The procedures for house purchase and sale in the Sui Dynasty were not complicated. Write a contract, and both parties and the intermediary signed and sealed each other. Then the three parties went to the government to cross-examination. After the government asked, the original house deed was invalidated. Then the new house deed was issued, and one was issued for the government and the new owner of the house, and a tax and intermediary fee were paid, and the house sale was established. ☆→☆→,

But this is just for the house transactions of ordinary people, and for the house transactions between officials, it is much simpler. At least three parties do not need to go to the county government office together, and they can entrust their family members or intermediaries to handle the matter on their behalf.

After Zhang Xuan and Mai Meng reached a consensus, they didn't have to ask about the rest. Su Erniang would naturally help them with the transfer of the deeds, gold delivery and other matters, and they didn't have to worry about them at all.

Everyone said goodbye one after another, and only Zhang Xuan was still staying in his new house. Although the house had not been delivered legally and did not belong to Zhang Xuan's assets, in fact, Mai Meng handed over the key to Zhang Xuan. They promised a thousand gold coins, and this house already belonged to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan looked at each room carefully. Although he also had an official house in Yidu County, Beihai County, the house in front of him seemed to make Zhang Xuan feel home more. White walls and black tiles, small bridges and flowing water, green willows, rockery pond fish, and deep in the quiet stone road is a cluster of dense bamboo forests.

An exquisite octagonal pavilion was built on the soil slope several feet high, and the hills were planted with peach trees and plum trees, only a corner of the pavilion was exposed.

No matter how you look at it, the three-acre back garden is an exquisite garden. The owner's bedroom is a separate courtyard with seven or eight rooms. There is also a small courtyard on both sides, connected by a small gate to the main courtyard. On one side is the owner's inner study room, and on the other side is called the side room, which is where the male owner's concubine lives.

Although this was the house where Mai Tiezhang's concubine lived before, the house itself was not designed for her, and there should be an earlier owner.

Zhang Xuan walked out of the back house, but there was an old man who looked like a housekeeper standing next to the gate of the back house. He bowed to Zhang Xuan. "The villain Xu Tianshen meets the new master!"

"Are you the butler of this house?" Zhang Xuan asked at him.

"The villain is exactly. Yuanlai's mistress returned to Guanzhong's mother's house the next year before, and the villain has been staying here to guard the house."

"oh"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I heard that the original owner of this house has passed away?"

"Yes! She is Mr. Mai's concubine. She has always been in poor health. After Mr. Mai was killed in Liaodong, she was heartbroken. Not long after she returned to her parents' home, she heard that she had died of illness. This house lasted for three years."

Zhang Xuan still remembers Mai Mengcai said that there are five servants in this house, and they belong to him. It is estimated that Mai Meng has told them all. Zhang Xuan thought for a while and said, "Come and find everyone in this house, I have something to say."

The housekeeper hurried away, and soon five servants arrived one after another, three women and two men. In addition to the housekeeper, the other one was also an old man. He was a gardener and was responsible for the trees, flowers and plants of the house.

There are three women, two of them are cooks, one in his thirties, white and fat, the other is a little older, probably the wife of the housekeeper Xu Tian, ​​and a thin little maid Zhang Xuan had already seen him when he was in tea.

"Have you taken care of this house for three years?"

Everyone looked at each other timidly, nodded in agreement, and Zhang Xuan glanced at the five of them. He said, "You know that Mr. Mai has sold me this house. I believe you know who I am. I have nothing to say. Just say one thing, if you want to leave, I will let you go. If you don't want to leave, I will double your salary and live here safely in the future. Do you understand what I mean?"

The butler Xu Tian said: "Thank you, young master, we have no place to go, we will stay with peace of mind, just ask your master not to drive us away."

"Okay! You guys go first, my twenty soldiers will move in later, and there are still many things to ask you to help."

Everyone was grateful to Zhang Xuan and bowed and said goodbye. Zhang Xuan stopped the housekeeper, and Xu Tian said to him: "What are the general's orders!"

"There are a lot of things that need to be purchased. You are more familiar with this. Take my soldiers to buy things. In addition, I will ask the soldiers to give you some money, supplies, ingredients, etc. If you need to buy what you lack, you should buy it yourself. In short, the mansion should be run as soon as possible."

"Thank you, my husband, I will report the account to you when I look back."

Zhang Xuan smiled and waved his hand, "There is no need to report the account. I can trust you in these small things. In the future, if you have a wife in the mansion, I will ignore these things."

