It turned out that the reward Liu Hua asked Nian Gengyao to be Wu's house. He asked Nian Gengyao to reward Wu's house to himself in the name of the court, and there was nothing else to ask for.

Nian Gengyao frowned and looked at Liu Hua: "You have a big appetite. Although the Wu house has fallen, its area and geographical location are all the best choices. If the court auctions it, the Wu house will be worth at least 5,000 taels of silver."

"Sir Nian, the account is not calculated like this." After intercepting Nian Gengyao's words, Liu Hua deliberately said with a bitter face: "The price you just mentioned is the price when Wu's house was just built.

Now that so many years have passed, in my opinion, the Wu house is worth at most five taels of silver. After the imperial court rewarded me with the Wu house, I had to peel off the dilapidated houses and renovate them inside and outside. I had to pay for them myself.

Lord Nian, don’t forget that the owner of this Wu house was killed by a whole family. Everyone thought it was unlucky, who would buy it? That is, I am stupid and I picked up some rags that no one wanted.

Furthermore, as the saying goes, if the courtyard is large and the house is empty, there will be evil if it is idle for a long time. This Wu house has been abandoned for fifteen years. Who knows whether it is haunted inside? I am using my own life to experiment with the court.”

Nian Gengyao was sitting there drinking water, but when he heard Liu Hua say that Wu Zhai was worthless, he almost choked: "Cough cough...what did you say? Five taels of silver? In this way, I'll give you six taels of silver. Go and buy me a yard like Wu Zhai. Then, let alone haunted, even if it's corpse inside, I won't dislike it.

Dried rags? Have you ever seen anyone who picks up rags and can pick up a house worth 5,000 taels of silver? Liu Hua, why are you embarrassed to say that you are stupid? You are so good at giving your face, right? I have seen so many people? I have never seen anyone as real as you."

"Brother Nian, don't joke with me. Isn't it just an abandoned house? Why do you have to be so serious?" Speaking of this, Liu Hua leaned forward: "After my brother repaired this house, when I came to Yangzhou for a trip, I would have a place to settle down.

We are all our own family, isn’t mine yours? Brothers will never forget the kindness given to you by Brother Nian. When you wait for your brother to make a name for yourself in the future, you will definitely repay Brother Nian’s kindness today.”

When Liu Hua said this, Nian Gengyao fell into deep thought. He had seen Liu Hua's talent before, and later he also appreciated Liu Hua's talent in investigating cases. Perhaps, Liu Hua may really make a name for himself in the future.

In the future, maybe I really have a time to beg Liu Hua. If that is the case, it would be okay to sell him a favor while Liu Hua has not yet made a fortune. Maybe there will be a day when he will ask Liu Hua for favor in the future.

Thinking of this, Nian Gengyao nodded and agreed, "Okay, since you have fallen in love with that Wu house, I will ask Brother Baishan to reward you with the house in the name of the Yangzhou Prefectural Office, and then ask the Tuzheng Department to issue you a new deed. After you repair the house, you can move in."

Seeing that Nian Gengyao agreed to his request, Liu Hua was very happy and kept thanking Nian Gengyao. After Nian Gengyao smiled and greeted him for a few words, he asked Liu Hua to go to Huang Baishan to go through the procedures.

At noon that day, Nian Gengyao recruited more than 100 officers and soldiers from the Yangzhou Prefecture City Defense Battalion to escort the eight Sosuha people. After saying goodbye to Huang Baishan, he rode a blue horse and left.

Tong Zhen, the chief inspector of the prefect's office, accompanied him with more than a dozen constables. Seeing that Nian Gengyao had already set off, Tong Zhen greeted everyone and then led a huge team to the capital.

At this moment, Liu Hua and Sun Shidong were consulting in a shop specializing in decoration in Yangzhou Prefecture. They went to Wu's house in the morning to check it out and found that except for the three houses that need to be rebuilt, the remaining rooms in it do not need to be rebuilt, but they all have to be redecorated.

In addition, Liu Hua planned to remove the room near the courtyard gate, and then build a screen wall on that location, or place a stone stone on it to prevent his family from feeling in the future when they move in.

After checking, Liu Hua and the other two came to this shop called "Lu Ban Family". This shop is not only the largest decoration shop in Yangzhou Prefecture, but also has a very good reputation.

The person in charge of entertaining Liu Hua and the other two was an old man in his fifties. The old man was named Rumu, the shopkeeper of this shop. When he heard that Liu Hua wanted to renovate the famous Wu house, Rumu was a little surprised.

No one in Yangzhou Prefecture didn't know the Wu house, and they all knew about the haunted things there. After hearing Liu Hua's words, Lumu thought Liu Hua was joking at first, but when he saw the letter of certificate issued by the Tuzheng Department of the Prefectural Office, he believed that Liu Hua was not here to fool people.

After looking at Liu Hua curiously, Rumu slowly told Liu Hua about the cost of decoration: "Mr. Liu, based on the projects you just mentioned, I have made a general budget. Do you think there is anything that needs improvement?

First of all, there are 16 rooms in the back hall of Wu's house, including six main rooms and ten side rooms. Among these 16 houses, one main room and two side rooms need to be rebuilt. If built according to the previous specifications, these three houses will cost 120 taels of silver.

In addition, in the courtyard of the back hall, there is a landscape fish pond and a pavilion. The cost of repairing this area is about 100 taels of silver. There are ten houses in the front hall of Wuzhai. Although it is where the people live, the construction inside is extremely particular. If the doors, windows and roofs are repaired, it will cost at least 200 taels of silver.

This is not the cost of repairing the rooms in the back hall. If the twelve rooms in the back hall are added, even if I take care of some expenses, I will have to pay 400 taels of silver. The blue bricks in the yard must also need to be replaced. A rough estimate will be about 150 taels of silver.

In addition, Mr. Liu just said that he would renovate these houses. If these more than 20 houses and the gatehouse were carefully decorated, it would probably cost at least 500 taels of silver.

The remaining projects are all scattered and can’t spend much money, but judging from these main projects, if you want to decorate the inside and outside of Wu’s house, it will cost about 1,300 taels of silver.”
Chapter completed!