close to the Yongjin River. The house was built just a few months ago, and it is a new house.

Early the next morning, Chen Qing took Hu Yantong and Zheng Ping to take over his house.

Handing over with them was a middle-aged eunuch in charge, who was fat and chubby, and was quite polite.

"This is an official's private residence, not an official residence of the imperial court. The two are completely different. General Chen, don't confuse them."

"What's the specific difference between the two?" Chen Qingxiao asked.

"The biggest difference is the property rights. The property rights of official houses belong to the imperial court. You can only live in them. When you are dismissed from office or return to your hometown, the official house must be returned to the imperial court. Children and grandchildren cannot inherit it. But since the private house of the official family is a reward, then It is given to the general, and the property rights belong to the general, which can be passed on to his descendants.”

"Are there many private houses in the official family?"

"There are about forty or so buildings, all of which are newly built. They used to be reserved for the royal family, but now they are rewarded to relatives and heroes. So far, a total of [-] buildings have been rewarded. General Chen's is a little smaller."

Chen Qing nodded and followed the eunuch steward into the gate. Zheng Ping whispered to Chen Qing: "My house was also rewarded by the emperor. I heard that Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei all got rewarded houses."

The house has a total of three entrances, without gardens, carved beams and painted buildings, black tiles and white walls, and is very elegantly built. Because there is no garden, the land is fully utilized, and there are more than [-] houses of various sizes.

Although the house is nice, the rooms are empty, without furniture, let alone daily necessities. There is a two-foot-tall apricot tree in the courtyard, and the branches are covered with green apricots.

"How about it, General Chen is satisfied!" The eunuch steward asked with a smile.

Chen Qing nodded and smiled, "It's much better than I expected!"

"Of course, the new house!"

The eunuch took care of things simply, and asked Chen Qing to sign a document and hand over the house deed and land deed to him. Even if the handover was completed, he immediately left with a few young eunuchs.

"How should I transfer the ownership next?" Chen Qing asked in a daze.

Hu Yantong smiled and shook his head, "It seems that you really don't understand anything. After you get the land deed and house deed, you have to go to the government to transfer the ownership, but you don't need to run, hand it over to the Tianzhai people, and give them some money. They’ll do it right for you.”

Chen Qing suddenly realized, isn't this a real estate agency?

He hesitated for a while and asked: "The Yaman you mentioned, besides farms, do you also do other things?"

Hu Yantong looked contemptuous, where did this boss come from?Why don't you understand anything?

"There are people in every line of business in the Song Dynasty. As long as there is business or business, you need to find people. When you first arrive in the city, you need people to rent a house. You need people to introduce you when you are looking for a job. Yaren, weddings, weddings and even lawsuits are also needed, like this house, after the transfer of ownership, the next step is to buy furniture, various household items, hire servants and maids, and even ask someone to plant some flowers and plants. It doesn't matter, let the Yaren do it, they promise to help you think carefully and save money, if you need it, I will ask my third uncle to introduce you to a few Yaren with a wide range of connections."

Chen Qing waved his hand, "Don't bother your third uncle, I will find the dentist myself."

Zhao Xiaoyi smiled and pointed to a two-story building opposite, "That's the tooth shop!"

As soon as Chen Qing turned his head, he saw a big sign hanging in front of a two-story building on the opposite side, with the words 'Tongji Yaxing' written in black ink on it.

Like the intermediaries of the later generations, the tooth dealers in the Song Dynasty were everywhere, but they were not only involved in real estate, but the people of Song Dynasty were involved in almost all walks of life.

This is also because the commodity economy in the Song Dynasty is very developed, but the information industry has not kept up, which has spawned a large number of professionals specializing in the information service industry.

Tongji Dental Clinic used to be one of the largest dental clinics in Bianliang, Tokyo. Opposite to Chen Qingfang’s house is the main store which was moved only last year. There are more than [-] branches in various places in the south of the Yangtze River, and more than [-] of them come to Ancheng.

A steward received Chen Qing very politely, "Officials, please don't worry, the most important thing in our business is reputation. If you lose your reputation, it will be difficult to move forward. Just leave everything to us and promise to help you handle it properly." Appropriate stickers."

Chen Qing handed over the house deed and title deed to the steward, and asked with a smile, "How much is this house worth?"

The steward looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "It turned out to be a house rewarded by the official, official, I'm sorry!"

"You're welcome, help me see what the market price of the house is?"

"The market price of Shixifang's land is about [-] guan, plus [-] guan for various construction costs, the market price of your house is about [-] guan, and the location of the house is very good. It is close to Yongjin River and the third bridge. I want to buy it in the future. You can’t even buy it, even if you sell it for [-] yuan, there will be a lot of people who want it.”

"If I entrust you to sell the house, can I sell it for [-] yuan?"

The steward blinked and smiled, "The officer must be joking!"

"Of course I'm not kidding."

