It was just after noon. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

The wind blowing from the north of the Yellow River brought a biting chill to the face.

This kind of weather is not suitable for going out of the city. However, Wu Haogu still called Lin Wancheng, and then followed the two brothers to ride a donkey out of Guzimen and arrived outside Kaifeng Mansion.

Guzi Gate is located on the west city wall of the outer city of Kaifeng Mansion, by the northeast position, to the north is the northwest water gate, is the mouth of the Jinshui River out of the city, not far to the south is Wansheng Gate, that is the place where the official car drives out of the city. Out of Wansheng Gate, not far away is Jinmingchi.

And the place where Wu Haogu, Guo Jing, Liu Wuji and Lin Wancheng are going today is actually near Jinmingchi, which is a Taoist temple located on the bank of the Bianhe River.

Incidentally, Kaifeng Province has a well-developed network of inland rivers that are connected to each other by the Moat (the moat of the outer city). The Jinming Pond is connected to the Bianhe River by an artificially dug river channel, and is also part of the water system of Kaifeng Fucheng.

The water system of Kaifeng Province consists of the boundary river between the Huai River, the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Song Liao River through the Bianhe River and the Grand Canal. As a result, a huge water transportation system was formed, which became the basis for supporting the economy of the Central Plains, and also created the prosperity of Kaifeng Prefecture.

However, the prosperity brought by water transportation also stopped at Kaifeng Province, due to sediment accumulation and river elevation, water transportation in the Central Plains area west of Kaifeng Province is very inconvenient. Therefore, the capital of the Great Song Empire was chosen in this big city surrounded by plains on all sides and without danger.

After more than a hundred years of prosperity and comfort, the forbidden army that originally defended Kaifeng Mansion has long been decayed and has reached the point of collapse. But the people who lived here, especially those who had lived with the Song Empire, were unaware of the consequences of the disarming of the city, and were simply enjoying the immediate prosperity.

The west of Kaifeng Mansion City is where this prosperous and extravagant place is most concentrated. After crossing the Molong River, gorgeous and elegant manors, villas, temples, and palaces come into view one after another, each of which is built with great care.

However, the price of these buildings for the rich and powerful is relatively cheap compared with the houses in the city - the houses in Kaifeng Mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty are also about location.

If calculated according to the unit price of area (floor area), the housing price in the inner city is the most expensive, and then the west of the city, the east of the city, the south of the city, the north of the city and the west of the city are the luxury residential gathering area.

Although the unit price of the mansion in the west of the city is cheap, the total price is not low, and there is basically no less than 30,000 yuan. And it's not convenient to live here, there is no market, and you have to walk for a long time in and out of Kaifeng Fucheng.

"Da Lang, I and Xiao Yi have both been to see that Taoist temple, although it is not big, but it is very exquisite, and it is not old, it was built during the Yuan You period."

While riding a donkey, Guo Jing said that it took half a month to find a Taoist temple for sale.

Of course, it is also a private "wild view", which originally belonged to the Gao family - in fact, it was Gao Yu's family, but Gao Yu is a Shuliu, and this Taoist temple belongs to the Gao family.

Gao Yu's Gao family generals (there were two Gao family generals in the Song Dynasty) and Ximen's family are actually fellow villagers, both of whom are from the Youzhou Yabing Group. However, there were two ancestors (Gao Ba, Gao Qian's father and son) who were sent by the Khitans to the Southern Tang Dynasty as envoys, but I don't know who assassinated an old one (Gao Ba), and the remaining one small one (Gao Qian) was placed in Bozhou by the Southern Tang Dynasty. Later, Gao Qian took refuge in Zhao Kuangyin and became a petty official, and his son Gao Qiong became a guard in Zhao Guangyi's mansion.

This kind of general, who has relatives in the Liao State, has more than one in the Great Song Dynasty. There is also a Zhao family general, who is actually a relative of the Zhao family, one of the four major families of Yanyun.

Their ancestors were the Later Tang generals Zhao Dejun and Zhao Yanshou father and son who surrendered and became traitors after being defeated by the Khitans!

At that time, Zhao Yanshou had a son named Zhao Kuangzan (later renamed Zhao Zan), who also surrendered with his father and ancestor and became a traitor, and later followed the Khitans to the south to conquer the Later Jin Dynasty and was appointed as the envoy of the Hezhong Festival. Zhao Yanshou was taken away when the Khitan returned to the north, but Zhao Kuangzan stayed in the river, surrendered to the Later Han, and later surrendered to the Later Zhou, and then surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty.

However, although the Zhao family Jiangmen and the Gao family Jiangmen have relatives in the Khitan, there is no correspondence between the relatives, otherwise the Great Song Dynasty would not be ignorant of the affairs of the Liao State to this point

Let's go back and say that the Gao family will be the gate, and in the Yingzong Dynasty, the Gao family will be the head of the Kaifeng Mansion because of a queen Gao Tao, and since then the power has risen sharply, and he has become the head of the nobles of Kaifeng Mansion.

However, after Emperor Zhezong came to power, the Gao family was rapidly weakened because of Empress Dowager Gao's position as the leader of the old party. Not only is it difficult to find an official as a high-ranking official of the Gao family, but even the generals of the Gao family have to sell their houses to maintain it.

"How much does the Gao family want?"

