Jiang Anyi remembered his friend Lin Yizhen in Zechang Academy. Lin Yizhen's family is very knowledgeable, humble and gentle, and as gentle as jade. The most rare thing is that he is upright and dares to speak out. He is one of Jiang Anyi's few friends in Zechang Academy. It is precisely because of Lin Yizhen that Jiang Anyi is not interested in the dispute over nobles and concubines proposed by Deng Shanchang.

When the Qing Dynasty returned to Beijing by Tianmubi, Lin Yizhen was sent by the Ministry of Personnel to Huaiyu County (Zhongxian) in Chenzhou. Two years ago, he was promoted to the magistrate of Linwu County (Shangxian) for his outstanding political achievements. He had a engagement with the daughter of the Liu family, the daughter of the Liu family, who married the Liu family in Changhan. The two families often had contacts. They were childhood sweethearts. Unexpectedly, the Miss Liu family passed away due to illness before getting married. Lin Yizhen was sad and had not talked about marriage for many years.

Lin Yizhen is one year older than Jiang Anyi, and is twenty-five years old this year. His family urges him to get married. Jiang Anyi has always had letters with Lin Yizhen and is more clear about his affairs. The reason why he didn't expect Lin Yizhen was that it was difficult to touch his friendship, and Jiang Anyi always felt that Lin Yizhen came from a top ten families and was very different from his own family. When getting married, he was important to be a match for his family, and it was difficult for him to climb up.

Now the situation has changed. As the governor of Huazhou, his future is bright. His family has become a wealthy person because of perfume and other industries. He is not less money than the Lin family in Yihu. More importantly, Yan'er has outstanding looks and is truly a good match with Lin Yi. If a man is unmarried and a woman is unmarried, he knows the roots and bottoms and may be a good thing.

Jiang Anyi excitedly told Xinfei about Lin Yizhen's situation. Xinfei was also very happy and said with a smile: "If it really works, it would be a good story. You and Mr. Lin have to get along from friends to uncles. But the marriage between children from aristocratic families must obey their parents' orders, and this matter needs to be discussed for a long time."

"It's God that I'll write a letter to Lin Yizhen."

Shi Tou set off and returned home, accompanied by the escorts from Zhenwei Escort Agency, who escorted more than ten cars, which were gifts prepared by Jiang Anyi and Guo Huaili for their homes. Xinfei specifically told Shi Tou that he would take a day off when he passed by Changwu County, Qi Prefecture, and asked him to make a special trip to Woniuao and give some New Year's goods to Tong'er and Xuchanghua couple.

There is an inn in Changwu County in Xuchanghua, which is considered a stronghold. Xinfei told Shi Tou to stay in this inn called Changfu to find the shopkeeper and said that it was from Huiye Mansion in Huazhou. The shopkeeper would arrange for someone to take him into the mountain. Shi Tou got along well with Sister Tong'er. He heard that Sister Tong'er was so thin that she lost her figure. She was very worried about it and always wanted to go and take a look.

Following Jiang Anyi, he wrote a poem as usual: The fragrances fall and the beauty is alone, and he will occupy the charm and look towards the small garden. The sparse shadows slant across the water, and the faint fragrance floats at dusk. The frosty birds want to fall and steal their eyes first, while the pink butterflies are as if they know that they have a soul to break. Fortunately, there are slight songs to be with each other, so there is no need to share the sandalwood boards with golden cups.

After Xinfei's careful arrangement during this period, people sent some things to Tong'er every now and then. Xu Changhua and his wife replied that Tong'er had gradually recovered and had gained a lot of weight and could see a smile on her face. She no longer sealed herself in the house. Sometimes she would come out to visit her and take Xu Zhicheng to play around in the valley. Xu Changhua took her veins for her and was surprised to find that Tong'er's body had regained vitality, her hair began to become shiny, and her silver threads were also turning black.