"Young Master has no family yet?" the butler asked carefully.

"Not yet, maybe it will be there soon, go! My soldiers will look for you in the future."

"That villain said goodbye first!"

The housekeeper went first, Zhang Xuan thought about it, and there were some things he needed to do as soon as possible

Jiashanfang is located in the south of Nanshi. After going out the door, he will reach the south gate of the market. Less than a hundred steps away from the south gate, Zhang Xuan found the shop he bought before. If Ah Yuan did not remind him yesterday, he would almost forget that he had a shop.

After buying this store, it was closed empty space, but Zhang Xuan decided to use it. He needed to put an eye on Luoyang to inquire about various information about the capital for himself. He felt more and more the importance of intelligence.

The shop door was still closed, everyone turned over and dismounted. A personal soldier stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a moment, the door creaked and opened. An old man looked out and looked, "Who are you looking for?"

"Brother Wu, it's me!" Zhang Xuan walked forward with a smile.

Wu Dingli immediately recognized Zhang Xuan. He was so excited that he stepped forward to salute, "It turns out that the young master is back."

"I've been back for several days and I haven't had time."

"I have also heard that the young master has been named general, and there are some officials from Jianghuai who are here, I can't remember it."

Zhang Xuan smiled and led several personal soldiers into the store. He looked at the empty store, then turned around and asked, "Does anyone want to rent a store for business?"

"Of course, someone comes to ask every now and then. Yesterday, there was a big businessman who came to inquire. I told them that the master was not in Luoyang and I couldn't make the decision."

"Did you tell them, I am the owner of this store?"

"No, the young master doesn't let me say it, I'm always tight-lipped."

Zhang Xuan nodded and asked again: "Who was the big businessman yesterday?"

"It is the largest silk merchant in Taiyuan, named Huang Jin. He has a shop in the West City, but he wants to expand his cloth business, especially in the South City, so he likes our shop. He has been here several times and asked me to write a letter to the shop owner."

Zhang Xuan knew very well that among the dozens of shops in the store, his store had the best location and occupied the largest area. If he wanted to do a big business, his store would be the most suitable one.

He pondered for a moment, and the businessman was afraid of risks, so this matter could be negotiated.

"Okay! Go and tell this Huang Jin that I live in Gaosheng Inn next to Beida Gate, and ask him to come to me directly and I will talk to him."

"I know Gaosheng Inn, I will inform this Master Huang now."

Wu Dingli turned around and was about to leave, but Zhang Xuan called him again, "Brother-in-law, ask you another thing."

"Please say it, my son!"

"Is your nephew Wu Gang still doing things in the Mule and Horse Industry?"

"It's still here! Is the young master looking for him?"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I also want to ask him to help me take care of the horses. If he wants, this time it will be a long-term employment!"

Wu Dingli's nephew Wu Gang is an extremely outstanding groom. At the last time of the hero meeting, he helped everyone take care of the war horses and kept the horses in excellent condition, which left a deep impression on Zhang Xuan. If he was willing to come and help this time, Zhang Xuan would be ready to take him to Jianghuai.

"If the general is willing to join the army, it is his blessing. I will go and find him now."

Wu Dingli hurried away, and the soldiers asked in a verbal manner: "Is this store also a general?"

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Yes! I will open a store in the future, but I need to leave two people in the capital and work in this store. As an intelligence spy, let's see who would like to stay?"

In less than half an hour, the two people Zhang Xuan was looking for came to the door one after another. Wu Gang was 25 or 26 years old, not tall, but very strong. The young man was very honest and honest, and his typical dull gourd type. His arrival was unanimously welcomed by his personal soldiers. They needed an excellent groom to take care of the war horses. More than 20 war horses not only exhausted the part-time horse feeder, but also fell ill, which made the personal soldiers very distressed.

Wu Gang was already familiar with Zhang Xuan. Without saying a word, he rolled up his sleeves and began to check the cause of the war horse. He quickly found out the cause. The war horse drank the water stored overnight, and the stable was not well ventilated and it was too stuffy.

Next, he saw him start to brush the sink, change the well water, open the windows to ventilate, and take good care of every war horse. He told the soldiers who helped that war horses are more clean than people, the water must be clean and cool, and the environment must be dry and ventilated. Otherwise, it will be difficult for Qingzhou horses to adapt to the soil and water of Luoyang.

Wu Gang quickly won the trust of the soldiers, and everyone was relieved to hand over the war horses to him for feeding.
Chapter completed!