Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

CHAPTER 100 LAND PURCHASE (PART 2)
Lian Fangzhou smiled and asked: “I don’t know how much the wasteland will cost. Firstly, how much is the land sold and paid at the government price? And how much will the owner want to sell?”

Liu Jia smiled and said: “Miss Lian is really smart. When put forward, every question is on the key point! Wasteland reclamation fee is a penny per acre. At the government price, the cost of land is two tales of silver per acre. For the owner, Moneybag Wang, three tales of silver per acre. Landlord Yang is at the same price too. You can still bargain for the price, but it will not be lower than two tales of the acres! Other four people who own the land, I am afraid it will be more!”

Squinting his eyes aside, Lian Ze was secretly moving his tongue. He couldn’t even count how much money they had to spend, but he was certain enough it would cost a lot!

Lian Fangzhou lowered his head slightly, and was calculating quickly in her mind. It was estimated to cost around 3,500 tales of silver.

Observing every mood of Miss Lian, Liu Jia thought she must thought it was too expensive. She smiled and said: “The government has always encouraged the wasteland reclamation. If you buy six or seven hundred acres at a time, the price can definitely be lower! At least one hundred or two can be saved. Of course, if you don’t want to, you can buy it piecemeal! You just take your own ideas!”

Lian Fangzhou glanced at Ah Jian and smiled at Liu Jia: “Then, just talk about these here we still don’t know what it is in reality. So can we go and have a look?”

“This is natural! If you really want it, I will lead you to see! Oh, I’m not dare to lie about such a big event. The land is clearly there. It can be seen at a glance!” Liu Jia said straightforward.

So it was.

Lian Fangzhou then laughed: “Of course, we really want to buy it! If it’s right, we can settle it today!”

“OK, let’s go now! What a straightforward girl!” Liu Jia clapped his thigh and said with pleasure.

Liu Jia drived a donkey cart, with Lian Fangzhou they three, and soon arrived at the places.

It was about two miles away from the main road. But it was just right in that if it was on the side of the road, it would be difficult to take care. At that time, we could roughly build a road that could rightly pass through the donkey cart, which was convenient for the future transportation.

Generally speaking, the terrain of this large area was flat, with occasional undulating hills. The only unsatisfied was that in the west of the middle lay a mountain package, which was about 50 or 60 acres by visual inspection.

Liu Jia explained to them one by one and took them for a walk. Lian Fangzhou asked from time to time that she was more and more satisfied. Those land which had a owner were naturally appropriate. Even those hundreds of acres of wasteland, they could have someone clear it up in time before the end of this year. Thus, by the spring of next year, she would not delay planting.

There were two water sources in the field, which could be well cleaned up and trimmed into standard channels. So irrigation was not a problem.

Liu Jia had held back a trick or two in mind. We needed to know that the income of the land manager was earned from gap price between the buyer and the seller according to the total price of the land. The larger the amount of the transaction, the more money he may earn!

If this business was done, he would have at least fifty-six tales of silver. Just as the new year was approaching, how could he not spare no effort to make it to speed a good Spring Festival?

But Lian Fangzhou asked every question on the key point, and carefully looked at the soil under his feet. She seemed to be an expert of this business. He was awestruck in the heart. How dare he to exaggerate the price? He could only try his best to impress they with sincerity!

He had been paying close attention to Lian Fangzhou’s look. Sure enough her satisfied look couldn’t slink away from him. Liu Jia then said with a smile: “Miss Lian, do you want to go up that mountain and have a look? If you buy all this wasteland, that mountain will be free!”

Lian Fangzhou was moved, and he said with a smile, “OK, let’s go up and have a look!”

“Well, please, Miss!” Liu Jia raised her hand.

There was no road on the mountain. Only to be found many weeds and shrubs blocking the road. They were all panting when they reach the top of the mountain.

Glanced at the mountain, Lian Ze turned his mouth and said in mind: “No wonder he gave us for free! The land on the mountain is so thin that it can’t grow anything at all. There are many big rocks in the West. Who would afford to buy them for nothing!”

At the top of the mountain, the view was very wide, since the mountain raised abruptly. Standing on the top of the mountain, you could have a panoramic view of the surrounding area overall.

In this place with good view, Liu Jia had to take the opportunity to point out and explain other places to Lian Fangzhou.

In fact, he didn’t need to say that. Lian Fangzhou was already secretly full of satisfaction. This mountain couldn’t be good anymore!

Although we couldn’t plant anything else on the mountain, we could plant all kinds of fruit trees! Every kind of tree planted here, it would be enough for a large family to eat.

Fenced the bottom of the mountain; pull up the barbed wire, you could also raise chickens. Selling chickens and eggs next year was also a good income.

What’s more, several simple houses could be built on the top of the mountain. After the cotton entered the maturity period, the cotton field must be guarded by someone. If there were several rooms here, it would also be convenient for management.

Besides, all kinds of tools could also be put here!

Lian Fangzhou was really satisfied with this large area! It could even be called perfect.

“Uncle Liu, it’s really a good place to stand here.” When Liu Jia asked again, Lian Fangzhou finally said with a smile, “Uncle Liu is a straightforward man. If I don’t give you a clear answer, it’s not unacceptable! As long as Uncle Liu can talk the land with owners well fro me, I’ll buy all this land! “

“OK! What’s the maximum price you can accept? ” Liu Jia was very happy and asked.

“Well,” Lian Fangzhou looked at Liu Jia and said with a smile, “It depends on Uncle Liu’s good speech! As for me, of course, the more reasonable the better! “

Liu Jia wanted to find out her real ides. Of course she wouldn’t say. But she was not unreasonable to refuse his question. See she only demanded “reasonable” rather than “the lower the better”. It was believed that Liu Jia understood her meaning.

As expected, Liu Jia knew what she said, nodded and smiled, “OK! Don’t worry, Miss. I’ll try my best to make a deal and ask for a good price. “

“Thank you so much, Uncle Liu!” Lian Fangzhou said with a smile, “But I have another request. Can Uncle Liu not say that the buyer is me first?”

This was not a difficult thing. In fact, many buyers he met before also made this request, so he nodded and smiled: “This is OK!”

Lian Fangzhou looked to the west, and the sun was setting towards the sky. So she said with a smile, “It’s not early now, let’s come to an end today! And where is the last place? It will bother Uncle Liu taking us to have a look tomorrow! By the way, we have talked about this place today. But how much is the deposit? “

Liu Jia thought for a moment and then smiled: “In principle, it’s not reasonable to accept your deposit. But if you has given the deposit first when someone asks about these places again, I have my good excuse. Well, one hundred tales of silver is enough. If you take so much money, I’ll write a note for you, since there are ink and brush in my cart. If you don’t take it, I’ll go home with the girl to get the money. Anyhow, it’s not far from here! “