Yang Chengli said with a smile: "It's a good thing that my family wants to buy land, how can I have no reason." Besides, there are so many wild lands on the mountains that no one wants, and they are neither fertile land, nor will they be used as gifts from the emperor's relatives, but they can be marketed. Brother Shen said bluntly, which piece of land is favorable, only if it is a borderless land and not a fertile land, I can call the shots. ”

Shen Kang listened to Yang Chengli's words, and said in his heart, it turned out that in this era, even good land could not be bought and sold at will, and it had to be kept for the emperor to give the emperor, no wonder in the last years of Chongzhen, the entire Ming Dynasty tax revenue was only 2.5 million taels of silver a year.

2.5 million taels, not to mention raising the army, even buying forage to feed the horses is not enough. Fortunately, due to his limited money, he did not dare to think about fertile land, but planned to transform the mountains into terraced fields.

Yang Chengli paused, and then said: "I happened to go to the county government today, if you bring silver taels, we will directly take the official deed paper at the county government and sign the red deed?" ”

There are two types of contracts for the sale and purchase of real estate, one is a red deed and the other is a white deed. The red deed is a legal contract with the official seal, and after it is signed, a record will be left in the government, and if there is a dispute in the future, the government will come forward to resolve it. But correspondingly, it is necessary to pay a certain deed tax to the state.

Another kind of white contract, to put it bluntly, is the tacit consent of both parties to tax evasion, once there is a dispute, sue the government, not only will not be protected, but will confiscate the property for tax evasion.

Shen Cheng was happy when he saw his promise, looked at Shen Kang and asked, "Little San, which piece of land do you think is suitable?" ”

Shen Kang asked rhetorically, "Dad has an idea." ”

"Yes!" Shen Chengdao: "The land in the southwest is quite fertile, and it is close to the Xinyang River, which is convenient for irrigation. I have about twenty acres. ”

Yang Chengli said: "Hmm... Later, when I get to the county office, I will ask the market price of the official tooth, and then how many acres the city has. ”

"Great!" Shen Cheng turned his head with a smile and concentrated on catching the car.

What Yang Chengli meant by this is to be a middleman, and having the head of a village as a guarantee to buy land can save a lot of trouble, and there is nothing better than this.

Shen Cheng was happy in his heart, not to mention the mountains and wilderness, even the sand and soil, he must find a way to fatten the land.

This is their Shen family's land, the Shen family, they are going to buy land!

Since Xiao San's brain was knocked out, all good things have come to the door.

First Xie Lao Ghost was beheaded, and then it was a windfall from heaven, his daughter is delicate and moving, she doesn't have to work hard for her livelihood, she is raised at home to embroider and get married, what is the difference between her and the big family lady in the city?

His two sons, both of whom studied and entered the school, were just dressed in clothes worse than the young masters in the city.

Shen Cheng was very proud, and he was even imagining that if one day, his son could enter the examination room of the imperial examination and fart, it would also be the manifestation of his ancestors!

The days were too good for him to believe.

He secretly pinched his thigh and "hissed", it really fucking hurts!

In a few moments, the ox cart had arrived at the county office in the northeast of Xiping County.

In Shen Kang's impression, the county government should just be a building higher than the people's houses.

But in fact, it was only when he first approached the land that he understood why the ancient bureaucracy was so impregnable.

It is a one-block complex of buildings with a network of checkered streets crisscrossing north and south in a square enclosed city circle with neat street markets. Such a solemn environment makes people unconsciously lower their heads and bend down.

At the entrance of the county west street outside the city circle, several people got out of the car, leaving Shen Chang to watch the ox cart. Shen Kang led the donkey, followed behind Yang Chengli and Shen Cheng, and continued to move forward.

Shen Chang has seen the Forbidden City of Shuntian Mansion, so the magnificent realm is inhabited by the emperor, no matter how big it is, it has its reason. But this county yamen, as for occupying a market?

