My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 67 Greedy
However, Jiuyuanting has a sparse population, and there are only sparse rice fields on both sides of the Jiuyuan River, which are cultivated by farmers living nearby.

The place Lu Yi chose was a bend in the Jiuyuan River, where the Jiuyuan River made a large U-shaped bend. Lu Yi estimated that it was about the same size as the complete version of the medium-sized fort that Zhang Jia had calculated for him. It was just the right place to lay the foundation for the construction of Luwu.

Moreover, the population here is relatively concentrated compared to other places in Jiuyuan, so it is not completely an undeveloped wilderness.

It is only fifty or sixty miles away from Jiuyuan County and can be reached in one or two days. It is neither too far nor too close, and can play a certain role in blocking the news from Jiuyuan County. It is very suitable for Lu Yi to build his own little world.

The only drawback is that the surrounding terrain is too flat and there is no strategic location to defend.

Fortunately, as long as we can get through this year carefully, when Lu Yi's complete form Luwu is successfully built, it will be equivalent to building a solid fortress in this land. As long as we store up food and grass, when danger and enemies come, we can defend the fortress, which can be regarded as a certain geographical advantage.

Being close to a river, there is no need to worry about water source.

Although there are some farmers' fields on both sides of the river, Jiuyuan has a sparse population and most of the land is wasteland.

Lu Yi built this place as his base camp.

The act of annexing land and unifying the tone is unstoppable, and it also makes it easier for Lu Yi to acquire other farmers' fields.

If it is a place that is too wealthy, not only will the overall cost increase, but the difficulty alone will increase countless times.

Throughout history, whenever demolition is carried out, driving indigenous people away from their ancestral lands where they have lived for generations is against the laws of nature and human ethics, and it has never been a good life.

"Since my dear brother insists on doing so, I will follow your wishes." Huang Huan saw that Lu Yi didn't care about it, so he didn't care even more. He just let it go. Anyway, he had the money, so why should he care whether Lu Yi lived or died?

However, out of consideration for his own safety, Huang Huan continued to add a sentence with a warning tone in his voice.

"However, in order to prevent someone from making a fuss about this matter in the future, it would be best for you to follow the normal process and pay to redeem the land to prevent future troubles."

However, Huang Huan did not want to offend the new God of Wealth of Jiuyuan County, so when he saw Lu Yi frowning, he quickly added another sentence.

"Of course, you and I are brothers, and I will definitely not let you suffer any loss. Although these lands are temporarily uncultivated, the fertile land near the river is just uncultivated. After two or three years of cultivation, it will be excellent farmland. However, I have some ideas. As long as you are smart, these fertile lands may not be impossible to turn into barren wasteland..."

"Oh, what County Magistrate Huang means is...?" Lu Yi raised his eyebrows and asked immediately.

"Haha, our dynasty has a set of land measurement standards that have been passed down for four hundred years, and the prices have long been determined."

"Among them, good farmland costs ten thousand to twelve thousand coins per mu, medium farmland costs one thousand to four thousand coins, and poor and wasteland only costs one hundred to three hundred coins. Moreover, the nature of the fields is different, and the taxes to be paid each year are also different!" "Every year, the prefectures and counties will send people to verify the fields. Even for you, it is difficult to cover it up. But if you are willing to spend some more money to get the connections in Wuyuan County, I guarantee that you will not only be able to get these lands at the lowest price, but also you will not be afraid of the prefectures and counties coming to Jiuyuan Pavilion for a thorough investigation in the future!" Huang Huan stroked his beard and smiled. The confidence and familiarity he showed showed that this was obviously not the first time he had done such a thing.

"Then... I wonder how much it will cost...?" Lu Yi frowned, as if he was seriously considering Huang Huan's suggestion.

"Not much, not much!" Huang Huan was not willing to miss this opportunity to make a fortune, and immediately promised solemnly: "As long as you spend half the price of the good farm, I can buy these good farms for you at the price of two thousand coins per mu, and I guarantee that I can get it done, and there will be no hidden dangers!"

"County Magistrate Huang means that I should spend an extra 5,000 coins per acre of land?" Upon hearing this, Lu Yi frowned even deeper and made the first round of bargaining silently.

"Ten thousand to twelve thousand. The middle price should be five thousand five hundred coins. But as long as my dear brother is willing to agree, five hundred coins is a small matter." Huang Huan had not yet realized that he had followed in Zhang Shang's footsteps and fell into Lu Yi's trap, but he was secretly excited in his heart.

He is already experienced in handling this kind of thing. If he can negotiate a fee of 5000 coins per acre, he can make a fortune from it.

In addition, he said that Lu Yi should buy land according to the standard of two thousand coins for a medium-sized field, but he was the county magistrate who was in charge of documents and land contracts and deeds. It was only a matter of a stroke of a pen to secretly exchange the medium-sized field promised to Lu Yi for inferior land worth only two or three hundred coins. In this way, another large sum of money would fall into his own pocket.

Even though Huang Huan was only a small county magistrate in a small border county, he still had the potential to become a bigger corrupt official in the future.

I have to say, this is a rare talent.

"Money is just something outside of our body. Anything that can be solved with money is a small matter, but..." Lu Yi said with a sad face, "The key is that I am short of money now and I don't have much savings..."

"I also understand your difficulties, brother. So, if I make more trips to the prefectures and counties and do some favors, the price should be lowered to only 3 coins. I can also adjust the properties of the land and help you calculate it as a lower-grade middle field worth 1000 coins." Huang Huan frowned slightly when he heard this, feeling a little dissatisfied. However, even so, he still had great benefits, so he put on an sympathetic look and spoke to Lu Yi from the bottom of his heart.

"Brother Huang and I have only met a few times, but Brother Huang is willing to work so hard for me. I am really grateful!" Lu Yi also pretended to be touched, but when he saw that Huang Huan's expression seemed to still have room for bargaining, he immediately complained, "It's just that I still need to save some capital for business, otherwise if the caravan can't operate, I will go bankrupt immediately, and I won't have so much money to redeem the land."

"Hmm?" Huang Huan's face showed displeasure when he heard this, and his tone became cold: "My dear brother, it's not that I am greedy, but all this money is going to be circulated in the prefectures and counties, and not a penny will go into my pocket!"

Huang Huan first stated his selfless stance, but when he saw Lu Yi's calm look, he felt a pang in his heart for some reason, and he had no choice but to give in and once again took the initiative to lower the price.

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I woke up in the middle of the night. I felt empty if I didn’t write any more. So I just got up and wrote another chapter~
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