Chapter Sixteen
The old lady who was in charge of the talks in Lujiazhuang coughed and shouted, "Don't do it first, the competition for land change has not started yet."
Qin Jiuxiao thought that he could teach his opponent a lesson during the competition later, so he barely suppressed his anger and stepped back.
Ji Aojian thought that today is clearly a "fight for land", but it is said to be a "change of land". It turns out that rural people also know how to do something bad and want to package names.
Seeing that the old man was very old, his hair and beard were all white. He didn't know whether he was eighty or ninety, he didn't mean to find Qin Jiuxiao to have another attack. "Then old man, just talk about this meeting."
Lu Taigong sighed heavily, walked a few steps with the crutches in his hand, and came to the middle of everyone.
He pointed to the mulberry field road outside the village, "About ten years ago, my Lujiazhuang began to change fields and plant mulberry trees and raise silk to sell them. Your families are similar to us."
Everyone present said that it was.
Lu Taigong had a heavy atmosphere. "At the beginning, selling silk made a lot of profits, which was much better than planting some wheat and rice in the fields. Soon the fields in the whole farm were converted into mulberry gardens. And as long as the women's family worked hard, the men in the farm had their spare time and went to work in the city one by one. Everyone felt that life was better at that time."
At that time, people from Sizhuang made more money by making silkworm than growing grain, and people at home often worked as a job outside, and each household had a wealth of income and lived a harmonious and beautiful life.
The old lady continued, "But in a few years, more and more people raise silkworms in the south of the Yangtze River, and the price of silk is getting cheaper and less than that of growing grain. We bought rice and noodles from outside, and the price is getting more and more expensive."
The entire Jiangnan no longer farms, and all grains are bought from other places. How can the price of this grain not rise?
Ji Aojian thought to himself, this is the market risk. Old people, if you want to make money, you must be mentally prepared to lose money.
Lu Taigong continued to sigh, "What's more important is that farmers must pay according to the land. If the land is changed to a mulberry garden, the land tax will be even more."
He raised his crutch and tapped hard, "But the price of the silk collection this year is 30% lower, 30% lower!"
The land under his feet had already been knocked out by him one deep hole after another.
Everyone seemed to have fallen into the bottomless pit as well. After taking the silk tuition, the income from selling silk this year was less than that of growing grain.
Moreover, people no longer have the food they grow themselves, and they have to spend money on the market to buy rice and flour that is much more expensive than they used to be.
The old lady was breathing and finally took a breath, "Now we are growing the food again, and the children outside are unwilling to come back. The silk we raised in our hands is too expensive. If we still make a living in each village, we will only lose all our family."
"In this field change meeting, all the families agreed to take out all the mulberry gardens in the village and let the first place in the competition buy the village."
The people from all villages nodded and started to discuss: "Instead of everyone losing their lives together, it is better to have a family do the sericulture alone, and it is better to negotiate with silk."
"Most of the people in our village work in the city and have joined some small gangs. If we lose to Sangyuan this time, we will go to the city to join the people of our village."
"But Mr. Lu, is there any difference in the selling price of this Sangyuan?"
None of these four farms is rich and powerful, and no one can eat all the mulberry gardens of other farms in one go.
Lu Taifu, "This is naturally a bit different, otherwise why bother to compete? Just quote each company directly, and the higher the price will be."
"After this competition, at the current land price, the first place needs to buy the second place mulberry garden at full price, buy the third place mulberry garden at half price, buy the fourth place manor at one third price, and buy the fifth place manor at one quarter price."
Each village discussed it, but there was no objection.
Ji Aojian thought, you can think of gathering mulberry fields and carrying out large-scale operations of sericulture. But just a few of you, what kind of climate can they form together and affect the silk price acquisition in the entire Jiangnan region?
Also, your family is going to engage in mulberry garden mergers and acquisitions, so you can do it yourself. Why did you call me over? My family doesn’t do mulberry.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the old lady from Lujiazhuang came to ask the young master of the Ji family what he thought.
Ji Aojian smiled and said, "Old man, why do you think our Tianqing Villa will participate in the merger of the mulberry garden?"
Lu Taigong said in surprise, "Master Ji, have you forgotten? This was decided a year ago."
"The situation of raising silkworms last year has been very declining. Guizhuang once suggested buying our mulberry garden. We discussed and said we would like to see it for another year. At that time, you agreed with Young Master Ji that if our four villages plan to go to all mulberry gardens, Tianqing Villa will also participate."
Is this what I negotiated last year?
Ji Aojian quickly thought in his mind that it would be nothing if he had used the financial resources of Tianqing Villa last year to buy your mulberry garden. But now Tianqing Villa has changed its archway and has lost all its wealth. He only relied on planting some wheat and rice in the field to survive. If he had won the first place in the competition, he really didn't know whether he could buy your mulberry garden.
Qin Jiuxiao said coldly, "What's wrong, Mr. Ji, are you afraid of losing?"
Ji Aojian shook his head, "Young Master Qin, don't worry, no one I lose to you."
Qin Jiuxiao said, "Then why are you hesitating? Is it because you don't have money to buy land? Since you don't have money, why are you fighting for land? You really don't know how high the world is."
He is also a martial arts world, so he naturally knows that after the martial arts family goes to the martial arts archway, their wealth will plummet.
Ji Aojian suddenly remembered that there weren’t many sisters who could be called wealthy and wealthy? There was even an older sister who specialized in silver business?
What are you worried about? At worst, you can just borrow money from them and buy land.
He laughed, "Young Master Qin, don't worry about me, I just bought you Yandang."
Lu Taigong looked around and saw that no one was talking anymore. He said, "This competition is the same as in previous years. It is divided into three games, one is archery, the second is strength, and the third is boxing. In each competition, only one person can appear in each village, but if the number of games is changed, you can change people."
