Different generation married man

The shopkeeper didn't wait for Su Mo to ask questions, so he continued on his own, "This Hai County! It used to be a small fishing village, and the land here is a bit barren, but people go fishing in the sea, and they can live a decent life. .”

"Later, because of the opening of maritime transactions, a wharf was gradually built here, and merchant ships continued to come and go, and gradually formed the later Haixian County, which has been prosperous for decades. Although it is not as good as Yuncheng, but It’s no worse than other counties.”

"Then what happened next?" Su Mo asked.

"But it didn't work later." Speaking of which, the shopkeeper shook his head, with a sigh in his eyes. "The so-called prosperity and decline is like this."

"How to say?"

There was nothing wrong in the store, and the shopkeeper was also provoked to talk about sex. He took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and said, "Because the sea near this area is shallow, it was fine a few years ago. At that time, there were only small boats coming and going. , it doesn’t really matter. But then slowly there are large merchant ships, and small ships are replaced. These big ships have a deep draft and cannot approach.”

"For convenience, these merchants found a place in a neighboring county to build a new wharf, and the place gradually fell into disrepair. But it is not completely deserted. Large ships cannot dock here, but some small boats can still."

"The newly built wharf is far away. Some small merchant ships are unwilling to go around this detour, and they ship their goods in Hai County nearby, so that the county can barely survive. We can still do small business and barely make ends meet."

As he said that, he cupped his hands at the three of them again, and said with a smile, "You three are laughing, the little old man can't hold back his words when he gets old. Forgive me, forgive me

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"The shopkeeper is being polite. Speaking of which, you have done me a big favor!" Su Mo laughed.

The shopkeeper didn't dare to talk, he laughed a few times, and changed the subject again, "I don't think a few of you are businessmen, I don't know how many of you are here in Hai County..." The shopkeeper might suddenly feel that what he said After asking a little too much, he stopped again and laughed twice, "Look, little old man, I'm really confused, confused."

The shopkeeper wanted to fool around, but the words had already been handed over, so Su Mo naturally wouldn't let it go, so he said, "We're not here for business or for fun, I'm here to buy land in Hai County. I don’t know if the shopkeeper has any way to do this, let me introduce〇”

Hearing that Su Mo was going to buy land in Hai County, the shopkeeper's eyes popped out, and he looked at Su Mo like he was looking at a second idiot.

After a while, he said uncertainly, "Guest officer, do you mean that you want to buy land here?"

"Yes! We are not familiar with the place, and we can't find a way for a while. Can the shopkeeper contact you to see if there is anyone selling land? Don't worry, you won't lose money." Su Mo said.

"That's not the problem." The shopkeeper waved his hand, and said kindly, "Guest officer, I'll tell you, our land in Haixian County! It's impossible to grow crops, it's all "shouting land."

"Since no crops can be grown, how will the people here live?" Su Mo asked.

The shopkeeper sighed and said, "It's not impossible to plant at all. The land with slightly higher terrain can still be planted, but it is not as good as the fields in other counties. They are all thin fields and the harvest is not good. The people here mainly rely on Carry live or go fishing at the new pier

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"I see." Su Mo said.

That is to say, the main source of livelihood for the people here is still to rely on the wharf to work hard, and there is nothing left after the tax is paid on the little production in the field.

''So!Isn't this kind of land destined to be folded inside?Didn't even hear the sound of water.If you really want to buy land, why not go to other counties, like Zhishan County next door, where there are many fertile fields. "

Su Mo smiled and thanked the shopkeeper for his kindness, and said, "Shopkeeper, what I want to buy is saline-alkali land, as long as someone sells it, I will buy it.

The shopkeeper couldn't help but glanced at him several times, thinking that this guest officer didn't look like a fool, why did he do such stupid things?

But seeing that the other party had made up his mind to buy land, he couldn't say much.

Hearing Su Mo ask if there is anyone selling land, he said, "The land that can be planted in Haicheng is owned by the owner, and the land that cannot be planted is naturally not bought, and it is all wasteland. If you really want to buy it, guest officer, why don't you buy it?" Go straight to the yamen!"

"Thank you, shopkeeper."

"No thanks! No thanks! The little old man didn't help much either."

The three of them were exhausted after a day's journey, so they each used some things and went back to the room to rest.

The next day, the three of them had a simple meal in the lobby of the inn early in the morning, and asked the waiter about the location of the county government office, and then walked slowly in that direction.

The county government office is on another street, and it didn't take long to arrive.

Su Mo looked at the building in front of him, and after looking at it for a long time, he didn't think it was going to fall down. Except for the flat forehead, there were decadent buildings everywhere, which were connected with the yamen in the TV series.

Two yamen servants, dressed in discolored soap clothes that had been washed countless times, leaned back and forth with their knives in their hands and dozed off against the wall by the door.

A county government is so poor, Su Mo is also speechless.

He motioned for Mo Ning to come forward to call someone, Mo Ning stepped up the steps in two steps, and lightly kicked one of the yamen servants.

Su Mo opened his mouth, wanting to stop him, but Mo Ning moved too fast.Before he could make a sound, the yamen servant had already lost his balance. With a slap, he fell down and squatted. Just hearing such a loud noise hurts.

Su Mo looked at Mo Ning speechlessly.

As usual, Zhao Cheng leaned against the gate of the yamen with his arms in his arms, and went to meet Zhou Gong after a while.

