Chapter 216: Buying Wasteland
Regardless of whether Ye Hao really has real material or not, it is impossible for Zhao Gaowei to move the other party, causing him and his son to be distracted.
What's more, can King Ruixian be a good person? He didn't intend to get too close to each other.
As for Zhao Yunqing, it was nothing more than a chess piece he used to disgust the other party.
Zhao Yunqing, who had already stepped into the trap and become a fish on someone else's chopping board, didn't notice it at all, and was only thinking about how to find a way to get close to Xie Yunshu.
After seeing Zhao Gaowei's refusal to observe, Xie Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, quickly said goodbye to the other party, and left without looking back.
If he stays any longer, he is afraid that Zhao Yunqing will do something crooked and stick to him.
In the morning, because of the other party's delivery of snacks, Ye Hao was quite unhappy, and in order to avoid suspicion, he still stayed away from this person.
Looking at Xie Yunshu's back as he walked away, Zhao Yunqing opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to continue to entangle because of Zhao Gaowei's presence.
In desperation, she had to pretend to be well-behaved to respond to Zhao Gaowei, and then left with someone.
"I'm so!"
While rushing to his yard, Zhao Yunqing cursed in a low voice while puffing.
She didn't expect that such a small request would be rejected by Zhao Gaowei.
And she was followed by the maid only the small cigarette she brought, and the palace maid Xiaoqin, whom she trusted.
Xiaoyan is young, and he is timid and afraid, so he sees that his county lord is angry, and he doesn't dare to take a puff.
On the contrary, it was the palace maid Xiaoqin who hurriedly soothed Zhao Yunqing.
"County Lord, don't be angry. Right now, your relationship with the prince is quite stiff, and it is reasonable that the prince is reluctant to allow you to attend classes with the little prince."
Xiaoqin's words woke up Zhao Yunqing, she paused, and the anger on her face still did not dissipate.
"Zhao Yi only has his stepmother in his eyes, and the county lord and him are still related by blood, and they have never been close to him."
When she mentioned this, she was even more angry.
At the beginning, it was because of giving gifts to Zhao Yi that she and Ye Hao had a falling out, and then because of the former's strong protection, she lost face.
A vague look flashed in Xiaoqin's eyes, but her face was not visible, and she still looked worried about the other party.
"County Lord, you are right, you and Xiao Shizi are blood relatives, and you should be closer to him. Otherwise, if we please Xiao Shizi, can we find another way?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Yunqing instinctively wanted to refuse.
She has always looked down on King Cheng'an and the prince in her heart, but she just hid it and didn't show it.
Do you want her to lower her profile to please Zhao Yi? This made her a little uncomfortable.
But now that she has hit a wall everywhere, Xie Yunshu is rejected by her, and Zhao Gaowei's path can't go through, it seems that only Zhao Yi has one breakthrough point?
On the other side, when Xie Yunshu returned to the courtyard, Ye Hao was pulling Lin Bin to study the distribution map of Chengpingzhou County.
The topographical maps of this era are very sketchy, and even the plans of the city are quite vague.
Ye Hao studied for a long time before she re-engraved a concise and clear modern version of the map, and she almost had to go around the city and beyond.
"Do you have a plan?"
Xie Yunshu guessed that she was thinking about buying a field to cultivate, so he walked over and asked.
Shaking his head slightly, Ye Hao's face was full of distress.
There must be no need to think about it in the county, her hundreds of seeds and twenty saplings are not something that can be planted in one yard.
What's more, she had planned to buy more fields, because the vegetable growth cycle is fast, and after harvesting, she can breed and increase the planting area.
Even if the restaurant is not open for the time being, the vegetables and other vegetables grown can be sent to the palace to eat together, or given as gifts.
In the area outside the city, because Ye Hao and Lin Bin have been staying in the city since they came to Chengpingzhou County, they are not familiar with it.
Especially the surrounding villages, they are even less familiar, so they can only find a more familiar local to take them with tomorrow
Let's go for a spin.
Originally, Ye Hao planned to call Steward Yue to help, but when the renovation project on the weaving mill came to an end, the other party couldn't pull away, so she had to give up.
Hearing the problems that the two of them are currently encountering, Xie Yunshu remembered that he happened to go around the county with Zhao Gaowei today, and the problems he found seemed to correspond to them?
"When I accompanied the prince on his tour outside the city today, I found a lot of uncultivated wasteland outside the city. If you want to buy land, it is better to reclaim the wasteland than the Lingnan region is desolate."
He suggested that the other party go directly to buy a piece of wasteland and reclaim it on his own.
Most of the fields in Lingnan are reclaimed from wasteland, and perhaps the ready-made fields will be slightly better than the wasteland, but the difference is not large.
Xie Yunshu knew that Ye Hao would not be satisfied with just buying one or two fields, plus there were a lot of girls who were idle now, and a few fields would not need a few people to take care of them.
Even though the number of seeds may be less, it is better to grow other crops than to be idle, right?
This was to the point, Ye Hao immediately stood up and clapped her hands.
She forgot that this era is different from modern times, and she can directly spend money to buy an entire mountain, unlike modern times, where you have to have all kinds of dredging relationships to bid for the right to use the next piece of land.
Well, now she is the least lacking.
The rock sugar business is booming, and the sugar workshops in Manyi County and Qingcheng are constantly starting to make them, and money is constantly being transferred from Fu Ru'an's hands.
