Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 102: Buying Land (3)

A few thousand taels was a business matter, not just for fun.
Liu Jia also needed to see if Lian Fang Zhou was lying about her financial ability.
Otherwise, if he went to those families to buy their land but Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t pay the full amount, he would be the one to decline the sale and his reputation would be ruined.

“Okay, I have it with me.
You can write a note for me later!” Lian Fang Zhou smiled.

“This miss is really good natured!” Liu Jia gave a thumbs up and smiled.
The small group went down the mountain.

Liu Jia skillfully wrote the note, blew it, and handed it to Lian Fang Zhou.

Lian Fang Zhou skimmed the note, nodded, and accepted it before handing Liu Jia a 100 tael bank note.

When Liu Jia saw that Lian Fang Zhou was literate, the admiration on his face couldn’t help getting two points deeper.

Lian Fang Zhou secretly caught a glimpse of his eyes but was ashamed in her heart: actually, her knowledge of traditional characters was very limited!

It seemed that when Che entered school next year, she would need to take the time to follow and learn! There was also Lian Ze and Lian Fang Qing, all of whom needed to learn to read and write.
Well, she would just have to buy more pens, inks, papers, and inkstones later.

In fact, she also wanted to let Lian Ze go to school but she knew that he would not agree.

Liu Jia finished the agreement and took the three to the county seat before saying goodbye and leaving.

He originally wanted to send them back home, but Lian Fang Zhou thanked him for his kindness and refused.

She didn’t want to be arrogant, especially before things were settled.

Liu Jia seemed to understand her meaning and smiled but did not insist.

The nest day, the three of them did not go to the city again but waited for Liu Jia at the entrance of the village.
The place to be seen today was in the Shitouping area of Dafang Village.

The lands they would look at today were uncultivated wastelands, about a thousand acres.

As before, Liu Jia led Lian Fang Zhou around.
This area also had a water source but it was a bit far from the road, about four miles, which meant that they would need to build a road as well.

In addition, the weeds and shrubs here were thicker than the ones on the mountain side that they had seen yesterday.
Many places had clumps of thick trees growing and the slopes were steeper.

Generally speaking, however, the land was good and the color of the soil was not bad.

Liu Jia looked at Lian Fang Zhou’s expression and smiled: “This is not quite comparable to Sanchakou.
The price is also negotiable! If the miss really wants it, I will try my best to help!”

Lian Fang Zhou smiled and said, “This is a thousand acres, right?”

Liu Jia turned to look at her, and the two smiled at each other, tacitly.

“Yes, just one thousand acres, based on the price, one acre will not exceed two taels of silver!” Liu Jia nodded.

In fact, he and even Fang Zhou knew after visually inspecting this large area, there was more than 1,000 acres, at least two hundred more.
But there is no need to be too precise for a wasteland.

The land reclamation fee and land purchase price are not low and it takes at least four or five years for such a land to become fertile.
It has to be carefully treated, otherwise the weeds grow like crazy and can crush the crops!

Therefore, very few people have the spare money and the intention to buy a wasteland.
With money, it is better to buy good paddy fields.

Lian Fang Zhou was somewhat satisfied after hearing this, and she secretly praised Liu Jia for being so good at business!

“Okay!” Lian Fang Zhou nodded happily, and said with a smile: “Uncle Liu said so, if I wait too long, it would be bad! I want these places too.
See when I can get an agreement.
For the formalities, I want an official deed.”

Nowadays, there are two types of land deeds and house deeds: official deeds and private deeds, and the difference between the two can be understood from the name.

The advantage of the official lease is that it is registered in the official government.
Even if the land deed cannot be found in the future or is stolen by someone, it is enough to apply for a copy of the official lease! No one else can take advantage.

If it is a private agreement, once it is lost and falls into the hands of others, it is equivalent to someone else’s! Even in a lawsuit, it is half and half whether you win or lose, and it is more likely that you will lose!

“Okay, even if the miss hadn’t said anything, I was going to persuade the miss to do an official deed!” Liu Jia laughed and said, “This procedure is very simple, and it can be done today! If miss and the two young men will follow me to the city, we can send someone over to measure when we get down to the government, enough time to complete the procedures! After three days, we will be able to get the official deed!”

Lian Fang Zhou knew that Liu Jia was accustomed to this line of business, and she didn’t know how much he had dealt with the government, so he was naturally familiar with things.
She smiled and nodded and said: “This is the best! Then I will have to trouble Uncle Liu!”

Lian Fang Zhou thought for a while and said, “If this is the case, we won’t enter the city and just wait here! It will save you the trouble of running around.”

Liu Jia naturally had no objection, and smiled and said, “That’s fine! Don’t worry, miss, I will definitely help miss to fight for the lowest price! I’m going now, and I will be back in at most an hour and a half!”

Liu Jia left quickly and the three of them strolled around the area.

Lian Ze squinted his eyes and looked at this large piece of land.
He couldn’t believe it, “Sister, are we really going to buy so much land? This will soon belong to our house?”

Fang Zhou and Ah Jian laughed.

Ah Jian smiled and said: “It may not happen, how can you know if you will get the official deed in three days?”

“These lands are wasteland, it’s not easy to take care of them! We still have more things to do!” Lian Fang Zhou said passionately.

Ah Jian glanced at her and said, “You are the one who has the plan, just say what you want to do.”

“We are all farmers, we aren’t afraid of hard work!” Lian Ze’s face was bright red with joy and said: “Before there was not so much land but now, we have lots.
No matter how hard we work, we will not be afraid! You can live a good life, and no one can bully us!”

Ah Jian’s eyes narrowed and asked, “That cotton, did you really decide to grow it all?”

If this large sum of money is invested, if it does not yield results, it is not an easy task to save up the original amount of money.

After all, the land bought is newly cultivated wasteland, not good-quality paddy fields.
Even if it is to be resold, is there anyone who will not say anything about such a large quantity, and the price will not be higher than before.

Lian Ze was afraid that Lian Fang Zhou would suffer a hit, but at the same time he subconsciously did not want to believe that she would not succeed, so he hurriedly said: “It will definitely work! My sister will definitely succeed if she says it’s OK!”

Ah Jian smiled and said, “I just asking about Fang Zhou’s plan.
We must plan for the worst.”

If she wasn’t someone who was really close to him, he would definitely not say such a thing.
Lian Fang Zhou’s heart warmed and she looked at him gratefully and smiled: “I never thought about this.
I think there must be a way to use the mountain! If it doesn’t succeed, then we will change to another plant! In short, the money will definitely be able to be made!”