12dz Chapter 198 Buying Mountain
Chapter 198 Buying Mountain
The village chief saw a group of people at the entrance of the Lin family's courtyard from afar, and quickly ran over. Upon closer inspection, he recognized them as acquaintances.
"Hey?! Lao Tao, you guys are here?!"
Old Tao turned his head and looked at Zhao Hua with a big smile. "Old Zhao, I was just passing by your house and wanted to say hello, but you weren't home."
Where have you been so early in the morning?!
Old Zhao is really lucky to have the Lin family's eldest branch. He's so close to them that he gets the benefits first. He's extremely jealous and envious!
"So, I'm going out to find a spot to dig a kiln... cave..."
The village chief was about to speak, but then he remembered that Tuyao Village started out making pottery and bricks, and suddenly felt a little guilty.
But Village Chief Tao became interested, though a chill ran down his spine. "Oh?! Your village is going to dig cave dwellings? To fire bone china?"
Upon hearing this, the village chief scratched his head. "Huh? Bone china? What bone china? We... hehe, we want to make bricks!"
Since he's already made it so clear, we have no choice but to bite the bullet and confess.
Making bricks?!
Upon hearing that it wasn't bone china, Village Chief Tao breathed a sigh of relief.
He glanced at Gao Mengli and Lin Xi. Although he had given the Lin family a share of the profits, he would never reveal the key to bone china to anyone else.
But he still felt it wasn't enough, so he gritted his teeth and immediately threw out a huge pie, leaving Zhao Hua "dazed".
Village Chief Tao immediately made up his mind and looked at Zhao Hua with a face full of joy, "Making bricks, making bricks is good! Do you know how to build a kiln? I'll go and help you take a look!"
Once the kiln is built, I will teach you how to fire bricks.
"When the time comes, you can fire and sell bricks, and we'll give you the brick market, how about that?!"
Once you've fired the bricks, you can't fire bone china anymore!
Gao Mengli smiled as she looked at Village Chief Tao, who was arm in arm with Zhao Hua.
How could she not see through that little scheme? She immediately took two steps forward and said, "Village Chief Tao, then I'll have to trouble you!"
Since we're going to be on good terms, let's give each other a push!
Village Chief Tao readily agreed, "Of course, of course!"
Immediately, he grabbed the bewildered Zhao Hua and headed to choose a place to dig a kiln!
When the kiln was completed and he started using coal, Village Chief Tao was extremely grateful that his "sacrifice" today had brought him a tremendous "gain"!
After everyone left, Gao Mengli looked at the basket of ceramics on the ground and was in a good mood. "Ali, put the ceramics back in the kitchen and replace all the earthenware plates in the house with these for Du Hao and the others."
After giving her instructions, Gao Mengli stood at the entrance of the courtyard, staring blankly at the back mountain.
Lin Xi followed her gaze and asked, "Mengli, are we going to buy the mountain?"
Gao Mengli nodded, then shook her head, "Xixi, I'm not sure whether to buy this mountain or not..."
After all, there are iron ore mines in the mountains, which is a hot potato.
In other counties, the mountainous areas are almost all bought up by local landlords, who then issue a directive prohibiting villagers from going up the mountains.
The villagers couldn't find a single piece of firewood, and the winter was very difficult for them.
However, Pingyao County was poor, and no one bought the hilltop.
Although the iron mine is under the control of the imperial court, it has not yet been exposed and no one knows about it. For the time being, we can still make plans for the back mountain.
Who knows, Pingyao might become wealthy in the future and be bought by someone else. The most affected will be Wangyue Village.
Gao Mengli bit her lip, but decided to take the initiative and said, "Xixi, go and bring all the family savings. Let's go buy a mountain!"
"Yes, yes, good!" Lin Xi completely agreed with Gao Mengli's opinion and quickly went to get the money from home.
The two arrived at the village entrance, boarded a horse-drawn carriage, and swayed their way into the county government office to find Dou Weiyi to buy the mountain.
To their surprise, upon entering the county government office, they discovered that there were still "strangers" in the prefectural government office.
As soon as Dou Wei looked up, he saw his "God of Wealth" arrive, and immediately waved his hand, "Why are you here? Come in quickly."
The two exchanged a glance and quickly went inside.
