Naturally, there are medicinal materials for sale in Dasong City, but the varieties will not be as complete as those of medicinal herb shops, and most of them are fresh medicinal materials, which need further processing before they can be used for alchemy.

But now Poplar can't help it, and he can't buy dry goods in the herb shop, so he can only go to Omatsu City to try his luck.

Now Poplar is also a big celebrity in Qingshan Town, and after the banquet of welcoming the god and returning to the god, he can meet people who know him everywhere in the streets and alleys, and he doesn't know each other.

It was embarrassing to see those strange passers-by smiling and greeting him inexplicably, and he couldn't call each other's names.

Soon, he came to Omatsu City.

Compared to the streets in the center of town, Omatsu City is more lively, but it is also more filthy and messy, and even the air smells of animal feces.

"Bai Gongzi, come to me and buy some fruit." As soon as Poplar stepped into Omatsu City, someone shouted to him from afar.

But Poplar smiled and walked away, he was here to buy medicinal herbs, not fruits.

Seeing that he was not interested in fruit, the person who greeted him naturally stopped shouting and sat down again and waited for the guest to come to the door.

There are indeed many people selling medicinal herbs in Omatsu City, and there are even people who have a bunch of medicinal herbs like branches in front of their stalls, but they can't call them by name, and this phenomenon abounds here.

In addition to hunting some prey down the mountain to sell, they will also pick some medicinal herbs for self-defense, and of course, they will also take the mountain to exchange some oil, salt, rice vinegar and other food or daily necessities.

There are indeed a lot of medicinal materials here, but after looking around, I found that there are still very few medicinal materials I need, and I only found two flavors.

Although there were only two flavors, it was a good harvest for him, which also made him even more emotionally that collecting medicinal materials was even more difficult than refining elixirs.

Now that he had collected the four flavors of medicinal herbs, he was still missing six flavors, which made him frown.

"Looks like we'll have to go to the bigger cities." Poplar secretly decided.

Of course, before that, I have to talk to Xiaoyu in Baihuayuan, so that this girl won't cry and cry when she can't find herself.

Back in Baihuayuan, as soon as Baiyang stepped into the courtyard of the main house, Zhao He happily trotted all the way from the rear to catch up.

Looking at the other party's excited expression, Bai Yang was very confused, and couldn't help but secretly say: "Could it be that this guy's mother-in-law is so happy?" ”

Of course, Bai Yang doesn't know if Zhao He's mother-in-law is pregnant, and he hasn't even seen his mother-in-law, although now Zhao He's family has lived in the West Chamber, but across a wall, it is like a moat, without Poplar's permission, the people in the West Chamber's courtyard don't dare to step into the hundred gardens at all.

"What's wrong, why are you so happy?" Poplar couldn't help but ask.

"Lord's family, it's a good thing, it's a great thing!" Zhao He said excitedly.

"Speak slowly, not in a hurry." Seeing that the other party was out of breath, Bai Yang couldn't help but persuade.

Zhao He took two breaths of relief, calmed down his breathing that had become rapid because of the trotting all the way, and then said excitedly: "Master, in the morning, Uncle Fu, the housekeeper of the Zhang family, came to me and said that the Zhang family planned to consign the five hundred acres of fertile land located on the east side of the Hundred Gardens, and asked us if the Hundred Gardens were interested in taking over. ”

Bai Yang couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that this Zhang family had just sold the ancestral house of Zhang's garden, and now he was going to consign 500 acres of fertile land.

The head of the Zhang family, Bai Yang did not see it at the banquet, the other party just sent a housekeeper, that is, Uncle Fu, to visit, although he had the intention of looking down on people, but he had no opinion on this, if it was not necessary, he didn't even want to hold a banquet for the gods.

"Did the other party quote how much price?" Poplar asked.

Zhao He nodded and replied excitedly: "Well, I quoted a price, 20,000 taels of silver for 500 acres of fertile land, and 40,000 taels for one acre." ”

Bai Yang couldn't help but be stunned, he remembered that he bought this Zhangjia garden is only 1,500 taels of silver tickets, and this kind of Zhangjia garden counts the area of the back garden and woodland is nearly 100 acres, that is to say, the unit price of Zhangjia Garden is only 15 taels of silver tickets per mu according to the area, how the unit price of the field is not only higher than the unit price of the land, but also more than twice as high, which makes it difficult for him to understand.

"Wait." Bai Yang couldn't help frowning and asked: "Zhao He, I remember that Zhangjia Garden is only fifteen taels of silver tickets per mu, why is it that five hundred acres of fertile land is worth forty taels of silver tickets per acre, has the land price risen recently?" ”

Originally, Poplar thought that Zhao He would nod or shake his head, and then explain to him.

But he didn't want Zhao He to look at him in surprise after listening to his words, as if he had seen an alien.

"What are you doing, what's wrong with this expression?" Poplar asked with a puzzled expression.

Zhao He scratched his head and asked softly, "Master, don't you really know the difference between land and field?" ”

"Is there a difference?" Poplar asked weakly.

Zhao He really couldn't understand his master's family, and he was extremely generous, and those who didn't know thought it was a child of a family, but now it doesn't seem like it, because how can a child of a family not know the difference between land and field.

