"Grandpa, what is interest?" Granddaughter Ye Zi looked at her grandfather with a confused look on her face.
"Interest! Interest is..." The old village chief, who had been out of the village many times when he was young, had a worried look on his face as he explained to his grandchildren in a simple and understandable way what interest was.
Knowing that interest means that if you borrow something, you have to pay more when you return it, the brother and sister suddenly fell silent. Farming is a matter of relying on the weather for food. They were lucky enough to pay back what they had borrowed before, so how could they have more to pay back to the lady?
Moreover, when they came, grandpa told them some bad news.
Previously, they used the valley's concealment to escape paying taxes to the court, but now the valley's secret has been revealed to the world.
Not to mention whether they have to pay the taxes they escaped in the past, they will not be able to avoid taxes in the future. Where will they get so much food?
Seeing the grandfather and grandson, all with worried faces and heads down, Tian An looked at the old village chief and asked, "Old man, do you still want your descendants to continue hiding in this valley, guarding this piece of land, and never leave for the rest of their lives?
Although this valley can avoid disasters temporarily, it has no ability to resist disasters. This incident is a lesson.
Sticking to one's own ideas will only lead to stagnation. Only by broadening our horizons can we constantly strive for self-improvement and achieve long-term development."
After hearing Tian An's words, the old man was stunned and looked up, as if he saw himself when he was young, who also always loved to run outside, was always curious about things outside, and had persuaded his parents to open up the village.
Unfortunately, he eventually became like them in thinking, which imprisoned the village. As a result, when the evil people broke in, they had no one or place to ask for help. They were enslaved and abused for so many years.
Seeing that the old village chief had taken his words to heart, Tian An continued, "I'm sure you also know that although we have controlled those villains, they are not the masterminds. Aren't you worried that after we leave, they will make a comeback or deliberately retaliate?"
Hearing Tian An's words, the torture they had suffered before seemed to be right in front of them, and the three of them shuddered. During that period, many people died in the village, and even Ye Zi was almost ruined. It was a nightmare for everyone.
The old man lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he comforted his trembling granddaughter before standing up tremblingly.
Just when he was about to kneel down with Tian An, he thought of what had just happened and could only stand up straight with his bent knees. With cloudy eyes, he looked at Tian An and Zhao Yiming sincerely and said, "Madam and the official, please keep our entire village safe. I am willing to give everything."
At this point, he finally realized that this lady must have taken a fancy to something in the village and was just waiting for them to speak for themselves!
It has to be said that anyone who can become the village chief is naturally not a naive and ignorant person. Tian An did take a fancy to this place, but not a certain thing, but the entire village.
I was just afraid that if I brought it up, it would cause hostility and disgust among the villagers, and end up putting the cart before the horse, so I kept it to myself and waited for them to speak first!
Since the old man saw through it, Tian An no longer beat around the bush and said directly: "If I say I want your entire valley, are you willing?"
"Grandpa..." Sure enough, after hearing Tian An's words, Ye Zi and Ye Qing suddenly became nervous and hurriedly looked at their grandfather.
The old man turned his head and comforted his grandchildren before looking at Tian An again. "May I ask how you plan to take over the entire valley? What are you going to do here? What will our people do after you take over the valley?"
Tian An took a deep breath, stood up and said, “I will go to the state government here to communicate, and from now on, the title deed of this entire valley will be in my name.
You can still live here. I will be responsible for your safety from external factors, and I will not interfere in anything you do. However, you must tell me about the use of the land in the future, including building houses.
From now on, I will use this entire valley to grow medicinal herbs. I will provide the seedlings myself. If the elderly are willing, you can ask the villagers to help me plant them. I will ask someone to teach you and pay you according to the market price outside. You can also exchange them for food.
And you will get 20% profit from all the herbs grown in this valley.
What do you think?
The old man originally thought that Tian An would make some excessive demands, but he was surprised the more he listened.
Except for the fact that the land title deeds were not theirs, the rest of the conditions were simply pie in the sky for them.
But this land can only be considered as their discovery, not theirs. Even if they go to apply for a land deed, the government is willing to do it for them, but they don't have the money to do it.
However, "Madam, the population of our village is now only half of what it was before, and the population will definitely increase in the future.
If all this land is used to grow medicinal herbs in the future, and we don’t have enough housing, what will we do? " Although they were begging others, he still wanted to fight for what he could.
After hearing what the old village chief said, Tian An smiled and said, "When I have money in the future, I can settle down anywhere!"
He continued, "Besides, since medicinal herbs are grown in this valley, it will gradually become a trading place for medicinal herbs, and more and more people will come to it. Even if we build houses outside the valley, open inns or other shops and do some small business, what's wrong with that?
This area is so desolate and sparsely populated, with plenty of everything and not much land. Are you still worried about not having a place to build a house?"
Hearing this, the old village chief's eyes lit up and he slapped his thigh excitedly, "I'm really getting old and confused."
He Tianan immediately made the decision and said, "I agree on behalf of the whole village, but it depends on your orders, Madam."
It looked like he was afraid that Tian An would regret it the next second.
After sending the grandfather, grandson and his two children away, Zhao Yiming took out a land deed from his arms and gave it to Tian An.
Tian An was shocked when he saw it. He pointed at the deed to the valley in his hand and asked, "When did you ask someone to do it?"
Zhao Yiming drank tea leisurely and said, "Just before we went up the mountain.
Those days, your eyes were almost green when you looked at this place, and I didn’t know you! So I immediately sent someone to do it.
When the local officials saw someone buying this barren mountain and wasteland, they included the land a mile outside the valley in the purchase and gift.
"You are simply a worm in my stomach." Tian An took the land deed, happily sat on Zhao Yiming's lap, and kissed him on the face.
Seeing the admiring look in his young wife's eyes when she looked at him, Zhao Yiming enjoyed it very much. He hugged his wife and gave her another long kiss.
After the kiss, Tian An leaned softly in Zhao Yiming's arms, pointed at the land deed and announced: "From now on, this valley will be called Yaowang Valley!"
Zhao Yiming said lovingly, "Okay, I'll make you a domineering plaque when the time comes."
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