When Gui Yuxia returned home, it was already late. Da Niu saw Gui Yuxia enter the house and hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Did you give it all? ”

Gui Yuxia said again and said, "It's all arranged, and my father and mother thank you." ”

Da Niu twisted a little and said, "Thank me for what?" It's all the money you make. ”

Gui Yuxia smiled and said, "The money I earn is not our family's money?" What are you and me now? ”

Da Niu laughed stupidly.

Gui Yuxia made it down, reached out to a cup of tea and said: "Brother Niu, I'm too tired for a while, in fact, I don't need to hurry, just ask the Japanese slaves we bought to do it, why are you working so hard?" ”

Da Niu said: "Speaking of these Japanese slaves we bought, they can now understand the simplest words, and they are really capable." Hard-working, don't look small, but very capable. I should have bought a few more. Now although there are also Japanese slaves sold in this Qingchun City, the price is higher, and secondly, there is no good one to buy in Xinguang City. ”

Gui Yuxia said, "But isn't it? The Japanese slaves sold in Xinguang City were all sold directly by the City Lord's Mansion. Now these are those big Chu, the merchants of Xinguang City bought them from the city lord's mansion in Xinguang City, and then sold them to us, and after a hand, the price will naturally be high. Not only do you regret buying less, but your second sister also regrets buying less. Because their family was headed by her mother-in-law at the beginning, her mother-in-law didn't understand what was going on, so she blindly stopped it and didn't let her buy it, and now she regrets it, right? Why do you regret it? I think we can still take care of our 500 acres of land and five capable Japanese slaves, don't we still have so many animals to help you? Besides, not all of us grow crops, only 100 acres of crops are planted with fruit trees, and 400 acres are planted with fruit trees. Isn't it busy? ”

Da Niu said: "Actually, just taking care of 100 acres of crops and 400 acres of fruit trees, these five Japanese slaves are enough. However, I have been thinking about it for the past few days, since we have repaid the loan, we are debt-free. Is it too little land to buy. You see. If we lend out another five hundred taels of silver, we can buy a thousand acres of land. And for three hundred taels of silver he bought ten slaves, and for two hundred taels of silver he bought livestock. Wagons, seeds, and so on, we've got 1,500 acres of land. It just so happens that the land to the south of us is still a forest, and it is still good to buy them all. It just joins together. Become a manor. ”

Gui Yuxia was stunned when she heard this.

Da Niu continued: "Before, I didn't understand the meaning of the manor. But. When I arrived in Shin Kong City, I saw a lot. During the few days when I rested in Shin Kong City, I was not idle, sitting in the carriage of Shin Kong City. Walked around. You say, our Qingchun City belongs to the county lord, isn't Xinguang City also built by the county lord? Now the city lord is still the eldest brother of the county lord. In the future, our Qingchun City will be what Xinguang City is like now. ”

Gui Yuxia said: "I know this. I heard Miss Qiubi and the deputy city lord say that the Xinguang City was decreed by the emperor. The current city lord is the eldest son of the Xiao Chen family, the eldest brother of the county lord, Chen Wenjun, who will be hereditary in the future, and will be given to the descendants of the Xiao Chen family for ten generations. You say, isn't this Xinguang City equal to the fiefdom of the Xiao Chen family? But in this way, Deputy City Lord Wan said that it is not a city that is completely developed according to the will of the county lord, because the Xiao Chen family can only take a part of the annual income of Xinguang City, and a large part of it is for the emperor and the Chen family. But our Qingchun City is different. This Qingchun City is the fief of the county lord, and it is completely the county lord's mother, and it will also be inherited by the descendants of the county lord's mother in the future. The proceeds are not given to the Great Chu court. ”

Da Niu took a look, he didn't know much about this, the affairs of the imperial court, he could figure it out from a peasant in a mountain village? But who this city belongs to, who has the final say, this simple truth is still clear. Da Niu said: "This city, since the emperor has said that it is for the county lord, and it will be for the descendants of the county lord in the future, it is like the land we buy, I bought these lands, and opened up the wasteland, in the future, whether to plant fruit trees, or rice, or sweet potatoes, or cotton, it is all up to me." Also, whether you grow crops, dig fish ponds, or build houses in this field is up to me, right? ”

Gui Yuxia nodded, and a silver Four Seasons Ruyi hairpin on her head shook and said, "That's probably the truth." ”

