Three days later, outside Yidu City.
The intersection here has obviously become larger, and the flow of people has increased. The ground is full of horse hoof prints, and the ruts are deep. It is already a glimpse of prosperity.
Song You was sitting under a stall at the intersection, eating wontons. The calico cat was lying next to his bowl, eating a ball of meat filling that Song You bought from the stall owner.
The surroundings were filled with merchants coming and going, and the sound was noisy.
"Have you heard? The fog ghosts in Liangshui Pass have been eliminated."
"real or fake?"
"The news released by the Zhengwei Escort Bureau and the Wushan Tea Merchant are spreading the news, saying that that section is safe... The Wushan Tea Merchant has a good reputation, not to mention the Zhengwei Escort Agency who is responsible for this meal. There is no way he can lie!"
"Nanhua County invited an expert again?"
"I heard that's not the case. It seemed that he was a young gentleman who was passing by, and he was easily removed. As long as there was no movement at all, the fog ghost was gone."
"Ouch! That's amazing!"
"Even the experts in Tai'an Temple may not have this ability!"
"Tai'an Temple? Tai'an Temple is very famous and well-cultivated! How many experts are there in Yidu? Which expert is practicing in the city?"
"That's true. If you want to find an expert, you have to go outside the city."
"..."
"Suck!"
Song You sucked the hot wontons.
After one bite, the delicious flavor of minced meat and green onions bloomed in his mouth, making him tilt his head up and squint his eyes, feeling a long-lost feeling.
Although he came to a relatively backward era, during these years in the Taoist temple, Song You never treated himself badly in terms of his lust for words. He even found many ingredients that he could not eat in his previous life to make up for the shortcomings in other aspects - doing If you can’t get chili tomatoes, then get some bear paw salamander.
I’ve had enough steamed pancakes and buns these days.
"Miss Sanhua, is it delicious?"
"tasty."
"That's good."
I promised to take Sanhua Empress to taste delicacies from different places, but I didn’t take her to eat meat until today. I’m really ashamed.
Those merchants were still discussing him and Wugui.
Traveling merchants rely on traveling merchants to make money, and safety along the way is indeed their biggest concern. Bandits are okay, at least they want money, but ghosts are serious.
Song You was not very interested in this, but thought about accommodation in Yidu while eating.
He plans to stay in Yidu for a few months.
Come and stop here to rest, experience the prosperity and culture of Yizhou Government, the third city in the world, and visit the surrounding famous mountains, palaces and temples.
Secondly, in a while there will be the largest temple fair in Yizhou, which is held once a year. It is the most lively. Maybe he can see the truly wonderful things in this world that are worthy of his interest, and add some fun to his boring life.
It will also be cheaper to buy horses and mules at the temple fair.
Then you have to find a place to stay.
Inns usually focus on long-stay services. They are convenient, but the price may not be very good.
Renting may be cheaper.
"Suck!"
Song You finished the last wonton, and drank the soup from the bowl. When the calico cat finished the meat filling, he took the water and poured it into the palm of his hand. He carefully fed the three-flowered empress until she was full, and then paid the bill. leave.
A total of twenty coins.
A bowl of wontons costs ten yuan. The stall owner said that the price of a bowl of wontons will be charged for this ball of meat fillings, but there will be no charge if you eat the wontons.
A few steps further is the city gate.
The city gate made of blue bricks is full of pits and pits, full of the wind and frost of history.
A military academy stood on the edge of the city to check in and out, and there were notices posted on the walls, which roughly meant that there was a wanted order and that there was a ghost somewhere and I wanted an expert to remove it.
These notices are somewhat interesting. Among the wanted people are many martial arts masters and Taoist people. As for those local monsters, Song You took a look at them and found that the rewards for cutting them off were mostly quite generous, but he wanted to write these on the notices. The monsters here are not that easy to deal with.
In addition, there are many Ya people and idle people waiting here. There is no navigation in this era, so they can provide services such as guides, helpers and intermediaries. However, there seemed to be very few Taoist priests among their target customers, or they were afraid that the Taoist priests would not give them money or help them establish relationships, so they did not come to Song You's side.
