Tan Xinren's house is really big. In the third courtyard, there are several main rooms and side rooms at each entrance. There is a garden between the second and third bedrooms, and there is also a two-story embroidered building in the third bedroom. I have to say, A mansion indeed.
The most important thing is the location! This house is located in a prime location on the main street of the capital, and the people living around it are either wealthy businessmen or officials. The level of this official is not comparable to that of Yangliuxiang, and the worst one is at the fifth-grade level.
That's right, Liu Tong's family is across the street...
The news of Xiao Feng's move soon spread on the main street. People nearby came to watch, and also wanted to take the opportunity to get to know this Zhongshu Sheren who has been in the limelight recently, Wenxuan Zhenren. Regardless of the title, living here feels a bit nondescript.
If you are from Zhongshushe, no seventh-grade official has lived on this street for so many years. If it were Zhenren Wenxuan, no Taoist priests had ever lived on this street.
Now that Xiao Feng has broken two historical records by himself, no wonder people are curious.
Liu Tong had a break today, so he blocked the door and watched Xiao Feng move through the crack in the door with the housekeeper. Several times his family members wanted to join in and watch the fun, but he suppressed them all.
He watched angrily as a bunch of people walked into the door, Xiao Feng was surrounded by a group of women, he was so shameless!
Liu Tong said to the housekeeper: "Look at his appearance, can I trust Xueer to marry him? Look at his virtue, he is a complete lustful ghost, and he will not let go of him from the age of eight to eighty. kind!"
The housekeeper was relatively objective: "Sir, the youngest Qiaoqiao here will be eleven years old after the Chinese New Year. The oldest one looks like he is only forty years old."
Liu Tong didn't expect that his most loyal comrade-in-arms would also rebel: "Shut up, Xiao Feng is cunning, dirty and shameless. I was right not to let my daughter marry him. What's more, think about it, even if I don't care about these things, he is still What kind of real person is this? What if one day the cultivator of immortality and Taoism falls into a trance, like Long Live, won’t my daughter have to be a widow?”
The butler nodded repeatedly, thinking that the master had indeed been far-sighted, and this was irrefutable. Aren’t the queens and concubines in the palace all widows now?
Xiao Feng looked at the house from top to bottom, and gained some understanding of Tan Xinren's luxury. At the same time, he also understood that the ceiling of enjoyment for rich people in this era only consisted of four words - nothing more.
Because the house is large enough, there is a pool in the main room of the second room for bathing. But this pool has neither upper nor lower water. It relies on people to carry it in buckets. You can imagine how laborious it is to take a bath. The first and third bedrooms are equipped with large wooden barrels and no pools.
Every house is equipped with a wooden toilet. Although it is painted red and looks beautiful, the toilet is a toilet after all, and it will definitely smell when placed in the house.
What makes Xiao Feng more satisfied is the heating facilities. There is a brick-paved floor dragon with a fire burning at one end and smoke flowing through it. As long as you are willing to burn it, you definitely don't have to worry about being cold.
After Xiao Feng read it, he asked Zhang Tianci to find people from the construction team and ask them to make rectifications.
First, two rooms are vacant in each of the three rows of houses. The one closest to the bedroom is built with a pool. It doesn’t need to be too big, just enough for two or three people to soak in. Then a wooden frame is placed next to it, and loofah pulp is placed on it. , soap locust powder, cotton bathrobe, etc.
Passing through the bath, the house at the far end is smaller and is made into a hut. The bath is separated from the hut and the bedroom, so the smell cannot be transmitted. The urinals under the three small thatched huts were dug out, laid with bricks as the bottom, and thick bamboo pieces were used to form a slope on top, leading all the way to the outside of the backyard wall, which is still the land of the house. A large pit was dug outside the wall and covered with bluestone slabs.
A large moso bamboo is also installed at the bottom of the bath, connecting it to the toilet in the hut next door. There is a plug at the mouth of the moso bamboo, and a rebound device made of extremely tough beef tendon. Just pull the rope on the plug, the plug will open, and the used water in the bath will rush out, flushing the urinal clean, and flushing into the big pit outside the wall.
After it is rinsed clean, as long as the rope is released, the tendons will pull the plug back, blocking the bamboo tube, and the water will naturally stop.
In this way, the water in the pool is constantly renewed, and the toilet will always have water for flushing. When you want to clean the bathtub one day, you only need to drain the water in the pool and change the water completely.
Lu Pingshan, the captain of the Tianci Construction Team, is an industry veteran invited by Zhang Tianci. After hearing Xiao Feng’s design, he was surprised and admired: “Sir, I have been working in construction for so many years and I have never seen such a design. I can’t say anything. To be respectful, the villain's senior brothers have participated in the work in the palace, and they have never done this."
Xiao Feng smiled and said, "Is it possible?"
