"Third Miss, take a look, there is news about Caiyu carved fine porcelain dishes." Manager Qi wiped the sweat from his head and said excitedly.
Yu Xijiao's body suddenly sat upright, and her breathing became a little faster: "Is there any news?"
"There is news, but...the quantity may not be right," said Manager Qi.
"How many?"
"There are just a few. There is no one. I don't know how many. I don't know how many. A businessman from out of town found me and said he had some." Manager Qi said, "This person is still down there now. Do you want the third girl?"
See you?"
"A businessman from out of town?" Yu Xijiao was startled. This was different from what she thought. After thinking about it again, she realized that it was more convenient to have a "businessman from out of town" in the middle.
"I don't need to see him." Yu Xijiao shook her head. This businessman was just an errand boy at most, and he might even really know nothing about him. "You said he is from An Guo Gongfu?"
"The man didn't say it directly. He only hinted that it might be the case. He said that he also arrived in Beijing that day. At night, someone bumped into his carriage and carried a large package. It was said that he was missing relatives. He didn't know at the moment.
When I was at a loss and the money to go back was gone, I gave these things in the package to the businessman in exchange."
"The businessman thought this thing was good, so he accepted it, and then left the capital to do business. Now he has just returned to the capital. He heard rumors that we received this thing at a high price, so he took it over to try. My subordinate asked about the day at that time.
Basically, it was right after the incident in Duke Anguo’s Mansion.”
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There was an incident at Duke An's mansion, and some servants took advantage of the chaos to take away some things. It sounds like this should be the case.
"If it's true, buy it." Yu Xijiao said. Yu Xijiao had told Manager Qi about the style of this set of colorful feather-carved fine porcelain dishes before, and had simply drawn the style.
"Third Miss, this price is a bit high." Manager Qi looked bitter. Although the purchase was said to be at a high price, it was too high.
"If it's just a little higher, forget it. If it's too high, just pay back the price. Since it's going to be sold, you must be willing to do it." Yu Xijiao understood immediately after hearing what Steward Qi said, and pondered for a moment before saying.
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"My subordinates know." Manager Qi took Yu Xijiao's words and left, going to the businessman to discuss the matter.
The negotiation was quite fast. One of them sincerely wanted to sell, the other sincerely wanted to buy, and the two parties reached an agreement within a short time.
The businessman asked someone to get the items to formally trade...
When the things were brought over, Steward Qi brought up a bowl. As soon as he saw the familiar patterns and fonts, Yu Xijiao knew that it was real. It was really the one from her grandfather's house.
"Three girls, two bowls and three plates are not a set, and the quantity is actually not much." Manager Qi reminded him when he saw Yu Xijiao looking at the light from the window and shining the glaze on the bowl.
If it is not a set, it will have much less value. Even if it is calculated based on quantity, it is not the value that can be obtained by increasing the quantity.
Suppressing the excitement in her heart, Yu Xijiao nodded and put down the bowl in her hand: "Go tell this person and tell him that if he still has it in the future, let him take it over and he will still buy it at a high price."
"My subordinates know, and they will tell him. After all, Prince Qi likes him." Qi Guanshi understood.
If the Prince of Qi likes him, any other reason may not be a reason. The three girls of our family are going to marry into the Prince of Qi's palace and become the Crown Prince's concubine. Now it is normal to find some items that the Prince of Qi likes.
As for why the Prince of Qi likes the old belongings of Duke Anguo, no one knows about this. It may be just a temporary passion. Is there any reason for the Prince of Qi's liking?
When Manager Qi went down again, he took the banknote with him, and the transaction was successful. After sending the person away, he carefully sent the items to the private room upstairs.
Yu Xijiao read them one by one, and they were all true.
Thinking about it, what I hinted I wanted were the old items from Duke Anguo's Mansion, and I paid a high price. No one dared to really deceive me, just to deceive the Xuanping Marquis Mansion. These things would eventually end up in the Prince of Qi's Mansion, and I would bully Qi.
Prince Wang, that means you don’t want to die!
"Third Miss, this person said that if there are any more in the future, they will definitely be sent to our shop." Manager Qi said again.
Sure enough, he promised to follow up. Yu Xijiao nodded, put down the dishes in her hands, looked at Manager Qi, and suddenly asked: "Does Manager Qi know about the sale of the house?"
Manager Qi was startled by this question: "Third girl, do you want to buy a house?"
"I have this idea... I want to buy a house, but... there are some problems." Yu Xijiao frowned slightly.
"Third Miss, please speak. If you are of any use to me, just speak up." Manager Qi said with a serious face.
"The family in the courtyard I'm interested in is no longer here. They left the capital. It sounds like they won't come back in the future." Yu Xijiao told the story about the house.
The dish incident made Yu Xijiao think of this matter. This kind of thing may not be what she saw. Yu Xijiao felt that Manager Qi might be more suitable to do this than herself, just like the dish incident this time.
