Bailuyuan is a typical loess plateau, cut by two rivers, and has become an isolated island independent of the Guanzhong Plain.

Standing here, Ren Hong could see the strange shapes of large and small ditches and beams all over the original slope, and some stinky artemisia grew in the gutters, but more places had been reclaimed into fertile land.

The most prosperous and busiest autumn harvest of the year has passed, and only bundles of corn stalks are left in the field, and some sturdy and swarthy offspring are carrying them home, just like everyone in Hexi has to go to the field to cut the grass, this is also a kind of tax to be paid, and the livestock in the government pasture count on them for the winter.

"Gentleman, is this place okay?"

Xia Dingmao took Han Dang as this bodyguard for a few days, and almost ran all over the Weinan area, from Du County to Nanling, and then to Baling, looking for suitable land according to the gentleman's requirements, and after several comparisons, he felt that this Bailuyuan was the best.

"Local legend says that a long time ago, after a white deer passed by, the land was fertile and the barns were full."

Xia Dingmao enthusiastically pointed to various landmarks to Ren Hong: "The northwest of this Bailuyuan is the place where Emperor Gao camped back then, and now it is called Gaoying Township. ”

Dozens of miles northeast of Dayuan, is the tomb of Emperor Xiaowen, Emperor Xiaowen is thrifty, does not start to seal the soil, according to the cliff to raise the mausoleum, the mountain with water. The two large mausoleums next to them are the tombs of the Empress Dowager Bo and the Empress Dowager Dou. “

There are still many legends of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty in Guanzhong, whether it is the government, Confucianism or public opinion, there is a tendency to mythologize this emperor who is lightly endowed, so that everyone believes that under the blessing of Emperor Xiaowen, Bailuyuan will be able to adjust the wind and rain.

Indeed, this land at the foot of the Mausoleum of the Son of Heaven has nothing to do with poverty and backwardness, and the people are luxuriant and full of prosperity.

"That's good, take me to that area."

The land in the middle of the Xiading Mao phase is located next to a relatively flat river in the west of the plateau, the river water is clear and you can see the reflection of the poplar forests on the opposite bank, and a group of snow-white herons float leisurely down the shallow water from the downstream, and are frightened away by the boats and people crossing the river.

"The land is five hectares wide, it used to be planted with beans, and it has been fallow for a whole year, gentleman, you see how fertile this land is, next to the river, it is also convenient to water, and there is an earthen beam in the south to cover it, and you don't have to worry about the low flush when the water is heavy."

Ren Hong smiled: "I don't understand much, Xia Weng just sees it." “

The land does look very flat, and Ren Hong can already imagine what it will look like when it is full of exotic crops in the spring of the next year.

He was most concerned about one thing: "How much land is there here?" ”

Xia Dingmao reported a figure: "The average price is about 5,000 yuan per mu." ”

"Five thousand, so expensive! One acre of land in Wugong County is only 500 yuan! ”

Doctor You Panda couldn't help but speak, this is equivalent to the money he could earn for a year of hard hunting in Wugong County.

Xia Dingmao glanced at You Panda, this guy is so babbling, it sounds like he Lao Xia can't do things, so he sneered: "When the old man was in Dunhuang County in the past, he bought 35 acres of land for 900 yuan, I haven't said it's expensive, what do you like!" ”

"It's really not expensive in Jingzhao." Ren Hong said the truth.

The reason why he picked up land east of Chang'an and south of Weishui was because the price of land in other places was too expensive!

"Between the Feng Ho, which is closest to Chang'an, it is called plaster, and its Jia mu is one gold, that is, 10,000 yuan."

"Wuling between Jingwei and Wei, how high is the land price? When Emperor Xiaowu was in that year, Prime Minister Li Cai was given 20 acres of mound land in Yangling County, but Li Cai took advantage of his position as prime minister to steal three more hectares in the vicinity and sold it for more than 400,000 yuan......"

In other words, the land price of Yangling is more than one gold per mu, close to 15,000 yuan.

