The three brothers all felt that buying a house was the top priority right now. They could quickly settle down in the inner city while they could rest for three days, and then take their mother over from Wang Shide's house. Otherwise, they would be too much trouble for others.
Lu Yi knew that the prince had raided many officials and had a bunch of properties that were being auctioned. Although he didn't have much money in his pocket and the housing prices in the capital were much higher than those in surrounding areas, it shouldn't be difficult to buy a small house. It’s too difficult to calculate.
The three of them came to a place that was responsible for selling real estate to external parties. After entering, they were eye-opening. Not only were the prices clearly marked, but there were also floor plans for reference. The houses and courtyards were clearly drawn, and the length and width were clear at a glance.
Originally, Shen Teng and Gao Xiaosong were not interested in buying a house, as long as it could be lived in. However, after seeing the vivid floor plan and bird's-eye view, they both began to persuade their eldest brother to buy a larger house. This way, they would not only live in a spacious place, but also look good. Also impressive.
House prices are also determined based on the specific location. Regardless of size, several main conditions will be followed. First, houses close to the Imperial City are definitely expensive. Secondly, the ones close to the government offices are also very expensive. Third, houses next to major roads will not be cheap.
Just like a small courtyard next to Shuangnian Street adjacent to Dongchang, there is a screen wall after entering the door, and going around is a small courtyard less than five meters square. There are only three tile-roofed houses in the north, west and east. This courtyard has a price tag of eight hundred taels!
No way, the location is really great, because Dongchang is right next to the Imperial City, and everyone who buys a house here is not short of money, and they all want to be lucky enough to get some royal dragon energy...
Otherwise, who would be taken advantage of? Spend eight hundred taels of silver to buy such a rundown house. With this money, not to mention the former outer city, even on the edge of the inner city, you can buy a property more than twice the size of this one. !
Looking at the giant map of the inner city, as well as the dazzling array of house plans and aerial views, the three brothers soon became dazzled and felt that their brains were a bit exhausted.
Those houses that are pleasing to the eye are all priced at more than one thousand taels. The house next door is specially used for auctioning luxury houses, including a large number of noble mansions. The lowest selling price is eight thousand taels, and the higher ones will reach One hundred thousand taels.
Even if they are not VIPs at the VVVIP level, they can go in and taste it because of the outfit they are wearing. After seeing it, they will feel a sudden sense of frustration after coming out.
Take a look at the house that other people live in, and compare it to the one I lived in before. It’s not an exaggeration to say it’s a pigsty or a doghouse.
"Brother, why don't you ask Qian Shi tonight when you visit him? Qian Shi is well-informed and might be able to get twice the result with half the effort!"
Shen Teng thought he had some horizons before, but in the face of such a large number of houses, he was still a little overwhelmed.
After looking at a house worth 400 taels, Wangshan will selectively ignore the one worth 200 taels.
By analogy, after the picture of thousands of taels of silver comes into view, a house of a few hundred taels of silver feels a bit unsightly.
"...Well, that's fine~!"
Not to mention Shen Teng, as a local aboriginal who has grown up here since childhood, Lu Yi also feels it deeply.
If Wang Shide's mansion was estimated based on the similar house plans in front of him, it would be at least a thousand taels.
He didn't know how much he spent when he bought it. If he had to sell it, it would be worth at least this price.
There are no flyers printed yet that can be distributed, so the shopping guide responsible for receiving customers can only introduce them verbally or let customers browse by themselves. With so many people watching, it is impossible to tear off the drawings and take them away.
With their professional memory, the three brothers managed to memorize a few apartments with relatively good value for money. After returning home, they asked Wang Shide to help with their advice. Once they settled on them, they could buy them directly.
"Sir, if you see the house type you like, you can buy it. We have two payment methods here. One is to pay the full price in one go, and you can enjoy an 80% discount on the listed price. If you want to buy a house worth a For a house with a thousand taels of silver, you can pay 800 taels at a time. The other is installment payment, that is, you pay 500 taels of silver first, and the remaining 500 taels can be paid in five months, with a monthly payment of 100 taels. .”
The shopping guide saw that the three Jin Yiwei's eyes were on the houses priced at more than 500 taels, and he realized that this was a big fish.
According to the above regulations, as long as one unit is sold, the shopping guide will receive a commission of 5% of the house price, so everyone is highly motivated to sell to the outside world.
As long as he sells a house worth a thousand taels, he will pocket fifty taels of silver, and he will be able to have food and clothing next month. Everyone knows very well whether Jin Yiwei who participated in the house raid has money.
During this period of time, the number of Jinyiwei who came to view the house was increasing day by day, so the shopping guides greeted each other with a smile regardless of their official level, and they might be able to spend a lot of money on each customer.