Da Niu said: "We croppers, fertile land, naturally more grain than barren land." However, if the crops are good at planting, they will harvest more grain, but if they are lazy, they may not be harvested. This is the same for the construction of the city, I think it should be the same. Our Qingchun City should be fertile land, although the city has not been built yet, but when you look at so much land outside the city, there are no people. And this river is full of fish, this weather is warm, the crops grow fast, and by the sea, sea ships can come and trade at once, so is it not fertile land? Coupled with the fact that such a capable person as the county lord will manage it, in the future, I see, it will definitely be better than Xinguang City, no, better than Shanghai City. ”

Gui Yuxia smiled and said, "Sensei, you really have some truth in what you said. ”

Da Niu smiled and said: "I'll tell you, I'm not idle in Shanghai, you're busy settling down your embroidery girls, I don't have anything to do, I often go to the teahouse, spend two big bucks to drink tea for a day, not mainly to drink tea, but to listen to the people in the teahouse." They have a lot of news, and I have heard a lot. It's the same in Shin Kong City, but I've heard a lot of stories, and they're all real stories. In these stories, I found that in the beginning, the land around Shanghai was very cheap, cheaper than in the capital, but it was normal here in Jiangnan. However, after the completion of Shanghai City, those lands became more and more expensive, and now they have to surpass Suzhou City. There is also the land of Xinguang City, which is as cheap as our Qingchun City, all of which are one or two pieces of silver and two acres of land. However, the first people to arrive at Shin Kong City were of course to open up the land around Shin Kong City and build a manor. Just like we are now. Our land is very close to the city, because the road is not very good, and the carriage cannot run fast, but it is only a bag of cigarettes, and we can get there. You say, is it near? I've also seen manors in Shin Kong City as close as ours. I heard that there have been several changes of hands. ”

These Gui Yuxia don't understand, originally she has been staying in the palace, and she knows more about the world, but she understands less about the outside world. Not to mention the affairs of Shanghai City and Xinguang City. When these two cities were being renovated, she was busy restraining her embroidery girls, where could she go shopping casually like a man.

Gui Yuxia hurriedly asked, "Why do you want to change hands?" Like our family, it took a lot of effort to open up the wasteland, and it was not possible to plant crops that were serious, but only to plant some sweet potatoes and other things that did not pick the ground, and the people of the black family also told us in advance, this land should be raised, don't expect how much food can be produced in the first year, this land is easy to open up the wasteland, and it is also raised, it is the time to plant the land, where can I be willing to sell it? ”

Da Niu said: "No, I thought so at the time. But people told me. Because there are only so many places outside the city, after the land is cleared, there is no more. If the people who come back in the future want to open up the wasteland and buy land, they will have to go to farther places. As more and more people come, more and more land will be cultivated naturally, and this land will become farther and farther away. ”

Gui Yuxia can still figure out this truth.

Da Niu said: "Now, the land in Xinguang City has been cleared to a far place, just to return to the city, it takes nearly a day to take a carriage, you say, how to farm the land?" I could only build a house there and live there. In this way, it is okay, but later those old men and wealthy businessmen who came to Shin Kong City thought that if they wanted to become residents of Shin Kong City, they had to buy land and buy a house, and this house was copied more and more expensive, and this land was also copied. Because these old men don't care about that little money, as long as it is convenient, they are impatient to open up wasteland, cut down trees, and raise land, and they don't want to be too far from the city. Therefore, when others bought land for one tael of silver and two acres of land, and it was opened and raised, they bought it for one tael of silver per acre. Those people, when they saw it, they made half of it at once, can they not sell it? Anyway, if there is a lot of land, it's a big deal to go to a farther place to reclaim it. I sold it. After this lord bought the land, and a richer lord came to buy the land, he bought it for two taels of silver per acre. In this way, a manor can change hands several times, and now, the manors near the city in Xinguang City have risen to three taels of silver per acre. Of course, compared to Da Chu, it is still a lot cheaper, and I don't know how many times cheaper than that in the capital. But, you see, how many times has the price of this land risen? ”

With such a simple arithmetic, Gui Yuxia can still calculate. When she heard this, she still understood, so she asked: "Brother Da Niu, what do you mean, is it cost-effective to take advantage of the fact that we can take out a loan now and buy more land, and in the future, whether we grow it ourselves or sell it?" ”

Da Niu smiled and said, "If Qingchun City is not as good as I imagined, wouldn't it be a good thing for us to get some land seeds?" Not to mention anything else, how much time is saved in this back and forth. However, I think that if the county lord governs, this land will definitely rise faster than the current land in Xinguang City, and at that time, won't we make money? ”

At this moment, Gui Yuxia completely understood and said: "Brother Da Niu, I say that you are honest all the time, but I see, you are not honest either." ”

Da Niu was embarrassed to get up. (To be continued)