Kai Fu Han

Chapter 34 Buying a House
I heard two things Liu Xinqi said.

Luo Cheng thought for a while and said:
"The second thing you said is simple. There is a 'Yabao' in the city. They have ready-made information on the houses for sale. I will arrange for someone to take you to them directly. However, your tribe has a population of nearly a thousand, so normal transactions are , I guess your money can’t buy enough houses for you to live in the city. If you don’t have a place to live, you can buy part and rent part, so you won’t have to sleep in the wild in the winter.”

Yabao is a contracted intermediary and guarantor. It is an intermediary, and it is also the general name of this industry in ancient times. Whether it is selling a house or anything else, Yabao will be approached as a guarantor.In the Zhao Dynasty, real estate transactions were conducted without intermediaries and were treated as thieves.

If Luo Gao and his son don't help today, Liu Xinqi will find a job to guarantee the rent and buy a house to live in. However, Liu Xinqi himself is a stranger from other places and is easily deceived. With the county captain Luo Cheng as the backend, he will have more guarantees.

"Uncle is very considerate, just follow what uncle said." Liu Xinqi echoed.

"The first thing you said is more troublesome. If you buy a house, you can register some household registrations based on the house, but nearly a thousand people cannot simply settle in this way. If more than a thousand people settle at one time, it will definitely need to alert the state Government. Although an increase in population is a good thing in terms of performance evaluation, if you settle 1000 people at once for no reason, it seems to be organized. You will definitely be targeted by these 'money eyes' and will be embarrassed, and you need to be managed from top to bottom. "

"It is necessary to take care of things from top to bottom. As long as the settlement is smooth, it is worth spending some money." Liu Xinqi said.

"It's good that you consider this. Simply spending money to do this will definitely cost a lot, but if there are benefits that they can't refuse, it will be much simpler." Luo Cheng continued: "I heard from Luo Gao that your migration this time , brought the heads of the Jurchen Tatars that were killed in Liujiabao?"

"Yes, the teacher told me that these heads might be used, so I treated them with lime and brought them over." Liu Xinqi replied.

"This is easy to handle." Luo Cheng became much more excited after hearing the accurate letter.

"Since Bianjing was captured, people on Jingdong East Road have been in panic. Many wealthy businessmen in the city have fled southward. Rich businessmen are easy to escape, but officials are difficult to leave. We have the responsibility to defend the land and cannot just run away. The real Tatars you brought The heads are just in time. You can rely on these heads to do some achievements, and then in the name of reporting merit, send some of the officials' nephews and their families to the south to report their merit to the new court." Luo Cheng said.

Liu Xinqi understood that there were many such things in ancient times. Even if they couldn't get the real Tatar heads in Liu Xinqi's hands, these officials would think of other ways. The war would be in chaos, and the killing of good people and taking credit would be avoided.

"As long as I can help, uncle, just ask for anything you need." Liu Xinqi said.

Having said this, Zhou Xinyuan coughed suddenly, and Liu Xinqi quickly stopped talking.

Hearing what Liu Xinqi said, Luo Cheng's expression perked up, as if he suddenly remembered something. He hesitated, looked at Liu Xinqi, and finally did not say anything.

"If you are willing to give up these heads, things will be easier to handle. I will contact my colleagues and old friends in the past two days to help you settle in. You can buy some houses as soon as possible for settling in." Luo Cheng finally said: "It's getting late. , in the afternoon I will arrange for the housekeeper to take you to find dental insurance, buy a house, and settle down early."

"Thank you very much. My uncle has no repayment for his nephew's kindness. If you have any errands in the future, just ask." Liu Xinqi stood up and bent down and said.

"It should, it should..." Luo Cheng also stood up and said with a smile.

Several people walked out of Luo Mansion. Luo Cheng waved goodbye to Liu Xinqi and the other two, then returned to the Mansion, and the family reunited.

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On the way to Yahang, the housekeeper introduced himself as Xu Zhong, and Liu Xinqi politely called him Uncle Xu.

