When Han Zhongyu heard that Xie Yushu was going to buy land to build a villa, he thought she was moving her family and immediately analyzed the pros and cons for her.
Xie Yushu said
"I didn't tell my family that this villa was a private property I bought for myself, and it was also considered as a way out for myself!"
"Leave a way out? Is your husband treating you badly? Or is there something going on at home?"
"That's not true. It's just that I went to Jinyang this time to make some money, and I wanted to buy some private property for myself. As the old saying goes, the three poor and the three rich live to be old. People who have no long-term worries must have short-term worries. Who can do it better than myself? , anyway, holding something in hand will make you feel at ease!”
Han Zhongyu was speechless: You talk a lot!
I'm just complaining in my heart, but it's normal for a woman to have her own property. When a woman from a wealthy family gets married, she will basically give away property, shop, gold and silver, etc., just to keep the woman close to her so that her husband's family won't dare to look down on it or take precautions against it. Needed from time to time.
Xie Yushu had money, and it was normal for her to want to buy land, so she seriously thought about where to allocate land for Xie Yushu.
He had also heard from the Liu brothers about Xie Yushu's situation. When he first learned that Xie Yushu had voluntarily married Xiao Yi, a lame man, to be his stepmother in order to save the lives of his family, he only felt that this girl was filial and benevolent!
Then he thought about how she saved him, went to Zhang's house alone to get some wine, and turned it into alcohol. He sighed in his heart that this woman is not simple!
Now! This girl is filial, knowledgeable in medicine, good at making money, good at martial arts, and knowledgeable. Marrying a lame man from the village has really blinded this man!
With a little appreciation and regret, Han Zhongyu chose Luoxia Valley for Xie Yushu.
This place happens to be at the junction of three cities, and it is also within the Tai'an Prefecture under his jurisdiction. It is a small canyon with a total length of less than ten miles. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has beautiful scenery. However, the place is not big and the land is not fertile. , wealthy people looked down upon it, and ordinary people couldn't afford it, but no one had ever bought it, so it was just right for Xie Yushu.
There are about ten acres of flat land in the valley, and the rest is the hillside, which is about thirty acres, and the total does not exceed fifty acres.
Although it is much more than the 20 acres of land Xie Yushu asked for, it is mostly mountainous and the price is cheap, so it does not cost much money. If Xie Yushu is not farming, it is still a good deal to buy it!
After Han Zhongyu finished speaking, Xie Yushu was very satisfied, so she handed over the silver on the spot. Han Zhongyu had someone get the land deed for her, and it cost her only two hundred taels of silver to touch about fifty acres of land in a small valley.
Except for the ten acres of fertile farmland outside, which are calculated at normal prices, the mountain land is only two taels of silver per acre. Xie Yushu knew that this was the lowest price given by Han Zhongyu. It was probably their "internal price" because Xie Yushu had inquired before that the normal price for buying mountain land was three taels. Two acres.
After the land deed was obtained, Xie Yushu and Han Zhongyu arrived and left happily!
Seeing her bouncing steps, Han Zhongyu shook his head in amusement:
“It’s so easy to be satisfied!”
However, Xie Yushu was full of hope and her indomitable energy made him feel much more relaxed!
"Alas! The documents are in trouble!"
Han Zhongyu sighed, returned to the study, picked up the pen, silently wrote the two poems that Xie Yushu had just read, folded them up, and passed them to his grandfather Han, the censor, with flying pigeons.
I wonder who the old man is busy spraying again! It’s not easy either! I got a good poem and let the old man appreciate it!
Who told his grandfather to be a top-notch critic and a terrible poet? Thinking about being lectured by his grandfather at every turn, he would immediately take a small revenge.
Han Zhongyu thought about how his father was stroking his beard and holding poems in his hands and saying "good things", while at the same time being annoyed that his poems were too stinky. He was in a great mood!
Han Zhongyu's grandfather, Han Wuyong, is now in charge of the Yushitai. He is appointed as the second-grade Yushidao. He ranks with the Prime Minister and Taiwei as one of the "Three Dukes" and is equivalent to the Deputy Prime Minister.
The functions and powers of the imperial censor are
"Inheriting the customs of this dynasty internally, and assisting the prime minister in governing the world externally", he was both administrative and supervisory. "
He used the penal code to correct the sins of hundreds of officials, and Zhongcheng did it."
The Han family and his son control most of the Yushitai. Han Wuyong and his son are either trolling or trolling others, which makes the emperor a little afraid of him. This is why the emperor is unwilling to let Han Zhongyu serve in the Yushitai for another twenty years. The reason why he was sent to the Procuratorate and now he is here to work as a coolie!
So seriously speaking, the prime minister of the current dynasty also had to be restrained by him. This is why the emperor immediately sent Han Zhongyu, knowing that Zhangzhou was a hot potato. He sent someone else to come, but he really couldn't deal with Zhang Zhidao and the corrupt officials!
Now that Han Zhongyu is here to suppress the chaos in Tai'an Mansion and reorganize Tai'an Mansion, it is an advantage for Xie Yushu, so Xie Yushu also happens to have a golden thigh!
After leaving Han Zhongyu's government office, Xie Yushu was not in a hurry to go back. Instead, she found an inn to stay and planned to go to Yahang to buy a few people to send over first.
She didn't tell Xie Tianqi, Liu Qiang and others specifically about this. Anyway, at the beginning, she just bought two people to go there. They wouldn't be needed for the time being. Besides, Tai'an Mansion was full of things, so they didn't go there when they were busy. Excuse me, I went directly to Yahang.
After experiencing this severe drought, many people sold their children, daughters, or even themselves, so the dental shop was full of people and the prices were much cheaper than in normal years.
In a normal age, a boy can earn eight to ten taels of silver, and an adult man can earn between ten and fifteen taels of silver. If he is good at crafts or kung fu, the price will be higher.
The price of a female child ranges from ten to twenty taels. If she has talents, special skills, or is extraordinarily beautiful, she will be more expensive!
For women, the price ranges from eight to twelve taels.
Nowadays, the overall price is generally 2,300 taels lower than in normal years!
Seeing these people in front of her, forced to make a living, selling themselves or their families for a few taels of silver, Xie Yushu felt very uncomfortable. However, the general environment was like this. She could not change it alone, at least not with her current ability. , and can only accept the status quo helplessly.
When Ya Po saw Xie Yushu and the others coming in, she enthusiastically introduced these people to be sold to Xie Yushu. Just after the disaster, even though she bought many people at the lowest price, it was not easy to sell them. Even though she had transferred several batches to other prefectures. , there is still a lot left in hand.
At this time, there were too few families who could afford to buy slaves, and the wealth of large households in the city had also shrunk significantly. She couldn't see a buyer for several days. She was really worried!
So when I met Xie Yushu, they were very attentive! Everyone was called out immediately, and the courtyard as big as a basketball court was almost full of people standing in rows!
Xie Yushu walked around and took a look, and picked out a family of five, three families of five, and two families of four. The adults were all around thirty years old, and there were two children aged eleven or twelve. , the rest are all in their teens, a total of twenty-three people.
The woman had five taels, and one of the men asked for nine taels because he had shown the orchard to the landlord before and could take care of some things. The remaining eight taels were given because the children were too young to do much work and had to eat, so they all had three taels!
These twenty-three people spent a total of ninety-seven taels of silver, and Xie Yushu planned to send these people to Luoxia Valley.
