Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 343 Fish ball soup (eight)

   Mentioning the matter of buying a house in Chang'an City, Liu Yuan immediately became interested, and interjected: "How? Master Wen is still a few years away from buying a house in Chang'an City?"

As soon as Wen Mingtang said this, before Wen Mingtang could speak, Tangyuan, who was holding a small face on the opposite side, sighed: "A few years is not enough, it must be up to ten years!" As he spoke, he opened the chatterbox, "If you want to find a place, you won't be able to do it. Those who come to the yamen from far away are the same as those who go out of the city every day. There are guards patrolling, and there are fewer chaos and troubles. If there are many twists and turns in it, if there is a price increase for sitting on the ground, you will have to borrow more. Relatives and friends are generous and don’t ask for interest. There's a solution."

  As soon as the words "other methods" came out, Liu Yuan immediately said, "It's best not to touch high-interest money, and it's unbearable to pay huge profits."

Tang Yuan nodded, looked at Wen Mingtang, who was frowning and thinking about the good account, and sighed, "Recently, house prices have risen faster than I thought, but a few years ago, listen to me Father said that the price didn't rise very much, and it fell for a few years, if only I met Master Wen a few years earlier."

As soon as these words came out, Ji Caimai, who was taking notes, stopped what he was doing, looked at Tangyuan and shook his head, and said, "Your children don't understand, the price of houses has fallen in those years, but It's not a good thing!"

  Bai Zhu, who was chewing crispy rice, nodded and said, "It's really not a good thing!"

  The reason why housing prices fell in those years was because many people in the city sold their homes in Chang'an at a low price and left Chang'an.

  Countless people in the great prosperity of the world are proud to see the prosperity of the capital, so...why did they sell the house in Chang'an cheaply and leave Chang'an? It's not that the first emperor allowed the immortal masters to run amok in the past few years, and many people died. Seeing relatives and neighbors being affected for no reason, he was afraid that the fire would burn himself, and he might die if he ran away at that time, so he sold it. Leaving the house and running away early?

   Fortunately, Xu has been cultivating immortals all year round. The heavens saw that the late emperor was really pious, so he simply took the late emperor away earlier. If not, there would really be a big mess.

  Now the price has risen, it is precisely because the people think that the new emperor's ascension is a good thing, so they come back again. Of course, so... the house prices are rising so fast, it may be a lot more difficult for Wen Mingtang and others who want to buy a house in the city.

  Of course, it is better not to mention the matter of the first emperor in private. Bai Zhu only mentioned it because many people who left Chang'an came back.

Tang Yuan and A Bing didn't think too much about it, but they just heard the words and sighed with sullen faces: "I thought I had a lot of work with Master Wen this year, and the takeaway stalls are doing pretty well, so there is really hope." I bought a house by myself, so I can show it off to my family. Now, I’m afraid it’s okay to buy a restaurant or something, and it will take a long time to buy a house.”

Ji Caimai, who had completely settled the accounts, showed the accounts to the three of them. According to the rules set when they first went out to the takeaway stall, even though they couldn't buy a house, at the end of the year, the three of them, together with Ji Caimai, would have a fortune. Small income.

"Our takeaway stall's business is good, but we still need to change the rules at the internal affairs office," Ji Caimai said, pointing to the outside, and said, "It's best to give me a place outside the office. Word of mouth or something, after all, is not widespread enough, and many people are against the matter of entering the Yamen. It is still somewhat difficult to spread."

   "The ingredients given by the Zhuangzi are not enough." A Bing continued, "Although Ji Caimai said hello, the Zhuangzi only gave more meals than the usual public chef, and can't cook much food."

  These are all problems, but there is no room for change. The most important thing is...

   "It's okay to take over private work on a holiday. It's serious to drive outside. It's suspected of starting a new one. It must be troublesome to get the joints opened." Wen Mingtang shook his head and said.

