Chapter 58: Rough Countenance
A spring rain poured down all night and didn't stop until morning.
The rain and cold weather also affected the business of their steamed bun shop.
Fortunately, you Tang Mian always considers the guests and asks people to go to the ready-to-wear store to buy high-priced fabrics produced in the Western Regions.
After buying it, it was directly outside to set up a shed twenty meters away.
A few servants came to help the master of the family buy steamed buns, and they were surprised to see that this strange cloth could keep out the rain.
"Master, you are still powerful, and you know that the green cloth of the Western Regions can separate water. But this cloth is really expensive, so it costs 5,000 taels of silver. Xiao Cui sighed with emotion, that is, the master is willing to spend more money, and the business in their store has been so good recently, and a few customers are fine due to the weather.
Tang Mian heard that the little girl helped her feel sorry for the silver.
Explain to her that the production process of these Western Regions green cloth is not complicated at all, and even ordinary embroiderers who are familiar with the weaving process can imitate them all at a glance.
The reason why it is expensive is all because of this layer of wax on the outside of the green cloth.
It's similar to beeswax on an oil-paper umbrella, and it is waterproof when it is dried on a cloth.
For hundreds of years, many people from various ethnic groups and tribes in Fanbang in the Western Regions bought the green cloth and wanted to crack the craftsmanship in it, but unfortunately found nothing.
"Oh, no wonder it's so expensive! If beeswax is used to dye cloth, it is estimated that millions of beehives will not be able to make a foot of cloth, so how do they use batik cloth? Xiao Cui frowned slightly, looking dazed.
Tang Mian was not interested in how they dyed the cloth, she only hoped that the rain would stop soon.
She also had to buy land.
A few days ago, the housekeeper helped her contact a master Ling who wanted to sell land.
After the Ling family made a fortune in Lingcheng, they planned to move their family to live in the imperial city.
I want to sell all the land in Lingcheng at once.
Not to mention the high asking price, almost more than 90 percent of the 100 acres of fertile land have been subleased to villagers in more than 30 nearby villages.
Therefore, it is almost half a year old, and there are more people who ask and fewer people who buy.
Now is the time to renew the contract.
Many people are hoping that the old man can be cheaper.
In recent days, Tang Mian pondered that the gold and silver treasures were not as reassuring as houses and farms.
Now the mansion where she lives is recorded in her mother's name, if she can buy another 500 acres of land for the old man's family.
Niang didn't become the largest landlord in Lingcheng.
Even if she leaves in the future, her uncle treats her badly, and she has money by her side at any time.
Early in the morning, with an oil-paper umbrella, Tang Mian went to a nearby teahouse to meet Boss Ling.
It's really similar to what the rumors say, the old man has a rough face, a Lothar beard, and is dressed like a good man in the rivers and lakes.
He walked vigorously, and he really didn't look like a businessman.
"You are Boss Tang!" The other party probably didn't expect that the boss of the world's first bag looked so young and looked a little younger than his youngest daughter.
"Boss Ling, I want to buy the 564 acres of land in your family, you can make a price!" Tang Mian had something to do later, and he didn't plan to waste time here.
Boss Ling didn't rush to speak, but threw out a number, "Boss Tang, you should know that my family's more than 500 acres of land are all good land, and I will pay five taels of silver for one acre of land." ”
It is because so much land is sold at one time, and it is one to two taels more than the market price, that people who want to buy land are scared back.
"I know! The total price is 2,820 taels of silver, and the lease must be renewed with the farmers at the market price! I can accept it, and I have brought the silver, you can see it! "Tang Mian had already calculated the corresponding price before he came. Take out a few silver tickets and some broken silver.
The boss has been in business for many years, and he has met a lot of happy people, but it is rare to see someone like Tang Mian.
He laughed, immediately took out the deed that had been prepared for half a year, made a sales contract with her, and then went to the government to transfer the ownership.
Soon, Tang Mian bought 500 acres of land at a high price and ordered the boss's family to spread throughout the city.
Everyone is saying that Tang Mian has no brains, and he bought such a large piece of wasteland without asking clearly.
"Jingchun, you're not kidding, are you?" Tong Tong exclaimed, and the tip of the brush rolled off a whole drop of ink onto the piece of paper, and a black flower bloomed, staining the red on the wet edge.
"Tang Mian is so stupid! Didn't she know that half of the 500 acres of land in the boss's house was wasteland, and she couldn't grow anything at all! She doesn't have a brain! You're not very smart against me! ”
Jing Chun immediately relayed it to Shizi after hearing this, just wanting to make him happy and happy, but he didn't expect that Shizi would have such an embarrassed look on his face.
Doesn't Shizi hate Miss anymore?
"Jingchun, prepare the horse!"
"Oh...... Yes!? Jing Chun's eyes widened, his expression became extremely exaggerated, and his mouth grew in surprise, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
"Still stunned what to do!" Tong Tong raised his eyebrows, he still hated Tang Mian in his heart.
But I can't watch her being deceived like this.
She is now half of the same palace, and she will only lose their family's face after the news of her being deceived gets out.
After half a pillar of incense, he took Jingchun to the first package in the world.
The people in the store were all seeing this rumored prince for the first time, and they couldn't help but be interested.
"Hey, I heard that the prince and the master are not at odds, should they quarrel later!" A guy asked.
The guy on the side nodded, "It's a possibility!" But let's wait and see! After all, the prince is not something we can offend! ”
"Then you said that if the master and the prince really do it later, we will help that side!" Someone asked suddenly.
caused the two people around to be stunned, this, he really couldn't answer this.
"I said, you three don't go to work, what are you doing here!" Xiao Cui's voice sounded behind them at an inopportune time, making everyone stunned. The three of them turned their heads almost at the same frequency, and when they saw Tang Mian standing next to Xiaocui smiling at them, they ran away like ghosts.
"Hey! What are you running? Xiao Cui was a little helpless, these three people were really unreliable, didn't they all emphasize to them before they came, as subordinates, they couldn't talk about the master behind their backs, they all forgot.
"Okay, Xiaocui, don't be angry, I'm guarding outside, I'll go see the prince!"
It's been almost two months since the last visit, and nothing major has happened recently, so why is he here?
After entering the house, Tang Mian found that Jing Chun was also there, and nodded to him, which was regarded as a greeting.
"Jingchun, you step back first!" Jing Chun, who was named, hurriedly retreated and closed the door with his hand.
"Your Royal Highness, I don't know what you are doing when you come to find the people's daughter?" After Tang Mian asked with a smile, he sat down directly, and poured himself a cup of tea, not treating himself as an outsider at all.
Tong Tong stood up suddenly, "Tang Mian, I heard that you bought five hundred acres of land from the old man's family!" Become the biggest landlord in Lingcheng! ”
Tang Mian likes to hear the word "landlord", but these lands were bought and given to her mother, and the landlord should be her.
Seeing her indifferent expression, Tongtong guessed that she should not know the laws set by the imperial court.
"Tang Mian, didn't you inquire about how many acres of hills and mountains the old man's family has before you bought the land?"
Speaking of the key point, he paused.
Tang Mian was very puzzled, what are the hills and mountains?
What is the difference with Liangtian?
The imperial court stipulated that both fertile land and wasteland must be clearly written in the deed.
The deed written by the boss was written in black and white with the word "good field", and she couldn't be mistaken.