Chapter 13: Lantian Old House
Li Shimin's expression changed several times, took a deep breath, and finally spoke: "Do you want to change the position of a ninth-rank medical officer to a reward of money?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Since he had already said it, Li Hao was shameless and admitted it calmly.
Li Shimin asked curiously: "Didn't I already reward you with a thousand mondays?"
Li Hao's mouth twitched, and he wanted to say, "You gave you too little. Can an emperor take advantage of this? It's not too cold."
However, he didn't have the courage to say helplessly: "Your Majesty, the people... are more greedy for money."
All the officials present were stunned, and Li Shimin was also stunned. He had seen those who were greedy for money, and had never seen those who were so shameless and so upright. He suddenly felt speechless and wanted to say something, but his mouth opened several times, but he didn't say a word.
Seeing this, Changsun Wuji hurriedly came out from the crowd, bowed to Li Shimin, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a proposal."
Li Shimin seemed to see the savior and spread his hands and said, "What are the suggestions for auxiliary machines?"
Changsun Wuji said: "It's better to reward Li Hao with a house."
Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, yes, a house, you must have a house with a land, and a house has to be bought with money. This is no different from directly rewarding money. Moreover... the reward is too vulgar and insulting. It is great to give a house, which is high-end, elegant and upscale.
He turned to look at Li Hao: "Li Hao, what do you think?"
Of course Li Hao was willing. He traveled from the 21st century. In that era, three things were emphasized: houses, cars, tickets, and houses were good things. Can he not want them? He hurriedly thanked him: "I thank your Majesty for your kindness."
The problem was solved, and Li Shimin was very happy and announced: "Then I will reward Li Hao with a house in Lantian County, and the fertile land should be placed in Lantian County."
"Lantian!" Li Hao was stunned, "It's not Chang'an, the housing price difference is too far! I'm being tricked!"
Before he could think too much, Li Shimin asked him to retreat. Li Hao was depressed and walked out of Tai Chi Hall dejectedly. As soon as he crossed the stone bridge, he led the eunuch to run up happily and asked happily: "Mr. Li, what reward did Your Majesty give you?"
Li Hao looked up at the sky with a sad face and sighed in a long voice: "Chang'an has a deep routine, I want to go back to the countryside." After that, he left without looking back, and the eunuch looked confused.
Shortly after Li Hao returned to the post station, the reward from the Ministry of Revenue arrived. This time, five people came to the Ministry of Revenue, four minor officials, one chief official, the chief official surnamed Wang, very young, no more than twenty-five years old, and was responsible for the management of the Ministry of Revenue. This time he brought two carriages, each carriage full of copper coins, and the sum of the money of the two carriages was a total of one thousand stalemates.
The head of the Duzhi King didn't know if his mind was short-circuited. When handing over the copper coins, he actually said habitually: "Please count it in person and confirm it is correct."
Unexpectedly, Li Hao really counted copper coins in the street, which made the King of Kings so embarrassed. Li Hao's actions immediately attracted a lot of people to watch, but he was happy. Money, good things, is there anything more wonderful in the world than counting money? At least Li Hao hasn't discovered it yet.
First, Li Hao counted one by one. After counting for a long time, he reached the third stake. After counting one thousand stakes, it was probably dark. Master Wang saw the muscles on his face thrust. Finally, he couldn't help it. He coughed hard and urged: "Mr. Li, please hurry up. We will go to Lantian County to help you choose a house and measure the fields next."
When Li Hao heard about choosing a house, he was immediately excited. Although he couldn't build a house in Chang'an, it was also a house. Just like in the future world, you can't afford a house in Beijing, so it would be good to build a house in Tianjin.
So he accelerated his speed and counted it all the time. In fact, he knew that the Ministry of Revenue would never dare to deduct his bounty because he had studied the history of the Tang Dynasty. People in the Tang Dynasty were more honest and despised all immoral things and looked down on people who were greedy. However, he just liked money and liked the feeling of counting money. If he was despised, he would despise him. As long as he had money, it would not matter how others poked his backbone. Anyway, integrity was not real.
After half a stick of incense, Li Hao finally counted a thousand coins, and then followed the king to Lantian County to pick up the house.
The Ministry of Revenue Accounts records that in Lantian County, there are currently seven houses, six in the city and one in the suburbs. The king took Li Hao to visit Lantian County in advance and introduced each house to him. However, Li Hao sadly discovered that the story of each house was not very beautiful, because the owners of these houses were either killed by the whole family or sent to the whole family, or the house was haunted and no one dared to live in it. In short, they were all very unlucky houses.
Although Li Hao does not believe in ghosts and gods, he is Chinese after all, and he likes good signs. However, he always has to choose one. Is it strange that Li Shimin will not kill him if he runs back and finds Li Shimin.
It was almost evening and there was still no measurement of the fields. Master Wang started urging Li Hao again. Li Hao thought for a while and asked, "Master Wang, which of these houses is the largest?"
He decided to put aside these messy and unlucky statements and choose the biggest one, and of course the bigger the house, the better. This is the most practical way.
The headmaster Wang flipped through the book and looked up and replied: "The house in Shanghe Village is the largest, with five courtyards and covering an area of nine acres."
"Wow! Five entrances to the courtyard covers nine acres!" Li Hao's eyes were covered with scattered, and he made a decision, "I want this!"