"It happens that a lot of businessmen are asking us to find a house. Your house will definitely be gone after it is released."

Hu Yantong and Zheng Ping, who accompanied Chen Qing, were in a hurry, and Hu Yantong hurriedly pulled Chen Qing aside, "You are crazy, you will never be able to buy a house in this area even if you want to."

Zheng Ping also said anxiously: "Commander, this is a house rewarded by the government! How can you sell it?"

Chen Qing sighed, "I received a letter from Yang Yuanqing two days ago, saying that the brothers who died at Jiandao Pass did not receive a single penny of compensation."

It turned out that the letter said it was about this matter, Zheng Ping's eyes widened, "Why?"

"Yang Yuanqing went to Nanzheng County to ask Qu Sima. The reason Qu Sima gave was that Guanzhong was occupied by Jin soldiers. It's been signed."

"Fart! How can it be called giving up?"

Hu Yantong sneered and said: "It's just an excuse. It should be that the reward given by the imperial court is too small and not enough, so what can be deducted as much as possible. The living soldiers can't get enough to eat, and who cares about the dead."

Chen Qing nodded, "I guess this is also the reason. There were [-] soldiers participating in the Battle of Dasanguan, but Zhang Xuanfu had [-] troops under his command, and the imperial court only rewarded [-] people. What about the other [-] soldiers?" What to do? If you don’t give them a little, these soldiers will definitely not do it, so the reward is not enough.”

Chen Qing's guess was right. It was true that there were too many monks and too little porridge, and the reward money was far from enough. It was also because many Bashu soldiers did not receive the reward money that a mutiny broke out.

After suppressing the mutiny, in order to prevent another mutiny, Zhang Jun embezzled all the pensions of the fallen soldiers to reward the garrisons in Bashu and Hanzhong.

Naturally, the pensions for the soldiers who died in the battle at Jiandao Pass were also gone.

However, the imperial court had issued pensions. This was an internal distribution issue of the Western Army. It was impossible for Chen Qing to go to the imperial court to reissue it, nor to Zhang Jun. The money was gone, and it was useless to make trouble.At most, Zhang Jun comforted Chen Qing and made him understand his difficulties.

In the end, Chen Qing had to figure out a way to pay for the fallen soldiers, and the same was true for other armies. As Hu Yantong said, the living can't take care of the dead, so how can they care about the dead.

Zheng Ping still couldn't accept it, "But...but how can the commander pay for it himself? What is this called!"

"It's not about the money!"

Chen Qing shook his head and said, "Not only them, but also the soldiers who got the death lottery to intercept the Jin soldiers, and the brothers who died in Erlangzhai, Fenghuangling, and Jingzhao City, they also didn't get a penny of compensation.

Yang Yuanqing said in the letter that many family members of the fallen soldiers had fled to Hanzhong. Later, more than a hundred old people came to find him and inquired about his son's situation, but the pensions originally given to them had been rewarded to other soldiers. It is impossible to apply twice, Yang Yuanqing can only watch these old people leave crying. "

Speaking of this, Chen Qing had tears in his eyes. He pointed to his chest and said, "[-] soldiers in Jiandaoguan died for the country, but their families didn't have a penny to pay for them. As the chief general, I, Chen Qing, are here Get promoted and get rich, Old Zheng, my heart aches!"

Zheng Ping murmured: "The imperial court stipulates that soldiers who die in battle will pay [-] guan in one lump sum, so at least [-] guan will be needed, but even if the house is sold, it will not be enough!"

Chen Qing looked at Hu Yantong, Hu Yantong understood Chen Qing's meaning, nodded and said: "I'll go tell my third uncle, ask him to return the three thousand taels of silver to you, just invest in it."

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "The imperial court gave me five hundred taels of silver for the first place in riding and archery, plus the reward I got in the recruit competition, and the reward for killing Zhang Kui, and the sum totaled up to about five thousand taels of silver. , In this way, there will be [-] coins in total, let’s give some of it first! It’s just that I’m a little worried about how to transport the money over?”

"It's easy!"

Zheng Ping is from a family of merchants, and he knows what to do. "You can go to the cash drawer. Baoji cash drawer has a branch in Chengdu. We deposit money in the Baoji cash drawer in Lin'an, and then withdraw the money in Chengdu. This is what merchants do."

Chen Qing squeezed Zheng Ping's generous shoulders, "That's good! I'll leave this matter to you. You, Xiao Yi, and Yang Yuanqing, the three of you are responsible for the compensation for the families of the soldiers who died at Jiandao Pass."

Zheng Ping nodded, and he stepped forward to take back the house deed and land deed, "I bought this house, and I persuaded my father to buy it with [-] yuan."

"No, [-] yuan is enough."

Zheng Ping grinned, "He won't be at a disadvantage. In two years' time, he might not even be able to buy this lot for [-] yuan."

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