"The sun is getting late, so we will start our first event, to compete for archery."
Lujiazhuang set up five targets on the gutter field. When Ji Aojian entered the field, he was slightly surprised to find that the position in the center was actually him, not the young man Yandang Qin.
Could it be that they still have some respect for Tianqing Villa as a martial arts family in order to show respect?
On the right side of Ji Aojian is Qin Jiuxiao, and on the left is the person from the family farm. It is the girl who just called out that Young Master Qin was Qin Tiedan.
The rule of archery is to shoot ten arrows outside fifty steps, and the winner is the one who hits the target with more red hearts. If the number of times the red hearts is the same, take a step back and play for another round.
Ji Aojian pulled the bowstring and the first arrow easily hit Hongxin.
He looked up and down, left and right, and was very satisfied. Although he had been busy practicing boxing for a while, he had not lost his accurate archery head.
Just as he was about to take the second arrow, Qin Jiuxiao next to him was already laughing, "Master Ji, those who practice martial arts should be smart and sharp-eyed and skilled. Your archery speed is too slow."
It turned out that he had already shot three shots and Ji Aojian had not yet sent out the second arrow.
Ji Aojian slowly pulled the bow, shot another arrow and sighed, "I only learned arrows not long ago. I have practiced for less than half a month, so I can't get up."
This is completely true. Although Ji Aojian has a stable body and excellent head because of his blue sky above his head, he has not been able to learn it for a long time and has not yet mastered his shooting speed, which is even worse than Xiao Xun.
However, as long as you see the accuracy of shooting slowly, Ji Aojian will have a sensible archery level. Naturally, he will not fall to a level that is only tangible and sensible, so that the hit rate will be reduced in order to pursue the rapid shooting.
The girl in the family on the left suddenly turned around and smiled, "Master Ji, that young man Qin seems to have a lot of objection to you."
Ji Aojian said strangely, "How do you know?"
This girl has beautiful eyebrows and looks, and although she is not as good as Mr. Ji's sister, she can compete with Xiaoxun.
At this moment, she had shot the first round of ten arrows and hit the red heart.
Ji Aojian thought to himself, he shot faster here, Young Master Qin, why are you embarrassed to mock me?
The girl in the family said, "Isn't Qin Shaoxia's cousin in your house? Of course, Qin Shaoxia is a little unwilling to accept it."
Ji Aojian was speechless. You all knew about Qin Jiuxiao and his cousin. As expected, gossip is the easiest thing to be discovered, and no matter how you hide it, it can't be hidden.
Qin Jiuxiao said angrily, "Quan Xiaohui, you talkative woman!"
She just called out her original name and was already very unhappy. Now she is talking about her own gossip, which is really unbearable.
Quan Xiaohui ignored him. Seeing Ji Aojian shooting the third arrow, he still hit the red heart. He couldn't help but exclaim, "Mr. Ji, although you haven't learned arrows for a long time, you have a very good accuracy."
Ji Ao Jian said, "Of course, because I have a famous teacher to give me some advice."
Quan Xiaohui asked curiously, "Which famous teacher is it?"
Ji Aojian said slowly, "It's Qin Shaoxia's cousin, she taught me to shoot arrows step by step."
As soon as he said this, Qin Jiuxiao's face twitched violently, his hands shook slightly, and the last arrow fell on the target, but did not enter the red heart.
Ji Aojian sighed, "Young Hero Qin, martial arts practitioners should be skilled and smart, why did you fail?"
Qin Jiuxiao could no longer stop the fire in his heart. He took out the country slang he had learned since childhood and cursed Ji Aojian, throwing all the demeanor of the young man aside.
Ji Aojian was as if nothing had happened, and slowly shot all ten arrows into the red heart. He thought to himself, when my head was blue, I wouldn't be dizzy even on the ten-foot platform. Do you want to interfere with me after a few scoldings? It's really superficial.
Seeing that he also hit all ten arrows, Quan Xiaohui said, "Mr. Ji, let's take a step back and shoot the next round."
At this moment, only two of them were all red-hearted, and Qin Jiuxiao was hit by nine out of ten arrows, ranking third.
Ji Aojian smiled and said, "Miss Quan, my archery skills are not as good as you. I am willing to give up the disadvantage, so I don't have to compete again."
He really admired Quan Xiaohui's archery is still steady and determined.
Quan Xiaohui was delighted. Although she was skillful in archery, she was a woman after all and had weak strength. If she went to tie the game, the distance of archery would become farther and farther, and once she could not shoot the target, no matter how high the archery technique was, it would be useless.
However, although he was happy, he felt a little embarrassed, "You don't have to admit defeat. Although you ejaculate a little slower, you ejaculate very accurately."
Ji Aojian waved his hand and said a reason, "Miss Quan, I have been learning arrows for a short time and have only practiced fifty steps in the distance. I will not shoot any further. I will definitely lose."
Qin Jiuxiao almost vomited blood after listening. It turned out that Young Master Ji only had fifty steps to ejaculate. If he was not deceived, he would be eliminated in the next round. With his arm strength advantage, he would sooner or later win Quan Xiaohui. He should have been the first place.
Quan Xiaohui said with a smile, "Since that's the case, I'll thank you Mr. Ji."
Her eyes rolled and she said, "Mr. Ji, you can tell your master's ability from your archery skills. I really want to visit my sister of the Lu family and ask her for advice on archery skills."
Ji Aojian said with a serious look on his face, "Miss Quan, Xiao Xun is from our Ji family, not from the Lu family."
Quan Xiaohui nodded repeatedly, "I'm wronged, young owner, don't be surprised."
Chapter completed!