Plane of Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 178

In the south of Xing'an County, there is a magnificent palace covering an extremely large area. This is the King's Mansion of Xiongan County.

The entire palace covers an area of ​​[-] mu, with no less than a hundred halls and pavilions, which is very vast.At this moment, Song Ke was sitting in the living room, listening to a servant's report with a gloomy expression.

"My lord, you guys found out that Qin Guan brought a concubine to take office, who used to be the oiran of Hangzhou, and ten servants. The four male servants are his book boy and housekeeper, and the two who rushed to kill us the day before yesterday. The strong man of the convoy, and six maidservants, are now settled in the magistrate's yamen."

"Shen Yichen, the county magistrate of Lin'an who came to take up the post with Qin Guan, left yesterday to take up the post in Lin'an."

"After Qin Guan arrived in Xiongzhou City, he transferred to the various departments of the Yamen, the bank, the granary and the refugee camp yesterday, and announced the sale of the land this morning."

After hearing this, Song Ke showed a ferocious smile: "Do you want to sell the land for money to solve the problem at hand? Hehe, you tell me that all merchants who have business dealings with my county's palace will know, and anyone who dares to buy The land is the enemy of our county's palace."

After the servant withdrew, Song Ke squinted his eyes and muttered: "Dare to fight against me, Qin Guan, I will play you to death."

A piece of news spread in Xiongzhou, and it spread more and more widely, and no one knew about it.

"What, the prefect of Qin fell in love with the king of Xiong'an County on the way to take office, and then he actually did it."

"The prefect of Qin actually drove the county king's carriage into a ditch, and the county king was almost injured."

"Oh my God, no one dares to mess with the king of Xiong'an County in our Xiongzhou. Now the prefect seat of Zhuangyuan Lang may not be easy to sit in."

"The county prince's mansion has already handed over the words that whoever dares to buy land is his enemy. The county prince's mansion has been sitting on the land for decades, and its business is all over Xiongzhou. Those gentry and big businessmen are willing to offend him."

"This time, the prefect of Qin may be in trouble."

These news naturally reached Qin Guan's ears, Qin Guan just smiled lightly after hearing the news.

In front of the Department of Accounting, it can be said that there are not many people, and there may be one or two people who come to handle business on weekdays. With Song Ke, everyone dare not even pass the door of the Department of Accounting, let alone buy land, in order to avoid suspicion.

The government office of Xiongzhou posted an announcement on the sale of land, and two days passed, but not a single cent of the land was sold.

A pawn sighed: "Oh, the magistrate offended the county prince's mansion as soon as he took office, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to move an inch in this Xiongzhou in the future."

"Yeah, I thought before that if someone came to buy the land, the wages owed to us might be settled. Now it's over."

After hearing the news, Xu Tongpan frowned. In his opinion, Qin Guan's plan was unreliable in the first place, and now that the county palace is in trouble, it is even more impossible now.

Xu Qing found Qin Guan and said, "My lord, I have something to report to you. The price of grain in Xiongzhou City has risen again."

"Oh, how much is it now?" Qin Guan asked.

"Now it's 630 yuan per stone." Xu Qing said.

Qin Guan frowned, the price of grain is the basis of all prices.

As a necessity for people to maintain life, food is also the most widely circulated commodity. Its price has a great relationship with social life, affecting rural areas and cities, farmers and citizens, agriculture and handicrafts, and commerce.

Especially in times of famine, food prices are not only a matter of life and death for the people, but also for the government, if the people cannot afford food and go hungry, chaos will occur, so the government also attaches great importance to food prices.

Qin Guan asked: "I remember that the price of grain in Hangzhou is 6 to 700 yuan a stone, and the price of grain in Dayuan City is [-] yuan a stone. Why is the price of grain in Xiongzhou so high?"

Grain is produced in the south, and the price of grain is lower. Dayuan City is considered a frontier province. It is normal for the output to be small and the price to be higher. However, Xiongzhou is only two hundred miles away from Dayuan City. How can the price be so different.

"Most of the grain merchants in Xiongzhou are people from the county prince's mansion. Moreover, the prices of other commodities in Xiongzhou have also been raised to varying degrees." Xu Qing said.

Xu Qing said the key to it in one sentence.

Qin Guan narrowed his eyes, it seemed that the king of Xiong'an County had started to make moves in secret.

Seeing that Qin Guan was silent, Xu Qing said anxiously: "My lord, it has been two days and we haven't sold a cent of the land. We can't do our best to sell the land. I think we should find a way to ask the provincial government for help." , if we really wait until Xiongzhou runs out of food, there will be a big mess."

Qin Guan smiled faintly: "Wait another day, if there is no effect tomorrow, I will go to the provincial government for help."

Xu Qing sighed and left the magistrate's yamen.

Just when everyone was not optimistic about Qin Guan's behavior, and many people were even waiting to see the joke, a motorcade came from the official road and slowly entered Xiongzhou City.

Without any stop, the convoy came directly to the gate of Jisi Yamen.

A rich middle-aged man got out of the carriage, looked around, and walked into the yamen with two servants.

The rich and middle-aged man walked into the Zhengtang, and a small official saw the visitor and asked casually, "What's the matter with you?"

The middle-aged man said with a faint smile, "I'm here to buy land."

It was just a soft sentence, but it attracted the attention of everyone in the main hall. People all looked at this person, and the petty official said in an unbelievable tone: "This gentleman is really here to buy land."

"Of course." The middle-aged man said lightly.

"I don't know how much land you want to buy." The little official asked.

"How much, how much to buy."

This sentence shocked everyone present.

The official's eyes widened, and when he realized the reaction, he immediately stood up and shouted to the little official, "Hurry up and greet the guests and make tea."

Turning to look at the middle-aged man, he greeted him with a smile, asked the middle-aged man to sit down and asked, "I don't know how to call it, what kind of business is it?"

The middle-aged man said: "My surname is Mei, Mei Youren, who is in the jewelry business."

"Jewelry business, okay, big business, Boss Mei just said that he wants to buy all the land, but it's true." The pawn asked.

"Of course it is true. The land can live and live, and pass on to future generations. With such a good opportunity, Mei is naturally unwilling to let it go." Mei Youren said.

"We have sold a lot of land this time. There are more than 1000 mu in Xiongzhou City, and 60 mu in Xiulong Mountain outside the city. The total price is more than 8 yuan." The pawn said, afraid that the other party would not know the situation.

"Of course I know this, but it's only tens of thousands of guan, and it's just my two-month surplus."

What a rich man, this time a high-ranking guest came, and the pawn smiled like a flower.

The pawn said courteously: "Mr. Mei, do you want to take a look at the land, measure it, and take a look at Xiulong Mountain?"

Mr. Mei shook his head and said, "No need, I have gone to see it myself before."

The clerk was happy and saved the trouble, and continued to ask: "Then I don't know when to trade and how to settle the transaction."

"Of course, the sooner the better, cash settlement." Mr. Mei said with a big air.

The pawns couldn't believe that such a large deal was done so happily.

Everyone in the experience department got into action. Some people wrote transaction documents, and the pawns brought people out. Seeing the boxes of silver and copper coins on the cart, they were all crazy with joy.

After the transaction was completed, Mei Youren got the title deed document, and the clerk said that he had notified the judge, and that the judge should come soon, but Mr. Mei said that there was still something urgent, and he would visit the judge next time, and said goodbye directly leave.

(End of this chapter)