Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 22 Bargaining
A few days later, Mi Zhu came to Huangmen Pavilion.

Normally, Mi Zhu doesn't show his mountains and dews, but at this time, he can see the financial resources of the Mi family.

Horse-drawn carriages drove slowly on the post road, and 2000 servants at the front and rear drove slowly from left to right, blocking the road.

The elders of the Deng and Shen clans and Shen Chen and others were already waiting for them on the road, and it wasn't until they got close that everyone noticed that Mi Zhu brought so many people here not to show off his financial resources, but to use his strength for surveying and mapping.

Most of the carriages were filled with bamboo slips, and half of the servants who followed them were clearers who checked the number of fields, and the other half were farmers, field slaves, apprentices, etc. who inspected the quality of the fields.

Some of them took pens and ink, and some took shovels. More than 8000 mu of land is not a small amount. For the Mi family, it is already one-tenth of the land.

"Master!"

Shen Chen, Deng Mao and Deng Hong went up to greet them and saluted respectfully.

Essentially speaking, their Deng and Shen Er clan can only be regarded as the small landlord class, not even the big landlords, let alone compare with those aristocratic families.

And Mi Zhu is not only a wealthy man in Xuzhou, but also a powerful landowner, and also works in the state capital, so his status is not at the same level as them.

People can look up to the elders of Huangmenting village, purely because Shen Chen's talent is appreciated by Tao Qian, Liu Bei and others.

If it was normal, even if Huangmenting villager wanted to sell the fields, he might not come here in person.

After getting off the carriage at this moment, Mi Zhu walked over with a smile and cupped his hands and said, "You are the old folks from Huangmenting."

"Deng Mao, Deng Hong has met the principal."

"You're welcome, knowing that you are going to move south, Tao Gong is very sad. There will be fewer Dingkou in Xuzhou."

"Oh, the world is difficult, and we have no choice but to do it."

"Then I can only wish you all the best."

"Thank you, sir."

Several people chatted casually, and Mi Zhu expressed his regret for the relocation of the old Huangmenting villager, but the smile on his face never stopped.

If they sold the land when Cao Cao harmed Xuzhou, Mi Zhu would never choose to buy it at this time.

Because after buying it, if Cao Cao occupies Xuzhou, no one can tell who will own these lands in the future.

But the problem is that the current situation seems to be very good. There is chaos in Cao Cao's rear, and Yuan Shu in the south has never attacked Xuzhou before, and both sides have calmed down.

What Xuzhou lacked before was not elite soldiers, but capable generals.

Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers are still very capable of fighting, but the command tactics against Cao Jun are not effective.

Now Liu Bei has come to make up for this shortcoming, so Mi Zhu thought, as long as Tao Qian is given a little more time to reorganize the prefectures and counties and recruit soldiers, Xuzhou will be peaceful in the future.

As long as the world calms down, the value of the fields he owns will also soar.Take advantage of this time to buy a large number of fields around Shan County, which will be wealth in the future.

At this time, Huangmen Pavilion sold a large amount of land, not only close to Shan County, but also good land, which naturally made Mi Zhu very excited.

But the heartbeat is the heartbeat, the price should be suppressed or suppressed.

At the invitation of Deng Mao and others, Mi Zhu came to Deng's old house, and his servants, led by Deng Zhao, Shen Zhen and others, went to count the land.

Starting at three quarters in the middle of the morning, this work continued until near the beginning of the day in the afternoon, almost three and a half hours.

That is to say, Mi Zhu has enough servants and the efficiency can keep up. According to the ratio, each person only needs to be responsible for ten acres of land. If other aristocratic families do not have so many servants, the efficiency may take several days.

In the Deng family's ancestral house, everyone chatted with Mi Zhu for a long time, and even had lunch together. At the beginning of the day, the servants came to report the situation. The statistics were correct, and the quantity and quality of the land were comparable.

At this point, it was finally possible to start talking about serious matters. The two sides sat facing each other in the middle hall, and no one took the main seat, but sat facing each other. Mrs. Deng and Chen sat on the right side, and Mi Zhu and others sat on the left side.

There are four representatives on both sides, the Deng family has Deng Mao and Deng Hong, and the Shen family has Shen Xian and Shen Chen, an elder of the Shen family.

On Mi Zhu's side was himself, a clan brother with the surname Mi, either his own brother Mi Fang, or a clan brother, and two housekeepers who were in charge of clearing accounts and counting land.

After the two sides sat opposite each other, Deng Hong coughed and said first: "Master, the field has been cleaned up, I don't know if it is still satisfactory."

One of Mi Zhu's housekeepers was holding bamboo slips and whispering to him. Hearing Deng Hong's words, he turned around and said with a smile, "It's indeed 760 and [-] acres, and there is no difference. You all want to make a price." ?”

Deng Hong, Deng Mao, Shen Xian, and other clan elders looked at each other, took a deep breath, and Deng Hongcai said: "The average price of the lower field is [-] yuan, the average price of the middle field is [-] yuan, and the average price of the upper field is [-] yuan. What do you think of this price?"

"Well"

Mi Zhu stroked his chin and pondered, and several people were quite nervous.

After a while, he shook his head and said, "It's a bit more expensive. In normal years, this price is more reasonable, but now."

Deng Hong hurriedly said: "The price can still be negotiated. If the principal is satisfied, how much do you think is appropriate?"

"Halve."

Mi Zhu said lightly.

half?

When this word came out, the expressions of Deng Hong, Deng Mao, Shen Xian and the three of them suddenly darkened.

According to the records of "Han Fan Lijia Buying Land Lead Coupons" and "Han Wang Moqing Buying Land Coupons", the price of land in the Han Dynasty fluctuated greatly. Three thousand to fifteen thousand dollars.

