Zheng Yongen is a fat man, about forty years old, with a kind face. He smiled and invited Zhang Mingjian to sit at the head.

There are a bunch of tea-making utensils on the table, including jasper pots, gold mills, jade pestles, red stoves, and a stone tripod next to it.

Although Zheng Yongen is fat, his hands are very skillful. He is a master of tea making. People in Jiangdu are proud to drink the tea cooked by him.

While cooking tea, Zheng Yongen said with a smile: "Finally, we are looking forward to the arrival of Village Master Zhang. I hope Master Zhang will take good care of Zheng's business in the west of the city in the future!"

Zhang Mingjian smiled and said: "It's easy to say, from now on, I, the Ximen garrison, will never interfere with any business of the Zheng family. Anyone who dares to go against Brother Zheng in the west of the city will be going against me, Zhang Mingjian!"

Zheng Yongen was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Master Zhang!" After a pause, he squinted and said, "I heard that Longtan Village has a grudge against Master Zhang, and I am willing to do my best to vent my anger for Master Zhang!"

Zhang Mingjian frowned and said: "Longtan Village is not easy to deal with. Qin Lingjun and Zhang Yangquan are not vegetarians, so it is best not to provoke them for the time being."

Zheng Yongen smiled and said: "Jiangdu has Jiangdu's rules. I have a way to make them dumb eat Coptis chinensis, and there is nothing they can do if they suffer a loss!"

Zhang Mingjian's eyes lit up and he said happily: "I would like to hear the details!"

Zheng Yongen came closer and whispered a few words, and soon the two people's hearty laughter could be heard in the room.

The goose-feather heavy snow began to fall at dawn, and after dawn, the earth was dyed pure white.

Qin Lingsi opened the window, saw the scenery outside, and said happily: "Sister, it's snowing, come and take a look!"

Qin Lingjun got up from the bed, sat there for a while, and asked, "What time is it now?"

Qin Ling thought for a moment and said, "It's almost time."

Qin Lingjun was slightly shocked. She hadn't slept so late for a long time since her father died.

"Sister, why are you dazed? Get up quickly, let's go shopping!"

"But...training?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter if we let the wild boar take charge for a day. How long have we not been shopping? Don't you want to go and have a look on the street?"

Qin Lingjun was moved by what she said. No matter how mature she was, she was still a young woman. Every time she looked at Jiangdu City from the mountain, she always looked forward to going out on the streets to experience the bustling city like an ordinary woman.

She quickly got dressed and left the house with Qin Lingsi. She first went to the next room to take a look, and sure enough, Zhang Yangquan was no longer in the house.

"Do you know where the military advisor is?" she asked a soldier standing guard.

"Back to Dazhai Master, the military advisor seems to have gone to the general manager's office to do some business."

"He went alone?"

"Bringing a dozen brothers."

Qin Lingjun was relieved and ordered someone to find a wild boar and put him in charge of training it.

In fact, Shanzhu was training the village soldiers before he was called, but he didn't dare to say it out loud to make the village leader look bad, so he kept nodding his head in agreement.

Qin Lingjun arranged everything, then took some silver, took the Oriole Garden land deed, led the horse with her sister, and left Qianhu House.

The streets are completely white, and many people are shoveling snow.

The two women came to the north gate first and looked up. In this bitter cold weather, there were still many people carrying baskets and carrying burdens, coming to the city to sell handicrafts and furs and game.

Today is the first time that the Beimen Army is responsible for guarding the gate. Wang Da’s thunderous voice can be heard standing on the street.

"Hurry! Hurry! Don't wait any longer!"

The two women looked at each other and smiled, then turned into the main street heading south together.

The main street of Beimen is very wide, and the people who entered the city first have already grabbed seats on both sides of the street, shouting at the top of their voices to sell.

There is a three-story restaurant to the west. For some reason, it has not opened its doors yet.

There is an inn to the east, and many travelers carrying luggage walked out of the inn. Some went south, and some queued up to go out of the north gate. Everyone seemed to be in a hurry.

The two of them walked south along the main street, walking very slowly. Any stall would attract their attention for a long time.

The posture of the two women leading the horses has also become a scenery on the street.

