Bianliang Shiyue Chapter 68 Bao Qing, you are confused
"Mr. Bao, I came to Kaifeng Mansion because I was interested in a piece of land next to the Cai River. Can you buy it for me here?" Lu Yao rubbed his hands and said sheepishly.
"Buy land? What kind of land? Isn't your business in the inner city? Why do you think of buying land in the outer city again?" Bao Zheng asked a series of questions. It was really Lu Yao who was so capable of causing trouble that he was a little confused.
What exactly is Lu Yao thinking about?
There is a large map of Bianliang painted in the study room of Kaifeng Mansion. Of course, the interior of the imperial city is not painted, but you cannot see the maps of later generations. There is probably a prototype, which roughly marks the location of each village.
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Lu Yao pointed forward and pointed to an open space and said: "Of course I bought the land to benefit the people of Bianliang. I just saw this land and it is uninhabited. Do you think it is inconvenient to sell it to us?"
Bao Zheng frowned and looked at the position of Lu Yao's finger. He knew about this vacant land. When his money was empty last year, Zhao Zhen thought of selling this land to supplement the palace expenses, but this land was not available.
Okay, and the area of this land is really not small. No one can buy it with full capital.
There were few capable people at that time, and Cao Guojiu didn't have many families, but Cao Yi's family already had a lot of land, so he declined Zhao Zhen on this excuse. Zhao Zhen knew that Cao Yi didn't like the location of the land, which was not good.
Say anything else.
Later, it was Lu Yao who thought of a way to make money for the palace. Zhao Zhen did not mention the sale of this land. However, the land was still being sold in Kaifeng Mansion. If Lu Yao had not mentioned it today, he would have almost forgotten about it.
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Because the palace had money, it didn't matter whether the land was sold or not. He couldn't imagine what Lu Yao wanted to do with the land. Caishui couldn't be used as a wharf, and it was far from the inner city. He had to buy it in his hands, unless
Say you want to build a house here to live in.
There are only a few people in the Lu family. Even if all the relatives of the Lu family were brought here to live here, the area would be too much.
Out of his status as a kind-hearted elder, Bao Zheng asked kindly: "Are you sure you want to buy this land? It will be difficult to change hands by then. Besides, even if I sell this land to you cheaper, you probably won't be able to afford it."
money."
Seeing that Bao Zheng could decide whether the land could be sold, Lu Yao was extremely excited. He nodded quickly and said: "Of course I want to buy it. Li Zheng and I have made it clear. If you want to buy this land, you must buy it all. As long as Mr. Bao
Just quote a price. If you don't have enough money, I'll make up the money. My family's business has made a lot of money recently, so the money to buy the land will not be much different."
Seeing that Lu Yao sincerely wanted to buy it, he had no choice but to stop trying to dissuade him and said, "Lu Yao, if you want to buy it, I'll give you two thousand guan. This price is reasonable even for officials."
"What? Did I hear it correctly? Two thousand guan?" Lu Yao dug his ears. He really didn't believe that land in the outer city could be so cheap. Two thousand guan could buy a land of more than 200 acres.
A few acres of land in the Lu Mansion costs thousands of dollars, which is simply incomparable.
It’s really easy for Lu Yao to make money.
Although Su County, which Cao Yi mortgaged to Lu Yao with 60,000 guan, seems very expensive, if the entire area under the jurisdiction of Su County is divided, it is only 800 guan per mu.
This was Cao Yi's extra money because Lu Yao was rich. In fact, those mountainous lands were not valuable at all. Even if he was near Bianliang City, they were worth at most 500 coins per acre.
Therefore, Cao Yi's mortgage of 60,000 guan to Lu Yao was really bullying Lu Yao because he did not know the value of land. If Lu Xu found out that Su County was worth 60,000 guan, he would kill Lu Yao, a prodigal son.
Bao Zheng said with a dark face: "Lu Yao, don't be greedy. It's already very cheap to sell you seven guan per acre in the inner city. If it were anyone else, I would offer ten guan. This price is already the lowest and cannot be negotiated any lower."
Lu Yao couldn't tell Bao Zheng that the price you quoted was too cheap. He could buy it in one day with his income from selling wine.
Bao Zheng never expected that Lu Yao's profit from selling wine would be so huge. He thought he was just like other people, earning more than ten dollars a day at most.
Lu Yao nodded quickly and said: "Yes, yes, I am too greedy. My family happened to have two thousand guan, so I immediately sent someone to my house to get money. The matter was settled today, and we signed the land deed in the afternoon.
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"That's the best!" Bao Zheng waved his hand and told Lu Yao not to disturb him while he was reading, and to come back to him when he got the money.
Bao Zheng has finally solved a problem that he was worried about. Although Zhao Zhen doesn't mention this piece of land now, if he asks himself again in the future, it would be a bit ugly to say that it has not been sold.
Lu Yao led Tang Xi back home quickly. He wanted to take advantage of this bargain to avoid a long night of nightmares.
The Lu Mansion was not far from the Feng Mansion. Within an hour, Lu Yao pulled more than ten carriages to the front of the Kaifeng Mansion.
This time it was not Zhan Zhao who opened the door but Gongsun Ce. He held a book in one hand and a brush in the other, followed by some staff with abacus behind him.
"Bao... Bao... Master Bao, has been... already..."
Lu Yao stretched out his palm to stop Gongsun Ce from continuing. He took over Gongsun Ce's words and said: "Master Bao has already told you about this matter. You are here to ask me if the money is enough, right? Stop talking and hurry up."
