Led by Lizheng, with Jiang Yan and a few people to South Street, Linjia Village to the county seat is far away, in the morning before dawn began to set off, on the carriage bumps for most of the day, to the county seat, it is already the afternoon ugly, at this time the sun is even more scorching, the sun makes people dizzy, looking at things feel a little weird distorted.

Li Zheng wiped the sweat dripping from his forehead, and said with some excitement: "The county government is just to the south, let's go over now, and after the deed, we will go back to the village, just in time for dinner." ”

Jiang Yan nodded, and said: "This county is much more lively and prosperous than the town, I see some things that are not available in our town, and after finishing the business in a while, let's take a good stroll." ”

Hearing this, Li Zheng felt an inexplicable pride in vain, and said loudly: "That's, I have to come once or twice a month, and I am reluctant to go back so early every time, if I hadn't taken your carriage today, we wouldn't have arrived so quickly." ”

Jiang Yan's eyes deepened, looking at the bustling and lively streets, but her heart was very stunned, she had been working hard in the field for the past few days, and she was already tired, The distance to the county seat was long, almost a five-hour drive, even if the carriage was more comfortable than the ox cart, she was uncomfortable when she swayed, and she was also motion sickness, If she hadn't sat on the opposite side, she would have wanted to lie down on the car board directly.

Before she thought that when she made a lot of money and did everything in Linjia Village, she could take a few children out for a walk, after all, in this era, the mountains and rivers are good, the scenery is good, and there are many antique and characteristic buildings, but if she takes the carriage every day, she can't stand it, and she feels that the farther she goes, the more she will suffer.

If you make enough money, let's lie down with salted fish at home.

After all, that's what she's been aiming for!

"This south side is the territory of the Yamen, and this side has been assigned to the Yamen to do business, let's go to East Street and North Street for a while, where there are many stalls sold by pawns."

Li Zheng said while introducing the general layout of the county government, East Street is a place for merchants, most of them are open shops, things are sold a little more expensive, there are also rich people living there who are larger in the county government, North Street is more neutral, there are people who come and go, more miscellaneous, West Street is mainly Buzhuangfang City.

What surprised Jiang Yan was that there was a small wharf in the county seat, that is to say, if you want to go to a farther place, such as other counties or Fucheng and other places, in addition to land transportation such as horse-drawn carriages and ox carts, you can also take the waterway and take a boat.

The reason why Linfang County can develop so prosperously is that this wharf makes it easy for trade to enter and exit, not only to transport things out of Linfang County, but also to transport back a lot of outside specialties.

After storing the carriage, the four of them wandered to the yamen.

Li Zheng is very familiar with the yamen, and the previous few times, he and the village chief ran back and forth to the county yamen, so he took a few people to the gate with a light car.

"Xiao Jiang, this is the yamen, let's go in." Rizheng pointed.

Jiang Yan nodded, led the well-behaved and quiet Lin Feng to follow in behind, the blue brick and black tile county government was unexpectedly new, it could be seen that it had just been repaired and renovated, just above the gate, several big characters of the Linfang County government were hung high, and a huge drum was erected on the right side of the gate, at this time the gate was open, and there were two uniformly dressed officials standing on the left and right.

Seeing them pass, the officials just looked at them, and their bodies were indeed standing still, with their heads raised and chests straight, their backs straight, one hand resting on the hilt of the sword on their left waist, their expressions resolute and indifferent, and they stood at their posts like statues, until several people came to one of them before they took a step forward.

"The yamen is heavy, idlers are not allowed to enter, complaining, you can beat the drum and show the complaint!"

The cold and imposing official stood in the way of them, the first time they saw this kind of scene, although Jiang Yan didn't feel much, but Lin Feng on his side was startled, and subconsciously hid behind Jiang Yan, her fine black curly eyelashes trembled, and her eyes showed a little surprise.

Li Zheng and Lao Wu are not surprised, one of them often runs to the yamen, and the other has been on the battlefield to kill people, and their expressions are extremely calm.

"Brother Yacha, we're not here to sue." Jiang Yan patted Lin Feng and calmed him, her expression was calm, and she said in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant.

Li Zheng also hurriedly beckoned and said, "I am Li Zheng from Linjia Village, I only came a few days ago, and today I came to find a scribe to handle the deed of the house." ”

Generally speaking, the village rarely buys and sells land to the yamen, and it is unified by the village Lizheng or the village head to the end of each month or the beginning of the month to deal with the yamen, and it is brought over halfway, unless the number of land transactions is relatively large.

The official who led the way in front led everyone to a lobby, and there was a table, chair and board in the center of the hall, which was where the county clerk did his work, which was his office.

"To build a house or to do something? What are you going to do with so much? The scribe was an old man, touching his gray beard, and carefully checked the land that Jiang Yan wanted to buy.

"There are only two flat places at the bottom of these two hills that can be used as homesteads, and you buy so much wasteland at once, I need to ask you about the use of this land."

The scribe's tone can be said to be very gentle and good, Jiang Yan is also willing to say more, she said: "I have some business dealings with the restaurant in the town, I need to plant some fruit trees, these two barren mountains are the most suitable, not far away and easy to take care of, when the time comes, some houses will be built underneath, and the others should be planted with fruit trees." ”

Jiang Yan said the reason that she had prepared for a long time, the barren mountain was to plant fruit trees, but she planned to build a luxury suite on the mountain near the mountain forest.

The scribe nodded when he heard this, and continued: "You have to think clearly, this barren mountain also has hundreds of acres of land, although the wasteland is cheaper, but you want so much at once, the tax is not low, if you don't pay the tax on time at that time, the wasteland will also be reclaimed by the county government." ”

Jiang Yan nodded, if she can afford it, she will definitely pay it.

The scribe finally checked it again, and gave Jiang Yan the new title deed to sign, Jiang Yan looked at it a few times and wrote her name, she had been reading the book for a while, and it was no problem to read the contract at this time.

Soon one hand to pay the money and the other hand to the deed, the silver and goods are paid.

After completing the house deed and land deed, Jiang Yan took out a red bag from her arms, which contained ten taels of silver, and with a smile on her face, she handed it to the scribe: "This is the money bag embroidered by the family itself, it is not a valuable thing, so I will ask the scribe for a prosperous color." ”

The scribe nodded, took it quietly, and when he took it in his hand, his fingertips twisted a little, and his heart moved, and his withered and old face smiled more earnestly.

No matter how much the deed is in the yamen, it is necessary to give some red money, just like to the guarantor, but it cannot be said clearly, the yamen cannot accept bribes, at least not openly, the people who come to do things, if they are interested in giving some silver taels, no matter how many people's service attitude is better, if they don't understand these twists and turns, they will leave after doing things and pat their butts, and it is estimated that they will be spit on before they reach the door, and they will not be able to enter the door next time.

(End of chapter)