She only wants to do infrastructure construction

Chapter 26

Li Yewu smiled: "Now you are the sellers, so naturally you set the price. If the price is right, I will take back the land on behalf of the prince."

That's the advantage of Xiao Jiuxi being far away in the capital.

No matter what she said, no one would break it.

The old housekeeper was shocked, so it turned out that the reason for the little lady's wandering around these days is to look at the fields?

The master lost things one by one, and the little lady picked them up one by one...

The old housekeeper suddenly felt like a prodigal son meeting a virtuous wife. If he could, he would cry on the ground for a few days!So he respected the little lady more and more.

Everyone didn't pay attention to the old housekeeper's actions, and everyone was shocked by the news that Li Yewu suddenly wanted to buy land.

However, the head of the Liu family is the last of the four major families, and he also knows that he is not qualified to set a price. He said vaguely: "Well, I haven't thought about how much to sell. After all, it can't be lower than when I bought it."

"As far as I know, most of the fields outside are 10 taels per mu. The princess can also refer to one or two mus."

Li Yewu couldn't help laughing: "Patriarch Sifang means to offer the same price as the market price?"

The four of them looked at each other without saying a word, acquiescing.

Li Yewu continued: "But the fields outside are good fields, but the fields here are barren fields. It is not easy to replant."

"It was also fertile land before, so it doesn't really affect it." Patriarch Mu joined the group chat.

Speaking of which, he and Li Yewu borrowed cattle, and later exchanged the old buffalo for four sheep.

Li Yewu thought that Patriarch Mu would exchange cattle with him, so he would be more polite, but he would not let him take advantage of it.

Sure enough, it is not easy to become one of the four major merchants in Taihe City.

"Speaking of which, 30 mu of land is quite a lot, and it costs [-] silver...Princess, you..."

"It's okay, let's talk about the price slowly, it's always less than 800 million IOUs, isn't it?"

Li Yewu took out his trump card, and these people could only laugh awkwardly.

800 million taels is really outrageous. If it is converted into land, let alone Taihe City, most of the big Chu can be bought.

Consciously at a loss, Patriarch Sifang rubbed his nose: "Why don't we do it this way, how much did the princess buy back at the original price, what do you think? But the premise is that we don't accept IOUs, and we can only trade for real money. "

When Patriarch Sifang said this, the others were a little surprised.

Merchants value profits, this kind of no-loss no-profit business is the most boring, is the owner of the Quartet in a daze?

But after thinking about it, it is really meaningless to keep the wasteland in their hands. Even their own fields are almost abandoned, so how can they have the energy to acquire new fields?

After they figured it out, everyone didn't speak any more.

Anyway, I didn't force it to go back, no.

In the face of imperial power, they are the weak side after all.

Li Yewu nodded: "Patriarch Sifang still has insight, so please go back and sort out the land deed. I will even prepare one dollar for the land purchase in ten days."

Everyone doubted whether the princess could really spend so much money.

But looking at her confident appearance, it doesn't seem like a joke.

After leaving the mansion, they naturally went to the restaurant together.

Speaking of which, the main industry of the owner of the Sifang family is wine shops and inns. There are chain stores of him in all parts of Taihe Prefecture and even in the next few counties, and the business is booming.

He naturally became the head of the four major families.

If the four of them wanted to discuss something, they would usually make an appointment in the private room of Sifang Restaurant.

After several people were seated, the shopkeeper wisely arranged drinks.

Patriarch Liu, the last of the four major families, felt the most insecure. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't help but ask, "What kind of medicine do you think the princess sells in the gourd?"

Patriarch Sifang pondered for a while before answering: "I sent someone to inquire, and it is said that the princess was also doing business in the capital before."

"I see!"

"No wonder she can easily see the loopholes in the ledger, and she is even good at negotiating."

"This princess is not easy. As soon as she comes here, she immediately pays off her debts and buys land. It seems that she wants to get Prince Shang's mansion back on track."

"Although Xiao Jiuxi is stupid, he has found a capable daughter-in-law."

"Did she buy the land to grow her own grain? What if she doesn't buy grain from us in the future?"

"Heh, can [-] mu feed all the people in Taihe City? Besides, she has to have money to hire tenants. Today's tenants can't afford to hire just because they have money."

"That's right, wages have gone up like crazy these days. If she really opens up wasteland and farms, she might not be more comfortable than she is now."

Speaking of this, there are two farming models in Dachu. One is that all the harvest belongs to the landlord, and the peasants only receive wages and basic rations.

The second is that farmers contract the land, and pay grain and money to the landlord according to the amount per mu.

However, most landlords operate in the first mode, after all, it is easy to manage.

The second type of contracted land is mostly run by officials, because the yamen do not have so much time to take care of the field affairs, so it is most convenient to rent it to tenants.

Although the main business of the four major families is business, they also have a lot of land in their hands. In the past, it was enough to pay farmers 800 Wen a month, but now it has risen to [-] Wen, but there are still very few people who are willing to stay.

The biggest reason is that in the slums, not only can they receive relief food and relief money, but they don’t have to pay exorbitant taxes. Who doesn’t want this kind of good opportunity to eat without working.

In the past, the head tax of 12 taels per year has long scared the common people.

If there are 6 people in the family, that is 72 taels!Which family can afford it!

In the past, there was no choice, and everyone could only grit their teeth and grit their teeth. Since Xiao Jiuxi built a slum and exempted from paying miscellaneous taxes, people have gone to the slums one after another.

"You said, will the princess cancel the benefits of the slums because no one is working?"

The head of the Xu family, who has always been a transparent person, asked silently.

Everyone was taken aback, looked at each other and burst out laughing.

"Although I always dreamed that King Shang would cancel the welfare immediately, but it is impossible, not to mention other things, now there are 80 people receiving this welfare, once it is cancelled, it will definitely arouse public anger."

"It's true, public anger is terrible. Didn't the former king just collapse in public anger?"

Back then, the emperor of the Taihe Kingdom would rather burn the city down for the broken jade than the whole tile. This act of disregarding the life and death of the people completely disappointed the people. Stimulated by public anger, the people took the initiative to open the city gate, which led to the final collapse of the Taihe City. .

Speaking of this matter, the faces of the four major families are not very good.

To put it bluntly, they are all subjugated slaves and have no sense of belonging to Great Chu. However, they hate the former dynasty very much. Who would cherish the memory of a monarch who did not care about the life and death of the people?

"Forget it, forget it, don't go to court early, be careful of the old party." The head of the Liu family looked around nervously, for fear that a slip of the tongue would kill him.

Speaking of the old party, this group is more troublesome than the bandits. They hide in the dark corners of Taihe City, thinking about fighting against Chu and restoring peace every day. As long as they hear anything from the people who slanders the former dynasty, the old party will kill them.

They are like mad dogs who have lost their homes, much more terrifying than official bandits.

(End of this chapter)