In ancient times, the houses of wealthy families were very particular. The size of the house was called "deep", which was calculated based on the number of vertical halls. For example, the house with three entrance halls consists of three halls, the vertical hall, the main hall and the back hall. The lobby with the two sides is called the wing room, and the horizontal courtyard is called the side courtyard, which is generally used as a living place for secondary family members.
Seeing that he finally got his idea, the king finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that it was almost too late, he suggested going to the inn to rest first and go to see the house early tomorrow morning. Li Hao nodded in agreement and went to the inn with him.
When he thought that he was about to own a house in Wujinyuan, Li Hao was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep all night. The next morning, he got up with a pair of dark circles and left the city with Master Wang to Shanghe Village.
There is a river near Shanghe Village, called Qingshui River. Because Shanghe Village is in the upper reaches of Qingshui River, it is called Shanghe Village. Shanghe Village is quite large. After all, it is a village close to the county town, with more than 300 households and a total of more than 820 people.
Li Hao's house is located on the poplar slope in the west of the village. It is the highest place in the village. There are many trees around it and there are many varieties, most of which are poplar trees. When Li Hao saw these trees, he felt friendly. After all, he had been in the mountains for four years, so he felt particularly friendly to trees. Moreover, in the future world, he has lived in the city since he was 14 years old, facing high-rise buildings with reinforced concrete all day long, so he was particularly yearning for nature. He was very satisfied with the environment around this house and couldn't help but look forward to his house.
Soon, the group came to the front of the house. The dilapidated door seemed to collapse at any time. The mottled courtyard wall seemed to be pushed down with one hand. Li Hao was stunned when he saw it. This is his house? Isn't it wrong?
The words of the King of Master dispelled his question: "Mr. Li, this is the house you chose."
"I didn't choose yesterday, I'll re-select it!" Li Hao said decisively, turned around and left.
The king was quick-witted and pulled him back: "Mr. Li, don't make trouble, I'm very busy."
"Who made a fuss with you? You made a fuss with me!" Li Hao pointed to the dilapidated courtyard gate and shouted, "Look! Look! Does this dilapidated courtyard look like a place where people can live?"
As soon as he finished speaking, with a "creaking", the gate of the courtyard opened, and an old man with gray hair and beard came out.
The king raised his eyebrows: "Who said that people cannot live in? Look, isn't this a human?"
"Uh..." Li Hao was so embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly said, "There is already a master here, I will re-select!"
After saying that, he was about to leave again, and was dragged back by the King of Kings again. The King of Kings took a photo and said with a smile: "You are lucky. Although this house has been empty for more than 20 years, fortunately there is someone guarding it, so it shouldn't be too broken. This is the person who guards the house."
The old man saw the official uniform of the king and heard their conversation, he vaguely guessed that someone had come to take over the house, so he hurried forward to salute: "Old servant Du Hong greets all the officials."
The king waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, I recommend it to you. This young master Li Hao and Li will be the master of this house in the future. Your Majesty has already rewarded him with this house."
Du Hong was happy when he heard this, and quickly turned around and saluted Li Hao and Li Hao: "I pay homage to the master."
Li Hao hurriedly shook his hand and denied: "I don't admit it. I want to re-select. This house is not mine. I didn't take the house deed or land deed. This house is not..."
"Hey, why do I have two more pieces of paper in my hand?" Li Hao was shocked to find that there were two more pieces of paper in his hand. He opened it and saw that the house deed, land deeds, and all lived.
"Master King!" Li Hao roared and looked at Master King angrily.
The king looked at him with a smirk: "Now the house deeds and land deeds are in your hands, and you can't lose them."
Li Hao suddenly felt like he was unwilling to live a life. He was so deceiving. He had been deceiving from Tai Chi Palace to Shanghe Village. The people of the Tang Dynasty were too bad, with all kinds of routines.
"Master, why are you crying?" Du Hong was surprised to find Li Hao standing there and crying.
"It's okay, I got up this morning and drank too much water."
Du Hong:...
With the house deed and land deed in hand, Li Hao could no longer refuse the dilapidated yard, so he could only follow them in and observe. It would be fine if he didn't look at it. After seeing it, he wanted to cry even more. Is this a house? You can see blue sky and white clouds on the roof of every room, which is simply a skylight without dead corners. Well, summer should be very ventilated and cool, and you can also enjoy the moon when you sleep. It is very beautiful and beautiful.
Li Hao was already desperate, and he secretly decided that if he wanted to move in, he would rebuild it first. Madan, it doesn’t matter if the house was too bad. We could rebuild it, build a modern and ancient style to ensure that the Tang Dynasty was the only one. However... this requires a lot of money.
After seeing the house, it was almost noon. People in the Tang Dynasty did not have the habit of having lunch. However, Li Hao kept the good habit of three meals a day in the mountains. He was so hungry that he didn't eat for a meal. He asked Du Hong for a bowl of boiled water and ate two of his own Hu cakes. He was full.
After he finished eating, the king came to him to measure the fields. Li Hao knew nothing about the fields. Fortunately, Du Hong was a veteran, so Li Hao asked Du Hong to help check it out and drew fifty acres of fertile land, not far from his house, just over three miles away.
Chapter completed!