Li Wei, who will be easily played by Zhang Cheng, is busy at this time.

Although the matter is discussed by the officials of the hand, he also has to understand the situation, and occasionally follows the officials to meet the common people.

At this time, on the edge of a field that had just been cultivated for two years, Li Wei raised his eyes and watched, accompanied by Wu Yong and other guards. Next to them, a middle-aged man in ragged clothes was talking with his officials with a happy face.

"The villain's field was reclaimed the year before last, and it will become a mature field in another year or two, what do you think, my lord?" The middle-aged man whispered.

The official glanced at Li Wei next to him, Li Wei nodded lightly, and then he said to the middle-aged man: "Okay, then we will collect this land at the price of three times." ”

"Thank you, thank you, sir!"

The middle-aged man was pleasantly surprised.

His land is ten acres, and it has only been cultivated for two years, and selling it to Li Wei at a price of three times is equivalent to making fifteen yuan a year. This amount of money is nothing in Jingshi, but it is a lot of income in a small place.

And now there is wasteland, and after selling it, he will open up the wasteland, so he will not worry about the land being used.

Now the imperial court is exempt from tax for three years, but the yield per mu of raw land that has just been cleared is very low, so generally people with mature fields will not do this, after all, there is too much land to plant, thankless, a household of ten acres of land is enough, and only the poor people who really have no land to cultivate will go to open up the wasteland.

This middle-aged man is obviously like that.

Of course, Li Wei didn't care about the raw and ripe fields at all, and he didn't use them for farming.

After negotiating the deal, the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, and then cautiously asked the official: "My lord, if the small one is reclaimed from the new field, will you still buy it?" ”

When the officials heard this, they immediately refused, and they all knew that the purpose of their coming here was to build a city, and they would only take this piece of land.

However, Li Wei's heart moved, and he said directly: "Collect, one year consistent, two years and two times, and three years of ripe fields and three times." ”

The official was a little surprised when he heard Li Wei's words, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he hesitated for a while and agreed.

This middle-aged man frowned again after hearing Li Wei's words, the field he is selling now is a two-year field, and he sold it three times, and the price Li Wei gave was less.

But even so, according to the price Li Wei said, their land reclamation is equivalent to earning ten yuan a year, which is not enough to live in the city, but it is still very good in the countryside.

Today's land is divided into raw and mature fields, and mature fields are divided into upper, middle and lower three-class, upper and middle good fields are basically controlled by the family, they ordinary people, it is good to have a low-grade mature field, and the yield per mu of this kind of field is only two stone grain, worth one or two silver.

The current purchasing power of Yibao banknotes is slightly higher than that of silver, and the money has always been able to buy nearly three stone of grain, that is to say, they go to open up the wasteland, and the harvest is slightly better than that of planting mature fields.

After understanding this account, the middle-aged man's brows finally relaxed, and he nodded happily in agreement.

Li Wei also has his own ideas about doing this, land is as valuable as gold, or even more valuable than gold, and he can not only stimulate the enthusiasm of the common people for land reclamation, but also make a lot of money after the fields are reclaimed in the future.

Of course, it is okay not to make this money, anyway, in the end, the land is in his hands, whether it is rent-free to these people to plant, or the original price is sold back to these people, he will not be able to suffer, the only disadvantage of this thing is that it will occupy some working capital.

Li Wei threw down the weeds in his hand, clapped his hands and came to the middle-aged people, and said with a smile: "Not only you, but you can also tell others, and I will take it at this price." ”

He decided to go back and tell Zhu Yuanzhang that this matter is to print money, because this is an investment type of banknote, and the more fields will be reclaimed in the future, the more grain will be produced, and the printed money will naturally have value support, and there is no need to worry about depreciation.

"Thank you, my lord, and the little one will pass it on to the neighbors when he goes back."

The middle-aged man bowed down happily and thanked him.

