After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

"Qingya, what do you mean..."

"Buy some land. Take it up before it's discovered. Of course, we can't take it all up. Our village has no one to back us up. We can't keep the land near the dock."

The village head also gave his opinion, "We still have to buy land. Once we have decided on a location, we can sell the centrally located land at a higher price. We definitely cannot give up other places."

"The closer to the river, the better." Ye Qing added.

The village head asked his grandson to go door to door to notify everyone and ask the person in charge to come over.

The head of the village seldom made notifications in this way, usually they would use a gong.

Those who received the notice came quickly, and when they arrived at the conference room, they looked at the scene inside and felt a little nervous.

The head of the village watched the last person enter and ordered the door of the meeting room to be closed.

"Everyone, I asked you to come here today because I have some news to announce."

The others listened to the headman quietly, no one was distracted.

"This news is a little uncertain. Once you leave this door, don't tell anyone else about it."

The faces of the people who came were even more serious. The last time the bandits attacked the village, it was not so formal.

"Qingya got some news in the city. Wu'an City is looking for a place to build a dock. There is a suitable place in the south of our village."

After hearing this, the people who came did not react. Some of them reacted quickly and asked the head of the village.

"Are you looking for someone to build a dock? Are you coming to the village to recruit workers?"

The village head took a look at the man and saw that he was a man with a quick mind.

"The location has not been determined yet, and the official hasn't issued a notice yet."

The village head paused, then continued, "Our village just has the possibility of being selected. I asked you to come here today to ask for your opinions."

"Li Zheng, whatever your opinion is, we will listen to you."

The headman took a sip of water and continued, "If, I mean if, a dock is built there, the price of our land will go up. We won't lose money if we keep it and sell it or build a shop there."

"Buy it, what are you hesitating about, it's such a good thing." Someone commented.

But some people are cautious, saying, "If we don't build a dock here, we might just waste money."

The head of the Wang family didn't say anything from the moment he heard the first sentence.

Now he seemed to have figured something out. "How can I waste my money? What I buy is mine. Even if I don't build a dock, I can still farm."

Ye Qing nodded after listening to this. That was the truth. There was no use keeping the money in your hands. It would be most cost-effective to use it to buy land or a shop.

But everyone has different ideas. Ye Qing feels that buying a shop may result in a loss, but there is no such worry when buying land.

The head of the village coughed, and the discussion around him died down.

"As for this matter, you just need to know the answer. It is not mandatory to buy it or not. It is up to you."

After the head of the village said this, the people who came became even more undecided.

Patriarch Wang did not hesitate and asked Ye Qing.

"Qingya, is the chance of our village being selected high?"

Ye Qing told the truth, "Now I have some ideas that can increase the chances of success, but I can't be sure."

"Qingya, do you want to buy it?"

"Buy it. The grain we grow every year can be sold for a lot of money." Ye Qing couldn't save money. If he had some money, he would either open a workshop or buy land.

The village head didn't care about them and let them decide. Those who were willing to buy the land could buy it together.

Their village made money and would buy land once or twice a year without attracting other people's attention.

The meeting in the conference room was adjourned, the village head went back first, and the others could stay and discuss the matter.

Ye Qing calmed down and followed him home.

The next morning, Ye Qing kept the money he had for working capital and used it all to buy land, about 200 acres.

The population here is small, and all her money was used to buy land, which only accounted for a small part.

The village head and Ye Qing are the weather vanes. As long as they do it, others will buy a few acres and keep them there even if they don't believe it.

The head of the village went to see Master Gu and Master Yang separately. Ye Qing didn't know what they talked about. He just saw that Master Gu bought ten acres of land, and Master Yang also registered his household registration in the village and bought five acres of land.

Liu Jing and several other people who had retired from the garrison had registered their household registration in the village early on, and they also participated in this discussion.

Finally, the village head made a count and found that all the families in the village had bought land, and almost occupied all the land within one mile on both sides of the pier.

The head of the village went to the city to get the land deed and met the yamen runner Zhang, who made fun of him.

Now news has also come from Wu'an City that a wharf is going to be built on the riverside.

The head of the village specially invited Zhang the yamen runner to have a drink, but he didn't get any useful information out of him.

Ye Lizheng went back and called people over again, this time to discuss the money in the village account.

There are not many places to spend money in the village. Apart from rice for newborns and private schools, the cost is not much in a year.

Everyone agreed to buy the land, and the grain produced from the land could be used to feed the children, without having to go to the city to buy it.

After buying the land, the villagers turned their attention back to the land. After all, this is their foundation.

I haven't seen Ye Dalang at home these two days. Every time I get up, Ye Dalang has already left.

Ye Qing got up very early that day and just happened to see Ye Dalang pushing the door and trying to go out.

"Brother, where are you going?"

Ye Dalang turned around and saw his sister. "I'm going to the mountain. Lin Wenzhi and I have planted a patch of herbs on the mountain. These few days are the critical moment, so we have to keep an eye on it."

Ye Qing then realized what he was busy with. The Lin family had been practicing medicine for generations and had a better understanding of herbs. The two of them tried to grow some slightly more expensive herbs.

"You guys should come back early in the evening. You've been on the mountain all day and you must be exhausted."

Ye Dalang waved his hand nonchalantly and went up the mountain with Lin Wenzhi who was waiting outside.

Several scholars in the family have all passed the county examination. These two days, Uncle Ye Er and Uncle Ye San accompanied them to take the provincial examination.

Old Man Ye and Mrs. Li were very nervous at home, so Ye Qing took them to see the new workshop.

When Ye Qing moved to the new workshop, the wine in the wine cellar was not moved so that he could ship it out here later.

The lease was renewed until the New Year, and only the wine-making tools were moved over.

Ye Xuan has been busy interviewing new people these two days, and the workshop plans to recruit another 30 people.

The mosquito coil workshop is doing very good business these days. Everyone gets commission for their work. Some people who are quick can earn fifty cents a day.

An adult man could earn twenty cents a day by carrying goods in the city.

Ye Qing's mind was not on the workshop these days. She asked someone to keep an eye on the goings on in the yamen.

This matter will definitely be settled before Lord Wu leaves office. Now that there are only a few months left before he leaves office, there should be some action.

"Qingya, I have a brother in another village. He told me that there is a group of soldiers doing something mysterious by the river." Wang Hai came back from the city and went straight to Ye Qing.

Ye Qing was shocked. The matter that he had been thinking about was about to reach a critical moment.

Ye Qing thanked Wang Hai and asked him to help look around the city and find several suitable places.