Chapter 481 Village Property Purchase
Xiong Feng smiled, "We are all from the same place, it's normal to be familiar with each other."
Shen Congrong agreed deeply, “Village Chief, Brother Xiong Feng has always lived in Dahe Town.”
"Dahe Town! It's really possible that I've seen it before! No wonder I always felt it looked familiar!" Shen Ying laughed at himself and turned back to his carriage.
After the convoy arrived at the city, half of the people stopped here, and Shen Congrong and the others continued to follow the imperial envoy on their journey.
Shen Ying and others watched the convoy leave, and hurriedly found the man according to the address given by Shen Yi, and handed him Lu Tong's handwritten letter and keepsake.
The boy only knew a few words, but he would not make a mistake in the token. After hearing the purpose of Shen Ying and his companions' visit, he immediately helped them to look for a house and a farm.
"The houses and land in the prefecture are more expensive than those in the county. For example, a house in Zhaohua County costs five or six hundred taels, but here it may cost seven or eight hundred taels, and the location may not be good. You should be aware of this."
Shen Ying nodded seriously, "We bought the house mainly for the children to study. It would be better if it is safer, quieter, closer to the academy, and more convenient to go to the street."
These requirements may sound a bit harsh, but everyone must meet them.
Upon hearing this, the young man immediately flipped through the booklet and said thoughtfully, "In this case, you'd better buy a house in the south of the city. The south of the city is inhabited by wealthy families with large courtyards. Even if they are next to each other, they won't affect each other. Moreover, the houses are large and you can renovate them yourself. It won't be a problem to turn them all into houses.
The most important thing is that there is an academy in the south of the city, which is run by the government and specializes in recruiting children from wealthy families and children of officials. The teachers there are also really capable. If you feel that those people are difficult to get along with, you can also find a teacher in the academy. It costs about twenty taels of silver a year to hire a teacher.
Besides, there are no scoundrels in the south of the city, and the yamen runners patrol three times a day, so it is the safest place."
When Shen Ying heard this, he immediately made the decision, "Okay! We'll buy a house in the south of the city!"
"Great!" The boy laughed even more happily than Shen Ying, and randomly flipped through another booklet. As for the farm, that was a simple matter. There were several farms that could be bought and sold outside the city, both big and small, and even the tenants were ready.
If you trust me, I will find you a farm with good sellers and honest tenants. You just need to prepare the money."
Shen Ergou was a little worried, “What if something is found to be wrong later?”
The young man patted his chest and promised: "If you have any questions, just come to me! After all, I was recommended by Lord Lu. I can fool anyone but you, right?"
Shen Ying nodded in agreement, "Okay then, I'll listen to you."
With the help of Ren Yazi, Shen Ying and his companions bought the house and the farm in just three days.
The house is in the south of the city. The wealthy families here are typical Lizhou architecture. There is a large courtyard in the house for daily entertainment, and the rest is all houses, one after another, which can accommodate about sixty or seventy people.
The furniture inside is all ready, what's missing is bedding and other things. It's winter, so we can't be careless.
After Shen Ying got the house, he asked several small children to clean the house, and the others followed him to the street to buy quilts, winter coats and other warm items.
It took almost two days for the children to stabilize.
After finishing all this, Shen Ying took Shen Ergou to prepare the tuition and apprenticeship gift, and delivered another letter of recommendation from Lu Tong to the academy.
After many twists and turns, the children finally entered school successfully.
At this time, Lizhou welcomed its first snow.
Shen Ying bid farewell to Shen Ergou and others in the snow and wind. After leaving the city, he went to the farm again under the guidance of Ren Yazi.
The village looked desolate in the heavy snow, and nothing could be seen of the conditions on the land.
The boy took Shen Ying to meet the tenants and introduced them to each other.
Shen Ying explained some important matters before leaving.
When he returned to Zhaohua County exhausted, he went to see Shen Yi first.
"Oh my God, traveling far away in the middle of winter is really life-threatening! I used to envy Da Gou and the others for their business, but now it seems that not everyone can make this much money!" Shen Yingse curled up into a ball.
Shen Yi had already asked someone to prepare two stoves for him, but he was still shivering there.
Shen Yi hurriedly handed him a bowl of hot ginger soup, "Uncle, is everything done?"
Shen Ying drank a bowl of soup and felt a little better. Then he came slowly.
"Everything has been done. We bought a large house in the south of the city. We spent 1,200 taels. The house is very big, enough for the children in our village to use. If it is not enough in the future, we can just buy another one. Anyway, there is no place to spend money in the village now. Once we buy the house, it belongs to the village and it won't get lost if we leave it there.
In addition, I bought a farm outside the city, 80 acres of good farmland, 100 acres of dry land, plus some houses, the total amount is 600 taels, the tenants are all ready, and the village will have to send people to collect the grain every year."
Before the purchase, he was very nervous. After he bought it, he felt that he had bought too little and regretted that he did not bring more money with him.
Shen Yi couldn't help but nod, "In this way, our village is also a village with industry in the capital city!"
How many villages can achieve what Shenjiazhuang has done?
Shen Ying smiled from ear to ear, "I thought so too, let's save some more money and buy more when the time comes. I have figured it out now, everyone will miss the money if it is in your pocket, but no one will miss it until it is spent and turned into something.
And we can make money every year, and everyone can benefit, right?"
"Uncle Yingming!"
Shen Yi praised Shen Ying and let him stay in the county town for one night. The next day, he asked Yu Bei to drive him back to the village in a carriage.
Shen Ying returned to the village. When the villagers received the news, they rushed over to inquire about the situation in the capital. When they learned that the village had added those new industries, they were as happy as if it were New Year.
Because of the cold weather, everyone dispersed after a while.
Shen Ying looked at his wife He in surprise, "Why do I feel like there are fewer people in the village?"
He rolled her eyes at him. "I've already gone to the other side of the Daxun River to get seafood for Xiaotai. How can it be a small amount? I'm not going to tell you. I still have to go to the wool sweater processing workshop to work! The caravan will leave in seven or eight days."
As soon as He left, Shen Ying hurriedly put away the land deeds and house deeds and followed her out to work.
The day the caravan set out was the day the imperial envoys returned to the imperial capital.
After coming here, Shen Congrong and his group obviously had a different feeling.
Before in Lizhou, when people heard that they were candidates who had passed the imperial examination, they looked at them with admiration and were even cautious when speaking to them.
Even though the people of the imperial capital knew about their situation, they did not react at all, appearing indifferent and as if it had nothing to do with them.
Su Yongzhang was somewhat puzzled and unhappy, "Cousin, do they look down on us?"
Shen looked around calmly and shook his head, “It shouldn’t be.”
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