Different generation married man

Su Mo found that there was not even a servant on this journey, and the yard looked old, but it was kept clean and fresh.

"Young master, why are you buying this saline-alkali land?" Zhao Cheng asked casually while leading the way.

"Grow something." Su Mo looked back.

Zhao Cheng wanted to test it out, but he didn't expect such an answer. He thought Su Mo was perfunctory, and sneered, "Young master, you are joking, how can you grow crops in this saline-alkali land?"

"Who said I was used to grow crops?" Su Mo said.

"It's not for growing crops, what are they used for?" Zhao Cheng naturally didn't believe it.

"This is a commercial secret, no comment." Su Mo glanced at him with a half-smile, and Zhao Cheng gave him a dry smile, not to ask any further questions.

Just arrived at the place, Mr. Fang is a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a blue robe and looking very neat.Seeing them startled slightly, he looked at Zhao Cheng and said, "Who are they?"

Hai County is poor, and even the yamen is very leisurely, except for some trivial matters on weekdays, there are almost no major issues, and the master who is in charge of various matters is also very leisurely.

Sitting in the yamen all day, either reading books or playing chess, and no one came to the door for ten days and a half months, it can be called Qingshui yamen.

"Master Fang, this young master said he wanted to buy land, so I brought them to you." Zhao Cheng said.

"Buying land? This..." Master Fang gave Su Mo a surprise, "Little brother, do you know that our land is all saline-alkali land?"

"I know." Then he repeated what he said just now.

Master Fang heard Su Mo say that it is a kind of thing that can be planted in saline-alkali soil, his eyes flickered slightly, but he didn't ask any more questions.

He just said, "How many acres do you want to buy?"

Su Mo asked Master Fang, "How much is this land per mu?"

Master Fang said, "According to the rules set by the imperial court, an acre of wasteland is five taels of silver. But what you want to buy is saline-alkali land that cannot be cultivated. Calculated according to the rocky beach, one mu of land is one tael of silver."

Zhao Cheng took a deep breath on the sidelines, such a broken land actually costs a tael of silver?

Unexpectedly, Su Mo didn't even blink his eyes, "I'm going to buy a thousand acres."

As soon as these words came out, even Master Fang, who was as calm as he was, tore off a few beards by mistake, but he couldn't care less about the pain, and lost his voice, "A thousand acres?"

After being notified, the County Magistrate Wei, who came a step late, heard these words as soon as he arrived, and stumbled and bumped into the door frame on one side.Qian Cang, who was following behind, was taken aback and hurriedly reached out to help him.

But at this moment, County Magistrate Wei couldn't care less about these things. He waved his hand away, stepped in a few steps, looked at Su Mo and asked, "Do you really want to buy so much land?"

The person who came was wearing an official uniform, and looked about two years old, but his face was weathered.

Su Mo immediately knew the identity of the visitor, and hurriedly saluted, "Caomin has seen you."

The county magistrate of Wei gave a little support, "You don't need to be too polite, please sit down."

Then several people greeted each other and sat down according to priority. After a while, a servant woman served tea.

When the tea entered, Wei County Magistrate had already calmed down at this time, he looked at Su Mo with scrutiny and doubts in his eyes, "Master Su, a thousand acres of land is not a small number, I want to know that you bought so much land for preparation What?"

In fact, it's no wonder that the two were so excited about this matter. You must know that since the port was transferred to a neighboring county, Hai County has almost nothing to offer.

Not only are the people living in poverty, but the yamen is also struggling with financial constraints every year. In many cases, even the tax revenue cannot be collected.Fortunately, everyone above knows the situation in Haixian County, and the tax exemption every year allows the people to barely survive.

Now I hear that some people are willing to pay such a large sum of money to buy useless land, can they not be excited?Although the money will be handed over in the end, some can be kept.

After the excitement, the magistrate of Wei returned rationally and began to speculate on Su Mo's purpose for buying the land.

Su Mo didn't know what the magistrate was like, so he didn't intend to say anything more, but he would not hide some basic information, and said, "I bought it to plant an overseas plant."

"Can this land be planted?" This did not dispel the doubts of the county magistrate Wei.

"This kind of plant has special growth conditions, and it can be grown in saline-alkaline land." Su Mo said simply.

Master Fang answered, "This old man has never heard of it. It's amazing that plants can be grown in this saline-alkaline land."

Su Mo didn't care about Master Fang's temptations, and said with a smile, "The world is full of wonders, everything is born with mutual generation and mutual restraint."

Master Fang and the magistrate of Wei County were taken aback when they heard the words, and Master Fang stroked his beard and smiled, "Well said, well said! It's a pity that I have been studying for decades, but I am not as knowledgeable as Young Master Su. I am ashamed. Gradually ashamed!"

Su Mo said modestly, "Master Fang is trapped in the government office all day, busy with the livelihood of the people, and has worked hard. How can there be extra time to see the scenery of the world? On the contrary, the grass-roots are idle all day long, not doing production, so they can go around. Let's go, seeing anecdotes and strange things, in fact, it's just a superficial understanding. How can it be as good as the two adults, serving the country and the people?"

"Where, where?" Knowing that Su Mo was just flattering, the two were still happy. Even the hardships of the past few years were recognized in these words.

County Magistrate Wei wisely didn't ask him what exactly he wanted to plant, but said, "Young Master Su, since you want to plant land, do you need to hire people?"

