Li Shimin

Chapter 217 Buying Land
"Master, why are you buying so much barren land?"

Li Chengqian asked curiously.

Standing on the gray flat concrete road, Li Xuanrao admired his own barren fields with interest.

"Raise chickens, ducks, pigs, fish..."

"Raise so many?"

Behind him, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and the others could not help but be surprised.

Then, feeling something was wrong, subconsciously, a picture of them carrying food buckets every day, running without touching the ground, and feeding those chickens, ducks and hogs subconsciously appeared in their minds!
They looked at each other, and asked cautiously: "Master, how can you feed so many chickens, ducks and hogs?"

"Hey!"

Li Xuan couldn't help but sneered, "Don't worry, these chickens, ducks and pigs are not prepared for you!"

"Oh!"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian and the others subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

"Master, how to feed these chickens, ducks and hogs?"

"There are so many people in Chenglaosi, feeding such a big one..."

As he spoke, Li Xuan was startled suddenly, and a trace of depression flashed in his eyes.

"Master, what's the matter?"

Li Chengqian asked quickly.

"Three hundred acres of land is still a bit small!" Li Xuan sighed softly.

"what?"

Li Chengqian was speechless.

"Go and call Chu Suiliang here!"

Li Xuan gave instructions to Li Baoding.

"Yes, Ayer!"

After listening, Li Baoding hurried over.

Soon, Chu Suiliang, who was wearing a blue sweater, walked over quickly, with some doubts in his eyes.

"I don't know what your Majesty's order is for the next official?"

"Can you buy that piece of wasteland?"

Li Xuan asked, pointing to a large piece of wasteland immediately opposite the road.

"My lord, that piece of wasteland is close to the mountains and far away from the village. No one has been plowing it. If the king buys it, Wannian County will definitely sell it at a low price. I don't know what the king wants these wastelands for?"

Chu Suiliang was full of doubts.

"This king will use it to build a farm and raise chickens, ducks and pigs!" Li Xuan said.

"Raise chickens, ducks and pigs?"

Hearing Li Xuan's words, Chu Suiliang couldn't help but look weird, and subconsciously looked at Li Chengqian and others beside him.

Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others glared at Chu Suiliang immediately.

"After the spring plowing starts, more than 100 veterans like Cheng Laosi, plus their families, will have no land to cultivate in Lijiazhuang. This king plans to let them raise chickens, ducks, pigs, etc. If possible, they will also raise some field fish! "

Li Xuan explained.

"Cheng Lao Si, these veterans?"

Hearing Li Xuan's words, Chu Suiliang was also startled, and then his face was full of thought.

Only then did he recall that the vegetable garden in the glass greenhouse would soon be bulldozed and used to grow food.

At that time, there will be more than 100 veterans, including their families, at least more than 300 veterans.Although, these are old, weak, sick and disabled, it is impossible to go back to their original places again, so the king needs to settle down.

Moreover, no one wants to let such a group of old farmers who have learned how to grow in glass greenhouses go away!

"Your Majesty, with this situation, even this piece of land can't satisfy so many people to cultivate it!"

After thinking about it, Chu Suiliang continued.

"Why?" Li Xuan asked.

"Returning to the king, according to the "Field Order", each Ding grants 20 mu of Yongye farmland and 80 mu of sub-divided land, a total of 100 mu. However, considering the shortage of land in Gyeonggi, each household can farm 200 mu of land. This is the case of Cheng Laosi There are so many people, they need at least [-] more than [-] acres of farmland, so that they can pay taxes!"

Chu Suiliang said.

"It's okay, these fields belong to this king!" Li Xuan said indifferently.

As a prince, his land naturally does not need to pay taxes.

Chu Suiliang was startled, and then quickly said: "Your Majesty, Cheng Laosi and the others also have land granted by the court. Their fields always need to pay land tax, and they also need to pay taxes."

"It's okay, let them be included in the Li Family Manor!" Li Xuan said.

Chu Suiliang looked at Li Xuan in astonishment, the king finally got the hang of it, cupped his hands and said, "This way, this matter will be much easier to handle. The only trouble is that their previous fields will be taken back!"

"On this matter, let Li Chang ask Cheng Laosi and the others for their opinions. If they don't want to become the householders of the Li Family Manor, their fields will naturally not be confiscated. However, once they become the householders of the Li Family Manor, their fields will not have time. Geng, it is reasonable to be taken back!"

Li Xuandao.

"The officer understands!"

After understanding what Li Xuan meant, Chu Suiliang quickly walked towards Li Chang.

After an explanation, he took Li Chang with him, carried a large box, and headed for Wannian County.

Although I don't know what the king's farm is like, according to what the king said, neither Li Chang nor Chu Suiliang meant to be stingy.

The range that Li Xuan pointed at was directly expanded by more than two times.

Direct purchase of [-] acres of wasteland, plus [-] acres of wasteland.

Regarding this, Zheng Yunde, the county magistrate of Wannian County, didn't even think about it, and directly took out the land deed, which can be said to be sold to Li Xuan at a low price.

Before, Li Xuan Wannian County massacred more than 100 Japanese and sent Tang envoys. Until now, Zheng Yunde and all the Wannian County officials have not eased over.

Not only was he physically and mentally frightened, but His Majesty and the Ministry of Officials had a very bad impression of all the officials in Wannian County.

The year-end assessment is directly inferior.

Although there is no relegation, it is also reduced by one season, which can be said to be a great punishment!
"Such a big place?"

Seeing the land deed handed over by Li Chang, Li Xuan couldn't help being surprised.

"Back to the king, eight hundred acres of barren land, one thousand acres of barren land, a total of one thousand guan!"

"One thousand strings?"

Li Xuan was shocked again, not because he thought it was too much, but because he thought it was too cheap.

"Hmph, Wannian County is sorry for your Majesty. It's not bad that all the officials haven't been transferred! A few acres of land are still wasteland. If it's not cheap, they should be dismissed!" Chu Suiliang said.

Although now, Li Xuan no longer pursued Zheng Yunde's responsibility for those Wannian County, but Jin Wang's mansion still didn't have any good opinion of Wannian County.

"So, tomorrow we will find some laborers or craftsmen to reclaim all these fields!"

As he said that, Li Xuan couldn't help it with both hands, took out a piece of paper from the room, and began to draw.

Seeing this, Chu Suiliang couldn't help twitching the corners of his eyes, feeling a little distressed.

What a waste of paper!
However, soon he couldn't care less about these things, Li Xuan had already sketched out an outline of the newly bought piece of land.

Chu Suiliang's eyes lit up. Although the king's painting of mountains, rivers and fields is rather weird, it is all outlined with simple lines, but it is very vivid. Compared with those maps in the army, it is much simpler and clearer.

"This place is close to the Juhe River, the terrain is flat, and ducks can be raised; this place is close to the mountains and forests, and the mountains can be built to raise pig pens; here, chickens are raised, and the fields are reclaimed at the beginning, rice is planted, and the water of the Juhe River is introduced. Some, after the rice grows up, fish can be raised in it... Two reservoirs were built at the beginning, filled with water in summer, in case of drought...

In addition, in the most remote area, workshops are built, cement is produced, steel is smelted, glass is calcined... In this area, cement is used to build a number of houses for the villagers of Lijiazhuang to live in. In the middle, a private school must be built for Lijiazhuang A group of young children can read and write..."

Li Xuan told Li Chang and Chu Suiliang everything he could think of in detail.

It took a long time for Chu Suiliang and Li Chang to react.

"Your Majesty, it is quite enough to build houses for a group of farmers in this way, and if we build private schools, will it be a bit..."

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(End of this chapter)