In the Jiangnan water town, there would naturally be no wasteland around the capital.
Only the area around Dongchi is low-lying, often flooded, and relatively deserted. The rest of the area is basically farmland, and most of the owners are royal relatives.
If this is not good news for ordinary people, it is difficult to get land from these people, even if it is purchased with money. But for Zhao Mengqi, it is exactly good news. He feels that it is better than getting land from the common people. It is much easier to get land in the area.
"There is a village there, whose family it belongs to?"
Zhao Mengqi pointed to a place more than a mile northeast of Dongchi. This was the only farm within sight, which meant that the land within several miles nearby belonged to this farm.
Qian Long, the little fat guy, had been frowning ever since he came to this place, but he finally got the question he least wanted to hear.
He turned around to ask his sister for help, but found that Qian Duo never got out of the carriage, so he had to deal with it by himself, "Your Highness, that Zhuangzi belongs to my family..."
"Oh, really, what a coincidence!"
Zhao Mengqi pretended to be surprised. In fact, he had already found out through the Imperial City Department that there were two largest landowners on this land. One was the Qian family, which occupied the north, and even included a large area on the north bank of the canal, and the other belonged to Prince Rong's Mansion. , occupying the south, but after all, it actually belongs to the Qian family, because it is Concubine Qian’s dowry!
In this era, women have autonomy over their own dowry. If they have children, they will naturally inherit it. If there are no children, the dowry must be returned to the mother's family after death, and the husband's family cannot occupy it. In addition, if she remarries, she must also take it with her. Walk.
Your Highness, could you please pretend to be a little bit more like yourself?
Qian Long complained in his heart, but he had to welcome it with his mouth, "Yes, what a coincidence, what a coincidence."
"Since it's such a coincidence, why not sell this Zhuangzi to me." Zhao Mengqi looked sincere.
"Ah? This... this, how can I make the decision? You'd better discuss it with your father." Qian Long said with a bitter face.
Zhao Mengqi stepped forward and patted Qian Long's round shoulder, "Now that you are my companion, you should do things for me. I will leave this matter to you. I believe you will not let me down."
This was a very natural thing to say, but it was not over yet. "I think you are familiar with Zhuangzi in the south. I will leave the matter of buying the land to you!"
After saying that, without waiting for Qian Long to agree or not, Zhao Mengqi walked away with his hands behind his back.
According to intelligence, the two villages occupy a total area of more than 7,000 acres, and the remaining bits and pieces belong to other people. Once these two villages are taken care of, the rest will come later.
Qian Long froze on the spot, his round face gradually becoming flattened. He really couldn't understand how this loyal king didn't panic at all when facing disaster, and he still had the leisure to extort the Qian family's land.
The market value of these lands alone is worth over 100,000 yuan. In fact, even if the price tripled, the Qian family would not sell it.
Just thinking about it, Qian Long felt like a hole opened in his heart, and red blood flowed non-stop.
Seeing the aggrieved look on his face, Wu Qiong deliberately walked past him, "Hey, that's right!"
Both of them were Zhao Mengqi's companions, and at the same time they joined the imperial guard squad under the Palace Front Division, but they naturally disliked each other. They would not and would not allow it to happen, but it was common for them to hurt each other.
"Poor guy, what do you mean!?" Qian Xiaopang yelled angrily.
Wu Qiong ignored him and chased Zhao Mengqi with long strides.
Zhao Mengqi continued to walk for half an hour, looking at the terrain and sketching a rough blueprint, and his mood became better and better.
Hiding in Lin'an City and fighting for power is no more interesting than building a new world.
Seeing the sun rising high in the sky, Fatty Qian invited Zhao Mengqi enthusiastically, "Your Highness, that's enough. Why don't you come to my village to have a rest and have a casual meal."
Zhao Mengqi was a little moved, but thought about having to go to the inner bank to ask for money in the afternoon, so he gave up the idea, "Forget it, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future anyway, eh, that will be my Zhuangzi from now on."
Accidentally, he stabbed Qian Xiaopang in the heart again.
After getting on the carriage, Zhao Mengqi saw that Qian Duo was dozing off against the carriage, with a glimmer of light hanging from the corner of his pretty mouth. It seemed that he had been tormented by someone during this period.
He pushed her gently and said, "Hey, get up and pee!"
Qian Duo suddenly woke up, trembling, and hit the back of his head against the wall of the carriage, "Boom!"
When she went to cover her head, she saw Zhao Mengqi looking like he had succeeded in his prank, and she became very angry, "Zhao Mengqi! You bastard! You make me do this and that all day long, and you have no time to spare. You are so tired that you are like a donkey." Same thing, you finally took a moment to squint, and you still want to tease me, are you still not a human being!?"
After getting along with each other for so many days, Qian Duo found that Zhao Mengqi was still so hateful, but there was nothing terrible about them.
Apart from teasing him occasionally, he would not do anything excessive. Even if he yelled at him when he lost control of his emotions, he would just smile and there was no sign of anger on his face, but he would have to do more work. A lot.
Just like this moment, "I see that your clothes are soaked with saliva. I kindly remind you that it's okay if you don't appreciate it. You are still so excited and dare to insult me. You seem to be very energetic. Well, go back Afterwards, all the pails in the palace will be cleaned. After the cleaning, you will be considered qualified if you dare to use them to fill water for drinking!"
Qian Duo went crazy after hearing this, what kind of new trick is this, "Don't even think about it! Even if I, Qian Duo, are beaten to death, I will never touch those dirty things! Also, I never drool when I sleep!" Never!"
"Haha, no touching? Don't you ever poop?" Zhao Mengqi was very disdainful of this kind of woman who told lies.
"You! You are shameless! You are vulgar! You are dirty! You are obscene! You are shameless!..."
When he said he couldn't win, Chan Duo used this kind of 'critical' language bombardment.
Zhao Mengqi skillfully put two balls of silk into his ears, leaned on the cushions of the seat, and narrowed his eyes.
Qian Duo was so angry that he wanted to punch him in the face. However, he did not dare to break the boundary. After all, if he provoked Zhao Mengqi to retaliate, he would be the one to suffer.