Su Mo said, "I have already arranged the manpower."

"That's it!" County Magistrate Wei nodded silently, Su Mo saw that he seemed a little disappointed and asked, "If Lord Wei has any difficulties, feel free to speak up."

Wei County Magistrate shook his head, "It's nothing, it's just... I think you know what Hai County is like. I thought you would hire people to plant the land, and see if you can hire the people here. But since you have Once it’s arranged, we won’t mention it.”

Su Mo didn't expect that the magistrate of Wei was bothered by this matter, and he felt a little better about him. A county magistrate who can always think about the livelihood of the people, not to mention other things, at least has the people in his heart.

But at present, he doesn't know much about the magistrate of Wei County, and he can't draw a conclusion based on this matter alone.

As for the matter of asking people to farm the land, he has made arrangements, and other things are okay. He said, "Although I can't ask them to farm the land, I plan to build a house here for people to stay in. At that time, I can invite them to do the work. The wages As usual, what do you think?,,

Master Fang and County Magistrate Wei looked at each other, and they both saw satisfaction in each other's eyes. Master Fang said, "This old man is here to thank Young Master Su!"

"Master Fang, you are too serious, and you may need to take care of me a little more in the future!"

"you are welcome!"

After a few people chatted for a while, Su Mo said goodbye and left, and made an appointment to go to the field tomorrow to have a look.

The county magistrate of Wei naturally did everything he could, so he recruited Zhao Cheng immediately and asked him to take Su Mo and others out of the city tomorrow to have a look.

Zhao Cheng hurriedly responded, he could see that this Young Master Su was a man of great background, and he was generous in his actions, as long as he was well received, his benefits would not be lost.

Naturally, he was warm and considerate to the few people, and sent the three of them to the inn where they were staying, and specially told the shopkeeper Duoduo to take care of them for a while, and then said goodbye to the three of Su Mo.

It is agreed that the visitors will find a meeting tomorrow morning and go outside the city.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhao Cheng came with Qiancang. When they came, the three of Su Mo were having breakfast in the lobby of the inn.

"Morning Brother Zhao!" Su Mo greeted.

"Morning, Young Master Su!" Zhao Cheng saw the scene in the lobby, and knew that he had come early, and he was still having breakfast, so he was a little embarrassed for a while.

Seeing that it was still early outside, Su Mo saw that the two of them came so early, so they might not have gone out after breakfast, so he said to the waiter at the side shop, "Xiaoer, serve two more morning meals, Brother Zhao sit down and have a meal together before leaving !"

Zhao Chengzheng was feeling uncomfortable, so he had the nerve to sit down and eat, and hurriedly said, "Young Master Su, you just take it easy, don't worry about us, we all go out after eating."

As soon as the voice fell, I heard a belly groan from the boss. The sound was so loud that everyone in the lobby could hear it clearly and clearly.

Unexpectedly, he was slapped in the face so soon. Zhao Cheng's face turned blue and then red, and then turned blue again. He glanced over and saw Qian Cang holding his stomach and giggling.

Zhao Cheng glared at him, the smile on his face collapsed, and he said in a low voice, "It can't blame me, it can't do anything to call me〇"

"You still say!" Zhao Cheng wished he could kick him out, out of sight and out of mind.

Fortunately, it didn't last long, Su Mo said empathetically, "Brother Zhao, don't be polite to me, just sit down and eat something before walking. I don't know how long it will take for such a long journey. Only when you are full will you have strength." Hurry up, don't you?"

"Then I won't be polite when I wait." After talking about this point, it would be hypocritical to refuse, so Zhao Cheng led the people to sit down.

A group of people ate and drank enough, and went out of the city.

The shopkeeper watched the group leave, shook his head and sighed, the waiter came forward and said in a low voice, "Shopkeeper, do you think that young master really bought the land?"

"Otherwise?" The shopkeeper glanced at him, "The Zhao guy took people to see the place, is this still fake?"

"Did you really buy it?" The shop clerk gasped, shaking his head and said, "Tell me, is he stupid? He bought such land and couldn't grow crops. Isn't this just a waste of money?"

The shopkeeper glared at him, and waved at him, "Go, go! This is someone else's business, what do you care about so much, go to work

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Because they were leaving the city, Zhao Cheng and Qian Cang also rode horses today, but they were two thin old horses that looked malnourished.

After leaving the city, Zhao Cheng and Qian Cang led the way on horseback, and asked, "Master Su, where do you want to buy this land?"

Since Su Mo wants to grow sugar beets, he wants to choose a place that can be secluded and has convenient transportation. If it is too close to the county seat, he will not consider it.

Su Mo told Zhao Cheng about these requirements.

Although Zhao Cheng didn't know why Su Mo wanted to go far away, since it was his request, he could do his best to meet it.

Going back last night, Zhao Cheng crammed his feet and found out all the suitable places around the county. Once he heard Su Mo's request, he knew how to take them with him.

Apart from the barren hills along the way, there is not even any scenery to see, it is very desolate.

After walking like this for a while, Zhao Cheng slowly left the official road and turned into a small road. This road should be dug by the villagers themselves. It is not wide enough to pass a carriage. Bound to seven souls and eight elements.

Zhao Cheng felt very sorry when he saw it, and said again and again, "Master Su, that piece of land is not far from here, and the road is not easy to walk, so please work harder."

"It's okay." Su Mo waved his hand weakly.