Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Zhao Yuanlan never returned to Beijing.

Because there were new mansions to be confiscated every day.

Originally there was only one prefectural governor, but now there are dozens of wealthy and powerful families, and all their gold, silver, treasures, and rare antiques have been seized and stored in storage.

If Your Majesty saw this, I wonder how happy he would be.

Therefore, Zhao Yuanlan worked particularly hard in the house search.

Half of the aristocratic families in Yangzhou Prefecture were confiscated within a short period of time.

The remaining half were like frightened birds, not daring to make any rash moves. Each of them was as obedient as quails, fearing that the new official's anger would burn them.

Zhang Xinshu also knew that too much is as bad as too little, so he did not discipline the remaining major aristocratic families. Yangzhou Prefecture still had to develop.

I believe that after this incident, they will be more restrained.

The fire burned for more than a month before it was slowly extinguished.

Zhao Yuanlan also scored a grand slam and was preparing to return to Beijing.

Because there are still a lot of real estate, we have to prepare for auction and take the money back.

Among them, there are 28 mansions, 32 villas, 133 shops, and acres of land.

In order to ensure a smooth auction, Zhao Yuanlan posted various notices in advance and carried out extensive publicity.

Invitation number tags were distributed to all major families, wealthy families, and businessmen with small capital.

The auction took place in the lobby of the prefectural government office, and the auction matters were entrusted to a famous auction house in Yangzhou Prefecture.

Zhao Yuanzhen checked the auction house and found no major problems, so she agreed to use it.

The aristocratic families were rubbing their hands, waiting to show their skills. Originally, the good resources of Yangzhou Prefecture were all in the hands of these aristocratic families and the prefect. Good shops were simply not available for purchase, and there was no land either.

Now that such a large portion of the money has come out, I can finally expand my family's business.

The first item to be auctioned was the house of Magistrate Fang.

This house is large and luxurious, with an excellent geographical location. It is also close to the prefectural government office, so Zhao Yuanzhen is determined to get it.

"The first auction item, the starting price is 22 taels of silver, please bid."

"23 million!"

"24 million!"

"25 million!"

"30."

Zhao Yuanzhen slowly raised the sign in her hand.

The crowd who were bidding happily fell silent for a moment, glared at the woman hatefully, and continued bidding.

"31 million!"

"32 million!"

"33 million!"

"40 million!"

Zhao Yuanzhen made a second bid.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you.

This house has basically reached its ceiling price, and it would be inappropriate to offer any higher price.

One by one, they put down the bidding signs in their hands and watched the auctioneer drop the hammer.

"40 for the first time, 40 for the second time, and 40 for the third time. The deal went to buyer No. 1."

Zhao Yuanzhen nodded to Qingfeng and gestured for him to get the house deed and pay the money.

"Now we will proceed to the second auction item, the North City Villa. The starting price is 16. Please make your bid."

Zhao Yuanzhen knew this villa. It was a very large courtyard, but its location was relatively remote and the construction of the garden was not very good.

But this yard is big enough to be used to build various workshops, so I had to take pictures of it.

"17 million!"

"18 million!"

"19 million!"

"25 million!"

Zhao Yuanzhen made an offer.

When the others saw her offer, they thought that the house was ordinary except that it was a little big, so there was no point in competing for it, so they gave it to her.

"Now we will proceed to the third auction item, the South City Villa. The starting price is 18. Please make your bid."

Zhao Yuanzhen was not so keen on the mansion. These two places were enough for her, so she did not plan to take any photos.

"19 million!"

"20 million!"

"23 million!"

. . . . . .

Every time the person calling out the number would look up at Zhao Yuanzhen, and only continue to bid when they saw that she had no intention of bidding.

The subsequent events were all about the house, and Zhao Yuanzhen did not participate.

After the house was auctioned, it was the shop's turn.

Zhao Yuanzhen had already explored the location of the shop in advance, which street, which shop.

What she wanted was the row of shops on a busy street.

The shops on that street were all prosperous shops, controlled by wealthy and powerful families. Now they have been ransacked and sold at auction.

I calculated the number of shops I needed to open, and decided to open at least 10 first, and then I could grab the rest if I could.

"Now we are going to auction the shops. The first one is Shop No. 18 on Zhengnan Street. It has three floors, a total of 570 square meters, and a backyard of 620 square meters. There are 18 rooms. The starting price is 8 taels of silver. Please make your bid."

"9 million!"

"10 million!"

"12 million!"

"13 million!"

"20 million!"

Everyone who was bidding happily was choked again.

They all looked at Zhao Yuanzhen at the same time.

This woman didn't make a bid for a long time, and I was about to forget about her. Who would have thought that she was waiting here.

"21 million!"

"25 million!"

Zhao Yuanzhen likes this shop very much and is determined to take it over.

The person who was bidding looked at Zhao Yuanzhen, then at the others who remained silent, and had to give up. This was only the first shop, and he couldn't put all his money in it.

also gave up.

Next, everyone who came to the auction was extremely angry.

All 12 good shops connected to each other were taken over by Zhao Yuanzhen.

This damn woman, where did she get so much money? Everyone looked at her and thought hatefully that they would get the next one no matter what, even if it was 50. If they couldn't get it, they would raise the price.

