abnabooks 0187: Dig A Lake For Landscaping.
0187: Dig A Lake For Landscaping.
As the sun rises, the early worms are eaten by the birds.
Qiao Ji exercises first as usual, and will not eat breakfast until she is sweaty and takes a bath.
At this moment, the table in the living room is filled with various breakfasts, including buns, vegetable soup, boiled pork slices and so on.
"Lei Nai, how is the information collection about the imperial capital going?" Qiao Ji asked, taking a bite of the steamed stuffed bun.
He recently planned to build a courtyard of his own, and the location was chosen in the outer city.
From the very beginning, Qiao Ji did not intend to choose a location in the inner city, or a location close to the inner city.
Not to mention the high price, there are still many places that he doesn't want, and he doesn't have to worry about choosing an outer city.
In addition to the cheaper land in the outer city, it is also very important to have a source of running water.
He wanted to build a Chinese-style courtyard, full of poetic and picturesque pavilions, and water and Xie corridors.
On the basis of these, it is necessary to have a living water.
"My lord, to meet the two conditions of running water source and less pollution at the same time, we can choose a few outer city areas near the port."
Pointing to her pink lips with her slender index finger, Lei Nai said, "There are Lanfen District, Taoli District, and Xili District..."
"Which district has the fewest people and the cheapest land?" Qiao Ji asked directly, ignoring the names of these districts.
The Chinese courtyard is only interesting if the land is large, and the design of the landscape will be more artistic.
It would be the best if a lake can be dug in the courtyard for landscaping or something.
Qiao Ji is not used to living in a house made of stones, mainly because it feels too depressing and the air quality is not very good.
In the future, he will live in a house for more than ten years, and the young man will not settle for it.
Moreover, by the way, Yao Yue and the others could practice their hands. After all, after the rebellion, they might have to expand a larger courtyard.
"Yes, my lord. Among these districts, only the Xili district is eligible, but my lord, that district is really too remote."
Lei Nai blinked his curled eyelashes and muttered, "Xili District is the most remote district in the imperial capital."
"Where is it located?" Qiao Ji's jewel-like eyes lit up.
"Xili district is located in the northwest of the imperial capital, which is completely opposite to the main entrance of the imperial capital." Lei Nai shook his fluffy cat ears.
"I chose this Xili District, it's better to be remote."
Qiao Ji smiled in satisfaction, put a big bun into her mouth, and said, "I'll go and have a look after breakfast.
He thought that even if there was any commotion in the courtyard in the future, no one would pay attention.
Moreover, he will have the final say on the surrounding areas in the future, and he can change whatever he wants, and no one will say anything when he gets out of the city within a city.
"Yes." Lei Nai wrote down silently.
Qiao Ji quickly settled the breakfast, took the black cat girl downstairs and got into the carriage.
"Tat T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T A T T
Shi Duo drove the carriage out of the inner city and headed northwest.
More than half an hour later, when the carriage of Qiao Ji and the others approached the west gate, they saw a lot of transport carriages and people on their backs, and they were transporting goods.
"Huh?" Qiao Ji opened the curtain and looked outside.
"My lord, the west gate is the closest gate to the port of the imperial capital, and there is also a stream of running water from the Tianhe River to enter the field camp.
Lei Nai looked over with his black eyes blinking, and explained, "Xili District is one of the districts that this running water passes through.
"Got it." Qiao Ji nodded thoughtfully.
He frowns and looks at the flow of people coming and going. A port means there is freight, and its importance is beyond doubt.
Do you want to meddle in the port...
When Qiao Ji thought of this, he vetoed himself. The port is not something that can be done now. There must be many forces intervening in such an important place.
He didn't want to get into this muddy water yet, so he pulled back the curtain and ordered Shi Duo to move on.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
The carriage left the main road and headed all the way towards Xili District.
An hour later, everyone came to Xili District.
Qiao Ji took Lei Nai out of the carriage.
The entire Xili District is very large. At a glance, there are only two words to describe this place, and that is desolation.
However, there are still people living in this place, but there are only zero to dozens of households.
They used wood to build houses, and they also opened up some fields around them to support themselves.
"It's really remote enough." Qiao Ji raised her bushy eyebrows slightly.
He didn't expect that there was such a district in the outer city of the imperial capital, but he was right after thinking about it, this district is really too remote, and it's normal that there are not many people around.
It is also inconvenient for ordinary people to live here. To buy something, you have to walk a long way, and it is very frustrating to go back and forth.
The most important point is the issue of land price. Although this area is very remote, the price is not cheap for ordinary people.
