Ten days later, Wen Yi wrapped the antler velvet in a broken bag, carried a flat burden on his shoulder, and walked all the way to the town, as if he went to the town to find a buddy as before, and Wen Cheng walked with him, naturally Wen Cheng, Wen Cheng got a deer leg sent by Wen Yi, and the whole family finally had a tooth sacrifice, and Wen Yi was naturally very grateful.

After entering the town, Wen Yi found a pharmacy and walked in, looking at Wen Yi's dress, whether it was the guy on the counter or the shopkeeper who was knocking on the abacus, he just raised his eyes, and at first glance he was a poor ghost, the one who had nothing to fish.

Wen Yi walked to the counter, put the broken bag on the counter, and hesitated for a moment with a red face: "Shopkeeper, do you want to collect things?" ”

Hearing Wen Yi's words, the shopkeeper glanced up at Wen Yi in some surprise.

"What do you have? If it's a good thing, we naturally take it. ”

Wen Yi carefully opened his pocket, took out the intact deer antler velvet from the inside, and gently placed it on the counter.

Looking at the pair of intact deer antlers, the shopkeeper took a breath gently, if it is a normal year, this thing is not particularly rare, there are always hunters from the Cang'er Mountain, but since last year, there have been bandits on the mountain, officers and soldiers have sealed the mountain, this antler velvet is basically out of stock, from the field to buy over, the price is frighteningly high, it is really not worth it.

Stretched out his hand to pick up the antlers, looked up and down, complete, without the slightest damage, looking at the stubble, it was a deer in the prime of life, such a large pair of antlers, the current market price is at least about fifty or sixty taels of silver. The shopkeeper rolled his eyelids and looked at Wen Yi, and then looked at the still new fracture, and suddenly had an idea in his heart.

"Ten taels!" He opened his mouth to quote.

Wen Yi immediately stopped when he heard this, "Shopkeeper, I have inquired, and the price of this thing is at least thirty taels of silver." Look at it again, such a large and complete deer antler velvet is rare, and I will never sell it without thirty taels. ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he was even more sure that Wen Yi was completely a freshman. The thirty taels Wen Yi said was the price of the previous two years, and now the market price of this thing has long doubled. sneered at the moment: "Ten taels of silver, love to sell or not." ”

"No, you are not the only pharmacy in the town, I will sell it elsewhere." Wen Yi's face flushed, wrapped the antler velvet in a broken bag, turned around and walked out.

"Don't blame me, young man, for not reminding you that there is indeed a drugstore in town. But it was opened by Master Lu, where do you get this thing, don't say ten taels of silver, I'm afraid that there will be no one tael of silver. The shopkeeper's voice came from behind him.

"Master Lu is a big man, it's hard to take it by force!" Wen Yi turned his head and looked at the shopkeeper angrily.

"Master Lu really won't take it by force, he will only send you to the prison, where did this deer antler come from? You have entered Cang'er Mountain. It's a bandit world now, and you can get deer antler velvet from there. Is it a spying of bandits? The shopkeeper sneered behind him.

Wen Yi's body froze suddenly, and his feet wanted to straddle outward, but it was as if he weighed a thousand catties, "I didn't enter Cang'er Mountain, and I'm not a spying of bandits." ”

"Whether it's a bandit spy or not, is it up to you to decide? Officers and soldiers blocked the large and small roads into the mountains. Ordinary people can't enter Cang'er Mountain at all, you can actually hunt deer from it, does anyone believe this? Young man, I will give you back the money, and hide it from the officials for you. It's kind enough, Master Nalu is not so easy to talk to, I think you also know his power, and when you get it in his shop, not only will the antler velvet be swallowed for you, but even you will be swallowed for you. You still think ten taels of silver is less? Believe it or not, if you show this deer antler on the street, someone will immediately arrest you and go to the official. ”

The threat in these words is already very strong.

Wen Yi was in a cold sweat, turned around, and looked at the shopkeeper beggingly, "Shopkeeper, I count on the money from selling him to buy land, add a little more!" ”

"Buying land?" The shopkeeper glanced at Wen Yi with some surprise, "Okay, I'll add two more taels, no more is nothing, and I still have to make money!" ”

Wen Yi moved to the counter step by step, put the broken bag on the counter with the antler velvet, and said with some despair: "Okay, twelve taels will be twelve taels, and I will sell it to you." ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately turned his anger into joy, took out an ingots from the counter, and then took out some broken silver, and weighed it with a small scale, "Look at the young man, twelve taels, I didn't deduct your scale at all, I am a conscience deal." ”

Wen Yi swallowed his anger, what kind of conscience to buy, thirty taels of goods, only give twelve taels, and threaten himself, do you have such a conscience? He didn't speak, but took ten taels of silver into his bosom, turned around and left.