The most populous Maoling County is Pingling County, which is popular for development, and the land price is even hotter, and it has been fried to 20,000 yuan per mu!

The surrounding area of Chang'an is compared with Dunhuang, just like how the first-tier cities in later generations compare the housing prices with the small counties of the eighteenth-tier counties.

It is no wonder that only Lu Jiuyu dared to stay in Chang'an, because in Chang'an, he couldn't afford to live for more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, and even Ren Hong, a liehou worth millions, was forced to buy land outside the Third Ring Road.

You Panda sighed, and Liu Wannian, who was born in Wusun since he was a child, didn't understand it even more, he was puzzled, and asked weakly: "In Wusun, all the things that are fought for are large pastures within a radius of dozens of miles, and this kind of small land is ownerless, whoever wants to occupy it, plant whatever it wants, why pay to buy it?" ”

No one paid any attention to him.

Ren Hong is quite satisfied with this land, the area is large enough, similar to his tuntian in Shanshan, flat enough, connected into a piece, convenient for large-scale operations, and there is a small pond next to it, next to the hillock where trees grow, and the opposite bank is a poplar forest, which is convenient for getting firewood, and there is also a place for small workshops to be placed in the future.

Ren Hong only asked Xia Dingmao: "Xia Weng, you said that the owner of this land is a Guannei Hou?" “

"Ran also, surnamed Wang, named Fengguang, a native of Changling County, his ancestor was the Marquis of Guannei when he was Emperor Gao, and he still holds the title."

"Can it last for more than 100 years? It's a miracle. ”

When Ren Hong was the marquis, he heard that the marquis of Gaozu had only been the Pingyang Hou Cao clan and the Hou Xiao clan of Pingyang until now, and he did not pay attention to the Hou of Guannei, after all, he only ate three or four hundred nominal eaters, no fiefdom or even no title, but it can continue to this day, at least it shows that he is cautious and does not make mistakes.

As for the Guannei Marquis of Changling County, why he has land in Baling County, Ren Hong thinks it is ordinary.

The land of the Han Dynasty was all available for sale and sale, except for the royal fields and the official land, and the annexation was very serious. Let's just say that on the Bailu Plain, many people who originally had land, or the military landlords at the time of the founding of the country, or the government gave the displaced people land, after a few generations, many people have lost their land from time to time due to floods and droughts, and have become tenant farmers, otherwise how can the powerful landlords come from so many people to help farm the land.

There are more than 50 million people in the world, accounting for three-tenths of the world's household registration.

Of course, the imperial court also had measures to restrain it, such as stipulating: "The marquis of Chang'an, the princess Mingtian County Road, and the marquis of Guannei and the famous fields of the officials and the people are not more than 30 hectares." ”

Ren Hong muttered secretly: "Xiao He bought tens of millions of people's land in order to defile himself, and now the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government are really dirty, I'm afraid there are nine out of ten ......."

The law stipulates that there are countless people who can violate the ban, especially after the death of Emperor Xiaowu, the ban is gradually relaxed, and there are many people who have more than 100 hectares of land and hundreds of hectares, and even the general Huo Guang has turned a blind eye.

It can be said that the rich have no place to stand, and the poor have no place to stand, this is the land status quo of the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong is a little constrained by the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the powerful and powerful, rich merchants, and princes in the Kanto region are even more unscrupulous when they are merged.

However, Ren Hong cherishes feathers and is unwilling to do things that force him to buy and sell in order to get some land, so when he bought the land, he told Xia Dingmao that he would never buy a small piece of land from farmers and poor people, and he would not buy it from the merchants, because it was likely that they had deceived the farmers by playing tricks and relying on usury.

If you want to buy a large piece of land of the nobility, so that the title deed is easy to stand, and there are many less dirty troubles.

Ren Hong remembered something again: "By the way, Xia Weng, you didn't say that I was the Marquis of Xi'an, right?" I want to trade fairly, and I don't want to use my status as a liege to lower the price, and I want to be honest. ”

"The old man didn't say that the gentleman was a liehou, but only said that he was a thousand stone officials in the court, and he wanted to buy some land, so he made an appointment with the marquis of Wang Guan to discuss today."

