Early that morning, all the villagers came to see her off.
Chunxiao felt a little embarrassed, a rare sight. Many women in the village held her hands and told her to be careful outside. The young man's family members even held him and whispered to him.
"Okay, let's go after a few words. They still have to hurry on their way. It will take them 10 days to get there. The earlier they set off, the sooner they can arrive." The head of the village looked at Xu and Yan Mingli, "Let's go."
Several people got on the carriage. Yan Mingli had specially followed Shu Wenxue to drive the carriage for the past two days, and now he has learned it.
Chunxiao asked him to drive the car with the five young men behind, while she sat in Shuwen's car and prepared to take a nap.
If the carriage travels fast, it will take about 6 days to arrive, not 10 days. However, six days on the road is not a short time. Zhou prepared a lot of food for her. She had already discussed it with Shuwen and let Shuwen make the arrangements along the way. Anyway, she was familiar with the route.
It was the first time for the young people to travel in a horse-drawn carriage. They were nervous and excited. She could even hear the excited voices in the carriage behind her from the front carriage.
Of the five young men who came with them, except for two who were in their 20s, the other three were teenagers about the same age as Shuwen. The village head probably wanted to train the young people in the village.
Along the way, Chunxiao ate and slept before reaching the station, and ate and slept again when reaching the station. He spent the journey quite comfortably.
Shuwen acted as a qualified guide, and when they arrived at the station to rest, he would take them to visit the local towns or counties.
They walked and stopped along the way, and finally arrived at the county seat of Pengdong County at noon on the sixth day.
"Aunt, should we take the bus directly back to the village or stay overnight in the county town?" If we take the bus back now, it will be dark when we get back.
"Let's stay in the county town for one night. After lunch, I'll take Brother Mingli to the government office. When we get to the county town, we'll naturally ask about the land. Otherwise, we'll have to come back in two days."
The few of them found an inn. Chunxiao booked two rooms and asked for five dormitories. Along the way, the young people all slept in dormitories. Chunxiao wanted to book rooms for them, but they refused, saying that the more they could save, the better. Yan Mingli stayed in a room with Shuwen.
After lunch, Shuwen took a few people out for a walk, while Chunxiao took Yan Mingli to the government office.
Yan Mingli was very nervous, even more so than they had been at the beginning. "To buy land, we still have to go through the county government. My dad said it all goes through the yamen, right?"
"That's Qingzhou. I don't know about other places, but in Pengdong, buying more than 50 acres of land requires approval from the county government. Also, buying land here requires a 10% land tax. I only found out about this after I bought it."
"No wonder you guys spent so much money." Yan Mingli wiped the sweat off his forehead and straightened his clothes. "Chunxiao, you can help ask questions later. I'll listen and learn more."
Chun Xiao looked at his nervous expression and smiled, "Brother Mingli, don't be afraid. The chief clerk is a kind man. You'll know once you meet him."
They knocked on the gate of the county government office. The chief clerk was a little surprised to see her. "Miss Yan, it's been a long time. Are you here to buy land again?"
Chunxiao bowed to her with strict courtesy and said, "Master Qian, I'm not the one buying this time. It's my village's eldest brother who wants to buy it. He wants to ask if there are any suitable plots of land and what the price is."
Qian Zhubu stroked his beard. "In the first few months before the New Year, there were indeed many people buying land. However, it's the middle of spring plowing and summer harvest now, so there aren't many land transactions. The county government's land has now been rented out to grow crops, so I'm afraid there aren't any large-scale land purchases. If you want a few dozen acres, just go to the land agent and ask."
"Master Qian, do you have any land that the government office purchased in advance after the summer harvest? About 200 acres will do. Is there any land in Luokou? We are not in a hurry. If there is a suitable one, we can buy it first and hand it over to us after the harvest. The land does not need to be very good, just like mine."
The chief clerk hesitated for a moment. "Then, wait a moment while I look through the booklet. You two sit down and have some tea first."
The chief clerk and a man who looked like a clerk entered the inner room.
Yan Mingli looked at Chunxiao and smiled, "This chief clerk is really easy to talk to. I'm not so nervous now."
"I was afraid when I first came here, but now I'm not afraid anymore. Think about it, we haven't done anything wrong. We're just dealing in government land transactions. There's nothing to be afraid of. It's just that land prices fluctuate a lot in Pengdong. You don't need particularly good land to grow cotton. We buy the cheapest we can."
"That's right, of course I'll buy the cheapest one. If I'm short of money, I can't do anything."
"It's fine to buy it this year. The cotton will be planted next year, and a soybean crop in the second half of the year would also be nice. Don't worry, since I brought you out here, I'll naturally keep an eye on you."
Qian Zhubu and his men came out in about an incense stick's time.
"Originally, the land to be sold in the second half of the year shouldn't be put out now, but Miss Yan, I have a good impression of you. So, I just flipped through the land book, and there are no more than 200 acres of land. There are a few pieces of land around 100 acres, and one piece of land around 300 acres. If you want to buy it, I can issue a public note, and you can directly ask the local township government to find someone to take you to see it."
"Master Qian, I wonder how much this land is worth?"
Qian Zhubu asked the clerk in charge to show the details to a few people. There were three towns with an area of about 100 mu, all of which were good farmland, and the price was 8 taels per mu. The one with 300 mu was in Wuying Town, which was separated from Luokou by a town, and the asking price was 6 taels per mu.
Chunxiao asked again if Luokou had a hundred acres of land. The chief clerk shook his head and said that the large ones had been bought by them, and the others were small farms.
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