The road from the North Gate to the Oriole Garden is not far, but the two of them walked for more than an hour.

There was no seal on the gate of Oriole Garden, and the snow at the door had been shoveled. It seemed that someone lived inside. After the two looked at each other, Qin Lingsi went up and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" A voice came from behind the door.

"The owner of the house deed is here!" Qin Lingsi shouted.

It suddenly became quiet inside the door, and there was no sound for a long time.

Just when Qin Lingsi was getting impatient, the door was pushed open, and an elderly couple walked out, followed by many men and women, all of whom were dressed luxuriously.

Both women were a little surprised. There seemed to be a rich family living in Oriole Garden.

Qin Ling thought and said: "Who are you and why do you live in our home?"

A young woman said softly: "This is the house we bought, how can we not live in it?"

Qin Lingsi smiled and said: "Then do you have a house deed?"

The group of people on the other side suddenly fell silent. After a while, the old man said slowly: "To be honest with you two girls, we did buy this house. Because the previous owner was a thief, there is no deed."

Qin Lingsi said coldly: "Who is the thief? This house belongs to Beimen Qianhu, you can go and find out!"

The group of people on the other side looked at each other in confusion for a while, and the old man sighed: "The previous buyer also sent someone to remind us yesterday, saying that Guizhai has been ordered to be restored."

Qin Ling thought: "Since you know, you should move out quickly and give you a day. We will come back tomorrow."

"Girl, wait a minute." The old woman said hurriedly: "Girl, please show some kindness. Our whole family really likes this house..."

Qin Lingsi smiled and said: "You don't want us to give the house to you, do you?"

"I don't dare, I don't dare. What we mean is, can you sell it to us?" the old man said.

Qin Lingsi was stunned for a moment and looked at Qin Lingjun. The latter shook his head and said, "No, we want to live in this house and not sell it."

Qin Lingjun followed: "You can slowly find a place to live, and you can move after you find it, as long as it doesn't take more than a month."

The old man said anxiously: "We really like this house and are willing to pay 3,500 taels of silver to buy it, which is 500 taels higher than the market price. We also invite two girls to make it beautiful!"

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Qin Lingsi whispered: "Sister, why don't we sell it to them? The deed of the house says that the last transaction was three thousand taels, so we can make some money. Besides, this Oriole Garden is on Zhang Mingjian's territory, so we don't feel safe living there."

Give birth!"

Qin Lingjun said: "It's better to go back and discuss it with the military advisor." He said to the old man: "Let us think about it and give you an answer."

Seeing that there was a turn of events, the old man said happily: "Okay, okay, you can think about it slowly, the price is easy to negotiate."

The two left the Oriole Garden and returned to Qianhusuo along the original road.

When we arrived at the North Gate, a quarrel suddenly came from the street.

"I spent two thousand silver and three hundred stone rice, which adds up to more than three thousand taels of silver. Why are you still unwilling to sell it to me?"

"I have made it clear that I only accept cash, nothing else."

"Okay! I'll sell the three hundred shi rice right away, and then come over to buy it. During this period, you can't sell it to anyone else!"

"If I wasn't in a hurry, how could I sell it at half the price? As long as someone is willing to buy it for three thousand taels of silver, I will sell it immediately!"

The two of them turned around and saw a group of people surrounding the unopened restaurant, and the sound came from the crowd.

Qin Lingsi became curious and quickly squeezed in. She found that the people speaking were a fat man in green robe and a tall and thin man.

The tall and thin man stamped his feet and said, "Just wait, I'll go sell the rice and get the money!" He rushed out of the crowd and ran very fast.

Qin Lingsi asked a man next to her: "What's going on? Why is that guy running so fast?"

The man sighed: "It's such a good thing to make money. If I can run faster than him, it's a pity that I don't have that much capital."

Qin Lingsi hurriedly asked what was going on. The man pointed at the fat man outside the restaurant and said: "His son offended someone in the government, so he was eager to sell the restaurant to escape. He only sold it for half price, and everyone who bought it made a profit!"

Qin Lingsi smiled and said: "Is there such a good thing? I don't believe it."

The man sighed to himself and ignored her.
Chapter completed!