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Chapter 56 First Industry

Wei Yuming acted very quickly. On the second day after taking office, he began to investigate Landlord Qian. He used to be the county magistrate of Yixian County. In just two days, he found out the identities of all the murdered women and arrested Landlord Qian and his family. They got up and dug out more than twenty corpses from the backyard garden.

After examination, the oldest of these corpses was only fifteen years old. Landlord Qian initially refused to admit his debts and was punished with a cane of thirty pieces. Wei Yuming put the personal and material evidence in front of him, but he could not help but refuse to plead guilty. In the end, Qian Landlord and his family were exiled to northern Xinjiang, and all their property was confiscated.

Wei Yuming made Landlord Qian's crimes public, and the whole county was in an uproar. No one expected that Landlord Qian was such a righteous hypocrite. Those who gave their daughters to Landlord Qian as concubines cried bitterly and even felt regretful in their intestines.

Landlord Qian was drugged by Shen Jia. He had been in poor health for the past few days, and was beaten thirty times by the government officials. He would then be exiled to Northern Xinjiang. The most he could survive was to pass Wucheng before returning to the west.

Shen Jia gave Shen Zhuoyun 5,000 taels of silver notes to distribute to the parents of the victims, which was considered a small gesture from Shen Jia.

"Jia'er, Landlord Qian has three villages, do you want to go and take a look?" After Shen Zhuoyun finished the matter, he went to find Wei Yuming to buy Landlord Qian's village.

Without saying a word, Wei Yuming asked Shen Zhuoyun to choose Zhuangzi by himself and sold it to him at a low price.

"Okay, let's leave now." Shen Jia said with a smile.

Hearing this, Shen Hao, Shen Yun, and Shen An stated that they were going too.

Mrs. Gu felt that this was her daughter's first inheritance, and she should also take care of it, so she followed suit.

Finally, when the gate is closed, the family goes to the county seat together.

Wei Yuming sent his master to take Shen Zhuoyun's family to Zhuangzi, the landlord's house.

The first village is in the south of the county. This village is quite new. It has 800 acres of fertile land and an orchard. It has a yard with two entrances and two exits. There is a mountain behind the orchard, and a small river passes by the fertile field.

Shen Jia looked around and was very satisfied with this place. This village will neither lack water nor flood the fields.

Shen Jia nodded towards Shen Zhuoyun, and Shen Zhuoyun said something to his master.

The master called Zhuangtou, who came quickly. He was about forty years old, a dark-skinned man, not tall.

"Little Wang Dazhu, I have met all of you nobles." Wang Dazhu bowed and saluted.

The master raised his hand and said, "Excuse me." Then he said: "Wang Dazhu, tell Mr. Shen the situation in Zhuangzi in detail."

Wang Dazhu already knew about Landlord Qian and was feeling anxious. Now that he heard that Shen Zhuoyun might be the new owner in the future, he became even more respectful.

"There are three families in Zhuangzi. There are twenty adults and children in total. The twenty of us stay here to take care of the farm. There are 800 acres of fertile land in Zhuangzi. We farm 30 acres, and the rest are taken care of by people from Luojia Village. People share the crops and receive 40% of the rent..."

The fertile land leased out here basically charges 40% rent. What Shen Zhuoyun rented out in Beili Village was different. The farmland he rented out was only fifteen acres, and they were all from familiar families. He only charged 30% of the rent a year, and even 20% when the harvest was not good.

Shen Jia asked some other questions and found that Wang Dazhu could answer them fluently, so he nodded with satisfaction.

"I will buy this village. You go back and appease the tenant farmers. The rent I charge will only be less than the landlord, not more than him, so that they can plant rice with peace of mind and don't miss out on farming." Shen Zhuoyun gave Wang Dazhu reassurance, To keep them from thinking wildly.

Wang Dazhu beamed with joy, saluted Shen Zhuoyun and the others again, and said, "Okay! I will inform them now that I will resign."

Shen Zhuoyun raised his hand: "Go!"

The master then took them to another village.

This village is in the west of the city and is somewhat dilapidated. It has 200 acres of fertile farmland, 300 acres of dry land, a 50-acre hillside, and an old courtyard with two entrances and two exits.

Shen Jia took a look at it and found that this village was quite good. Although there was no river, it was backed by mountains and had mountain springs, which was perfect for growing medicinal materials.

Shen Zhuoyun knew from Shen Jia's face that she was extremely satisfied with this place. The head of this village is called Mo Sanjin. He is about fifty years old, tall and thin, with gray hair and beard.

Shen Jia carefully inquired about the situation in Zhuangzi. Rice seedlings had been planted in the fertile fields, but planting had not started after soybean harvesting in the dry land. Shen Jia asked Mo Sanjin to inform Zhuangzi's tenants not to plant the dry land that had not yet been planted. She wanted to plant medicinal materials.

She will come over to discuss the specific matters with them in two days, and she will not let them suffer anyway.

The last village had 600 acres of fertile land, a large courtyard with three entrances and three exits, a fish pond, and an orchard. But Shen Jia only took one look at it and shook his head. It was too close to the Yichang River. When the typhoon came, it would last for several days. If it rains, such fertile fields will definitely be flooded.

In her previous life, her family's farmland was close to the river. The rice her mother planted was sometimes flooded twice a month, greatly reducing the harvest. Therefore, she would never buy this kind of paddy field.

Although Shen Zhuoyun, Gu and Shen Hao were very confused, they did not ask in front of outsiders.

Then the master took them to see the shops. Landlord Qian owned a restaurant, a gambling house and a dental shop in Yixian County.

Shen Jia doesn't want to touch restaurants now. Unless there are talents to run restaurants in the future or new foods such as peppers and peanuts are discovered, he will consider catering.

There is no need to go to the dental clinic, it is a waste of time.

The location of the gambling house is quite good. The backyard is extremely large. You can clean up a room for paper making and printing. You can open an open bookstore in front, similar to a modern library.

Shen Jia planned to open a small bookstore in Yixian County for testing, and then open a large bookstore in the capital.

Shen Jia handed the 20,000 taels of silver notes to Shen Zhuoyun for formalities, and then went shopping with Gu, Shen Hao, Shen Yun, and Shen An.

It's not a big market today, and there aren't many people on the street.

A few people walked around, looking at cloth and jewelry...

"Girl, is it really you?" Liu Erhu shouted in surprise.

Shen Jia turned around and saw that it was the little beggar Liu Erhu from before.

Shen Jia smiled faintly and said: "What? Are you surprised to see me? Or have you thought clearly about messing with me?"

Liu Erhu nodded, looked at Shen Jia seriously and said: "I am willing to follow you!"

Shen Jia looked at Liu Erhu for a while, and finally pointed to the gambling house she bought and said, "Okay, we will wait for you at the gambling house over there. You go back and bring your younger brothers and sisters with you."

"Yeah!" After Liu Erhu said that, he ran away quickly.

"Sister, do you plan to let Liu Erhu do things with you?"

"Yeah! Liu Erhu is smart and good at collecting information. He is suitable for intelligence work. He will be sent to Beijing after a few months of training. We need someone to find out information in Beijing."

Shen Hao asked curiously: "How to train?"

"First we need to teach him a set of self-defense skills, then we need to teach him how to read, and we also need to teach him how to use secret codes to convey messages. We also need to train a group of homing pigeons."

"Can I stand aside and watch you train?"

"Why not?" Shen Jia said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)