"This riverbank?"

Su Hao raised his eyes in surprise, and saw that on the way they came, along the river beach on both sides of the rich water, it was really abandoned, only a few vegetable fields were sporadically opened, and some autumn and winter vegetables were planted. Vast expanses of barren grass cover the entire river beach, and roughly estimated, it is at least dozens of hectares of land.

"Are you sure these lands are unowned wastelands?" Su Hao asked Zhao Luo.

Zhao Luo was very proud when he saw that he finally had something that Su Hao didn't understand, and he said: "Yes or no, let's go and ask the chief of Fuyuan Village." ”

"You are a ......" Su Hao has nothing to say, he is really a rich family, this Zhao Luo is in his 40s, his mind is still like a young man, he likes to sell and sell guanzi, Su Hao can't help him.

The three of them returned to Fuyuan Village along the same road, Ma Yu couldn't wait to go back to his residence to draw a map, and Su Hao and Zhao Luo really went to the village to find Li Changyi Shizhong to inquire about the land.

"These lands on the river beach are naturally ownerless." Yi Shizhong said clearly to Su Hao.

"Why is that?" Su Hao asked, "I have visually inspected this piece of river beach land, at least 50 hectares or so, if it is opened up, the people of Guangfuyuan Village can have one hectare of land per household, why are they so poor?" ”

Yi Shizhong shook his head and said: "Su Baihu is the scholar, so naturally he doesn't know about our farmer. Su Baihu saw that these 50 hectares of land were now river beaches, and when the summer rainstorm flooded, these 50 hectares of land could not be seen at all, and they were all a country. ”

Sweat...... How did I forget this, Su Hao touched his head, secretly ashamed. In fact, this river beach that Zhao Luo fancied was a flooding channel rich in water. Now it looks like a river beach, but when it rains heavily and flash floods, the flow of rich water will instantly increase by dozens or even hundreds of times, and the river will no longer be as wide as it is now. If you grow food on this riverbank, you will not even be able to get back the seed money.

But this happened before the reservoir was built. If the reservoir is repaired, the reservoir can play a role in regulating the flow. In summer, flash floods are held back by dams in reservoirs, and the flow of water under the dams can be artificially regulated. When the flow is small, there is no longer a need for such a wide floodway, so as long as a few dikes are built in some low-lying areas, all the 50 hectares of river flats can be converted into arable land.

When they walked back just now, Su Hao had already taken a serious look, because the river beach was overgrown with wild grass, it played a certain role in soil and water conservation, so the soil layer had not been completely destroyed, and there were even some places where there was silt left by the flooding of the river, as long as the flood problem could be solved, these lands were completely cultivateable.

There is a specialization in the art industry, Su Hao glanced at Zhao Luo with admiration. Zhao Luo's face was impassive, and he seemed to ask Yi Shizhong casually: "Yi Lichang, Zhao thinks it's a pity that this river beach is barren, even if it is opened up, planting some rape in autumn and winter can be regarded as an income." If Zhao wants to declare to the county government to open up wasteland on the river beach, can Yi Lichang give some convenience? ”

"Wasteland?" Yi Shizhong's eyes rolled, he made a look of embarrassment, and said: "Zhao Yuanwai, you are a member of Xuanfeng Township, I am afraid that it is a little inappropriate to come to our Changle Township to open up wasteland, right?" ”

Zhao Luo smiled: "What's wrong with this? Su Baihu also has an identity as the master of the county Yahan Zhi County, Yi Lichang won't know it, right? If there is the will of Han Zhi County, Zhao will open up the wasteland here, can it comply with the rules? ”

Yi Shizhong said: "Zhao Yuanwai, although this river beach is ownerless, but in autumn and winter, the villagers of this village will also plant some vegetables on it to relieve the difficulty of insufficient rations. If Zhao Yuanwai opened up the wasteland here, wouldn't it cut off the villagers' way of life? ”

Zhao Luo said: "You are confused, if I open up the wasteland here, the villagers of Fuyuan Village can use my field to plant in the future, why do you need to rely on planting vegetables to survive?" ”

"Well...... Yi Shizhong froze, he couldn't find a reason to refute Zhao Luo, but he refused to agree to Zhao Luo's request happily.

In fact, in Yi Shizhong's heart, this river beach is worthless. If Zhao Luo didn't discuss with him, he would go directly to the county government to get a document for clearing the wasteland and occupy this land, and Yi Shizhong would have nothing to say. But now that Zhao Luo was going to discuss with him, he naturally had to think about what benefits he could get from it. Years of poverty had cultivated Yi Shizhong's shrewd mind, and when he saw that Zhao Luo planned to open up this worthless wasteland, he instinctively realized that there must be something good about it.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the ownerless thing belongs to the government, and if there is no permission from the government, the income from the ownerless thing can be punished as the crime of theft. At the same time, however, the government has a policy to encourage land reclamation, and the cultivated land obtained from land reclamation can be owned by the land clearers after paying a certain fee.

This piece of river flatland, due to its lack of cultivation value, has always been in a state of ownerlessness. The people of Fuyuan Village will not think of going to the government to get a title deed to take it for themselves, because once the title deed is issued, it means that the land will have to be taxed. No one would do such a stupid thing as having to pay taxes without income.

