The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

Zeng Yan took the wet kerchief handed over by Baimei and wiped off his sweat, and said, "The houses and shops in the east and west directions of Fucheng City are basically monopolized by the aristocratic families in Lingnan, and it is almost impossible for other people to buy houses in these two places. If there is no play, at most it can only be rented.”

This is like a circle of aristocratic families. It is impossible for outsiders to integrate into it. The aristocratic families in Lingnan are particularly exclusive.

The area of ​​Lingnan Mansion City is not large, and the land in the east and west of the city is limited in size, and every piece of land they give up is less than one piece of land. Maybe this is also the reason for the grouping of this aristocratic family.

Speaking of this, Xia Jing remembered that they had been in Lingnan for a while, and when she wanted to buy some houses and shops in the city, it seemed that most of them only wanted to rent rather than sell.

At that time, she didn't think much about it, she just pretended that she didn't meet the right one.

Thinking about it now, it was the reason for Zeng Yan's investigation.

It may be xenophobia, or it may be that they are not short of money at all.

Xia Jing thought of another question, and asked again: "It's not too much to say that these aristocratic families are local tycoons. Are they all involved in maritime trade?"

Zeng Yan nodded: "Yes, the big families have their own ships or fleets, and the smaller families share a ship. If they go to sea, the families in Lingnan will form a fleet and set off together, probably because of their interests. That’s why we are so united.”

"Sea boat~"

Xia Jing fell into deep thought, this is an industry with both high risks and high profits.

"Wang Concubine, which house does Uncle take a fancy to, do you want us to go to the Palace to say hello?"

Zeng Yan felt that Prince Qian's Mansion was the largest in Lingnan, and he believed that which house his uncle liked, as long as he told him, they would not dare to lose face to Prince Qian's Mansion.

Xia Jing shook her head, "No, go and get me a map of Fucheng. Forget it, I'll go to the prince's study to check it myself."

Zeng Yan had doubts in his eyes, wondering what Xia Jing wanted the map for?Seeing that she said to go to the study, he didn't ask.

Xia Jing said she was going to the study, and she didn't delay any longer, she got up and took them to the front office together.

In the study, whether it was King Qian or the two gentlemen, they were very surprised at how the princess came to the study on her own initiative today.

Xia Jing felt their eyes from the moment she entered the door, and asked with a smile, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Without waiting for their answer, he asked self-consciously: "Do you have a map of Fucheng here? Let me borrow it."

King Qian asked casually, "What do you want the map for?"

Xia Jing found an empty seat and sat down, took the round fan in Hongmei's hand, fanned the wind, and said honestly: "I think the city is a bit small, I want to see the map, and I plan to expand two more streets, or by the way The government office has also moved there."

King Qian was dumbfounded, ". Expand two streets? Relocate the government office? Princess, do you know what you are talking about?"

Xia Jing turned her head to look at him, nodded with a smile, "I know, I think what I said is not wrong, you see this mansion is old and dilapidated, and the place is small, isn't the relocation in line with the times?"

After hearing this, Mr. Zhang really looked at the study seriously, "It is indeed too dilapidated and not worthy of the status of a prince. The princess wants to relocate the government office and expand two streets, but it needs a lot of money. Your money Where will the money come from?"

Xia Jing only has this idea for the time being, but she hasn't thought about how to operate it, "These are for later, please find the map first and show me."

She remembered that later generations expanded the city, and the government moved office buildings. Didn't the area prosper wherever it was moved?The same is true for bases in the last days, which are often scrapped.

King Qian glanced at Anu, and Anu immediately understood, took out a roll from the bookcase, took out the map from the roll, and slowly unfolded it on the table.

The map includes the mountains near Fucheng, and the center is the plan of the city.

"Seriously, this prefecture is really small. Is this area a wasteland?" Xia Jing pointed to an open space in the north of the city.

Mr. Zhang looked at the area, and he happened to know about it, so he replied: "The east is rich and the west is rich, and the south is poor and the north is cheap. According to the distribution of other towns, this area should be a poor area with mixed people. But Lingnan has a special geographical location. Because the land is so vast and sparsely populated that even the townspeople can’t fill it up, most of the civilians and the poor live in the southern part of the city, so the part of the northern part of the city has been vacant, and now most of it has become a vegetable field for nearby residents, or some shanty houses live there.”

"Oh, just right, if the vegetable fields or squatter households don't have title deeds, the land will be taken back to the government. Except for the land built by the government government, I will buy other places." Xia Jing estimated the area in her heart.

