The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 222
Fengxiang Mansion City.

Under the scorching sun, several sallow and emaciated farmers in shabby coarse clothes stood on the side of the street, looking at the vermilion gate of Xu's house opposite from afar.

After a while, several farmers rushed forward and came to a door sitting in the shade.

"Master Nafu!"

The current farmers laughed with each other, bowed their hands and bowed to each other, but they didn't follow the rules of etiquette in every move. On the contrary, they couldn't laugh.

Menzi looked at the people for a while, then asked, "Where are you from? What's the matter?"

The farmer said with a smile again: "Feng San, a villain, is a farmer in Feng's Village outside the city. I heard that buying and selling land here in your residence is very fair, so let's come over and ask..."

Menzi suddenly realized.

He glanced at several people again, "You are looking for Steward Zhou, right? Steward Zhou is in charge of the harvesting and buying of fields!"

Several farmers nodded repeatedly when they heard the words, "That's right, the man told us that he told us to come and find Uncle Zhou!"

"Then you go to the corner next to the wall and wait, I guess someone will come out in a while." Menzi was a little indifferent.

Hearing this, several farmers couldn't help being taken aback.

But Feng San's mind was spinning fast, seeing the impatient look on Menzi's face, he immediately understood.

After dragging the rest of the people not far away and muttering a few words, Feng San leaned forward again.

With a flattering smile on his sallow and thin face, he secretly stuffed a handful of big money and two corners of silver into the hand of the door.

"What are you doing!" Menzi stared.

"You save the tea!" Feng San said with a smile: "The peasants are too poor to get on the table, so please take care of them!"

In his sleeve, Menzi weighed the amount of money in his hand, and finally had a smile on his face.

"Forget it, it's not easy for you to come all the way. I'll help you go inside and ask when Steward Zhou will come out!"

After all, he went inside.

Outside the door, a farmer couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Isn't this guy just waiting for our respect?!"

"That big money, and two dimes of silver, is enough for a large group of us to eat bread and buns for a few days, so why give it to him for nothing?" Another person felt reluctant.

"That's right, didn't we just say that we just wait at the door? We don't have anything to do now..."

"Then what can we do?" Feng San glanced at several people, "Believe it or not, if you really listen to that person, even if you wait until tomorrow, you may not be able to wait until Steward Zhou comes out!"

Seeing that several people were still reluctant to give up the money just now, Feng San said again: "Don't say anything else, just say that in case we are delayed until tomorrow, not to mention the cost of going back and forth to the city, the price of this land is one day. Falling down, isn't it more than your few big money?"

The rest of the people heard the words, nodded and said: "Brother Feng is knowledgeable and thoughtful, let's just listen to Brother Feng! You guys, talking nonsense about something is a waste of Brother Feng's good intentions!"

After a while, a middle-aged man dressed in brocade clothes and dressed as a housekeeper came out from the vermilion gate.

Several farmers thought to themselves, this person must be Steward Zhou!
On the steps, Steward Zhou glanced at the people and said calmly, "You guys are the ones who want to sell the land?"

"Yes, I just don't know how much this field is now per mu?"

Feng San stepped forward and asked.

But Butler Zhou didn't reply at all, he just turned around and walked into the gatehouse on the side, saying: "Come with me to this room first!"

Outside the door, Feng San and the others looked at each other, and could only grit their teeth and follow.

After a moment.

There was a sudden commotion in the concierge of Xu's house.

However, Feng San and the others found it difficult to accept the price per mu of land that Butler Zhou said.

"Uncle Zhou, wasn't the price of an acre of land yesterday five or three dollars? Why is it only four or two five dollars today? The difference is too much!"

Steward Zhou was not angry when he heard the words, and the old god said: "This price is only today's price, after tonight, tomorrow may not even be able to reach this price!
That is to say, because your fields add up to more than 60 mu and they are connected together, my lord, I showed kindness and gave this price.

You might as well go out and inquire about it. Apart from our Xu family, if you can sell it for more than [-] yuan per mu at other houses today, I will write it backwards this week! "

After hearing the words, several people fell silent.

Before coming to Xu's house, why didn't everyone go to other houses to inquire?

After a while, it was still Feng San who spoke, and said with a smile: "Master Zhou, you are a benevolent person who saves the world and the people. How can we not believe your words? We will sell it for this price!"

Among the crowd, there are three farmers who are not very willing.

Butler Zhou nodded, "If you don't want to sell, our Xu family will not force you. If you are willing to sell, after you get the money, you can sign and make a deposit!"

……

After getting out of Xu Mansion, Feng San said: "Now the price of this land is skyrocketing. If you don't sell it today, it will be less tomorrow!"

The three of them lowered their heads, "The few of us are still thinking about waiting, after all, it is the inheritance left by our ancestors, so it is sold at such a low price..."

Feng San sighed, and counted out a few big bucks, "Forget it, since your property is not for sale, it's not easy for you to pay for the tea money that was just given to the door, so you can take it back and buy two biscuits for the children to eat!"

After hesitating for a while, thinking of the children at home, they gritted their teeth and stepped forward cheekily.

After taking a lot of money, the three felt that they had no face to stay any longer, so they hurriedly said goodbye and left.

"Brother Feng, you have a kind heart! Those three who don't know what's good..."

"Every family has its cupboard!"

Stretching out his hand to prevent the man from continuing, Feng San sighed, and instructed: "After taking the silver, while the current grain price is still available, hurry up and pick some cheap and high-volume coarse grains, and spend all the money!"

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Feng San said again: "Nowadays there are more and more refugees outside the city. The price of food in Fucheng has not increased much because it is suppressed by the magistrate, but if this trend continues, the price increase It's just a matter of time!

If you don't buy it now when it's cheap, you may not be able to buy half of what it is today! "

Everyone suddenly realized.

"Then let's go quickly, and we can choose the city gate with few people to go out before dark!"

"No, it would be terrible if it was blocked by those refugees!"

"..."

A group of people rushed to the grain store in the city, but they didn't notice that a young man with a rogue head was not far behind, and he listened to their words completely.

"Want to buy a batch of grain?"

The man rolled his eyes, and then hurriedly ran into an alley...

　I missed the timing and failed to send it out immediately, and I was also drunk...

　　Chapter 3 is a little later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)