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Chapter 25 Chestnuts

This is the largest teahouse on Shuncheng Street, with people inside and outside. The storyteller tells a familiar story about visiting Zhuge three times to invite him to the cottage. Yan Xuehuai didn't know what to hear about.

But seeing Yu Min's eyes that brightened in the moment and those who were excited to listen to the teahouse, Yan Xuehuai could only sigh at her boredom.

There is only one empty table in the teahouse, which is relatively remote. It is not a good seat to listen to books, but it is suitable for chatting.

The three of them sat down. Yu Min generously asked for a pot of rain before the rain, and two were fresh. Because he had already said that he would treat him, Yan Xuehuai was not polite. After saying Mo Yu's purpose, he ate melon seeds and listened to the two of them.

Although Yu Min has not been a yarn for a long time, he is still very clear about the various laws issued by the yamen.

The new capital is indeed going to build an imperial palace, not just a palace, but a construction according to the old capital. The new capital is going to build an imperial city and a palace city.

At the north end of Huichang Street, after passing the intersection, you will walk twenty feet to build a city gate there. There are four cities with the same city gate, namely, east, west, south, north, and north. The inner part of the city gate is the imperial city, and the palace city is the palace city.

The piece of land where Mrs. Ye was dowed by Qiwu Street, and the location marked by the Ministry of Works was half of Qiwu Street in the palace city, and the other half was in the imperial city.

All the major officials have already received news that the land on Huichang Street will still increase in prices. As for the land in the imperial city, ordinary people don’t have to think about it. They can’t live in even if they have money. If they follow the rules of the old capital, officials above the third rank, as well as royal families and nobles are qualified.

All existing families within the imperial city, except the Fu Palace, have to be moved out.

There is internal news that the compensation method given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is calculated based on the shops and courtyards. Whether it is a five-in-large mansion or a small courtyard, no matter how many cross-yards there are in a yard, as long as there is a large gate, all of them are counted as one yard; whether it is a large restaurant with two or three floors on the front and back yards, or a small shop with only two tables on the bottom, as long as there is a roof, count as one shop.

Each yard is compensated for 200 taels and each shop is compensated for 100 taels.

Mrs. Ye owns the entire Qiwu Street, including eight shops and six courtyards, with a total compensation of 2,000 taels.

Yan Xuehuai was shocked.

Is this a robbery?

But then again, in the world, don’t return to the king’s land. In the eyes of the emperor, this is his place. Does he still have to pay for his own land?

Need not.

Now he is willing to give it to him, which is his virtuous and wise loves the people as much as his son.

Yu Min sighed and said, "Fortunately, Mrs. Ye's old house was not on Qiwu Street, otherwise it would be even more of a loss. This is the case with the Xu family. The Xu family's mansion is on Erdao Street, and Erdao Street is also classified into the imperial city. The Xu family's legitimate family has taken over three houses to occupy the east of Erdao Street. The ancestors of the Xu family insisted that each family would open another door. Even if they were separated, they would have to live together. The three houses walked through the same gate. Now, according to this compensation clause, the large house of the Xu family can only be calculated based on one yard, two hundred taels? It is not enough for hundreds of people in the Xu family to eat for a month."

With the Xu family for comparison, Mrs. Ye can be considered in good condition.

Yan Xuehuai linked what Yu Min said before and after, he discovered the problem.

"The staff from the Ministry of Works have come to inform Mrs. Ye, but they have not mentioned compensation. You said that this is a plan given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which means that so far, this is just a plan and has not been truly promulgated. Can it be changed?"

Yu Min slapped her thigh and gave a thumbs up at Yan Xuehuai: "Miss Yan, you are so awesome, you're all right."

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs has not approved it?" Yan Xuehuai asked.

Yu Min looked around, shrank his shoulders, and only exposed the part above his neck to the table, and the sound was extremely low.

"I heard that this matter was stuck with Duke Ding. Duke Ding refused to agree. As for why he did not agree, I don't know."

More than ten days apart, Yan Xuehuai must have heard the three words "Duke Dingguo".

After hearing so much, Mo Yu became more and more worried: "Now, except for two shops on Qiwu Street, the rest of the rest have been rented out. The Ministry of Works asked to move out as soon as possible. All of them are with their families. How could they move just by moving? The rent paid before must be returned. If you have a bad temper and dare not go to the government, you will cause trouble for us. It is inevitable that you will have to talk a little. The old lady is older and her health has been worse than before in recent years. What should I do?"

This is indeed a very difficult thing to do, not to mention that the compensation clause of the court has not been decided yet. If the final plan is not as good as the current one, it would be even more difficult.

Mo Yu sighed, and had no intention of staying here. He also found out if he wanted to inquire. Yan Xuehuai accompanied Mo Yu out of the teahouse, said goodbye to Yu Min, and left Shuncheng Street.

On the second floor of the teahouse, Jiao Ye withdrew his gaze against the railing.

His subordinate smiled and said, "Yu Sier is not like a prince wearing a dragon robe. Look at the long robe wearing him, it looks like a monkey wearing a hat."

"Who is following him? It's also from Shuncheng Street?" Jiao Ye picked up a candy-fried chestnut and carefully peeled off the shell.

"You said that old or that young?" asked his subordinate.

“Tell me all.”

Mr. Jiao put the peeled chestnut into his mouth, took a bite and spit it out again. The chestnut was not sweet!

"To be honest, I have never seen the old one before, but that young one has been to Shuncheng Street before. She was the one who invited Yu Sier to Huichang Street to be a middle-aged man. The woman in the Wang family and her man fell into her hands. She was not a man or a woman at all. She was just a little girl. She was young and had a southern accent. She thought she had escaped from the south."

Mr. Jiao frowned and pushed away the candy-fried chestnuts in front of him: "Old Tangtou's chestnuts are getting worse and worse. Ask him if he doesn't want to do it anymore. If he doesn't want to do it, just change his career!"

......

Yan Xuehuai returned to the shop, and Li Qiniang gave her a bowl of rock candy stewed pears: "Xinjing is too dry, you can drink one more bowl to moisten your throat."

Yan Xuehuai only drank soup but not pears. After drinking two bowls in one breath, Li Qiniang took a spoon and ate the remaining pears of her daughter, and asked, "By the way, what's the matter with the money you gave me? There were guests at that time, and I didn't have time to ask you."

Yan Xuehuai told Mrs. Ye about the fact that the old lady Ye had given silver to order food and that the Qiwu Street was transferred into the imperial city.

After hearing this, Li Qiniang could only sigh. Although she had never been to Qiwu Street, she could be classified into the imperial city, and the location must be good.

She has been in business, and the shops and houses on Qiwu Street are sold out in a single place. If it is estimated based on the house price in the old Beijing in the past, it will be 50,000 or 60,000 taels! You can even sell them in a low price.

But now that I am encircled into the imperial city and the palace city, this place is not my own.

Two thousand taels, not even enough money to buy bricks and tiles.
Chapter completed!
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