Zhu Ji led a group of people to the Wujin mansion that Huo Xi bought two years ago.
Two years ago, when I heard that Beiping was going to be built, Huo Xi asked Shen Qianzhong to buy some properties in Beiping, including this five-entry mansion in the inner city.
Shen Qianzhong bought three rooms for servants at the beginning, and put the other two rooms on the Zhuangzi, leaving only one room for people to guard the house.
Old Qiutou learned that the master's family was coming, so he hurriedly brought his family to see the master.
Huo Xi looked at their family, seeing that they were all honest and responsible people, asked Vanilla to give them a purse, said a few hard words, and entered the house.
Old Qiutou's two grandchildren, Youqing and Shuangxi, secretly looked at Huo Xi.
Seeing that the master is not very old, and looks kind, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that grandparents and mothers were helping to move things, the two of them didn't need it, they held hands and trotted to keep up with Huo Xi.
Huo Xi turned around and saw it, and smiled: "My brother's name is Youqing, and my sister's name is Shuangxi?"
Shuangxi was still a little timid, but Youqing nodded with bright eyes: "Master just came, Youqing take master to have a look."
Seeing that the child was seven or eight years old and very clever, Huo Xi nodded and asked him to lead everyone around the house.
The five-in-one mansion only has one room to take care of, which is really a bit overwhelming.
But since I bought it two years ago, it has been empty.
Qiu’s family has one room. The old Qiu is the head of the gate and takes care of the flowers and trees in the house. His old wife and his daughter-in-law take care of the sanitation and management of the garden, and the son does some manual work. There is no need to wait on people, just take care of the house, this room is enough for people.
Wujin's house is very large, but it is clean everywhere, with no dead leaves and weeds. It can be seen that it is usually taken care of carefully, and it can be seen that the Qiu family has put their heart into it.
The house is not dilapidated because no one lives there. But apart from the main courtyard, there are some courtyards that have to be refurbished to live in.
According to Huo Xi's thinking, the house in this city cannot be bought or rented, and it is not a good investment if it is left for nothing, not to mention spending money on repairs and maintenance, and the assets are not revitalized.
But fortunately, houses in Beiping City are very cheap now, and in the long run, they are also worthwhile.
Huo Xi took two maids and settled down in the main courtyard, and the others were arranged in the guest courtyard.
"Are you familiar with the capital?" Huo Xi asked the clever Youqing.
Youqing nodded after thinking for a while, "I'm familiar with this area, but I'm still young, my parents don't let me run too far, and I'm not familiar with other places."
I feel a little disappointed that I didn't help the master.
and said: "But my father and my grandfather are very familiar. They used to be the servants of the rich family. They all know what is in any corner of this city."
After finishing speaking, he looked proud and straightened his small chest.
Huo Xi smiled and gave him a silver bean: "Okay, go tell your father, let him take me for a walk around the city after I have a good rest."
Seeing Shuangxi peeping at her eagerly, he also gave her a silver bean, Shuangxi smiled at her shyly, thanking her.
"Okay!" After getting the silver beans, Youqing was very happy, clutching the silver beans tightly, he ran away with his sister.
"Father, grandma, look, the master gave it to me. My sister also has it!"
Old Qiutou and the others saw a silver bean lying in the palm of the two children, "It seems that the master is generous."
"Master is kind and a good man."
Old Qiutou told his son: "In a while, take the master for a walk in the city and serve him attentively. Our family has met a good master, and the family will be reliable in the future." Don't worry about being sold out.
Qiu Dazhuang nodded in agreement.
After settling in the house, Huo Xilue took a rest, leaving two maids to tidy up in the house, and only took Tayue and Qiu Dazhuang out.
Ji Chuyi ran over and followed closely behind her.
"Why don't you go to the shop with Zhu shopkeeper?" The shop is on the main street, and I want to find my father on the first day of the new year, so I go to the shop with Zhu Ji to get acquainted, so I can find someone.
"I want to follow the master."
Huo Xi glanced at him and asked him to follow.
As the capital of the Wu Dynasty, Beiping also had a glorious history of nearly a hundred years. After the Han people regained power, Taizu established Yingtianfu as his capital, and the center of politics, economy, and culture all moved south. After years of war and chaos, the people fled, and the population was lost, and Beiping gradually became desolate.
Now walking in the city, it seems especially empty. It is very different from the bustling Jiangnan.
There is a carriage running on this street without bumping into people.
The first two shops that Guangfengshui bought were on the main street, both with seven bays and very wide fronts. Because they are engaged in people's livelihood business such as food and cloth, the customers in the shop come and go, which is more popular than other businessmen.
The two shops not only have a large appearance, but also a large warehouse. Now that there are more Guangfengshui ships, they can deliver goods to Beiping at least once a month.
In addition to doing grain and cloth business, Guangfengshui later opened a workshop. After Zhu sent to Peiping, he bought a shop next to the cloth shop to sell some daily groceries. Now the business seems to be okay.
After seeing the shop, I wandered around the city.
Beiping has been the capital of the Wu Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, and the urban planning, streets and alleys of the city are naturally very mature. It's just that in the past few decades, the population has been lost, and it has become a little dilapidated.
After the founding of the country, Taizu enfeoffed Beiping to King Yan as his feudal state.
Taizu established the country and implemented a political system that combined the prefecture and county system with the enfeoffment system. The government was established to manage the people, and the prince was named a prince.
Among the vassal kings, the nine princes who were entrusted to the northern border, also known as the king of Sai.
The duty of the king of Sai is to fight against the invasion of the remnants of the former dynasty who retreated to Mobei at any time, and to relieve the threat of the northern nomads to the court.
Beiping has a special geographical location. As the capital of the former dynasty, it took nearly a hundred years for the palace to be built for five generations and eleven emperors.
King Yan was entrusted with the land as the imperial city of the former dynasty, and Lao Tzu is still there, so he cannot use the palace of the former dynasty as his mansion.
In the end, Yanwang Mansion was only built on the former site of Longfu Palace, Prince's Mansion.
But now that King Yan has become an emperor, and Beiping is the land of Longxing, this mansion seems small. Now that Emperor Yongkang plans to move the capital again, he naturally needs to make drastic changes.
It’s just that the palace of the Wu Dynasty was built by five generations and eleven emperors, and it took nearly a hundred years to complete it. The palace city needs to be repaired all at once, and it can’t be done overnight. How can you imagine the huge cost?
The household department doesn’t have that much money.
So the city walls were built first.
The walls of the capital city of the Wu Dynasty were made of earthen walls. After a long period of time, many of them collapsed due to the wind and rain. Emperor Yongkang ordered the construction of Beiping City, and the first thing to be built was the city wall. If there is no money to knock down and rebuild, first use bricks to wrap a layer on the outside of the earth wall for reinforcement.
While repairing the city wall, the moat was dug deep, and the river bank was also paved with stones.
Everywhere on the city wall, craftsmen and wives gathered. Ji Chuyi bulged his eyes, searching for his father's figure.