Lu Pingshan thought about it carefully and said with certainty: "It can be realized. The main problem is that the moso bamboo is heated, but it is easy to handle, because the water in the bath must be able to withstand the water, so it will not be too hot.
I first soaked the moso bamboo in hot water, then dried it in the shade and then painted it with lacquer. I added some hoops and it will definitely last a year or two. Then the villain will make a few spare ones of the same size. If they break, he can replace them at any time. "
Xiao Feng nodded: "I'll make do with moso bamboo first. When I get iron pipes later, I'll replace them with iron ones."
Lu Pingshan said with a smile: "Of course it is better to have iron pipes, but iron pipes are too difficult to make. Now only Shenjiying can make them, but they are also very short and cannot be made if they are too long. Don't even buy this thing, just ask about it It’s against the king’s law.”
Xiao Feng smiled and said in his heart that you don't need to worry about it, I have my own way.
Zhang Tianci was greatly shocked: "Brother, I didn't expect you to know everything, even to be so proficient in construction. When you asked me to set up a construction team, I was unsure, but now I'm not afraid anymore."
Xiao Feng patted him on the shoulder: "Godsend, you need to use your own people to decorate your home. For the construction of the WTO view, you might as well give more work to a few well-connected construction teams. On the one hand, it can speed up the progress, and on the other hand, it can also honor your election. A long-term commitment.”
Zhang Tianci nodded repeatedly, and Xiao Feng asked him again: "How is the matter of Zuixianlou buying shares going?"
Zhang Tianci said proudly: "Brother ordered me, how dare I delay. It was done that night. Chen Zhonghou has been working hard in the past few years, and his family has been almost exhausted. If we don't reach out, I estimate that at most One year, he was squeezed out by Shi Zhenxiang.
He needs money now and wants to borrow our power, so the price is not high. I only spent 500 taels of silver on 60% of the shares! Of course there are conditions. It was agreed that the building and land could not be sold, and the signboard of Zuixian Building could not be changed. Chen Zhonghou was quite satisfied, but his daughter was not very happy. "
Xiao Feng frowned, and Zhang Tianci asked anxiously: "Brother, did I pay too much? That restaurant is in a good location..."
Xiao Feng shook his head: "The price is not high. If it weren't for Taibaiju's pressure, the restaurant business in this area would not be so cheap. I think we have too much. Let's go and sign a new contract with them. Money No change, we account for 40% and they account for 60%.”
Zhang Tianci was stunned. This didn't look like doing business. How could he still think it was cheap?
But he never doubted Xiao Feng's instructions and nodded immediately: "Okay, big brother, I'll do it tonight."
Xiao Feng was amused by his straightforwardness and patted him on the shoulder again: "Godsend, of course you have to make money in business. But you can't just focus on making money. The long-term solution is to let the people who actually work earn more. "
Xiao Feng vaguely found the energy that later generations used to guide the company's vice presidents when doing business.
When Zhang Tianci hurried to Zuixian Tower, it was already dark. Taibaiju opposite is still brightly lit, with oil lamps and candles burning and people doing business.
Oil lamps are used in the lobby and candles are used in private rooms. Those who can go out to drink at night are generally not short of money. For the lighting money, they can get it if they give more reward money.
In comparison, the second floor of Zuixian Building opposite was completely dark, with only the lobby on the first floor deserted and deserted, with two tables of regular patrons, which looked particularly desolate.
Seeing Zhang Tianci running over in a hurry, Chen Zhonghou's heart sank. Could it be that Boss Zhang regretted it? Or is it the backstage boss whom he worships like a god, his eldest brother Xiao Feng, who doesn't agree to yesterday's conditions?
Although the contract had been signed, Chen Zhonghou knew that if Zhang Tianci broke the contract, not to mention Xiao Feng's power and his status as the president of the Chamber of Commerce, he would be helpless.
Chen Zhonghou greeted him with a wry smile: "President Zhang, why are you here at this time? What are you doing?"
As expected by Chen Zhonghou, Zhang Tianci took out the contract signed last night from his arms and slapped it on the table: "Boss Chen, my elder brother does not agree with this contract, so I have to sign it again."
Liu Ruyun finished serving her signature dish, Crispy Bamboo Shoots and Fat Sausage to the guests, then turned around and walked over, grabbing her father's hand that was stretched out into his arms, with tears in his eyes from anger.
"Boss Zhang, do you still think this price is unfair? There must be a limit to bullying. If nothing else, if you don't recognize the contract signed in black and white, you are still the president of the Chamber of Commerce?
Your eldest brother is an official and a real person. We cannot afford to offend him. But in front of so many people that day, he openly said that he would help us, but secretly he wanted to take advantage of us! I told my father that I couldn’t trust officials, but he didn’t believe me! "
