Several people sitting in the room are all around the age of fifty, except for the elders of Miss Meizi's own family, they are the heads of several big clans outside Wuyuan City, although the surnames are strange and not related to the edge of the nobility, but they are all thousands of people, and fifty percent of the paddy fields and mountains on the outskirts of Wuyuan City are accused by them.

These clan elders are also well-informed, and they nodded unconsciously when they heard the name of the saltless Zhongli clan; Although Zhongli is a nobleman, he is not a relative of Zhou Tianzi's family, let alone a feudal from the Son of Heaven, but a farmer who cultivates and inherits martial arts.

The patriarch of the Mu clan looked at Zhong Wuyan and said with some suspicion: "With the witness of Baizi and the prince of Qin, we can naturally rest assured, but I don't know what Miss Zhongli is going to do when she comes to me?" We are all farmers who do our duty, but we are not interested in trading, but I am afraid that Miss Zhongli has found the wrong person. ”

The status of merchants in the early Warring States period was much higher than that of later generations, and most of the merchants at this time were based on honesty and credit, not like the profiteers of later generations, but the peasants did not like to deal with merchants, but they all felt that these people were like cunning foxes, and one accidentally wanted to fall into their way.

"The saltless Zhong family has always been a cultivator and martial arts heirloom, where will I do any business? This time, I asked Bai Zi to testify, hoping to rent a few pieces of land, mountains, rivers and tidal flats from the elders. ”

Zhong Wuyan was obviously prepared, and took out a drawing from his sleeve and unfolded it in front of these clan elders, which was the mountains and rivers near Wuyuan City. In the early Warring States period, the land was reformed by various countries. It has changed from the early well field system to the land partly owned by the princes and partly owned by private land. The commoners and slaves who were attached to the well fields in the early days also became tenant farmers who leased the land; The patriarchs of these big clans are the biggest landlords. There are not only fertile land, but also some mountains and rivers, as well as semi-developed wasteland and tidal flats to be developed. Zhong Wuyan's map is marked with the land they own.

Several patriarchs were surprised when they heard that Zhong Wuyan wanted to lease the land, in addition to the land in the clan being distributed to the descendants of the lineage, it was originally to be leased to the people of the side branch and outsiders, but these tenants were also well-known, either farmers who had lived in Wuyuan for several generations, or they were really good at living on the land. Although Zhong Li's family is a cultivator and martial arts heirloom, they are Qi people after all. It's just that the Qi people came to Yue to lease land, but this person who wants to lease land is still a woman, how can it not be strange? When did the woman who left home without salt fell in love with farming in the Yue country?

Moreover, the several plots of land marked on the map are barren land that is too remote to be remote, some of which are considered semi-developed, have been leveled and are being raised, and some are simply wasteland; Some of them were soaked by the sea during the tsunami in previous years, and they are similar to salt farms, where can they feed the crops? Now that the sea has long receded, Wuyuan is a place where inland rivers and the sea meet, and even if a salt well is dug, it is difficult to produce much salt. Could it be that there is some conspiracy that cannot be realized?

After three years of civil strife in Vietnam, even the most modest peasants have now become extremely shrewd. suddenly encountered this kind of good thing of wheat cakes falling from the sky, but everyone was silent, looking at Zhong Wuyan in a daze; Xiao Yingsi also forgot to eat and drink, and just looked at Bai Dong and Zhong Wuyan, not understanding what Taifu and Aunt Zhong were going to do. He has read all kinds of information about Wu Yuan, and naturally he has also seen the land of these big clans, and the land that Aunt Zhong wants to lease is clearly unusable, and where did she get the money? Could it be that Taifu has mobilized a large amount of silver coins these days just to help her lease these wastelands? That's not right, didn't Taifu bet that he would solve Wuyuan's problem without a copper coin? Now it has become a money to rent land, and it is still Aunt Zhong Wuyan who comes forward? The little guy shook his head, feeling that he still didn't want to think about it, eating lard cake was the right ......

Bai Dong smiled slightly: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, you might as well listen to Miss Zhongli's bid and her conditions first?" If it is beneficial to all races, then why refuse? These years have been a bad time, if there is no help from outside, I am afraid that the people of Chu may not be willing to give you green seedlings on credit this year, right? ”

"A white child is a white child......"

Even if there are more concerns, people will bow their heads to reality and interests, after listening to Bai Dong's words, several clan elders unconsciously bowed their heads and pondered, or the patriarch of the Mu clan said first: "I don't know what Miss Zhongli is planning?" These wasteland ridges are of little use, so what can Miss Zhongli do with renting them? ”

Most of the groundwater in Yue country contains salt, so the rice planted here must use the green seedlings that have been carefully selected to grow, and the harvested rice can be eaten and the yield is also high, but it is impossible to plant suitable green seedlings, so every spring and autumn ploughing, the farmers of Yue have to buy the green seedlings of the Chu people, especially in Wuyuan.

"I ......"

How do I know what to do? Zhong Wuyan glared at Bai Dong, everything was promoted by this guy behind the scenes, but he just asked himself to come forward; It's nice to say that it's to fulfill her reputation, but isn't it that this guy is scheming? The more famous he is, the more he can use himself in the future! But she couldn't refuse, who let herself be bent on reviving Wuyan Zhongli's reputation and bent on marrying Tian Yinqi?

"What to do with these leases is my secret, not to say, not to say...... However, I can promise that I will not do anything against the law of etiquette on these lands, and I will give a good price, I will lease these lands for three years, a total of millions of silver coins, what do you think of the clansmen? ”

"Ahem!"

Several clan elders were slowly drinking the tea of the Bai family, and when they heard this, they almost didn't choke to death on the spot, millions of silver coins? Is this Miss Zhong here to lose? Or is she just crazy and completely ignorant of the price of leased land? At this price, let alone renting these lands, even if all the fertile land in the entire Wuyuan is rented for three years, it will be more than enough.

"Miss Zhongli, you are weak and only lease these lands for three years, you really can't use this lot of money, we are all honest farmers, don't deceive the girl."

"This girl said that it was worth it, then it was worth it, but there must be one condition, all the clan elders need to agree to me to quit the rent at any time, and once the rent is returned, the millions of silver must be returned in full, are you willing to agree?"

"I see...... So it also makes. ”

Several clan elders discussed for a moment, how to calculate this account will not suffer a loss, anyway, the land that Zhong Wuyan wants to lease is wasteland and tidal flats, and it is idle to be idle, it is better to rent it to her, even if the rent is returned in the future, once the million silver money is in the hands of several clans, how much is the profit alone? It would be even better if she didn't retreat, and the clans had made an inexplicable windfall.

Bai Dong stroked his palms and laughed: "Wonderful, wonderful, a few people have talked about this matter with Miss Zhong, and the book is also very happy, there are still a few jars of good wine brought by the Qin State, and the elders of the clan should not get drunk today!" (To be continued......)

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