Chapter 1914 Purchase
Then it was the turn of the Fan family, and everyone finally perked up.
Qiao Xuan wasn't polite and chose first.
She was really not greedy. She asked for 60,000 acres of fertile land and five shops, both good and ordinary.
Payment according to market price.
Anze Prefecture has many mountains and few fields, and even fewer good fields that are connected in a row, so the price is higher than in neighboring counties. Qiao Xuan picked the best ones, and one mu of good fields cost ten taels of silver, so sixty thousand mu would cost sixty thousand taels.
Together with the five shops, the total amount is six thousand taels.
However, because the provincial government still owed her 500,000 taels of silver, the money could be deducted directly from the outstanding balance, and Qiao Xuan didn't need to actually pay out a single tael of silver.
Even after deducting the 66,000 taels, the provincial government still owed her more than 400,000 taels. Shao Yunduan paid her back again, and the total amount owed her was 400,000 taels.
These things were all public, and neither the government officials nor the local people had anything to say about them.
Even if Qiao Xuan took all the Fan family's fertile land and shops, the government still owed her money. She was willing to "share the blessing" with everyone, which was extremely generous.
In addition to fertile fields and shops, there were also many rare antiques that were auctioned off.
The big players who were eligible to participate in the auction had already discussed and planned privately, so the whole process was very harmonious and basically everyone got what they wanted.
Everyone is happy.
At this point, the entire Anzezhou City was finally completely safe.
Shao Yunduan deliberately set aside three days to rest and accompany Qiao Xuan and An An. The family of three went out of the city to visit their own farm and fields, and climbed the mountains to enjoy the scenery. Aye, Sun Bai and others accompanied them.
Everyone is exhausted after these days, can't they all take a good rest?
Sun Bai, Sun Qian and Zheng Sangge felt that the shortage of manpower was a big problem. The original number of yamen runners in the provincial government was not fully recruited, so they consulted with Hang Xingshan, a local man, and reported to Shao Yunduan. They posted a notice and selected and recruited yamen runners according to standard conditions.
We are planning to recruit about fifty more people.
Together with the existing yamen runners, we must train well!
Anzezhou is still full of banditry. In addition, due to its special geographical location, there is no guarantee that there will be desperate criminals fleeing here in the future. If they really come, they must be captured, and we must have enough manpower!
Shao Yunduan took a look at the official bill, felt that he could afford it, and nodded in approval.
Who doesn't know that being an official in the government office is a hot commodity? Young and middle-aged people are scrambling to sign up for the selection.
The city of Anzezhou was quite lively for a while.
While new people were being selected here, the yamen runners were also busy.
Although the three bandit strongholds of Minjiazhai, Liuhebao and Hutouzhai had been breached and dismantled, it was still far from enough.
Shao Yunduan ordered that the three bandit camps be thoroughly searched again, all the buildings including the basements be demolished, all the outposts, fortresses and passes be destroyed, and it would be best if they could be razed to the ground.
In short, these three places must be completely destroyed.
There must be absolutely no room for any possibility of a resurgence in the future.
Qiao Xuan was so itchy that she pestered Shao Yunduan to agree. She also wanted to go and see!
Shao Yunduan refused at first, but then he said she was "making trouble". What was so interesting about the bandit village? His wife was becoming more and more willful.
But his refusal did not last for two days. In the evening, under the sweet words, the beauty in his arms, and the charming scenery, Shao Yunduan quickly changed his mind.
(End of this chapter)
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