Mr. Zhang swallowed, and asked in disbelief: "Princess, are you really planning to move the government office there?"

Xia Jing stared at him, and said solemnly: "Of course, you can't be joking about this matter. This place faces south, which is absolutely good feng shui. I believe that the government office is located there, and it will be smooth and prosperous."

"Pfft!" Mr. Zhang couldn't help laughing, he looked helplessly at King Qian, and said to Xia Jing, "I hope you will realize your wish as soon as possible."

Xia Jing put away the map and sighed, "I haven't written anything about this matter yet. It's too early. I have to buy this piece of land first, and plan to build a house there for my parents to live in."

King Qian will come to his senses now, "You asked me to move the mansion there, isn't it just to let us live there to be companions with your natal family?"

Xia Jing nodded without hesitation: "Yes, there is a reason for this."

King Qian really couldn't understand her brain circuit, so he asked: "If you want to be close to your mother's house, you can just find a house next to the government office and buy it for them. You don't need to make such trouble!"

"Hey!" Xia Jing sighed, "You don't know, my elder brother has been looking for a house in the city for a few days, but no one is willing to sell it if there is a suitable one, and the house that is willing to sell is too small, so far he has not found a place to live. "

"How is it possible? Fucheng is not big, but it is not small. How can it be impossible to find a suitable house." King Qian obviously didn't believe it.

Xia Jing pointed at Zeng Yan, "I don't even bother to say, butler, tell your master what's going on!"

Zeng Yan bowed his head in response, and then repeated the findings of the investigation.

Everyone was just surprised when they heard this, and then they could understand that whoever is willing to sell the property if they don't need money is a prodigal!
Among the people sitting in the room, Xia Jing may not understand the thinking of the ancients.

For the ancients, there is no special reason for the property purchased by the family. Even if it is vacant there, they will not think about selling it, because selling the property properly is considered a prodigal to outsiders, and only prodigals will sell it Ancestral industry.

King Qian came to Lingnan, but it can only be said that it was too late, the industry in Lingnan was basically divided up by the family.

But Xia Jing's idea is not wrong. Since the east and west of the city are divided up by the aristocratic family, they will rebuild the north of the city and turn it into their own territory.

King Qian wants to support, but he has no money!

Now raising less than troops is a headache for him, and any further construction will kill him.

Xia Jing didn't know what they were thinking, and urged Mr. Zhang to complete the land deed in the north of the city.

Mr. Zhang smiled helplessly, "Princess, the entire south of Lingnan belongs to the prince. Whatever you want to build in the north of the city, you can just build it directly. There is no need to apply for a land deed."

Xia Jing shook her head, "I have the land deed in my hand, and I have confidence in my heart. Since it is my own territory, then give me the land deed without giving money."

"This..." Mr. Zhang looked at King Qian.

King Qian waved his hand, and Anu bowed his head and left the study.

Not long after, Anu came back with a land deed.

King Qian took a look at the land deed, handed it to Xia Jing, and said with a smile: "My princess, here it is!"

Aunt Xia glanced at him suspiciously, pulled the title deed over, checked that there was no problem, and handed over the title deed to Hongmei for safekeeping.

She thanked King Qian: "Thank you, I'm fine, I won't bother you, I'll go back first."

"Princess, please wait a moment."

Xia Jing was about to get up, when she heard the words, she sat back and looked at King Qian: "What's the matter?"

King Qian coughed, "Well, what do you think about the matter in Bingzhangfang?"

Xia Jing looked at him suspiciously, "Isn't this case closed? What else can I think?"

"It's just that the clues are broken, the investigation can't go on, and the case has not been closed."

"Oh, so do you have any suspects?"

This case was nothing more than cutting corners and shoddy workmanship. In fact, it can reflect the current corruption in the imperial court from another aspect, which is very common.

King Qian said angrily: "It's nothing more than the actions of interest groups. Only these aristocratic families in Lingnan can influence the government's actions."

After hearing what he said, Xia Jing slightly raised her eyebrows, and asked, "Since there is a suspect, what are you going to do?"

King Qian asked Xia Jing because he didn't know what to do, and now Xia Jing asked him what to do, which made him feel a little better, "It's just a suspicion, and there is no evidence, what can I do?"

Xia Jing could see that King Qian was in a bad mood. His indecisive nature made her shake her head and said, "You are the king of Lingnan now, and this land in Lingnan is your territory. You have soldiers and power in your hands. Who are you afraid of?"

"If you want me to say, as long as you have doubts, no matter whether he has any evidence, just choose a family and copy it, kill chickens to make an example, and show Lingnan these forces your attitude!"