Went around the clock tower again and came to the southwest. After passing through several alleys, we came to a market. The market was quite big and crowded with people, including butcher shops, groceries, cloth shops, grain stores, hotels, and carriage shops. Everything you need.The tooth shop where Ya Bao is located is at the entrance of the market and occupies a three-bay facade.

Xu Zhong led the two of them into the dental shop. As soon as they entered the door, the shopkeeper inside saw Xu Zhong and greeted him enthusiastically. "Hey, Butler Xu, we are really a distinguished guest. Is there anything you need?"

"It's not me who is in need today. The young man behind me, Liu Xinqi, the nephew of Lieutenant Luo, came from the east and plans to buy some houses here. Lieutenant Luo arranged for me to show you here." Xu Zhong said.

"Since it is the arrangement of Luo County Lieutenant, I will definitely bring out the old foundation and you will be responsible for the selection." After saying that, the shopkeeper led a few people to the back room, sat down at a square table, and asked the workman to bring some account books. , pour tea to entertain guests.

"You came at the right time. There is war in the east and people in Dengzhou City are panicked. Many wealthy businessmen are planning to go to the south. There are some good houses for sale that are not usually available, and the prices are favorable." The shopkeeper introduced: "If you really want to Yes, the price can be discussed further, as long as it can be settled in cash quickly."

"That's really a good thing." Liu Xinqi said.

"I don't know what your specific requirements are?" the shopkeeper opened the script in his hand and asked.

"We have a lot of people here this time. You can introduce them all. I will buy whatever is suitable." Liu Xinqi said boldly.

Hearing what Liu Xinqi said, the shopkeeper didn't know whether he believed it or not, but it couldn't be seen on his face. He was still enthusiastic: "That's really good. If you buy a lot, I will help you negotiate the price."

Then he seemed to have thought of something, and asked with a cautious look on his face: "Just to ask, are you here on behalf of the people in Jiangjia Village in the south?"

It's true that snakes follow their own paths and mice follow their own paths. These people are well-informed when it comes to doing business. This man knew it less than three hours after Liu Jiabao arrived in Jiangjia Village.

"Don't ask too many questions, just give me a good introduction. Today's transaction will be enough for you to live for several years." Before Liu Xinqi could reply, Butler Xu scolded the shopkeeper.

"Yes, yes, I'm talking too much." The shopkeeper responded quickly, and then introduced Liu Xinqi one by one to the properties in his hand.

According to the introduction of the shopkeeper of Yahang, there are currently 117 ordinary one-entry houses for sale in Dengzhou City, with the average price of each house being about 7 yuan. For better houses, there are 3 with two-entry and three with three-entry. There is also a large courtyard covering an area of ​​about five acres, which is said to belong to a wealthy businessman and can be used for both residence and business.

It is impossible to buy them all. Liu Xinqi killed bandits and captured the strongholds along the way. In addition to the seizures he killed the Tatars, after excluding the purchasing expenses along the way, the remaining cash money is now only more than 5000 taels equivalent to silver. If it were not necessary to settle down, otherwise Liu Qi would I can only rent, not buy.

The houses for sale in the city are enough for the tribesmen to live in, but the money is just not enough.

Finally, after on-site inspection and price negotiation, we planned to buy a 20-yard private house for 1890 guan; rent a 60-yard private house for 1 year, 5 guan per year, totaling 300 guan; and bought the large house covering an area of ​​five acres. The yard costs 1700 yuan.Converted into silver, a total of 3240 taels are needed. The discount rate given by Ya Bank for silver and copper coins is 1:1200.

There is not much money left. After including the 1000 taels given by Luo Gao's father, there is only a little more than 3000 taels left. It will definitely not be enough to settle down and manage later, so we can only cash out all the remaining valuable objects, calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, etc. as soon as possible. .

The reason why I can buy these houses at this price is because of the recent sharp drop in housing prices, especially the big yard. If the wealthy businessmen had not fled south to sell it, the normal purchase price would have been at least 5000 yuan.

House prices in Zhao are very high. According to Yabao, before Bianjing was captured, an ordinary house cost more than a thousand guan, and some of the better ones cost tens of thousands of guan. Luxury houses ranged from dozens to millions of guan.

(End of this chapter)