In summer, the sun in Lingnan is particularly scorching.

At noon, the white flowers of the sun shone on the earthy streets of Guangzhou, and the smell of heat mixed with the smell of earth made the people in the city hide in their respective homes and dare not go out, even the old farmers who no longer wanted to work had to bow their heads under the scorching sun in Lingnan and take a break for a while.

Under the scorching sun, the only stone road outside the Governor's Mansion in the city, the road temperature is unimaginably high, and you can spread egg cakes directly on it, and in the morning, when I don't know which fishermen transported fish and shrimp, a fish that fell unintentionally has been scorched by the hot slate.

In front of the gate of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, dozens of neatly dressed Nanchen soldiers are still standing guard in front of the door, although this is the shady place formed by the gate tower, but it is also very hot under the invasion of the rolling heat wave outside, and the clothes of several soldiers are covered with sweat stains of white flowers.

According to the strict discipline of these dozens of soldiers, we can know how strict Ouyang Wei is in governing the army on weekdays, even if it is the time when there are the least people on the street, there is no trace of laziness among these soldiers.

Dozens of zhang away from the right side of the gate of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, there is a small cross-courtyard, where the door is much smaller than the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but there are more than a dozen soldiers on duty in front of the door, and they are also as meticulous as the soldiers in front of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion just now.

This cross-courtyard is the office of the chief historian of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and it is the office of the chief historians and civil officials of the Ouyang Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

At the same time that Ouyang Wei began to clean up the local indigenous forces in Jiaozhou, he also sent an order to the Changshi Wenwen here, so that they began to prepare for the sale of the local land in Jiaozhou, and even in order to attract a large number of Han people to take the initiative to go to Jiaozhou and enrich the local Han people's population, the price of the land sold was very low.

However, it is precisely because this low price is to attract Hermes-Epitek to the city and enrich the number of Hermes-Epitek in Jiaozhou, so it is also stipulated that the purchased cultivated land must be cultivated for more than five consecutive years, and the area of continuous heavier land reaches more than half, before it can be considered as officially belonging to the purchaser.

At first, the officials of the long history were still a little critical of the low price set by Ouyang Wei, thinking that the price set was too low, and they wanted to add the price for a while, but later Ouyang Wei repeatedly emphasized in the letter that they gave up the idea of raising the price.

However, what these scribes did not expect was that in the full three days after the notices were plastered in the entire Lingnan counties, they did not see a single person come to buy land, and not even a single citizen came to inquire about the price of land, which surprised and disappointed the scribes of the Long History Bureau.

Because there was nothing to do, and it was noon, there was no one in the office hall except for a few scribes on duty.

These scribes are also listless one by one, after all, the temperature is so high now, if they have already started to take a nap, now because they have to deal with these land affairs, they don't even have a rest.

A petty official in a green robe said to another young scribe: "It's strange enough to say that you said that this Jiaozhou land is only sold for 200 yuan per acre, if Jiaozhou is not too far away from Guangzhou City, I would like to buy hundreds of acres of his good land!" ”

When the young scribe heard this, he smiled and said, "Since the land is so cheap, Lord Xiao can buy a thousand hectares of fertile land, and then let your clan help you take care of it, my family doesn't have any family members, otherwise I want to buy some land, these lands are too cheap!" ”

The two scribes chatted hotly, and another elderly scribe who was looking down at a book next to him raised his head and smiled at the two after hearing the conversation between the two: "Don't blame me for pouring cold water, although the land in Jiaozhou is good, but it also has a life to plant, the aborigines of Jiaozhou have made a lot of trouble over the years, I think this land is enough for someone to buy!" ”

For the words of this old scribe, the two scribes before agreed very much, if it weren't for this consideration, I'm afraid that the land in Jiaozhou would have been bought by the nobles of the states a long time ago, and it would be their turn to drool on the side? Not to mention selling these lands to ordinary people.

But before they could speak, they heard hurried footsteps outside the gate, and then they heard the soldiers outside checking whether the people who had come in were carrying murder weapons, and it seemed that there were still people coming, and it was still at noon, the hottest time.

Several scribes looked up at the outside together, and after a while, they saw a middle-aged man wearing ordinary businessman's clothes walking in, although this man was dressed as just an ordinary shopkeeper, but he looked like he had an extraordinary demeanor, even if he was really a shopkeeper, he was also the kind of big shopkeeper who held real power in a big business, so several people did not dare to slack off.

