Ruoxuan and Zhang Jie walked forward hand in hand while eating popcorn.
Three boys, Xuanyuan Que, Zhang Qian, and Zhang Lian, followed behind them.
Shopkeeper Gu was one step behind Xuanyuan Que, following behind the children to protect them.
Ruoxuan thought that she bought the wasteland outside the East City Gate and caused trouble for the County Magistrate, so she said: "Sister Jie, I bought the wasteland outside the East City Gate. Did it cause trouble for the County Magistrate?"
Zhang Jie was stunned for a moment: "What trouble? You bought the wasteland, didn't you help my father solve the trouble?"
Zhang Jie is just a five- or six-year-old girl. How does she know about her father's officialdom?
It’s just that his father seems to be thinking of ways to get people to buy more wasteland for land reclamation!
She had heard her father and mother mention before that there were many wastelands in Shaxi County that were wasted because no one was cultivating them for various reasons.
If it can be utilized, Shaxi County will definitely be able to produce hundreds of thousands more tons of grain every year.
Didn't Xuan Bao buy the wasteland to solve her father's troubles?
After all, Zhang Qian was older and knew better. He reassured: "Sister Xuanbao, don't worry, those people just had a quarrel in front of the Yamen and explained clearly. You bought the land more than a month ago, but the repair and digging The moat was negotiated by many officials half a month ago. It was not my father’s idea alone. Moreover, my father only found out yesterday that those lands were bought by you. Many government officials and officials can testify. Today, there is no one We went to the Yamen to cause trouble, and my father said it was not a big deal, so you don’t have to worry."
Magistrate Zhang brainstormed this moat and walked through all the wasteland outside the city with several staff. He discussed it with several officials and staff for a long time but was still not satisfied. Until half a month ago, a water conservancy master came up with the idea. The plan to build a moat, which achieved three goals with one stone and benefited the people to the greatest extent, was unanimously approved.
Magistrate Zhang also changed the original policy of buying one for one for wasteland. After all, building a moat requires money. The money that the yamen can use needs to be allocated by the court, which is not much. Selling land to dig the moat can be regarded as taking money from the people. , use it for the people.
Magistrate Zhang’s original intention was to use more wasteland and turn it into fertile farmland to benefit the people, so he gave priority to nearby villagers to buy it. Only after the villagers had finished buying, could other people buy it. He did not expect that the wasteland in the east city gate was weak. He bought it all before he could.
But others have bought it, so they can’t take it back.
Zhang Qian is a young man after all, so he seems to be fine on the surface, but he doesn't know that Magistrate Zhang also has political opponents. Yesterday, those political opponents took the opportunity to incite the people, make things worse, and want to arouse public anger.
Now someone has written a memorial to County Magistrate Zhang, accusing him of collusion between officials and businessmen, corruption and bribery, and abusing power for personal gain, causing public outrage. It is said that he used the construction of the city defense as an excuse to enrich his own pockets, instead of actually benefiting the people.
Although the county magistrate is only a seventh-grade sesame official, he is also an official of one parent, in charge of the land and people of a certain area, and is a real position of real power.
Three years as prefect, one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.
In those three years, the county magistrate was able to earn 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, right?
Especially in those big and wealthy counties, many dignitaries in the capital are also vying to let their children and grandchildren come to work.
Serving as a local county magistrate for three years can earn both money and political achievements.
With political achievements, it is logical to return to the capital and arrange to work in the Sixth Ministry.
The officialdom is dark, and people can be tempered only by encountering difficulties. Magistrate Zhang intends to temper his eldest son. Many things will not be explained clearly. After all, people will remember them only after they have been experienced.
Zhang Jie heard that Ruoxuan had bought the wasteland at the east city gate and Ruoxuan had bought it, and asked curiously: "Xuanbao, are you buying wasteland again? Do you want to use it to grow medicinal materials and fruit trees?"
Ruoxuan: "Yes, I can grow medicinal materials, fruit trees and food, but most of it, I plan to use it to grow flowers."
When Zhang Jie heard this, she couldn't help but think of the scene of a sea of flowers at the east city gate. She said expectantly: "It's good to plant flowers. When you leave the city gate, you will see a sea of flowers. It must be very beautiful. When the flowers bloom, I will go out every day." Take a walk!”
Upon hearing this, Ruoxuan said: "Then I'll make it more beautiful so that you can never get tired of it."
Zhang Xiaoli was shocked when he heard that the wasteland at the east city gate was bought by a weak family!
Did you buy it all, or only part of it?
That piece of wasteland will be valuable in a few years.
Yesterday, her husband-in-law came back from school and asked her to buy one or two hundred acres. Unfortunately, it was sold out long ago. Unexpectedly, it was bought by a weak family!
This weak family is too dishonest. They know the county magistrate and the people of Boguxuan. They must have known that they knew how to dig a moat, so they bought the land!
The relatives didn't even inform them to buy some wasteland.
How many people in the city want to have a piece of land near the city gate?
Ruoxuan and Zhang Jie walked forward chatting and laughing, and unknowingly arrived at the grain store.
Because the grain store was sealed, everything in it had been emptied.
There was a seal on the front door, but before it was removed, shopkeeper Gu led them in through the back door.
"Young master, Miss Xuanbao, Miss Zhang, and Mr. Zhang please."
Zhang Jie took Xiuxuan's little hand and walked in: "Xuanbao, is this the shop you plan to buy to open a study?"
"Yes." Ruoxuan responded and walked in with Zhang Jie.
After several children walked in, shopkeeper Gu was the last one to walk in.
Before he entered, he glanced in the direction of the street and closed the door expressionlessly.
Zhang Xiaoli waited until they all walked in before he dared to show his head.
She walked forward, glanced at the closed door, then walked around the shop and found that it was a sealed shop.
Are these the shops that were raided by General Zhongyong?
When the government raids the homes of certain high-ranking officials, they will always confiscate many fields, villages, shops, workshops, etc., and then release them for sale.
But this kind of shop is usually bought up by the officials' family members and friends before it is released!
Where can ordinary people like them get their turn?
I didn’t expect that the relationship between Weijia and Boguxuan’s shopkeeper was so good that he could even buy it from these shops!
I heard that these shops are usually much cheaper than those sold in dental stores, so you can make money if you buy them!
The more Zhang Xiaoli thought about it, the more excited she became. Xiuxuan went in to look at the shop and didn't know when she would come out. She stopped following and hurried back to find her sister-in-law.
She has long wanted to buy a shop in the city, but she has never been able to find a suitable one. The good one is too expensive, and the bad one is not what she wants. !
Fortunately, I met her!
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inside the house
Ruoxuan took a look at the backyard. This shop was a grain store and needed to store some grain, as well as a mill, so the backyard was relatively large with many rooms.
However, because it is a food storage room, there are relatively few windows open and the room is relatively dark.
But it doesn't matter. Let's renovate it and open more windows. Then these rooms will be used for printing.
Then nail some bookcases and put a few rows of bookshelves in the shop, perfect!
Several children enthusiastically discussed how to transform this grain store into a study.