"It's not cheap," Guo Jing said, "but Xiao Yi and I have seen it and think it's acceptable." Because the title deed of this Taoist temple also includes a large area of open space around it, many osmanthus trees are now planted, and if some of them are cleared, they can also be used to build a calligraphy and painting hall. One piece of land can do two things. ”

"Yes," Liu Wuji also said, "There is the Bianhe River on the edge of that land, and there is a wharf where you can dock the painting boat." In this way, the relatives and nobles of Kaifeng Mansion can come by the painting boat. ”

"How big is the land?" Wu Haogu asked.

"A hundred and eighty acres in total!" Guo Jing smiled, "It's enough to build a house, even if you want to run a horse." ”

One hundred and eighty acres in Kaifeng City to get millions, if it is a little farther away from the city, it has to be priced according to ordinary agricultural land, at most a few hundred The most important thing in this real estate is the location!

"One hundred and eighty acres is not small." Wu Haogu nodded.

He is planning to develop a piece of land in the west of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the calligraphy and painting hall is only the first step. After that, he also wanted to build a "samurai painting school" near the calligraphy and painting hall.

If possible, Wu Haogu also wanted to encourage Song Huizong to move a large number of government-run schools such as Guozijian, Taixue, Wuxue, Medicine, Law, Kaifeng Fuxue, etc., out of Kaifeng Fucheng and to the west of the city.

In this way, a "college district" can be built in the west of the city, which will drive the sales of "school district houses".

The three of them walked forward as they spoke, and soon came to a Taoist temple hidden in a forest of osmanthus flowers.

This Taoist temple is called Baiyun Temple, and the scale is a bit small, but the building is extremely exquisite, revealing a strong atmosphere of wealth.

When Wu Haogu and the others arrived at Baiyun Temple, the Taoist Temple was deserted inside and outside, except for an old man who was guarding the door and Hua Manshan who arrived in advance, there was no one else, and there was no Taoist priest.

Obviously, this is a Taoist temple that has been abandoned, and I don't know who originally cultivated here.

Hua Manshan greeted Wu Haogu outside the Lingguan Hall of the Daoguan Mountain Gate (integrated with the Mountain Gate), and he arched his hand and said: "Dong Weng, the Gao family's high thorn history has something to do. ”

The current head of the Gao family is Gao Gongji, the assassin of Ningzhou, and he is currently sitting on a cold bench, there should be no big deal, maybe it is because he has no face to sell his ancestral property, so he didn't come, right?

"Can you take a look?"

"You can see it, you can see it." The old man who was with Hua Manlou replied in a loud voice.

This old man is about sixty years old, with gray hair, a very good complexion, wearing a somewhat faded cyan cotton robe, which is also more decent, it seems that he is an old servant of the Gao family, and he was arranged to retire here.

"The old man's surname." Wu Haogu got down from the donkey and asked politely.

"Don't be expensive, your surname is high."

Wu Haogu nodded, servants and the master's family name were also common in the Song Dynasty.

"Uncle Gao, can you take us to have a look?"

"Okay, come with me." Old man Gao made a solemn gesture, and then led the way in front and led Wu Haogu and the other three into the Taoist temple.

The inside of the temple is not very clean, the snow on the ground is very thick, and apparently no one has cleaned it. The doors and windows of the Sanqing Hall are closed, but most of the window paper is broken, and the paint is peeling off in many places.

"It's dilapidated," said the old man with a wry smile, "how many years have no one here, it's getting more and more dilapidated." ”

In fact, it is very expensive to maintain the villas, palaces and temples outside the city of Kaifeng Mansion, and the Jiangmen who fall in the middle of the family road can't afford it - there are many people in the Jiangmen family, and if the business is not lawful, it will weaken quickly.

To operate the gate, the best way is to do business, such as the Pan family has Pan Lou and the Pan family gold and silver silk silk shop, so in order to keep the wealth for a long time.

The Gao family's industry is mainly land, and their income is limited, so it will be difficult to maintain it once they lose political power.

However, the hard days of the Gao family will soon come to an end, once Emperor Zhezong dies and the Empress Dowager is in the court, the Gao family will definitely be reused.

Passing through the Lingguan Palace, Wu Haogu followed the old man Gao to a main shrine, and found that it was empty, there were no statues of gods, and there were no murals on the surrounding walls.

According to the ordinary layout of the Taoist temple, most of the Lingguan Hall at the entrance is dedicated to Wang Lingguan, which is used to guard the mountain gate. Behind the Lingguan Hall is the main shrine, and the offerings are different everywhere, depending on what gods you believe. Behind the main shrine is generally the Sanqing Palace, which is dedicated to the highest god in the Taoist system - the Sanqing Zun God.

"Third brother, Xiao Yi," Wu Haogu stopped in the empty main shrine and said to Guo Jing and Liu Wuji who followed him, "How about enshrine the painting immortals here?" ”

"Painting immortals?"

Guo Jing and Liu Wuji were stunned, haven't they heard of this immortal?

Could it be that Wu Daozi became an immortal?

Or are you Wu Haogu yourself a painter of immortals?

Seeing that the two good brothers didn't speak, Wu Haogu just smiled faintly: "That's it, let's change this place to a painting immortal view, and I will also paint a mural of eighty-seven immortals in this hall to worship the painting immortal, and then enshrine the sculpture of the painting immortal." ”