Datang: Li Er, are you teaching me how to do things?

Chapter 47

There are about 50 to 60 people in Chang'an City, and there are also several 10 people outside Chang'an City.

These people were farming outside the city of Chang'an, or established workshops to produce daily necessities for the wealthy people in Chang'an.

This is relatively common in later generations, and there are usually satellite cities next to big cities in later generations.

These satellite cities provide services to the big cities, and even carry some polluting industries that the big cities don't need.

The same is true outside Chang'an City. There are more farmers in the north of the city, and the terrain there is flatter.

The south of the city is connected to Xiangcheng, and the goods in the entire Jiangnan are imported from there, and there are many small workshops and warehouses.

There are also many farmers in the east of the city, and there are more people in these three directions.

Relatively speaking, there are more open spaces in the west of the city because troops are constantly marching westward.

This time Li Yun was going to the west of the city. He had already sent his subordinates to investigate, and he also took a fancy to a manor. Now he was going to negotiate the price.

Today's weather is fair, neither hot nor cold, cool.

On the carriage, Li Yun closed his eyes to rest, Fang Yiyu opened his eyes wide, looking at Li Yun with a blushing face.

The two sat facing each other, and there were two maids sitting beside them.

"Do you have any new poems?"

"No, I'm busy with things now, where can I find time to write poetry?"

Fang Yiyu nodded, "Then what are you taking me to see?"

"Look how to buy things."

The two chatted one after another, and the two maids were full of vigilance, exchanging glances from time to time, both of them actually had doubts.

Li Yun was in the same carriage as Fang Yiyu, apparently for some reason, but Li Yun didn't do anything special in the end.

On the contrary, he closed his eyes and looked impatient, while Fang Yiyu was full of interest.

People who didn't know thought that Li Yun didn't like Fang Yiyu, and Fang Yiyu took the initiative to pursue Li Yun?
The two little maids are actually smart people, otherwise they would not have been chosen by their companions to enter the carriage.

The two exchanged eyes for a moment, and then they both came to a conclusion, that is, Li Yun was advancing with retreat.

Seeing Fang Yiyu's active appearance, both of them felt that Li Yun's rank was too high, and Fang Yiyu was no match at all.

Not long after, the carriage left Chang'an City and arrived in front of a large manor in the west of the city.

This manor is very large, about 300 meters long from front to back, and the long walls make people think that this is the mansion of a duke and marquis.

Fang Yiyu said with emotion: "This yard is so big."

Li Yun smiled, "How much do you think this yard can sell for?"

"do not know."

"If it is in Chang'an, such a yard can be sold for 1 guan, which can support an army of [-] people for a year."

"so much……"

Li Yun nodded, "Such a large courtyard is rare even in Chang'an, but now it's outside Chang'an City, the price of this courtyard is much lower, and I can pay up to a thousand guan."

One thousand guan is 100 million yuan, which is half a month's income of Li Yun's perfume.

Fang Yiyu's calculations are not bad, and he quickly realized, "It's ten times less, how can it be so much less?"

"Because this yard is just a big place. Other than that, it has no advantages. The yard is averagely built, and there are not many good things inside. There are many mountains here, and it's not even convenient for planting."

Fang Yiyu nodded thoughtfully.

Soon after, Li Yun saw the official family of this compound.

The owner of this compound has surrounded so many lands, so he is obviously not an ordinary person, so naturally he will not have an interview with Li Yun in person. At this time, it is popular to send servants to negotiate business matters.

"Young master, I think you already know the situation of our yard, how much does the young master plan to pay?"

"Five hundred strings."

After Li Yun finished speaking, Fang Yiyu was startled, and looked at Li Yun in disbelief.

The one thousand guan that was agreed just now is now cut in half.

The official family is a man in his 50s, fair and clean, with a slightly fat body. He looks like a pampered person, and he probably hasn't been on the front line for a long time.

His eyes widened. Due to self-cultivation, he didn't chase people away directly.

However, his tone became much colder, "My lord, are you kidding? My master's yard is so spacious, how could it be possible to buy five hundred guan. If it is in Chang'an, at least [-] guan."

Li Yun smiled, "The housekeeper also knows that it is in Chang'an. Let me ask the housekeeper, is this Chang'an? Your mansion has such a yard, besides giving money every month to support the family, what is the use of it?"

The housekeeper shook his head, "This yard is huge, and there are many things that can be done, such as workshops, or farming."

"The butler is underestimating me. There are mountains to the west of Chang'an. After digging, there are rocks. Where can I plant them?"

"Then it's okay to do workshops."

"There are so many workshops in the south of Chang'an City, and there are some in the east of the city, but there are very few in the west of the city. Does the housekeeper know why?"

The housekeeper shook his head, "It's just that I don't want to come to the west of the city, what other reason can I have?"

"No, it's not because you don't want to come. The main reason is that it's inconvenient. It's not easy to transport the materials needed to build a workshop in the west of the city, and there are no matching products nearby, so few people are willing to come to the west of the city."

Li Yun paused for a moment, and then said: "Even if some small workshops come here to rent a house out of greed, they are just small workshops. The yard of your mansion is so big that there is no need for small workshops at all."

What Li Yun meant was that there was nothing to do here, no planting, and no idea about building large workshops, so we could only transfer some small workshops.

However, the small workshop does not need such a large house, so if there is no accident, this house will not be sold at all.

The butler glanced at Li Yun, his face changed slightly, his chest heaved, obviously angry, but he wanted to refute, but he couldn't say anything.

"The five hundred guan is too little, we are giving you money at a loss."

Li Yun nodded, "Then add a little, how about six hundred guan?"

The housekeeper shook his head, "It's still too little, my master gave me two thousand strings."

Li Yun laughed, "Mr. Steward, your master must be a noble person, at most they know the housing prices in Chang'an's neighborhoods close to the imperial palace. Does your master really know the situation here?"

"As a servant, you should remind your master, not to mention two thousand guan, even a thousand guan will not be sold."

"This manor is useless. In such a big yard, there must be hundreds of servants. Is it really interesting that you spend money to support these servants every month?"

The housekeeper thought for a while, "Young master, wait a moment, I'll go back and talk to the master."

"An hour, I can wait for an hour at most, and I want to go into the yard to have a look."

"can."

The housekeeper then asked Li Yun to take a tour inside, and then left in a hurry.

Fang Yiyu asked curiously: "This...is this a bargain?"

Li Yun nodded, "There is wisdom here. Bargaining is the same as negotiating. The most important thing is never to reveal your bottom line."

"Then will he sell it?"

"Yes, you just wait."

Fang Yiyu pouted, not believing it.

(End of this chapter)