Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 251 Intermission
It has been many days since Dongzhu came to Shanyang City, and her identity is no longer a secret. Li Ao's eyes are obviously useless to a prairie barbarian like her. Only Sun Xiangfu's gaze was put down. Little Toto was not found in vain. Her identity as the representative of Xue Yantuo's department was enough to dispel everyone's doubts.

"380 words."

"Four hundred words."

"410 words."

The bidding price of the first piece of land is very important. This is to show the subsequent transaction price. Dongzhu's bid card is firmly held up, and the effect is not to raise the price of a certain house. An encouragement from small and medium-sized families who want to bid for this piece of land. Anyway, my family is not competing. Since I can afford the price, why not continue to bid.

Li Ao's temper is getting worse and worse. Moreover, he is a smart person, and he has seen the crux of the problem. It is because this Hu girl, Dongzhu, has been holding up a sign, and the other companies have been following. If she doesn't bid, then , the other several companies are forced by their own threats, and it is estimated that they will die down soon.

"Wait a minute, the old man has something to say."

Sun Xiangfu was still waiting to bid, but Li Ao raised his hand and stood up from the auction stand.

As a big family related to Li's royal family, Sun Xiangfu naturally did not dare not show him face, cupped his hands and said to Li Ao, "I don't know what old Patriarch Li has to say?"

"The old man wants to ask Dudu Sun, when can I sell the land of Tang Dynasty to foreigners?" Li Ao pointed to Dongzhu who was still holding a sign.

Seeing someone pointing at him angrily, Dongzhu made a playful face at that person, which made Li Ao even more unhappy.

"Uh, this one, I'd better invite Mr. Wei to explain it to you!"

Sun Xiangfu made a gesture of invitation, and Wei Zheng stood up from his seat with some reluctance.

Sun Xiangfu had anticipated this kind of situation early on, and had discussed with Wei Zheng about some situations that might arise. His mission on this trip is to represent the imperial court to maintain fairness and justice. Therefore, according to the previously formulated regulations The system explained, "Patriarch Li, the imperial court does not sell land to anyone. What it sells is only the right to cultivate. After three years, these lands will all have to pay taxes to the imperial court. Whether it is a barbarian, Han people, who can help the imperial court cultivate land and generate tax revenue, are welcome by the imperial court."

Hearing this, Li Ao was a little dumbfounded. Wei Zheng's statement really made sense. Why did the Anbei Governor's Mansion hold a conference to attract investment and auction off these lands?It is precisely because the people under the Anbei Protectorate Mansion are unable to develop this place, the emperor and all the civil and military officials agree to use this method to achieve the purpose of development. Otherwise, he would not come here to participate in this event today. auction.

But he was not reconciled to this little girl messing up the situation here, so he said, "As we all know, the barbarians outside the pass are not good at farming. It was said before the auction that these lands will be developed into fields within a certain time limit. If you sell them to these barbarians, Do you want to give them this piece of land suitable for farming as a pasture?"

For such a question, Sun Xiangfu had already matched his words with Wei Zheng, almost without thinking, Wei Zheng replied, "Old Patriarch Li, the Anbei Governor's Mansion has already said that he will guide all the land outside the customs that will be auctioned. You don’t need to worry about developing the planting technology. In addition, even if they don’t grow well, we will have corresponding penalties and an agreement to take back the land. Whether they can plant it will have to wait until they buy the land.”

Listening to Wei Zheng's explanation without hiccups, the elders of the several big families knew that this guy was probably well prepared, and among the bidders, the brand that had been withdrawn representing the Shandong family was taken away again. They raised it up. They just took down the brand because they received warning eyes. There are still many families in Shandong who can afford tens of thousands of dollars. The big deal is that they jointly pay for the development!With Wei Zheng's support, they are no longer as afraid of the big families of five surnames and seven families as before.

Therefore, Li Ao's interruption of the auction not only did not reduce his competitors, but increased them instead.

Seeing the extra bidding cards, Li Ao pointed at Wei Zheng several times, but he didn't give a convincing reason.

"If Patriarch Li has no doubts, then the governor will continue to bid."

"Keep asking the price, keep asking the price, if you can't afford it, don't yell."

Dongzhu's shout almost spurted out Li Ao's mouthful of old blood, and stomped the crutch in his hand, Li Ao sat down on the bidding seat again, but the young man beside him who helped him hold the sign understood What he meant was to raise the bidding sign high.

"420 words."

"450 words."

"Five hundred words."

Soon, Sun Xiangfu's bidding price reached an integer mark. He knew that if he shouted higher, if the actual money invested was equivalent to the price of buying an acre of land in the pass, then many people would not bid on it, so , looking in the direction of Dongzhu.

Dongzhu immediately understood what Sun Xiangfu meant, and withdrew the bidding sign. At this time, the other families that were still bidding also showed hesitation.