After the middle-aged man saw these clerks on duty in the Changshi Bureau, he first saluted in a friendly manner, and then bowed his hand and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, my master wants to buy a thousand hectares of fertile land in Jiaozhi County or Jiuzhen County in Jiaozhou, so he sent me to contact him, I don't know what land can be purchased?" ”

Several scribes first looked at the old scribe before, and then they realized that they had finally opened, and several scribes who had been idle for a few days became excited. 020 reading

You must know that one hectare of land is fifteen acres, and one thousand hectares is fifteen thousand acres, and the Jedi is a large amount, and it is finally a good start.

In the past, even if there was more land, it was impossible to sell so much land, and thanks to the comprehensive cleansing of the aborigines of Jiaozhou by Ouyang Dadu last month, a large area of land was in the hands of the government.

After starting to sell the land in Jiaozhou according to the order of the Metropolitan Governor, because the people of Nanchen were deeply impressed by the frequent wars in Jiaozhou, no one came to buy the land for three consecutive days, which made these scribes very disappointed and worried, after all, this was the task arranged by the Metropolitan Governor.

Now it's good, if it doesn't appear, it won't appear, and as soon as it appears, the buyer will buy a thousand hectares of land at once, and the three scribes immediately stepped forward to greet enthusiastically.

First, the elderly scribe said enthusiastically: "This shopkeeper, I wonder if your noble master is going to plant the new sugarcane, rice, or develop and build a port after buying this land?" ”

The middle-aged man was very alert, and when he heard this, he immediately said with a look on his face: "My master bought the land, why are you asking so carefully?" Is there a place where land cannot be sold? ”

The elderly scribe hurriedly apologized and said: "This is not true, our land in Jiaozhou, Jiaozhi County because there is a big river flowing through it, and the plain is vast, which is very suitable for large-scale cultivation of grain, sugarcane and other cash crops, and there is also the Metropolitan Governor's Office to provide technical support is very profitable!" However, after all, these places are deep inland, and they are not easy to pass, and they require a lot of costs to build! ”

As soon as the scribe finished speaking, the middle-aged man groaned, so the young scribe before hurriedly stepped forward and recommended: "This gentleman, if you are not satisfied with the land of Jiaozhi County, we can also recommend the land of Jiuzhen County to you!" ”

Seeing that the man was also very interested in the land of Jiuzhen County, the elderly scribe continued: "Jiuzhen County is also good, although the plains here are long and narrow, but because most of them are distributed along the coast, most of the land sold here has good harbor conditions, as long as it is slightly built, it is an excellent port. ”

The young scribe also hurriedly added: "Yes, yes, every year a large number of ships from various countries pass through the waters near here, and if this gentleman had his own harbor here, he would not only greatly improve his own transportation, but also provide berthing and supplies for ships to and from here to collect fees!" ”

After the young scribe finished his introduction, the scribe in the green robe stepped forward and introduced: "If you are not satisfied, sir, and the price is too expensive, you can also buy the newly restored land in Ninan County, because it has just been pacified, so the local situation is not particularly stable, so the price of land is only half of that of Jiaozhi County, that is, one hundred yuan per acre of land!" ”

It can be said that in order to complete the task, the three scribes constantly recommended to the middle-aged man where the land was fertile, where the land was convenient for irrigation, and where the land was close to the location of the good harbor.

In the end, the man was ruthless under the recommendation of several scribes, bought a thousand hectares of land in Jiaozhi County and Jiuzhen County in one go, and then walked out under the eyes of several scribes.

The young scribe before looked at the back of the middle-aged man who was gradually moving away, and sighed: "It's really a local tyrant, and it's enough to be willing to buy 2,000 hectares of land in one go!" But are we selling it too cheaply? ”

In order to be able to sell this man more land and complete the task assigned by the Metropolitan Governor as soon as possible, they can be said to have given this man the lowest price of land, almost the price of cabbage, and even these scribes regretted it afterwards.

After the middle-aged man went out for a long time just now, four or five men in different clothes came to buy the land, and sold more than 5,000 hectares in one go under the recommendation of these scribes.

However, this is not the end, when a big shopkeeper representing the Lingnan Xian family came to the Changshi Bureau, the crowd of onlookers who came to watch and buy the land became excited, and even Mrs. Xian began to buy a large amount of land in Jiaozhou, indicating that these places are still worth buying.

As a result, the heroes and people of Lingnan became excited, and both those who came and those who did not come began to prepare to raise funds to buy land.

However, even if Mrs. Xian and others take the lead, the land sold is still the land of Jiaozhi County and Jiuzhen County in the north of Jiaozhou, and the large amount of land in Rinan County and the newly annexed Linyi State is still uncared for, and it seems that everyone is still not optimistic about the situation here.

This led to the price of land in Jiaozhi County and Jiuzhen County rising again and again, and the land in Ninan County was originally cheap, but because of the news that a group of soldiers was ambushed and killed by the indigenous army of Linyi Country came on this day, the land in Ninan County was cheaper.