Unlike the slums outside the city, all the places to live there are free whoring.
"Lei Nai, how much is the land price in Xili District?"
Qiao Ji folded her hands on her chest, walking slowly on this desolate land.
"My lord, seven silver coins are equal." Lei Nai had already inquired about the land price here.
As expected of an imperial capital, even the barren land costs seven silver coins per level. The corners of Qiao Ji's eyes twitched a few times.
He raised his head and looked into the distance, and he could see the high city wall two or three kilometers away. One can imagine how remote it is.
But the only advantage of this area is that there is a river passing through the hole in the city wall, which is very clean and running water.
Lei Nai also saw how desolate the land was, so he hesitated and asked, "Master, do we really want to buy the land in Xili District? It's good for us to live outside the city.
"No, the outside of the city and the inside of the city are two completely different places. First of all, safety is the biggest problem."
Qiao Ji glanced at the puzzled black cat girl, and explained, "First, living outside the city will risk a large number of knights invading, and we don't have well-trained knights to deploy yet.
"Hmm..." Lei Nai seemed to understand.
"Secondly, in the city, I believe that no one dares to use a large number of knights?"
Qiao Ji walked forward with one hand behind his back and said, "If there is, it is undoubtedly challenging the authority of the emperor. w
Whoever dares to use a large number of knights in the city will be playing tricks in the eyes of the emperor and courting death.
"My lord, what about the second one?" Lei Nai tried his best to digest these words.
"Second, we shouldn't put all our eggs in one basket, otherwise we'll lose everything if we drop them. You have to understand the truth of the cunning rabbit's three holes."
Qiao Ji smiled heartily.
This latter point is the most important.
"So that's how it is..." Lei Nai's nimble eyes kept flapping.
"Haha..." Qiao Ji smiled slightly and said, "Let's go to the Real Estate Transaction Department to buy land.
"Yes." Lei Nai planned to ask about the meaning of the words "Sly Rabbit Three Caves" later.
"Tat Tat Tat..."
Qiao Ji took the black cat girl into the carriage and headed for the real estate transaction.
In two hours, the carriage stopped at the gate of the Real Estate Transaction Department.
Qiao Ji took Lei Nai in to go through the formalities. Since the land he wanted to buy was very large, it attracted a lot of attention as soon as he said it.
The clerk was afraid that he heard it wrong, "Master Viscount, do you really want to buy a land of 100,000 square meters in Xili District?"
"Yeah." Qiao Ji nodded lightly.
"Hiss..." The clerk was startled, and went through the relevant procedures with trembling hands.
Qiao Ji is currently rich. In the last half month, he has spent money selling perfumes and porcelain bowls.
Within half a month of Qianxiang Pavilion's opening, Qiao Ji auctioned off another porcelain bowl for 45,000 gold coins.
It is not difficult to buy 100,000 square meters of land in Xili District.
"Master Viscount, there are still some people living in Xili District. The land area you want is really too large, and what you want is the central area, so I also included the open space between their houses."
The clerk showed a troubled expression and reminded, "My lord Viscount wants to connect the land together in the future, so he has to buy their land from those people."
The reason why he struggled was that he was afraid of offending Qiao Ji, and he was also afraid that after telling the truth, the boy would not buy it directly.
"I (Zhao Li Zhao) will handle it myself." Qiao Ji waved her hand calmly.
Ignoring the clerk's expression, he picked up the quill pen on the table and signed the contract, and then left the Real Estate Transaction Department amidst everyone's amazement.
The people from the Real Estate Transaction Department were shocked when they saw the back of Qiao Ji and the two of them leaving.
"He also has too many gold coins. He actually spent 70,000 gold coins to buy such a remote piece of land."
"This aristocrat was too quick to do it, but unfortunately I didn't handle it, so I lost a lot of performance."
"When will I be so rich, so rich that I can buy a land of 100,000 square meters without blinking my eyes.
"He seems to be a new nobleman appointed by the emperor. I heard that he is a viscount with real power."
"How is it possible, how can a viscount who has just been appointed be so rich?"
"Have you forgotten? The Qianxiang Pavilion on the No. 1 Avenue of the Imperial Capital was opened by the Viscount.
"No wonder, Qianxiangge's perfume is really expensive, I can't even afford a bottle..."
Everyone in the Real Estate Transaction Department was shocked.
Looking at the back of the young man outside the door, they couldn't calm down for a long time.
Tomorrow will be a sensation again!
(3 more, the fourth change is being coded.).