After bidding farewell to Jiangdu, it was time to rush on the road.
Because they were not traveling with a caravan and did not need to haul goods, the carriages hired by Shen Ling were all medium and high-quality horses, so the group's speed was not very slow. The total distance covered was less than 200 miles, which took almost two days.
About three days and a half.
They set out on the ninth day of the lunar month, and on the fourth day, the morning of the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the carriage arrived at the foot of Jiankang City.
At this time, Jiankang City was still in the midst of the "New Year's Day", and the streets and alleys were very lively. After the three carriages entered Jiankang City one after another, they moved at a high speed for a long time in the crowded Jiankang City. By noon
, the carriage stopped in the north of the city.
It's not the yard where Shen Yi rented.
Before Shen Yilin returned home last year, the emperor sent someone over and gave him a house to live in. It was said to be the property of the palace.
However, Shen Yi was in a hurry to go home at that time, so he just wrote down the address of this house. Not to mention coming to live, even if he came to visit, he didn't even look at it, so he went home.
When the drivers who drove the carriage took him to the door of a house according to the address given by Shen Yi, Shen Yi was stunned.
This is an official residence.
Why is it said to be an official residence? Because the layout is very particular.
From the reverse side room, to the side rooms on both sides of the yard, the wing rooms, the main room, and the courtyard, everything is available.
This is a courtyard with one depth.
The disadvantage is that it is not too big. If the place is larger, a hanging flower door is added, and a back room is added, it will be a serious three-in-depth courtyard.
You know, the yard that Shen Yi rented in Jiankang before was also a yard, but it was just surrounded by a courtyard wall with a few tile-roofed houses. Compared with the house in front of him, it was very different.
Too far.
Shen Yi went to Zhao Shilang's house.
Although the location of Zhao Shilang's house is better than the house in front of me, it is really not much bigger than this house. At most, it only has one more hanging flower door than this house, which can be regarded as a two-in-depth courtyard!
And the courtyard in front of me, even among the official residences in Jiankang City, can be regarded as an above-average residence!
You know, many officials are now in Jiankang and cannot afford to buy a house, so they still rent a house!
Of course, the house in front of her was not bought by Shen Yi. At best, it can only be regarded as welfare housing provided by the company, and it does not require rent!
Shen Yi got off, took Shen Ling and two maids, and walked into the house to look around. The four of them looked at each other, and they all looked at each other.
After a while, Shen Ling walked up to Shen Yi and said, "Old Qi, I can't tell you are getting rich in Jiankang!"
"Although this house is not as big as our Shen family's old house, it is bigger than yours, Lao Qi. To buy such a house in Jiankang..."
Shen Laosan sighed: "Isn't it cheap?"
Shen Yi was also a little confused at this moment. After visiting his "unit" for a while, he said with some sigh: "Third brother, to be honest with you, this is my first time here."
"But once you've come, let's make peace with it.
There is no way to accommodate Third Brother in the place where I used to live, so let’s stay here first.”
According to Gao Ming, this house is the property of the palace.
Originally, Shen Yi thought that it was just an ordinary residence in Jiankang City, used by the palace to convey news, but now it seems...
Shen Qilang couldn't help but mutter in his heart.
"It can't be... that they ransacked some official's house and vacated the house..."
The original owner of this kind of house cannot be said to be rich or noble. It can only be said that he is either an official or a businessman above the middle class. It is difficult for a businessman to transfer his property to a single palace, so Shen Yi said that this is an official residence.
Thinking of this, he added something in his mind.
"That's all, no matter whose house it is, it doesn't cost any money, just live here..."
So, a group of people began to explore their new home.
Among them, Qing'er and Ping'er were the most happy and excited.
The two of them used to live in that small courtyard with Shen Yi. Although they could live in it, it was relatively simple after all. Now that they can live in such a big house in Jiankang, it is naturally a good thing for such a little girl.
Pleasure.
What makes Shen Yi most happy is that there is a toilet in this house!
In this era, going to the toilet is a very troublesome thing.
Because most people don't have independent toilets, they need to prepare chamber pots, toilets and other things at home, and they have to empty the chamber pots and toilets every morning.
small book booth
On weekdays, when outside, I usually go to the "public" hut to use the toilet.
