MTL - Rebirth Married The Control Group Fulang-Chapter 93

"The land in our village is only a few hundred acres of land surrounding the village. Most of the outside is wasteland. If you want to open up wasteland, it's better to open it in one place as much as possible. If it's scattered, it's hard to take care of it."

It is inconvenient to connect other people's land together. If they are honest and responsible people, it's fine. Some people like to do a little tricks, either like to pick two small cabbages in other people's fields, or secretly want to move the land boundary.

Even though Zhang's family is now one of the best in the village, ordinary people dare not make mistakes, but they can't prevent some bad-hearted people from coming to hate the rich.

As Zhang Fangyuan said, even Xu Hedang thought of one place: "Haitang Bay."

"There is a big wasteland at the other end. It is very wide when connected together. There are at least sixty or seventy acres of land. Villagers often go to mow grass to feed their livestock."

Zhang Fangyuan laughed negligently: "I also thought about that piece of land, but..."

It was a holy place for young men and women in the village to have a tryst. If their family went to buy it and open it, wouldn't it ruin the marriage of the villagers. What's more, the two of them were able to succeed in Haitang Bay, and to many people, it was not just a wasteland.

Xu He tilted his head and asked him: "Then the only way to buy loose land?"

"Forget it, I like crossing rivers and tearing down bridges."

After the two settled on the land of Haitang Bay, they first went to the village head to get the formalities, invited someone to measure the area of ​​Haitang Bay, recorded the documents, and got the approval of the village head with their fingerprints, and took the paperwork to the county government office. Formalities.

Generally speaking, if the village head is willing to give permission with his fingerprints, the people in the county government will not talk too much about it.

The most important thing is to pass the village chief’s level. If it were the same as before, Zhang Fangyuan may not be able to let the village chief do things for him if he is rich. He just helped the village run around, and now the village wants to sell fish. Everyone has to rely on him, and the village chief naturally didn't make things difficult for him.

Xu He brought a chicken, a duck, and a basket of eggs. In the past, the favor was obtained, and the village chief's wife was happy, and the matter was handled very quickly.

"A total of sixty-eight acres of land. If it weren't for the fear that the county government would bring people to measure it, the village chief would only have sixty-five acres of land. He really knows how to be a man."

Xu He took out the cash box and took out the money from it, so that he could pay the money when Zhang Fangyuan went to the city to go through the formalities.

"The village chief knows how to be a man, and he wishes to give us a little less. When we get to the county government, that group of people would like to give you more, adding 70 mu." Zhang Fangyuan carefully checked the procedures written in the village. Seeing if there is anything wrong, he said again: "I'm thinking about bringing something to the magistrate, otherwise it won't be so easy to do."

Zhang Fangyuan has gone to the county government a lot of times, and he is well versed in his urgency, and he used to carry things with him, but it would make people unhappy if he didn't take things when he was doing big things.

Xu He said: "We don't have anything in the village, just bring a few more chickens and ducks and catch a few fresh fish. Although these are the same things to send to the village chief, these poultry seem to be worthless, but people can eat five grains and three meals a day. This is something that can be eaten and used for real, and it can’t be considered rude.”

"That's what you said. I'll take two more jars of local vegetables you cooked. The most important thing is that you can pay the money for the land purchase at one time, and that will make things much easier."

"Okay." Xu He said, "Come and count the money."

It costs five hundred renminbi to buy an acre of wasteland, which may not sound like much, but for ordinary poor people, it can be worth the tax money of a large family for a year, so many people sell their land , There are very few who can buy back the land.

It takes a lot of energy and material resources to reclaim wasteland, and the money spent in general calculations will not be cheaper than the price of fertile land that villagers often manage.

For example, good farmland in the village costs three to four thousand renminbi per mu, while Susukida is slightly more affordable, but it is also two to three thousand renminbi. This is the price in a famine year. In the current harvest year, the price is even higher. At least 1,000 to 1,500 liters more, the couple felt that it was not a good deal to buy good land and Susukida.

It costs 34,000 taels of silver to take the sixty-eight mu of land together, which is thirty-four taels of silver. In addition, you have to pay taxes and fees after the county government approves the procedures, and you need forty taels of silver to get it all. .

The family spent such a large amount of money, Xu He can remember what each sum was used for, repairing houses, renting shops... Now there is another item to buy land, fortunately, two hundred taels of silver was added to the account by selling the secret recipe Come on, otherwise Xu He would feel distressed if he just paid for it.

After all, if the land wants to make a profit and recover money, it is not as fast as the guest house and shop, and you have to be honest later. Zhang Fangyuan said that the land should be dealt with in autumn, and when the time comes after the autumn harvest and the busy farming season, when the villagers are idle and have no work to do Then call over to help clear the land, then people will be easy to find and the price will be low, so it will be a good deal.

Xu He naturally agreed.

"Then I'll go."

Zhang Fangyuan took the money and pulled the horse and went out. Xu He tidied up the house and was about to pick up his two children. Now there are two more servants in the house, one is named Licorice and the other is Astragalus. In the past, when Wenzi was around, he was even more relaxed.

Instead of going to Zai'er's house, Licorice came over first and said, "Fu Lang, someone is here, a fellow villager."

Xu He turned around and went to the middle hall again, and sure enough, two villagers came.

"Everyone is here for something?"

The villagers are a little cramped when they come down to the Zhang family. When there are many people, they will stay in the courtyard and will not enter the house. The gate is tall and the hall is spacious. They are embarrassed to enter the house covered in mud and sweat.

