Chapter 59: Hilly Terrain
"Tang Mian! You've been scammed! Do you think that in a place as big as Lingcheng, surrounded by mountains, there will be 500 acres of fertile land like in Huaning County! In addition, in order to encourage the squires to buy land, the father and the emperor can pay taxes for three to five years! Seeing Tang Mian's reaction, Tongtong finally didn't say any more, and left with Jingchun.
Later, Xiaocui came back from inquiring about the news.
"Master, I've inquired clearly. Half of the more than 500 acres of land sold to you by the boss are hilly and mountainous, not to mention the slope bucket, the soil quality is very poor, and there is no way to grow crops at all, and an acre of hilly and mountainous fields is only sold for half a tael of silver...... There are still more than 100 acres of fertile land that have not yet been paid for four years, and this year is exactly five years ......"
What the! After being reborn, Tang Mian had a smooth journey.
Now she has been cheated.
The shopkeeper knows that it is not appropriate to say this now, but sooner or later the master must know this.
So he told her, "Master, after counting the supplementary Tian Fu, we have lost a total of 5,000 taels of silver this time!" There is also the master of the yamen, Bo, who told the small one that the more than 500 acres of land must be resold after five years. ”
The shopkeeper couldn't guess what Tang Mian was thinking, so he didn't continue.
Generally, a small family, five thousand taels of silver will crush a family.
But Tang Mian is different, she has saved a lot of silver money in various countries.
On weekdays, she does business, and she looks pleasing to the eye, and she can have a few thousand taels of silver.
But it's the first time I've been cheated like this.
What a boss!
It's really looking for young people to come to the pit!
"Master, don't be angry, let's go to the yamen to sue him now! I don't believe that Boss Ling can cover the sky with one hand! Xiao Cui was very angry.
When she went to see Boss Ling with her master yesterday, she didn't hear him say that he hadn't paid four years of field taxes.
is really a despicable and shameless villain, and he is so brave and martial.
Tang Mian's face was calm in the end, and she signaled Xiao Cui not to be angry.
The deed of sale has her signature on it, as well as her handprint.
Even if she goes to sue the government, she will not accept it.
If you don't get it right, you will be beaten upside down by the boss.
"Master, you don't think about it, just forget it!" Emerald exclaimed.
This time it's not a few hundred taels, it's a few thousand taels!
Counting the 5,000 taels paid this time plus the land that cannot be sold within five years, only half of the fertile land can be cultivated now, and the remaining wasteland has no effect, and this time it will really lose more than 10,000 taels of silver.
She was angry and anxious.
"Xiaocui, shopkeeper, you go and help me investigate Boss Ling now!" Tang Mian stood up abruptly and moved her hands and feet, she hadn't been so enthusiastic for a long time.
The boss dared to cheat her out of so much money, and she wanted them to spit it out.
Because the Ling family is also considered to be everyone in Lingcheng, it didn't take long for all the people who went out to inquire about the news to come back.
After summarizing, Tang Mian probably knew the general situation of their family.
Don't look at the boss's rough appearance, but he is a well-known miser and fear of guilt.
He returned to the Imperial City after closing the deal with him yesterday.
After looking through it carefully for a long time, Tang Mian asked Xiaocui to help her pack her clothes, and explained that she would leave for the imperial city to collect debts!
Seeing that Xiaocui was about to retreat, she stopped her and asked her to ask Yunliu to go with them.
Du Yunze, who was named, was very strange.
Recently, Tang Mian's side has been very peaceful, and nothing has happened.
On the contrary, it was the voice of the Du family, he had only been staring at it for two months, and he had caused such a big turmoil.
He also thought about Ming'er going to ask Tang Mian for leave early in the morning, and planned to go back to the imperial city to deal with things.
Unexpectedly, Xiaocui informed him to go to the imperial city.
He was a little curious about what was going on, and then asked Xiao Cui for a long time.
"Brother Yunliu, these are the specific things, they are all too hateful to the boss, where is there such a business, don't tell the master that I told you......"
Early the next morning, the three of them got on the boat to the imperial city.
Tang Mian stood on the deck and looked out, looking at the lively street scene along the way, very excited.
When she first came to Lingcheng, she was full of freshness, and after living for a long time, she didn't have much interest.
Because Du Yunze was in the imperial city, she didn't dare to go.
However, Du Yunze is married, she is low-key, and she will go to Lingcheng after seeking justice for herself.
I shouldn't have met him.
The night was low, and Tang Mian couldn't sleep, so he came out to look at the stars.
For some reason, I suddenly thought of Du Yunze, and my thoughts drifted far away.
"Boss, what are you thinking?"
"It's you!" Tang Mian turned his head to see that it was him, pointed to the Big Dipper above his head and said, "Yunliu!" Do you know the Big Dipper? ”
Du Yunze nodded, the name of their Tianling Kingdom was taken from the homonym "Tianji" in the Big Dipper.
"I used to look at the stars with a person, and I said that I wanted to see the stars in the sky with him, but unfortunately he shouldn't remember it!" Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared at the corner of Tang Mian's mouth.
At the beginning, she took the initiative to give up her marriage, and now Du Yunze has become the head of the family, and her life is worry-free.
She should also look forward instead of thinking about it all the time.
It's summer, but the wind is still a little cool at night.
Tang Mian sneezed, so frightened that Du Yunze quickly took off his robe and put it on her.
His heart-warming gesture made Tang Mian's mood instantly feel a lot better.
"Thank you Yunliu, if you meet the right person in the future! Don't be so cowardly as your sister, you have to work hard to fight for it! Tang Mian has always been very compatible with "Yunliu", knowing that he is only sixteen years old this year, and it is not easy to practice martial arts to support his family since he was a child, so he takes him as a younger brother.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Du Yunze turned his head and asked, "Boss, what does the person you like look like?" ”
"Him! On weekdays, he drags everyone to death, and people who are not familiar with him think he is very cold, but after getting acquainted, you will know how good he is, I remember the first time I met, he was like that to me...... It's a pity that we are destined to be inseparable after all! Tang Mian paused.
When Du Yunze heard Tang Mian mention the scene of their first meeting, he opened his mouth wide in surprise, and then his nose was sour.
For a long time, he thought that Tang Mian would choose to escape marriage without him in his heart.
Holding back his tears, he finally asked what he wanted to know most.
"Boss, why don't you go back to him?"
As soon as the words fell, Xiao Cui's voice came, "Master, it's so dark, why don't you go to rest......"
After speaking, Tang Mian returned the robe to Du Yunze, and ordered him to rest earlier, turned around and disappeared in front of him.
It's so fast that it's like a bolt of lightning, so that people can't hold it and can't catch it.
He hugged his robe tightly and held it tightly in his arms, "Cotton, I know that you have me in your heart, ......do you still like me?"
It was night, and Tang Mian slept a little unsteadily.
She always felt a pair of big hands caressing the side of her face, and it itched again and again.
When I woke up in the morning, I found that there was nothing unusual in the house, so I didn't think much about it.
"Wow! What's wrong with you! Seeing that he was wearing a pair of black circles, it was obvious that he hadn't rested well last night, Tang Mian hurriedly urged him to go back to the house to rest.
"Owner, I'm still half an hour away from Suzhou, I'm not sleepy!" God knows that Du Yunze is too sleepy now, he sneaked into their house last night to peek at Tang Mian for a night.
He did not return to his house until dawn.
But I can't sleep when I lie down.
Thinking that Mian had always had him in his heart, he wanted to cry a little.