Zhao Luo saw the future benefits of this land, and decided to start first and apply to the government to open up the wasteland. However, because the land is in the territory of Fuyuan Village, the application for land reclamation requires the possession of the local chief and the elderly, which is why Zhao Luo came to discuss with Yi Shizhong.

Seeing Yi Shizhong's look of wanting to speak, Zhao Luo smiled slightly, took out a piece of silver weighing two taels from his sleeve, put it in front of Yi Shizhong, and said: "Yi Lichang, Zhao also wants to seek some benefits for the villagers in Fuyuan Village, so I also ask Yi Li to grow up." This Xie Yi can be regarded as the errand fee that Zhao gave to Yi Lichang. ”

"Uh-uh...... Zhao Yuanwai is really polite. Yi Shizhong's face suddenly bloomed, the previous embarrassed looks were all gone, he quickly received the silver from an unknown place, and then said in a voice: "Zhao Yuanwai is far away in Xuanfeng Township, and he is still thinking about the people of our Changle Township, it is really that ......."

"High Wind and Bright Festival!" Su Hao said the rest for him, anyway, he just wanted to find an adjective, whether it was appropriate or not.

Coming out of Yi Shizhong's house, Su Hao said to Zhao Luo: "Mr. Fengling, I really can't see it, you are still a profiteer, and you have 50 hectares of wasteland for yourself with just two taels of silver." These 50 hectares of land, even if 1 mu is worth 2 taels of silver, the total is worth 10,000 taels. But there is no problem at all. ”

Zhao Luo said: "Such a river beach, relying on the water source, as long as the fertilizer is applied diligently, in a few years, at least it can be cultivated into a middle field, and one mu is worth more than a dozen taels." However, I'm not collecting money for myself, I'm raising money for you to repair the reservoir. ”

"That's a good idea." Su Hao said, "After the reservoir is repaired, the wasteland that could not be cultivated due to flooding can be transformed into fertile land. If the income from these fertile fields is used to subsidize the investment in building reservoirs, then a virtuous circle can be formed. Mr. Maple Ling is so wise. ”

Zhao Luo said: "Change, although this matter is good, it still needs to be discussed with Han Zhixian." This matter of clearing the wasteland requires a document from the county government, and if we do not know the approval of the county, it will be difficult for us to do the documents. Especially since this is the first reservoir, everyone can't see the clue yet. By the time we build a reservoir, everyone will understand what is going on, and then everyone will rush to open up this barren beach, and this will be troublesome. ”

"I understand that there should be a rule that whoever invests, who benefits. Those who want to open up the barren beach must commit to investing in the reservoir. Mr. Fengling, I think it's very good for you to do this, you are in charge of the operation of the reservoir, Ma Yu is in charge of the design and construction of the reservoir, and you can cooperate in setting up a water conservancy construction and development company in the future. Su Hao laughed.

"The owner of this company is naturally you Su Baihu." Zhao Luo said, "Zhao is also a small family fortune, and he just wants to have a chance to do things, so that my uncle will say that Zhao is not a descendant." ”

What a shadow this Uncle Zhao has left on Zhao Luo! Su Hao thought to himself in his heart. Just to prove to his uncle that he was still a little useful, such a pampered rich man was willing to go to this ravine to contract wasteland. There is such a thing as human nature, which really can't be explained.

The two of them walked out of the village with a smile and a smile, and met Han Qian and Honglian coming. Su Hao stood up and greeted with a smile: "Miss Han, Miss Red Lotus, where are you going?" ”

"It turned out to be Su Gongzi, and Zhao Yuanwai, the little girl is polite." Han Qian stood up and saluted Su Hao and Zhao Luo, but did not answer Su Hao's question.

Because of Zhao Luo beside him, Su Hao couldn't say anything to Han Qian, so the two sides greeted each other and walked away. After walking a few steps, Zhao Luo said with a smile: "I only asked when I changed it, but it was a little abrupt." ”

"Why did Brother Zhao say this?" Su Hao wondered.

Zhao Luo said: "This girl's family came to the village, naturally it is a little inconvenient, how can you ask a man?" ”

"Uh......" Su Hao was stunned for a moment, and then understood. Isn't it, Han Qian's master and servant and those embroidery girls all live in a corner of the barracks, and there is only a symbolic fence between them and the soldiers' tents, which is very inconvenient for bathing, convenience and other things. It is estimated that Han Qian also went to the village because of this, no wonder when she asked them, the two girls had some embarrassment on their faces.

"This Miss Han, whose daughter is it? How will I come with you? Zhao Luo asked very gossipy. He only knew Han Qian's surname Han, but Su Hao didn't tell him Han Qian's identity, so Zhao Luo couldn't figure it out. If he knew that Han Qian was the daughter of the Han Wen family, he would probably hurry up and pat himself on the back.

"This is the daughter of a friend of mine, and this time I'm here to instruct the embroidery girls to do things." Su Hao said with a sloppy look.

"I look at this girl's expression, eighty percent of it is interested in you. Brother Xian, your good fortune is not shallow. Zhao Luole said hehehe.