My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 270 The Queen of Han Is Here

Since Song Li was arrested, the price of land has risen again. It is not the first time that Xu Jingchang and the others have wanted to buy land from Zhu Zhanhe. After all, everyone knows that the price of land has been rising, and buying it early will take advantage of it.

But Zhu Zhanhe has never agreed to Xu Jingchang, but has been holding on to the land and not selling it. This time, he even used the Princess Han as a shield.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe is not lying. Last time because of the sale of the land, Princess Han did write to him and scolded him. Even Chang Sining and Sun Ruowei also wrote to him, telling him that the princess was very angry and told him to be careful. some.

Although Xu Jingchang and the others didn't believe it, but Zhu Zhanhe insisted that he couldn't make the decision, and they had no choice but to give up temporarily.

It was also on the second day of the banquet that after several days of fermenting, the voyage to the West finally reached a peak, especially after each family got their belongings, it was inevitable to show off to the people around them, such as Xu Jingchang and others, who had more money , Naturally began to deal with land property.

Although Zhu Zhanhe was unwilling to sell it, there were other people in the capital who were willing to sell it, and of course the price would not be cheap.

And as these nobles bought land property one after another, the price of land property in the capital rose again. Many people saw this situation and simply followed Zhu Zhanhe's example and kept holding on to the plate, resulting in a price without a market. As a result, the price of the land property It went up even faster.

For this kind of situation, Zhu Zhanhe had already expected it, but he was not in a hurry to sell the property in his hand, because Han Wangfei and the others were already on their way, and they would probably arrive in Beijing in a few days.

When the capital was moved to the beginning, because Zhu Di left in a hurry, and because many noble families had a large population, many female relatives stayed in Nanjing, intending to deal with the affairs of Nanjing before leaving.

The same is true for Princess Han. After several months of preparations, things in Nanjing have been dealt with almost, so Princess Han and many female relatives of Xungui's family went on the road together. I can be a companion.

On the second day after the meeting, Zhu Zhanhe came to Tianjin again, firstly, to tell Zhang Fu about the official ship business, which the court had agreed to, and secondly, to welcome Han Wangfei here in Tianjin.

Princess Han and the others took the waterway, that is, the Grand Canal, which is on the same line as the water transport. Although the speed is a bit slower, it is better than safety.

Zhang Fei and the others got permission from the imperial court, and Xia Yuanji also sent officials from the Ministry of Officials to accompany them, so they quickly left Tianjin on a sea boat and went to Liaodong to load goods.

After Zhu Zhanhe waited in Tianjin for a few days, the fleet of Han Wangfei and the others finally arrived at the mouth of the Sancha River.

"Meet my mother, mother has worked hard all the way!"

Zhu Zhanhe quickly boarded the boat, and when he saw Princess Han, he immediately stepped forward with a smile and saluted.

"You brat, who asked you to sell the property in Beijing?"

When Princess Han saw Zhu Zhanhe, she slapped the table angrily and said angrily.

Because of the distance between the two places, Princess Han only knew that Zhu Zhanhe had sold the property before, but did not know that Zhu Zhanhe had bought the property back, so she was so angry.

"Mother, don't be angry, I bought back the property again, and I bought it several times more. Now in the entire capital, there is no other person with more property than ours!"

Zhu Zhanhe hastily explained.

"What? You bought so much land again? Where did you get the money? Did you spend all the money you spent on the voyage?"

Princess Han's face changed drastically when she heard the words. In her impression, Zhu Zhanhe has always spent money lavishly, and Sun Ruowei beside her is a clear proof.

"No, the thing is like this..."

It was only then that Zhu Zhanhe explained in detail how the destruction of the three main halls had led to the decline in property in Beijing.

Princess Han also turned her anger into joy after hearing this, and immediately slapped her hands and laughed: "Son, you still have a way. You actually took advantage of the destruction of the three halls to set a trap for those nobles. You are much more ruthless than me!"

"Mom, you misunderstood me. I really didn't put them in the ring. They forced me to buy their property."

Zhu Zhanhe explained with a wry smile.

"Okay, okay, I know you are the most innocent, even if you want to get rich, you are forced by others!"

Concubine Han kept her mouth shut, obviously she didn't believe Zhu Zhanhe's words at all.

Zhu Zhanhe was also very helpless, there was really no way to explain it.

"By the way, how much profit will we make in total when the fleet from the voyage to the west comes back this time?"

Princess Han suddenly asked again.

"We didn't make much profit, mainly because when we were in Nanyang, we only sold a little of our goods. After all, compared with Nanyang, the profit space in Western Ocean is larger, so this time we only made a total profit of more than 20 guan. In addition, I donated [-] guan to Grandpa Huang to help him rebuild the three halls."

Zhu Zhanhe explained.

"It's right to donate money. If your father is not here, you should do more filial piety for him."

Princess Han nodded in agreement.

After talking about the business, Princess Han dragged Zhu Zhanhe to sit next to her and chatted about some household matters, while Sun Ruowei next to her interrupted from time to time.

A while later, Chang Sining also came, she accompanied Madam Hang Haihou on the boat behind, and usually came to the front to pay her respects to Princess Han.

With the arrival of Chang Si Ning, the cabin became even more lively. Since the engagement, Zhu Zhanhe and Chang Si Ning have also seen each other often. Although they are not yet married, they have lost their initial shyness, and the two get along more and more harmoniously .

The fleet continued to go north, and soon arrived in Tongzhou, and then the group of people changed to land, and the mighty carriage followed the official road, and soon arrived in Beijing.

When the female relatives of noble families arrived, they naturally sent people to greet them. Zhu Zhanhe said a few words of courtesy to the honored nobles, and then returned to Hanwang Mansion together with Princess Han.

After resting in the mansion for two days, Princess Han immediately held a pearl hairpin meeting to discuss the matter of voyages to the West with the female family members. Some of them were in Nanjing and some were in Beijing before, so they had to leave the matter of voyages to the men in the mansion. Deal with it, now that they get together, of course they want to take back their power.

Speaking of which, although Beijing is farther north than Nanjing, and there are no big rivers for large ships to navigate, Beijing also has an advantage, that is, it is very close to the sea, and Tianjin next to it is an excellent port.

In contrast, although Nanjing has an excellent river port, it is a bit far from the sea. Zheng He’s voyages were huge, and it was not convenient to enter the Yangtze River. Therefore, the real base of his voyages was actually Taicang Port.

Therefore, it is almost foreseeable that with the prosperity of voyages to the West, Tianjin Port will definitely become more prosperous in the future, so various honorable families have already started to buy land in Tianjin.

With the arrival of Princess Han, the property of the Palace of Han finally began to be sold. First, the price has reached its peak, even if it is still rising, but the rate of increase is very slow. Second, the property held by the Palace is indeed too much. .

The affairs of the palace were handled by Princess Han, while Zhu Zhanhe focused on the bank. Xia Yuanji finally let go and wanted to set up the first bank in Beijing.

(End of this chapter)