Bai Yang regretted a little at the moment, he had seen relevant memories in Zhou Kun's memories before, this kind of memory was mixed with some trivial memories of Zhou Kun's childhood, so he was directly abandoned, if this memory was fused with his own memory at that time, then he would not be despised by his housekeeper now.

"There is a difference in nature, the soil quality of the land is generally relatively poor or close to the mountains and forests is not suitable for cultivation, so the price is naturally not expensive, and the soil quality of the field is generally more fertile and suitable for cultivating grain, so the price is naturally expensive." Zhao He explained.

"Master, in fact, it was actually a loss for you to buy this ancestral house of the Zhang family with 1,500 taels of silver tickets at that time, if you were willing to talk to the Zhang family again, you would be able to save at least a few hundred taels of silver tickets." Zhao He continued.

Hearing Zhao He's last sentence, Bai Yang was a little depressed, but he didn't regret it, he felt that it was worth spending more money to buy such a beautiful mansion.

Although at this time, Baiyang already understood the reason why the land price was not as good as the land price, but he was not very interested in buying the Zhang family's 500 acres of fertile land, after all, he didn't want to stay and farm, what to do with so much fertile land.

"Forty taels of silver tickets for one acre of fertile land is still too expensive, forget it, we don't need to buy it." Poplar shook his head and vetoed.

Hearing that his master wanted to miss this great opportunity, Zhao He was suddenly anxious, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Master, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if we start late, it will be too late to regret it." ”

Seeing Zhao He's anxious appearance, this made Bai Yang feel very curious, five hundred acres of fertile land, is it necessary to do this, is it possible that this guy can still get any benefits from it? Bai Yang has to think so, after all, if his own vital interests are not involved, there is no need for the other party to be so urgent.

"Is there such a thing to regret?" Poplar asked with a frown, he wanted to hear the other party's explanation.

"Lord, the river knows that you definitely can't look at the income of 500 acres of fertile land, but even if you have more money on it, it is not renewable, use a little less, but the fertile land can bring continuous income to our hundred gardens, if the management is good, 500 acres of fertile land can almost bring us a hundred gardens a year to bring about 5,000 taels of silver bills, as long as the five years of the main family can recover the cost, and then the good land can continue to bring income to the main family, in the long run, this is a business that only makes money and does not lose." Zhao He explained in a hurry.

Poplar couldn't help but be stunned, he really didn't think of this layer before, he thought that he would have to cultivate it himself after buying good land, not to mention whether so many fields could be cultivated, he really didn't have much interest in farming, so he refused directly.

"You mean to buy the good land and rent it to someone else?" Poplar asked tentatively.

Zhao He was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Master, that's pretty much what it means." ”

"But are you sure you'll find so many tenants in Castle Peak Town?" In Poplar's mind, the world is vast and sparsely populated, and it stands to reason that farmers basically have their own fields, and it may be more difficult to find people to farm than on the earth.

However, he saw Zhao He shook his head and said: "Master, in fact, the tenants of the five hundred acres of fertile land are fixed, of course, if the main family buys these fertile land, if they are not satisfied with those tenants, they can choose another tenant, but He does not recommend this." ”

This time it was Poplar's turn to be stunned, and couldn't help asking: "The tenant is fixed, what does this mean?" ”

"The main family, that is, those tenants originally served the Zhang family, if the main family buys the fertile land from the Zhang family, they will automatically become tenants under the name of the main family, and it is the main family that collects rent from them instead of the Zhang family." Zhao He explained.

It turned out that this was the case, and Poplar suddenly realized, so it seems that these 500 acres of fertile land are simply printing machines!

Knowing that buying these 500 acres of fertile land can bring nearly 5,000 taels of income every year, Poplar is actually a little moved, and at this moment, when he knows that he doesn't even have to worry about tenants, he is even more excited.

However, he still had some doubts in his heart, since this fertile land has such a high income, could it be that the head of the Zhang family is a fool, why would he do such a thing of killing chickens and taking eggs?

"Since this fertile land has such a high income, why would the Zhang family still take it out and sell it?" Bai Yang couldn't help but ask, he didn't believe that the head of the Zhang family's ruined family would be so stupid that he didn't even know this.

"I don't know the specific situation, but the river estimates that the Zhang family's stall is too big, the cost is too big, and the 500 acres of fertile land are far away from their existing ancestral home, so it is not very convenient to manage, so they will choose to let go." Zhao He scratched his hair and said what he had in mind.

Baiyang naturally can't be sure whether what Zhao He said is right or not, but whatever, since others are willing to sell it, and he has the ability to buy it, then just buy it.

It's just that the thought of spending another 20,000 taels of silver tickets makes his heart ache a little, but he knows that this money must be spent, and it must be spent as soon as possible.

Naturally, he would not directly hand over such a big deal to Zhao He, even if he trusted the other party again, he didn't dare to let the other party do it in this matter, after all, it involved a big deal of 20,000 taels of silver tickets.

When Bai Yang and Zhao He returned to Baihuayuan, the time was almost noon, and at this moment, Bai Yang was holding a white field deed in his hand, and he was a little proud when he walked.

This deed is the transfer certificate of the 500 acres of fertile land that the Zhang family put on the consignment in the township, thinking of this Bai Yang couldn't help but feel a little lucky, glad that he listened to Zhao He's suggestion and took this deed in time, if it was half a moment in the evening, I am afraid that it will be too late to regret it as Zhao He said before.