Chen Qing's new house is located to the north of Sanqiao in Xifang City, with the courtyard wall close to the Yongjin River. The house was built just a few months ago and is a new house.
Early the next morning, Chen Qing took Hu Yantong and Zheng Ping to take over his house.
The person who handled the handover with them was a middle-aged eunuch in charge. He was fair and fat, and he was relatively polite.
"This is an official's private residence, not an official residence of the imperial court. The two are completely different. General Chen, please don't confuse it."
"What is the specific difference between the two?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
"The biggest difference is property rights. The property rights of an official residence belong to the court. You can only live in it. When you are dismissed from office or retire to your hometown, the official residence will be returned to the court and your descendants cannot inherit it. But since the private residence of an official is a reward, then
It is given to the general, and the property rights belong to the general and can be passed on to his descendants."
"Do officials have many private residences?"
"There are about forty of them, all newly built. They used to be reserved for the royal family, but now they are given to relatives and meritorious officials. So far, a total of sixteen have been awarded. General Chen's one is a little smaller."
Chen Qing nodded and followed the eunuch steward into the gate. Zheng Ping whispered to Chen Qing: "My house was also rewarded by the emperor. I heard that Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were all rewarded with houses."
The house has three entrances in total. It has no garden, carved beams and painted pillars, black tiles and white walls. It is very elegantly built. Because there is no garden, the land is fully utilized. There are more than 70 houses of various sizes.
Although the house is nice, the rooms are empty, with no furniture and few daily necessities. There is a two-foot-tall apricot tree in the courtyard, and its branches are covered with green apricots.
"How is it? Are you satisfied, General Chen?" the eunuch steward asked with a smile.
Chen Qing nodded and smiled: "It's much better than I expected!"
"Of course, it's a new house!"
The eunuch took charge simply, and asked Chen Qing to sign a document and hand over the house deed and land deed to him. Once the handover was completed, he immediately left with a few young eunuchs.
"How should I transfer the ownership next?" Chen Qing asked confused.
Hu Yantong smiled and shook his head, "It seems that you really don't understand anything. After you get the land deed and house deed, you have to go to the government to transfer the ownership. But you don't need to go there. Give it to the Tianzhai Ya people and give them a few coins.
They will help you do it properly."
Chen Qing suddenly realized, isn't this a real estate agency?
He hesitated and asked: "Does the Yaren you mentioned do other things besides farm and house?"
Hu Yantong looked contemptuous. Where did this boss come from? Why didn’t he understand anything?
"There are Ya people in all walks of life in the Song Dynasty. As long as there is business or transaction, you need to find Ya people. When you first arrive in the city, you need to find Ya people to rent a house, find things to do, and you need to find Ya people for introduction. You also need to find Ya people for all kinds of business.
People need it for weddings, weddings, and even lawsuits. After transferring the ownership of this house, you need to buy furniture, various household items, hire servants, and even ask people to plant some flowers and plants. If there is any repair that needs to be done, it will be tiring to run around by yourself.
It doesn't matter, leave it to the dental people to do it, they will guarantee to help you think things through and save money. If you need it, I will ask the third uncle to help you introduce a few dental people with good connections."
Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "I won't bother your third uncle anymore. I'll find a dentist myself."
Zhao Xiaoyi smiled and pointed to a two-story building opposite, "That's the Yaxing Store!"
When Chen Qing turned around, he saw a big sign hanging in front of a two-story building opposite, with the four characters "Tongji Yaxing" written in black ink.
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The tooth shops of the Song Dynasty were like the intermediaries of later generations. They were all over the streets, but they were not only involved in real estate. The people of Song Dynasty were involved in almost all walks of life.
This is also because the commodity economy of the Song Dynasty was very developed, but the information industry failed to keep up, which resulted in the creation of a large number of people who specialized in the information service industry.
Tongji Dental Store was once one of the largest dental stores in Bianliang, Tokyo. Opposite Chen Qing's house is the main store that was moved to last year. It has more than 100 branches in various parts of Jiangnan, and more than 20 in Anseong.
A steward received Chen Qing politely and said, "Officials, please rest assured. The most important thing in our industry is credibility. If credibility is lost, it will be difficult to move forward. You can leave all matters to us and we will ensure that we can handle it properly."
Tightly attached.”
Chen Qing handed the house deed and land deed to the steward and asked with a smile: "How much is this house worth?"
The steward looked at it carefully and said in surprise: "It turns out that this house is a reward from the official family. Official, you are disrespectful!"
"You're welcome. Can you help me find out what the market price of the house is?"
"The market price of the land in Shixifang is about 2,000 guan, plus the 2,000 guan for various construction costs, the market price of your house is about 8,000 guan, and the location of the house is very good. It is close to the Yongjin River and the Three Bridges. I want to buy it in the future.
You can’t even buy it, even if you sell it for 10,000 yuan, there will still be a lot of people who want it.”
"If I entrust you with selling my house, can I sell it for ten thousand dollars?"
The steward blinked and said with a smile: "The officer is joking!"
"Of course I'm not kidding."
