"But one thing I don't know is that for noble families like Qinghe, how much land they have in their families has been registered with the court. The hereditary Yongye land does not account for a large proportion, and the oral land is the big one. Even if they
Even if you are willing to sell it, I don’t dare to buy it.”
Chu Nanzhi chuckled: "Shopkeeper Sun is still trying to trick me."
"The little land awarded to the nobles by the imperial court is nothing. Shopkeeper Mu doesn't know. From now on, you are a foreigner and you don't know the situation in our three states of Qinghe."
Shopkeeper Sun moved closer to her, and suddenly smelled a faint fragrance, and then was startled: "Excuse me for being rude, but why did I smell a daughter's fragrance?"
"Daughter's fragrance?"
Chu Nanzhi looked stern, and then said with a smile: "It's all because I met a beautiful lady in Mengzhou a few days ago, and lingered for several days, which made me laugh."
"I see."
Shopkeeper Sun looked around her carefully before continuing:
"Except for Mengzhou, the capital of our three Qinghe states, Tanzhou and Xiazhou were originally barren lands. After Taizu established his dynasty, he asked the army to come to these two states to reclaim wasteland. Many noble families took advantage of this opportunity.
By concealing the number of fields, you can pay a lot less taxes. Now that the imperial court is implementing the New Deal, and the land annexation phenomenon in the three states of Qinghe is extremely serious, the nobles are worried about changes, and naturally want to turn the fields into money as soon as possible.
Only in this way can we sit back and relax, as these unreported fields are where we make money."
"According to what shopkeeper Sun said, this business is indeed successful."
Chu Nan looked at him with a non-smiling smile.
"Don't worry, Shopkeeper Mu, my business will definitely be a profitable business. In a word, what Tanzhou City lacks most right now is land, but what it lacks most is money."
Shopkeeper Sun patted his chest again and vowed: "As long as you have money, it doesn't matter how much land you want."
Hearing him speak so confidently, Chu Nanzhi didn't know whether he really had such strength or was just a charlatan.
However, the method of hiding the fields he mentioned does indeed exist in Danzhou.
And she dared to conclude that this was not the only method used by nobles to hide their fields.
According to imperial statistics, Tanzhou has more than eight million acres of registered land, of which nearly two million acres are official land, while private land is less than this number, and the rest of the land is in the hands of noble families.
This is just a number on the tax register. It is difficult to know how many fields have been hidden.
After all, Tanzhou is one of the largest states not only in the land of Qinghe but also in the entire Dahe Empire. With a population of more than five million, the number of fields on the books cannot support the whole state.
Now she had to find a way to find out how many fields were not in the book. Only in this way could she get the number of the breeding department.
Thinking of this, she began to have a heart-to-heart talk with shopkeeper Sun over wine.
After some heartfelt exchanges, Chu Nanzhi pretended to be drunk and took out a large handful of banknotes from his arms and handed them to Shopkeeper Sun, which amounted to five thousand taels. He said casually: "I can make friends with Shopkeeper Sun today."
Such a talented person is really lucky. A little money is not a sign of respect. Please give me more support in the future. Please do more for me in the land business. If you have any other profitable business, remember to bring me with you."
After finishing his words, he spat out a few more words freely: "My Mu family is not short of money, money is not a problem."
Looking at the thick stack of banknotes, the words "Tonghui Bank" reflected in it were particularly eye-catching. Shopkeeper Sun's eyes suddenly turned green. He declined with some embarrassment: "How can this make Brother Mu spend a lot of money? It's really generous."
, but I don’t have much merit yet, we meet by chance, how dare I accept your money.”
"Ahem, what are you talking about?"
Chu Nanzhi pushed the banknote in front of him again: "It's just a matter of a few thousand taels of silver. Even if brother disappears after today, I will still be happy and willing to make you a friend."
Only then did Shopkeeper Sun confidently put the banknote into his pocket, stood up smugly, and promised with great emotion: "Don't worry, brother Mu, you can tell me the number, as long as you open the golden mouth, let alone the fields in Dangyang County, it will be fine."
It’s as much land as there is in Tanzhou.”
"Okay, based on your words, I recognize you as my brother."
Chu Nanzhi also responded casually: "When my second shopkeeper and I add up the sum, we will prepare the silver immediately. I have made a decision on this deal."
"Easy to say, easy to say."
Shopkeeper Sun replied drunkenly.
The two exchanged pleasantries again, and Chu Nanzhi asked Ma Laifu to send him out.
Back in the room, Sang Qi was a little worried: "Master, you are so eye-catching, I'm really worried that you will attract too many people."
"I just want people to know the existence of my boss, Mu Da."
Chu Nanzhi sneered disapprovingly.
Sun You, Sun Li and their son did not allow the victims to escape, so there must be something fishy in this.
Instead of going out hard to find clues, it would be better for someone to take the initiative to deliver the news to you.
In the Prefecture of Dangyang County, Sun Youzheng was furious with his son Sun Li because of the escape of the victims: "You bastard, I asked you to comfort those refugees, but you made such a big noise and even caused a loss of life. I'm afraid the Queen has already heard about it.
for the evil deeds you have done.”
"It's just two cheap lives. I don't think anyone would dare to expose this matter."
Sun Li explained calmly: "Father, don't worry. I have already told those talkative people that they dare not talk nonsense anymore. As for the incident in Tanzhou, those lowly households will not be able to survive unless they are able to survive."
We are impatient, otherwise even if the Queen comes to the county in person, no one will dare to expose us, and now we are all grasshoppers in the same boat."
The father and son were talking to each other when they saw a bloated middle-aged man hurried in and shouted happily: "My lord, my lord, I have found a buyer."
Sun You and Sun Li looked at each other and asked in unison: "Sun Huai, is the person you are looking for reliable?"
"This man is a wealthy businessman who relies on the Zhao family's caravan in Luyan Port. I think he is very generous and must be reliable."
Sun Huai replied with a smile.
This person was the wealthy businessman from Dangyang County who was negotiating with Chu Nan Zhi about the land sale, and was a brother of Sun You's clan.
After hearing this, Sun You and Sun Li looked at each other and then cautiously replied: "The Zhao family's caravan is indeed a well-known wealthy businessman, but I heard that the old Mrs. Zhao has some connections with the new emperor.
I’m afraid it would be inappropriate to make this deal with them.”
"Business is business after all. Princess Yanjun is the daughter of the Empress Dowager and she always points at our noble Qinghe family. What's more, it's a businessman's family. How can we not be moved by the money?"
Sun Huai persuaded him, and then he dispelled Sun You's worries: "That's true."
Staring deeply at Sun Li and Sun Huai, he said in a deep voice: "Son, you can go with your uncle to meet this Zhao family shopkeeper. First, use your aunt's 200,000 acres of fertile land in the county to test it out.
, if this person really has the strength to swallow this mouthful and is credible, then we will discuss the next matters with your aunt at that time."
"Okay, father, don't worry, I will definitely settle this matter with my uncle."
After Sun Li finished answering, he hurriedly left the prefect's mansion with Sun Huai.