bookcurios Chapter 44
Chapter 44
Lin Hongfei planned to go to Nanqiao Hutong first, where Wei Yuanliang hid his property, and the courtyard house he wanted to see was also in that alley.
In this way, it happened to be on the way!
Five rickshaws lined up and arrived at Nanqiao Hutong not long after.
Wu Erhan was already waiting at the entrance of the alley, and when he saw Lin Hongfei approaching, he hurried up to meet him.
"Hongfei, the owner of the courtyard has arrived and is waiting for us!" Wu Erhan said.
"Okay, I'll go and have a look first!"
As he spoke, Lin Hongfei gave Wu Qiusheng and the others a wink, and the four of them immediately nodded knowingly, and then went straight to the yard where Wei Yuanliang hid his property.
Under the leadership of Wu Erhan, Lin Hongfei came to this three-entry courtyard house with a price of 8000 yuan. The owner of the courtyard was a middle-aged man in a long gown, with a small whip hanging behind his head.
I have to say that the price of 8000 yuan for this yard is not out of thin air. Lin Hongfei walked around and felt that the yard was quite particular about the materials and decoration.
And the landlord also explained from the side: "Master Lin, you don't know, our family's ancestors are also members of the royal family. They were granted the title of Baylor and managed the House of Internal Affairs."
"This yard was built after our ancestors became the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Have you seen this beam? This is the same batch of wood that was used to build the Summer Palace for Lafayette. Because it was left over, my ancestors used it to build this house."
"And this strange stone is left over from the Summer Palace."
Lin Hongfei couldn't help but sneer, what's left is clearly your ancestor's greed for ink.
It's no wonder that just building the Summer Palace can wipe out all the navy's military expenditures.
I'm afraid, it was all corrupted by these moths.
Ignoring the landlord's boast, Lin Hongfei directly stretched out three fingers: "8000 is too expensive, I can only give you 3000 ocean!"
"3000?"
"My lord, are you kidding me!" The landlord suddenly shouted like a cat whose tail has been stepped on.
"I'm full and I'm joking with you."
"Your yard has been around for too long, don't tell me that the materials used are good, and the garden is built according to Suzhou gardens."
"No matter how good the yard is, as long as it grows over time, there may be hidden dangers somewhere."
"After I bought it, I had to find someone to check the condition of the house, so as not to cause accidents and harm our family."
"So, 3000 oceans!" Lin Hongfei stretched out three more fingers.
"Don't mind, you're haggling at my heels, how about it, 7500 oceans!" said the landlord.
"A price reduction of 500 is also called a price reduction?" Lin Hongfei asked directly, "How about this, I will raise you another 300 oceans!"
So, the two of them had another round of verbal bargaining.
In the end, the yard was sold for 5300 oceans.
When the landlord signed the house sale contract, he was a little bit unconvinced: "If I hadn't been in a hurry to go back to my hometown in Northeast China, I wouldn't have given you such a low price!"
Lin Hongfei didn't answer, just smiled, and the bargaining was successful, so let the other party complain or complain.
For this three-entry courtyard, Lin Hongfei planned to use it as his future residence in Yanjing City.
"Sanjin's courtyard is also worthy of my position as deputy director!" Lin Hongfei said with satisfaction.
After the matter was settled, Lin Hongfei said to Wu Erhan: "Second brother, the car factory is located in the yard of Pichai alley."
"In the past two days, you have settled the foreign car business. If you need money, you can come to me directly."
Wu Erhan nodded: "Okay, don't worry!"
After Lin Hongfei left the yard, he separated from Wu Erhan.
He turned his head and walked into the depths of South Bridge Hutong. At this time, Wu Qiusheng and others had been waiting here for a long time.
"This is the courtyard!"
Lin Hongfei looked at the two vermilion doors locked by big locks in front of him and said.
"Yes, just now Xiwa and I went over the wall and took a look, but there was no one inside."
"However, we didn't find any money hidden in it," Wu Qiusheng said.
Lin Hongfei nodded: "You guys, help me, I'll go in and have a look!"
Lin Hongfei felt that Wei Yuanliang must have hidden the money somewhere in the yard, and he planned to go in and find it himself.
With the help of Wu Qiusheng and Sun Tie, Lin Hongfei successfully climbed over the high wall and entered the courtyard.
Immediately afterwards, he patrolled back and forth in the yard with only one entrance, and went in to check every room.
"The furniture and the floor are full of dust. It seems that this yard has been unoccupied for a long time!"
"what?"
"The footprints of these two pairs of cloth shoes should belong to Qiu Sheng and Sun Tie."
"This pair of footprints are clearly leather shoe prints!"
On the dusty ground, three rows of footprints were clearly visible. Based on the shape and traces of the footprints, Lin Hongfei concluded that the footprints of the pair of leather shoes should belong to Wei Yuanliang!
Following the footprints, Lin Hongfei found himself in front of a floor-to-ceiling wooden cabinet.
On the ground, there are still two traces of dragging the wooden cabinet.
A smile flashed at the corner of Lin Hongfei's mouth, he immediately hugged the wooden cabinet, and then slowly dragged the wooden cabinet vigorously.
"Squeak..."
As the wooden cabinet was dragged aside, a square hole was exposed on the ground, and a wooden box wrapped with iron sheets happened to be placed inside.
There was a brass lock on the wooden box, but it didn't bother Lin Hongfei. He turned around and found a hammer from the utility room in the yard, and opened the brass lock with three blows.
Opening the wooden box, the golden things inside caught Lin Hongfei's eyes immediately!
"It turned out to be a gold bar!"
"This is a good thing to preserve and quote, gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times."
"Wei Yuanliang didn't become the leader of the Four Seas Gang in vain. He has a good eye for saving so much gold."
"It's a pity, it's all cheaper for me!"
Without hesitation, Lin Hongfei immediately put the box of gold bars into the space.
With the disappearance of this wooden box, Lin Hongfei found that there was another wooden box of the same size underneath.
"Two wooden boxes stacked together!"
Open the wooden box below, and gold bars are also stored inside.
Take this box of gold bars away, and there will be nothing left in the entire cave.
"These two boxes of gold bars can be exchanged for at least 10 oceans. This kid Wei Yuanliang can really earn and save." Lin Hongfei couldn't help admiring.
"Next, it's time to go to the other two places!"
Lin Hongfei immediately turned over and left the yard.
"How is it, Brother Hongfei?" Wu Qiusheng came up and asked.
Lin Hongfei nodded: "I have already found it. When the time comes, I will arrange for someone to come and take away these properties."
"Now, let's go to the next place!"
"okay!"
Wu Qiusheng and the others showed excited expressions, and then rushed to the next courtyard without stopping.