Because they bought the wasteland in Luojia Town, Chunxiao and Shuwen received unprecedented treatment. Their original individual rooms had been allocated, but they were re-assigned to two rooms, and the quilts in their rooms were also replaced with thicker ones.
Shuwen ran to her room before going to bed and asked, "Auntie, why are they so nice to us? Is it just because we bought their land?"
"Yes, we have to spend several thousand taels of silver here." How could it be bad? It was originally a wasteland, but it will become land that can collect taxes in the future, and they will become major taxpayers.
"Aunt, you're buying two more properties. Each one will cost over 4,000 taels. Where did you get so much money?"
"Don't worry about Auntie's money. You have to look carefully at the land for tomorrow. This place is bought for your father and second uncle. Since they are not here, it is up to you to plan it. The headman is in high spirits now, so we have to rely on him to help build this farm."
"Leave it to me to plan?" Shuwen was stunned.
"Yeah, if not you, who else can I rely on? You've seen it too, Auntie will be too busy to take care of everything in such a big place. If the land is decided, Xingfu will have to go back to transport seeds and call for reinforcements. There will definitely be no one to help you during this period."
Shuwen felt a huge amount of pressure when he heard this.
"Why, you don't think you are incompetent, do you?"
"Who says it's impossible? I have to try. Maybe I can do better than you think, aunt." Shuwen took a deep breath.
Chun Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, I'm looking forward to seeing you in a new light. Go to bed quickly and take a closer look tomorrow morning."
If the land is all decided tomorrow, she will spend another day to go to Ruyun Mountain to take a closer look. It doesn't matter. Once the land is decided, the government will set up boundary markers. She can draw a geographical sketch with the boundary markers, and she can always arrange how to use the land and build the houses.
She was actually very excited today. It was 1,000 acres of land, stretching as far as the eye could see. When she saw it, she knew she had to buy it. It might not be useful for growing other things, but it was perfect for growing cotton.
She had been suppressing her emotions and had not shown them, and finally she bought it at a low price. In fact, buying such wasteland for 4 taels of silver per mu was certainly not cheap, but compared to Wanfeng's price of more than 10 taels of silver per mu, it was a great deal.
Perhaps she was too excited thinking about this matter all night, and she couldn't fall asleep all night. When she woke up early the next morning, Shuwen was shocked to see her, "Auntie, what's wrong with you? Your dark circles are darker than yesterday. It seems that you can't sleep well outside."
Chunxiao rubbed her eyes and said, "Aunt is fine."
Chen Tingzhang came over quickly and greeted the aunt and niece with a smile. "Miss Yan, Young Master Yan, breakfast is ready. After breakfast, I will take you to see the land."
"Master, please don't be so polite. I am unworthy of your kindness."
"There's no need to call me sir. Just call me Chief Chen. Please come in."
Unable to refuse the kind offer, Chunxiao and the others obediently followed the Pavilion Chief to the tea room for breakfast. "Palace Chief Chen, I wonder how much the wages are for hiring a worker here?" Although they had asked the county leader before, now that they were in the town, asking the town leader would naturally give the most accurate answer.
"Here we are paid 25 wen a day, and if we include food it's 20 wen a day, that's about it."
"What if it's during the Chinese New Year?"
"It's the same price whether it's Chinese New Year or not. If you want to order, someone will make it."
"It's just that this place is a bit far from Ruyun Mountain. A horse carriage would take an hour, and an ox cart would probably take two hours. All that time is spent on the round trip."
"That's easy. Why do you need to hire people from so far away? There are several villages near Ruyun Mountain. Once the notice is issued, each village can report those who want to work. They will organize and manage themselves. It's a good thing for you to hire people. There are plenty of people willing to do it. To be honest, our town is actually a poor town. We were conscripted two years ago." At this point, Chen Ting sighed, "Life is hard for the villagers."
With the help of the organization, things really became simple. Chunxiao and Shuwen finished their porridge in silence, and followed the pavilion chief to go out to look at the land.
The initial route was the same as yesterday's, but there was a turn in the middle. The carriage arrived at the destination after half an hour. Chunxiao and Shuwen got off the carriage and saw that this was also at the foot of a mountain, and the fields were now full of soybeans.
"Does this land have an owner?"
"This land is owned by the town, but it's empty anyway, so I rented it out to villagers from a nearby village. Yesterday, I discussed it with the chief clerk. If you want to buy it, this land will be given to you as a gift, and the town will make up for the village's share when the time comes."
Chunxiao took Shuwen around the fields. Two hundred acres was actually quite large. The soil was average, but it was much better than hers. At least the land was cultivated and planted with crops, while hers was still just a barren mountain. They could just build this place according to the layout of her Lu Village farm.
Shuwen also felt that this place was suitable. Actually, he had no idea whether it was suitable or not. After all, he couldn't tell whether the place was good or bad. But since his aunt said it was feasible, there must be no problem.
After walking around the fields for more than half an hour, Chunxiao and the others nodded and said yes.
Chen Tingzhang was so happy that he quickly asked them to get on the bus, and they drove straight to the county town.
This is because they are afraid that the lamb they have caught will run away. Chunxiao found it funny in her heart.
The carriage was very fast and arrived at the county town in three hours. Captain Chen took them directly to the county government.
Chunxiao experienced the county government's efficiency for the first time. Qian Zhubu personally handled the land deeds and registered the land. Chunxiao assigned household registration to three people. The first plot, 1,037 mu, was registered to her, with a payment of 4,620 taels of silver. The second plot, 218 mu, was registered to Yan Dashan and Yan Dahe, with a payment of 1,485 taels of silver. Chunxiao produced a 6,100 tael silver note and 5 taels of cash. After verifying its authenticity, the yamen signed and affixed its seal.
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