Escape from the desert

Chapter 152 Bought a Mountain
Yu Lizheng took the lead and walked with Jiang Yan and a few others to South Street. The road from Linjia Village to the county seat was a long way. In the morning, he started to set off before dawn. After bumping on the carriage for a long time, when he arrived at the county seat, it was already ugly in the afternoon. At that time, the sun was even more vicious, making people dizzy and feeling a little weird and distorted when looking at things.

Li Zheng wiped the sweat dripping from his forehead, and said a little excitedly: "The county office is in the south, let's go there now, and we'll go back to the village after the contract is over, just in time for dinner."

Jiang Yan nodded and said, "This county is much more lively and prosperous than the town. I think some things are not available in our town. Let's have a good stroll after we finish the business."

Hearing this, Li Zheng felt an inexplicable pride in vain, and said loudly, "That's right, I come here once or twice a month, and every time I'm reluctant to go back so early, if I hadn't taken your carriage today, We're not getting there any time soon."

Jiang Yan's eyes darkened. Looking at the bustling and lively streets, she felt very disappointed. She had been working hard in the fields for the past few days, and she was already sore and tired. After an hour's drive, even if the horse carriage was more comfortable than the ox cart, she felt uncomfortable as she swayed, and she was also motion sick.

Before, she thought that when she made a lot of money, she could take care of everything in Linjia Village, and she could take a few children out for a walk. After all, in this era, the mountains are beautiful, the water is beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, and there are many antique buildings. But if she rides the carriage every day, she can't stand it, and feels that the farther she goes, the more she suffers.

After earning enough money, let's lie down with salted fish at home.

After all, that was her goal all along!

"The south side is the Yamen's site, and this side is reserved for the Yamen. We will go to the East Street and North Street for a while, where there are many stalls selling pawns."

Li Zheng introduced the general layout of the county government office while talking. East Street is where the merchants are. Most of them are open shops, and the things they sell are a little more expensive. The people living there are also rich people who are bigger and bigger in the county government office. The North Street is relatively neutral, there are many people who come and go, and it is more complicated. The West Street is mainly Buzhuangfang City.

What surprised Jiang Yan was that the county seat had a large wharf, that is to say, if you want to go further afield, such as other county seat or prefecture, in addition to land transportation such as horses, carts, ox carts, you can also walk By water, by boat.

The main reason why Linfang County can develop so prosperously is that this wharf makes it easy for trade to enter and exit. It not only transports things from Linfang County, but also returns many special products from outside.

After storing the carriage, the four men wandered to the yamen.

Li Zheng was very familiar with the yamen. In the past few incidents, he and the village chief ran back and forth to the county yamen, so he was familiar with the road and brought a few people to the gate.

"Xiao Jiang, this is the yamen, let's go in." Li Zheng pointed.

Jiang Yan nodded, and led the well-behaved and quiet Lin Feng to follow behind. The county government office with blue bricks and black tiles was unexpectedly new. It could be seen that it had just been repaired and renovated. Right above the gate, several large characters of Linfang county government office hung high. , A huge drum of grievance was erected on the right side of the gate. At this time, the gate was open, and two uniformed yamen stood on the left and right sides.

Seeing them pass by, the yamen just looked over, their bodies were indeed standing still, their heads held high, their backs straight and their backs straight, with one hand on the hilt of the sword on the left waist, their expressions were determined and indifferent, and they stood on their posts like statues. , did not take a step forward until several people walked to one of them.

"The yamen is important, idlers are not allowed to enter, and if you file a complaint, you can beat the drum and file a complaint!"

The cold-faced and mighty yamen blocked them. It was the first time that Jiang Yan saw such a scene. Although Jiang Yan didn't feel much, Lin Feng, who was beside him, was startled, and subconsciously hid behind Jiang Yan. The black curled eyelashes trembled, and there was a little surprise in his eyes.

Li Zheng and Lao Wu were not surprised. One of them often ran to the yamen, and the other had been on the battlefield and killed people, and they all looked very calm.

"Brother Yachai, we're not here to complain." Jiang Yan patted Lin Feng and comforted him, with a calm expression and a neither humble nor arrogant tone.

Li Zheng also hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm Li Zheng from Linjia Village. I came here only a few days ago. Today I'm here to find the clerk to settle the house deed."

The yamen looked at Lizheng carefully and found that he was a familiar person, so he let go. Generally speaking, the land sales and purchases in the village are rarely dealt with by the yamen, and they are unified by the village lizheng or the village chief until the end of each month or the beginning of the month. The yamen dealt with it and brought it over halfway, unless the number of land transactions was relatively large.

The yamen who led the way led everyone to a lobby. There was a table and chair chopping board in the center of the lobby. This was where the county clerk worked, and it was his office.

"Do you want to build a house or what? What are you planning to do with so much land?" The clerk was a rather old man, touching his gray beard, and carefully checked the land that Jiang Yan wanted to buy.

"Only the bottom two flat areas of these two hills can be used as homesteads. If you buy so much wasteland at once, I need to ask you the use of this land."

The clerk's tone can be said to be very gentle and good, and Jiang Yan is willing to say more, she said, "I have some business dealings with the restaurant in the town, and I need to plant some fruit trees. These two barren hills are the most suitable, and they are not too far away. It's easy to take care of, and when the time comes, some houses will be built underneath, and the rest should be planted with fruit trees."

Jiang Yan explained the reasons that she had prepared for a long time. Fruit trees were planted in barren mountains, but she planned to build a luxury suite on the mountain near the forest.

Hearing the words, the scribe nodded and continued: "Think about it clearly, this barren hill has several hundred acres of land, although the barren land is cheaper, but you need so much at once, and the tax is not low, if the tax is not paid on time, The wasteland will also be reclaimed by the county government."

Jiang Yan nodded, and if he could afford it, he would definitely pay it.

The clerk finally checked it again and signed the new title deed to Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan wrote the name after a few glances. She has been reading the book for a while, so it is no problem to read the contract at this time. of.

Soon the money was handed over to the deed, and the silver and the goods were received.

After finishing the house deed and land deed, Jiang Yan took out a new red bag from her arms, containing [-] taels of silver, with a smile on her face, she handed it to the clerk: "This is the money bag embroidered at home, It's not a valuable thing, so I'll give the clerk a prosperous lottery."

The clerk nodded and took it calmly. When he took it in his hand, he rubbed his fingertips a bit, his mind moved, and his withered and old face smiled more earnestly.

No matter how much you have done in the yamen, you have to give some red money, just like giving a guarantor, but you can't make it clear that the yamen can't accept bribes, at least not openly, and those who come to do business, if they are sensible, give some Yin Liang, no matter how many people have a better service attitude, if you don't understand these twists and turns, slap your butt and leave after finishing your work. It is estimated that you will be spat on before you reach the door.

(End of this chapter)