Zhen Fei rises up in the Red Chamber

This year's capital city is very lively, or in other words, there is no time when the capital is not lively.After Zhen Hui's family arrived in the capital, they could hear some big news almost every once in a while.Perhaps this is where the charm of the capital lies.

In the auction venue created by the Ministry of Finance, there will be an auction every few days. Even after the death of many older generations, people who are going to sell things back to their hometowns are also very shrewd. The matter was handed over to the auction venue, which made many people who like to dig out old houses and collect ancient books and antiques lose a lot of market at once.

On the contrary, those prodigal sons are all very happy. In the past, they wanted to sell the edible and edible things at home, but they were afraid that they would not be able to find someone to buy them, or they would not be able to sell them at a price if they had someone to buy them. Now, it’s different when it comes to the auction venue. Even if they don’t understand the value of these things, they don’t know how much it can be worth, but they still understand that it must be valuable if someone bids, anyway, it’s definitely better than selling them indiscriminately The price is so high, how can we not make them happy.

There are also some dudes who are tight on money and want to exchange some money, so they don't have to mess around, just take a valuable ornament from their own room, and they can get enough money immediately.As long as it is inconspicuous, it will not let outsiders know it is their own at a glance, and it will not lose their face. Even after three to five months, no one may know that they are selling it. There are sellers in this auction venue. , the buyer's name is not disclosed clause.

Speaking of not disclosing the name, it was aimed at buyers at the beginning. No one wants to be robbed as soon as they go out after buying something. There is also the traditional awareness of Chinese people’s unique wealth, so it is With the dedicated anonymous boxes on the second and third floors, from this point of view, Atsutobe is really talented.And the seller did not disclose his name, it was created by the emperor, who asked the emperor to add some private goods to the outside from time to time, this way it can be regarded as benefiting many people.

The person who can really know all the information, except for a few high-ranking officials of the household department who have the right to consult the information, the only one left may be the emperor. No one will say anything.

But when the fiery things are over, like in June, the attention of the people in the capital is on other things, such as the township examination that will start in August.

In June, many scholars from the surrounding areas began to gather in the capital slowly, once every three years, as long as there is a rural examination room, everyone has become accustomed to this rule, not only the rural examination, but after the rural examination passes, as long as one year passes , That is the examination, the palace examination, these are grand events for students from all over the world, not only the surrounding scholars will come, but students from all over the country will gather in the center of the world, every time like this , is a good opportunity for many people in the capital to earn money.

Let’s not talk about those who open inns and restaurants. Even without these, their business would not be too bad. After all, it is the capital city, and the consumption potential itself is higher than other places. Sellers of all kinds of goods, even clay figurines, can do [-]% more business than in the past. This is the key to increasing the gdp of the entire capital.Those who rent out houses, help people wash clothes, cook for people, pull carts, and sell stationery, let’s not talk about it. Food, clothing, housing, and transportation, you don’t need any of them, right? When the total population increases, naturally the demand will also increase. Yes, but even those who make special test baskets and special clothes for the test can earn a lot of money. This really makes many people feel dumbfounded.

This time the Zhen family could be regarded as borrowing the east wind. The three-year-old house that had just been bought for less than half a year was rented out. The important thing is that Zhen Hui, a money fanatic, was there. During the process of renting out the house, his It's a skill of 12 points, and the use of all the rooms is simply outrageous.

This three-entry house is a typical northern layout, with an inverted seat, a front room, and a back room. Under Zhen Hui's operation, it directly became three yards, and the inverted seat at the front was divided into three by him. There is a small courtyard. The single-room courtyard on the left side of the entrance itself has a circular arch on the side connecting to the screen wall of the entrance. With a double door on it, isn't it a small courtyard?There is also a circular arch on the right side of the entrance, which corresponds to the small courtyard door, and a door is also added. There are three rooms inside. This is another courtyard, which can be regarded as a medium-sized courtyard, although the orientation is not very good. Okay, but this place is big, and the second gate is sealed again, and there are big pots of green plants, so it looks like a nice house.Inside, there was originally a circular arch, but this place was still sealed, and the two houses at the end were reopened from the wall of the house, and it became a courtyard. , In this way, without affecting each other, it directly becomes three yards, which can be rented out to three candidates with different conditions.

