County Magistrate Gu coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.
Without refuting Mr. Han, he turned to look at Tian An and said, "Well, girl! Why don't you rent more land, just to help your uncle Gu and help those refugees."
Tian An put his head in his hands, looking embarrassed: "Uncle Gu, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that the climate has been too unstable in the past two years, and the risks are too great!
The weather is bad and we can’t grow any crops. Everyone will starve, and I will have to pay compensation for the crops I rented.
If I'm lucky and have a good harvest, I won't have a wooden sign to sell the grain, so I can only sell the grain to grain merchants who come to collect it, and the price will definitely be suppressed.
If the grain can't be sold at a good price, all my hard work for a year will be in vain. It's not worth it, it's not worth it!"
The county magistrate's mouth twitched. He felt that Tian An was not afraid of not being able to grow crops, but wanted to take the opportunity to ask him to give her a green card to sell grain.
However, thinking about the two warehouses filled with grain, County Magistrate Gu felt that this girl did have the confidence to ask for a green card.
Tian An certainly wasn't worried about not being able to grow crops. The crops in her warehouse were high-yield varieties that had been improved with space soil. Although they were still inferior to Grandpa Yuan's super rice, as long as she continued to use space soil to cultivate seedlings and improve them, they would definitely get better and better.
There are several canals and many tributaries in their area. Even if it doesn't rain, they can still fetch water from the river, but it's a bit tiring.
The other families in the village had a poor harvest, partly because of the lack of seeds and partly because they didn't have enough people to carry water to irrigate the fields, which delayed the early growth of the crops. But she had a large family and even cattle, so that wasn't the case.
Unless God really causes severe droughts for several consecutive years and all the rivers dry up, they will have nowhere to get water.
The county magistrate thought for a moment and said, "If I give you the green card to sell grain, would you be willing to rent more land?"
Tian An still shook his head: "I don't want to rent land anymore. The land that people are willing to rent to me is all bad. No matter how well I take care of the land, it will eventually belong to someone else."
The county magistrate raised his eyebrows and said, "Could it be that you want to buy it directly?"
Tian An smiled helplessly and said, "There's no way the villagers would sell it to me."
Granny Qin, who was standing by, suggested, "You can buy a farm. All the wealthy families buy farms."
Tian An said that all the good farms were owned by others, and even if there were one or two that could be sold, with their family's background, they would not be able to compete with others.
"The shop next to the county school was bought with the help of Aunt Gu."
County Magistrate Gu now understood that Tian An wanted him to help buy the farm!
Han Xun even said he was beating around the bush! It was clearly this girl who was beating around the bush with him.
He complained in his heart, but said, "If you want to buy a farm, I know a suitable one. Of course, you can also ask Aunt Gu to help you."
The farm Magistrate Gu mentioned was on the outskirts of the city, not far from their Shangba Village. It had over 300 mu of land, 200 mu of paddy fields, 100 mu of dry land, and a barren hill, with ten tenant households.
The house is fully equipped with facilities such as housing and warehouses, so the refugees don't need her to build houses for them, they can move in directly.
Coincidentally, this farm belonged to the Zhang family. They were currently being suppressed by merchants they had previously offended. Business was bad, and more than half of the shops had already closed.
To cash in, he sold two farms and five shops. However, those merchants were deliberately targeting his family. The farms, originally worth seven or eight hundred taels, had banded together and only offered one or two hundred taels to play a trick on him.
There were two farms, one large and one small. The farm the magistrate mentioned was the smaller one. The larger one had over 800 mu of land, but he probably didn't mention it to her because he thought she didn't have much money.
Tian An really wanted the smaller one more. Not having money was one thing, but the more important thing was that she had her eyes on that barren mountain. She had wanted to grow medicinal herbs for a long time, and the barren mountain was just the right place to do it.
It doesn't take up any land, and you can earn a lot of money from the herbs you grow. The more Tian An thought about it, the better it seemed. The most important thing was that it was cheap! And since this was a great bargain, it belonged to the Zhang family, so she had to take advantage of it.
"Uncle Gu, others are only offering 200 taels, so I'll offer more. I'll offer 250 taels to buy a farm. I'll also offer 500 taels to buy two shops. Do you think the Zhang family will agree?"
The county magistrate twitched his lips. Why did he feel that this girl did it on purpose?
He didn't give a precise answer, only saying, "I'll go back and ask the housekeeper to ask for you."
He said he would ask the housekeeper to go back and ask, but Tian An knew that the matter was almost certain.
It's said that the prime minister's doorman is half an official, and the housekeeper represents the face of the Gu family. He went to ask, could the Zhang family disagree? Dare they disagree? She just wanted them to feel aggrieved.
Tian An rolled his eyes and continued, "Uncle Gu, the guy hired by the Zhang family injured our cook's hand last time. He's still recovering at home! The noodle shop business has been affected by the boss. Shouldn't his family give him some compensation? What about lost wages, medical expenses, at least they should give him some money!"
Tian An was willing to buy the farm to help him settle the refugees. The county magistrate was delighted and said readily, "That's only right. You don't need to tell me. After this case is over, I will send someone to notify you to discuss compensation."
Seeing County Magistrate Gu's official demeanor, Tian Anfu nodded and said, "Yes! Uncle Gu is indeed the most fair and people-loving official."
Then he pulled Zhao Yiming and started calculating the compensation as if no one was around.
"One cut on the arm, one on the back. The medical bills are twenty taels. I need to take good care of him in the later stages. It will definitely take three to two months. He also needs to eat well to replenish his energy. A chicken a day is not too much, right?
And the losses incurred by the shop while he was recuperating should also be compensated! And…"
After a long calculation, Tian An finally came up with a few dozen taels of silver. No way! This was still far from her goal!
An idea suddenly occurred to Tian An: "This fifty taels is physical compensation for my cook.
But there are also psychological aspects. Ever since my cook was injured, he has nightmares every night. Even during the day, he is in a trance and can't do anything.
Oh! Physical illness is easy to cure, but psychological illness is hard to cure! He hasn't even gotten married yet! What if he continues to be like this in the future?
Asking the Zhang family for 200 taels of spiritual compensation is not expensive, right? "
After thinking for a while, he said, "I guess the Zhang family doesn't have much money anymore. I won't make it difficult for them. I'll just take over one of their shops as collateral."
After saying this, he had an expression that said, "I am such a good person and I am so considerate of others."
The people opposite were stunned. Is it possible to calculate like this?
Zhao Yiming: ...Is Chen Feng so valuable? I think it was given as a gift when I bought it!
However, before they could recover from their shock, County Magistrate Gu replied to her seriously, "I'm sorry, An An is so considerate."
Everyone: ...?
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