A Jian was startled, and said with a smile: "No matter what the result is, let's face it together!"
Lian Ze gave A Jian a grateful look, and said, "What Brother A Jian said is true! However, I still believe in my sister!"
All three laughed.
A little tired from walking for a while, the three of them picked a shady place and sat down to wait slowly.
When the sun was shining directly above the head, Liu Jia brought people here. Two servants, one is in charge of money, grain and taxation in the county, Master Zhao.
Lian Ze saw it first with sharp eyes, and the three of them stood up to meet him.
"Miss Lian!" Liu Jia beckoned to them and ran towards them, smiling at Lian Fangzhou, "Miss is lucky, I'm catching up with the magistrate of the county today, and I'm in a good mood, and the price makes me happy! Each mu is a total of 1,270 yuan , a total of 1,700 taels, if the money is delivered today, there will be no more money from the official deed!"
Lian Fangzhou was overjoyed when he heard this, nodded his head with a smile and said, "Okay, let's finish this matter today!"
The official deed is only two taels of silver, and the county magistrate is selling them a favor. After all, compared with 1700 taels of silver, these two taels of silver are not worth mentioning at all!
This favor is a good intention of others, it would be a bit bad to refuse.
Liu Jia led them to meet Mr. Zhao and the two guards. After a few words of pleasantries, the two guards took out the compass ruler and waited for measurement. Master Qian Liang made a note of the land boundaries on all sides, and let Lian Fangzhou look at it, drew it and pledged it, and then he will follow this to apply for the official deed.
It was already halfway through the application time for doing these things well, Lian Fangzhou smiled and said hard work, and each gave a red envelope. He had to do some errands for a while, and even Fangzhou had prepared such red envelopes in advance, and he also carried them with him. There are one or two, two or two, and there are also three or five coins.
It was two taels for Mr. Zhao, and five qian for the two guards.
After Master Zhao and the three squeezed the red envelopes, the smiles on their faces deepened, and their words became much more friendly and polite.
The group went back to the county seat. Master Zhao and two servants had a carriage, and Lian Fangzhou and the others still rode in Liu Jia's donkey cart.
Liu Jia took the time to tell Lian Fangzhou that the land was actually 1,360 mu. Lian Fangzhou was naturally grateful and bought some gifts for Liu Jia afterwards.
"I've been running around the land at the Sanchakou for the past few days, and I estimate that it will take three to five days to complete it! Then I will contact Miss Lian!" Liu Jia laughed.
Lian Fangzhou smiled and said, "Okay, there are people in our family. If I'm not here, please leave a message. I'll go to the city then!"
"By the way," Lian Fangzhou talked about another matter, and said with a smile, "I bought these lands and I want to take advantage of the slack season to ask someone to reclaim the land. I don't know where I can find someone willing to work hard. People? If Uncle Liu knows, please give me some pointers!"
Liu Jia laughed and said, "I don't dare to be a guide! I'll take you to meet Zhao Liu when I have free time. He is well-versed in these things! He is the middleman for all the short-term laborers in our city."
Lian Fangzhou originally meant the same thing, and when he heard this, he hurriedly smiled and thanked him.
Arriving in the county seat after a while, Lian Fangzhou, A Jian and Lian Ze went together to pay the money and get the voucher, and only waited three days later to receive the official deed with the voucher, and the matter was over.
Sure enough, Liu Jia took them to meet Zhao Liu, and of course he helped them say some good things.
Zhao Liu said with a smile: "Nowadays when the farming is slack, many people are idle, don't worry! Brother Liu has already spoken, I will definitely do this for you! I must choose the young, strong and willing to work!" You see how many people are needed, when the time comes, I will lead them directly to the ground.”
Lian Fangzhou laughed and said, "I can't tell for a while. We will go to the city tomorrow, so I will give you a letter then!" Then he asked about the wages.
Zhao Liu had no objection, and agreed with a smile, and said, "Now is the slack time for farming. The weather is good, and the work is easy to do. Regardless of whether lunch is twenty-three yuan a day, it doesn't matter whether the lunch is twenty-three yuan. Liu Big brother has explained to me clearly that you are doing land reclamation work, which is quite heavy, so the price can’t be cheaper! If it’s summer, the price will have to be increased by half!”
He said and added: "Whatever the price is, what kind of work, you can rest assured at this price, and I will keep doing the work beautifully for you! Those tree pockets, grass roots and tree root canals have been planed clean, and the ground dug Go down at least a foot deep!"
Lian Fangzhou was about to ask this question. She was not afraid of spending a little more money if she had sufficient funds, but she was afraid of stealing, cheating and tricking people.
Land reclamation is not easy to do in the first place. If those tree roots and grass roots are not cleaned up, they will definitely come back to life in the beginning of spring. Also, the soil is inherently tight, so if you don't dig deeper, the things planted will not grow well at all.
Hearing what Zhao Liu said, Lian Fangzhou knew what he was saying, and nodded with a smile, saying that he would explain it in detail tomorrow.
When they came out from Zhao Liuchu, the sun was gradually setting towards the west, so Liu Jia said that he would send them back.
People have been exhausted all day after running along. Although it is not a waste of time, they are generally more particular. Lian Fangzhou declined with a smile.
Liu Jia insisted that it would be fine to see them insisting on refusing to do so several times.
After sending Liu Jia away, Lian Fangzhou smiled and said, "We've been tired these two days, I'm afraid we'll be busy in the days to come! Let's go buy some meat and go back home, we have to make up for it."
Lian Ze and A Jian both smiled and said yes.
Lian Fangzhou bought four catties of pork belly, two pork legs, three or four large bones, some tofu, and spiced dried seeds, and then hired a car and went home.
"Sister, shall we talk about hiring a few people tomorrow?" Lian Ze asked, thinking that it would be too uneconomical to have to go to the city once for this matter.
Lian Fangzhou laughed and said, "I'm afraid we'll have to talk about it for a while tomorrow! Then we'll go to the blacksmith's shop to order some farm tools! We'll need them at that time! Let's take a look at the donkey and the donkey cart by the way. "
Lian Ze said "Oh" to express his understanding.
Back at home, every household was smoking, and Lian Fangzhou gave some more money, the coachman thanked him with a smile and turned back to the city in a hurry. Lian Fangqing and Lian Che laughed and rushed forward to call them brothers and sisters, and of course they also added Brother Ajian.
The third aunt was surprised when she saw that she had bought so much meat: "Oh, why did you buy so much! How long will it last!"
Lian Fangzhou smiled and said, "Tonight, let's make fried pork belly and fried pork slices with tofu. Tomorrow, you will stew the pig's trotters and pull two radishes from the vegetable garden together! There is a lot of work these days, and you have to eat enough to be strong." ah!"
If the soup is clear and watery every day, let alone others, even Fangzhou himself can't bear it.
The third aunt said so, but she was also happy in her heart, and said with a smile: "Success, I know how to clean up! You can go and rest in the room! Qing'er, Che'er, come and help me light the fire!"
Lian Che honestly agreed, "I'll go!" and followed into the kitchen.