Chapter 859 Capital City Land Purchase

From this moment on, Guan Shuli became one of the candidates.

The reason why Guan Shuli became a candidate was that he was willing to get married and have children, which proved that he was finally willing to enter the world and take on worldly responsibilities.

"I wish you a son soon, success in every step, and entry into the imperial capital." Duke Yan looked at the three words "Wei Annong" and expressed his hope.

But it is still hard to say whether Wei Annong can enter the imperial city.

After all, there are many candidates, and many of them already have offspring, but Wei Annong still has no offspring.

If Wei Annong does not have one or two healthy and intelligent sons in a few years, his status as a candidate may be cancelled.

Or if, when the Dongmo people attacked, Wei Annong and the Qin and Jiang families, including the local martial arts hall established because of the Qin family, failed to deliver good results in the war of resistance, Wei Annong might also be disqualified as a candidate.

but……

The Duke of Yan was somewhat optimistic about Wei Annong, because many favorable forces were converging towards Wei Annong because of the Qin and Jiang families.

Therefore, once the Northeast Province wins, Wei Annong will be victorious, and his position will be very stable. Even the southern nobles, the northwestern generals, and the generations of officials will find it difficult to shake his position.

Click, click, click, the sound of the machine turning started again, and the box closed heavily.

After Duke Yan hid the mechanism box in a heavy mechanism box that was fixed to the entire building, he completely let the matter go.

……

The next day, after half past the hour of Si, Chief Steward Lu arrived outside the sentry post of Wu Garden and handed in a visiting card.

This time, Chief Steward Lu was thoughtful enough to bring along his eldest son and eldest grandson, as well as two stewards who were to be trained by their superiors.

After the visiting card was handed in, Chief Steward Lu waited anxiously.

To their surprise, the sentry let them pass and took them into the lunch garden.

The group of five were so excited that they felt dizzy. It was not until they arrived at Weilou and saw Uncle Qin who was speaking loudly that they felt the reality of the situation began to take shape.

"Manager Lu, have the house deeds and land deeds been completed?" Uncle Qin asked after he led them into the side hall.

"I dare not neglect Mr. Qin's family affairs. I have taken care of them all." As soon as Chief Steward Lu gave the order, his children, grandchildren, and two chief stewards came out, each holding a few small boxes.

Li Daguanshi said, "Second Master Qin, our chief steward puts each family's house deed, land deed, acceptance documents, and three-party certification documents from the provincial government, the capital government, and the pawnbroker into a separate box. This will make it more convenient for the owner to store the deeds."

The scheming guy named Li actually replied first!

Manager Wang cursed inwardly but was smart enough not to interrupt.

"Mr. Lu is very thoughtful. Thank you." Uncle Qin was delighted and ran to the box, asking, "Which one belongs to which family? Please share it with us."

"Master Qin, the property deeds between your family and the Jiang family are in the hands of this youngest son." Chief Steward Lu thoughtfully handed the best deed to his own children and grandchildren.

Boss Lu stepped forward, handed the box to Uncle Qin, and said with a smile, "Uncle Qin, here are your property deeds and other supporting documents."

"Xiao Gu, Da Lang and Er Lang, come and take a look. The rest of you go and get your own boxes of property deeds." Uncle Qin called out as he took the box, opened it and looked at it carefully.

After a while, I felt relieved after confirming that the contents of the deed and all the documents in the deed were correct.

Then I went to see the deed boxes at Qin Cunquan's and Qin Eryong's homes.

Qin Dashi, Qin Dayan, Qin Ying, Qin Jie and others were afraid that they had seen it wrong, so they asked Qin Ershu and Jiang Dalang to help them.

After getting a positive answer, I felt relieved, closed the box and put it away.

Steward Wang said, "Second Master Qin, our chief steward said that your family still wants to buy land. Coincidentally, I have received some good land, some 20, 30, and 50 miles outside the city."

"Is there such a good piece of land near the capital? How many acres? What's the selling price?!" Uncle Qin was excited and asked the chief steward Lu: "Are there any shops to be sold?"

Uh, Chief Steward Lu shook his head: "It's hard to find a shop in the capital city. There is none in the official yamen at the moment. Please don't blame me, Mr. Qin."

Let me put it bluntly, it’s a dream for outsiders to come to the capital and open a shop.

Just because these shops have been occupied by various companies.

Even if there are still vacant shops, they are not for sale... These shops that are not sold are reserved for rewards by the imperial court, the government army, and the wealthy families.

Otherwise, if someone made great contributions, what would the court use to reward him?

Otherwise, how could Duke Yan provide shops to the mountain people?

There are too many twists and turns here to be explained clearly, so the unified response from the pawnshops to the outside world is that there are currently no shops for sale.

"Tsk, how come there isn't even a single shop for sale in this shabby capital?" Uncle Qin complained, and said, "Manager Wang, tell us about those plots of land."

Steward Wang smiled and said, "Master Qin, the land twenty miles outside the city is more expensive because it is close to the city. It costs thirty-three taels per mu, and there are only twenty mu."

"The price for a acre at a distance of thirty miles is twenty-eight taels. There is a acre at a distance of thirty-five acres."

"There is a plot of eighty mu fifty miles away, and it costs eighteen taels of silver per mu."

"How much?!" Uncle Qin was furious again: "Several dozen taels of silver per mu of land. This is a lifetime savings for a rural farmer. A lifetime savings can only buy one mu of land outside the capital?!"

No kidding, Uncle Qin was already thinking about rushing to Chenlou to question Duke Yan, is the court crazy? The court doesn't care?!

The land price is really much more expensive than that in Dongming Prefecture.

"Master Qin, calm down." Chief Steward Lu said hurriedly, "What Chief Steward Wang said is already a cheap price. The land twenty miles outside the city has a base price of forty taels of silver per mu. It is a rare item that ordinary people cannot afford."

"Butler Wang has been holding on to these lands and has caused a lot of trouble."

After hearing this, Steward Wang felt somewhat grateful to Steward Lu.

Jiang Dalang said, "General Manager Lu, General Manager Wang, we will buy all the land you mentioned."

"Hiss, you are really generous, buying all these?" Uncle Qin wanted to search Jiang Dalang, this kid must have made a fortune.

Jiang Dalang looked at Uncle Qin and said, "Uncle, land near the capital city is scarce. Don't miss it if you can buy it."

Anyway, you can only make money if you buy it.

In these areas, Jiang Dalang also wanted to recruit Zhou Lu Han and other members of the Taifeng Town folk team who followed him.

The purpose of his doing so was to show favor, so that the families would remember the kindness of the Qin and Jiang families, and when he was not in Taifeng Town, they would do their best to help the Susu family.

In this world, especially in the countryside, you cannot escape the human relationships everywhere.

So he had to build up this solid network of relationships for Susu.

"Xiao Gu, Erlang, go call everyone over." Jiang Dalang said.

"Hey." The two boys hurried to call for help.

Soon, the Zhou, Lu, Han and Ji families arrived.

Mr. Zhao, Mr. Dai, and Mr. Qu have all been wealthy for generations. They have already bought properties in the capital, so there is no need for them to fight for this piece of land.

As for why they didn’t sell their own properties to Qin, Jiang, Xu and Qiao at a low price?

It's not a good deal if you try too hard.

Moreover, the Qin and Jiang families will not come to the capital to develop at the moment. It is not worth it to do them a favor at this time, and it will only increase the burden on the Qin and Jiang families.

Old Master Qin has been upright all his life, how could he be burdened with favors when he is old?

Besides, the Qin and Jiang families can afford it, so there is no need to owe them a favor by buying a property.

As for why Duke Yan didn’t give it either?