"510 words."

"520 words."

When the price was called out, there were only Wei Shuxie, Yang Hong and Li Ao's signs remaining in the field. Withdrew.

"One time for 520 papers, two times for 520 papers, three times for 520 papers. Deal."

"Congratulations, Patriarch Li won the No. 200 plot at a total price of [-] million yuan."

Sun Xiangfu's excited shouts sounded again, and the boy holding the placard for Li Ao had already stepped forward to the auction stage. If he bought [-] mu of land in Guanzhong at a price of [-] to [-] guan, it would be a big profit. One hundred thousand mu of barren grassland outside the customs seems a bit high, but there is no way!Li Ao was brought up, he didn't want it, others would.

Auction is the most deceitful sales method in later generations. With the first land as a base, the subsequent land will basically be won at such a price. This is more than the budget made by five families and seven families. But it was more than several times higher, especially for some good land near Shanyang City. The bidding had not yet started, but the 100 million mu of land on the western edge cost them 60 million guan.

Moreover, when these aristocratic families buy things, where do they need to pay in installments, they pay in full directly. For a while, the censor team led by Wei Zheng became money counters. The unregistered cabinet workshops were redeemed and installed, and those who got the land got a land purchase agreement. In the next three years, they can develop the purchased area into fields, and the Anbei Governor's Mansion will Issue them field title deeds.

It was noon, and even though everyone was excited by the number of money, they couldn't resist the onslaught of hunger. Sun Xiangfu announced that the auction would have an hour-long intermission. Everyone can go to a nearby restaurant to finish their meal, and then The auction in the afternoon was held, so, regardless of whether the land was photographed or not, everyone hurriedly left the venue, and Sun Xiangfu led Wei Zheng to the backstage behind the stage.

"Today, the old man has seen your Sun Zhengming's ability to turn your hands into clouds and turn your hands into rain. You just sold 100 million acres of land, and you have an extra 60 yuan in your account. This money is almost enough to solve the problem. Chang'an is urgent."

"Your Majesty Wei, don't think so. This is where it is? Do you know how much money these people have saved in Shanyang's cabinet during this period? 2000 million yuan, the mansion has been taxed by the court for seven or eight years."

"Two, 2000 million guan?"

Even the prudent Wei Zheng took a breathless breath when he heard this data. A century-old family, a thousand-year family, and wealth accumulated year by year, the capital at hand is indeed strong enough. His Shandong Wei family, It really can only be ranked at the bottom here.

"Well, so, don't be complacent about the income of 60 million yuan. Our task is very difficult!"

"You mean, give them all the money?" Wei Zheng was startled when he heard this, his eyes sparkled.

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu shook his head with a smile and said, "It's impossible to get all of them out, at least half of them will be made! If I'm not mistaken, those families with seven clans and five surnames might have a very uncomfortable lunch. The money will flow to those small and medium families."

Wei Zheng asked in confusion, "Why?"

Sun Xiangfu spread his hands and said, "Serfs! Although they have a lot of money, they definitely don't have enough serfs. Usually they don't let the serfs idle. Now that they have so much land in their hands, they will definitely plant the fields where they were originally. If they are transferred from the serfs, this will cause the serfs under their name in the pass to cultivate more land, and there is a tendency that they will not be able to bear the load. Therefore, they need small and medium-sized families to share their pressure. Pay a high price to buy the serfs in the hands of small and medium-sized aristocratic families."

Wei Zheng thought for a while, then asked puzzled, "This way, wouldn't those small and medium-sized aristocratic families have more money to bid for land with them?"

Sun Xiangfu shook his head again and said, "No, if the small and medium-sized families don't have serfs, they are not eligible to bid for land, and if the five surnames and seven families get the serfs in their hands, they don't have to worry about these small and medium-sized families bidding for land with them. Taking the land at a very low price will save the money for buying the serfs, so they only spent the money corresponding to the purchase of the land, but bought all the serfs.”

"He, are they so smart?" Wei Zheng was stunned.

"Don't doubt their wisdom. When they have a plan, they will use it. When they have nothing to do, they will play a rogue. Let's just watch!"

"Watch? What's the use of watching? We can't let their plan succeed and cause the court to suffer losses."

Wei Zheng is not stupid. He already thought that if the five surnames and seven families were to buy all the serfs in the hands of small and medium-sized families, then when they bid for land, if they colluded and did not compete with each other, Sun Xiangfu would have to sell the land at a low price. Selling, during the whole process, the small and medium-sized families sold the serfs at a high price and benefited. The seven clans and five surnames also benefited from buying serfs and fields with the money that would have been used to acquire the land. Then, the only loss is the court. At this moment, I already feel that there are loopholes in the rules of this auction, how can we tolerate the court's losses!

(End of this chapter)