From the gate of heaven

Chapter 39 [Get up, don't kneel]

"Okay, thank you Mr. Lin for your understanding."

"If there is any land for sale in the Yahang in the future, you must notify the young master as soon as possible."

"Shall we set off now to see the fields?"

When Shi Shanbao heard Lin Ze express his gratitude, he immediately beamed with joy and was full of motivation for his work.

This is the promise of a first-class expert, and it can be regarded as a guarantee and a hole card if something happens in the future.

"Let's go then."

After Lin Ze finished speaking, he got up and set off.

Of the more than 300 acres of land, about 200 acres exist outside Fengping County, and the remaining [-] acres are in villages some distance away from Fengping County.

If you want to finish watching these lands before dark today, you still need to speed up your progress.
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When Lin Ze went out this time, he did not ride in a donkey cart, but a newly bought carriage.

Not long ago, Lin Ze had just delivered it during his morning practice, and it cost 80 taels of silver with a horse and a cart.

Among them, the horses are high-quality horses, 50 taels a horse, and the carts are 30 taels.

As for the carriage of the pawn shop that brought back the gold and silver yesterday, it was sent back to the pawn shop by the servants yesterday evening.

The speed of this carriage is much faster than that of a donkey cart, and a man who can drive a chariot is the driver, leading Lin Ze to follow behind Shi Shanbao's carriage to the destination.

In addition, there were six servants trotting beside the carriage, which seemed to be quite powerful.

A group of people set off from the North City Gate, left Fengping County, and soon came to a large flat paddy field along the official road.

It is the harvest season in July.

Shi Shanbao pointed to a piece of golden rice in the field, as well as the farmers who were busy in the field, and said to Lin Ze with a smile: "Mr. Lin, this field is all Shangtian, and the yield per mu is close to [-] catties. They have paid the land rent in advance, and the grain harvested at this moment is all their own."

"The previous landlord had already agreed with these tenants that the previous lease contract will expire after the land is planted this year."

"After you buy these fields, you can continue to use them as tenants, or you can find new tenants yourself."

The purpose of Lin Ze buying the land is mainly to prepare for the future to win the hearts of his servants and turn them into confidantes who support him wholeheartedly.

But at this moment, he didn't directly say that he wanted to find new tenants, but asked one more question: "How are the conditions of these tenants' homes?"

Farmland is the life of many people in this era. Although Lin Ze has his own ideas and goals, he does not want these farmers to starve to death because they have no land to grow because of buying the land.

"They are rich peasants with large families. Renting these lands can make their families richer, but if they don't plant them, they won't starve to death."

"However, in the village below, there are quite a few tenants who live on the land they leased."

Shi Shanbao understood the hidden meaning in Lin Ze's words and reminded him.

Of course, he was just reminding that what Lin Ze did was his business, and it had nothing to do with him, the dental shopkeeper.

As an old businessman, although Shi Shanbao has always been adhering to the concept of being kind and honest, he also has the principle of not being nosy.

Just help if you can do it easily, if you need to pay the price yourself, then it is unnecessary.

He didn't want to offend Lin Ze, a young first-class master, because of some tenants who had nothing to do with him.

"The land on the outskirts of the city will be bought first."

Lin Ze didn't talk much about the tenants, but first confirmed the purchase of land in the suburbs.

"okay."

Shi Shanbao agreed with a smile.

Then he took out the contract that he had prepared long ago, and signed a letter of intent with Lin Ze to purchase these fields on the outskirts of the city.

The 50 mu of land in the outskirts of the city is all farmland, and the price per mu is 500 taels, which is a total of 200 taels of silver. If he can sell the more than [-] mu of land in the countryside, he can earn a lot of money today.

Of course, the money for buying the land is not given now, but Shi Shanbao will have to wait for Shi Shanbao to help register with the county government and confirm that the land belongs to Lin Ze before paying the money to officially complete the transaction.

Normal people who have nothing to do carry tens of thousands of taels of cash on their bodies, and hundreds of thousands of catties of metal with them, isn't there something wrong with that?

After Lin Ze signed and pledged, the group set off again, heading for the countryside.

After traveling for a period of time, I arrived at a village about forty miles away.

The output here is even poorer than that of Lianghe Village.

In addition to farmland, mulberry trees are planted around the village, and small pieces of miscellaneous trees are used as firewood sources.

"Mr. Lin, the remaining 200 mu of land are all near this village."

"There were no people in this village a hundred years ago, but later when the dynasty decided to distribute the fields, many refugees were assigned to farm and thrive near this village, so this village came into being."

Shi Shanbao took Lin Ze to walk around the village, and showed Lin Ze the fields he was about to buy.

After reading it, it was already late, and it was afternoon.

I found a flat stone platform and spread out the tablecloth, took out the food box I brought when I went out in the morning, and took out pastries and tea from it for a temporary lunch.

"Mr. Lin, I've finished looking at the land. The land in the countryside totals 240 mu, including 120 mu of upper field, 77 mu of middle field, and [-] mu of lower field."

"Which places do you want?"

After eating and drinking enough, Shi Shanbao talked about business again during the break.

"I want it all."

Lin Ze just wanted to say this.

Then I saw a few old men in ragged clothes, leading a group of thirty or forty people, men and women, big and small, to a distance not far from the group of people.

These people stopped more than ten feet away, and they all knelt down without saying a word.

"I have seen the noble."

After kowtowing twice, the old man in the lead spoke.

"Why is the elder like this?"

These old people knelt down and kowtowed too quickly, Lin Ze even made the gesture of getting up and supporting him, when the other party knelt down.

This is obviously something to ask for.

After avoiding the ceremony sideways, Lin Ze asked the other party why he came.

He is not subject to moral kidnapping.

It doesn't matter if you do a little favor, if you say something embarrassing, then don't talk about it.

"Before the owner said that they wanted to sell the land, the nobleman must have come here to buy these lands. The little old man Jiao Da's family, He Caigen's family, and Sang Hong's family all rely on these lands for their livelihood. Please don't change the tenants after buying the land."

"Our three families will definitely pay the rent in full and on time."

This Jiao Da presumably has read some books, and his speech is clear and clear, far better than ordinary villagers with little knowledge.

After all, Jiao Da wanted to kowtow again.

It turned out that it was a reasonable request from the hard-working employees to ask the boss not to lay off employees, and Lin Ze's brows relaxed a lot.

If they really can only live by renting these lands, Lin Ze is not unable to satisfy their ideas.

"Get up, don't kneel."

Lin Ze scolded.

(End of this chapter)