Gu Qi, she just wants to farm

Chapter 354 Mesh Local Area Farming Model II

"Three days are enough."

There are ready-made and experienced manpower for surveying, mapping and positioning, but time is tight. After the lease is signed tomorrow, we need to hurry up to recruit villagers in Xiahetang Village as farm laborers while surveying.

Similar to the recruitment principles of Luoshan Village, the applicants simply need to have their physical fitness checked, and the applicants' family status also needs to be clearly understood.

These are trivial matters, not troublesome and not requiring skill. When the time comes, let Jiang Ping work part-time as the person in charge of Xiahetang Village with enough experience, what is lacking is some helpers.

People who can apply for jobs and be successfully retained by Shunzi, regardless of their physical fitness, their social skills and execution skills must be qualified. It is just right for these people to go to Xiahetang Village to do social mediation and be in charge of interview assistance.

After finishing speaking, Gu Qi looked at the sky outside and said, "Arrange someone to go to Zhuangzi, and ask Jiang Ping to bring someone who can do surveys to wait for me outside Xiahetang Village at six o'clock tomorrow."

"I'll go now." Shunzi got up and said.

Shunzi was used to running errands by Gu Qi's side before, but now that he heard it, he didn't have the image that he should have after being promoted to the big shopkeeper in the area.

Gu Qi shook his head: "You have to save tomorrow to register and arrange those guys, and send them to Xiahetang Village the day after tomorrow."

"Let me go." Monkey answered.

The craftsmen who built the shop in the front yard left their work early before dark, and Shunzi stayed in the east or south of the city to help the rest of the staff. The ones from the north of the city were temporary, and at this time only Shunzi, Jin Xiucai and Houzi were there. three people.

Shunzi couldn't get out of his body, and he was a weak scholar, so it was absurd to ask him to go out of the city overnight to Zhuangzi. Indeed, only monkeys were the most suitable.

Gu Qi nodded: "Go on horseback, go to Xiahetang Village with Jiang Ping tomorrow to find me."

The stall was getting bigger and bigger, and there were not many people around who could use it. Monkey had been with Shunzi for a while, so maybe he could use it.

The monkey's brain is active, and when he heard the words, he couldn't understand that he was taken by the boss, and he was overjoyed immediately: "Yes, Qi Ye. I'll go right away."

Seeing the monkey go out, looking happy that he couldn't find Bei, Shunzi felt a little apprehensive, and felt that his position as the number one servant next to Seventh Sister was about to be lost.

What is the use of this big shopkeeper.
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The next day, at Chenshi, Gu Qixing went to the gate of the Taikang county government office, greeted the yamen servants guarding the side door, and briefly talked about his purchase and lease of wasteland under the jurisdiction of Taikang county.

Then I saw the yamen servant hurried into the yamen with a surprised expression on his face.

After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a yamen-style robe came out from the side door. The person who came was Jiang Feng, the official who had met yesterday.

As soon as Jiang Feng saw Gu Qi, he knew that his guess yesterday was indeed right.Thinking that the handsome young man in front of him was someone under the care of the county sheriff, Jiang Feng asked with a smile, "What's your surname?"

"Miangui's surname is Qi."

"It turned out to be Lord Qi. I have reported what happened yesterday to the magistrate. The magistrate felt that the words of the magistrate and the people of Taikang County were a great blessing. He invited the magistrate to discuss with him overnight. Master Qi first talked with Jiang." Let's go see the county magistrate Mr. Zhao first."

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for your guidance."

Jiang Feng revealed these things to Gu Qi because he intended to sell them well, so naturally, Gu Qi also appreciated it.

Since you want to do things in Taikang County, there is no harm in dealing with the officials of Taikang County Yamen.

"Master Qi is too polite. I'm just a petty official, but I can't be called an adult." Jiang Feng said with a smile on his face, and led Gu Qi into the yamen hall on the left side of the yamen, where the county magistrate specializes in general affairs.

The county magistrate, the eighth rank, is the second in command of the county government, equivalent to the position of the deputy county magistrate, in charge of documents and archives, warehouse grain and grass, land taxation, etc., and is the real power oil and water department.

Li Dian Jiang Feng was originally the chief magistrate of the county, but because of his daily affairs, he often had to go out of the document room, so he handled the relationship with the county magistrate Mr. Zhao very appropriately.
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I don't know how Jiang Feng reported the matter yesterday. After Gu Qi met the county magistrate Mr. Zhao, the matter went very smoothly.

The 70 mu of wasteland outside Xiahetang Village was leased to Gu Qiqi for [-] years following Luosong County’s precedent, but the details were more generous than those formulated by Luosong County for Linhai Town.

As usual, rent is exempted for the first five years and land tax is exempted. As for the next five years, only [-]% of the land tax is required to be paid. After the lease expires, Gu Qi has the right to renew the lease and purchase in a limited amount. It just changed the land tax to [-]%.

The purchase price is also half of the market price, which does not sound much better than the precedent in Luosong County, but what is interesting is that the sale price of the idle mountain and wasteland under the jurisdiction of Taikang County is quite random, and the fluctuation ratio depends entirely on the magistrate and the county magistrate. Mood, there is too much room for maneuver here.

In fact, if there is enough money in hand, Gu Qi actually wants to take advantage of Liu Shouzheng's position as the sheriff of Lushan County, and take advantage of Liu Shouzheng's position to first collect these wastelands at a reserve price, lest ten years later in Lushan County. The change of officials will only increase the number of accidents.

It's just that the amount of silver he can use now is really not that much. If there are only these three hundred acres of wasteland, it will not be a problem to win it.

However, the [-] mu of wasteland in Xiahetang Village is just the beginning. Once the canal is dug, if you want to connect all the water sources in Lushan County to the waters outside Yuzhong, you will not only win [-] mu of land Or [-] mu; if things go well enough, [-] mu is just a small amount.

In this way, the little money in his hand is not enough.

In addition, those silver have to be kept for later recruiting manpower and purchasing other materials, so calculating, life is even tighter.

Thinking of this, Gu Qi couldn't help but lick his teeth. Sure enough, money is not enough to spend no matter how much you earn.

Half an hour later, Gu Qi took the lease contract and followed Jiang Feng out of the government office: "Brother Jiang, would you like to go to Xiahetang Village with me, and I asked my subordinates to prepare some water and wine, and I want to invite Brother Jiang drink together."

In such a situation, water and wine can still be obtained. This person really has a different background.

Jiang Feng naturally wanted to go with him very much, but thinking that the magistrate was still waiting to ask him something, he could only decline:
"Thank you Qiye for your invitation, but I still have some common affairs to deal with today."

Gu Qi smiled lightly: "Since that's the case, I won't delay Brother Jiang's official duties. I will be in Xiahetang Village for the next few days. If Brother Jiang is free that day, I must reward you."

"sure."

This man is rich and is specially taken care of by the county governor. If he can gain connections, not to mention his official career, his life will be much easier in the future.
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In order to facilitate the operation of Sihai Escort and Sihai Commercial City, when signing the lease contract, Gu Qi did not use his real name, nor Qi Fei's pseudonym, but the name of Sihai Commercial City, which is equivalent to the company of later generations industry.

(End of this chapter)