The two payment methods mentioned by the shopping guide are the above-mentioned promotional methods. The guy who formulated such a strategy to induce customers to pay is naturally an expert...
"Not bad~!"
No matter which payment method was used, Gao Xiaosong thought it was a good deal. He also took a fancy to a house worth a thousand taels. If he could buy it with 800 taels of silver at a time, it wouldn't count if he and his second brother teamed up to put it together. Too strenuous.
"Brother, please allow me to go back and discuss it before we come back tomorrow!"
A large sum of money is involved, so you cannot make a hasty decision, you must think carefully about it.
Lu Yi originally thought that it would be enough to buy a house that he could live in, similar in size to the one in the outer city.
But after coming here to take a look, the situation changed. Spending hundreds of taels of silver to buy a house is really no small matter and must be carefully considered.
"It's easy to say. I'd like to welcome you all!"
Even if the other party cannot make a decision on the spot, the shopping guide will not be angry. Buying a house is indeed extraordinary.
Asking Jin Yiwei to take out thousands of taels of silver at a time is equivalent to asking a merchant to take out tens of thousands of taels of silver at a time. No one will make the decision easily.
Moreover, no one who buys a house will decide to spend money after just one visit. Basically, they will come back at least two or three times and finally buy the house. Therefore, the shopping guides will not be too hasty.
Smart shopping guides will adapt to the psychology of customers and make them happy, because people will only let down their guard when they are happy physically and mentally, and it is easy to make irrational decisions.
There is another situation where irrational decisions can be made, that is, impulsiveness after getting angry, but the people looking at houses here are all wealthy people and will not get angry easily.
Besides, it is against the rules for a shopping guide to irritate customers. In addition to being reprimanded by the boss, a certain amount of commission will be withheld. Naturally, no one will do such a thankless thing.
Although you cannot take away the bird's-eye view or floor plans, customers are welcome to excerpt the drawings themselves. What the final drawing will look like depends on your personal writing skills.
Due to work reasons, Lu Yi and others will naturally not draw too outrageous. They only need to draw a rough outline of the house, mark the location and price, and take it back to Wang Shide for consultation.
Naturally, Lu Yi couldn't go empty-handed when visiting Lord Qianshi. Lu Yi specially chose a pair of jade bracelets worth two hundred taels of silver for Mrs. Qianshi, and then went to the shop to buy some cooked food and two jars of famous wine.
These two jars of aged golden flower wine alone are worth twenty taels of silver. They are definitely not available to ordinary people. It is said that they are brewed with the secret recipe of palace wine. Palace wine is naturally the wine that the emperor drinks. It is specially made for the emperor by the emperor. Brewed.
No shop on the market dares to sell palace wine, even if it is so-called, and if found, the house will be ransacked. If the princes have performed meritorious services, the emperor will naturally reward palace wine. They can't drink enough for themselves, so it is impossible to sell it to the outside world.
Jinhua Aged Wine is a first-class famous wine second only to Palace Wine. There are other famous wines on the market such as Qiubailu, Sanbaijiu, Shenqu Liquor, etc. However, Lu Yi and others are just greedy. With their little monthly salary, they simply cannot afford it. .
Drinking Jinhua aged wine is equivalent to drinking silver. Not to mention them, even Wang Shide, who has reached the Qianshi level, can only look forward to this level of famous wine. Drinking it occasionally is fine, but drinking it every day will require a lot of money. .
"The humble position is here to bother you again. I hope you won't take offense to it!"
Since his mother still lived in the family's mansion, coupled with the previous care and the work worth a hundred taels of gold, Lu Yi was particularly respectful to Wang Shide.
"What are you talking about? You are too outspoken. If you don't work in the yamen, when you come home, you only talk about your age. Regardless of your official position, you can just call me eldest brother!"
Wang Shide was not as serious as he was during the day. He seemed very amiable and approachable. If you didn't know the real situation, you wouldn't be able to tell from his expression that he was doing his job.
"The fact that we are able to return victorious this time is all thanks to my elder brother's guidance. I am very grateful. I will prepare you with a small gift. I hope that my elder brother will not dislike it!"
Through this incident, Lu Yi finally realized the true meaning of having someone above him to do things easily. It was extremely smooth and unobstructed.
Liu Qingyun sent someone to take the prince's order and quickly borrowed five hundred elite cavalry from the governor of Baoding. If reinforcements had not arrived in time, Luo Yangxing would have successfully escaped.
The prince's reward was even more pleasant. They followed the chamberlain to a house, signed and fingerprinted, and then received the money. The money was obtained openly and they could spend it however they wanted.
"What? Just after calling me brother, you want to trap me into injustice? If you really want to do this, then Wang will not give it away!"
