Kaifeng, as the capital of Nanchu, is not only the center of politics, economy, culture and transportation in the country, but also one of the most populous and economically developed cities in the world.

At this time, Kaifeng's population was at its highest rate of more than 1.5 million. During the same period, other famous cities in the world, such as Constantinople, had a population of only 300,000, Kyoto 170,000, Cairo 120,000, and Baghdad 120,000...

Kaifeng not only had a large population, but also had a prosperous market. At that time, there were more than 6,000 stores in Kaifeng City.

The central street in the capital is called Yu Street, which is two hundred steps wide, and there are Yumen corridors on both sides of the road.

Moreover, the government allows citizens to open shops in the Imperial Gate and do business along the street. In order to activate economic and cultural activities, curfews were relaxed. The city gates were closed very late and opened very early, which Cao Yan liked more, which is why Jiangning Mansion was not as good as Kaifeng.

Moreover, at that time, thousands of pigs were driven into the meat market in the city for slaughtering every day, and thousands of dans of fish were consumed every day.

The night market is more prosperous, and it is often scattered at the third round of the day, and the market transactions are tens of millions.

There are also "wasi" and "rails" that are used as a place for storytelling and entertainment. The largest ones can accommodate thousands of people. Outside the Donghua Gate of Kaifeng, the market is the most prosperous... All food, new flowers, fruits, fish, shrimps, turtles, crabs, quails, rabbits, and braised braised food, gold and jade treasures, and clothing are nothing but the wonders of the world.

If the taste is tens of tens of thousands, the guest needs 100 to 20 flavors to drink, and then you can find it as you search for it.

In the year, fruits, melons, vegetables, and eggs, etc., each new pair can be thirty or fifty thousand. The various cabinets are competing for a high price, which shows how abundant the supply and the prosperity of the demand.

When everyone arrived in Kaifeng, it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

It was the city that was entered by Lijing Gate. It was good to follow Butler Cai. Without checking the things, they were directly put in.

After entering the city, Butler Cai, Cao Yan and others separated, and he needed to deliver his goods to his warehouse.

Cao Yan followed Luo Deming to the house he bought in the capital.

Xia Haibo and others had been here and waiting. They received the news two days ago that Luo Deming asked his family to come over in advance to report.

Everyone met again and immediately greeted him eagerly.

After a while of greetings.

Xia Haibo said, "By the way, sir, you have bought your house for help. It's right here. Are you here now?"

"Yeah!" Cao Yan nodded. After all, he had been struggling for more than half a month, so he had already wanted to have a good rest.

"Then Master, I won't go with you."

"I've said goodbye too." Feng Qingluan also said goodbye. Her family also has a residence here. After all, her family is a general, and many family members work in the army.

Zhang Muer stayed in Luo Deming's family, a magistrate who was released from power, and his influence in the capital was really not strong.

...

It wasn't long before going out, just a ten-minute walk, and it looked like a street corner.

Xia Haibo brought Cao Yan to a house.

The sign on the courtyard reads the word "Cao Family".

It seems that's it.

This is a four-in-one yard.

The gate saw Xia Haibo bringing people from afar, quickly opened the main door and greeted him: "Young Marquis, you are here!"

"Go and call everyone here, see sir." Xia Haibo ordered the doorman who came over.

"Yes, yes." The door responded twice, looked at Cao Yan beside Xia Haibo, then quickly withdrew his gaze, turned around and ran into the room.

After the door leaves.

Xia Haibo explained embarrassedly: "Sir, time is a bit tight, and the houses nearby are a bit difficult to find. I have only found such a four-entry man. I will pay more attention to you in the future. I will notify you if I see a big one."

"It's enough to be so big." The layout of houses in this era is almost the same. Just by hearing a few entry, Cao Yan can tell how big it is and what it looks like.

Generally speaking, the second one is about 200 to 500 square meters, while the third one is about 500 to 1,000, and the fourth one is at least 1,000 to 2,000.

"By the way, I have also hired a few servants for you to take care of them. They are a relative in charge of my family. Please wait and see if the person is in line with his wishes and whether it is enough! If not, we are going to hire another person." Xia Haibo took Cao Yan in and introduced him to the basic situation of the house.

He was afraid that Cao Yan would bring more people, so he did not dare to hire more people for him. He just hired a family of five casually, which was used for daily cleaning and maintenance of the yard.

...

When he entered the yard, Cao Yan looked at the five people standing in front of him. To be precise, they were two couples in their forties, two couples in their twenties, and a child of three or four years old, and a family of five.

However, they all looked at Cao Yan with a little uneasy. It must be Xia Haibo or his relatives who told them that if Cao Yan looked down on them, they would fire them, which made them a little nervous. After all, the treatment of Cao Yan's family is very good, and his relatives have also told them about this.

"Okay, they are just them, by the way, what are your surnames?" Cao Yan took a look and made a decision. After all, everyone is the same for sweeping the floor or something.

"Thank you, young master, thank you, young master, the little one's surname is Tang." Several people hurriedly thanked, probably because they saw that Cao Yan was relatively young, so they called Cao Yan the young master.

Xia Haibo frowned: "What are you shouting around? You want to call me sir!"

"Just call me young master!" In fact, Cao Yan liked this title very much, but no one had called it before.

The four of them looked at Cao Yan and looked at Xia Haibo, probably because they didn't know who to listen to.

Xia Haibo was furious: "What do you think of me? You have to listen to the gentleman in this family. You can listen to whatever he tells you. Do you understand?"

"Yes! Yes!" Several people quickly agreed timidly.

"Sir, don't be angry. It's probably because they just came and were a little uncomfortable. It'll be fine after a while."

"It's okay!" Cao Yan didn't care about these trivial matters.

...

Cao Yan and the others didn't bring much, just some clothes and a few quilts.

You can buy other things here.

The only thing that weighs is the weapons of a few people.

Each person just ran twice and packed up these things.

Seeing that everything was done, Xia Haibo asked, "Sir, do you have any place you want to go later?"

"I want to take a break first!" Cao Yan wanted to take a nap. He has been on the carriage every day recently. Although the carriage has been improved by himself and has a strong shock absorption effect, especially the effect of his own carriage can be said to be stronger than that of later generations, but the road along the way is really unsightly. No matter how good the shock absorption effect is, it will be useless!

Especially on rainy days, it is a big mud pit at any time, which makes Cao Yan very sour and refreshing along the way...

"Okay, when we come to help the husband clean the dust in the evening, we will go to Fatty Luo's place to take a look first."
Chapter completed!