Walking through such a complex of buildings, Shen Kang unconsciously lowered his breath and asked in a low voice: "Village chief, the same is true for county officials in other places?" ”

Yang Chengli nodded, his eyes were full of envy, and he said in a low voice: "This is just the county government, have you never seen how solemn the state government yamen is, not to mention the three divisions, five temples and six departments of the Beijing Division, as well as the unattainable cabinet." ”

Shen Kang sincerely let out a sigh of admiration: "The public door that makes the world's scholars dream of is like this." "I also said secretly, a TV series of all evils.

"Hmm!" Yang Chengli believes that only readers can understand such surging feelings.

In fact, what he thought was true, now Shen Cheng's legs were bent when he walked, and his back was unconsciously bowed as before, so he didn't even dare to raise his eyes.

After a while, a few people came to the gate of the yamen, and the official who guarded it stepped on the cloud boots and stepped forward and asked, "Who are you waiting for, why did you come to the county ya?" ”

The official's voice was like a bell, and his momentum was so strong that Shen Cheng was so frightened that he bent over again.

Yang Chengli arched his hand and said: "I am a talented person, and I am currently the head of Xiannan Village. I had a chance encounter between my parents on the way to office, and I had to borrow a donkey from my adult, and I returned it today. In addition, the good people of our village, the Shen family, want to have several acres of wasteland in the city, and they need to come to the public gate to sign a red deed. ”

"Oh. It turned out to be a showman. ”

The official heard that Yang Chengli was Xiucai's body, and he had a friendship with the newly appointed master, where did he dare to slack off, so he quickly changed his face with a smile and said: "Xiucai Gong will wait for a while, and wait for the villain to go and spread the word." ”

"Tired." Yang Chengli arched his hand, turned his head without being humble or arrogant, and said no more.

The official sent in the door to pass the word without mentioning it, but after a while, he walked out again, and the housekeeper in the back house of the county magistrate came to take away the donkey, and a young man in a green robe official uniform came forward.

The surrounding officials lowered their heads one after another, and arched their hands: "I've seen Lord Bookkeeper." ”

The young man waved his hand slightly, and turned to Yang Chengli and said, "It's Yang Xianggong, right?" ”

Yang Chengli hurriedly bowed his hand: "It was here that I saw the master bookkeeper." ”

The master bookkeeper smiled kindly and said, "Yang Xianggong is polite." He turned to look at Shen Cheng, who was trembling to the side, and Shen Kang, who was calm, also nodded, and then said: "Lord County is waiting in the back hall, Yang Xianggong will go with the official to handle official business first, and then see your lord." ”

"Yes, then I'm tired of my lordship."

The group followed the master book into the gate of the county government, walked through the verandah, and turned a few turns, and came to the small hall for official business.

In this hall, there was already an official in a soap-colored robe waiting behind the desk, and the two sides greeted each other, and the chief bookkeeper sat on the side and did not participate in the transaction process.

After Yang Chengli explained his intentions, the official smiled in response, and opened the county chronicle file to check it carefully, and only after a long time did he raise his head and say: "The official government records that in the third year of Zhengde, the Daolu Division of the Ministry of Rites demarcated fifty acres of land in the northeast of the main mountain of Linglong Mountain to cover the cloud pole view. In addition, Runing Bai's is divided into 50 acres of land on the east side of Luxi Peak. Taicang Wang's family, 200 acres of land on the east side of Luxi Peak. Qingzhou Jiang's family, 70 acres of land on the north side of Luanxi Peak. In addition, there are 300 acres of land west of the main mountain, which is an important jade mine and is not allowed to enter the market. ”

He closed the county chronicle and continued: "The rest of the land is all ownerless barren mountains, not to mention that there is no scenery, it is not suitable for building a mountain villa, and the land is barren and not suitable for planting. He looked Shen Cheng up and down, and said, "Let's make another plan." ”