Don't look sloppy, shit is a business in Jiankang.
Early every morning, people would go into the city to collect manure from various huts, then transport it out of Jiankang in manure trucks, and then sell it to the countryside to be used as fertilizer.
Even some high-ranking officials are involved in this pickling business, and there have been several "dung tyrants" in Jiankang City!
After Shen Yi came to this world, the most unaccustomed thing was going to the toilet.
But this house also built two separate rooms on both sides of the east and west wings. One side is the kitchen and the other side is the toilet!
This discovery made Shen Yi quite happy. After working hard for more than a year, he finally achieved the freedom to poop!
After wandering around the "new home", everyone found that the house had been taken care of, and even the toilets were cleaned. It was basically ready to move in, so the two Shen brothers took Xu Fu with them.
Wait for someone and start moving things down from the carriage.
Shen Yi brought a lot of things, plus Shen Ling's things. The group of people worked hard for half an hour before putting everything away. It was already afternoon. Shen Yi looked at Xu Fu and others and smiled.
Then he said: "Xiao Xu, there are about ten people living in this house, and there is no problem at all. Do you want to live here together?"
All four people looked at Xu Fu.
After Xu Fu hesitated for a moment, he still shook his head and said: "Master, we are doing business and it is not convenient for us to live here..."
He lowered his head slightly and said: "If word spreads, it will bring bad reputation to you. Besides, a few of us have to run around every day, and we extended the house we rented last year for another year. We still live in the original rented house.
It’s a more comfortable place.”
"It doesn't matter whether you're famous or not. Anyway, I'm not an official yet. But since you want to run away, I won't force you."
Shen Yi did not force them to stay, but patted Xu Fu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Xiao Xu, you are very familiar with Jiankang. Go out and call for some food and drinks. Let's have a good drink in this new residence.
A meal."
Xu Fu responded quickly and took his two companions out to buy wine and groceries. When the afternoon approached evening, Shen Yi placed a table full of wine and groceries in his "new home", and the group joined them.
There were exactly ten people together, making up a full table.
Everyone had been on the road for several days, and now they were all a little greedy. It didn't take long before their mouths were full of oil.
When everyone was about to finish eating, the sky was slowly getting dark.
At this time, there was a knock on the door of the courtyard.
"Ziheng, Ziheng!"
The two little maids came over immediately and informed Shen Yi. Shen Yi immediately stood up. Because he was not familiar with the terrain, he groped his way to the door of his new home. After opening the courtyard door, he saw Zhang Jian standing at the door.
After Zhang Jian saw Shen Yi, he breathed a sigh of relief: "I found this place according to the address you wrote in your letter. I thought I had the wrong door just now!"
He looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Okay, you Ziheng, uukanshu www.uukanshu.com are all living in Li Shaoqing's house!"
Shen Yi naturally didn't recognize who Li Shaoqing was. He explained the origin of this house to Zhang Jian, then looked at Zhang Jian with a smile and asked: "Didn't I say in the letter that I would meet my senior brother for a drink tomorrow? Why is the senior brother so anxious?
Just coming?"
"It has to be urgent."
Zhang Jian took out a Di newspaper from his sleeve and placed it in front of Shen Yi. He pointed at the article in the Di newspaper and said, "Did you write this, Ziheng?"
Shen Yi looked at the residence newspaper with surprise on his face: "Senior brother, this residence newspaper...should not have been published yet?"
Zhang Jian took a deep breath, shook his head slightly and said, "The Di News Department just sent it out today, and gave one copy to each family of officials above the fifth rank of Jiankang."
"The Di newspaper department said that it will be delivered to every issue in the future."
Zhang Jian looked at the Di Di newspaper, lowered his eyebrows at Shen Yi and said: "I guess Your Majesty wants to see the attitude of the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China on this matter first, and then consider whether this issue of the Di Di newspaper should be made public to the world.
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Shen Yi turned sideways and welcomed Zhang Jian into his new home. He held the newspaper in his hand and read the content written by himself on it.
"It's not yet the Lantern Festival, but it has been sent to the officials in advance..."
Shen Yi looked towards the direction of the palace, thoughtfully.
"Don't the people in the Di News Department... take a holiday?"