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"Anyway, I would like to thank the shopkeeper first. What's your name?"

"What's your surname? It's He Liang."

"My name is Weng Xiao."

"Master Weng, I will send someone to inform you once the boss has made the arrangements."

If someone comes here to seek refuge, the boss will value his talent and treat him well. He just wants to help and make friends, and he believes that he will not make a mistake in choosing a person.

Weng Xiaoxiao nodded and thanked him.

"Then let's go through the loan procedures first. This way, please." He Liang led Weng Xiaoxiao to the counter, where there was a special person to handle the business.

He signed a contract with the money house, mortgaged the house deed, and received a silver note of 200 taels.

He also signed a promissory note with He Liang and received one hundred taels of silver.

With the three hundred taels, Weng Xiaoxiao took Feng Gu to handle the transaction formalities in the afternoon, and then went to the government office to transfer the ownership.

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"Auntie Feng, with these 100 acres of land, we two won't have to worry about starving even if we don't do anything. Cheers!"

The girl treated her like a family member, so she naturally treated her sincerely. As a childless person, she treated Weng Xiaoxiao as if she were her own daughter. "It's great, let's do it!"

"Auntie, is the current village head okay? If he is, I don't want to change him."

"The village head won't keep him. He's the servant of the county magistrate's wife. We have to hire another one."

After buying the manor, you have a good asset, but the subsequent management requires manpower, which is another big problem. You can't find someone who is older and has management experience, and even if you do, you may not dare to use him with confidence.

"Aunt, let's go to the farm tomorrow and get to know the tenants. If we can find one or two reliable ones, we can use them first."

She didn't know much about composting, but if she had read the book, it would be very simple, so she might try it later. More fertilizer would increase the yield.

No matter what period, food is the foundation of people's livelihood. Therefore, land is Weng Xiaoxiao's first choice of asset.

"Okay, we need to hurry up on this matter. Although the land has been rented out, we have to supervise it. We can't let the good land be ruined casually."

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Feng Gu rode on her old friend and took Weng Xiaoxiao with her. They arrived at the small village in more than half an hour.

The small village is really not big, with only more than 20 tenant farmers in total, and their ancestors have relied on the village for their livelihood.

Most of the houses were rather dilapidated, so Weng Xiaoxiao and her companion went straight to the largest and most imposing courtyard.

After tying up the horses, the two were about to go in but were stopped by someone.

"Who are you looking for?" an old woman stared at them and asked.

"Auntie, we are the new owners of this manor and we are here to see the head of the manor."

"The owner of the village has changed again? No wonder the whole family of the village head left yesterday."

Upon hearing this, Feng Gu felt something was wrong and ran into the yard.

There was only a box of account books left in the middle of the empty room.

"That old bastard, he just ran away like that? It'll take a long time to finish reading this box! He didn't even hand it over, it's a waste of time, damn it."

After running out to tell Weng Xiaoxiao, they were so angry that they fell backwards. This was bullying them because they didn't know anything. If there were more people, they should have come earlier to handle the handover.

The old woman muttered, "Alas, the whole family has left, and they have taken several carts of stuff."

"Grandma, if the village head has something to say, how can we gather everyone together?"

"Ring the gong. Once the gong is struck, we know the village head is looking for us."

Weng Xiaoxiao nodded, "Thank you, grandma, please come in and sit down."

The old lady looked at the boy and the woman, and she couldn't help them. "No, come back later."

The two of them didn't force it, went into the house and looked around.

"Weng Xiao, don't you want to take a look at the account book first?"

Weng Xiaoxiao flipped through two books at random. "Auntie, there's nothing to see. The accounts are very balanced. Even if there are many loopholes, who can we hold accountable? Forget about these IOUs. I'm too lazy to sort them out."

"Okay then, we'll take good care of it in the future. We won't have to worry about money if we have the land."

"Auntie, go around the village and beat the gong to call everyone over."

Fenggu agreed and went out to do the work.

Weng Xiaoxiao took out the land book, which was given to her by the seller after the formalities were completed. It was kept by the landlord. It recorded in detail the location of the farmland, who rented it, and how much rent should be paid each year.

The most important thing right now is to check this booklet carefully.

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It didn't take long before the tenants came into the yard one after another.

Seeing that the number of people was almost enough, Weng Xiaoxiao spoke, "Everyone, let me introduce myself. I am the new owner of this manor, my name is Weng Xiao, and I am a scholar. There are not enough stools, so everyone can sit on the floor and feel free."

When the new landlord comes, the tenants are worried about increasing the rent.

"The village head left a lot of IOUs here. Did you borrow from the village? Or did you borrow from the village head himself?"

After Weng Xiaoxiao finished saying this, people began to whisper among themselves.

Someone also said loudly, "Young Master, our family has never borrowed anything from the farm, let alone from the head of the farm."

When someone takes the lead, others will chime in, “Our family can still get by, we’ve never borrowed money.”

"Only Lao Liu and Dasha's family had problems and might have borrowed some money. We never borrowed any money."

"Yes, I have never borrowed money. Who would ask the village head to borrow money if they can hold on? The interest is compounded and I can't pay it back."

Weng Xiaoxiao had already noticed that the ink marks looked new, and sure enough, there was something fishy going on.

"Everyone, be quiet," Weng Xiaoxiao made a downward gesture with both hands, "I'm not asking about this to investigate anything. The village head left a box of account books and left. I'm too lazy to look at these unresolved accounts. I'll burn those IOUs later and never mention this matter again."

As soon as Weng Xiaoxiao finished speaking, there was a commotion below. It was a rare occurrence in eight hundred years that there was an IOU but no one was asking for the debt.

"really?"

"This is a really good person!"

"My boss is wise!"

"I met a good boss!"

Two men stood up one after the other, walked up to Weng Xiaoxiao, and knelt down.

Weng Xiaoxiao was a little dumbfounded. She had never encountered such a situation before.

"Boss, we are Lao Liu and Da Sha that people just mentioned. Last year, my mother was sick, and I borrowed two taels of silver from the village head, and only paid back three hundred coins. Our family doesn't even buy salt, and this is all we have left in a year. Boss said we can't pay it back, but this saved our family's lives. Thank you, Boss."

"My family has borrowed more. Two years ago, my father passed away, and I borrowed one tael for the funeral. This year, my wife fell ill, so I borrowed another three taels. I haven't paid it back at all. Last month, the village head said that if I don't pay back some of the debt by the end of the year, he will use my daughter to pay off the debt. Boss, my daughter has been promised to someone else a long time ago, and she can't be someone's mistress! Now that I have met a noble person, I don't have to pay back the old debt. I, Dasha, kowtow to you."

Alas, hearing these miserable stories made Weng Xiaoxiao feel very uncomfortable.

"Both of you please get up and live a good life from now on."

The two of them stood up and surrounded Weng Xiaoxiao and said many words of gratitude.

"Okay, come back, the boss hasn't finished talking yet."

Upon hearing this, Weng Xiaoxiao glanced at the man who said this.