Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Unlike Chang Qing's eldest son Chang Huaian who accompanied Gu Erzhu to visit Zhao Mansion today, Gu Dahua was accompanied by the steward of Zhou Mansion and took Gu Youxin to do business.

Hearing Gu Erzhu's voice at this time, Chang Qing let him go in first, and took his eldest son to a sheltered place and asked about what he had seen and heard in Zhao's house today.

Inside the study.

Gu Erzhu waved to Gu Dahua, who lifted the door curtain and came in, turning around the screen, then shook his head and waved his hands to signal Gu Dahua to come over to him without any courtesy.

Gu Dahua nodded with a smile and walked quickly forward. Before he reached Gu Erzhu, he still called him "Master" and moved closer to pay respects.

Seeing this, Gu Erzhu kindly shook his head and simply raised his chin towards the first chair below him instead of pointing to the chair next to him for him to sit down.

"Master, today I not only visited two farms outside the city, but also heard that there is a house with a shop for sale about five or six miles away from the Imperial Examination Hall."

As he spoke, Gu Dahua raised his butt again, came to Gu Erzhu's side, bent down and leaned into his ear, "I looked, it's not far from our big village.

There is a grain store just less than fifty steps away diagonally. Coincidentally, it is said that the owner of this grain store is the eldest young lady of the Gao family, and she is the shopkeeper of the shop. "

Zhou Changlin (Zhou Mansion’s Beijing City Steward), this old guy!
"The eldest young lady of the Gao family also has two farms outside the city, but the grain they produce is not as high as ours, and her two farms are said to be in the suburbs of Beijing, but they are actually very far away.

Youxin, that kid, told me today that the farm that the eldest young lady of the Gao family lives in is closest to our big farm, and we have to go southeast for another seventy or eighty miles to get there.

It’s almost at the foot of the mountain, but it’s too far, so I didn’t go. It’s not as far as our big village, so if we go early, we can get into the city in the afternoon.”

Although Gu Erzhu had never been to the two farms in the suburbs of Beijing owned by his daughter-in-law, he had heard of them a long time ago, and Chang Qing pointed out the direction on the way before arriving in Beijing.

“It’s just that she has many sisters in her natal family and in-laws’ family, and there are farms outside the city in several places along the way, so she also opened three or five grain stores.

It is said that the grains sold in these grain shops are mainly coarse grains, and the prices are much more reasonable than those in other grain shops. I even went to this grain shop nearby to take a look, and it is doing quite well. "

"It's better not to have this good reputation." Gu Erzhu said, "We can't do it. Not to mention that we have to deal with grain merchants to open a grain store. What is grain?
It's easy to go wrong when the harvest is bad. We can avoid causing trouble for Lord Zhou and keep our family from starving. It's good enough to help a few more people when there's trouble."

"I understand."

"speak nicely!"

Gu Dahua grinned and tried not to laugh. "I looked at this house with a shop. Although the front is a shop, the back is quite big, and there is almost a large courtyard with two entrances."

He knew that everyone in the Zhou Mansion liked to exaggerate the situation, saying that a shop with two courtyards must have a big courtyard at the back that was no smaller than one with three courtyards!
"I also went to the back door to check. Not only the shop, but also the house can be rented out. It can be rented out separately as the second master said, and there is no need to worry about the shop in front and the back being not quiet.

Because it is not far from the Imperial Examination Hall, most of the tenants in that area are scholars. The shop in front is owned by a bookstore, so the price is not high, and it can be bought for about five thousand taels of silver.

The price sounds high, after all, it is not in the inner city, but I calculated that this shop is big, with two floors. Now, just renting it to a bookstore can earn five or six hundred taels of silver a year.

In the words of the Second Master, as long as the rent can recover the capital in 20 years, any shop in any location is worth buying. Master, would you like to take some time to take a look?"

Looking at Gu Dahua who turned to him and waited for his answer eagerly, Gu Erzhu tried to hold back but still couldn't help laughing out loud.

Stupid isn't it?

How could the shop recommended to his aunt by Zhou Changlin (the housekeeper of Zhou's family in Beijing) be bad? How could the price be so high? He would not hesitate to say that he did not want to get a bargain. Otherwise, why would everyone like to be an official, like to be a high-ranking official, and have power? Even if they are not corrupt, their subordinates will rush to show the shops and farms that were confiscated by the government.

This isn’t Lord Zhou. Lord Zhou is not in Beijing at all. He is just the chief steward of the Zhou Mansion. Yet, he can find any kind of shop.

Is it true that people always say that the prime minister is a seventh-rank official? Even the county magistrate gave Chang Qing some respect, not to mention that he is the real steward of the Zhou Mansion.

"master?"

Gu Erzhu was interrupted and nodded slowly with emotion, "Buy it, or put it under Sanya's name. I won't show up, you can discuss it with Huai'an."

He had figured out that this place still had to rely on Huai'an to take care of things. No wonder Lord Zhou only asked San Ya to find a chance to eliminate the slave status of Huai'an's eldest son first!
"(Gu) Youxin, since San Ya and Liu Lang picked him out early and placed him next to the chief butler, you should give him more advice and let him learn more from Huai'an."

Gu Dahua nodded in understanding.

"As for this shop, favors are favors, but when you go to the government office to pay the money, remember to pay more for tea and water, and see if you can treat someone to a meal outside or something.

I'm not talking about asking the chief, if there's anything missing from the chief, I'll check with the chief steward, that's who the clerks are, and I need you and Huai'an to come forward with the letter."

Gu Dahua understood what Gu Erzhu meant.

It is easy to see the King of Hell, but it is difficult to deal with the little ghosts. It is easy to deal with the ones above, but you have to take care of the little ghosts below, otherwise you will inevitably have to deal with these little ghosts in the future.

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"If we can't finish our work in these two days and we have to go back, you should spend more time chatting with Youxin and let him speak out whatever he thinks.

But on this side, he can't force himself to be on the side of An, he should be honest. Your uncle Chang and aunt Lan are different from outsiders, they are old friends of San Ya's master.

To San Ya, Huaian is no different from the brother of a girl from a wealthy family. She should give him this respect, even if it means the same thing happens when you see Huaian's brother again.

What's more, you must not take advantage of the fact that your girl is the recognized lady in the Zhou family and do whatever she wants outside. No matter how kind-hearted San Ya is, I will not tolerate anyone ruining San Ya's reputation.

Only when San Ya is well, they can have a good life. You should tell these words to Youxin and the others, lest they stay out too long and become wild. "

Gu Dahua nodded hurriedly, "I will beat them more, they dare not do it, the second master and the second mistress have already instructed the managers of each village to keep an eye on them.

The ten of them are also afraid. If anyone dares to act recklessly, there are other people chosen by the master to replace them. It is not necessary for them to have ten people, but the master has given them the opportunity to make meritorious deeds first.

Like Youxin's father, let me take some time to have a good chat with Youxin this time, I can't let my master down. Also, Master, the Second Master is not a bookworm who has become stupid because of reading too much."

Gu Erzhu's mouth twitched, "Why are they all afraid of Liu Lang?"

"Dark face?"

Gu Erzhu laughed.

"Yes, sir, we want to go back in two days."

"What do you mean?" (End of this chapter)