As soon as it was said, the three of them set off immediately.
The village where Lizheng is located is behind Niutou Village. To get to the county seat, you have to pass through Niutou Village.
When passing the village, Yu Qingze asked the village chief and Li to wait for him by the roadside for a while. He went home and took out the box that Changle had put money in for him. Inside was all the money he had earned over the past month, including the food stalls, moon cakes, and Liu Ji's share of the noodles. One hundred taels, this is the recent moon cake to make a lot of money, this is enough.
Chang Le helped him string up the coins one by one, one thousand coins for the big ones, and one hundred coins for the small ones.
A tael of silver is a thousand copper coins, that is, consistent money. It is quite heavy when strung together for a long time. Fortunately, Yu Qingze would go to the bank to exchange money every now and then, otherwise, it would be very inconvenient to go out with 80 copper coins.
After counting out eighty taels of silver, Yu Qingze put it in a big money bag, and then tied it with a bag around his waist for easy protection. This is 80% of his property, and he relies on it to buy land and naturalize.
Grandpa Chang saw it and asked him, "Would you like me to go with you, alone, be safe."
It might take a long time to get things done. Yu Qingze didn't want the old man to work hard, so he said, "Grandpa, no, there are the village chief and Li Zheng who are going with me."
Hearing that the village chief and Li Zheng were together, Grandpa Chang felt relieved and instructed: "Still pay attention to safety."
"Okay, grandpa. I'm going." Yu Qingze replied, took some silver and copper plates and put them in a small purse for use, and then said goodbye to Grandpa Chang. The village chief and the others were still waiting at the intersection. come back.
"Okay, stay safe."
The three went all the way to the county office in the north of the city.
After waiting for the officer at the door to report, Li Zheng took them to the head office in front of the county office hall. This is the office of the head office, where land sales and household registration are handled.
After entering, there were only three people inside, one on the left and one on the right at the table, and a man in the middle of less than forty was handling official business.
After the chief entered, he saluted and called out, "Caomin has seen Master Chief Booker."
The village chief and Yu Qingze also saluted.
The master raised his head, glanced at it, and asked, "What's the matter?"
The lieutenant told the story.
Hearing this, the master book looked at Yu Qingze, and then asked Li Zheng, "Are the rules clear?"
Li Zheng nodded and replied, "It's all clear."
Yu Qingze also nodded.
The master raised his chin toward his right hand and said, "There, you can do whatever you want."
"Yes, thank you, Master Chief." Li Zheng thanked him and took Yu Qingze to the little official on the left to go through the formalities.
The little official stretched out his hand to the three of them. When Yu Qingze saw it, he glanced at Li Zheng, and when he saw Li Zheng nodded, Yu Qingze handed the purse of 80 taels to the clerk.
The clerk counted the amount, then went over to show it to the clerk, waited for the clerk to nod, then he came back and divided the silver into two parts, one of thirty-five taels was placed in the box on the left, and then The rest are put into another box on the right.
After the money was collected, the clerk began to ask, "Where do you want to buy the farm?"
Li Zheng replied, "Niutou Village in the west of the city has one mu of fertile land."
The clerk heard it, and found a booklet on the shelf at the back, flipped through a few pages, and then pointed it out to them, saying, "The three pieces of paper here are the public fields of Niutou Village, and the ones that don't have the red seal on the back are returned. If you haven't sold it, you can pick one for yourself."
Yu Qingze took it, looked at it, and then handed it to the village chief, saying, "Village chief, take a look at it and help me pick a piece. I'm not familiar with the fields in the village."
The village chief took it over, looked at it, then pointed to one of them, and said, "Just this one, it's easy to put water here, and it's close to the roadside."
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Okay, just this one."
The little official took it over and confirmed it again: "This one, won't you change it?"
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Yes, no change."
The clerk put a small red stamp on the back, indicating that it was sold. Then he took out another booklet and asked Yu Qingze to register some personal information. Then he took out a blank field official deed, filled in the information inside, and checked the information with Yu Qingze again. When the ink was dry, he took it to the master book.
The master clerk looked at it, then took out two seals and affixed them on the official deed.
After the seal was sealed, when the ink and ink were dry, the clerk said to Yu Qingze, "Please pay one tael of silver for the document fee."
Yu Qingze took out a tael of silver and gave it to the clerk.
After receiving the money, the clerk cut the official deed, which had been completely transcribed and sealed, from the middle, giving half to Yu Qingze, and the other half being kept on file by the government.
Yu Qingze held this official land deed, and he was relieved, and finally completed the first step.
Then, the little official handed him another note and said, "Take this to apply for the household registration."
Yu Qingze took it over and looked at it, and there were five words 'Guantian Naturalization—II' written on it. Yu Qingze murmured in his heart, this is probably their special designation, referring to the method of spending 80 taels to buy official land to apply for household registration.
It's really dark enough.
The step of buying land is finally done, and then I have to go to the official on the right to apply for naturalization.
But at this time, a gong sounded. Hearing the sound of the gong, the two clerks and the master clerk quickly cleared the table, stood up and went out.
The clerk who just went through the formalities for buying land for them said, "It's office hours in the morning, and the adults are going to eat. Come back in the afternoon."
Yu Qingze asked, "What time does the office start in the afternoon?"
The clerk replied, "Come again in the future."
After speaking, the clerk drove them out, locked the door and left.
Over there, the master bookkeeper was stopped as soon as he left the county office.
"What are you doing here?" The master asked with a frown when he saw the young man in front of him.
The young man smiled and said, "Uncle, my father asked me to invite you back to lunch."
"What's the matter with him?" asked the master.