Li Wei looked him up and down, and saw that this person was not only dressed in shabby clothes, but also had vegetables on his face, and he was obviously malnourished, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled:

"I heard that the first three years of land reclamation were exempt from taxation, and your ten acres of land should be enough to eat even if the yield is low, why are you still so poor?"

The middle-aged man saw that he had a kind attitude, no official arrangement, and was a little bolder, so he sighed and complained: "Hey, although this field is exempt from taxation, but Ding labor is not exempt, a small family of five, Ding tax plus conscription, life is naturally not easy!" ”

Li Wei couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Is the Ding tax very heavy?" ”

"It's a lot of weight!" The middle-aged man said with an aggrieved face.

After listening to the middle-aged man's words, Li Wei was also confused in his heart, according to his understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang, this situation should not occur, could it be that something went wrong?

"Yang Laosan, I want your land, hurry up and come over and sign the deed for me, and follow me to the yamen office to hand it over!"

Just as he was bowing his head and pondering, suddenly an arrogant voice sounded, and a sturdy young man came over with four or five people.

Wu Yong and the others immediately stepped forward vigilantly to protect Li Wei.

This young man seemed to have just discovered Li Wei, a senior official, at this time, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Meet this lord!" ”

And all the people who came with him bowed down one after another.

Li Wei glanced at him and couldn't help frowning.

The middle-aged man called Yang Laosan's face also changed at this time, and he hid back in fear.

Li Wei glanced at him, and without waiting for Yang Laosan to answer, he said coldly: "I have already bought this land!" ”

The young man bent down respectfully, but the words in his mouth were not very respectful: "Yang Laosan doesn't seem to have signed a contract with you, right?" I thought I could ask again! ”

Li Wei glanced back at Yang Laosan, and when he saw him cowering at this time, he also understood that he didn't dare to object to this young man's words at all.

So he was no longer polite, and said coldly: "Presumptuous! The official said that he bought it, he bought it, do you dare to question the official's words? ”

Seeing Li Wei's angry face, the guards on the side were also very cooperative and stepped forward to press the handle of the knife.

As a prince of the horse and a member of the imperial court, he can cut this young man on the spot with just an excuse, even if someone impeaches him, he will be reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang at most, unless Zhu Yuanzhang wants to kill him like Hu Weiyong, he will let him pay with his life.

The young man naturally understood this, and when he saw the guard's movements, his face changed suddenly, and he quickly bowed down and admitted his mistake:

"The villain doesn't dare, don't dare!"

"Hmph,!" Li Wei waved his hand and shouted.

"Yes, yes, the villain is leaving!"

The young man hurriedly took a few steps back, and hurriedly turned to leave.

When he walked out of the distance and couldn't see Li Wei and the others, the young man stopped and let out a sigh.

"Who told me that this horse master is weak and can be bullied?"

The young man looked back at the few people around him and asked with an angry face.

Several of the attendants did not hesitate to point to a somewhat skinny companion.

The skinny attendant's face was panicked, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to defend: "Young Master, the horse master I inquired about is indeed quite weak!" ”

This person also wondered a little in his heart, but he had seen with his own eyes that some small people dared to bargain with this horse master, and this horse master was not angry, isn't this weak?

The young man glanced at him and roared, "Fart! You dog thing almost killed Lao Tzu and was cut down! Come on, call me! ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately pounced on this skinny follower and punched and kicked him!

"The young master spares his life, the young master spares his life!" The little follower was beaten and screamed again and again, but the young man still snorted angrily and let everyone continue to beat.

On the other side, Li Wei waited for them to go away before his eyes fell on Yang Laosan and asked, "Who are they?" ”

Yang Laosan saw that the people had already gone away, so he said tremblingly: "They are from the Yue family, and that young man is Yue Dapeng, the boss of the Yue family!" ”

"Hmph, isn't the Yue family amazing?" Li Wei said coldly with disdain.

Yang Laosan was speechless for a moment, and smiled a little embarrassedly. (End of chapter)