Seeing that it wasn't Zhang Fangyuan who came out to meet the guests, he was relieved, and said directly: "When Boss Zhang brought the merchants from the city to the village, he once told us men that silkworm farmers don't need to worry. At that time, Boss Zhang will think of a way. The autumn harvest is here, and the silkworms raised earlier at home have already spun into cocoons. I don’t know when Boss Zhang will bring the merchant to collect the goods.”

"When this batch of silk is taken away, we can raise the second batch if we have more money on hand. After autumn, the weather starts to turn cold, and we won't be able to raise silkworms until Lidong. I want to catch up with the season now." Raise another batch."

The villagers are quite polite, but they are afraid that the Zhang family they rely on will turn their backs and deny them. At that time, they will only have to take these silks to the city to find a cloth shop to buy and sell. I found the boss to buy it, so I hurried to Zhang's house to ask again.

The couple were busy buying land a while ago, but they forgot to notify the silkworm farmers.

Xu He said: "Which family's silkworms have spun silk? I will go with everyone to have a look. If the quality is good, I will collect it directly."

The villagers were overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately stood up: "It's very good. I thought the first batch of silkworms would not be well raised. I didn't expect this year to be a good season. The crops are good, the mulberry leaves are lush, and the silkworms are raised well. , not much wasted."

"The cocoon boss is one big!"

As he said that, Xu He was about to follow the villagers to see the silkworm cocoons, but Rui Jin and Rui Li ran out of the house.

Seeing that the two pink and jade-carved dolls were also liked by the villagers, they urged Xu He to take the children with him. Xu He shook his head helplessly, thinking that he was in the village, so he called Huang Qi, who was stronger, to follow him Go out and take the kids by the way.

Rui Li lay on Xu He's shoulder: "Where are we going?"

"Go and see the silkworm baby at my aunt's house."

"What is silkworm baby? Can it be eaten?"

Xu He looked at Rui Li, who was looking forward to with wide eyes, and got angry. It was as if the family didn't feed him enough.

"No, silkworms spun silk to make clothes."

"Oh~ that's a pity."

Rui Li drooped on Xu He's shoulders, and for two seconds, he looked up and saw his brother who was silently hugged by Huang Qi at the back, opened his mouth and started talking to his brother again.

The cocoons of silkworms are mostly oblong, with silk on the outside, which is white, and this layer of fluff can be used for silk reeling.

Xu He picked up two silkworm cocoons and watched them for a while. This year's silkworm cocoons are big and fair in color, and they are indeed of good quality.

The two little guys had never seen a silkworm cocoon before, and they were very novel. They wanted to break free from their arms to see the silkworm cocoon in the Shau Kei, but the short winter melon was not as high as the Shau Kei placed with its chin up, so they had to crawl back into the adult's arms again.

Xu He gave Rui Li a silkworm cocoon, and the child carefully held the snow-white silkworm cocoon, turning his head to observe for a while, and sniffing it closely for a while, having a great time playing.

"But you want to sell them as cocoons?"

Seeing that the silkworm cocoons were ready, Xu He didn't say anything else. He asked the villagers how they sold them. He was more inclined to buy silkworm cocoons directly. If he bought silk, the prices varied and it was troublesome to pay.

I think the villagers have also taken this into consideration. Although the price of reeling silk is much higher than that of cocoons, it is also extremely time-consuming and laborious. If the skills are not good, a lot of good silk may be wasted. They are sold as silkworm cocoons, and then reeled and sold as silk after they have been raised for a long time.

Seeing that the villagers also meant the same thing, Xu He said the price: "We charge sixty yuan a catty for cocoons here. If it's suitable, we can pack up the cocoons and send them to the house."

The price of silkworm cocoons on the market is about 80 to 120 yuan, but that is a retail price, and there are naturally negotiated purchase prices in this range.

Xu He didn't charge a high price for the purchase. If their family was in the cloth business, it would be able to add ten cents to the income. After all, the silkworm cocoons collected now will be resold to the merchant. If the purchase price is too high, then they will If you can't make any money, it's a waste of money.

The quality of silk is different. There are 200 to 250 cocoons per catty, but it takes about six catties of cocoons to reel one catty of silk. If you sell silk directly, the price is six or seven times that of cocoons depending on the length and quality.

The villagers were somewhat hesitant when they heard Xu He's bid. Although they could sell all of them and get money, the price was not high after all.

A village woman said: "The price can be raised a little bit more, it's not easy for us to serve these silkworms every day. The family can't sell a few catties of silkworm cocoons at a time, and then we will pay 10% of the income to you brother , there are really not a few words left."

Hearing this, Xu He hurriedly said: "Oh, I forgot to mention that silkworm cocoons are collected at a low price and don't need to be hung up in shops for sale. The fish are directly offered by merchants, so they have to collect 10% of the proceeds. It’s not merchants who come to bid, so they don’t have to pay the 10%.”

"That would be great! Then we can send the silkworm cocoons over for weighing in the afternoon?"

Xu He responded.

The villagers rubbed their hands together and flattered them, "Then maybe receiving the goods will count as money?"

Xu He knows that some small merchants who receive the goods first collect the goods and give part of the money, and then pay the villagers after the goods are resold. Many villagers are not at ease. They refused to settle the money for them, and some even ran away.

Although he knew that the Zhang family's family business was in the village and it was impossible to run away, but who didn't want to get money after selling things, so he felt safe. But in the end, it has to be according to the wishes of the merchants, otherwise nothing will be sold, and there will be no money at all.

Zhang Fangyuan also encountered such a thing when selling pork before. Their family has always settled the money after receiving the goods, which is why they have a reputation. It was not comfortable to be called by the villagers every day, so Xu He said directly: "I will give you the money after receiving the goods."

The villagers were even happier when they heard the words, and hurriedly went to the basket and frame to collect the silkworm cocoons and send them to Zhang's house.