This yard was really cheap to Yang Jing, but in fact, when Mike Aller bought it, he was still ripped off...
If calculated based on the prices at the time, even though this courtyard was in a good location and large in area, its actual price would only be around 300,000 national currency, and this courtyard was still owned by the public.
However, Yang Jing had specifically told Mike Aller that he must buy the house no matter how much it cost. When they saw a rich man coming, how could they not sharpen their knives?
But for Yang Jing, let alone $500,000, even if it was $1 million or $2 million, Yang Jing would let Mike Aller buy it without hesitation.
Because Yang Jing knew very well what this courtyard represented in the original time and space, and even if you had money, you could not buy this courtyard!
The most important thing is that Yang Jing wants to buy this courtyard early, and after a thorough renovation, this courtyard can also be used as a temporary warehouse in the next thirty years. At least, whether it is Peter Wu or Xue Renfa later, the old items they bought for themselves need to be preserved in this courtyard. This courtyard occupies a very important position in Yang Jing's big plan.
When Yang Jing stood in front of this large courtyard that had been completely rebuilt, he couldn't help feeling excited.
Fortunately, this is Yanjing, where there are many foreigners. Otherwise, just Yang Jing standing here motionless would attract a lot of attention.
After knocking on the door, footsteps were soon heard from inside. When the door opened, an old man in his fifties or almost sixty appeared in front of Yang Jing.
"Hello, hello...Are you looking for a pot?" The old man was obviously hired to guard the gate. His door was broken open by a foreigner early in the morning. The old man was obviously a little confused, speaking a mixture of English and Chinese, which almost made Yang Jing laugh so hard that he burst out laughing.
"Hello, uncle. I'm looking for Mr. Wu." When Yang Jing saw that the old man even said "you zhao hu" (meaning "who are you looking for"), he simply stopped speaking English and directly stated his background in Mandarin.
"Oh! You can speak Mandarin?" When the old man heard that Yang Jing spoke Mandarin quite fluently, his face immediately lit up with joy.
"Please wait a moment, I will go in and greet Mr. Wu." The old man politely welcomed Yang Jing in and said very politely. Yang Jing's appearance changed by the "disguise" skill played a big role. In this era, foreigners are still very popular in China.
"Thank you, sir!" Yang Jing said politely with a smile.
"Hey! You're welcome, you're welcome! You're so polite..." The old man smiled happily and continued to be polite while walking quickly inside. After a while, a man in his thirties followed the old man and walked over.
When the man saw Yang Jing's appearance, he asked hesitantly, "Who are you..."
"I am Michael Lynch. You must be Peter Wu, right? Mr. Mike Aller should have informed you that I would come to Yanjing to see you, right?"
When Peter Wu heard Yang Jing introduce himself, he immediately became extremely respectful. He knew that his boss, Mike Aller, worked for Michael Lynch, who was the ultimate boss.
Both of them spoke Chinese, and the old man next to them was also shocked. This foreigner who knocked on the door early in the morning turned out to be the big boss!
Peter Wu welcomed Yang Jing in very respectfully. After hearing that the big boss had arrived, the other three foreigners hurried out of their rooms to meet the mysterious big boss.
Along the way, Yang Jing was very satisfied when he saw the newly built yard.
The overall architectural style of this courtyard has been retained in the traditional Yanjing courtyard house, with the main house, east and west wing rooms, back house, rear house, ear room, skirt room, hanging flower gate, eaves corridor and veranda. The four courtyards in front of the main house are all paved with flat stone slabs, but in the four corners of the courtyard, there are four small gardens, planted with crabapples, magnolias, peonies, and other flowers and plants, as well as a few not-so-large pomegranate trees and persimmon trees. There is also a huge locust tree in the middle of the courtyard.
"Boss, this locust tree was just transplanted here this spring. It is said to be more than 200 years old. At that time, I thought it was good and the price was right, so I asked the workers to transplant it here." Pete Wu explained in a low voice when he saw that the boss was very satisfied with the big locust tree.
Yang Jing smiled and nodded. Of course he was satisfied. Such an old locust tree planted in this yard played a finishing touch. Especially this locust tree is not only old, but also has a very beautiful shape. Although it is winter now and there are no leaves on the tree, Yang Jing can see that once spring and summer come, the huge crown of this old locust tree will be enough to cover the entire yard.
After standing in the yard for a while, Yang Jing walked into the main room. As soon as he entered the door, a wave of heat hit him in the face.
"Is there heating installed in the house?" Yang Jing asked.
"That's right. When we rebuilt this courtyard last year, we followed Mr. Mike Aller's instructions and laid heating pipes under the floor tiles of the rooms. Then we set up a small coal-fired boiler in the westernmost room of the back house to heat all the rooms in this courtyard."
Yang Jing nodded again. It was he who proposed this kind of geothermal heating. In this era, collective heating in Yanjing has not yet appeared. Yang Jing does not want to burn honeycomb coal stoves in this yard, so he simply built a heating system by himself.
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