Seeing that Li Xiao could not be persuaded by the three of them, they began to help Li Xiao buy some land.

Wang Wensheng was in charge of the construction of the Li Mansion and all the money and property exchanges of the Li family. When Jiang Craftsman learned that Li Qing was going to build the whole building, he was very happy and said that Li Qing had foresight. In this way, building together saves time, effort and materials.

Li Xiao felt that Wang Wensheng was very talented in financial management, and he wrote clearly and managed the accounts such as buying land and building houses, buying materials, etc., and managing them in and out of the accounts. If Wang Wensheng is willing, he can be the housekeeper of the Li family. Li Xiao took it upon himself to find Jiang craftsmen and rebuilt a piece of the East Cross Courtyard.

Wu Tian, Zhang Cheng, and Li Ren went to the city to handle the purchase of land, and because of Li Xiao, the land procedures came down quickly. The county magistrate knew that Li Qing wanted to buy the land, so he was very accommodating, and sold it to Li Xiao at the lowest price, seven taels per mu of high-grade fertile land, and five taels of silver per acre of low-grade fertile land. Counting all the land on both sides of the river, Li Xiao spent a total of 3,150 taels.

It is said that this river is a tributary of the tributaries of the Zhushui tributary, and Li Xiao has gone up the mountain to investigate it in the past few days. There is a place in the mountains that is very suitable for the construction of a reservoir by holding the dam. The place was in the shape of a natural inverted gourd, with a large puddle above, a small puddle below, and a canyon in the middle. Use local materials to build a small canyon dam with stones. You can build a river on it, and build a waterwheel at the small dam, and then build a mountain villa, which can be used for water in the villa. A river can be built on one side of the river below the mountain, so that the mountain land on one side can be converted into a mountain field, and the fields will not be flooded, and water can be diverted to irrigate the fields.

Li Xiao already had a preliminary idea, so he decided to buy the mountain. Li Xiao took Wang Wensheng to the county government and talked to the county magistrate about buying a mountain. The county magistrate heard that Li Xiao wanted to buy a mountain, so he asked the master to take the map. Li Xiao pointed and said that this is the place. The master said: "There are no mineral deposits in this mountain at that time, and they can be bought and sold, but the only thing is that this mountain has a river, and these villages eat this river water. also tells a very bloody story, a long time ago, there was a landlord who took a fancy to that scenery and bought it. Later, because of a conflict with the villagers, the water source was cut off, and the villagers had no water, so they made a fuss. Because that place has been bought by the landlord, the government doesn't care. Seeing that there was no hope, several people sneaked to the landlord's house and killed the landlord. Later, the landlord's family moved away, and the forest was deserted. Later, I heard that the house was gone, and the land returned to the imperial court. “

Li Xiao listened to the master's story and understood that they were afraid that she would cut off the water source, and the villagers would find trouble. Li Xiao said: "Where will I do this, I am from Lijia Village, I have a good relationship with the village chiefs of the three villages, I bought the land before the three of them helped to buy it, the master doesn't believe it, you can ask the master." “

The county master looked at the master, and the master patted his head and said, "Isn't it, the last time I came with Young Master Li Qing was the head of Zhangjia Village." ”

Li Xiao said again: "If I cut off the water source, my Li family patriarch will have to exterminate me, don't worry, my lord." “

The county magistrate put his mind at ease and completed the formalities of the entire mountain. Li Xiao paid 5,000 taels of silver and went home with the title deed of the mountain.

After going back, Li Xiao convened a meeting of four people.

The main content of Li Xiao's meeting was the issue of the Li family's house, Li Xiao asked Zhang Cheng and Li Ren to mobilize people from the two villages to come over to help build the house. Let the people of Wujia Village continue to dig the ground and lay the foundation. People from Zhangjia Village and Lijia Village built houses, and all three villages were mobilized. Wensheng is still in charge of all the money and accounts.

The second thing is to send someone to Zhao's house to deliver New Year's goods. She wants to send Sanwang, Sixi and Wufu over there for the New Year. This task was given to Zhang Cheng. Li Xiao was afraid that Zhang Cheng would not come back for the New Year, so he specially asked him to go to the city to buy a carriage.

The third thing is that she is going to start building a reservoir. Now it's time to measure, design and build. When the weather is warm, construction will begin. This matter still needs to be discussed with Jiang Craftsman.

The workers' meals were cooked by Aunt Wu and her younger brothers, and the women also packed meals.

Things are going well. Li Xiaobai took a group of children up the mountain during the day, and the third elementary school was already old, so Li Xiao organized children from three villages over the age of eight and under the age of thirteen to form a militia team. They are the first, second and third teams of the militia, and the three small teams are responsible for training. Li Xiao led the militia team to clear a road up the mountain in the morning. Drive the animal to the back hill or to the other side. I also found a lot of torch fruit seeds and scattered them on the ground to separate the mountain fields from the forest.

A month later, Li Qing's house was completed. Li Qing held a bonfire party and invited all the people from the three villages.

At the party, Li Qing thanked the villagers of the three villages, focusing on the support and understanding of the two patriarchs and the three village heads. Otherwise, Li Qing's family would not have been built so quickly. So that everyone is not polite, eat and drink well. The villagers helped Li Xiao build a house this winter, ate Li Xiao's, and the food stored at home was enough to survive the winter, and they were very happy. Only Patriarch Li was not very happy, and he never supported Li Xiao's house demolition. Others have to eat it, so no one cares whether Li Novel's story is true or not.

The next day, the people of Wujia Village helped to return the Li family's previous belongings to their places, and by the way, they demolished the thatched house. Cleaning.

Craftsman Jiang was also ready to settle the money and leave. Li Xiao was waiting for Jiang Craftsman in the main hall, and Wang Wensheng was sorting out the accounts next to him. Li Xiao thanked Craftsman Jiang, and Wang Wensheng paid Craftsman Jiang.

Li Xiao showed Jiang Craftsman a map, and the map was drawn in a mess. Jiang Craftsman's words are, is this a ghost painting talisman? Li Xiao is really not good at painting, and he has never held a pen since he came to the Tang Dynasty. If it was a pen from the previous life, it would be easier to use, but unfortunately it was a brush. Li Xiao borrowed Wang Wensheng's pen and ink, and drew a bunch of things that Wang Wensheng couldn't understand, Li Xiao didn't dare to write, she was afraid that she didn't know the words she wrote.

Craftsman Jiang was very surprised when he looked at the map that was dirty and not rubbish, and looked at Li Xiao and asked, "What does Li Qinggongzi mean by this?"

Wang Wensheng was on the side, and he wanted to die head-on, so he swore that he would teach the boss to read and draw if he helped the boss move well.

Li Xiaoquan couldn't see the expressions of the two, took the map, and began to explain: "This is our map of Lin'an County. “

Jiang Craftsman thought to himself, I know this is a map, but I don't know what you are doing when you show me a map with a painting spent. But he just thought about it in his heart and didn't dare to say it. Just waiting for Li Xiao to explain.

Li Xiao understood what Craftsman Jiang meant, and said embarrassedly: "This is the back mountain of our village, there is a natural waterhole here, and I want to build a dam here, which is a dam that blocks the water." Then build a manor here. “

Before Li Xiao's words were finished, Jiang Craftsman interjected: "Li Xiaogongzi, if you stop the water, what will the people in the village drink, I won't do this." With that, he walked out the door.