The main courtyard in the middle is not divided. Zhen Hui also wants to do some big business, right? It’s just such a main courtyard, with three main rooms with four ears on the front, three rooms on each side, and a side room next to the second door. The wing rooms were all added together in one place, and after tidying up, there were fifteen rooms. No matter how they were divided, there was no way to divide them neatly, so he simply rented them directly to the Zhejiang Guild Hall. This Zhejiang Guild Hall is like the Zhejiang Office in Beijing, but These are generally non-governmental organizations spontaneously organized by non-governmental merchants to provide various kinds of help to fellow villagers. In this way, anyone who has trouble entering Beijing will come to them from time to time, such as losing money or having no place to live, such as There are people who are looking for someone or doing business. Although there are accommodations in the Zhejiang Guild Hall, the rooms are limited after all, so they often rent some yards outside to ease the situation.As for the rent, who pays?Zhejiang people are rich!Especially those who can be the head of some guild hall, they are usually big businessmen in Zhejiang, they don't value money anymore, they value connections and reputation.Such a person, Zhen Hui, will naturally not let them go. Renting this main courtyard to them will give them face and benefits. After all, it is not a whole courtyard, so the price is naturally much cheaper than other places, no, it is all Calculated according to the number of rooms.There is nothing wrong with opening a door from the side of the main room.It is definitely something that everyone is satisfied with.

As for the back room?Naturally, it is even more necessary to open the door again. If it is not for the desire to earn more money, it will save the need to open the door. In the division, there are five rooms at the back door, which are specially rented to the poorest scholars. Based on a room with two beds, ten people can be accommodated. This is a model of using quantity to make up for quality.On the other side, there are two rooms separated by a circular arch. I don’t know if it was originally used as a kitchen. Anyway, Zhen Hui had someone renovate it, and then opened a door, blocking and five rooms. The place connected to China Unicom has been rented out as a two-room independent courtyard.

Don't mention it, Zhenhui's idea is really good and very targeted. I won't mention the middle one for the guild hall. Many, it will not be able to play its biggest role until after the Chinese New Year, when the general examination is about to start. By then, the candidates from Zhejiang are estimated to be able to fill up all these ten rooms.On the contrary, all the rooms for scholars before and after have been rented out, and the two small courtyards are the most sought-after, because this is the most suitable configuration for a scholar with one or two book boys accompanying him.Even if there are one or two more people who follow, the two rooms are still suitable for living in. The courtyard of the first room is the favorite of scholars who are obsessed with cleanliness and like quietness. But for the sake of peace, there is no shortage of people to ask for.There are also three courtyards, which are rented by a particular scholar. In addition to his own room and the room of his servants, he also set aside a room as a reception room to receive visiting friends.Only half of the five rooms are currently occupied, which is normal. The less money a scholar has, the later he will come. The reason is very simple, he wants to reduce his expenses in the capital.

Master Zhen spent 1000 taels to buy this house, Zhen Hui remodeled it, spent 100 taels, moved in some of the simplest, most practical and cheap solid wood furniture, and spent another 300 taels, which means that the overall cost is less than 500 taels. Thousand 30 taels.But now, if the house is full of people, the monthly rent for one month is already considerable. The two small courtyards of the two houses have different prices because of the problem of orientation. Seven taels a month, three taels for a small courtyard of a house, ten taels for a three-room house, and 65 taels a month for the main courtyard directly to the Zhejiang Guild Hall.In that five-room place, one bed is one tael, and ten beds is ten taels. In this way, 100 taels, plus Zhen Hui also provided them with laundry services, one hundred yuan a month for each person, this It can be done for the servants at home, and the dividends will be paid in addition.Meals are also provided, you can inform in advance if you need them, for each meal, one meat dish, one vegetarian dish, one bowl of white rice, [-] renminbi per person, one extra dish, extra money, [-] renminbi for meat dishes, [-] renminbi for vegetarian dishes, just order whatever you want For those who have the least money, he can provide rice and soup as long as they want. Five cents guarantees that the soup will fill the meal, and the supply is absolutely cost-effective.This can be handed over to the big kitchen of the family. Anyway, the two houses are close, and the grocery shopping can be combined. The quantity is large and cheap.If it wasn't for the fear that the food would be too ugly and affect his family's reputation, he would have offered discounted prices for pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and done all the business of these people.Cough cough cough, maybe this is the reason why he leased the main courtyard to the Zhejiang Guild Hall instead of the Jiangsu Guild Hall. At least he hid it from the fellow villagers and did not reveal his true nature.Anyway, as long as the occupancy is full, according to Zhen Hui's calculation, there will definitely be [-] taels a month!In this way, as long as one year, then all costs will be returned!

