Kai Fu Han

Chapter 67 Buying Land
Returning to Liujiapu, they called Liu Xinshi and Zhou Xinyuan, then brought a gift and 1000 taels of silver. The three of them went out again and walked towards Zhizhou Yamen.

After arriving at Zhizhou Yamen, they learned that Guo Zhizhou was waiting for guests. The three of them waited at the concierge for almost two hours. Until noon, they did not wait for Guo Zhizhou to summon them.

After returning home, Liu Xinqi reflected on his behavior. In the eyes of these officials, he was just a "village chief" at best. Even if he was dazzling when he seized the ship last time, he was just a warrior and did not let people of the Zhizhou level. officials, and have the desire to make friends.

Looking back on previous experiences:
The county captain Luo Cheng was very helpful to him because he saved his son's life and saw his own potential.

Gao Qianhu treated him with great courtesy because he was also a warrior and understood how difficult it was for 20 people to attack a two thousand stone warship with force, and he understood the power of Liujiabao's high-end force.

Guo Zhizhou, on the other hand, is a pure literati. In the general environment of Zhao State, which emphasizes literature over military affairs, Liu Xinqi is really insignificant.

"It seems that we can only find Luo County Lieutenant again." Liu Xinqi said secretly.

The reason why Liu Xinqi went to Guo Zhizhou directly this time was because he planned to accept less of Luo Cheng's favors. As the saying goes, "Money debts are easy to repay, but love debts are hard to repay." Every time he asks Luo Cheng for help now, he doesn't know what to do in the future. What a price to pay to repay it.

But now there is no other way. Liu Xinqi overestimated his impression among civil servants. After all, "Fuhu Luohan" is just a nickname. No one would care about real civil servants.

The only civil servant Liu Jiabao could talk to at present was Luo Cheng.

When we arrived at Luo Cheng's house, it was past noon for a while. Luo Cheng probably had already had lunch, and Liu Xinqi knocked on the door.

The butler Xu Zhong opened the door. When he saw Liu Xinqi coming, he said directly:
"I knew you were coming. I came back from the Yamen at noon. I'm waiting for you in the living room now. Come in."

When Liu Xinqi heard what Xu Zhong said, he knew that he had been humiliated this time.

The three of them came to the living room, and Luo Cheng was sitting on a chair in the middle drinking tea. After the three of them greeted each other, they each found their seats and sat down. They heard Luo Cheng say with a smile: "You guys went to Zhizhou Yamen this morning? Yes?" Want to do something?"

Although Luo Cheng's question was a normal one, Liu Xinqi had a high self-esteem and always felt that Luo Cheng's words meant to ridicule him.

Well, I don't know what to say, and I didn't answer in time.

"Don't think too much about it. I know that Zhizhou didn't see you, and I didn't get anything done for you, so I went home early at noon just to wait for you to come." Luo Cheng may have realized that it was inappropriate to smile at this time, so he put away his smile and said to Liu Xinqi said again.

"Uncle, I'm arrogant. I originally wanted to spend money to buy some tidal flats today, but I didn't expect that I didn't even enter the Yamen Gate." Liu Xinqi replied.

Liu Xinqi had come to his senses at this moment. After all, he was overestimating his abilities. Even if Luo Cheng laughed at him, it was his fault.

What's more, after Luo Cheng learned the news, he immediately went home to wait for him. He had done an extremely good job and was completely benevolent and righteous.

"You are mistaken. The purchase and sale of land are the responsibility of county-level yamen, and the prefecture government is in charge of county yamen." After hearing Liu Xinqi's words, Luo Cheng replied: "So even if you enter the yamen of the state government, you will only Will come back empty-handed.”

It turns out that there is such a way here. Thinking about it, I am really ignorant and fearless.

Before Liu Xinqi could continue to speak, Luo Cheng continued: "We will go to the county government office in the afternoon, and I will take you to see Wuzhi County. Generally, the owner Bo Jiangxue can make the decision when buying and selling land. But I think the amount of land you want to buy is not a small amount. , it would be much easier to go to the county magistrate and ask him to nod."

"Thank you, uncle." Liu Xinqi stood up, bowed to Luo Cheng and thanked him. "You're welcome. Since you call me uncle, of course I will help you as much as I can." Luo Cheng said, "You can come to my place more often in the future. The water in the officialdom is very deep. Don't rush in recklessly, otherwise it will be easy." Offend."

"Just like this time, if you really meet Guo Zhizhou and bring up the matter of buying land, it will be considered as offending Wuzhi County, and things will be more difficult to handle."

"By the way, where are you planning to buy this time? Do you have an owner?" Luo Cheng finally asked.

"I want to buy Baishiwan. I have already inquired about it. There is no owner there." Liu Xinqi replied.

"Baishiwan? You can't grow crops there, so why buy there?" Luo Cheng asked doubtfully.

"I plan to rebuild Liujiabao in Baishiwan. The coast there is neither high nor low. It just happens to be a small port. Then I will buy some fishing boats so that I can go out to sea for fishing. Now Liujiabao has only been able to go out but not in. There are always people. It will take a day and nothing will happen." Liu Xinqi replied.

"I heard that you are buying grain all over the city. I will ask Butler Xu to take you to visit several big landowners and buy directly from them. It is not only cheap but also large in quantity." Luo Cheng once again solved a problem for Liu Xinqi .

"Thank you, uncle." Liu Xinqi didn't know what to say except thank you.

"Well, as for whether Baishiwan is really ownerless, you can't find out. You have to go to the Yamen to check the household registration books." Luo Cheng replied: "Okay, it's almost time, let's go to the Yamen now."

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The four of them arrived at the Penglai County Government Office. The team was led by County Lieutenant Luo Cheng, but they managed to drive straight in and successfully met Wuzhi County.

On the way here, Luo Cheng introduced Liu Xinqi to the general history of Wuzhi County. Liu Xinqi now knew that his name was Wu Xinggong.

Wuzhi County was well-educated. He must have known that Liu Xinqi had gone to see Guo Zhizhou in the morning, but he didn't show anything unusual on his face.

Luo Cheng once again introduced Liu Xinqi and the others to Wuzhi County, and as a middleman, he kept the pace so that they chatted politely for about a quarter of an hour.During this period, Wuzhi County expressed his envy for Liu Xinqi's pet tiger and wanted to pay his respects.Liu Xinqi agreed to this request and promised that when Wuzhi County needed it, Liu Xinqi would bring the tiger to the city.

Anyway, with the current ability of "Da Lang", there is no place where it can be trapped. Don't worry about Wuzhi County robbing it, otherwise he will only draw water from a bamboo basket and get nothing.

After chatting, Luo Cheng proposed the purpose of Liu Xinqi's visit this time.

"This is a trivial matter. I will call Master Jiang Bo to come over and see what the situation is like on this land."

After a while, the owner, Bo Jiangxue, walked in with a stack of ledgers.

After learning that Liu Xinqi wanted to buy Baishiwan, Jiang Xue opened the account book and checked, and finally said: "The land near the seaside near Baishiwan is saline-alkali land and does not grow crops, so it is ownerless now."

"Then how many acres are you going to buy?"

"I plan to buy all the land in the middle of Baishi Bend, which is three miles east and west, and the coast extends two miles inland."

(End of this chapter)