Li Yanqing soon knew why Li's firm chose Lianchi Road, because Li Dongdong's home was here. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Yanqing knew some things that Li Dongdong never wanted to say, Li Dongdong actually joined the Liu family, and his two sons and daughters were surnamed Liu, not surnamed Li, no wonder he never refused to bring them back to his hometown, could it be that his father was secretive about this matter, and now Li Yanqing finally understood.

The previous grain business house was not so much Li Dongdong's shareholding, but the Liu family's shareholding, all the ways to sell grain were provided by the Liu family, and had nothing to do with Li Dongdong, the old patriarch did not tell him, and his father Li Daqi never refused to disclose it.

In a warehouse next to the river, Li Dongdong put wine for Li Yanqing to wash the dust, he poured a glass of wine for Li Yanqing, sighed and said: "I got 3,000 yuan for the dissolution of the grain bank before, plus the 1,000 yuan I received before, and I got a total of 4,000 yuan before and after, but I only got 1,000 yuan of this 4,000 yuan myself, and the other 3,000 yuan were taken away by the Liu family."

That Qiaotou wine shop is my father-in-law with two thousand yuan plate, originally called Tianbo Tavern, was renamed the old Liu family restaurant, black-hearted and slaughtered customers, the old drinkers were all scared away, and now the loss is a mess, yesterday Liu Da said to give me a plate, as long as 500 yuan, I will believe it, the result? ”

"It turned out to be just luring you over?"

Li Dongdong shook his head, "It's not to lure me, Liu Da really wants to sell the restaurant, and it only costs five hundred yuan, but he has additional conditions, he wants to give him my mosquito coil and mosquito repellent formula together, I don't want to, he will buy and sell it by force, lock me in the cellar, and say that I will collect the body in ten days!" ”

Li Yanqing asked puzzledly, "How does he know about mosquito coils and mosquito repellent?" ”

"Isn't it my family's so-called filial piety?"

Li Dongdong said hatefully: "Last year, I worked hard to make it, but it was already cold, so I had to save some inventory to sell this year, but the Hun family secretly took a little for her father, and the old money immediately realized that he could make a lot of money, so he came to me every day, saying that he was going to return the money to me, and promised to restore my son to the surname Li, I didn't believe him at all."

Later, he had an illness and had no energy to take care of this matter, so he told his son about it, and as a result, his two sons did everything they could to coerce me, as you can see today. ”

Li Yanqing looked up at the room and asked with a smile, "This is the former grain warehouse, right?" ”

"The rent of this warehouse is paid every two years, we only paid it at the beginning of last year, and it will not be due until this time next year, your father's opinion, the new Li family trading house is still here first, and the water transportation here is very convenient, but ...... I'm kind of tempted to change places. ”

"Are you worried about the Liu brothers?"

Li Dongdong nodded, "If I use this place as a warehouse, the stored goods will disappear overnight, and I can't afford this loss." ”

Speaking of this, Li Dongdong drank all the wine in the cup, shot a resolute look in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "I, Li Dongdong, will never be the shadow of the Liu family, I want to do my own career, and the Liu family wants to control me again!" ”

Li Dongdong's idea is exactly what Li Yanqing wants, although he only arrived in the capital yesterday, but he also understands some of the most basic common sense, the mosquito coils and mosquito repellent liquid they want to make belong to the mid-range industry, and he dare not say that he will open a store in Yujie, but at least it must be in a slightly better area.

The environment here is really bad, and most of the people who live there are low-level people, who would rather buy moxa rope for two cents a piece than sell mosquito coils for five cents a plate, not to mention that he wants to make soap, toothpaste and other products in the future.

"Where are you going to set up shop?"

"I found a shop, in Xinqiao, near Taixue, which belongs to the front shop and the back shop, I wanted to wait for your father to come back and discuss it, but since you have arrived in the capital, then it is up to you to decide."

Li Yanqing smiled happily: "It's not noon yet, let's go and see it now!" ”

"You..... Aren't you going to see your father's house? ”

Li Yanqing's expression was a little unnatural, of course he understood what Li Dongdong meant, and he also got the news from Li Dayin not long ago, when his father was in Anyang, there was a woman by his side, who was a widow, although he did not marry, but he had been with him for three years, a native of Bashu Jianzhou, which was also the reason why his father wanted to go to Bashu.

The old family owner Li Wenyou knew about this matter, Li Dongdong knew, and his partner Li Yanbiao knew, but he was the only one who was kept in the dark, of course, Li Yanqing also understood why his father wanted to hide himself, he was afraid that he would oppose it.

Li Yanqing was indeed very angry when he knew about it, but he was not angry that there was another woman next to his father, he could fully understand that his father really needed a woman to take care of him, but why did his father hide himself, and he also concealed it for three whole years, Li Yanqing was really dissatisfied with this.