Watching Dou Weiyi hurriedly stamp a contract, blow on it, and hand it to the middle-aged man next to her, she said, "Shopkeeper, it's done. I wish you a prosperous business!"
The middle-aged man beamed, accepted the contract with both hands, and kept thanking the magistrate, saying, "Thank you so much, Magistrate!"
Dou Weiyi waved her hand, and the middle-aged man cupped his hands in greeting before hurriedly leaving.
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi looked on with curiosity.
Lin Xi moved closer to Dou Weiyi and whispered, "Lord Dou, what does this person do?"
Upon hearing this, Dou Weiyi smiled triumphantly, "Oh, this is the young manager sent by Wanjia Jinlou in Fucheng. They said they're here to open a branch of Wanjia Jinlou in Pingyao!"
This is the first time that he hasn't needed to "kidnap" anyone; businessmen have already come running because they've caught his scent!
The Golden Pavilion! That's the Golden Pavilion!
With Jinlou's arrival in Pingyao, and his report to the prefectural city this late autumn, his commercial tax revenue might no longer be at the bottom!
He was in a great mood!
He glanced at the two of them. "By the way, what brings you here?!"
Upon hearing the name Jinlou, Gao Mengli felt incredibly certain that she had made the right decision.
He quickly stepped forward and got straight to the point, "Sir, we want to buy the mountain!"
Dou Weiyi, who was drinking water, choked and sprayed water from her nose when she heard Gao Mengli's words.
He patted his chest hastily, coughed twice, and quickly put down his teacup. "What? Buy a mountain?!"
Good heavens! No wonder the magpies kept chirping in the yard when I went out today. It turns out it's a good thing, a very good thing!
He immediately pulled out a map of Pingyao, laid it flat on the table, and said excitedly, "Take a look and see which mountain you want to buy, and I'll arrange it for you right now!"
Lin Xi stepped forward, looked at the map, found the location of Wangyue Village, and pointed to it, "Sir, we want to buy this house behind Wangyue Village."
Dou Weiyi followed Lin Xi's finger and stared in amazement at the mountain!
This mountain was the largest in Pingyao, so he quickly sat down, found an abacus, and started typing away.
"This mountain is incredible, it covers 2,200 mu! Each mu of mountain land costs 2.5 taels of silver, so in total..."
Dou Weiyi followed along, excitedly and thrilledly calculating on the abacus. She dialed the final number on the abacus and exclaimed with joy!
He grinned broadly, looking at the two of them, "That's five thousand five hundred taels in total! The extra few acres at the foot of the mountain are free for you, no charge!"
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi: ...
Expensive, really expensive...
Seeing that the two remained unmoved, Dou Wei looked puzzled. "What's wrong? This price is already the lowest. You can't bargain!"
He would sell to others for 2.6 taels, but he didn't charge the two "gods of wealth" a high price; he cut off all his own "profits."
After all, autumn is just around the corner, and he needs to boost his county's profits.
Gao Mengli nodded at Lin Xi, who was standing next to Dou Weiyi.
Lin Xi immediately took the bundle off her shoulder and placed it on the table with a clatter.
He grinned, showing off his bright white teeth, and said to Dou Weiyi, "Lord Dou, here is three thousand three hundred taels; the rest can be put on credit!"
Dou Weiyi had just heard the silver clinking together, making a crisp sound.
Just as she was happily about to unpack her bundle and count the silver, she was caught off guard when she heard Lin Xi say, "Put it on the tab."
Dou Weiyi's smile froze instantly, as if she had been frozen in place. Her eyes widened as she stared straight at Lin Xi.
But only for a moment, he returned to his original state. "Let it be on the tab! But I'll make it clear that it can only be on the tab until the end of autumn, because at the end of autumn, I need to go to the prefectural city to pay the silver to Pingyao County."
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi nodded immediately.
After all, Dou Weiyi needs to boost her performance and meet the Pingyao KPI.
It's already very kind of them to put the purchase on credit and give them some time to renew it!
Gao Mengli immediately understood, "Don't worry, Lord Dou, we'll raise all the money in two months!"
Dou Weiyi never doubted the two men's ability to make money, and immediately took out a contract to write the land deed.
This year, he will definitely be able to shed his last-place ranking!