The fields that are connected one after another do not appear to be full of vitality. The crops that should be green and lush are turning yellow. The farmers are carrying water to irrigate the fields under the hot sun, but it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket in the face of drought.
When the farmers in the field saw Old Liu Tou, they all said hello. Old Liu Tou nodded and smiled, and then said to Zhu Feng: "It will definitely be difficult to have a good harvest this year. Look at the land, it's so dry that I don't know what God is doing."
When will it rain.
It’s the Grain Rain season but no rain has fallen. God is really trying to kill me.”
Qingyu looked at the shirtless farmers with their trousers rolled up, and felt sad. They were all working hard, but God was uncertain, and their efforts were not proportional to their rewards, but they could only grit their teeth and persevere.
Zhufeng couldn't help but sigh, there are so many suffering people in the world. He sighed suddenly and asked about the fields: "What's the price of the fields?"
Old Liu Tou then introduced: "I have appraised the land for dozens of miles around here. I have made countless deeds, and no one has said a word about it being unfair. The price I am telling you now is the normal price:
The price of Tianzi Di and Shi Zidi generally ranges from 2, 25 qian to 3 liang; Di and Li zi generally range from 1, 28 qian to 2, 24 qian;
Seven qian; and the word "di" ranges from one or two to one, two or three qian;"
Zhufeng was shocked, "So expensive?!"
Old Liu Tou had no choice but to say: "For generations, land was not so expensive, but land is now mostly owned by villagers, and most land is in the hands of landlords.
They have plenty of money. If others want to sell, they raise the price. If they don't buy, they will get it. If they buy, they will pay a high price. Gradually, the market has become what it is now. Otherwise, why would there be so few farmers? Survival is no longer easy, and there is no spare money to buy land.
.Most of them are tenants.
But it is also difficult to rent land. The land is in the hands of a few big landowners. They say they will get as much rent as they want, and they will transfer the land today and lift it tomorrow. This forces the tenant farmers to have no choice but to do whatever they say.
In the past, there was a rule that if you didn't use farm tools and oxen, you would get 50-50 points, if you used farm tools and oxen, you would get 40-60 points, and if you used farm tools and oxen, you would get 30-70 points.
Now, haha, there are some unscrupulous 28-cent or even 19-cent, and the ones left in the hands of the tenant farmers are not even enough for a year's rations."
"The life of the sharecroppers is so miserable." Zhufeng was stunned.
Old Liu put his hands behind his head, and his wrinkled old eyes looked at the fields in front of him. Many farmers in the fields were working hard. Although the weather was bad, they still tried their best to protect the fragile seedlings in the fields.
"Although the land is expensive and I, as a middleman, earn a lot, I feel really pitiful when I look at these tenant farmers. I am also a farmer and I can relate to them.
Farmers depend on the sky for their livelihood, but the landlords don't care about this and stipulate how much must be given out from a piece of land. If they can't give out, if it's not enough, then the tenant farmers will have to find a way.
I just hope that in my lifetime I can see someone change this land system."
Both Zhufeng and Qingyu were silent for a while. The sufferings of the people can only be understood by going deep into the lowest level. Looking at the huge Yinzhou City, even in this troubled time, it is still prosperous, but these prosperity are
It was built on the back of countless suffering people.
After a long silence, Zhufeng asked: "It was said to be the normal price earlier. If it is abnormal, what is the price?"
“What’s abnormal is that the current weather conditions, coupled with the suppression by the He family, have driven down the price of land in the hands of small landlords.
This is not the market price. I can't make the decision. I can only act as a middleman to mediate between buyers and sellers. As for the price, you have to discuss it yourself."
Qingyu remembered what she heard from the teahouse and asked: "I heard that I was paid five cents an acre? What kind of land is it?"
Old Liu Tou couldn't help but glance at her, "Hey, you kid, you know it. It's a profit. It originally started at one or two yuan, but it was reduced to five yuan."
Then he pointed to a tile-roofed house not far ahead, "Look, we're here, that's right in front." Then he raised his voice: "Yangzhuangtou, there are distinguished guests coming. Come out quickly." Immediately, several dogs barked.
Yang Zhuangtou, who heard the sound in the room, quickly came out. When he saw Old Liutou, he greeted him happily, introduced a few people into the main room, and asked people to serve tea and snacks. The little girl serving tea carefully placed the snacks in Qingyu's hand. Qingyu
Smiling at her, the little girl ran away with a smile.
