Not to mention that in the newly established camp of these hundreds of officials in Heyin Watingzi, everyone did their best to get the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune, but dozens of miles away near the mouth of the Shagukou, there was a different scene.

Ji Qingling took the pine knot in front of him, and led the two big girls Qiuyue and Qiushuang, and a few guards with the little girl, and the group went down the Bianqu from the capital.

Although the boat was faster than the road, she asked questions all the way, and it took more than half a month to reach the mouth of the sand valley.

At noon that day, as soon as the newly hired boat of the group docked on the dock, Songjie hurriedly jumped to the flat ground and led Ji Qingling and the others down with the guards.

"Deshi Village ahead?"

Although she was not seasick, but when she finally stepped back on the flat ground, Ji Qingling still felt a little more comfortable, she looked into the distance, and saw several cooking smoke rising faintly, thinking of the itinerary that the pine knot said in the morning, so she asked.

Songjie nodded and said, "I have already come to find the local Chinese people the day before yesterday, madam, wait a minute......

The identity and dress of the people are not ordinary people, standing here for a while, it has attracted the attention of many people at the dock, and sure enough, it didn't take long for a middle-aged man to come over and ask, "But Jifu's?" ”

Songjie turned his head and saw that it was a living person, and he was about to ask a question, when a steward ran over out of breath not far away, first saluted Ji Qingling, and then pointed to the middle-aged man and said, "Madam, this is a middle-aged man from Deshi Village......

The middle-aged man didn't wait for the introduction of the steward, and interjected: "Call me Tao Erzhong." ”

Then he pointed to the steward and said, "I heard your steward say that your family is here to buy land?" ”

Qiu Shuang on the side responded: "My wife heard that you have planted good peonies in Shicun, and I want to find a piece of land to build a peony garden. ”

Tao Eryuan was a little hot, and when he heard Qiu Shuang say this, he hurriedly said: "Madame has good eyesight, we did have a few good peonies here many years ago, but the water in the back of the canal flooded a few big gardens, and it gradually lost its former fame, and in the past two years, I saw that it was going to rise again, and the price did not go up......

He stood in place and chattered, and Songjie was a little impatient, and said, "There are a lot of people here, so you can find a place to sit down and talk." ”

Tao Erfu woke up, smiled with a smile, and hurriedly led everyone to the village.

Ji Qingling followed behind, looking at the land along the river all the way, and asked Tao Erdao: "Your land here is barren, whose family owns?" Can it be sold? ”

Tao Er looked back, followed what Ji Qingling said, pointed his hand and asked, "Madam is talking about the land by the river?" ”

Ji Qingling nodded and said, "It's by the river, and it's convenient to divert water, why don't you see the human race?" ”

Tao Er let out an "oh" and said: "It's an ownerless wasteland, flooded for many years, only those who take it to herd cattle and ducks, who will plant it?" ”

Deokshi Village really produced some good peonies decades ago, and it was still a county seat at that time, and it was quite famous in Gyeonggi Zuojin, and there were often merchants who came and went to buy goods in its heyday. However, with the diversion of the Bianqu, it was flooded for many years, and the fertile soil that had been raised for decades was flooded and wasted, and the county was changed to a village after the imperial court, and it gradually collapsed.

But after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it has the foundation of the past, and now there are thousands of families left in the village, and some people still grow peonies, but they can't sell them for a price.

Although Tao Er is a middle-aged man, the village has declined when he was born, and it is unlikely that he wants to rely on this place to eat. At this time, seeing Ji Qingling asking such a question, and seeing that she was young, her appearance and dress were different, she suddenly had an impression in her heart, thinking that this was the lady of the inner house who came out to sprinkle money, and her attitude suddenly changed, and she no longer paid attention to the steward who contacted him in front of her, but slowed down her pace and waited to explain to Ji Qingling.

Seeing that he was about to walk into the village, Ji Qingling said: "Since you want to buy a field, you can't buy it indiscriminately without seeing it?" Take me for a walk, and I'll look at the right one and ask you about it. ”

It's like he's here to buy something seriously.

Rich and stupid, such a lucrative business, if it is not done, Tao Er felt that he might not be able to sleep at night, so he hurriedly took a group of people along the road to see.

walked around the village, but Ji Qingling was not satisfied, and only asked: "Is it true that you can't buy a piece of that big piece by the river?" ”

Tao Erdeng was a little helpless and said, "Madame really hasn't planted a field?" The land by the river is flooded for two months a year, and no matter how good you are, you can't raise peonies. ”

Songjie asked: "It's not that the imperial court is guiding Luotong to clear the canal, and when this matter is completed, the fields by the river will naturally not be flooded." ”

Tao Erhe smiled and said, "How many of you are from the capital?" The capital will naturally not be flooded, but our place is considered downstream, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, who can see it? Every year the embankment is repaired, and the dam is flooded every year, can the dam be repaired once this year, and the sun can come out of the west? ”

He also persuaded: "Madam, don't believe it, I am really kind, I don't want to see you fall into the pit before I tell you about this, and although this land is an ownerless wasteland, it may not be so easy to get a deed." ”

Ji Qingling said strangely: "Didn't I hear that the yamen is recruiting conscripts, as long as you go to dredging and clearing the canal, you can divide the land according to your work?" I've traveled all the way, and all the places are the same, do you mean that this place is different from the others? ”

Tao Er pursed his lips and said: "It may work to deceive those who don't know what to do, but if you want to deceive us, these croppers who are digging in the soil, you have the wrong idea-let me ask you, what do you do with the fields that can't be planted?" Isn't this nonsense with your eyes open? I want to coax people when I can't plant flooded land in the empty spots, and I don't know which one came up with a lack of morality! ”

Qiu Shuang hurriedly said: "You can't say it like that, right?" I have to serve every year, I never said that I gave the field to the land before, it was all for nothing, and this year I gave it, if it wasn't for the flooded land, it would really be a good field in the future, and it would be a good thing! ”

Tao Er showed a disdainful expression on his face, and said, "It's really a good thing to give a piece of waste land that can't be used?" Let me tell you, no matter how you calculate, you can't count those individuals in the yamen, this land can be divided, it was originally ownerless, there is no need to collect taxes, now there is a master, you are counted as a high-quality field, a medium field, you have a piece of wasteland that cannot be planted, and you will have to dig out autumn grain every year in the future! Reverse money! What's the good thing? ”

"This is a profitable deal for the imperial court, but for us, it is a loss!!"

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