  This is the most important thing. It took a long time to set up a takeaway stall. It may not be an easy task to get the internal affairs office to open up and allow a place outside the office.

"Let's take this matter slowly!" Ji Caimai also felt a little pity, but he didn't give up, and only said to Wen Mingtang, "When that day comes, I'm afraid there will be a lot of food to do. Those pots and utensils made by Master Wen What, one or two sets may not be enough, let’s practice first and be able to handle it, then think about it!”

Wen Mingtang nodded, "Yes", and continued to look down at the money on the account book. He was planning to put the money at the end of the new year, but when he wanted to take some out to buy two new clothes for himself, he heard Liu Yuan ask Ji Caibu on the side. Inquired about the news: "Ji Caimai's acquaintance at the internal affairs office..."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Caimai rolled his eyelids and raised his hand to stop Liu Yuan: "Stop, I know what you want to do." After speaking, he paused, and continued without waiting for Liu Yuan to speak. , "It's telling me to find a way to use my relationship to find out about Mao Guanshi and Niu Guanshi, right?"

  Liu Yuan nodded, and was about to say a few words of flattery to Ji Caimai, when Ji Caimai waved his hand and said, "It's useless!"

"At first, I wanted to go to the internal affairs yamen to make excuses about giving me a position outside the yamen, but before I could say anything, I was stopped by the stewards who were close to me. As for the matter, the superiors of the internal affairs yamen have received the news that they are not allowed to talk nonsense, and even my matter that is irrelevant to the case has been blocked." Ji Caimai glanced at the other side as he spoke. Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu, who seemed to want to speak, moved their lips. After thinking for a while, they simply said what the several stewards who had a good relationship with him said, "I advise you not to think about it, and don't let the internal affairs office meddle indiscriminately." The case is about Concubine Jing in the palace."

  When the name "Concubine Jing" was sacrificed, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhudai wanted to continue to ask questions, so Wen Mingtang said: "Then it's better to bypass the internal affairs office and use other methods to investigate the case."

Now that the Dali Temple Yamen is so merciless in investigating the old case, maybe there is the friendship between Lin Fei and the new emperor back then, but the friendship is secondary, the most important thing is because the new emperor wanted to clean up the previous emperor. Trouble left.

   Therefore, they rely on His Majesty. But the Son of Heaven is also a human being, with seven emotions and six desires, and some people's face is so big that he can make the people under him detour.

"Your Majesty was born out of the late emperor's wife. The late emperor was angry with his wife, so he left early. Later, his wife and sister, who is now Concubine Jing, entered the palace," Wen Mingtang said, "When I was in the palace, I heard They said that the palace was very chaotic back then, fearing that the young His Majesty would be murdered, Concubine Jing gave up her childhood sweetheart fiancé, divorced her marriage, and gave up herself in order to enter the palace to take care of His Majesty."

"Concubine Jing has no children, and she treats Her Majesty as her own. She has been protecting Her Majesty all these years, and Your Majesty also treats Concubine Jing as her biological mother." Wen Mingtang said, "Now that Your Majesty is on the throne, although she is frugal, Concubine Jing It's special there, it's called the concubine, and the treatment is the empress dowager's expense. When I was in the palace, I heard that although your majesty is infatuated, there is only the empress in the harem, but Feng Yin, who is in charge of the harem and the internal affairs of the palace, is actually in the palace. Concubine Jing's place."

  This Concubine Jing, Xu Shi, was oppressed for many years during the reign of the first emperor, and she was holding back her breath. After His Majesty ascended the throne, she took over the control of the harem and the internal affairs of the palace.

  Of course, how did it go, because Wen Mingtang left the palace so early, he still doesn't know the specific situation. But thinking about how many people were released by His Majesty in the palace, it's not that difficult to manage them.

   "The internal affairs of the palace also have to deal with the internal affairs yamen," Wen Mingtang thought for a while, and said, "Maybe Dowager Jing took care of it fairly well, so she took over the entire internal affairs yamen?"

  (end of this chapter)