"Master Zhang, I have one more thing, old man. Can the things you just said be fulfilled? What about priority in renting seeds, rent-free pest control, etc. Also, if we sell the land to your family, can you get it?
Do you have money? The Zhou family said that even if it is 2,221 acres, they must pay only half first. They said that our land is probably not large enough, and we must wait until the acres are measured correctly before paying the rest. They said it is to prevent us from paying.
The common people are playing tricks. How dare we common people play tricks with these powerful people? The land is all based on the land deed, and the land was measured by the previous government. How can we still eat the acres? Old man, I don’t believe in the two marquises.
Master, I just want to ask about this matter clearly." The old man who asked the question said again.
Zhang Yanling frowned and said: "Is there such a thing? I thought that the Zhou family wouldn't go too far, but I didn't expect that they wanted to deduct your money when they bought the land at a low price of two to two. This is just an excuse for the Zhou family to deduct money from you."
It’s just your money. When you measure it later, you will definitely say that your fields are not enough, and you will withhold the remaining money. By then you will have already signed the paper, and there will be nothing you can do. This is really shameless."
"Oh, isn't it? The Zhou family wants to deduct our money. They are really evil-hearted people. When the time comes to measure, it will be measured by the government. As long as the Zhou family gives instructions, how can the government not listen to him? It's really bad.
It’s clear.” Someone suddenly realized and shouted.
"A person with such a black heart will never give birth to a child with eyesight." Someone started to curse. All the people also cursed.
"Don't be rude in front of the two marquises. Besides, we haven't sold the land to his Zhou family yet, so why are we scolding him?" the old man frowned and shouted.
Everyone then shut up.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "The issues that this old man is concerned about will never appear in my Zhang family. When we sign a sales contract, the conditions I mentioned will be clearly stated in black and white in the contract. It will be evidence when the time comes. If I don't fulfill the contract
, you can use the contract as evidence to sue me. Our Ming Dynasty has laws, and even we princes must abide by the laws. As for the money from selling the land... Everyone, let me show you something. Huang
Fourth, lead someone to carry the box out and place it in front of the villagers."
Huang Si agreed and immediately called the servants to take action. After a while, large wooden boxes were carried out one by one. More than thirty large wooden boxes filled the open space in front of the inn lobby.
The common people didn't know what it was and stared blankly. But Zhang Yanling shouted: "Open the box and let the fellow villagers see our sincerity."
There was a ping-ping-pong-pong sound, and more than thirty large wooden boxes were all opened. Under the illumination of the surrounding wind lanterns, the boxes emitted a silver-white halo, which stung the people and made them unable to open their eyes. The boxes were actually full of silver. They were full of money.
There were dozens of boxes of silver. The common people all had their mouths wide open and their expressions were dull. They had never seen so much silver in their lives. Not to mention dozens of boxes, they had never seen even one box.
Zhang Yanling smiled and took out a silver ingot from the alley, played with it in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, we have brought cash. We will collect money from one acre of land for one acre of land. No arrears, no arrears, and we will pay it on the spot.
.There are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver here. I did the math, and I can probably buy more than 30,000 acres. Do you have 40,000 acres of land here? Then you have to sell it first and pay it first. If you are late, you can only sell it to the Zhou family.
.It’s not that I don’t want to take it all, but my brother and I currently only have so much cash on hand. So, if you think about it clearly, we can sign the contract all night tonight. After all the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver here are spent, we will
It’s time to stop. Don’t blame me for not making it clear before I get out of the way. After passing this village, there won’t be that store anymore. Do you have any questions?”
The people were in a state of excitement and excitement, and they began to whisper to each other, and no one raised any questions.
Seeing how enthusiastic they were talking, Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Since you don't have anything to ask, let's discuss it by ourselves. I'll give you a stick of incense to think about it. After this time, please make a decision. Let's sell the land as soon as possible."
Take the land deed to sign the contract and deliver it, without selling or forcing it."
Zhang Yanling turned to Zhang Heling and said, "Brother, let's go in and drink tea and wait."
Zhang Heling nodded. The two brothers were about to go into the house to drink tea and wait. Suddenly they heard someone behind them shouting: "Everyone, what are you waiting for? What are you still discussing? Hurry back and get the land deeds for delivery. Call everyone in the village to come quickly.
Ah, are you all stupid? Are you going to sell it to the Zhou family’s evil-hearted person when it expires the day after tomorrow? I don’t care, I’ll go back to the village to get the land deed first and call someone.”
Zhang Yanling looked back in shock, only to see an old man leaving his seat and running hurriedly out of the inn. As soon as he left, the others suddenly woke up from a dream, stood up one after another, pushed each other and staggered away in a swarm. In an instant, it turned out that
The bustling courtyard was deserted.
"These mud-legged guys move really fast." Zhang Heling said with a smile.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "They have to do this to make a living. There is nothing to laugh at. You and I will do the same if we are in this situation."
Zhang Heling rolled his eyes at his younger brother and said, "Don't say such unlucky words. How could you and I end up in this situation?"
Zhang Yanling smiled and thought to herself: After Jiajing came to the throne, our situation was worse than theirs. We were imprisoned and ate scraps of food every day. Moreover, after more than ten years of living like this, how could you know.
"Brother, it seems there is no time to rest tonight. We have to stay up all night to sign a contract to buy their land. Brother, do you want to go and rest for a while? You will be very busy soon. I'm afraid you will get sleepy in the middle of the night." Zhang Yanling said with a smile.
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Zhang Heling waved his hand and said: "I am the most energetic for this kind of thing, how can I feel sleepy? You rest, I will arrange the manpower."
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "Yes, my brother has more experience in buying land than I do. However, our money is not enough to buy all the land, what should we do? We are still short of at least 50,000 taels of silver."
Zhang Heling glared at Zhang Yanling and said: "I knew you were going to say this. Did you know that I brought the banknote?"
Zhang Yanling said in surprise: "Brother, did you bring another banknote? Didn't you say that you got one hundred thousand taels of silver by selling iron and borrowing it here and there?"
Zhang Heling whispered: "I brought all your sister-in-law's private money. She refused at first, but I promised her a penny of interest, and she agreed to give it to me. Fifty thousand taels of silver, a penny of interest, you have to get this interest
recognize."
Zhang Yanling laughed and said: "Sister-in-law is very good at lending usury to her family. I don't want to snatch a penny of profit. However, it's okay to follow the authority when the matter is urgent. These fifty thousand taels are for emergency use. We'll pay the interest
admit."
Zhang Heling chuckled and said, "You know what I mean."