The young man said: "It's okay, didn't I cause you trouble before, my father just wanted to accompany you to sin."
The master bookkeeper sighed and said, "Let's go."
"Yes, yes." The young man invited someone, and asked in a low voice, "By the way, uncle, I saw three people in your house looking for you to do business. What are they doing?"
The master glanced at him and said, "Why are you asking this?"
The young man replied: "Uncle, you don't know, the younger one of the three is the one who robbed us of our business before. Also, you don't know, he also partnered with our old enemy Liu Ji to deal with us. Now Our noodle shop's customers will be robbed by them! The business is not as good as before, and we can't make any money every day, so we can only maintain the rent and daily expenses. It's really hateful!"
The master heard the words, frowned, and said, "I don't care about your business affairs. You don't want to do anything in my name. I have already told your father about this."
The young man hurriedly said, "I know this. It's just, uncle, isn't he looking for you to do business? You just, whatever, find some trouble to vent your anger, okay?"
The chief clerk glared at him and said, "Childish! How can tolerance be just a joke!"
The young man said with a crying face, "Uncle, we all have no business, no food, and no money. In the future, I just want to help you clear the relationship, but we have no money, what should we do?"
The master stopped for a moment and stared at him with a frown.
The young man was not afraid, nodded and said: "Really, business is very bad, my father has been so anxious that he has not slept well for a while, you will find out when you see it."
The master sighed and said, "Let's go."
On the other side, the three of Yu Qingze watched the little official and left.
"Let's go. They will have at least an hour for lunch, and come back in the afternoon." Li Zheng said when he was familiar with it.
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Let's go, let's find a place to have lunch and have a rest."
After the three of them left the county office, Yu Qingze found a better restaurant and invited the village chief and Lizheng to lunch.
To be honest, the food in this restaurant doesn't taste very good, but the village chief and Li Zheng were quite happy. Yu Qingze chatted with them and learned more about the situation.
After lunch, and there was still some time, Yu Qingze took the village chief and Li Zheng to the food stall and invited them to eat Oden.
After two bites, the village chief and Li Zheng regretted it. The village chief said: "You should bring us to eat this, what restaurant to go to, not to mention wasting money, the taste is not as good as yours."
Li Zheng also nodded and said, "That's right, alas, it's a pity that I was 80% full just now, and I can't eat any more now."
Yu Qingze smiled and said, "This is just a snack. When I get to Brother Le's house in the evening, I will cook a few dishes, and let's have a good chat."
The village chief said: "That's good, I've heard that Aze's cooking skills are very good, so I'm welcome, I'm going to try it."
Li Zheng was surprised: "Really? Brother Aze still cooks?"
The village chief replied: "Yes, you see, he made all these. How does it taste?"
Li Chang nodded while eating meatballs: "Very good, even better than the food in the restaurant we just ordered."
The village chief laughed and said, "That's right, Li Zheng, I never lie to anyone."
Yu Qingze smiled and said: "Well, after the naturalization is completed, we will go to Brother Le's house together, and we will gather together."
"Okay, okay," Li Zheng replied.
Chang Le walked over to Yu Qingze and asked him how things were going.
Yu Qingze smiled and said, "I have completed the deed in the morning, and I will go to apply for naturalization in the afternoon."
Chang Le also laughed when he heard it, and it seemed to be going well.
Not long after, the three of them went to the county office again, only to find that there were only two minor officials, and the chief clerk was not there.
According to the procedure in the morning, in the end, it must be confirmed and stamped by the registrar.
Yu Qingze asked the little official who handled the household registration: "This official, has the master clerk come yet?"
The little official replied: "Come on, I went to the county chief to discuss urgent matters, not necessarily when I will be back."
Yu Qingze snorted and asked again, "Can I still apply for naturalization today?"
The clerk replied: "It can be done, but the final result cannot be obtained. We have to wait for the Master Chief to come back and seal it. But when the Master Chief will come back, this is not certain."
Yu Qingze and Li Zheng glanced at each other, and then he said, "Let's do it first, maybe when the previous one is done, the master clerk will be back."
The little official glanced at him, smiled, and said, "Okay. Give me your land deed."
Yu Qingze took out the land deed and the note that had been done in the morning and handed it over.
When the official saw the note, he didn't ask him for the original household registration plate, and directly asked the village chief and Lizheng to fill in two new household registration documents, and then he recorded the content in the county book according to the information.
Then he took out a special household registration board and wrote the contents one by one. After writing, he said: "This is the only way to do it. Next, the chief registrar needs to affix the seal, and then apply for tax verification."
It has been almost an hour after completing these procedures, but the master has not returned.
Yu Qingze asked, "Master, did the clerk say when he will be back?"
The little official shook his head and said, "The lord didn't say it, this is not necessarily true, or you should come tomorrow, maybe the lord will be there."
Tomorrow may be there, that is, it may not be there. This is obviously an excuse. When the bosses in the workplace don't want to meet people, they ask the people below, and the answer is always this sentence. Simply a panacea.
When Yu Qingze heard this, he stretched out his hand and took out a piece of silver and stuffed it, and said, "I also ask the official to help."
Unexpectedly, the little official pushed back the broken silver and said, "I can't help you with this, so you should come back tomorrow."
Yu Qingze tried to plug in a little more, but was still returned.
This is the money can't figure out, it is estimated that the household registration can't be figured out today.
Li Zheng said, "How about we come back tomorrow?"
Yu Qingze nodded helplessly and said, "That's it."
The three of them went out, but they met a person at the entrance of the county government office. Li Zheng saw it and shouted in surprise, "Lord Xian Cheng?"