Of course, such a good thing is unlikely to happen, after all, it only happens once every three years, but don’t forget that it lasts from June to July until the end of March, that is to say, it can last for more than half a year. If it is not full at other times, it is estimated that it will take two years, and the cost will be fully returned.In addition, no matter whether it is a scholar or a scholar who lives here, no one can say whether they will stay in the capital and continue to rent the house as a Beijing drifter or something. They don't have to worry about not having a tenant.In this way, being a charterer is actually a very lucrative career.

Zhen Hui's calculations are shrewd, clean and neat, and all factors can be considered extremely carefully. The moment the plan was released, even Master Zhen was a little shocked. He knew that in the capital, it was Directly renting a three-entry yard is only 50 taels a month. When he bought the house, he thought that no one would live in it, so he rented it out directly, so he had already inquired about the market.And in the hands of his son, the income can be doubled directly, which is really unbelievable.Could it be that he gave birth not to a son, but to the God of Wealth?Oops, sin, sin, gods don't blame it!He was really surprised.

The people who were surprised were not only Mr. Zhen, but even the Lin family who had the least money awareness. It means that they don't know the benefits of money, they just don't pay much attention to it, but now they are still very curious to see that Zhen Hui used a yard that can only be rented out for 50 taels and suddenly becomes a yard with 100 taels of income.This shows what?Others may only see his money-greedy side, but the people of the Lin family, especially the third master of the Lin family who used to be in charge of the family, and Lord Lin Hou, who was a marquis and an official, said that they saw What's more is Zhen Huiji's temperament.

There is such a child, who is still a child around them, they can't help but think about it, they know what their own child is like, they are not people who make money well, although people like them don't need to make money well, but they are proficient in general affairs. Necessary, otherwise they will become the head of the family in the future, I am afraid they will not be able to bear the family property, if this is the case, they will go underground, I am afraid they will not feel at ease, so they are thinking about whether to let their children go back to school with Zhen To learn, you don't want to be able to turn stones into gold like Zhen Hui, as long as you know how to use the capital in your hand to return home and invest.

As a result, the rare Lin Xun and Lin Hai were both taken care of by the father at home, and they had to learn from Zhen Hui to do business and rent out a house that the family entrusted to them to make money. It’s up to them to decide for themselves, the only requirement is that the monthly income must meet the rent of the house rented out in the market, if there is more, then it is their private house money, if it loses money, then they want their own private house The money is subsidized.

After hearing such a request, the two children almost didn't show a sad face directly. They are really not proficient in these things!Fortunately, there is still a human resource that can be exploited, and that is Zhen Hui.After Zhen Hui took them to listen to the reports of renting houses by the boys, knowing the price fluctuations of rents in various places, and then visited the courtyard where Zhen Hui presided over the renovation, the two were unwilling to spend more time on it. The brat who used his brain directly asked the confidant around him to come to Xiao Gui Cao Sui, follow Zhen Hui's example, and reorganize the whole yard. Anyway, they are all the same three-entry house, just the one in Lin Hai's hands. There is an extra courtyard, it is easy to change, and it will be released like Zhen Hui when it is done, and the money will definitely not be less.

They feel that this matter is actually very worry-free, but they just listened to the price of the capital for a day, visited the place, and it took three days together. As for the money?As long as they don't lose money, it will be done, and they don't expect to spend much money.

It’s just that after a month of such emotions, when they suddenly have 50 taels of silver in their hands, the situation changes. Whoever is stunned, especially a child, will be a little dumbfounded when they suddenly have nearly half a year’s worth of silver .Of course, they are all good children. Once they have money, they will not hide it immediately. After getting more money, their first reaction is to buy some gifts for their parents and brothers.At the beginning, I really just felt that it was a windfall, and it was a pleasure to spend it, but when I gave gifts with my own money, or the money I earned myself, it felt very different, and the sense of accomplishment was full. In their hearts, at that moment, it was rare that these two people who didn't care much about money in the past knew the joy of earning money by themselves for the first time, facing the two houses that they rebuilt and rented out They became concerned, and after the second month, when the money came into their hands again, they immediately did one thing, which was to take out all their private houses before, and then got together to prepare for Zhen Hui to take them with them. To buy a house, they have identified the great and profitable business of being a charterer, and they want to make their job as a charterer bigger and stronger.

