Chapter 2038 Prepare
Zhou Dalang began to search again around the capital and Yongzhou. He found many land dealers, but as Manbao said, very few people would sell land. Only prodigals would sell land unless they had no other choice.
Obviously, there are not so many prodigals in this world.
When there is land available, he often comes to take a look and before he decides whether to buy it or not, the land is sold in the blink of an eye.
At first he just felt regretful, but after doing it many times he felt something was wrong, so he couldn't help asking about the transaction price of Yazi's land, because he and Yazi were somewhat familiar with each other. Although he didn't get the specific price, he also vaguely knew that the transaction price of those lands was not that high.
It's just strange that it sold out so quickly.
He couldn't help but ask Manbao, the most knowledgeable person in the family.
Manbao: ...
Manbao didn't know, so she humbly asked Baishan.
Bai Shan said, "Someone has set their sights on the scattered lands of the capital and Yongzhou. I'm afraid they've teamed up with the pawnbrokers to set this up."
He said, "For example, if someone wants to sell land, they can either spread the word and sell it themselves, or find a land agent. In the former case, the land agent will hear about it and can have someone pretend to be a buyer and come to inquire about the price and make an offer, lowering the price significantly. Then, they can send several people to the land agent. The person who wants to sell the land doesn't know the details, and if they need money urgently, they will inevitably be cheated. In the latter case, it's even easier. The land is listed with the land agent, and the land agent will set a low price when evaluating the land, and then sell it to the person behind the scenes at that low price."
Manbao was surprised, "But the pawnshop is under the control of the government."
A broker acts as an intermediary. Whether it is a buyer or a seller of fixed assets, they must obtain qualifications from the government office. The brokers in the brokerage also need to obtain certification from the government office before they can engage in this industry.
Moreover, all the work in the brokerage business required dealing with the government. Buying a person required transferring ownership, and buying and selling houses and land also required transferring ownership...
In the eyes of ordinary people, a pawnshop is equivalent to half a government office.
When Manbao said this, even Bai Shan frowned, "There are not many people who can connect with so many brokerages in Yongzhou, the capital."
He didn't think that the other party had gotten his way by spending money. He could only have used his power to pressure others and then lured them with small profits.
This guy is so stingy even with the money to buy land, how could he be so generous as to spend money on a tooth shop?
Bai Erlang said, "You can definitely find out if you ask Feng Zongping about this."
Bai Shan looked at Man Bao.
Manbao shook his head and said, "No need. My family doesn't have to buy land this year. I'm just asking because I'm confused. But this is indeed a strange thing. Let's go by the county government office when we go out to play this afternoon."
Bai Shan nodded, "It's been a long time since I last visited Brother Tang."
Manbao propped up his little face and said, "And Brother Yang, he wrote to me last time saying that the new wheat harvest in Xiazhou is not as good as in Mianzhou. Also, the people in Xiazhou are tough and nearly half of them don't know how to farm. I don't know if he can persuade them to learn farming this year."
Bai Shan said, "Xiaoxue Tang will definitely write to Xiaoxue Yang. Otherwise, I'll write a letter and ask Xiaoxue Tang to take it to me later."
Not to mention Manbao, even Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."
So the three of them began writing letters, then collected their respective letters together and stuffed the stack directly into the envelope.
County Magistrate Tang was stunned when he received such a thick letter. He looked at the name on it and asked, "Why did you give the letter to Changbo to me?"
Bai Shan said, "Xuexiong Tang, aren't you going to write to Xuexiong Yang?"
Tang He, who had no plans to write to Yang Heshu recently, said: ...
Facing three pairs of sparkling eyes, Tang He could only accept the message and said, "Alright, I'll send it to you later."
The three of them were very satisfied with this, so they mentioned the land trading business of the pawnshop.
Tang He frowned slightly, nodded and said, "I understand about this matter. You guys go play first."
It was impossible for them to play, as Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were going to take the imperial examination in October, so they went out for a walk to relax and then went home to continue reviewing their textbooks.
Zhou Lixue and his friends, who were originally planning to go out and play, turned around and saw that his uncle and his friends had returned. As soon as they came back, they went into the study to read. Not only Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu, but also Bai Shuping felt a heavy burden on their shoulders, and their hearts sank. They didn't want to go out to play anymore.
So they looked at each other, silently put down their arms on each other's shoulders, turned around and went back to reading.
Forget it, they are so much smarter than you and work so hard, how can they have the nerve to go out and play?
Seeing them go back to the garden with their books, Xiao Qian was very pleased and said to Zhou Dalang, "Li Xue used to be naughty and could never sit still. I never thought he would be the best reader in the family now."
Zhou Dalang said, "Li Gu is even better than Li Xue, and he also has his younger sisters. Li Jun and Li Ru are actually not bad at studying either. They are both reading all the time."
Xiao Qian:...She just wanted to praise her youngest son.
Zhou Dalang failed to grasp his wife's meaning. He pulled out two pieces of paper covered in garbled symbols and broken characters and said, "Manbao asked me to change brokers yesterday, so I found a new one. Here are the plots of land they mentioned to me today. Since it's spring, there aren't many people selling land. Which one do you think we should look at first?"
Xiao Qian immediately put these thoughts aside and lowered her head to look at Zhou Dalang.
Zhou Dalang said, "I've also asked the post station to mail Manbao's letter. Father and Mother should receive it in twenty days at most. With my younger sister here, they should come to the capital. By then, Liwei and Lijun will be old enough, and they'll definitely want to get married. So I thought of buying a bigger one. I can ask the second brother if he wants one. If he does, we can buy it together."
"Second Brother and the others are coming to the capital?"
Zhou Dalang said, "If my parents come to Beijing, I bet they'll definitely bring the second son and his family along. Liwei, Lijun, and Liru are all in the capital. Proposing a marriage is a big deal, and my parents can't decide it on their own."
You must ask the parents of the three children first, otherwise if you arrange the marriage without their parents, there will probably be resentment and quarrels in the future.
After a moment's thought, Xiao Qian understood and said, "Then we have to clean up the room for the second son and the others."
She said distressedly, “There are no suitable rooms in the yard where we live.”
"Then just pick a room in the back yard."
This big house has many courtyards and rooms. Not to mention the second son and his wife, even if the third son and his wife came to the capital, there would be enough space.
Xiao Qian said, "I'll ask Manbao later."
Manbao of course had no objection, "Let sister-in-law make the decisions on household matters. If there's anything missing, go look for it in the warehouse. If there's nothing, ask Lijun for money to buy it."
If you don’t have it, then you don’t need it. Xiao Qian thinks that as long as you have the necessities of life, it’s enough. As for other things, it’s good to have them, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t have them. Hasn’t their family lived like this for many years?
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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