Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 575 Auction (third update)

After reading it, Du Jinning was a little dissatisfied.

The older sisters are all married, and there are only two masters left in the family, she and her mother.Both she and the Chen family came from grassroots backgrounds, they were used to being frugal, and they didn't talk about putting on the show, so except for the necessary servants, they didn't support a single idler.And the servants all live in the servant's room at the back. There are so many rooms, what are you doing there?No need to buy two more servants to clean.

Under the influence of her and Du Fanghui, Mrs. Chen also likes to plant some flowers and plants, but the yard is covered with green bricks except for a few trees and two borders of peonies. plant everywhere.

There are many rooms, but there is not even a garden for activities.Such a house is more suitable for a family with a large population, but to her, it is really dissatisfied.

If Qi Muyuan was here, he would definitely put himself in Du Jinning's shoes.But Guan Jiaze has a carefree temperament, and he wants Du Jinning to buy this house so that he can live close to him and have more contacts in the future, so he has been very excited emotionally.

He had already made plans for Du Jinning: "The first is to enter the outer courtyard, where you can read and write, and receive guests; the second is to enter the guest courtyard, where your sister and the others will have a place to rest; the third will be your mother's residence." .After you get married, the east courtyard will be your new house, and you can live in the west courtyard when you have children. After the boy is seven years old, he will move to the second yard.”

Du Jinning laughed: "You are quite good at making arrangements."

"That's right." Guan Jiaze said proudly, "At any rate, I'm a married man, so I'm naturally better than you in this regard."

"Let's go, get out." Du Jinning signaled Guan Jiaze to go out.

When he arrived at the porter's office, Guan Jiaze saw those people leaving and the door was locked from the inside again, so he asked Old Man Li, "Master Li, who are those two?"

Originally, old man Li was hired by the household department to guard the gate. He didn't care who the house was sold to, and he would not participate in the competition of these people.

But Guan Jiaze is the young master of the Guan family, he has met him before, and he knows that he is the son of the Minister of Rites, so he is willing to sell Guan Jiaze's favor.

He said: "I asked specifically just now, the older one is surnamed Chen, he is the head of the Ministry of Industry's Du Shui Qing Li Department, and the other younger one is his brother-in-law."

Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze looked at each other, and their brows frowned in unison.

Guan Lehe is now the head of the Tuntian Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Industry, and the person surnamed Chen is not only his colleague, but also his equal.

This house was specially reserved for Guan Lehe by Master Shi, how did Mr. Chen know that it happened to come to see it at this time?

"Let's go, let's go out first, and ask someone to ask later." Guan Jiaze said, saying goodbye to old man Li again.

The two of them went out together with Yao Shuqi, got into the carriage, and Guan Jiaze said: "You may not know, because of that dispute..." He pointed to the sky, "Some people in various ministries have been liquidated, and there are some vacancies. Fourth Uncle is expected to be promoted to be the doctor of Tuntian Qingli Department, from the sixth rank to the fifth rank, this Mr. Chen is also interested in that position, and he is trying his best to compete with my fourth uncle."

Du Jinning frowned even tighter.

With Guan Lehe's temperament, since he wanted to keep the house for her, he would not talk about it everywhere, otherwise he would cause trouble for Mr. Shi.Mr. Shi would not say anything if he wanted to, unless Guan Lehe said that the house was no longer there.

So what's the problem?

"No matter what, the winner is the one who gets the house. Originally, my fourth uncle planned to take you to the household department to go through the formalities when it was almost time to go down to the government office. I think you might as well go now and act first. " Guan Jiaze said.

Du Jinning nodded.

Although she was not very satisfied with the house, Guan Lehe had spent a lot of time trying to get her favor and kept the house until now. She could not be cut off by others, especially Guan Lehe's opponents.Even if you want to talk about it, you have to buy this house.

Under Guan Jiaze's instructions, the coachman drove the carriage to the Ministry of Works, invited the gatekeeper in to call out Guan Lehe's young man, told him the matter in a low voice, and let him go in to report.

After a while, Guan Lehe hurried out.

"Come on, I'll take you to the household department." Without a word, he waved his hand and walked out.

The six ministries of the imperial court are actually located in one place, but they do not come in and out through the same gate. Some ministries are separated by a wall, while others are separated by an alley.

Everyone didn't take the carriage, and followed Guan Lehe for a while, and arrived at the gate of the courtyard with the sign of the Ministry of Households.

"Brother Ze, you wait here, I'll take Jin Ning in." Guan Le said softly.

Guan Jiaze stayed in Beijing for two years, and would occasionally come to the yamen to find Guan Lehe or Guan Zhengxiang, so he knew their rules here.It's okay, no one else is allowed to enter.After all, they were white and didn't wear official uniforms, so it was inevitable that they would be too eye-catching to walk around inside.If no one takes it, they will be arrested and locked up until the family members come to claim it.

With a promise, he led Yao Shuqi back a few steps, away from the gate of the courtyard.Guan Lehe and Du Jinning entered the courtyard of the household department.

Du Jinning followed Guan Lehe and walked in, and saw someone making noise in a courtyard, and faintly heard the word "grain".But it was far away, and it was hard to hear what these people were arguing about.

The two walked for a while, Guan Lehe led her into a room, and Du Jinning saw two men who had just met in that house not long ago standing in the room, talking to an official in his early forties wearing something.

"It's hard for me to do what you do," the official said.

Guan Lehe walked over and called him, "Shi Yun."

The official raised his head and saw Guan Lehe, the expression on his face suddenly relaxed, and he said with a smile: "You came just in time."

He pointed to Mr. Chen and said, "This Mr. Chen did not know where he found out that the house next to your house is for sale and wants to compete with you."

Guan Lehe discussed with Du Jinning on the way here.Mr. Chen wants to bid, so let's do the bidding.But if the price is too high, Guan Lehe suggested that Du Jinning should not continue to bid.Although the location of that house is good, the price is too high and it is not worth it.

Du Jinning naturally agreed.

"Bidding is fine." Guan Lehe glanced at Mr. Chen with a calm expression.

"Since both of you are here, why don't you bid directly now?" Shi Yun asked.

"it is good."

"I'm OK."

Guan Lehe and Chief Chen both nodded in agreement.

Shi Yun invited a colleague to come over to be a witness.

"We did a special appraisal of this house, and the starting price was 500 taels of silver. Every time you increase the price, you will increase the price by 100 taels. Alright, let's start now." Shi Yun said.

Mr. Chen's brother-in-law directly offered a price: "Three thousand and eight hundred taels."

Guan Lehe glanced at Du Jinning and signaled her to come forward and bid.

　This is the chapter I owed yesterday

　　
　
(End of this chapter)