Li Qing is not worried about the old guy. He has been a refugee for hundreds of years and is already a veteran among veterans and a fighter among refugees. With his skills, he will definitely not be in any danger.
But after ten years of being together, he was really uncomfortable with this sudden separation.
There were no mobile phones in this era. It was difficult for him to find the old man who liked to travel around. He had to hope that the old man would find him.
After a while, Liu Qiang led a middle-aged man in, "Sir, the original owner of the house is here."
"Young man, please pay homage to your Majesty." The middle-aged man was wearing a navy blue robe, fair and plump, and very wealthy. His little eyes were habitually squinted, and occasionally there was a hint of shrewdness.
"Get up."
The middle-aged man stood up, dusted off his robe, and took out the certificate that he had prepared. "Here are the house deed, land deed, and resale document. Your Majesty, please take a look."
Li Qing took it and took a look at it. After confirming that it was correct, he happily paid.
"280 taels, you count."
The middle-aged man took it with a smile, "There's no need to count. You can tell how much it is just by pinching it. You can't make a mistake."
After a pause, Tao Jinqian said, "That is to say, if you want it, Guan Ye, if it were someone else, it would still be 350 taels."
Li Qing nodded, took out the treasure banknotes from his arms, and counted seventy of them, "Just use the market price, and you can write a new transfer certificate."
"Uh...Guan Ye, that's not what I meant..."
"Go and write!" Li Qing said calmly, "I am an official and you are a businessman. There is no relationship between you and me."
The middle-aged man wanted to say something more, but Liu Qiang said with an unkind expression, "Didn't you hear what I said?"
"Ah...yes, yes, the common people will write it now."
After that, he took the treasure and ran away.
"This idiot still wants to have a relationship with our Jin Yiwei. Damn, I'm so tired of living." Liu Qiang cursed.
Although I don't understand why Li Qing behaves like this, he has always treated people badly in the officialdom. No matter what his superiors do, he just takes sides without thinking.
No boss likes to question his subordinates!
Li Qing did this out of caution. Collusion between officials and businessmen was a serious crime. Although the transaction was a matter of mutual consent and the other party did not ask him to do anything, it was still unreasonable.
If you take advantage of the seventy taels today, the other party may send you seven hundred taels in the future. If you are soft-spoken and short-handed, you will be in trouble if you don't protect everything.
Lao Zhu can't tolerate the slightest bit of sand in his eyes, and this is not a bargain.
The middle-aged man came back quickly and wrote a new resale letter, "My lord, here it is for you."
Li Qing took it, glanced at it, put it in his arms, and said, "Go slowly without sending it away."
The middle-aged man bowed his hands and turned to leave.
Turning around, he saw Liu Qiang commanding several Jinyi guards to clean the courtyard and the house. Li Qing was a little embarrassed, but did not stop him.
After a while, five or six Jinyi guards came in pushing two wooden carts. Iron pots, water tanks, wooden barrels, rice bags, quilts, brooms...all were daily necessities.
"What are you doing?"
Li Qing frowned slightly. He knew that these people were not rich. With so many things, they might only need a month's salary.
Liu Qiang said with a smile, "My lord has moved to a new house, brothers are here to burn the pot!"
Li Qing was startled, and suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he heard the elders say this. The so-called burning the bottom of the pot, in layman's terms, is to start cooking and have a big meal after moving into a new house.
Neighbors, colleagues, and friends would all come and bring some rice, noodles, and daily necessities. Everyone would eat, drink, and enjoy the homely activities, so that the new home would have some fireworks and not be deserted.
Thinking of this, he was not being pretentious.
The wooden barrel was moved into the house, filled with rice eighty percent, a dozen or so guards took out the prepared red envelopes and placed them on it, the water tank was filled ninety percent full with water, and the stove was replaced with a new pot...
Looking at these busy people, Li Qing felt a warm feeling in his heart.
My inherent impression of Jin Yiwei has also changed. They are also people with blood, flesh, and warmth. What is cruel is the Jin Yiwei organization.
After all the busy work, it was almost noon.
Li Qing took out a few treasure notes and handed them over to a Jin Yiwei, "Go buy some vegetables and have a good lunch."
"Sir, we don't need so much." Jin Yiwei waved his hand, "The money is enough, and it may not be used up yet."