"There happen to be a lot of businessmen asking us to find a house. If you let the house go, it will definitely be gone."
Hu Yantong and Zheng Ping, who accompanied Chen Qing, suddenly became anxious. Hu Yantong quickly pulled Chen Qing aside and said, "You are crazy. If you want to buy a house in this area, you won't be able to buy it anymore."
Zheng Ping also said anxiously: "Commander, this is a house awarded by the government! How can you sell it?"
Chen Qing sighed, "I received a letter from Yang Yuanqing two days ago. The brothers who died in Jianxiao Pass did not receive a penny in pension."
It turned out that this was what the letter said. Zheng Ping's eyes widened, "Why?"
"Yang Yuanqing went to Nanzheng County to ask Qu Sima. The reason given by Qu Sima was that Guanzhong was occupied by the Jin soldiers. They could not go to Guanzhong to distribute pensions to the families of the fallen soldiers. They could only treat them as if the soldiers had given up.
It has been signed and decided.”
"Fart! How can it be called giving up?"
Hu Yantong sneered and said: "It's just an excuse. It should be that the reward given by the imperial court was too small and not enough, so we deducted as much as possible. The living soldiers can't have enough to eat, so who can care about the dead."
Chen Qing nodded, "I guess this is also the reason. There were 30,000 soldiers participating in the Dashanguan Battle, but Zhang Xuan had 50,000 troops under his command. The imperial court only gave rewards to 30,000 people. What about the other 20,000 people?
What to do? If you don't give them a little, these soldiers will definitely not do it, so the reward will not be enough."
Chen Qing guessed right. There were indeed too many monks and too little food, and the reward money was far from enough. It was also because many Bashu soldiers did not receive the reward money that a mutiny broke out.
After suppressing the mutiny, in order to prevent another mutiny from happening again, Zhang Jun misappropriated all the pensions of all the fallen soldiers and used them to reward the garrisons in Bashu and Hanzhong.
Naturally, there is no pension for the soldiers who died in Jianjun Pass.
But the imperial court has already distributed the pension. This is an internal distribution problem of the Western Army. It is impossible for Chen Qing to go to the imperial court for reissue, nor to Zhang Jun. The money is gone, and there is no use in making trouble. Zhang Jun can at best appease him.
Chen Qing said a few words to help him understand his difficulties.
In the end, Chen Qing had to find a way to care for the fallen soldiers, and the same was true for other armies. As Hu Yantong said, if the living people can't take care of them, how can they care for the dead.
Zheng Ping still couldn't accept it, "But...but how can the commander pay for it himself? What the hell is this?"
"It's not about money!"
Chen Qing shook his head and said: "Not only them, but also the soldiers who were drawn to die to intercept the Jin soldiers, and the brothers who died in Erlang Village, Phoenix Ridge, and Jingzhao City, they also did not receive a penny of pension."
Speaking of this, Chen Qing's eyes were full of sadness, "Yang Yuanqing said in the letter that many family members of the fallen soldiers fled to Hanzhong. Later, more than a hundred old people came to find him and inquired about their sons, but they were originally
Their pensions have already been awarded to other soldiers, and the military cannot apply for them twice. Yang Yuanqing can only watch these old people leaving crying."
Speaking of this, Chen Qing had tears in his eyes. He pointed to his chest and said: "One thousand, three hundred and forty soldiers at Jianxiao Pass died for the country, but their families did not have a penny to pay for them. As the commander-in-chief, I, Chen Qing, am here."
Get promoted and get rich, Lao Zheng, my heart aches!"
Zheng Ping murmured: "The imperial court stipulates that a one-time pension of 30 guan will be given to soldiers killed in battle. That would cost at least 40,000 guan, but... even if the house is sold, it will not be enough!"
Chen Qing looked at Hu Yantong. Hu Yantong understood what Chen Qing meant, nodded and said, "I'll go tell my third uncle and ask him to return the three thousand taels of silver to you and forget about the investment."
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "The imperial court gave me a reward of five hundred taels of silver for the first place in cavalry and archery, plus the reward I received from the recruit competition, and the reward for killing Zhang Kui, it totals about five thousand taels of silver."
, which adds up to 30,000 yuan, let’s give some of it first! It’s just that I’m a little worried about how to transport the money there.”
"This is easy!"
Zheng Ping comes from a family of businessmen. He knows what to do. "You can go to the cash register. Baoji Cash Bank has branches in Chengdu. We deposit the money into the Baoji Cash Bank in Lin'an and then withdraw the money in Chengdu. This is what businessmen do."
Chen Qing squeezed Zheng Ping's generous shoulders, "Okay! I'll leave this matter to you. You, Xiao Yi, and Yang Yuanqing, the three of you, will be responsible for the pensions for the families of the soldiers who died in Jianxiao Pass."
Zheng Ping nodded, and he stepped forward to retrieve the house deed and title deed, "I bought this house. I persuaded my father to buy it for fifteen thousand guan."
"No, ten thousand dollars is enough."
Zheng Ping grinned, "He won't suffer a loss. In another two years, he may not even be able to buy this area for fifteen thousand guan."