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said, "Let's go and see the store first!" ”

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Tianbo Bridge is in the northwest of Bianjing, while Xinqiao is in the south of Bianjing, south of Caihe, only two miles away from Bianjing's most prosperous Royal Street, this area has two washers, and is one of the four major commercial centers in Bianjing.

Li Dongdong's favorite store is located in the north of Xinqiaotou, which has more than 200 shops in this area, and is very popular, which is an excellent market for opening a store.

"This shopkeeper was my old boss when I first came to the capital, surnamed Wan, and we are also from Xiangzhou, my hometown is in Anyang County, when he opened a tavern near the New Song Gate, and later he sold the tavern, and bought this shop in Xinqiao to do fat powder business, and has been doing it for almost ten years.

"After ten years, why does he want to sell the store?"

"Ten years ago, his only son committed a capital crime, in order to save his son, he sold the prosperous restaurant, up and down, the eldest son finally changed from a capital crime to exile in Lingnan for ten years, and the rest of the money he bought this shop, two months ago came the news, his son was drunk in his hometown, fell into the river and died, the two old people were very sad, they didn't want to do business, sold the store, and went back to their hometown to buy land to accompany their son to the end of his life."

Li Yanqing nodded, and asked again, "How much does he offer?" ”

"The price is three thousand yuan, or two thousand five hundred taels of silver, which is sold together with the land and house, covering an area of one acre, this price is really very cheap."

"How cheap is it?"

"Let me tell you so! More than ten acres of beautiful houses, the location is a little better, then it will cost 100,000 yuan, ordinary one acre of land houses, a good lot of 10,000 yuan, Xinqiao at least five or six thousand. ”

Li Yanqing was taken aback, "Wouldn't it be only half the price to sell for three thousand guan?" ”

"Yes! As far as I know, he bought this shop from a relative for 2,800 guan ten years ago, and he basically sold it at the original price, and I think this fat powder sign alone is worth thousands of kan. ”

Li Yanqing really doubted in his heart, where would this kind of pie fall from the sky?

Li Dongdong misunderstood, thinking that Li Yanqing was worried about whether the store would be sold, so he hurriedly said: "I came to see it yesterday, the old proprietor was good to me, he promised to keep it for me for five days, and I was waiting for your father to make a decision." ”

Li Yanqing didn't want to explain, so he asked with a smile: "Then did Brother Dong buy a house by himself?" ”

Li Dongdong was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Where can I afford it, I have been renting a house, the first was to rent a dilapidated house of my father-in-law, with a monthly rent of two yuan, and then I changed to rent a house for shop housework, that is, public housing, I opened a tea shed to pay taxes and pay more money for errands, and was designated as a fourth-class household, and I can rent two public houses with a monthly rent of 860 yuan." ”

Li Yanqing also knew a little bit about the situation, the household registration of the Great Song Dynasty was divided into rural households and fangkuo households, which was equivalent to the urban household registration and rural household registration in later generations.

However, whether it is urban or rural, the household grade is assessed according to property, rural property refers to farmland, urban property refers to real estate, the more property the higher the grade, the more taxes will naturally be paid, and the more money will be exempted from military service.

Li Daqi did not pay taxes when he was most destitute because he had no land, and the typical proletariat, not only did not have to pay land taxes, but even the annual exemption money was the lowest, which was regarded as a kind of welfare for the poorest people in the imperial court.

But from ancient times to the present, the concept of wealth of Chinese is very important, especially in the Song Dynasty, rural people are keen to buy land, urban people are keen to buy houses, mainly because there are many children, so we must accumulate more wealth so that future generations can live a better life.

But the more property there is, the more taxes and exemptions there are, which is a heavy burden for all families.

In order to buy more houses and pay less taxes, people in the city try their best to hide real estate, the most typical way is to make a yin and yang contract, report to the government with a fake contract, and try to reduce the number of real estate.

But the risk of doing so is also very great, Xiangguo Lu Huiqing implemented the 'hand practice law', requiring each household to declare according to the truth, and encouraging neighbors to expose: 'Those who are not instruments, fields and valleys and hide are promised, and if there is a truth, three points will be rewarded'.

Once the hidden property is revealed, the hidden property will be confiscated and auctioned, and the whistleblower can receive a 30% reward.

So the best way is to study and become an official, and you can be exempt from tax and exempt from military service if you are admitted to the exam, what is the golden house in the book, this is what it means, why the people of the Song Dynasty desperately sent their children to study, and they were keen to test for fame, which has very realistic interest considerations.

However, the population density of Bianjing has far exceeded that of the international metropolises of later generations, and it has to be managed extremely strictly, without which it can accommodate a population of nearly two million.