As they spoke, they had bypassed the large land and approached the small dockyard, where pale gray cooking smoke was rising, and a few green slaves were guarding outside.

An old servant in a soap coat was waiting anxiously outside the door, and when he saw Xia Dingmao coming, he hurriedly walked over, his face not very happy.

"Xia Jun, you're too late! Cause me to be reprimanded by the lord! ”

It has only been more than 20 days since he came to Chang'an, and Xia Dingmao has completely found the feeling of being a housekeeper, and said with a smile: "Wang Jiacheng, the Baqiao is broken again, and I can't cross the carriage and horses, so my lord can only cross over, and it has been delayed for a while, so don't blame me." ”

The family sneered: "It's not strange that my old servant is it, but who is my master, Guan Neihou!" Emperor Gao personally dissected the feudal marquis and passed it on to five generations, Xia Jun inquired in Jingzhao, the entire Han Dynasty, how many Guannei marquis can be passed on to five generations? You can count it with both hands! In addition, my lord is a big generation, and some lieges and two thousand stones see him on weekdays, and they also have to be courteous! Today, I have been waiting since the morning, just to wait for a thousand stone officials......"

He looked at Ren Hong behind Xia Dingmao, although he was a gentleman in brocade, he subconsciously thought that this was the nephew of the "Thousand Stone Officials", and couldn't help but be even more angry.

"If you don't buy the land sincerely, then please go back!"

After speaking, Wang Jiacheng turned around and looked at the reaction in the hospital, until a crisp cough sounded inside, and he was relieved.

This nameless fire, Ren Hong and the others are only half a minute later than when they said they were good, how can it be so exaggerated to wait from morning to night?

Seeing that the other party was making trouble unreasonably, Yaoguang, Han Dangdang, and You Panda all had gloomy faces, but Ren Hong was dumbfounded.

This Guan Neihou's hometown Cheng can't act, pretending to be angry, but he is not angry, and his voice has broken several times, not at all unreasonable, but he wants to use this matter to raise the price!

Anyway, when the contract is decided, there will definitely be a registration number, Ren Hong didn't hide it, stepped forward, and said this and this in Han Dangdang's ear.

Old Han took a deep breath and let out a loud voice that could be heard from miles away.

Zi said, people have no faith, and they don't know what they can do. Zhongchang Waiter, Dian's subordinate Guocheng, and Xi'an Hou Hong violated their promise to come late, and when they heard Wang Guanneihou's reproach, they felt guilty and did not dare to say anything about buying land. “

"Say goodbye today, and set up a banquet in Chang'an Shangguan another day to make amends to the Marquis of Wang Guannei!"

This sound shocked the Wang Jiacheng and the big slaves of the green curtain dumbfounded, and the tiles seemed to tremble three times, and just when Ren Hong was deliberately about to turn around and leave, a shout sounded in the courtyard.

"Xi'an, go slowly!"

But I saw a middle-aged man in his forties, who ran out without shoes and only wearing a full coat, what was even more surprising was ......

He even held a brightly colored rooster!

This person also found that he was holding a chicken in his arms, and he was a little embarrassed for a while, and he was reluctant to throw it, so he only handed it to Jiacheng, and bowed to Ren Hongchang:

"Wang Fengguang is just the Marquis of Guannei, and the fake Marquis is also, but he doesn't know the real Marquis, damn it!"

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PS: One of the fragments of the Juyan Han Script is the earliest land sale contract found in China so far, and the brief text is as follows:

□ Changle Lile Nu Tian has five thousand (acres), Jia Qian is nine hundred, the money has been completed, and the field is Lezheng. The field is insufficient, and the money is counted (mu) and the ring (return) is paid. Others Chun Yu Ciru, Wang Chong, Zheng Shaoqing, two buckets next to the ancient wine, all drank it.