But being excited doesn't mean taking action.
Standing in front of a plot of land that he had painted, with the sea breeze blowing, he couldn't help pulling the clothes on his body, and when he looked up, he saw Bai Shan standing beside him in a big coat.
He glanced at the circle of hair on his neck, and asked, "What floor is the shop yard?"
Bai Shandao: "Two floors, it's not good if it's too high, the sea wind is strong here, so there are generally two floors."
It is common, that is to say, there are still higher than two layers.
County Magistrate Lu raised his eyebrows, "Then count as two floors, including the yard behind, the cost of a shop is between 80 taels and 100 taels, and if you buy a piece of land, you need to build an extra piece of land." , that is at least two hundred taels of expenditure."
"Master Bai, two hundred taels can buy two shops in Beihai County."
Bai Shan smiled slightly and said: "But two hundred taels will definitely not buy a shop on the main street of Qingzhou City. I am confident that the shops here will make more money than the shops on the main street of Qingzhou City."
County magistrate Lu really wanted to point to this barren land and tell him not to be delusional, but seeing the confident Bai Shan, he opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything.
Bai Shan smiled lightly, but sincerely, "Magistrate Lu, I have taken care of you since I came to Beihai County, so I reminded you."
County Magistrate Lu smiled wryly, "But two hundred taels, not everyone can take it out casually."
Bai Shan blinked, and asked, "Isn't it? You have been an official for many years, and you don't even have two hundred taels?"
Magistrate Lu frowned, "The county magistrate's annual salary is 24,000 yuan, which means it's only twenty-four taels. Where can I get so much money?"
Bai Shan: "...but you still have 300 acres of land!"
Magistrate Lu frowned and said, "It's true that you can subsidize the family, but it won't make you rich, right?"
Bai Shan simply dragged him to settle the accounts, but he didn't believe it. With 300 acres of land and a county magistrate, the selected land must be the good ones.
Oh, by the way, what he is inheriting now is the job field of Lu County Magistrate, just outside Beihai County, where the soil quality is still good, at least 80 mu is high-quality fertile land, and the rest, except for some dry land, is also There are nearly 120 mu of medium-sized fields, which are good for growing rice or wheat.
There is also a large area of open land nearby, and Bai Shan directly allocated a large area for the long-term workers to build houses, pig sheds and chicken sheds.
The annual rice and wheat harvests are not high, even if the average yield is now the most common, there are quite a lot.
Including the beans planted, this year’s newly added pigs are not counted, but even if you raise chickens and sheep, the annual income will not be bad. The 300 mu of land is full of land, and the minimum income for a year’s harvest is excluding the cost. It will not be less than eighty taels.
As a county magistrate, living is free. What about food? In addition to the salary, they also have Lumi. The monthly Lumi is not only enough to eat, but also to sell some. As long as the rice noodles sold are not luxurious. , definitely enough to buy meat, vegetables and other things can be produced in the field...
To be honest, after Bai Shan and Zhou Man came to Beihai County, their Lumi and salary were not only enough to support their family, but they also had some left over.
Bai Shan's income from the field can be saved.
They raised a lot of people, and the cost was much higher than that of Lu County Magistrate.
"You have been the county magistrate for a long time. At least eighty taels a year, and four hundred taels in five years, not to mention other income..."
County magistrate Lu looked at the income calculated by Bai Shan on the paper, and opened his mouth slightly. He was speechless for a long time, but when he heard this sentence, he woke up and jumped up, "Magistrate Bai, please don't let me go!" You wronged me, how could I have other income?"
Bai Shan: "...so you just kept the money in your hand and didn't invest it?"
County Magistrate Lu was stunned again, "Investment?"
"That's right, although officials don't compete with the people for profit, it's okay to increase assets within a reasonable range."
Magistrate Lu: "...for example?"
"For example, when the county inspected the county, I found a barren mountain with a soup spring, so I paid to buy that mountain according to the law, and then planted some vegetables and fruits on it, and then built a few yards nearby. , The melons and fruits grown can be eaten at home, or sold for money, and the yard can also be rented out to entertain guests, so that you can make some money while you are at ease, why not do it?"
Magistrate Lu: "Are you using power for personal gain?"
Bai Shan disagreed, "The imperial government has a fixed price range for the selling prices of open land and non-mines. When others come to buy, the county government will either not sell it, or the price is similar to what I give. For personal gain?"
"No, no," County Magistrate Lu shook his hand, frowned and thought for a while, "I remember, during the winter solstice, my family went out and bought a basket of vegetables, one basket, one hundred yuan! Did you sell the vegetables? "
Bai Shan blinked, "Really? This kind of thing is handed over to the stewards below. How can I, a county magistrate, know?"
Seeing that he was about to leave, County Magistrate Lu grabbed him and said, "Lord Bai, I finally know why you were able to build Longchi Wharf like this within a year, because you are a profiteer! That basket of vegetables is bought on weekdays." It cost less than ten cents, but in the end you directly doubled it ten times."
Bai Shan wanted to pull out his hand, and said: "Don't talk nonsense, what a profiteer, I'm a clean official!"
The two of them chattered, and County Magistrate Lu said: "You can't leave, it's come to this point, you have to give me some advice, how can I make money in Yidu County?"
Bai Shan: "You are the magistrate of Yidu County, why are you asking me?"
"Because this county suddenly remembered something. You said that you want to make this Longchi Wharf a place that is more profitable than the main street of Qingzhou City. Isn't the main street of Qingzhou City the main street of my Yidu County? That is to say, your place The shops here want to directly steal my business in Yidu County?"
Bai Shan: ... Mistake!
"No," Bai Shan said with a serious face: "I am attracting more business travelers, and Yidu County will also benefit from it. Laizhou, which is next door to me, has no objections."
Zhou Man stood at the door watching them chatting, and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?"
As soon as Bai Shan saw her, as if he had been pardoned, he immediately broke free and stepped forward, "You finally came, the county magistrate Lu misunderstood me..."
After Zhou Man finished listening to their narration, she tilted her head to look at County Magistrate Lu, "You said that he is as powerful as a profiteer, so do you want to buy the land here?"
County magistrate Lu was taken aback for a moment, then he became thoughtful, and after a while he gritted his teeth and said, "Buy!"
Now Bai Shan was stunned.
Zhou Man shrugged at him and said, "Isn't this the end?"
It wasn't over yet. Magistrate Lu felt that they could have a more friendly and in-depth exchange. He folded the draft paper that Bai Shancai had calculated on the table and stuffed it in his arms, then pulled Bai Shan and said, "Master Bai, the county feels that you are in the civil affairs department. Very far-sighted, let’s discuss it further.”