But the so-called inferior fields are not actually the fields, but the leftover vegetable fields around the fields.Because vegetable fields, mulberry forests, and ponds were all living resources at that time, they were also counted as fields.

The more than 8000 mu of land in Huangmenting naturally includes these living resources. However, it must be known that Huangmenting is not a corner at the foot of a mountain, but a large plain in the Huaibei area of ​​Xuzhou. The land here is not like the mountainous area in the southwest. It is the kind of poor-quality field in the mountains.

Even ordinary bad fields are dry fields on the plains. According to the market price, the average price should be around [-] yuan, and the price of high-quality good fields should also be [-] yuan, especially fields like mulberry forests and ponds, where the prices are very high.

According to the past market prices, the total value of these fields in Huangmenting may be hundreds of millions of dollars. This is not counting the surrounding houses and pavilions. The bids of the old people in Huangmenting are already very low.

As a result, Mi Zhu cut it in half as soon as he opened his mouth, that is to say, if the original market price was cut by one-third, another half would be cut, which is equivalent to one-third of the original total price.

The value of 3000 million was reduced to [-] million, which is no different from giving away for free. The villagers of Huangmenting knew that their land was so cheap, so it was no wonder they didn't fry the pot.

"Master, this price"

"The price is fair."

Deng Hong was about to refuse, but Shen Chen suddenly interrupted: "However, I have a small request. I also ask the master to convert the money into grain, pig iron, and salt at market prices. Given the wealth of the Mi family, the master should not refuse."

"Oh?"

Mi Zhu thoughtfully, shook his head and said, "These are all important supplies."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "Then there is no way to do that. A few days ago, the Miao family in Lanling, the Wang family in Xiangben, the Cao family in Yancheng, and the Chen family in Xiapi were also very interested in these fields. If the master thought that we moved If you leave, these fields will become unowned, so the master will think too much."

"Well."

Mi Zhu began to think again. He really had such an idea at the beginning, delaying or lowering the price. Anyway, Deng Chen Er was in a hurry to leave and sold it at a low price. He collected it at the price of cabbage, no matter what.

The problem is that among the powerful Xuzhou aristocratic families, their Mi family can only be considered extremely rich, and they are not ranked at all in terms of status and background.

The Miao family in Lanling and the Wang family in Xiangben are average, but the Cao family in Shancheng and the Chen family in Xiapi are the families of Cao Hong, Cao Bao, Chen Gui and Chen Deng. In fact, if you want to buy it at a low price, you may not be able to grab it.

After all, people are indeed eager to make a move because they want to leave, but it doesn't mean that they will leave the field alone and be taken by others casually.

Even so, how many fields can the Mi family grab?It's better to buy directly with a land deed to take the initiative.

Shen Chen's choice to exchange materials was a smart choice. Xuzhou was indeed dilapidated this year, but the reason for the dilapidation was not natural disasters but man-made disasters. It was Cao Cao's several expeditions to Xuzhou that caused Xuzhou to fall into war.

A few years ago, Tao Qian appointed Chen Deng as the lieutenant of Diannong, and vigorously developed agriculture, so that Xuzhou was not in short supply of food, and it was also close to the coast. Guangling Yandu County is a well-known salt-producing town in the south.

Therefore, Xuzhou's so-called prosperity means that there is no shortage of living materials such as grain and salt, and the price of grain and salt has stabilized and is not high.

After all, it is recorded in the history books of later generations that only Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Huainan and other places experienced large-scale famine due to drought. The only time Xuzhou appeared later was when "the army was prepared in Guangling, hungry and sleepy, and the officials and officials ate each other."

But that was a few years later. At that time, Guangling was ravaged by Ruo Rong and was really poor.Moreover, when Liu Bei went to Guangling, there was no food in the army, and he did not plunder the people. The soldiers ate the corpses of their own people.

This can only prove that Xuzhou fell into a food crisis due to the war a few years later.

At present, because there has been no drought, and there has been no loss of governance due to the invasion of Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, Xuzhou has returned to stability after Cao Cao's retreat, and the price of grain and salt has not risen.

If Shen Chen exchanged the money from the land sale for these materials, their value in Xuzhou is indeed not high, but don't forget that Deng Chen is going to move away.

These things left Xuzhou and went to Henan and other places. Once they were sold, they would not only double, but dozens of times.

Like the confrontation between Cao Cao and Lu Bu in Yanzhou, both sides are short of food and grass, and the price of food has skyrocketed.

So it is indeed a better choice for Shen Chen to want supplies instead of money.

But the problem is that the regional stability of food prices in Xuzhou is only relative. When Cao Jun came, the price of food soared all the way. They, the big farmers who stock up on food, often choose to store the food and sell it after the price of food rises.

Now Shen Chen wants food and grass without money, it seems that Mi Zhu has made a profit, but once the price of food rises again, he will make a lot less money and lose a lot, this deal doesn't seem to be a good deal.

But so much land...

After pondering for a long time, Mi Zhu sighed and said: "Children are really smart. They don't need money for food and grass. Sometimes money is broken copper and iron. It's not as good as food and grass. If you transport things out of Xuzhou and sell them, the value will not only double. Ten times."

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "There are wars everywhere now, and merchants from all over the place dare not risk their lives to go out and do business. If the supplies are not circulated, the prices will be different in different places. I am also risking my life. Do you dare, the master?"

"You're right. To make a lot of money, you have to take greater risks. I recently heard that the price of grain in Yanzhou has broken through [-] hu, but I dare not transport grain to Yanzhou. That's the difference."

Mi Zhu nodded, appreciating Shen Chen's courage, and said, "Okay, I will do as you wish. I will exchange grain, pig iron and salt for the fields."

Although it may make a lot less money in the future, but the land can produce food again, this business is not a loss!

(End of this chapter)