Money, I’m still waiting to sign the land deed.”
"Okay!" Gongsun Ce called his men and ran towards the bullock cart. Each person was responsible for counting one cart, and the final numbers were gathered together.
Lu Yao flew up when he heard the sound of abacus.
Not to mention that these people work very fast, and they have already completed the inventory in just one stick of incense.
Gongsun Ce came to Lu Yao and said, "I...I..."
"Just tell me if it's enough!" Lu Yao said.
Gongsun Ce nodded and said: "Enough!"
"Okay! Then I'll go in first, and you guys can move slowly." Lu Yao took the document in Gongsun Ce's hand and strode into Kaifeng Mansion.
This document is like a payment certificate. Bao Zheng will not sign the land deed with you until he sees this document.
Lu Yao came to the study room of Kaifeng Mansion for the second time today.
Bao Zheng took the document from Lu Yao's hand, glanced at it briefly, and then put it down.
"You have to think clearly. It will be too late to regret it after the contract is signed." Bao Zheng persuaded Lu Yao again before writing the contract.
"I have already thought about it. Master Bao, just prepare the contract!" Lu Yao said with a smile. He wished that the contract would appear in front of him immediately.
Bao Zheng ordered the document next to him to write the land deed, and then asked Lu Yao to sign his name on the deed. There were two copies stamped with the seal of Kaifeng Mansion, one for Lu Yao and one for Kaifeng Mansion to keep.
Lu Yao was relieved after getting the land deed. He had to celebrate tonight.
After Lu Yao left, Bao Zheng entered the palace with the land deed. He still had to tell Zhao Zhen about this kind of thing, which could be regarded as his own merit.
Zhao Zhen had just finished lunch when he heard the chamberlain announcing that Bao Zheng had entered the palace.
Zhao Zhen didn't even take a sedan. He walked directly from the harem to Wende Hall. It was considered a quick meal, and the journey was not very far. It only took a quarter of an hour.
Seeing Bao Zheng sitting solemnly in the Hall of Wende, Zhao Zhen asked, "What's the matter with Bao Qing coming into the palace at noon?"
Bao Zheng handed the land deed in his hand to the servant and said: "Back to the official house, the land beside the Cai River in the outer city has been sold."
"Oh? Really? Show me the land deed quickly." Zhao Zhen was a little surprised. The land that had not been sold for several months was actually sold today.
Although he had the 400,000 yuan sent by Lu Yao in his internal funds, who would still dislike the money being so hot?
Zhao Zhen took the land deed from the servant. When he saw the name on the land deed, he became a little uneasy, "So it could be him?"
Zhao Zhen pounded the table with his hand holding the land deed and said sadly: "Bao Qing, you are confused!"
Bao Zheng was a little confused. Did Zhao Zhen feel that he was overpriced after seeing it was Lu Yao?
Bao Zheng raised his hands and saluted and said: "If the government fails, I will take the land deed back and sign another one with Lu Yao. I will lower the price a little more."
Zhao Zhen sighed: "It's not that Bao Qing you sold it too expensive, but it was too cheap. If I sell it to Lu Yao, you can just offer me 20,000 guan! The two thousand guan is indeed a little less. Then Lu Yao
Yao still doesn’t know where to have fun now.”
"Twenty thousand guan?" Bao Zheng exclaimed, "Isn't 70 guan per acre too expensive? Even in the inner city, the price of land is not that high!"
"Hey! You don't know how much money Lu Yao earns." Zhao Zhen waved his hands and felt a little weak. He knew better than anyone how much money Lu Yao earned. The lottery dividend alone was 100,000 yuan in one month. Others
Together they amount to more than 200,000 yuan a month.
Of course he earns more, but how can he compare with Lu Yao? He has to support an entire palace, while Lu Yao only supports so many people.
It's a pity that a good opportunity to defraud Lu Yao was gone like this.
"Let's not talk about it. The contract has been signed anyway. Lu Yao will definitely not agree to raising the price again. Even if this kid takes advantage."
Bao Zheng didn't think Lu Yao had taken advantage. Two thousand guan was easily affordable, but now it would be difficult for him to come up with 500 guan.
He felt that Zhao Zhen was no longer so benevolent. No matter how much Lu Yao made money, you, the emperor, couldn't covet the family property of his ministers, so that's pretty much it.
Noticing Bao Zheng's weird eyes, Zhao Zhen also felt that what he said was a bit too much. If this was to spread, how could he be the emperor?
"Bao Qing has worked hard to sell the land. Go back and spend time with your wife early." Zhao Zhen gave Bao Zheng a half-day holiday today, and he also knew about Bao Zheng's wife's pregnancy.
"I retire." Bao Zheng bowed and left the Wende Hall.
But he already had a fear in his heart.
He wanted to buy some real estate and keep the few hundred dollars he had at home, so that when the time came, Zhao Zhen fell in love with his few hundred dollars.
If Zhao Zhen knew what Bao Zheng was thinking now, he would probably vomit three liters of blood.
How can your family wealth of a few hundred thousand guan be compared with Lu Yao's family wealth of hundreds of thousands guan? Besides, he is an emperor who doesn't even let go of a few hundred guan.
Fortunately, Bao Zheng is a man with a strict mouth, and Zhao Zhen also believes that what he said today will not spread, and he is relieved that he will never talk nonsense again in the future.