Chapter 445： retreat

There is a river outside the west gate of Lin'an City called Qinghe. The Qinghe runs around Baoshan and faces Daming Mountain. The land that Yagong mentioned is right next to the Qinghe. The riverside depression and three small hills occupy about 300 acres. Of the 200 acres, about 50 acres are between the hills and the hills. Mu Yangling went to see it. The more than 150 acres from the depressions are not bad, including the upper, middle and lower third-class land.

The riverside depression is about 120 mu. If it was in the previous life, it could be developed into a landscape or a park, but now, such land cannot be cultivated.

Digging a gully to drain the water is estimated to be able to obtain fields with better fertility, but that would destroy the wetland environment, and it would also require a lot of manpower and material resources. Mu Yangling did not feel the need for operation.

Mu Yangling rode his horse around the neighborhood, and when he came back, he smiled at Yagong: "Tell that manager Liu, I bought his land, but I still hope you can keep the price down, these rivers You can't cultivate the side depressions."

"This..." Master Ya was very embarrassed.

Mu Yangling said slowly: "How much money you can hold down, I'll give you half of it later."

Yagong Ma said: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely do my best."

Mu Yangling nodded slightly and took the people back.

Both Lichun and Guyu can ride horses, so the two took a step back to Mu Yangling and asked in confusion, "Fourth Grandma, how did you buy this place? There are only about 200 acres of arable land."

Mu Yangling pointed in the direction of Daming Mountain and said with a smile: "How beautiful is the scenery there? We can't afford the land there, it's nice to live here and see it."

Lichun and Gu Yu looked at each other and didn't believe that Fourth Grandma was not someone who only liked to play.

Mu Yangling went back but sent the two away, ran to Qi Xiuyuan's study to find his map, and took out a blank piece of paper to draw it carefully.

When Qi Haoran came back from the outside with the smell of alcohol, Mu Yangling was still in the study, he poured a pot of hangover soup and came to look for her.

Mu Yangling pushed him in disgust, "Hurry up and take a shower and change your clothes, it stinks to death."

Qi Haoran sat on Mu Yangling's seat with a sway, burped and muttered, "I don't feel bad."

He picked up what Mu Yangling had drawn, shook his head and said, "This is the fragrance of wine..." Qi Haoran paused, narrowed his eyes, looked at the paper in his hand seriously, and looked at Mu Yangling in surprise, "This is Yes……"

Mu Yangling didn't mind that he stinks now, so he leaned beside him and whispered, "How about we buy this Zhuangzi and live there for a while now and then?"

Qi Haoran's eyes sparkled and nodded, "You can ask someone to build it. After the repair is complete, you and your sister-in-law will live there from time to time."

On the map, there is not only the piece of land that Mu Yangling was interested in today, but also the road map from there to the Lord's Road. Qi Haoran can understand it just by looking at it. That is the back road that Mu Yangling intends to leave for them. There are four official roads around the main road on Daming Mountain, and in four directions, no matter where they go, they can return to Xingzhou House in the end.

If something really happened one day, this would be one of their back roads, even better than the back road arranged for them by the older brother.

And this is the reason why Mu Yangling is willing to buy the land. She will buy it regardless of whether it is profitable or not.

Qi Haoran picked up the pen and drew a circle under the westernmost hill, saying, "Our Zhuangzi is built here."

Mu Yangling nodded, "That's what I mean. When the time comes, we will build houses all the way to the east for farmers to live in. Fortunately, we will go from east to west after we leave the city, so we will be hidden from the village and go west."

"Zhuang Zixiu is older, I will send you some guards over there." Qi Haoran said in a low voice.

Mu Yangling said with a smile: "Okay, but they have to be able to farm, otherwise it would be too obvious to stay in the village."

Qi Haoran nodded, then folded the paper and burned it, saying, "Just keep it in your mind."

Ya Gong finally helped them reduce the price to 1,800 taels. Mu Yangling kept his promise and gave him 1,900 taels. He didn’t come forward, and directly asked a manager of the restaurant to follow him and finish all the procedures.

After the land was sold, Steward Liu found out that it was the Qi family who bought the land, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. The Qin family did not tell the Qi family that it was like water and fire, but it was definitely not friendly. He came here at this time. Isn't doing business with the Qi family courting death?

Steward Liu wanted to take the land back, and the steward of the restaurant who went there said with a smile: "The sale has been completed, it would be inauthentic for Steward Liu to go back on it."

Steward Liu had an ugly face, but he watched him leave helplessly. If there were other people, he would still be able to suppress them, but Qi Haoran couldn't hold back.

Mu Yangling started asking people to buy people and hire long-term workers when he got the things. As for Zhuangzi's stewards, he was selected from the people they brought.

Spring will be here in a month, many people flock to Lin'an City, and even the slave market is very lively. The chosen manager of Zhuangzi, Zhu Liang, bought fifty-eight slaves in one go, most of them are single, and only four are. Bring home.

Zhu Liang did not take people back to Qi Mansion, but directly asked people to build a shed at the bottom of the mountain and start building a house.

These are nominally Mu Yangling's dowry, so the Qi Palace has no right to meddle.

Zhu Liang is the eldest son of Director Zhu. It goes without saying that Qi Xiuyuan and Qi Haoran are loyal. Unless he can ignore his parents, wife and children in Beidi, he will not betray them, so Mu Yangling is very relieved to leave the matter to him. manage.

Zhu Liang didn't understand why Fourth Young Master let him go to Fourth Grandma to manage Zhuangzi, because before, he was under Fourth Young Master to manage some information, and it is impossible not to regret it.

But he always remembers what his father said. All he has to do is to listen to the master's words, so he won't show any resentment, and he will do everything that Mu Yangling explained.

"Fourth grandma, I'm afraid that only the long-term workers and the servants are not enough. Should we hire some tenants to rent out the land?" Zhu Liang asked.

Mu Yangling frowned slightly, she had never hired tenants before, she took out the map of Zhuangzi they built, and clicked on the larger area to the east, "Only rent out this one, and use the rest. Long-term workers, you can build more houses, and then the long-term workers will live here and separate them from our people."

Mu Yangling pointed to the tunnel in the middle of the three mountains: "Except for the houses that were built, the rest of the fields are handed over to the people to cultivate. Don't let the tenants easily come to the village," Mu Yangling smiled, "But don't do it either. It’s too obvious, okay, the spring planting is about to start, just allocate half of the staff to build the house, and we have to start preparing for the cultivation.”

Zhu Liang got excited when he heard it, and did not allow the tenant farmers to come to the village. It seemed that this village was of great use. Sure enough, how could the Fourth Young Master let him bury him in the farmland?