If you want to buy a house, you will naturally have to get in touch with middle-aged people, and then you will naturally start to understand the price of houses in the capital, the differences in geographical location, and the price distinctions between good and bad buildings in various places. That is to say, in the process of buying a house, in fact, The two kids have been taught a lesson in vivid market prices.Even the details of the bricks, tiles, wood, and construction year were also told. Even if they listened passively, they were pulled out of the indifferent situation of the back house.

And in the process of looking at the house, they naturally heard the prices of goods and the people's livelihood in various places along the way, and they also knew the general price of hired labor such as laundry maids.All of this seems to have opened a door, allowing them to see a different world.It is not the elegance and elegance of the home, the wealth and splendor of other homes, or the vast mountains and plains in the suburbs, but the ordinary life of the ordinary people in the capital.

After each of them bought a small house and began to rent it out, which became their first property of their own, the two children began to mature unknowingly, and they looked like older children. The father of the two was deeply relieved.

And the first thing these two masters do after feeling relieved is to start teaching their children some housework, such as the situation of the farm, the shop, the annual profit, how it works, how to manage these things, so as not to be caught People cajole.This also let them know for the first time that even in such a noble and scholarly family like theirs, there are actually many things that were considered vulgar in the past, and they even thought about it a little more. The livelihood, to put it bluntly, is because these industries are constantly transfusing blood to the family, and the role of these industries cannot be ignored.

They were able to come to this realization so quickly, and of course they also played the role of Zhen Hui. When he was walking around with these two, he had already figured out the intentions of the two fathers, so he was naturally very cooperative and obedient. I started to tell some stories, so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so and so family, a nerd, who does not do production, only knows how to read, but the family's field was sold for a clean one, and in the end he actually relied on his old mother weaving and his daughter-in-law to wash clothes for a living, while he I actually don't do anything, I only know how to study, and from time to time I have to use the hard-earned money of these old mothers, wives and children to participate in some literary meetings, and in the end I can't even keep the ancestral house.His mother died of illness, his daughter-in-law returned to her natal home, and he himself lived on the streets, so he could only live in a temple in the end.Or whoever is so-and-so, unable to understand affairs, property and family business were cheated away, crying and complaining, even committing suicide, etc. Anyway, it was all these. Such a story touched the two children very much. At least from now on, they will never feel that the world is simple, and they can be carefree just by studying well.

In addition, Zhen Hui led the two children to watch an auction with bad intentions. They saw a lot of exciting things, but they didn't have the money to buy them. It was worrying, and I felt more and more that what Zhen Hui said was true, money is not everything, but without money, it is absolutely impossible.Therefore, in order to be able to buy the things you like, to live the life you want without any worries, and to manage the family business well, it is still necessary to earn more money.

At this time, Jia Jing finally ushered in his first rural examination.This time the township examination, not only Jia Jing and Jia Dairu, who took the exam, were nervous, but the whole Jia family actually valued it a lot, not for anything else, just because of so many children in the Jia family who were studying in the school, and Jia Dai. The high rewards announced in the ancestral hall also forced these Jia family members to regard this imperial examination as a way for their children to get ahead and the best plan for their own recovery.

On the contrary, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, Jia Daishan, who was known to have released his son to start dealing with common affairs, were also sent to Zhenhui's side and became Zhenhui's other two students.He also told Zhen Hui that he wanted Zhen Hui to help these two guys fight for the first pot of gold, and even the old guy was so stingy that he didn't even give him the most basic capital. To be a hawker?

Besides, this gentleman is really at a disadvantage!Zhen Hui looked up at the sky.Without Shuxiu, there is no benefit, and he has to accept the pressure and invisible threat of being higher than his father!What is this all about!With a few older children who are older than me but don't understand anything, is this the free preschool education by myself?Helping each of them earn money with 50 taels of capital, is this treating yourself as Shen Wansan?You think highly of yourself!