Ye Hao, who has a small asset, is more than enough to buy a mountain, not to mention that the most important thing in Lingnan is wasteland, and the land price is cheap!
"You don't have to rush this matter for a while, I'll give you news tomorrow after I discuss it with the prince."
Xie Yunshu pressed Ye Hao, who wanted to act, and took this matter on himself.
The whole of Lingnan is the fief of King Cheng'an, and if you want to buy land, you naturally buy it from King Cheng'an, even if you want to handle the land deed in the county office, you must first obtain the approval of Zhao Gaowei.
Even though Zhao Gaowei trusts them quite a lot now, Xie Yunshu knows that there are many unsolved mysteries on Ye Hao, which will inevitably make people suspicious.
In addition, some of her actions and words are sometimes too weird, for fear of arousing the suspicion of the other party, it is better to come forward herself.
Ye Hao pondered for a while, in terms of the distance of the relationship, it was true that Xie Yunshu and Zhao Gaowei were a little more familiar, so she had to give up.
On the second day, when Xie Yunshu went to pick up Zhao Yi for class, he met Zhao Gaowei and brought up the matter.
Zhao Gaowei was quite surprised by Ye Hao's idea of wanting to buy a piece of wasteland, and after careful questioning, he learned that the other party actually wanted to reclaim the wasteland by himself to grow some vegetables, fruits and grains.
"But you also know the climate in Lingnan, and those grain crops in the north are very difficult to survive, and the harvest is extremely low."
sighed slightly, it's not that Zhao Gaowei himself is not confident, but it is that Lingnan has always had a very poor harvest, and most of the grain is purchased from Jiangnan and other places.
It is slightly better in the north, and it is slightly more obvious in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the crops can survive more.
But the farther south they got, the hotter the climate becomes, and the rainfall is low, so most of the people grow drought-resistant crops, such as sugar cane.
This is also one of the reasons why Lingnan is sparsely populated, food cannot be grown, what do people rely on to survive?
But Xie Yunshu is full of confidence in Ye Hao, after all, the miracle brought by the other party is not once or twice.
"Don't worry, the seeds carried by the inner son are carefully cultivated and are very good. This time, I want to buy land and reclaim it, and I also want to give those idle girls a job."
At the mention of those victimized girls, King Cheng An was moved, and waved his hand to respond to the matter.
Not only that, but he also deliberately lowered the land price for Ye Hao, and sold a piece of wasteland closest to the county seat to them at a price of two hundred taels.
This piece of land can be dozens of acres in size, as long as Zhao Gaowei's vein does not fall, Ye Hao can always use this land.
Such a price is already extremely low, which is also the reason why Zhao Gaowei took into account those girls, and he was a little unbearable in his heart, so he would greatly make a profit.
He knew that Ye Hao planned to arrange the girls to work in the weaving workshop, but he knew the situation in the weaving workshop, and Steward Yue would come to report every day.
There are nearly 100 girls, and they can't even stuff half of them, so the rest have to find another way out, right?
Ye Hao can't be raised in vain, if she is self-reliant, it is a good way out.
As for the opening of the restaurant, except for a few people in his own family, only Fu Ruan knows, and Zhao Gaowei is not clear.
After getting Zhao Gaowei's promise, Xie Yunshu waited until the teaching task was over and returned to the courtyard to inform Ye Hao.
At this time, Ye Hao was mobilizing those idle girls.
Three or four days had passed since the last selection of embroiderers and weavers, and all the thirty or so chosen girls had moved to live in the new house, and the sixty or so girls left in the old house had nothing to do but eat and sleep every day.
Although everyone is not worried about eating and drinking now, as time passes, their faces are full of worries.
Seeing that their companions had found a job, some of them came back occasionally to see it, saying that they were training and studying, but they were envious of the rest.
At the same time of envy, there is also worry and fear.
Ye Hao promised them that they would all have a job, but after such a long time, no one received the news, and it was false to say that they were not afraid.
There are even some girls who practice embroidery hard every day with needlework and thread, thinking that if they work harder, they may be selected again.
When they saw Ye Hao reappear in the house, everyone was surprised and scared in their hearts.
Looking at the faces full of joy, Ye Hao blamed herself in her heart, she was only busy with herself, and completely ignored the feelings of these girls.
She quickly gathered her thoughts and began to explain to everyone about farming.
She doesn't plan to talk about the restaurant for the time being, after all, she hasn't even scratched the eight characters, and now she said that she is painting a big cake for them.
And farming is in front of her, as long as these girls are not too tired, she can arrange it after she buys the wasteland.
As for how to distribute the remuneration to the girls, she thought about it all night and decided to treat it in a modern way.
If it is according to the rules of this era, then what is the difference between her and the landlord?
"I've heard that all of you were once farmers, so you probably know some farming skills. I have a batch of precious seeds and saplings here, and I would like to hire you to plant them."
Ye Hao did not introduce the seeds first, but explained the remuneration to everyone.
She gave two plans, one is to pay her salary on a monthly basis, and the daily salary is fixed, and all the products grown belong to her.
According to the introduction of each seed, Ye Hao will prescribe a relatively moderate yield as the standard. Less than the standard output will be deducted from wages, and of course, if it is affected by force majeure, there will be no penalty for workers. Conversely, the excess production will be rewarded.
The second is that she provides food, shelter and the daily needs of the workers, and after the harvest, she buys the vegetables and fruits they grow from the girls at a predetermined price.
As soon as these two remuneration methods came out, the yard exploded directly.