"Young man, seeing that you are also a real person, give you a heads-up!" Looking at Wen Yi's back, the shopkeeper suddenly shouted to Wen Yi.

Wen Yi turned around and looked at the shopkeeper, who seemed to hesitate for a moment before he lowered his voice and said, "I advise you, don't buy that land." ”

Wen Yi glanced at the shopkeeper with some annoyance, I am a farmer, to have a piece of land, is a lifelong dream, I finally look forward to such an opportunity, how can I not buy it, although it is only twelve taels, I can always pay a down payment, doesn't it mean that it will be paid off within three years? I pay ten taels first, and I can buy some miscellaneous grains to get through these months.

With a dozen taels of silver in his waist, Wen Yi didn't dare to stay in the town anymore, there were dragons and snakes mixed here, if he was seen, he was afraid that he would beat his stuffy stick, so he went down to buy a hundred catties of miscellaneous grains, said hello to Wen Cheng, and went home early.

In the following days, Wen Yi's family waited in eager anticipation, in fact, like him, the rest of the village was also looking forward to this day.

Seeing that the official family sent someone to measure the land outside the village, Wen Yi's heart became even more anxious, and the family finally had ten taels of silver to lay the foundation, and heard Wen Cheng say that the family was still raising money everywhere, originally Wen Yi planned that the antler velvet could be sold for thirty taels of silver, and he could also lend Wen Cheng a little, but now he can only take care of himself, and he just can't help Wen Cheng to raise money everywhere.

About half a month passed, and finally the people from the government came, and at the entrance of the village, a table was erected, and an old man sat behind the table, with a thick booklet in front of him, and a man dressed as a servant banged gongs all over the village, beckoning everyone to gather outside the village.

The whole village is looking forward to this day, naturally it is a call, and in an instant, it has already poured out, and everyone's eyes are full of anticipation, finally to have their own land, for them, which one is not excited.

The old man behind the table coughed dryly, and the people in the village suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes moved with the old man's movements.

"Wang Shengming, I'm going to divide the land for you, the county Master Guo doesn't know the taste of food this month, and he can't sleep well, just to be able to do this well, and now he finally has eyebrows, the land has been measured, and it has been divided into blocks, and he came today, that is, he registered, collected money, and paid the money, he could get the land, and if he didn't pay the money, hehehe, then he could only wait for the time being, when he would raise the money, and when he could get the land." After clearing his throat, the old man finally opened his mouth.

"Master, didn't you say that you can pay it off within three years without paying money?" An old man trembled and said, it seems that the family has not raised money.

"That's what the imperial court's proclamation says, but there are realities in various places, we Ziyang, but we need to pay the money at one time, especially you here, and you are not allowed to miss a penny, your village, but last year's bandits' den, although a wave of people were killed last year, but who knows if there are any spies of bandits!" The old man's tone immediately turned cold. "If you need it, you will come to register immediately, I can say it in the head, first come, first served, our land in Ziyang County is also limited, there are many people in each town, after this village, there is no such shop, when you come late, there is no land, don't say that the king is not merciful, which you don't want."

In the noise, many people once again showed a look of despair on their faces, originally expecting to pay it off within three years, but now it seems that there is no way at all.

Wen Yi gritted his teeth and stepped forward, "Master, I want land." ”

"Good!" Seeing that there was a beginning, the old man was overjoyed, and lifted the pen, "How many mouths are there in a family?" ”

"Three mouths, me, my woman, and a doll."

"Three mouths are thirty acres of land, and a total of sixty taels of silver are needed!" The old man put down the pen with a smile.

Wen Yi was taken aback suddenly, "Sixty taels, isn't it thirty taels, didn't the notice of the imperial court say ten taels of silver per mu?" ”

"It seems that you are also a person who listened to the proclamation of the imperial court, the imperial court did say ten taels of silver, but there are still a few words that you didn't listen to, right? All localities can adjust their own according to the actual situation, and these 20 taels are the reality of our Ziyang County. ”

Wen Yi suddenly wilted, sixty taels of silver, which needed to be paid at one time, but he only had ten taels.

"I don't have that much money?" Wen Yi hung his head and said dejectedly.

"If you don't have any money, you can borrow money!" The old man smiled and said: "Show you a way, the Lu Yuanwai family in the town is putting money, borrow a few dozen taels of silver, you can buy 30 acres of land, as long as you are diligent, you can earn it back in a year or two, and then the 30 acres of land will be yours." ”

"Borrowing?" Wen Yi naturally knows that this loan is naturally a loan shark, but after looking forward to this land for a long time, he is unwilling to get his hands on it, this old man is right, he borrowed silver, bought land, worked hard for a few years, and can always pay it off, and then the land will be his own, and the most important thing is that when his son grows up, he can have these dozens of acres of land by his side, so that he will not be as miserable as he is now.

Glancing back at the son in the woman's arms, Wen Yi made up his mind in an instant. (To be continued......)