Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Li Wei, who could easily be fooled by Zhang Cheng, was currently very busy.

Although everything was discussed with the officials in charge, he still had to understand the situation, and occasionally he would go with the officials to meet the people.

At this time, at the edge of a field that had just been cultivated for two years, Li Wei raised his eyes and watched, followed by Wu Yong and other guards. Next to them, a middle-aged commoner in ragged clothes was discussing with his officials with a happy face.

"My little man, this field was cultivated the year before last. It will become a mature field in one or two years. What do you think, sir?" the middle-aged man introduced softly.

The official glanced at Li Wei, who was standing next to him. Li Wei nodded slightly, and then he said to the middle-aged man: "Okay, then we will take the land at the price of Sanguan."

"Thank you, thank you, sir!"

The middle-aged man was so surprised that he thanked him profusely.

He has ten acres of land, which he has cultivated for only two years. Selling it to Li Wei for three thousand dollars is equivalent to making fifteen thousand dollars a year. This amount of money is nothing in the capital, but in a small place it is a huge amount of income.

Moreover, there is a lot of wasteland now. After selling it, he can just open up wasteland and not worry about having no land to use.

Currently, the imperial court is exempted from land reclamation for three years. However, the yield per mu of newly reclaimed land is very low, so generally people with mature land will not do this. After all, there is too much land to plant, and the effort is thankless. One household has ten acres of land. It is enough, and only poor people who really have no land to cultivate will go to open up wasteland.

This middle-aged man is obviously like this.

Of course, Li Wei didn't care about the raw and mature fields at all. He didn't use them for farming.

After negotiating the deal, the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, and then carefully asked the official: "Sir, if the young man reclaims new fields, will you buy it?"

When the officials heard this, they immediately refused. They all knew that the purpose of coming here was to build a city, and they would only take this piece of land.

However, Li Wei was moved in his heart and said directly: "Take it, one year's worth of money, two years of money, two years of money, and three years of mature land."

The official was a little surprised when he heard Li Wei's words, but he didn't dare to ask more questions and agreed after a moment of hesitation.

The middle-aged man frowned again after hearing Li Wei's words. The field he was selling now was a two-year-old field, and he sold it for three times, but the price Li Wei gave was less.

But even so, according to the price Li Wei said, their land reclamation is equivalent to earning ten dollars a year. This money is not enough to live in the city, but it is still very good in the countryside.

Today's land is divided into raw and mature fields, and mature fields are divided into upper, middle and lower grades. The upper and middle-quality lands are basically controlled by the aristocratic families. For ordinary people, it would be good to have low-grade mature fields. And this kind of land is The output is only two stones of grain, worth one tael of silver.

According to the current purchasing power of Baochao, it is slightly higher than that of silver. Regular money can buy nearly three stones of grain. In other words, if they go to open up wasteland, the harvest will be slightly better than that of planting mature fields.

After figuring this out, the middle-aged man finally relaxed his brows and nodded happily.

Li Wei also has his own ideas in doing this. Land is as valuable as gold, or even more valuable than gold. If he collects the land now, it will not only stimulate the enthusiasm of ordinary people to open up wasteland, but also make a lot of money after the land is reclaimed in the future. Pen.

Of course, it doesn't matter if he doesn't make money. Anyway, in the end, the land is in his hands. Whether it is rent-free for these people to plant, or sold back to these people at the original price, he will not suffer any loss. The only disadvantage of this is that it will It just takes up some working capital.

Li Wei threw down the weeds in his hands, clapped his hands, came to the middle-aged people, and said with a smile: "Not only you, you can also tell others, and I will accept it at this price."

He decided to go back and tell Zhu Yuanzhang that this matter must be done even by printing money, because this is an investment type of banknotes. The more fields will be cultivated in the future, the more grain will be produced, and the money printed will naturally increase. With value support, there is no need to worry about depreciation.

"Thank you, sir. I'll tell the neighbors when I get back."

The middle-aged man was so happy that he bowed to thank him.