Heart disease still requires heart medicine. According to Anniang, when Tong'er received Jiang Anyi's "love" poem, she cried and laughed like crazy. However, she smiled from time to time afterwards. Anniang found that Tong'er had taken the poem written by Jiang Anyi several times and looked at it carefully. It seemed that Jiang Anyi's poem was the best medicine for Tong'er to treat diseases. This poem about plum blossoms was considered the right medicine. I wonder what kind of joy Tong'er would be after receiving it.

On December 10, a mighty team left the east gate and rushed to the hot springs in Luobai Mountain, Tashan County. From Huiye Mansion to Tashan County

Forty miles, it was only thirty miles to reach the Luobai Mountain Hot Spring. The group rode horses and carriages, chatting and laughing for more than half an hour to arrive at Luobai Mountain.

The distant mountains were shrouded in the clouds and mists, and red bricks and green tiles appeared in the lush green. Hua Sicheng raised his whip and pointed at him from a distance, smiling: "There is the place where Luobai Mountain Hot Spring is located. The fog is steaming from the hot springs. It looks like a fairyland when you look close, and it is very beautiful."

Hua Sicheng has been here many times, and it is considered that Old Ma knew the way. He loudly introduced to Jiang Anyi: "There are more than a hundred hot springs of all sizes in Luobai Mountain, like stars. For hundreds of years, the government has built inns here, and there are also private places to buy them to build their own winter resort."

"Oh, can the hot spring pools be bought and sold here?" Guo Huaili's eyes lit up. If he could buy a house here and take the family to bathe in the hot springs in winter, that would be enjoyable.

Hua Sicheng smiled and said, "Tashan County is considered a Fu County in Huazhou. It depends on the income from selling this hot spring land. A larger hot spring pool costs about 5,000 taels of silver in a radius of about 5,000 taels of silver. In the past dynasties, the magistrate of Tashan County sold land when they had no money. Almost all the hot springs in Luobai Mountain were bought by rich people. In addition to building their own house for vacation, it was built in inns, which was specially used to receive tourists who came to play. The price was not cheap. The store I stayed at last cost 200 cents a day, not including food."

Guo Huaili said enthusiastically: "Two hundred ciders are not too expensive, how many taels of silver will be needed for a meal in the hotel."

Hua Sicheng said: "Boss Guo is a rich man and cannot compare with you. Ordinary people's 200-yuan meter is enough for a month's expenses. Take me as an example. You can't afford this bath by relying on your salary alone."

Guo Huaili's main interest was eating, saying: "I heard that there are hot springs to grow vegetables. A few days ago, I tasted fresh vegetables in Qixianlou. I heard from the soup boss that it was produced from Luobai Mountain. It was so beautiful to eat vegetables in this winter."

After patting his stomach, Guo Huaili sighed intentionally: "Belly, you have eaten too much cattle and sheep, so you can only feel wronged that you will eat some vegetables and radishes."

Jiang Anyong was there last time he had dinner. He said with his tongue: "Brother Guo, that plate of fried radish is only a little bit, and it costs 400 yuan. Boss Tang said that it was a 20% discount for your sake. That's not just eating radish, it's clear that he is eating silver."

While chatting and laughing, the team turned into the road into the mountain. The road was well built, with four carriages across the mountain. Along the road, there were convoys heading to the mountain. Jiang Anyi's team had more than twenty horses, eight big carriages, and more than fifty people. Such a huge team was not conspicuous among the people entering the mountain.

The convoy drove past a archway, and there was a large empty yard in front of it. Many cars and horses were parked in the yard, and there were people dressed in a waiter to visit and pick up the passengers. A man in the green shirt rushed over and grabbed the reins of Hua Sicheng, who was in charge of the leader, and smiled and said, "Masters, you are here to take a warm soup again. Please come to my house. There are eight large and small soup pools in Chunnuan Hotel, which are clean and tidy, and the price is reasonable, so you can be satisfied."

Jiang Anyong said in surprise: "Brother Hua, do you often come? This little brother recognized you at a glance."

Guo Huaili laughed and scolded: "Xiaoyong, you are purely ignorant, and you should take the clichés about attracting customers seriously. Brother Xiao, don't get close to you. I'll ask you, how much does it cost per person? Also, do you have fresh fruits and vegetables in your inn?"