"Zhengnan Street, Shop No. 27, two floors, a total of 370 square meters, including a backyard of 410 square meters, 11 houses, starting price 6 taels of silver, please bid."

"10 million!"

"15 million!"

"25!" The person who made the bid looked at Zhao Yuanzhen smugly, waiting for her to raise the price.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at him like an idiot.

She is just rich, not stupid.

It’s so high, she won’t add it.

The man was proud for a while, but was dumbfounded when he saw that Zhao Yuanzhen had no intention of raising the price.

"25 for the first time, 25 for the second time, and 25 for the third time. The deal went to buyer No. 7."

The person who finally made the deal for 25 paid the money with gritted teeth.

this woman.

The person who was cheated looked at Zhao Yuanzhen angrily.

When the new round of auction started, no one dared to raise the price because of the lessons learned from the previous incident.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought it again.

In this way, he fired back and forth between real guns and fake guns, making it difficult for anyone to figure out the routine.

Finally, Zhao Yuanzhen picked the best shop on that street and she bought 23 of them.

Next is the auction of the land.

Zhao Yuanzhen also combined the real and the fake.

We selected those that were close and could be connected into one piece, and we photographed 1.2 acres of land.

After the auction, everyone felt a sense of depression in their chests, and the things they won were no longer attractive. Looking at Zhao Yuanzhen, they didn't know where this person came from, and they had never met him before.

She was also very rich and had a calm and composed aura. Once she had this aura, they didn't dare to raise the price, as they always felt that she had a treasure trove.

Zhao Yuanzhen returned satisfied with the various land deeds, house deeds, and shop contracts.

They have been living in the backyard of the government office recently, making do with what they have.

Now that I have bought my own house, I need to tidy it up.

The house is now just an empty shell.

All kinds of furniture were sold, and she had to buy new ones.

There are also flowers, plants and trees to buy.

The climate in the south now is good, and everything can be grown.

Zhao Yuanzhen picked out her favorite fruits and planted some, which can be used for greening and the fruits can be eaten.

I also choose the flowers and plants I like to plant.

Especially the precious ones such as peonies, chrysanthemums and orchids, she transplanted a lot of them from her own space and planted them.

The furniture was purchased directly from the furniture store.

I just bought a new house and a lot of people are eyeing it, so I can’t just buy it quietly in my space.

Fortunately, the furniture store here had sufficient goods, and Zhao Yuanzhen placed an order for all the goods for the entire yard.

As early as when Zhang Xinshu and his men had finished ransacking Prefect Fang's house, Zhao Yuanzhen had asked Lan Ying to take Zhang Zijin back to the capital.

Go back to the capital and bring a group of people over.

Including movable type printing, stereotype masters, ceramic masters, cooks, paper mills, beauty and hairdressing product maids, wine brewing masters, sugar water raw material cooks and so on.

I estimate that the people will arrive in a few days.

Zhao Yuanzhen found a building materials shop, hired a group of construction workers, and began to renovate the villa in the north of the city.

The yard is more than 130 acres, and she plans to arrange it according to the layout of a manor in the capital, with one part used as a canteen and dormitory, and another part used as a workshop and large warehouse.

The temperature in Yangzhou is high, it is hot all year round, and the rainy season is long.

Therefore, it is necessary to do a good job in draining water and digging sewers.

Considering the hot weather, the dormitory was built into a three-story building, with four people in a room, and the doors and windows were made larger.

Zhao Yuanzhen handed the drawn drawings to the construction team and asked them to build the canteen first.

The canteen is also built with three floors.

The second floor is used for special food, and the third floor is used as an entertainment room.

The construction masters took the drawings, studied them carefully, and then started construction.

Because of the high temperature and the strong smell of ordinary toilets, Zhao Yuanzhen designed all the toilets to be made of modern ceramics.

Several more washrooms and shower rooms were also designed.

I went to a furniture shop and ordered a dormitory set, which included two bunk beds, a large table, four chairs, a large wardrobe, a shoe cabinet, and a chest of drawers.

There are also various tables, chairs, benches, shelves, etc. in the kitchen.

The construction of the villa is proceeding in full swing.

The house was almost cleaned, so she bought some disinfectant and carried out a thorough disinfection of the entire house.

I always feel uncomfortable thinking about the fact that that scumbag, Prefect Fang, lived there and didn't disinfect it.

No corner was left out, no matter where it was, on top of or under the house, inside or outside the wall, and 360 degrees of disinfection was carried out without any blind spots.

The people who carried out the disinfection were Zhang Xinshu’s personal guard team.

These people are highly skilled in martial arts, and climbing up roofs and walls is no problem for them.

The disinfection was very thorough.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the calendar, selected a good day, and calculated that Lan Ying would definitely arrive by then.

Then we can move.

All the people except the guards and the palace soldiers were recruited, and the three women among them were all experts in conspiracy and conspiracy.

Zhao Yuanzhen planned to arrange one of them as the housekeeper of the inner palace, another as the owner of a beauty shop, and the third one, who was extremely charming, was going to be the manager of a brothel.

She thought about it for a long time before deciding to open a brothel.

Although I know that brothels are not a legitimate industry, they are indeed a good place to collect and find out information.

Zhang Xinshu is now the prefect, and having an industry like this to provide information support will make things much easier.