Yamazaki and Shandai went to Yahang first to buy a house.
I chose a house in the northwest of the city, sixty-six steps long and sixty-six steps wide.
(The length and width are about 50 meters, covering an area of about 2,500 square meters.)
A mansion consisting of three entrances, six ears and nine courtyards has four wells.
In the front yard, there is a gatehouse and stable, a kitchen and woodshed on the left, a servant's room on the right, a butler's house, and three large shops.
There is an atrium, a study room on the left side of the main hall, a living room on the right side, and guest rooms on the left and right sides, each with three large rooms and six small rooms.
In the backyard, there is a main building, a garden pavilion, and two small buildings on the left and right sides.
Along with the flowers and plants, the basic furniture and furnishings cost one hundred thousand taels of silver.
(Equivalent to forty taels of silver per square meter, equivalent to forty thousand yuan.)
(One tael of silver buys a thousand yuan, two yuan buys a vegetable bun, and two yuan buys a vegetable bun, that is, one penny is equivalent to one yuan, and one tael of silver is equivalent to one thousand yuan.)
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The reason why he chose this is because Yamazaki asked Yahang about the landlord Liu Xuan and knew that the landlord Liu Xuan was a businessman and his family had a lot of land.
So I guessed right away that he was a landowner with a lot of land. His land was destroyed and he didn’t want to pay taxes for free, so he sold his house and ran away.
Of course, that's not what he said, but that there was an emergency in his hometown, and that's what was written in the document.
Yamazaki did not dwell too much on this aspect, but stated that he also wanted to buy other properties.
The landlord Liu Xuan was worried, so they hit it off and reported the property.
There are four vegetable markets in the city, with eight stalls, four vegetable stalls, and four butcher shops, with a price of four thousand taels.
A dim sum shop costs one thousand taels.
A rice shop with a large warehouse is priced at 20,000 taels.
There is an oil shop, a spice shop, a grocery shop, and a medicinal shop, all with warehouses, each priced at 10,000 taels.
A ferry inn is priced at ten thousand taels of silver.
There are ten restaurants inside and outside the city, priced at five thousand taels of silver.
A large teahouse, including a juggling troupe, cost ten thousand taels of silver.
A large restaurant with an inn is priced at ten thousand taels of silver.
A winery is priced at fifty thousand taels of silver.
After listening, Yamazaki asked, "Since you have so many food businesses, how do you solve the problem of supply?"
The landlord, Liu Xuan, couldn't help but sigh, "To be honest, I actually still have land."
Yamazaki asked him to speak slowly, so he spoke in detail.
Yes, he is indeed a big landowner.
There is a large farm with hundreds of households and thousands of tenant farmers.
There are 5,000 acres of paddy fields and 5,000 acres of dry fields under his name.
Among them, what is grown in the dry fields is not grain, so there is no need to pay autumn grain, but commercial tax. The tax is only paid after transactions, so if you lose, you will lose.
On average, 5,000 acres of paddy fields will produce more than two shi of rice per acre, totaling more than 10,000 shi of rice, which requires more than 5,000 shi.
One stone weighs ten dou, which is more than 50,000 dou.
A bushel of unprocessed rice usually costs sixty-seven taels of silver, which is three to four hundred thousand taels of silver.
Although there is a tax exemption, you still have to spend 200,000 taels of silver to buy rice before you can make the payment.
In this case, if he doesn't run, who will?
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Yamazaki thought about it and said that he could spend 250,000 taels to buy all the properties of the landlord Liu Xuan, but he would need the landlord Liu Xuan to give away the farm.
The landlord Liu Xuan thought about it again and again, but couldn't figure it out.
"The farm will obviously lose money, why do you still want the farm? Do you have any way?"
"You don't have to worry about it. Anyway, I'll give you two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver. You can give me all your property, and you can take care of your urgent matters."
"this……"
"Okay, you can think about it again, but I believe my price is the most reasonable. After all, I didn't lower the price, right?"
"Yes, yes, but this ten thousand acres of land is my inheritance for the rest of my life, so I really can't bear to part with it."
Yamazaki was funny, "If you really buy 10,000 acres of land, the market price is only 100,000 taels, and now it's even worthless."
"Right now you still have to pay 200,000 taels in taxes. If you can't move the fields, I'm afraid it will be reduced to 100,000 taels."
The landlord Liu Xuan laughed dryly, "Well, the paddy fields are worthless now, but the dry land is still valuable."
"I see," Yamazaki suddenly realized, "you want me to add another fifty thousand taels to buy your five thousand acres of dry land."
The landlord Liu Xuan quickly said: "If that's the case, that would be great."
"Not good," Yamazaki shook his head, "If I'm not wrong, the dry land has also been flooded and needs to be reclaimed. It's already September and most of the harvest won't be done until next year."
"What's more, there are tenants to support and restaurants and restaurants also need ingredients. It's hard to say whether these investments will pay off."
"If you insist that I offer up to 300,000 taels, then I will lower it to 200,000 taels."
"If you don't agree, let's just say goodbye."
"You continue to look for your next home, and I will continue to look for my house. I believe that there are still houses like yours."
The landlord Liu Xuan smiled apologetically, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, you said 250,000 taels of silver is just 250,000 taels of silver."
"Then the deal is done. When can you transfer the ownership?"
"Well, please allow me three days to prepare for the move."
"no problem."
"Um, would you like to pay a deposit?"
"It's impossible. The local autumn harvest is in progress and will end at the end of the month. If the official suddenly raises taxes in the past two days, our deal will naturally fall through."
"Ah?" The landlord Liu Xuan was sweating.
Yamazaki held up his hand and said, "We'll see you in three days. I'll say goodbye."
"No, no, we will trade now, but you can add thirty thousand taels, and I will leave most of the things to you."
"It's really not necessary. Please take your time to clean up. I'm not in a hurry to move in."
"Pfft!" Shandai couldn't help laughing, because Yamazaki was indeed not in a hurry, but the landlord Liu Xuan was obviously very anxious.
The landlord Liu Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "In this way, except for valuable items such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, everything else will be left to you, but you have to add fifty thousand taels."
Yamazaki shook his head, "To be honest, I only have 2,780,000 taels of cash on hand right now, so it's impossible to increase the price. I'm just asking you for a price and doing some shopping around."
The landlord Liu Xuan gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, "Okay, then two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver! We will sign the transfer agreement now."
Yamazaki shook his fan and said, "You can take away the manpower in the house, but you have to keep the manpower in the shop and the tenants. You can't give me an empty shell, otherwise it won't be worth the price."
"Okay!" the landlord Liu Xuan said through his teeth.
Yamasaki achieved his goal and bought property and manpower worth at least 400,000 taels of silver for 250,000 taels of silver.
I won’t say much more, just find a dental shop and hire someone to write the paperwork.
For a business of 250,000 taels, each party gave Yaxing 2,500 taels.
It can be regarded as the four expenses of the intermediary, the middleman, the guarantor and the documents.
Yamazaki calls himself Misaki, and that's what the paperwork says.
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The landlord Liu Xuan took Yamazaki and Shandai home, and then packed their things here and summoned the shopkeepers and tenants there to meet the new owner.
The landlord Liu Xuan calmed down and didn't want to leave Hancheng anymore, so he asked the housekeeper to rent a house.
Yamazaki felt that it was difficult to deal with the many sudden things, so he simply let him continue to live.
No money is required, the condition is help getting started.
The landlord Liu Xuan agreed, and it can be said that they hit it off immediately.