Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 822 - 419 Good Field_2
Of course, this requires someone to mediate, as there are issues such as land swaps involved, something that Wu Yugui and his son Wu Jiaxing are particularly adept at handling.
"This matter is not impossible; let me and Jiaxing give it a try," said Wu Yugui.
"Third Uncle Wu, Brother Jiaxing, this matter is pretty troublesome," Lian Manman said with a smile.
"You know it’s troublesome," Lian Shouxin reproached Lian Manman, "It’s only because of your Third Uncle Wu and Brother Jiaxing that we would agree to help with this favor. If it were anyone else, they wouldn’t be willing."
"That’s one aspect," Lian Manman continued with a smile, "Another is that, regarding this matter, of all the people in these ten miles and eight villages, only my Third Uncle Wu can make it happen."
"Jiaxing, did you hear that? Your uncle and Manman have put it so clearly. We father and son need to put in extra effort," Wu Yugui said with a laugh.
The whole room burst into laughter.
"How should the terms be discussed?" Wu Jiaxing asked.
"Purchase land at the original price," Lian Manman had already prepared a plan, "Brother Jiaxing, you’ll need to consider carefully at the time, and if it really doesn’t work, you can add a bit to the price, but make sure not to let us suffer too much of a loss. For the corn seeds and sweet potato seedlings, they will be given when we start planting next spring, and we should draw up the contract now. For the corn seeds, we won’t take cash; one pound of corn seeds will be traded for a hundred pounds of corn at harvest. As for the sweet potato seedlings, they will be five wen money apiece."
Two pounds of corn seeds can roughly plant one acre of land. By the time of harvest, one can yield seven hundred to nine hundred pounds of corn. If Lian Manman’s family receives two hundred pounds, there would still be five hundred to seven hundred pounds left, equivalent to the yield of planting two acres of other crops.
One sweet potato seedling can yield ten to twenty pounds of sweet potatoes. At five wen money per seedling, this is also a very reasonable price.
"The quantity of our corn seeds and sweet potato seedlings is limited; it’s not the case that you can purchase as much as you want," Lian Manman then gave a rough quantity, allowing Wu Yugui and Wu Jiaxing to deal within this limit.
"Alright, then we will go and discuss terms based on this."
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Wu Yugui indeed lived up to his reputation as Qingyang Town’s most prominent broker; within two days, he and Wu Jiaxing had managed to negotiate the deal.
"After discussing this matter, my lips have practically thinned a layer," Wu Yugui was quite proud of accomplishing such a negotiation.
That morning, all the relevant individuals were invited to the main hall of the Lian Family, and Lizheng among others were called upon as witnesses to begin signing the contracts.
On the large kang bed in the main hall, a table was set up, with Lian Manman, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi sitting at its side. In front of Wu Lang were writing brushes and paper, while in front of Xiao Qi was an abacus. Wu Jiaxing collected titles from the people of Zhao Family Village, one by one, handing them over, and Lian Manman was responsible for verifying the deeds. Xiao Qi calculated how much silver needed to be paid, and then, let Wu Lang look over the titles and record the acreage, price, and other details.
In total, there were ten title deeds, each with varying amounts of land, adding up to ninety-four acres in total, with each acre priced at four taels of silver, amounting to a total of three hundred and seventy-six taels of silver needed for payment.
The land had been re-measured and matched the deed. Next was the contract for the land purchase, which each party signed and sealed. Since this was not the first time they had purchased land, the participants were familiar with every step of the process and quickly completed the signing of the contracts.
After the contracts were signed, Lian Manman went to the backyard, opened the chest, and took out the silver. The income from the sale of corn this year, the money left by Shen Liu when he took the sweet potatoes, plus the income from the shop in these past few months, as well as the money from selling some peanuts, sorghum, and millet – after deducting the major expenses of the new house and the purchase of several dozen acres of mountain land, there was still enough money left over to cover the cost of purchasing the land this time, and there was even a surplus.
Wu Jiaxing and Wu Lang carried the silver, with Lian Manman following behind, back to the main hall.
After counting out the silver coin by coin, the purchase of the land and the White Deed was complete. All that was left was for Wu Yugui to take the contract to the County Yamen and exchange it for the Red Deed, and then everything would be in order.
Then, contracts were signed with everyone for the sale of corn seeds and sweet potato slips.
jin of corn seeds were set aside for sale, and 1230 sweet potato slips.
By next autumn, 360 jin of corn should yield a harvest of 36,000 jin. As for the sweet potato slips, by next spring they could be sold for 6150 silver coins.
Of course, the biggest gain was the contiguous stretch of farmland; 94 mu purchased today, added to the 45 mu originally owned by Lian Manman’s family, making a total of 139 mu.
Wu Yugui went to the County Yamen with the White Deed the very next day, and by evening he had transferred the official Red Deed to Lian Manman.
After dinner, the whole family sat together around the kang.
"Manman, how much land do we own now?" Lady Zhang asked with a cheerful grin.
Lian Manman was eating walnuts and didn’t speak, only gestured with her mouth towards Xiao Qi.
"Mother, our family now has 139 mu of good land and 68 mu of mountain land, a total of... 207 mu." Xiao Qi replied swiftly.
"Our family owns more than 200 mu now." Lady Zhang’s voice was filled with joy. She was well aware of how much land they had, her question was merely out of happiness. "With this much, can we be considered landlords?"
The family looked at each other, each with differing opinions.
"Of course, why not? Owning a hundred mu makes one a landlord," Lady Li said with a laugh.
"I think our family can be considered landlords now. Even if we can’t compare to the big landlords, having these 200 mu makes us Little Landlords at the very least," Lady Zhang added.
"Manman, what do you think?" Lian Zhizhi asked Lian Manman.
Lian Manman tilted her head; she was seriously contemplating whether their family could now be considered landlords.
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