"The rent is not low. The monthly rent ranges from two thousand yuan to eight thousand yuan, depending on the location and size of the house," he said, "I'm not boasting, there are no scholars who can afford to rent the yard in Changqing Lane. How much, not to mention, studying does not happen overnight, it may take two, three, or even seven or eight years, and you can calculate the loss of the rent alone."
Bai Erlang said: "So it's not easy to live in the capital."
Bai Shan nodded, "Exactly, many students who come to study, as well as scholars who come to the capital for exams every year, will be crowded in some B&Bs and small inns in the outer city. It takes five or six people to live in one room. It is that kind of common shop. It costs about 600 Wen, it is really better to rent a separate house with a yard in the Yongzhou area."
Wei Yu was stunned for a while, and asked, "How do you know so clearly?"
Bai Shan said quietly: "Because when we first entered the capital, we also felt that the courtyard in Changqing Lane was too expensive." So we thought about moving out, went out quietly and inquired about it, and ended up staying in Changqing Lane honestly. Later, because of the students in the Imperial College, they paid more or less attention to the matter of renting a house in the capital.
Not to mention that Zhou Lang and Wu Lang rent houses for the returning caravans every year, and occasionally help rent houses for students and business travelers from Mianzhou, and they will understand over time.
If the road here is opened, it may only take about an hour from here to the academy in Wannian County. There will definitely be many students who choose to live here, even if it takes two hours to go back and forth every day. It is also willing to be more comfortable.
And the basis of transactions is people. If there are more people coming and going, even if this road is alive, then the fiefdoms irradiated on this road will naturally be more alive.
Bai Shan planned in his heart, and continued to encourage Princess Mingda, "It doesn't need to be built too well, just use bricks and stones, make the room brighter, arrange a set of tables and stools in the courtyard, and plant two fruit trees."
The main reason is that it is big enough, and scholars who have lived in those cramped houses will definitely like it. If the price is less, I am afraid they will have to grab it. Bai Shan is very confident about this.
Mingda couldn't help looking at Bai Erlang.
Bai Erlang also nodded.
Mingda smiled and said, "Okay, let's have some yards built later."
Seeing that she agreed, Man Bao turned his head and said to the old man beside him, "You haven't planted rice yet, have you?"
The old man nodded blankly, and Man Bao smiled and said: "Then the field is being leveled at the moment, and one household should be able to draw out a male to serve in the army."
Old man: "... Township, the owner of the township, we served in the army years ago."
He bit the bullet and said, "We dug a ditch."
That was Zhou Lijun's service order issued by the magistrate of Liyang County. There is a ditch that no one has passed through for many years. Every spring and summer, there is only a shallow layer of water. Most of the conscripts were conscripted to maintain official roads, and there were some large water conservancy projects, but the small water conservancy projects in the countryside have never been able to take time to rest. After all, there are too few people.
Man Bao said: "There is only one labor in a year, don't worry, you will not be recruited again in winter."
The old man hesitated.
Man Bao said: "I know you are worried about the farming season, don't worry, before the seedlings grow, even if the roads are not repaired well, the farming season will not be delayed. The sky and the earth are not as big as farming."
Hearing what she said, the old man immediately gave a thumbs up and said: "The village owner is righteous." The main thing is to know how to do it.
Farmers are most afraid of officials who don't know how to do it.
Man Bao got up, turned his head and said to Bai Shan: "The county magistrate has to issue an order for hard labor, so I just went to talk to him."
Bai Shan nodded, lowered his head and said gently to the old man: "Old man, I will ask you to help explain a little bit in the village. If this road is connected, you can send these vegetables, poultry and eggs to Yongzhou New City in the future. The things over there It’s more expensive than at the market.”
The old man should be yes again and again.
The group walked half a circle around Zhou Man's fief and went to see the Zhou family's workshop.
The Zhou family's workshop is more than two hundred meters away from the village. It is an independent courtyard. At this time, the smoke is rising, and some faint medicinal aromas are wafting out.
Everyone knew that this workshop belonged to the owner of the village, so even the bastards who wandered around in the village did not dare to come here to provoke it.
This is the most comfortable career that Zhou Lijun has done since he started working.
In the past, no matter whether she was renting a yard in the outer city to cook medicine, or selling ointments and creams to the wives and ladies of various families, she had to spend some money to manage people.
Also try to build good relations with your neighbors.
But in this piece of land, as long as my sister-in-law agrees, she has the greatest right to use it. Well, within the scope of the law, after all, there is a county magistrate above, so it is impossible for her to do illegal things.
Here, she doesn't have to bother to manage relationships, and she doesn't have to show a smiley face to deal with those bastards while hating them, and she doesn't even have to bend over to her neighbors, and needs them not to do anything bad because of their jealousy.
She set the workshop in the downwind, more than 200 meters away from the nearest family in the village, which not only ensures the privacy, but also ensures that they will not be disturbed too much.
When Man Bao and the others arrived, Zhou Lijun was covering his mouth and nose with a handkerchief to check the progress in the workshop. Hearing the servants telling my sister-in-law to bring a lot of people, she greeted her immediately.
"Why are you here?" Seeing her, Man Bao asked, "Didn't you say you were pregnant, so don't come here anytime soon?"
Zhou Lijun smiled and said: "They said that there are some problems with the medicinal materials delivered today, so I came to check, some of them were damp, so I came to return them."
Man Bao wanted to take Ming Da and Chang Yu to watch the fun, and he didn't want Zhou Lijun to go in to smoke the medicine. Although these medicines are not too harmful to pregnant women, they do have medicines for promoting blood circulation. Even if you just smell them, you should be cautious some good.
So let Zhou Lijun go out.
Bai Shan and the others were not interested in how to make face cream, so they just stood outside the workshop and talked.
Man Bao led Ming Da and Chang Yu in to have a look, and saw that the medicine was boiled in a big pot inside, and sheep oil was boiled in a big pot in the other room, and the refined sheep oil was put into small basins in batches. , after a little cold cutting, take it to another room and prepare according to the dosage before it is frozen.
What finally came out was a large pot of medicinal cream, exuding a faint aroma.
Man Bao took them to see, "I reduced the proportion of sheep oil, and the cream that came out was lighter. I rubbed it and thought it was better than heavy oil, but my sister-in-law and the others thought it was still better than before, so Li Jun So someone divided them into two kinds of porcelain jars, although the price is the same, but the proportions are different, the older ones recommend heavy oil, and the younger ones use this one, do you want to try it?"
Mingda and Changyu nodded repeatedly.
Man Bao said: "Before Lijun wanted to make pills for sale, but she is pregnant now, so this matter has to be delayed, but the family bought a lot of medicinal materials and came back. I will make them when I have time, and I will give you some. These are pills that are often used, such as Xiaoshi pills and Buqi pills."