"So, this house belongs to you?" Lin Linyou looked at the house deed in his hand.
"It's mine." Zhang Ben admitted honestly. After all, his name was written in black and white on the paper, as well as the red official seal of the Chief Secretary.
"I can't believe that, brother, you earned all the real estate in Daming." Lin Linyou returned the house deed to Zhang Bi.
"Don't you think about how long I've been here?" Zhang Bi took the house deed and stuffed it into his arms, "Twenty-eight... It's been almost thirty years. In thirty years, even if I move bricks honestly, I can still do it. Have you bought a house? Although this is the capital, the current housing prices are not too exaggerated."
At the beginning of Yongle, the streets and alleys of the capital were still dotted with thatched houses. Considering the frequent fires that delayed the destruction of official and civilian residences, they were all converted into tile-roofed houses. The same is true for Peiping. After Emperor Yongle moved the capital, it was renamed Beijing, and the city of Beijing became increasingly prosperous.
At that time, although big cities like Beijing also had a large influx of immigrants, urban aborigines did not have the same strong pursuit of real estate as they would a few hundred years later. Real estate was not considered an industry at all. They wanted to make a fortune by hoarding houses. It's simply impossible.
Real estate is a demographic dividend. At that time, the government did not have enough people to employ, so where did the demographic dividend come from?
As early as the Yuan Dynasty, Nanjing had “no natives among the people.” In the early Ming Dynasty, when Taizu established Nanjing as the capital, he "immigrated the great clans from all over the world", so most of the later residents of Nanjing came from all over the world. For those who have no house or land, the official will provide cattle breeding and be exempted from paying taxes for three years. Each of the four people will have a fixed occupation, and the people will be content with the farmland.
Those who come to the capital to do business often rent inns for a long period of time, which is more cost-effective than buying a house. Moreover, the ancients believed that fallen leaves should return to their roots, and few people would take the initiative to change their registration and settle in a foreign country. Migration and immigration are all forced by the government. How can anyone take the initiative?
As for the homeless people who don’t have houses and don’t want to farm, in addition to living in Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, places like Jingshan Pavilion and Shenming Pavilion in the city are also good places to take shelter from the wind and rain. A torn straw mat or a rolled up bed, where to sleep? Not sleeping!
As for government officials, Ming Dynasty implemented an avoidance system, and local people could not be local officials-of course, this refers to high officials. Officials such as county magistrates and above must serve as officials five hundred miles away from home, and there are term limits. There is no avoidance system for petty officials and petty officials. They are all locals who understand the local people's conditions.
Senior officials have mansions, and junior officials have self-built houses, so they don't need to rent.
Therefore, there are very few people renting houses. Naturally, house leasing cannot become a business.
Two people like Lin Linyou and Yang Fang are in special circumstances. One was promoted from the border army to Jinyiwei, and the other was transferred from the county government. There is no house in the local area, so naturally they need to rent.
Some people will say, isn't it "living in peace for a long time is not easy"?
Don’t forget that this was during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. In a few decades, let’s see how expensive houses and rice are in the capital of the Ming Dynasty!
The houses in the Ming Dynasty at this time were really for living in, not for selling!
"I just said that you are so generous. It turns out that you don't need to pay rent at all." Lin Linyou said with a smile.
Zhang Ben said: "Hey! I only charge you two 500 yuan each month. Isn't that generous enough?"
"Be righteous and upright." Lin Lin said, "I didn't say you weren't righteous! Now I feel embarrassed to live with you at such a low price."
"Don't!" Zhang Bi said, "I knew that if I told you this was my house early in the morning and the price was too high, I would feel bad about it; if the price was too low, you would definitely not be willing to live in it."
"Yes! Why don't you want to?" Lin Lin said, "I'm willing to live with you for free."
"Don't let the third brother know that he is such a hot-tempered person. If you find out, he will definitely not live in a safe place." Zhang Bi said, "Hey, I'm just too lonely, living in such a big courtyard by myself, so I just found him. Come and be my companion."
"You're not alone now." Lin Lin said, "Not only do you have us as your companions, but you also have four beauties!"
"Hehe." Zhang Bi grinned happily, "Second brother, you have to believe in me. In my heart, I only have my little sister, and my little sister is Qiuxiang. Other women are just like Sister Shiliu in my heart."
"I don't believe it." Lin Linyou lowered his head and wiped the table, "I think based on your taste, the one you like is Sister Shiliu."
"Actually... pomegranates are indeed pretty good." Zhang Bi also wiped the curtains.
"You've hidden too much," Lin Lin said. "You've hidden everything from us about your martial arts, your house, etc. I won't trust you anymore."
"What you said made me very sad!" Zhang Bi said, "Besides martial arts and this house, is there anything else I'm hiding from you? And it's not a deliberate concealment, it's just a low-key thing. It's better to be low-key as a person. ah!"
"Anyway, I think you still have something to hide from me."
"Can we still have fun together?"
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As expected, the two captains reported to Ji Gang that Marquis Yangwu had obtained a beautiful Taoist nun. They were well prepared and even sneaked into the Marquis's residence to secretly draw a portrait of the Taoist nun and presented it to Ji Gang.
There are many masters of painting among the Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons in Jin Yiwei. For most police inspectors, in addition to eavesdropping and tracking, painting is also a basic skill.
I remember that during the Hongwu period, when Song Ne, the Imperial Academy's minister, went to court one day to offer wine, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him, why was Aiqing unhappy last night?
Song Ne was shocked at that time.
Emperor Lao Zhu took out a painting, which was the portrait of Song Ne's angry expression last night - presented by the Jinyi Guard School. The painting was so lifelike that even the vegetable leaf between his teeth was drawn.
Song Ne: Fortunately, the curtains on the bed are thicker, and I usually turn off the lights... Well, when I get back, I have to tell my wife and concubines that they have to use a curtain when taking a bath.
The painting skills of this captain under Ji Gang should not be underestimated. He painted the Taoist nun so vividly and vividly that she seemed to be stepping out of the painting.
Ji Gang never hesitates to praise women, and the best compliment to a woman is...
"She looks like a fairy." Ji Gang's eyes were shining, "Isn't a real person more beautiful than this?"
"Dear Kingo, the real person is many times more beautiful than this one!" said the school captain.
But since Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu, has already taken advantage of others, he can't take away someone's beloved...
The school captain is also a person who is not afraid of trouble: "Originally, Jiang Hua's people took a fancy to this Taoist nun first. When the younger ones rushed over, she had already been taken away by Xue Lu."
Ji Gang was a little unhappy: I, Ji Gang, have always robbed other people's things!
In the fifth year of Yongle (1407), Empress Xu died, and she was posthumously named Empress Renxiao... Zhu Di issued a national beauty pageant. After the beauties sent from various places arrived in the capital, Ji Gang selected the stunning beauties and hid them in his own home.
This kid even dares to snatch the emperor's women, let alone a little Yang Wuhou? !
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