The waiter smiled and praised, saying, "You are an expert, I'm going to tell you that the current market is 2200 and 2000 people. There are three points behind my inn. As long as you have money, you can keep fruits and vegetables enough."

"Isn't it a one-day price increase?" Jiang Anyong asked in confusion when he heard Hua Sicheng's price just now.

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The waiter took the opportunity to take the reins in front to guide the road, and turned around and explained: "Isn't there a snow disaster in the past? The weather is colder than last year. There are also a few masters who came here by chance. Four newly built houses in the government are going to be sold, which attracted many insiders to buy houses. The residences in the mountains have been tight these days, so the price naturally rises."

Guo Huaili was very interested and asked, "Does there be warm soup in it? How big is it? How much does it cost?"

The waiter was a quick-talking owner. He smiled and flattered, and said, "This master was a rich man. These four houses are big and small, all on the mountainside, with good locations and prices. Some people estimate that the smallest houses cost at least 5,000 taels. The big ones have two Wentang ponds, each with a small size of half an acre, which is estimated to be over 10,000 taels."

Jiang Anyi secretly stumbled. The four houses had an income of at least 20,000 taels. In addition to the expenses, they also had an income of more than 10,000 taels. No wonder the county magistrate of Tashan was the first-class official in Huazhou. Every two years, the county magistrate was promoted due to his political achievements. Just selling a few houses could make up for a year of taxes. I don’t know how many years the Wenchi in Luobai Mountain could be sold.

Houses are built along the foot of the mountain, surrounded by green mountains, with beautiful scenery, and the eaves are rising from time to time in the mountains. That is the house built by rich families, which is different from the inn at the foot of the mountain. Chunnuan Inn is in the inn group at the foot of the mountain. The waiter pointed to the plaque under the eaves and said proudly: "Our family is a time-honored brand for more than 200 years, passed down during the Great Wei Dynasty. The shopkeeper often said that his ancestor was a great scholar and wrote the poem "Spring day is slow, jade is warm and hot springs are overflowing", so the store is called Chunnuan Inn."

Jiang Anyi recalled the poem that the waiter said, reading the warmth of the next life makes people feel reminiscent. Hearing the sound, a group of people came out of the store, including men and women. It seemed that the inn had the experience of welcoming female relatives. There were more than fifty people, and the men and women were about half a day. At a price of 220 cents, it cost about twelve taels of silver. Guo Huaili waved his fat hand and ordered four sets of small courtyards and gave them fifteen taels of silver.

The store got three taels of silver, so naturally they were happy and ran back and forth, fearing that they were not good at serving. Wenchi was divided into men and women's pools, and the female pools were served by servants and maids. Jiang Anyi and others entered the small courtyard used by men and felt a rush. In the middle of the courtyard was the Wenchi pool, which was six meters in radius, with hot air, and the pool water was clear, paved with pebbles and bluestone steps, and were in the fog-steamed green smoke, like a dream like a fairy. There were corridors around, and there were pavilions on the left, tables and chairs in the pavilion, and there were melons, fruits, wine, and other items on the table.

Lying in the water, warm spring water surrounding her body, warm and refreshed, Guo Huaili sighed comfortably and said, "This is the enjoyment of the gods."

The waiter who was welcoming guests just now saw that Guo Huaili was a rich man, and followed him to hand him towels and drinks to serve him diligently, hoping to get a reward from this generous Mr. Guo. Hearing the fat man sighed, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Guo, you are a rich man, why not buy a house here. If you want to come, wouldn't you be comfortable?"

Guo Huaili was really moved and turned his head to ask Jiang Anyi, "Anyi, why don't we both buy one and be a neighbor, and Hutou and Zhier can come here to play together in the future."

Jiang Anyi felt the heat of the hot spring. The Yuanxuan true energy in his body seemed to become more lively under the influence of the hot spring. He shook his head and tail in his meridians, as if expressing joy. Hearing Guo Huaili ask him, Jiang Anyi casually replied: "Okay, you can do it."
Chapter completed!