Next, Li Yan did the same as before, bringing two small gifts and asking the clan leader to buy the selected piece of land.
When the patriarch heard she wanted to buy this sparsely wooded mountain land, he tried to persuade her earnestly, saying that the mountain had been struck by lightning and fire, and all the usable trees were destroyed. Now the usable wood on the mountain is almost zero.
The price of mountain land is the same, so if you want to buy one, you have to choose a good one!
Li Yan touched her nose and came up with a reasonable explanation: "I just like the sparsely planted mountain. It's easier to clean up. I'll use it to plant medicinal herbs next year."
Speaking of medicinal herbs, Li Yan paused and reminded, "Grandpa Clan Leader, there are so many mountains surrounding our village. Have you uncles ever thought about growing medicinal herbs? Rongcheng is now attracting many merchants. They come to our northern land to buy not only furs but also medicinal herbs. We don't have to worry about selling them."
After hearing this, Patriarch Li couldn't help but think deeply. What the girl said was indeed worth considering. On the one hand, growing medicinal herbs on the mountain would not occupy their arable land. On the other hand, as she said, these medicinal herbs would indeed have no problems selling.
Having made up his mind, he said to Li Yan, "It's feasible, but forget about it this year. I'll talk to everyone next year!"
Chief Li brought up the topic of buying the mountain land again. "Since you've made up your mind, I won't try to persuade you any further. Don't worry about the mountain land. Just leave it to me!"
In just two days, Li Yan had taken control of Xiaohuangshan. When the people sent by Qin Yue arrived, Li Yan directly asked them to be taken over and prepare to start work.
"It would be best to build a few houses in front of the cave entrance, and then set up a mechanism in the house facing the cave entrance. As long as the mechanism is moved, the door of the cave entrance will appear. Can such a mechanism be realized?" Li Yan told her idea to several people.
The people sent by Qin Yue were all veterans in designing mechanisms in their general's mansion. They understood the mechanism described by Li Yan as soon as they heard it. A group of people stood together and discussed for a while, and finally a middle-aged man nodded to Li Yan.
Seeing this, Li Yan thanked him repeatedly.
These days, the villagers of Lijia Village have been busy with their heads in the loess and their backs to the sky for many days, focusing on the summer harvest, and finally brought all the grain back home.
So much so that except for the Li family and the clan leader, the other villagers in Lijia Village did not know that someone had built a house in Xiaohuangshan.
When they passed by and saw the houses at the foot of the small barren mountain, the work on that row of houses had already been completed.
"Whose house is this, built at the foot of that desolate mountain?"
"That is to say, maybe he was deceived by someone and came here?"
"Why don't you go and ask?" asked a villager.
The villager glanced at the strong men, thought for a moment, and shook his head, "If you want to go, you go. I won't go."
Although the two were curious, they pushed and shoved each other and no one was willing to step forward to ask. The main reason was that the people who built the houses were too arrogant, and they were all honest farmers. They had never seen such people before, so they hesitated and did not dare to go forward to ask.
Just when the two were deadlocked, one of them suddenly said, "This man must have gotten permission from the clan leader to build a house here. Let's go ask the clan leader and we'll know."
The two hit it off immediately and went straight to the clan leader's house.
The two of them ran excitedly to the clan leader's house, "Clan leader, clan leader, who is this fool building a house on that little barren hill?"
Chief Li, who was sitting under a tree enjoying the cool breeze, glared at the two of them and asked, "How dare you talk like that?"
The man scratched his head and asked innocently, "Chief, do you know who is building a house at the foot of that small, barren mountain? A few years ago, that mountain was ravaged by lightning and fire, and there are no mature trees left. Building a house at the foot of the mountain is definitely... "
"It's just that you only look at the surface of the problem. Maybe people just think that there are no big trees on the mountain, so it's easy to clean up!" Chief Li's words made the two of them even more confused.
"Is it easy to clear the mountain? Then can we grow crops after clearing the mountain?" Growing crops on the mountain, just watering it, can make them exhausted. Families with small people are already busy with their own fields, so who has time to grow crops on the mountain?
The two of them were secretly complaining in their hearts.
Seeing their confused expressions, Chief Li knew they were mistaken, so he sighed and said, "That small barren hill was bought by the Li family girl, and she was going to use it to grow medicinal herbs!"
"Growing medicinal herbs?" they said in unison.
Patriarch Li nodded.
The two of them suddenly realized that since it was that girl who did it, they must have been wrong.
Thinking about how that girl bought so much wasteland and planted so many medicinal herbs, they didn't know how much money she could make. If she could really make money, maybe they could give it a try.
"Chief, is it profitable to grow medicinal herbs?" someone couldn't help but ask.
Chief Li recalled what the girl had said to him that day and nodded. "The girl suggested that you plant medicinal herbs, but it's too late this year. We can only wait until next year to make plans!"
The two of them were moved when they heard this and nodded rapidly. They didn't know how to grow medicinal herbs, so they had to listen to the clan leader on this matter!
After talking about gossip, the two asked Chief Li, "Chief, when will our village go to sell grain?"
Chief Li, who had already received Li Yan's confirmation, waved his palm-leaf fan nonchalantly and said, "Don't worry about this. Let's wait until everyone has dried the grain."
"What about the price? I went to my father-in-law's house to help yesterday, and heard from my uncle that Zhao's grain shop has lowered the price of grain very low this year!" said a villager with some worry.
"Oh, I wonder how much tax I'll have to pay this year. Will there be as many miscellaneous taxes as last year?"
This is what they are most concerned about right now. The price of grain has been lowered, which means that they need to sell more grain in exchange for tax silver. Although everyone's life is better now, they are still heartbroken that the grain is sold at a low price!
Seeing the two men's worried expressions, Clan Leader Li said calmly, "I've already told you not to worry about this. The Li family's daughter has already informed me that she will be collecting the grain. The price will be the same as in previous years. Once the grain is dried, you can just take it directly to her house!"
The two men came out of the clan leader's house, both with happy faces. They got the news from the clan leader's house and walked home excitedly. One of them seemed to have thought of something, turned a corner halfway, and walked quickly towards Li Yan's house.
At this time, Li Yan was washing wheat straw that had been boiled with lime and tinkering with her papermaking business!
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