If I send a message in the Hou Mansion, the visitor may not actually find the Hou Mansion. Now it will be much easier to have Qi Guanshi. It is more suitable to use the people who sell and buy in the market.
"Girl, I don't understand, what do you mean that the person won't come back?" Manager Qi shook his head and asked in confusion. These words sounded very abrupt.
"The family left the capital, but the house stayed. Listening to this, I may not come back in the future. That house looked good. I was about to buy one, and I fell in love with that one, but everyone went back to their hometown.
"Yu Xijiao said.
"Third Miss said that a member of that family kept this place and returned to his hometown. From now on, this place will be used as an old house until the younger generation around him grows up and then returns to the capital?" Qi Guanshi thought for a moment and asked.
"It's not an aristocratic family, it's just an ordinary family. They may have few assets, but they can't have a lot of money. I mean I won't go back to Beijing again this time. Qi Guanshi, do you think this house will be good for such a family?
Don't you know how to sell it?" Yu Xijiao asked, always feeling that there was something unclear about this matter.
"If you are not too rich, why would you keep this property?" Manager Qi said in surprise, "If you go back to your hometown and say you will never come back, you should sell the house and leave Beijing. Then you will have money on hand.
You can do whatever you want after you go back, it’s impossible to leave the property behind.”
"Third Miss, if a family of that size still has a house here after returning to their hometown, they will also leave servants to renovate the house from time to time. If no one lives in the house and no one renovates the house, it will deteriorate very quickly.
But there is really no room for anyone to live in it. When he returns to Beijing in the new year, almost everything will be renovated, which is even more expensive than buying a new house."
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Those aristocratic families are not short of money. When people leave the capital, servants stay to take care of the house. When the master comes back, they can live there.
As for those with ordinary family backgrounds, they will naturally be sold.
"But they have left Beijing now." Yu Xijiao said thoughtfully.
"Leaving in a hurry?" Manager Qi asked after thinking about it.
"I heard that they were in a hurry and very unexpected. People around them didn't expect that they would suddenly move back to their hometown. There has never been such a statement before."
Yu Xi said delicately.
"Third Miss, if this is the case, if you are leaving in a hurry and you don't have time to sell the house, you can ask someone from the government. This is the safest thing." Manager Qi said.
"A man in the government?" Yu Xijiao thought thoughtfully.
"Yes, I want to leave the capital and there is no time to sell the house. At this time, I can ask a middleman from the government. There are also people who are not from the government, but this is not so reliable. If the owner of the house is still in the capital, you can ask someone like this
After all, you can always keep an eye on and urge the middleman. If you are leaving the capital, it would be best to ask the government's middleman to handle the matter. At least you won't get everything."
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Although there is no guarantee that people in the government will not be greedy at all, after all, they have to keep files and commit crimes, so they still have to have what they should have. At most, they can eat both sides, but they don't dare to go overboard.
"No one around has heard that this family is selling their house, and no one has come to see it. There has been no movement." Yu Xijiao continued to ask.
If you entrust someone to buy a house, someone should come to look at it. Mingyue said that there has been no movement at that place.
"This..." Manager Qi was silent for a moment and said hesitantly, "Will the price be too high, so that others won't even want to look at it when they see the price?"
"The price is too high?" Yu Xijiao didn't understand. She fluttered her long eyelashes twice and raised them.
"Third Miss, this price can be the price set by the middleman based on the current market. This is the best deal. If the middleman has more power, he can even lower the price. Of course, he will also get a lot of rebates, but there are also some
The owner of the house thinks that his house is good, so he wants this price. This is the price set by the owner himself. If he does not sell it below this price, the price can only be high and not low. If the price is too high, ordinary people will look at it.
I’m not in the mood to look at houses.”
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Hearing what Steward Qi said, Yu Xijiao's eyes lit up.
"Girl... maybe this is the reason, otherwise why would no one see it?" Mingyue's eyes lit up and she said excitedly.
She asked people to keep staring at that house, but until now there was nothing, and she felt a little anxious. Now after hearing the explanation from the steward, she immediately felt that it was very possible.
"Third Miss, do you want my subordinates to help you go to the government office to have a look?" said Manager Qi.
"It's time for you to take care of things." Yu Xijiao smiled slightly. She had never thought in this direction before. At first, no one came to the door. It was under the pretense of selling a house to ask questions, but she only asked people around her, but she didn't want to ask the government officials.
Could it be that the middleman in the government really has something to do with the middleman in the government.
"Manager Qi, you go to the government official and ask him to see if the house is for sale." Yu Xijiao said.
Qingyue couldn't wait to tell her where the house was, how big it was, and its specific location.
Manager Qi listened for a moment and nodded, and finally agreed to go to the government to inquire about the good news and report to the Marquis Mansion...