Song You walked to the door and was thinking about finding someone to rent a house for him, when he suddenly met an acquaintance.
"gentlemen!"
When he turned around, he saw that it was the merchant surnamed Li and his party.
It seemed that he was leaving the city and going back to Wushan.
"Be polite."
Song You saluted him.
The cat at his feet also stood up following the man, imitating his example and saluting the merchant surnamed Li.
When did it start? It seems that after I bought it a small fish as a betrothal gift three days ago, it began to occasionally follow Song You's words and deeds.
"oops!"
The merchant surnamed Li quickly returned the gift. Seeing the cat saluting at his feet, he was stunned for a moment and returned the gift again, but he did not dare to ask or neglect:
"Sir, have you just arrived in Yidu?"
"I was delayed for a few days on the road."
"If sir had arrived a day earlier, we should have hosted a banquet for him." The merchant surnamed Li felt very regretful, not sure whether it was true or not.
"If you arrive one day early, you'll be out of reach."
"That's true!" The merchant surnamed Li was stunned again, "I wonder how long Sir will stay in Yidu? Where will he live?"
"I'm planning to find someone to rent a house for a few months."
"There is a small courtyard behind our tea shop. Although it is a bit crowded, if your husband wants to stay for a few days, you can make do with it and save some money on rent."
"Will not be disturbing."
"I don't think you, sir, like him either. However, the situation in Yidu is very deep. I have a brother-in-law who also works in this business in Yidu. He is quite honest. If you need me, sir, I will bring him to see you sir." "The merchant surnamed Li said with a grin, "When the time comes, I might as well come and visit you sir."
"That would be troublesome."
"Please sir, wait a moment!"
The merchant surnamed Li turned around and ran, and led someone not far behind him. He explained as he walked, and when he came to Song You, the two of them bowed again:
"Sir, this is my brother-in-law."
"Wang Ji, the villain, I have met Mr."
"I'll leave it to your Excellency."
"I will do my best."
Not long after, the merchant surnamed Li and his party left the city again. On the loess road, amid the faint green hills, a group of figures became smaller and smaller.
There are still merchants coming from afar to carry their husbands.
Song You also followed Wang Ji into the city.
Yidu is like most cities of this era. It is planned in a square and square manner with straight and horizontal roads. It is not easy to get lost, but it is easy to go around in alleys.
Wang Ji did seem to be a down-to-earth person and showed him several houses, but either the price exceeded Song You's psychological expectations, or the quality of the houses or the surrounding environment really did not meet Song You's needs.
There is no way, the urban housing prices in Dayan are not only the highest in the past dynasties, but also ten times higher than the previous dynasties. The main reason is that Dayan abolished the "equal land system", that is, it no longer allocates land and homesteads to everyone. At the same time, the development of the commercial economy promoted population flow, and the population began to gather in cities. This led to the rise in urban housing prices. It may be the first wave of soaring prices in history.
At present, the price of a house in Yidu City may start at a thousand dollars, and the rent will naturally skyrocket.
Song You had no choice but to use the method his master had said: "I wonder if there are any haunted or unlucky houses in this city?"
Wang Ji was stunned after hearing this and looked at him:
"Don't you mind these houses, sir?"
"Really?"
"There really are! There are more than one set! Some will make you sick and unlucky if you live there, some will ruin your fortune, and some will be haunted every night. Which one do you want, sir?"
"The lowest price."
"I know that there is a house in a clean location, but it is also convenient for buying groceries. It is rumored to be haunted. I have rented it to several families, but the rent was canceled within a few days. I used to quote a thousand dollars a month. If you really have an idea, sir, I will I'll take my husband to see the house first. If I like it, I'll be doing the owner a favor."
"Thank you."
"plz follow me."
Wang Ji learned that Song You came to Yidu for the first time and rented a house for the first time, so he talked to him about some renting regulations while walking.
