Chapter 1192 Buy the fertile wasteland in Jiaozhou directly, it is not fragrant
Chapter 1192 Wouldn’t it be nice to buy the fertile wasteland of Jiaozhou directly? (Please subscribe and vote)
A team of several hundred people marched slowly toward Jiaozhou along the main road, which was in relatively good condition.
At this moment, Cheng Ping, the chief shopkeeper of the Han and Tang Dynasty merchant houses, and other officials from various houses and offices were all looking at everything in front of them with shocked expressions.
It is already autumn, but now, in the vast and endless farmland around Jiaozhou Dudu Mansion, farmers are all working hard.
In quite a few fields, farmers are hard at work planting seedlings.
This scene can only be appreciated in the Chang'an area during spring plowing time.
"Be a good boy, old man. This is the first time in my life that I have seen people plowing in autumn."
"It seems that it is indeed a geomantic treasure land. It can be cultivated in autumn and can be cultivated all year round."
"Then how much food will be produced..."
"Our master is indeed wise and mighty, if you don't come over and see with your own eyes.
I really didn’t know that the land here is so fertile, with three crops a year, wouldn’t that be equivalent to one acre of land being equal to three acres of land in the past..."
"I'm going to write to our master soon and ask him to send more tenants over. Otherwise, it will be such a waste of such a treasured land."
Governor Gu stood at the top of Jiaozhou City, looking at these guys who were supposed to arrive in Jiaozhou City half an hour ago.
One or two movements were astonishingly slow, and the team of hundreds of people walked and stopped, as if they were sightseeing.
However, Gu Da didn't think there was anything inappropriate about this. He stroked his thick beard and glanced at Deng Zhizhou beside him with a smile.
Deng Zhizhou saluted Gu Da and hesitated for a long time before he finally said something.
"It seems that there are quite a few people in the court who are moved by the news."
"Dong Wei, Duke Lu, Duke Liang, Duke E, Duke Kui, Duke Qiao, Duke Ying, Duke Hu, Duke Danyang, Xue Wanjun, brother Xue Wanche, Niu Jinda..."
"On the royal family side, there are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Princess Jinyang, His Royal Highness King Wu, and King Li Daozong of Jiangxia..."
Deng Zhizhou felt like he could no longer count them on his ten fingers. Among these people, Deng Zhizhou's scalp would feel numb if he came to any one of them.
Now that there are so many top nobles of the Tang Dynasty, even the princes are here to increase their presence, it must not take too long.
More and more top nobles of the Tang Dynasty will turn their attention to the Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion, which was originally regarded as a barbaric and useless place.
"Okay, let's go down..." Gu Da saw the team getting closer and closer. Even among the people coming, none of them had official status.
They are all stewards of the families of various top dignitaries, but he does not dare to look down on these people.
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Governor Gu personally welcomed these stewards into the Governor's Mansion, held a banquet, and enjoyed a banquet in which both guest and host enjoyed themselves.
After that, the stewards wisely retreated and went to Jiaozhou City to find a place to rest.
Only Li Dabao, the chief guard of Duke Wei, who was an old acquaintance of Governor Gu, and two stewards sent by Gu Da's son remained.
After a while, I arrived at Governor Gu's study.
After a few pleasantries, Li Dabao, an old acquaintance, handed over a letter written by General Li Jing.
Gu Da read the letter carefully, and it turned out that it was not beyond his expectation.
His former immediate boss, Li Jing, a benefactor of his father, expressed his appreciation for his work in the Jiaozhou Dudu Mansion.
In addition, he also hinted in the letter that his own doll was useless and he, as a father, had no choice but to help the child.
I heard that the land in Jiaozhou is fertile and can produce three crops a year, so I specifically wanted to ask if I could get some good farmland.
In addition, Li Jing also mentioned the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Bank, which planned to buy a large piece of mountain land in Jiaozhou for pepper cultivation.
The letter even directly named the company. This trading company was established with His Majesty's personal permission. Therefore, I hope that Brother Gu Xian will give you your full cooperation in this matter.
Later, the steward of the Gu family handed the letter from his young master to Gu Da.
Gu Da glanced briefly and raised his eyebrows high.
His own son also joined this Han and Tang Dynasty trading house, which obviously only the top dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty could take shares in.
Why this is is naturally self-evident.
First, of course, the Han and Tang dynasties wanted to plant pepper near Jiaozhou. This thing was a joint venture among the juniors.
And as far as he knew, His Majesty personally took charge of the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Bank's stock purchase on behalf of Princess Jinyang.
The second is that the purchase of fields is the idea of the princes, but you can't just do it by the way?
Then the housekeeper also took out a thick stack of letters written by various princes. Just looking at the signatures on these letters made Gu Da's eyelids twitch.
Even though he knew that the contents should be similar, Gu Da still opened each letter and read it carefully.
Li Dabao and the Gu family steward who went south with him were drinking water there and waiting quietly for Gu Da to read the letter.
It wasn't until he read all the letters that Gu Da took a long breath.
The corners of his mouth slightly raised in pleasure, even though these bunch of important military officials of the Tang Dynasty rushed towards him like wolves and tigers.
But in fact, for the Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion, which has a vast territory and a sparse population, this is definitely extremely rare good news.
Because they are willing to purchase land here, it means that the court and the important officials in the court will pay more attention here.
And if you make your own achievements, it will naturally be easier to be seen.
Whether it was a pepper plantation of some kind, or families wanting to purchase fields in Jiaozhou, Gu Da thought about it for a long time.
I don't have any reason to refuse.
Thinking of this, Gu Da took a deep breath and his eyes fell on Li Dabao.
"Come, come, brother Dabao, I'm afraid we brothers will have to hold a candle and talk all night long today, so we can have a good time."
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Naturally, Li Dabao wouldn't hide it, and the two of them were spitting on each other for almost the whole night.
The next day, Li Dabao left the Governor's Mansion with a pair of dark circles under his eyes and an excited look on his face.
In the following days, each family purchased about 50,000 acres of wasteland. Yes, it was wasteland...
After all, if it is converted into fields, even if it is a field in Jiaozhou, an acre of paddy field, why don't you have the guts to do it?
But wasteland is different. An acre of wasteland costs only three hundred dollars. If you cultivate it into a field, you will only receive land tax, and you will not be asked to pay money again.
But you have to understand that this is Jiaozhou, which happens to be located in the Red River Delta, and the land is very fertile.
Moreover, the water network is densely covered, which is most suitable for rice cultivation.
As long as you have the ability to build up the field ridges and then plow the soil, you will become fertile fields.
So, compared with one or two acres of land or three hundred yuan of wasteland, wouldn't it be better to just buy the wasteland?