Chapter 1657 Buying Land
Anyway, they just take the market price and do their job impartially.
How could a mere 1,000 mu be enough? 4,000 mu was actually not much, but this area could only develop so much land that was easy to cultivate. It would be inconvenient to reclaim land in the mountains.
Qiao Xuan plans to plant all potatoes.
We must promote potatoes here!
You know, thanks to potatoes, Lu Min and Gu Zhiyou both made great contributions and were praised by the court. Once their three-year term is up, they will definitely be promoted.
Although Anze Prefecture has a large area of swamps, it also has many mountains and few fertile fields, so the grain harvest is naturally scarce.
This potato has a high yield and if it is promoted, it can alleviate some of the pressure on food.
Four thousand acres is certainly not enough.
But it is enough for demonstration.
That day, Wu Guan and others also came and lived in the house in Huaian Lane. As soon as they settled down, they hurried to the provincial government office to meet Shao Yunduan.
Zheng Sangge accompanied him.
Shao Yunduan just happened to tell them that he wanted them to make arrangements to go to Yuzhang to deliver a letter.
Zheng Sangge said that he would go and just bring one more person with him.
If we ride faster, we can reach Yuzhang in two and a half days.
That's right, Anze Prefecture is very close to Yuzhang Province, only about 500 miles away. This is also because the mountain road is rugged and winding, otherwise it would take less than two days to get there.
Shao Yunduan had no objection and handed the written letter to Zheng Sangge, who kept it carefully and said he would leave early the next morning.
In addition to purchasing 3,000 acres of fairly flat wasteland in the southern suburbs, Qiao Xuan also bought 50,000 acres of wild mountain land in one go.
When the governor Guan and his wife found out, they laughed so hard that they almost threw away the tea bowls in their hands.
"How ignorant! You bought such a shabby piece of land. I don't know what you're going to do with it!"
The couple laughed at Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan, and Madam Guan couldn't help but say, "Those lands are not valuable, but they bought a lot. The 50,000 mu of wilderness and mountain land alone cost 50,000 taels of silver! And the big house in the east of the city cost 2,000 taels, and there are several thousand mu of wasteland... This adds up to 60,000 taels, right?"
"They bought so many things the day they came. The whole set of carved mahogany furniture purchased by Qiao alone was not cheap. The coffee table was inlaid with mother-of-pearl... How could they have so much money?"
After she said this, Guanzhou Cheng felt a little uncomfortable.
Anze Prefecture was too chaotic, and there were too many things that needed money to be taken care of, but the income was not much. Over the years, although he had accumulated some assets, the total amount was less than 100,000 silver coins.
This prefect had only been here for four or five days, but he had already spent nearly one hundred thousand... Although he spent his own money, it was still frustrating to compare himself with others!
Guan Zhoucheng thought even more, "They bought a house and land, could it be that they plan to live in Anzechang?"
Mrs. Guan became more and more angry and smiled coldly: "Oh, that depends on whether they have the ability to live here!"
Guan Zhoucheng also sneered and nodded: "Madam is right! I see they have been here for several days, so it's time to hold the welcoming banquet. Madam, go talk to Madam Shao so that she can send the invitation."
Mrs. Guan didn't want to see Qiao Xuan at all.
Whenever she thought of Qiao Xuan, she would think of her arrogant look and the words "greetings", which made her feel disgusted and repulsed.
She pretended to be deaf and dumb, and did not go to the East Courtyard to "pay her respects" for the past few days. Qiao Xuan did not send anyone to cause trouble, so she was even more lazy to pay attention to her.
(End of this chapter)
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