Li Wei looked him up and down, and couldn't help but be a little confused when he saw that this man was not only wearing shabby clothes, but also had a disheveled face and was obviously malnourished:

"I heard that taxes are exempted for the first three years of land reclamation. Even if the yield of your ten acres of land is low, it should be enough for food. Why are you still so poor?"

The middle-aged man saw that he had a kind attitude, no official pretensions, and was a little more courageous. He sighed and complained: "Hey, although this field is exempt from tax, it is not exempt from the tax. For a small family of five, the tax plus the corvee , life is naturally difficult!"

Li Wei couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Is the Ding tax very heavy?"

"It feels quite heavy when I'm young!" the middle-aged man said with an aggrieved look.

After listening to the middle-aged man's words, Li Wei felt confused. According to his understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang, this situation should not happen. Could it be that something went wrong?

"Yang Laosan, I want your land, come here and sign the deed for me, and follow me to the Yamen to make the settlement!" Just as he was bowing his head in thought, an arrogant voice suddenly sounded. A strong young man led the Four or five people came over.

Wu Yong and others immediately stepped forward to protect Li Wei vigilantly.

The young man seemed to have just discovered the high official Li Wei at this moment, and he quickly bowed and saluted: "Greetings to this lord!"

Everyone who came with him also bowed down and saluted.

Li Wei glanced at him and couldn't help but frown.

The middle-aged man named Yang Laosan's expression also changed at this time, and he hid back in fear.

Li Wei glanced at him, and without waiting for Yang Laosan's reply, he said coldly: "I have already bought this land!"

The young man bowed respectfully, but the words he said were not very respectful: "It seems that Yang Laosan hasn't signed the contract with you, sir? I think you can ask again!"

Li Wei turned back and glanced at Yang Laosan. Seeing his timid appearance, he understood that he did not dare to object to what this young man said.

So he stopped being polite and shouted coldly: "How presumptuous! I bought it just as I said. Do you dare to question what I said?"

Seeing the angry look on Li Wei's face, the guards on the side stepped forward and pressed the handle of the knife very cooperatively.

As a relative of the emperor's consort and a high official of the imperial court, he could find any excuse and kill the young man on the spot. Even if someone impeached him, he would at most be reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang. Unless he wanted to kill him like Hu Weiyong, Zhu Yuanzhang would let him take his life. compensation.

The young man naturally understood this, and his expression suddenly changed when he saw the guard's actions. He quickly bowed and admitted his mistake:

"I don't dare, I don't dare!"

"Huh, get lost!" Li Wei waved his hand and shouted.

"Yes, I will resign, villain!"

The young man quickly took a few steps back, turned around and left in a hurry.

After walking far away and losing sight of Li Wei and others, the young man stopped and let out a sigh of relief.

"Who told me that this prince-in-law is weak and can be bullied?"

The young man looked back at the people around him and asked with an angry look on his face.

Several followers pointed to a somewhat thin companion without hesitation.

The skinny servant looked panicked and quickly defended himself: "Young Master, the prince-in-law I asked about is indeed quite weak!"

This person was also a little puzzled. He had seen with his own eyes that some common people dared to bargain with the prince-in-law, and the prince-in-law was not angry. Isn't this weakness?

The young man glanced at him and roared angrily: "Fart! You bitch almost caused me to be chopped down! Come on, hit me!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately pounced on the thin follower, punching and kicking him!

"Master, have mercy, Master, have mercy!" The little follower was beaten until he screamed repeatedly, but the young man still snorted angrily and allowed everyone to continue to beat him.

On the other side, Li Wei waited until they were far away before he turned his attention to Yang Laosan and asked, "Who are they?"

Seeing that the people were gone, Yang Laosan said tremblingly: "They are from the Yue family, and that young man is Yue Dapeng, the boss of the Yue family!"

"Hmph, is the Yue family great?" Li Wei said coldly and disdainfully.

Yang Laosan was suddenly speechless and smiled awkwardly. (End of chapter)