Dayan's fangyazi is quite particular, mainly because renting a house and fangyazi in Dayan are strictly controlled by the government. Renting a house must go through fangyazi, and only through the contract of fangyazi can it be recognized by the government, so every fangyazi is a government official. For those who are registered, the commission is also stipulated. The government has even issued many laws to protect the rental market, such as buying and selling without breaking the lease. This idea has been around in this era.
In addition to the rental market, there is also a store and house service, which is a government agency that controls the housing supply, that is, public rental housing.
What should we do if ordinary people come to the city to work, officials come to take up their posts, and people studying in other places come to prepare for exams and cannot afford to rent a house? You can rent a house with a housekeeper.
Many things surprised Song You.
It’s not that I’m surprised that these things exist, but that I’m surprised that these things already exist. Immediately after reacting, I felt that my surprise seemed to be a kind of superiority and arrogance from a more advanced civilization, which was really inappropriate, so I couldn't help but fall into reflection.
An hour later.
Two people and a cat have arrived in front of a small courtyard.
This yard is located in Beicheng, a relatively valuable road section with prosperous commerce and convenient water access.
The yard is in the middle of an alley. There is a big tree not far from the door. There are stone tables and benches under the big tree for people to enjoy the shade. The red paint on the wooden door has faded and become old, and the trees originally planted in the yard have their branches and leaves sticking out from the top of the courtyard wall.
There were passers-by at the door and Fang Yazi was showing people the house, and they all looked at her strangely. It seemed that there was indeed something wrong.
"Sir, you are capable..."
Wang Ji muttered something as if to comfort himself.
The clicking sound of unlocking the door had a rustic metallic texture. As he pushed open the door, with a sour sound, the courtyard appeared in front of Song You.
"Sir, you can go in and check."
Wang Ji said, but he stood at the door.
Song You didn't care, nodded and stepped into the courtyard gate.
It can be seen that the courtyard used to be relatively delicate, with plums and bamboos, but it has been unoccupied for a long time, the weeds are deep, and the bamboo forest behind the house has grown into the courtyard.
"The landlord said that if you are willing to rent, you can just say one month in the contract. According to the law, the rent is paid once a month, starting from the sixth day. The first five days are for you to move and clean up the house. time."
Song You was pacing in the courtyard and turned around to ask:
"What's the price?"
"It's still a thousand a month."
"deal."
"okay."
Sign the contract and the agreement comes into effect.
Song You sent Wang Ji away.
Sanhua Empress was looking left and right in the courtyard. After entering the new environment, she began to feel uneasy again. She sniffed here and there, seeming to have some insights. Suddenly she turned her head and asked Song You in a low voice: "What are we going to do today?" Do you live here?"
"Stay here tomorrow too."
"What about the day after tomorrow?"
"I'm going to stay for a while."
"This house seems to be really haunted."
"Um."
"Why do we have to live in a ghost's house?"
"Is Sanhua Empress afraid of ghosts?"
"The Sanhua Empress is the cat god, and the cat god is not afraid of ghosts." The Sanhua cat followed him like a follower, "But this is a ghost's house."
"Because we are short of money, we have to disturb him."
"I don't know what a lack of money is."
"There's just not much money."
"I don't know what money is either."
"The things I use to buy pancakes, steamed pancakes and steamed buns on the road are also the things Sanhua Empress uses to buy meat. Buying a house also costs money. If we use less money to buy a house, we can have more money. Buy fish and meat to eat.”
"oh……"
Sanhua Empress seems to understand.
Just when he was about to ask the ghost what to do, he saw Song You turning towards the courtyard, giving a salute, and said calmly: "It is true that housing in Yidu is expensive, and we are short of money, so we will have to live here temporarily in the future. If there is any inconvenience, please forgive me."
The calico cat quickly followed suit and saluted:
"Please have a good time..."
The courtyard was quiet, except for the sound of the wind blowing through the bamboos. It was almost dusk, but the sunlight had not dissipated, hitting the tile roof of the courtyard slantingly, and the tile pines were like colorful flowers.
Regardless of the weeds in the garden, this is really a beautiful little yard.
