Yang He muttered: "In this way, let's take a look, and by the way, how about measuring the land?" ”

Zhang Fengqi said: "These two places are located in one north and one in the east, and I am afraid I won't be able to see them all today." ”

"Then let's go to Xiangshan today, and then go to Yanghekou tomorrow." Yang He said.

"It's okay, the lower official will let people prepare a sedan chair." Zhang Fengqi said.

Li Maochun smiled when he heard this: "What kind of sedan chair to take, when you make a sedan chair and walk to Xiangshan, it will be dark, if the adults can ride horses, let's ride over, if you can't ride horses, then take a carriage." ”

Zhang Fengqi smiled bitterly: "Then take the carriage." ”

After that, Zhang Fengqi ordered the county Cheng and others to arrange manpower and prepare a job.

After a while, the county Cheng summoned the personnel, and the necessary things were also prepared, and everyone set off immediately.

Xiangshan is actually less than twenty miles away from Funing County, and everyone arrived in less than an hour by carriage.

After looking at the south of Xiangshan for a while, Yang He proposed to go to the mountain to have a look, but everyone didn't know what to mean, so they had to follow.

Yang He and others climbed to a small hill, looked around, and soon Yang He found that there was a lake in the west of Xiangshan, and the lake was surrounded by mountains, in fact, it was a valley, and the mountains and rivers gathered here, and the days were long, and finally the lake was formed.

After looking at the lake for a while, I saw that the south side of the lake was slightly lower, and then the lake found a gap in the south and flowed out to form a river.

Seeing the terrain here, Yang He suddenly had an idea in his heart, this is a natural barrier, if you use this place as a base, it can be much safer than other places.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang He finally decided to buy the wasteland in the middle of the lake and the elephant mountain.

Zhang Fengqi originally wanted to sell the flatter piece of land south of Xiangshan to Yang He, but he didn't expect Yang He to take a fancy to it.

Zhang Fengqi and the others didn't understand why Yang He wanted to buy the land here, the terrain here is uneven, and there are many low mountains, which are actually not suitable for farming.

Everyone persuaded them, but Yang He insisted on buying here, Zhang Fengqi and others had no choice but to order the servants to measure the land, in fact, they just went around a circle, used steps, and then estimated, of course, when estimating, they will only overestimate and not underestimate.

Considering that the terrain here is too poor, Zhang Fengqi discussed with the county Cheng and others, and felt that it was too much of a loss to buy ten acres of wasteland like Yang He for one or two silver, so several people waved their hands and gave Xiangshan Bai to Yang He.

Yang He didn't expect Zhang Fengqi and others to be so generous, you must know that Xiangshan is not a small mountain, it is composed of a mountain, which is not much worse than the land area bought by Yang He.

Yang He was already thinking about Elephant Mountain, but he didn't know how much silver it would cost to buy such a large piece of mountain, so he didn't open his mouth, and he didn't want Zhang Fengqi to give it to him.

However, people's hearts are always insufficient, and after winning Xiangshan, Yang He started the idea of the lake again. If that lake can also be visited, then Yang He can make a big fuss about this land.

Zhang Fengqi didn't understand what Yang He wanted the lake to do, so he gave Xiangshan to Yang He, considering that the land here was not suitable for farming, and remembered that Yang He had said that he would rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, so he gave Xiangshan to Yang He.

But what can this lake be used for, if you want to talk about irrigation, the terrain here is uneven, and many places cannot divert water at all.

Listening to Zhang Fengqi and others' inquiries, Yang He smiled and told Zhang Fengqi and others that there are mountains, rivers and fields here, and the people can be safed if they are arranged to live here. And this place is far away from the county seat, and they outsiders live here, and they don't have to worry about disturbing other people's lives.

Yang He's explanation is actually very far-fetched, these people's court has been arranged in Funing County, Funing County has a lot of vacant land, and thousands or even tens of thousands of people are arranged, which is nothing at all, how can they talk about disturbing other people's lives?

However, Yang He's money to buy land is a big income for Funing County, and Zhang Fengqi naturally will not cut off his financial route.

Besides, that lake is useless to Zhang Fengqi, since Yang He wants it, give it to him, anyway, there are few people living here.

After discussing with the county Cheng and others, Zhang Fengqi immediately agreed to give the lake to Yang He.

Yang He didn't expect Zhang Fengqi to really give the reservoir to him, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed for a while.

With such a big benefit, Yang He naturally couldn't help but reciprocate.

Although Zhang Fengqi doesn't want money on the surface, who knows what he thinks in his heart, not to mention that even if Zhang Fengqi doesn't want money himself, don't the county Cheng and others don't want money either?

After returning to the county office, Zhang Fengqi and others immediately began to draw up the title deed, and recorded the Xiangshan Mountain, the lake and the wasteland from south to north, from east to west, the size of the mountain, the size of the lake, the size of the land, and where it was bounded.

Of course, the land deeds of Xiangshan and Lake were not given away for free, but were sold to Yang He at a price of two thousand taels of silver, and the two thousand taels of silver were saved by lowering the price of wasteland.