Old Liu Tou got straight to the point, pointed at Zhu Feng and said, "This is Zhu Feng's boss in the city. He wants to buy land, so I'll bring him over to have a look."
Then he said to Zhufeng: "This land is all owned by the Yang family, and it is all land with the word "profit" and above. When buying land, you must try to buy as fertile as possible, so I will bring you here to take a look.
If you like it and you guys come to an agreement, we can sign the land deed today."
Yang Zhuangtou glanced at Old Liutou, with a questioning look in his eyes, but he still smiled and said, "How about we have a few sips of tea and go to the fields to see?"
Zhufeng was about to drink tea when he heard that all the land was named Li. He put down his tea cup and said with a smile, "I want to buy the land with the word He." Qingyu told him before going out that he would buy the poorest land.
"He Zi Di?" Old Liu Tou and Yang Zhuangtou were both surprised. Old Liu Tou knew that the boss Zhu didn't know the land, so he advised:
"Boss Zhu, you have to listen to my advice. Buy land and buy Wo land. Since it is a land with the word "He", how can the output be high? Especially this year. If you buy the land with the word "He" again, you will really have no harvest this year.
.
If you don’t believe it, I’ll take you to the fields to see. The crops in the fields are almost dry, and the tenant farmers can only sit on the field ridges in a daze every day. There is nothing they can do.”
Zhufeng chuckled and affirmed: "I know, I will buy fifty acres of Hezi land."
"Fifty acres?" Old Liu Tou laughed in surprise, "It seems that chasing the boss will make a fortune, and he would rather buy fifty acres of poor land. This is the first time that I, Old Liu Tou, have seen him."
Yang Zhuangtou was a little curious, "Why did Boss Zhu buy so many squares of land?"
There was less than a hundred taels of silver in his pocket, so of course he would save what he could. Zhufeng muttered in his heart and said: "Wonderful use."
Yang Zhuangtou chuckled and changed the subject, "Boss Zhu, it's your first time going to the countryside when you look at me."
"My family just moved to Yinzhou City a few days ago." Zhufeng explained.
But Old Liu Tou hissed, a little embarrassed, "It's hard to find so much land at once. Boss Zhu, if you ask me, if you want to buy so much land, just buy one continuous piece, the price is
It’s a little more expensive, but it’s easier to manage.”
"Is there a land with the word "H" connected to it?" Zhufeng asked.
Old Liu Tou smiled bitterly: "Are you serious that you only want He Zi Di? You don't want anything else?"
Zhufeng nodded: "Seriously."
"This... then you have to give me two days, I have to find a way." Old Liutou stood up, gave Yang Zhuangtou a bow, and was about to leave, when he heard a shout from outside, "Old Liutou
Are you there?"
"I'm here." Old Liu Tou said goodbye to Yang Zhuangtou first, then walked out, squinted to see who was coming, smiled, and walked forward, "What kind of wind brought Boss Tong here?
The boss asked me to come here?"
Tong Yaowen laughed and arched, "No, I went to your house to look for you first. When I said you were here, I hurried over and chased you. I was sweating profusely from running." As he spoke, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, but
Seeing Zhufeng and Qingyu come out, he said "Huh?" and stared at Zhufeng a few more times.
Zhufeng stepped forward and said goodbye to Old Liu Tou, "Thank you for your trouble. I'll come back to you in a few days."
Old Liu patted his chest: "Don't worry, I'll cover it."
After the two left, Tong Yaowen asked: "Who is that person?"
"Boss Zhu, who just came to Yinzhou, is a weirdo. He wants to buy fifty acres of herringbone land. He is also a layman who knows nothing about land. He doesn't know what he wants to do."
Tong Yaowen also looked strange, "It's really strange, this person looks so familiar."
"Oh? Probably not. He said he just moved to Yinzhou a few days ago." Old Liu Tou said.
"It's strange, I don't remember seeing this person before, but he looks familiar."
Yang Zhuangtou, who was in the room, came out. He also recognized Tong Yaowen and quickly greeted him, "Boss Tong, long time no see. Please sit inside."
Tong Yaowen wiped his sweat and walked inside, "I came here today because I want to buy land, two hundred acres of land and more."