"Well, then just keep the money." Li Qing took back the extra money and said, "Be sure to spend it all."
"I obey my orders."
Jin Yiwei smiled and cupped his hands, turned around and left.
In the east kitchen, several grown men made a fire to cook rice. As soon as Li Qing entered, he was persuaded by several people to come out. He went to the main room when he was bored.
After a while, Liu Qiang came in coughing and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that cooking would be more difficult than arresting people. Xiao Wang and the others are good at it."
Li Qing smiled and said, "Here's this for you. Help me register at the government office this afternoon."
"Okay." Liu Qiang took the house resale document and said with a smile, "Sir, the capital has a curfew at three o'clock. You are not allowed to walk on the street after this point, otherwise you will be whipped.
But our Jinyiwei is here to monitor this, so it doesn’t matter if you come home late.”
Li Qing's face heated up and he changed the subject, "How many people do we have now?"
When it came to business, Liu Qiang became serious, "There are currently a total of 132 people, and 32 of them have recently joined the job and are still in the training stage."
After a pause, "Sir, the recruitment conditions for Jin Yiwei are extremely strict, and we cannot recruit them all at once in a short period of time."
Li Qing nodded slightly and patted Liu Qiang's shoulder, "I want to treat the empress, and I don't have enough energy to take care of recruitment. Please be more attentive.
Strive to make me, the Qianhu, and you, the deputy Qianhu, worthy of their names as soon as possible!"
"I obey my orders."
Liu Qiang looked excited and full of energy.
Influenced by Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Qing also learned to draw cakes, but he was kinder than Zhu Yuanzhang and painted cakes that could be seen and eaten.
After half an hour, my brothers started serving food.
They are all grown men, and it is rare to know how to cook. They don’t say that they are delicious, delicious, and there are only three dishes, but they are very practical and fill three big pots.
A pot of braised pork, a pot of stewed mutton, and a pot of fried chicken are steaming hot and fragrant.
Li Qing raised his wine glass and said with a smile, "Our Jin Yiwei is still too weak at the moment, and I, a thousand households, can't stay in the Yamen all the time. Thank you for your hard work."
"Sir Qianhu, please be polite. This is your duty as a subordinate."
Everyone quickly raised their glasses in return.
Li Qing drank the wine in his glass, picked up a mutton chop with his chopsticks, and said, "Brothers, you're welcome. Eat and drink."
"Thank you, Sir." A group of people hugged their fists and started to feast...
They were all strong men, and their appetites were astonishing. There were twelve of them, and they had to make a large bucket of rice and three large pots of meat.
After eating and drinking, everyone cleaned up and left.
Li Qing returned to the wing to rest for a while, then entered the palace and moved back his personal belongings from the eunuch's duty room.
Then, I went to the tailor shop to make two pairs of robes. After a lot of work, it was already dark.
Li Qing took a bath, put on a clean robe, looked at the dim sky, and said to himself: "It's still early, why not go out for a walk!"
Li Qing, who is dressed in a dark robe, is even more handsome with red lips and white teeth. His long black hair is simply tied up and hangs down naturally, giving him an elegant temperament.
If paired with a folding fan, even Pan An and Song Yu would have to avoid its edge.
Li Qing bought a folding fan and walked on the street, admiring the world of mortals and enjoying his freedom.
After wandering around, I came to Zuixian Tower.
You’re here, let’s go in and have a look, there’s no other reason, just out of curiosity... Li Qing walked up to Zuixian Tower.
Zuixianlou at night is completely different from that during the day. The tables on the first floor are all cleared and full of warblers and swallows.
"Oh, what a handsome young man~" A plump and pretty woman came up to him and held Li Qing's hand tightly. Her eyes were as charming as silk, and she wanted to cling to him.
His voice was almost dripping with boredom, "I fell in love with the young master at first sight. Why don't we go to the backyard guest room to chat about life and spend this long night?"
Li Qing felt the soft touch from his elbow, and his handsome face turned red. After all, it was his first time and he was not used to it yet.
When the woman saw him looking like this, she immediately judged that he was a young boy, and she couldn't help but become even more attentive, getting closer and closer to him.
A woman in her early twenties, with a great figure and a decent appearance, can you bear it if she breathes like a blue at you?
Li Qing was really angry and said he couldn't stand it.