Anyway, their shabby yamen is so poor that not even a ghost comes here, and they don't have much to do at ordinary times, and they spend their time every day just for a little bit of monthly service, which can barely be used, otherwise they would have left a long time ago.

As a result, not long after closing his eyes today, he was kicked to the ground, and everyone was thrown into a daze.After reacting, the whole person jumped up. Seeing a person standing in front of him, before he could see clearly, he stretched out his finger and started to curse.

''you……"

However, as soon as he met Mo Ning's eyes, he shut up.It's really because Mo Ning's eyes are too cold, looking at him is like looking at a lifeless and dead thing. It's a hot day, but he broke out in a cold sweat.

The hand that was outstretched in mid-air also bent in time, and it reached his waist. He didn't know where it was drawn just now, "Oh, hiss... Let me say, who are you and what are you doing here?"

I don't know if it was frightened by Mo Ning's momentum, the voice was much weaker when he spoke again.

Su Mo hurried forward with Xiao Wu, and said with a smile, "Brother, we are from Zhishan County, and we came here to buy some land. I don't know who this is, can you introduce us?"

Su Mo covered it with his sleeve, and handed over a piece of broken silver.

The yamen servant's hand sank, he subconsciously weighed it, and immediately knew it in his heart, and immediately smiled.

One must know that their broken yamen usually doesn't even have a door-to-door, so naturally there is nothing lucrative.The money in this hand is at least two or three taels, and it can be used as his money for two months. Thinking about it this way, all the displeasure before has disappeared.

The eyes that looked at Su Mo softened a lot, and he said, "It's easy to say, easy to say."

No matter what it is, I agree to it first, and then I say it. I was so happy that I didn't react for a while.

After going through Su Mo's words in his heart, the smile on his face paused, and he stretched out his hand to pick his ears and said, "What did you say, what do you want to buy?"

"Buy land." Su Mo repeated patiently.

"Buying land?" The yamen servant raised his voice suddenly, no wonder he was so surprised, thinking that he, Zhao Cheng, had worked in this yamen for several years, but he had never seen anyone come to buy land.

Everyone knows what the situation in Haixian County is like, and the land that can grow a little crops is not tightly covered.The rest are worthless things, who will buy them!

The voice was so loud that it startled the other yamen servant, who also woke up and couldn't figure it out for a while, "What's the matter, what's the matter?"

After looking around for a while, he finally saw a few people standing in front of the yamen, hurried over, stood in front of his companion, pressed his knife with one hand and said with an unfriendly expression, "What are you doing, competing to come to the yamen to make trouble?"

"It's nothing." Zhao Cheng was afraid that he didn't know what was going on, so he abducted him and told him to shut up, while repeating, "Young master, you mean to buy land?" "

"Buy land?" Qian Cang just woke up and was still a little confused. Hearing the words, he thought these people were looking for trouble, and waved his hands impatiently while yawning, "Go, go, buy some land! There is no land here. , let's go!"

"Shut up!" Zhao Cheng took a careful look at Mo Ning, stomped on Qiancang, and said with a smile, "My brother speaks straight, but it's out of good intentions. Our Hai County is full of salt."

Qiancang was trampled on with an "Aww", just as he was about to turn back, he saw Zhao Cheng winking at him.Following his gaze, he saw a man standing on the side with a low sense of presence, inadvertently met his gaze, and immediately shut up.

Su Mo said, "I know that the land here is saline-alkali land."

"I know, you still said you want to buy it, aren't you here to eliminate people?" Qian Cang muttered, but was glared at by Zhao Cheng.

Although Zhao Cheng didn't speak, the meaning expressed in his eyes was not much different. In short, he looked at Su Mo with a look of looking crazy.

Su Mo knew what they were thinking, and suddenly felt a sour feeling that everyone was drunk and the only one was sober. He pulled a smile on his face, "This official?"

"Oh!" Zhao Cheng came back to his senses and looked at Su Mo again. Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, he quickly sized up Su Mo and his party without any trace.Looking at these clothes, they don't look like young masters from ordinary people, and there is such a guard who looks like a master by his side.

I can't figure out their origins for a while, so let's introduce them, no matter what he buys, he is just showing the way.

Thinking about it this way, he put his money away with peace of mind, and said, "You want to buy land? I'll take you to the master, he is in charge of all the general affairs in the yamen."

Then he said to Qian Cang, "I'll take them to see Master Fang, and you will watch from the front."

As he spoke, he winked at him.I think it's better to tell the adults about it.

"Okay!" Qian Cang responded readily, and as soon as they left, he ran in and told the Hai County magistrate Wei about this matter.

Su Mo and his group saw it and didn't care.

The three of them followed Zhao Cheng all the way into the yamen, and when they got inside, Su Mo found that the inside looked more dilapidated than the outside.

Xiao Wu looked around and said, "Your yamen is really broken."

"Ha! This place in Haixian County looks like this. The county magistrate paid his own money to dig through the courtyard. It was even worse than this before."

Su Mo found that Zhao Cheng was very convinced when he mentioned the county magistrate, and said calmly, "It's not easy for the county magistrate."

"Who says it's not? Our adults are young and promising, well-educated, but it's just bad luck to be assigned to such a poor place. Hey! The term of office is coming soon, but I haven't heard that he will be transferred. Waiting here for a few years, I don't know if I offended anyone?"

It wasn't until I said it that I realized that I was happy, and said that I was bald, and just arrived at a corner, and hurriedly said, "This way please."