When Wang Shide saw the jade bracelet, he immediately became serious. At present, the factory guard was on the order of the prince, trying his best to search for those who were corrupt and perverting the law. He didn't want to be taken advantage of.
Wang Shide could easily estimate the value of this gift at a glance. Without two to three hundred taels of silver, it would be impossible to buy it. If the news leaked out, it would be enough to have his family confiscated and exterminated.
If the higher-ups want to punish you, not to mention two hundred taels of silver, even if they find twenty taels, they can make a big fuss. In this turbulent time, anyone who has some brains will not go against the trend and commit a crime.
Nowadays, as long as the court officials are literate, the first thing they do after getting up in the morning is to check whether the newspaper delivery person has arrived. If they can't read it at home, they take it to the Yamen to read it.
The thousands of suspects previously detained in the Criminal Department have been investigated one by one by people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple. The number of people who have been falsely accused can be counted with two hands.
After excluding these few people, the rest will be shown to the public, the male family members will be taken to the mountain to mine, and the female family members will be incorporated into the Jiaofang Department. Wang Shide still wants to live a good life for several decades.
"This... I am ashamed. It is all because I was lucky enough to be summoned by His Highness the Crown Prince today. Because I completed the task assigned by my eldest brother, I was rewarded with five hundred taels of silver by your highness. That is why I am like this. I hope your forgiveness, eldest brother!"
Lu Yi was already a little angry when he saw the other party. It didn't seem to be intentional, so he had to temporarily put away the jade bracelet and look for another opportunity.
"Since it is a reward from His Highness the Crown Prince, it should be used for good purposes. I can just find a decent house in the inner city and buy it so I can settle down."
The silver rewarded by the prince to Lu Yi was used by Lu Yi to buy a jade bracelet for himself, and it was passed down to Shengcong. Wang Shide had eight heads and it was not enough for the executioner to chop off. He was not confused at all about this matter.
Fang Zhenghua had sent a message before, but now Luo Yangxing and others have committed suicide in fear of crime. All previous arrangements are regarded as nothing and everything else has disappeared.
The meaning of the Governor of Dongchang is very clear. I have never told you about this matter, nor have you told your subordinates. Even if someone asks, I will not admit it. If you tell the truth, there will be consequences. conceited.
The deposit of one hundred taels of gold that has been sent to Lu Yi will not be taken back. It will be used as his hush money. Wang Shide can also keep his share of the two hundred taels of gold as his own, and he will have to keep the other one hundred taels of gold that he had agreed on before. Send it to the person concerned and don't let him get into trouble because of this matter.
"My dear brother, when he comes to the inner city, he still needs to settle down. This is the elder brother's wish. My dear brother, please don't refuse!"
Wang Shide took out the remaining one hundred taels of gold, put it in a very ordinary bag, and pushed it to the other party.
"this……"
Lu Yi also wanted to take this opportunity to return the deposit. Unexpectedly, the deposit was not returned and the other party sent another bag.
Wang Shide leaned out half of his body and whispered: "This matter ends here, otherwise you understand!"
Of course, Lu Yi knew what the other party was talking about. Luo Yangxing's death would be the end of the matter, which would be enough to cover up the previous assassination plan.
Wang Shide's boss is Dongchang. There is no need to specify who Dongchang's boss is. Because of this, he is determined not to let it out.
"...I understand!"
This bag was what it said above, so Lu Yi had no choice but to accept it reluctantly, otherwise not only Wang Shide would be worried, but the other party's boss would also be worried, and he would agree to keep the money secret on his behalf.
"There's one more thing, please give me some advice!"
Apart from the big stone weighing on my heart, the only thing left was to buy a house. Since Wang Shide was right in front of me, it would be right to consult him.
"But it doesn't matter!"
After settling his worries, Wang Shide's expression became relaxed again, with a bright smile, which was very different from just now.
Lu Yi told him about his previous visit to the house, and Wang Shide agreed.
Nothing else is good. When it comes to buying a house, all the Jinyiwei above the thousand-household level are experts.
Lu Yi took out the house plan prepared in advance and asked Wang Shide to take a look.
The latter browsed it roughly, and then began to elaborate on the relevant experience he had accumulated over the years.
If this didn't work, Wang Shide sent someone to buy some dishes, and he happened to have some good wine, so he could talk while drinking.
However, with the roast chicken and sauced pork elbows brought by Lu Yi, the cook at the house only fried two vegetarian dishes: garlic sprouts and cucumbers and eggs.
You have to be careful when eating at home. The three princes committed the crime of deceiving the emperor because they failed to truthfully report how many dishes they had eaten for dinner.
These days, even the chief minister doesn't dare to eat more than four people in his own mansion, so you can imagine the rest.
If you feel that your life is tough, you can give it a try. Anyway, the Ministry of Punishment will soon vacate the cell...
