farming female castellan

Chapter 26 Buying Saline-alkali Land
Chen Fan can finally see how long a foot is in this era.She stared at the measuring rope for a while, and estimated that one foot is equivalent to thirty centimeters, and one mu of land is 540 square meters.

She looked at the large white field, thinking about whether to start with it.

At present, the only thing she can buy in such a large amount as tens of acres or hundreds of acres is this kind of heavy saline-alkaline land that no one looks down on.

Saline-alkali land can be transformed, and she knows how to transform it.It's just that the process was very, very hard.But what if you don't work hard?If you want to farm the land well and live your life well, it is impossible not to work hard.This saline-alkali land is both a challenge and an opportunity.

At some point, Lizheng had already walked to her side: "If the girl is willing to renovate this land, I will sell it to you at a price of [-] Wen per mu."

Only fifty pennies?I'm a little excited.

"Can I dig a ditch on this land?" Chen Fan asked.

"Yes. But you have to pay for the trench digging yourself."

"Can you dig a pond? Can you build a house on it?" Chen Fan asked again.

"It's all right. Just pay the land tax according to the total area."

"The magistrate must like you very much." Chen Fan said to Li Zheng sincerely.

The barren grass land and saline-alkali land are being sold here, and all kinds of matters are explained to customers as much as possible to avoid future disputes, and they never forget to remind customers to pay taxes. Will the government not like such staff?
"Can I fence the whole field?" That's a Zhuangzi.

"The perimeter of the entire field cannot be fenced. The house you build on it can be fenced in a yard, and it's also okay for you to fence a small area on this land."

Oh, fortunately, she can take care of different areas, and can also ensure privacy and security.

Chen Fan pointed to the saline-alkali land and drew a circle, and said proudly: "My lord, I bought all of this land."

The pot was fried again on the spot.

"It's not enough to buy barren grassland, but we also need to buy saline-alkali land. The grass doesn't grow on this saline-alkali land, so can we still grow seedlings?"

"That's right," another voice quickly took over, "This land has more than 100 acres, you won't even be able to pay the taxes by then."

"You must hire people to work in so many places. How many seedlings and grains can you harvest by then? Is it enough for you to pay for the seeds and labor?"

These words were not pleasant, but they were telling the truth, and there was no malice, so Chen Fan ignored them.She glanced at Guanshi Li, but Guanshi was expressionless.She glanced at Xiaolian again, but Xiaolian was also expressionless.

Lizheng told Chen Fan the size of the barren grassland, and it turned out to be exactly ten acres, which was quite square.She looked at the few scattered grasses on the edge, and wanted to pull them up and ask them to measure them.

The rope is slightly deflected and moved, but there are two prices.

Li Zheng beckoned and called a young man to pull the measuring rope.Guanshi Li approached a little closer and asked her what her plans were.

Chen Fan thought for a while and asked, "If this is divided into small plots, is it more appropriate for each plot to be three mu or five mu?"

"Five acres, you can build less ridges, and it is more convenient to calculate the area."

Chen Fan shared some ideas with Li Guanshi.

After Lizheng had measured it, he came over and said that the land had been measured to 120 mu.

One, 120 acres!She has more than a hundred acres of land?Is it so dreamy?
里正把具体的尺寸报给陈帆：荒草地长240步（360米），宽10步（15米），一共十亩。白地长240步，宽120步（180米），共120亩。

The ridges of this large area were built by Chen Fan himself, and they were counted in the total area.The more plots are divided, the more ridge area will be consumed.Chen Fan felt distressed instantly, her land area was reduced.She told Lizheng that it must be clearly stated on the land deed, that the ridge is also hers, and it is counted in the area.

She imagined the scene of a hundred acres of fields covered with rice, it was a magnificent feeling.I feel better again.

120 mu of saline-alkali land is worth [-] Wen, and [-] mu of barren grassland is worth [-] Wen, which is [-] Guanqian in total.Fortunately, the Liu family didn't spend too much money.

These eleven pennies can't buy even one mu of high-quality land. No matter how well a mu of land is planted, how much food can be grown?It is not impossible for her one hundred acres of land to produce more than ten acres of fertile land.

A young man ran over, holding a large bundle of fine hemp rope, and handed it to Li Zheng.

Chen Fan was surprised, when did Lizheng arrange it?

Li was asking Chen Fan to take a look at where the homestead was chosen, and he and Li Guanshi took someone to measure and draw the line.

Chen Fan looked at the few families in the last row of the village.There are three or four families in the east half of the village, and only one in the west, but that family occupies a large area, almost three acres, with tall and long brick walls, many houses, and a two-story building. .

Chen Fan didn't really want to build a house on the west side. She had a building and her house was a one-story house, which felt a bit shorter overall. She was also afraid that people standing on the porch would see what was going on in her yard.

She didn't really want to go to the east either. When they came, they could hear voices from the east cursing people from afar. It was the tone of an old lady screaming and cursing people to death.They've all been busy for so long, and the voice is still swearing.This is still in the middle of the busy season, so I spend time and energy cursing sick or injured family members.She didn't want to have such a next-door neighbor.

After thinking about it, Chen Fan chose a location on the west side, north of the big family's house, anyway, Lizheng didn't say that he couldn't build another row.She likes the large clump of bamboo in the backyard of that family, which not only blocks the view but also has artistic conception. "It's better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo." Maybe there are literati in that family.

Those who mow the grass are still wondering whether the grass in that field can be mowed.

Chen Fan pointed to the west side: "You can cut a little on the west side, before I finish the land deed." The crowd cheered, then dispersed, and went home to get sickles and baskets.

Everyone returned to Lizheng's house.Li Guanshi passed two pieces of paper to Li Zheng, one was old and yellowed, and the other was new, with few words on it.Chen Fan guessed that it was probably to prove her identity or something.How to operate here is the ability of the Liu family.

Li Guanshi gave Li Zheng thirteen strings of money.Li Zheng declined, but Li Guanshi said: "Going to the yamen to deal with people always costs money, how dare you ask your lord to spend the money? Your lord has taken care of us, and we can rely on your blessing to save you worry and effort. I hope your lord will not refuse again." Li Zheng didn't say anything more.

Li Zheng began to register Chen Fan's height, weight, skin color and other information, and drew a portrait of Chen Fan.Chen Fan really wanted to say, what if her skin turns white after living in this world for a while?

(End of this chapter)