Gu Qi, she just wants to farm

Chapter 348
Seeing that Gu Qi was smiling and silent, Liu Shouzheng persuaded again: "These farm laborers have been assigned to repair the canal a few days ago, and now they are just doing the same thing in another place. How can it be considered a delay?"

"These farm laborers are all farmers from nearby villages. They signed a contract with Zhuangzi. Each farmhand has his own responsibility field. Except for taking care of the responsibility field, the rest of their time has nothing to do with Zhuangzi."

As he said that, Gu Qi reminded him: "My lord, those farmers are not Xiaoke's domestic servants."

Liu Shouzheng's face turned dark. It's not your domestic helper. Why don't you dig the canal for you?Digging where is not digging, what is the difference!
Gu Qi said leisurely: "My lord, the canals in the village are built along the ridges of the fields. The farmers don't know that these canals are built for flood control and drainage."

"That is?"

"It's just for the convenience of diverting water for farming." Gu Qi said with a smile.

Liu Shouzheng wanted to curse, but he held back.

At a time like this, Liu Shouzheng still doesn't know what the hell the kid in front of him is up to.

Sure enough, Liu Shouzheng had a sullen face, and after waiting for a while, he heard Gu Qi whisper:

"Xiaoke heard that there are [-] mu of wasteland outside Xiahetang Village, which is connected to the mountain stream in the northeast. geometry?"

The corner of Liu Shouzheng's mouth twitched: "You want to buy that wasteland?"

Seeing Gu Qi nodding, Liu Shouzheng reminded: "Since you know that it is a wasteland, you know that the wasteland is different from the registered fields. If you don't spend a lot of effort to reclaim it, these wastelands may not be usable for a year or so. How can you still use the land?" Want to spend money to buy it?"

Gu Qi smiled: "Then I will trouble you to give Xiao Ke a good price, so that Xiao Ke won't lose too much money. Later, when the money is spent, he can't even hire a farm laborer."

brazen!
Liu Shouzheng's beard trembled uncontrollably, and he called out with a sullen face, "Send someone to Xiahetang Village and call the village chief of Xiahetang Village."

As he spoke, Liu Shouzheng paused, and then said: "Let the officials of Taikang County bring the county annals and the map of Taikang County together."

"Yes." Steward Lin who was waiting outside responded.
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Shanghetang Village and Xiahetang Village, as well as Wangjia Village under the mountain stream, are all under the jurisdiction of Taikang County.Since the canal was going to be opened outside Xiahetang Village, Liu Shouzheng felt that it would be more convenient for him to call the subordinate officials of the Taikang County Government to inquire about the situation, and let him get in touch with people from all over the world. .
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Hearing the sound of footsteps going away outside the door, the atmosphere in the room fell silent for a moment.Gu Qi drank tea leisurely, not taking this awkward atmosphere to heart.

Since Liu Shouzheng called the head of Xiahetang Village and the official of Taikang County, it meant that he had already agreed to the matter.

As for Liu Shouzheng's mood, it was out of Gu Qi's consideration.In the face of absolute interests, the quality of the mood does not have much impact.

"Your aunt prepared a family dinner in the backyard."

Liu Shouzheng coughed lightly to hide the embarrassment on his face: "Let me go and taste your aunt's handicraft."

"Master Lao and Madam entertained him, so Xiao Ke would be disrespectful."
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After a meal, the village head of Xiahetang and Jiang Feng, the official of Taikang County, were already waiting in the side hall of the backyard.

Liu Shouzheng had the two of them brought into the study, and called the co-prefect He Yong and the judge Wang Hebin into the study together.

"Can the [-] mu of wasteland in the northeast of Xiahetang Village still belong to Xiahetang Village?"

After everyone in the lower head had saluted, Liu Shouzheng's eyes fell on the oldest of them, the old village head of Xiahetang Village, who was rubbing his hands cautiously and looking cautious.

"Returning to my lord. The wasteland outside Xiahetang Village used to belong to Xiahetang Village. However, 60 years ago, Taikang County re-divided all villages and towns in the county according to the court decree. After that division , that piece of wasteland is no longer under the name of Xiahetang Village.”

In the early days of the founding of Dakang, the domestic administrative division followed the previous system. Until 60 years ago, that is, during the reign of the first emperor, after the deduction of the Sitianjian and the deliberation of the six ministries, the first emperor ordered the re-division of the prefectures and counties in Dakang. .

The areas that have changed more are the southern region of Dakang and the state capitals along the eastern coast. Although the Central Plains area has also changed, the difference from the previous dynasty is generally not that big.

For example, the areas under the jurisdiction of several counties in Yuzhong area have hardly changed.For this reason, when Liu Shouzheng went to call for someone, he did not expect that the wasteland just outside Xiahetang Village would not be under the jurisdiction of Xiahetang Village at this moment.

Liu Shouzheng nodded, raised his hand to signal the head of Xiahetang Village to wait aside first, and then asked Jiang Feng, the official of Taikang County, "Did you bring the Taikang county chronicle and map?"

"My lord, I brought them all." Li Dian Jiang Feng stammered and replied.

Officials belong to the county yamen, and they have no rank and do not have their own official yamen. They are responsible for arrests, prisons and other miscellaneous matters on a daily basis.

It's the first time Jiang Feng has been in the palace of Taikang County for five years, and it's the first time he's met the governor of Daolushan County. He's not much more nervous than the head of Xiahetang Village just now.

"Just find out which village the [-] mu of wasteland outside Hetang Village belongs to now." Liu Shouzheng asked.

"Yes, my lord."

The official Jiang Feng took a deep breath and quickly flipped through the map with trembling hands, then checked it against the county chronicles and said: "My lord, that piece of wasteland does not belong to the nearby villages now, but is directly under the jurisdiction of Hetang Town."

Without avoiding conflicts over land between the two villages, a certain amount of land can be vacated at the junction between villages and directly belong to the superior town or county. This is a very common practice in Dakang.

However, there is a mountain stream between Xiahetang Village and Wangjia Village. The terrain of the mountain stream naturally divides the two villages. Logically speaking, there is no need to vacate a full [-] mu of wasteland.

Of course, Liu Shouzheng didn't care about the reason for this. He took a look at the map handed over by Li Dian and asked, "How much did the mountain land in Hetang Town sell to private individuals in recent years?"

Jiang Feng carefully turned over a stack of common property classics that he brought along with the county annals, and found several classics that were recorded in the county's land planning and sales. After looking through it once or twice, he said:
"My lord, Taikang County has not recorded any private sales of mountain land in the past three years, but six years ago, under the jurisdiction of Hetang Town, a mountain land was sold, totaling [-] mu. money."

Gu Qi remembered that when she bought the half-slope land outside Xiaoqi Village, the price given by the He Song Township Yamen was two taels of silver per mu of land. If she voluntarily opened up wasteland to make a field, she would not need to pay additional deed tax, and would be exempted from land tax for three years.The half-sloping land Gu Qi was used to build a commercial plaza, so he paid an extra deed of half a tael per mu of land.

(End of this chapter)