After the title deed was written and everyone checked it correctly, they immediately signed and drew the mortgage, and a land sale was completed.

The land deed said that the total price of these lands was 5,000 taels of silver, but Yang He gave Zhang Fengqi and others 7,000 taels of silver.

Although Zhang Fengqi and others said that Xiangshan and the lake were given away for nothing, Yang He knew in his heart that he couldn't ask for nothing, these magistrates were busy before and after, and then wrote a title deed in all aspects, seamlessly, what is the picture? People are not related to you Yang He, why do you make so much effort to help?

Therefore, the benefits must be given to Zhang Fengqi and others, and they must not be less, in fact, how many benefits everyone wants has been written on the title deed, that is, two thousand taels of silver, that is, the price of Xiangshan and the reservoir, Yang He naturally will not be unable to understand.

After getting the title deed, it was getting late, and after such a big business, Yang He naturally wanted to feast everyone.

Originally, Zhang Fengqi and others wanted to invite in the name of the county office, but Yang He saw that the county government was shabby, and knew that there was not much money in the county treasury, so it must be another hole for Zhang Fengqi and others to spend money, so he insisted on treating him by himself.

Seeing that Yang He was so sensible, Zhang Fengqi and the others looked at Yang He again.

The banquet was held in the county government, and Zhang Fengqi asked Yang He to invite all the leaders in charge of the county government, and even the heads of the errand officers.

Zhang Fengqi told Yang He that these people don't look at their lowly positions, but all the affairs in the county are in the hands of these people.

Some people seem to have nothing to do with Yang He's affairs, and they seem to be useless, but they must not be offended. If you offend these people, you may find fault with you to put on small shoes at any time, and you can't help them.

Because these people are officials, they represent not one person, but a group.

In the Ming Dynasty, to be precise, after becoming an ancestor, Xu officials were looked down upon. After Chengzu Zhu Di became the emperor, he stipulated that Xu officials were not allowed to serve as imperial historians, and then stipulated that Xu officials were not allowed to be admitted to the Jinshi. This means that once you become a Xu official, you will never be an official, to put it bluntly, Xu Yan is a group of people with no future.

Generally speaking, those who do Xu officials are Xiucai and Tongsheng who can't pass the examination and have no plan for life, in order to make a living, these people give up the scientific examination, and then serve as Xu officials under the recommendation of officials, and even some people who can't pass the Jinshi exam, waiting for the officials to arrange nothing, because of the livelihood of the difficulty, they will also be Xu officials in desperation.

Such a group of people with no future are the most unoffended.

Because the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not care about specific affairs, the specific affairs were done by the officials, that is, if you want to do things, you have to go through the hands of these people in the end. It is not too much to say that Daming relies on these people to maintain normal operation.

And handling all kinds of affairs all year round and dealing with all kinds of people, these people can be said to have been tempered into human spirits, fooling officials and fooling the people, for them, it is completely a piece of cake.

In the end, Zhang Fengqi also told Yang He that these people didn't even dare to offend him, the magistrate, and if he offended these people, he, the magistrate, couldn't do anything. So, instead of messing with these people afterwards, it's better to befriend them beforehand.

After listening to Zhang Fengqi's narration, Yang He nodded silently, and then secretly felt in his heart.

These officials are all doing practical things, but because they have no future, these people have no self-motivation, so they do things or fool them, or they fill their pockets.

And no matter how the officials are replaced, they are replaced by these unpromising people, and then the people who are replaced will continue to do the same as their predecessors. The country has been like this for a long time, why is it not **? How can people's livelihood not be poor?

There is no dissatisfaction with these officials Yang He, this is due to the state system, and they can't be blamed.

Under the introduction of Zhang Fengqi, Yang He greeted these officials one by one.

Yang He's impression of these people actually feels very good, most of these people are around forty years old, and it can be said that they are all shrewd and capable. And these people are polite and knowledgeable, and they are really rare talents.

And for Yang He to be so young, but he can care about his subordinates, these people are also shocked, and when they learned that Yang He is the general manager of the pro-guard battalion, these people are even more deliberately befriended. Promised to take care of the families of the soldiers of Yang He's department.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere of the banquet began to warm up, Yang He looked at those officials, suddenly remembered something, turned his head and whispered a few words to Li Maochun next to him, Li Maochun nodded again and again when he heard this,

Immediately, Li Maochun said to Zhang Fengqi: "Lord County, the general is now in charge of logistics in the army, and there are a few scribes around him, I wonder if the adults can help Li find a few people?" ”

Zhang Fengqi was stunned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Don't hide it from General Li, find someone to serve in the army, but it's not easy to find, as for the reason, the lower official just doesn't say it, General Li must also understand." ”

Li Maochun said with a smile: "Ben will understand, so Ben will recruit at a high price." ”

"I wonder what General Li is doing with the scribe? How much is the salary to be paid? The county magistrate asked.

"Help Li keep an account, distribute supplies or something, as for the military salary, ......" Li Maochun turned his head to look at Yang He.

Seeing that Yang He signaled him to set his own order, Li Maochun smiled and said, "For the time being, the military salary will be given three taels of silver a month." ”