Bianjing first also looks at real estate, in Bianjing there is a property called the main household, no real estate is called the customer, that is, the floating population, the main household has no restrictions, as many houses as there are to live, as long as there is no tax evasion.

However, the restrictions on customers are extremely strict, not that you can rent a few rooms if you want to rent a few rooms, the imperial court first classed customers into five classes, and each class of customers has a prescribed housing standard.

When migrants first arrive in Bianjing, they are initially considered to be fifth-class households, and each family is only allowed to rent one room.

If you want to live in a few more rooms, you have to open a shop and pay taxes, the bigger the store opens, the more taxes you pay, the higher the level of certification, if you really can't open a small tea shed, the government will certify you as a fourth-class household, you can live in two rooms, but the household tax and exemption money will also be doubled.

Therefore, most of the low-level families can only live in one room, and the imperial court has built a large number of public houses for rent, with a monthly rent of 430 wen per room, but the minimum monthly income of a family is 3,000 wen, so they are basically affordable.

Otherwise, with every inch of land in Bianjing, how can there be a place for the people at the bottom? If there is more than one house in violation of the law, once it is reported, the public rental housing will be disqualified, and the private housing will be severely fined to the landlord, so that the landlord will lose more than he gains.

Of course, the living conditions of public rental housing are not very good, crowded and noisy, the environment is dirty, if you want to live better, then go to rent a private house, although the rent is a little more expensive, but the landlord has many ways to make up for it, such as a large room, usually with a curtain or a screen to become two rooms.

Another example is the courtyard, if the population is large, you can set up a tent in the courtyard, and the comfort is not the same as that of public rental housing.

Of course, shops are not within the scope of restrictions, you can rent shops to live, but the rent is just ten times a month, ordinary people can't afford it, why should really rich people rent shops to live, buy a house directly and become the main household, there are no restrictions.

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At this time, Li Dongdong approached Li Yanqing a little closer, and said with a smile: "You are Xiangzhou Xie Yuan, you can be rated as a first-class household, I mean that if you rent the house with your own identity, your father can live in five rooms, as for you!" You can live in Taixue, and the accommodation conditions in Taixue are much better than outside. ”

"How many rooms does my father live in now?"

"He didn't stay in Bianjing for a long time, and he first defaulted to a fifth-class household, and he could only live in one room, but he rented a private house, and the conditions were slightly better."

The two talked and walked, and soon came to the new bridge, the new bridge is a stone bridge across Caishui, Caishui is also called Huimin River, the south bank of Caishui is a dense school area, including Taixue, Guozixue, martial arts, arithmetic and other schools, as well as the Guozijian in charge of the education of the Great Song Dynasty are on the south bank of Caishui, and there are tens of thousands of students living in this area.

The north bank of Caishui is a famous business district, Bianjing has four major commercial centers, there are two here, namely Yujie East Commercial District and Yujie West Commercial District, there are as many as six large tile houses, and Xinqiao is located in the Yujie West Business District.

The street opposite Xinqiao is called Xinmen Street, there are dense residential houses on both sides of Xinmen Street, and the business is mainly concentrated in the vicinity of Xinqiao, there are more than 200 shops of all kinds, restaurants, brothels, guanpu shops, inns, foot shops, silver shops and various shops, there are everything, and the signboard banners are hung all over the street.

"That's it ahead!" Li Dongdong pointed to the front and smiled.

Li Yanqing also saw it, and hung a wooden signboard with a palace-like building carved on it, with the word Moon Palace written next to it, and the word fat powder was mottled for a long time, so it was no longer clear to see.

Under the sign is a tiled shop, with bungalows on both sides, the shop door is about a zhang wide, which can only be considered medium in this area, and the store is slightly dilapidated, as if it has not been repaired for many years.

The experience of the two generations told Li Yanqing that the shops with booming business generally have to be repaired about every two or three years, and the more they are repaired, the better the business will be, forming a virtuous circle, and the dilapidated shops are often a manifestation of the bleak business.

There are at least one or two hundred fat powder shops in the capital, and each store has its own brand, so that the dilapidated shops can enter the top ten?

Li Yanqing felt that the water in it was too large, and at most he would do business with nearby residences, but Li Yanqing was very satisfied with this area, and it would look at the area, if there was really an acre of land, then he could indeed consider it. Of course, it's just a consideration.

Listening to the description in Li Dongdong's words, this old couple has lived in the capital for at least twenty years, and is they still businessmen, anyone with a little brains will sell their wealth worth five or six thousand guan at half price? I also gave away a store for free.

Li Yanqing felt that this was definitely not as beautiful as Li Dongdong said, let's take a look and talk about it!