King Qian looked at her in shock, "Is this okay? I don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

Xia Jing sneered, and looked at him with contemptuous eyes, "Don't pretend to be kind in front of me, this concubine knows what kind of person you are, and my suggestion is here, you can listen to it or not."

After finishing speaking, Xia Jing left the study without caring about the others.

The swaying door at the door indicated that the princess was angry just now.

Mr. Zhang looked at King Qian, and said in a gloating tone, "My lord, you made the princess angry!"

King Qian's expression was very innocent, "What I said just now is not wrong, why is she angry?"

Mr. Zhang couldn't bear it anymore, and decided to expose him, "My lord, what you said just now, it seems that you are very kind, and the princess is very vicious, can she not be angry?"

"Ah? My king doesn't mean that."

Mr. Yan, who was sitting next to him and kept silent, covered the corners of his slightly raised mouth with a fan, and said something fair, "Actually, what the princess said is right. If you want to gain a foothold in Lingnan, you have to make an example of one thing and make them afraid." You, what you do later will have less resistance."

King Qian was still stubborn, "There is no evidence that we are going to steal other people's homes, we can't stand."

This time, the corners of Mr. Yan's slightly hooked lips flattened, and he said seriously: "My lord, first of all, you have to be clear that there is no innocent family in this world. They violated the law and discipline, annexed land, concentrated wealth, bullied the weak, and forced the good people to become lowly." Each of these piles is a history of blood and tears of the common people, so there is no way they are innocent!"

If you want to raid the house, there are a lot of crimes in the aristocratic family, so do you need to go out of your way to find evidence?
King Qian frowned, thought for a long time, and seemed to compromise: "Then which one do you think we should copy?"

Mr. Zhang raised his eyebrows, "The prince sees who is not happy, so we can copy whichever one we want."

With this casual tone, King Qian looked at him in surprise, "Is that okay?"

Mr. Yan coughed, "Well, of course we have to evaluate it. The so-called persimmons are only picky and soft. If we want to copy this time, we can't choose one with too strong family background, for fear that the trouble will be out of control; No deterrent effect."

King Qian turned his eyebrows and asked tentatively, "You mean the Lou family?"

On the second day, after breakfast, Xia Jing left the city with her guards, inspected the progress of land reclamation, and rushed back to the city before noon.

It wasn't long before I entered the city, but I found that the street was busier than usual today, so I felt strange and asked Hongmei, "What day is it today?"

Could it be some festival in Lingnan?
Hongmei opened the curtain and looked outside, then shook her head: "I didn't hear about it, it should not be a festival, but something happened."

The carriage drove all the way, and the farther it went, the more people there were.

Not long after, Ye Fei stepped forward on his horse, "Princess, my subordinates have found out that Lou's family was stolen by the prince."

Hearing this, Xia Jing was surprised, "He really copied someone else's house."

Seeing his performance yesterday, she thought he was really going to play a qualified holy father.

Tsk tsk, man!

Ye Fei looked enviously in front of him, "It's run by the prince's guards."

Xia Jing lifted the curtain and told him, "Send someone to inquire about how much money the Lou family has."

Ye Fei clasped his fists: "Yes, this subordinate will make arrangements now."

In the afternoon, when Xia Jing woke up from her afternoon nap, Ye Fei handed over the news.

The Lou family stole 50 taels of real gold and silver. If the property such as the shop farm and the servant's house were used for the silver, the total would be a million dollars.

Xia Jing thinks that the fastest way to get rich in the world is to search the house.

How much did she earn by taking her personal guards to suppress the bandits? This time, the family ransacked a huge sum of millions. How many bandits would she have to suppress to reach this amount?
It is believed that one party's tyrants will fall, and the hidden households relying on the Lou family will be exposed again. When the autumn tax is collected, it will be able to collect a lot of tax money for the government.

King Qian's action can be said to kill two birds with one stone, and he has gained a lot!
"Ding Dazhuang and the others have been out for quite a while, but did you get a letter back?"

Hongmei shook her head, "There should be no news. If there is news, Captain Ye will notify you as soon as possible."

Xia Jing nodded, thinking about it, she must have been stimulated by the huge amount of money that King Qian spent in confiscating the house when she asked such nonsense today.

"You will tell Ye Fei later, let him tell me as soon as he has news about Ding Dazhuang and the others, and let him send someone to find out about them."

"Yes."

Hongmei responded, turned around and sent a message to Ye Fei.

Xia Jing thought for a while and asked Baimei to go to the inn to send a message to Xia's family, telling them about the house and so on.

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