Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

"Brother, I know you are anxious, but no matter how anxious you are, you still have to follow the procedures and get it done in advance!"

Seeing Li Baolin looking anxious, Zhang Fei patted his shoulder to comfort him.

"How can I not be anxious? I have invested so much money and I am just waiting for this money to help me out in an emergency."

Ye Changyan spoke only after seeing Li Baolin's bitter face.

"Uncle Li, don't worry. All my money is in cash. I'll pay you right away after I complete the relevant formalities."

Soon, Zhang Fei called someone to help measure the land, and the measurement result was consistent with the land deed in Li Baolin's hand.

"Land transactions usually require a middleman. I wonder if you two have a suitable candidate."

Seeing that there was no problem with the land measurement, Zhang Fei asked Ye Changyan and Li Baolin.

"When there is any problem in the villages near and far, don't they usually ask your brother-in-law to be the middleman? He is the head of the village, and everyone trusts him."

Li Baolin was familiar with Li Zhiping, so he recommended Li Zhiping. Ye Changyan nodded, and the group headed towards Shanglin Village and soon arrived at the headman's house.

"Sister, is my brother-in-law home?"

When Zhang Fei pushed open the door of the village head's house, he saw that Zhang had returned with the four beasts.

"How does this place look?"

Then Li Zhiping's voice was heard from the inner room.

"Brother-in-law, you're back. I've found a place for you to be my middleman."

As soon as Zhang Fei finished speaking, he saw Li Zhiping coming out from the inner room.

"Brother Li, Sanlang, and all of you, come on, come on, sit inside."

Soon, Zhang came with the teapot and poured water for everyone, then called San Ya and Si Tou into the inner room.

Zhang Fei took a sip of tea and then explained the general situation.

"Have you guys agreed on this?"

Li Zhiping was seen placing pens, ink, paper and inkstone while asking Ye Changyan and Li Baolin.

Seeing that both of them nodded, he picked up the pen and began to write the document.

It took Li Zhiping about an incense stick of time to draft the document and handed it to Li Yuanlin, Ye Changyan and Zhang Fei for review.

After the three of them confirmed that everything was correct, Ye Changyan took out a cloth bag, poured out the silver in it, and let everyone present check it.

The quality of the silver was naturally very good. As the middleman, Li Zhiping weighed the silver again in front of everyone, and it was exactly three hundred taels, no more, no less. Seeing this, Li Baolin nodded with satisfaction.

Immediately, Li Baolin and Ye Changyan signed their names and stamped their handprints at the signature section of the buyer and seller respectively.

Then Zhang Fei and several people who accompanied him in measuring the land signed their names on the document and pressed their fingerprints.

Finally, Li Zhiping also signed his name as the notary and witness, and stamped his fingerprints.

After Li Baolin got the money bag, he hurriedly said goodbye to everyone present. He was still waiting for the money for emergency, so everyone did not try to keep him.

Ye Changyan was very happy when he got the land deed. He didn't expect that after traveling through time, he would become a member of the bourgeoisie. Although it was only more than 30 acres of land, he believed that with the joint efforts of himself and his family, his family would definitely have more and more land.

According to the rules, Ye Changyan should treat everyone present to a meal and give each person a red envelope.

But everyone knew that Ye Changyan was in mourning, so he sealed the red seal more thickly. The people who helped measure the land took the red seal, expressed their gratitude, and left happily.

However, Li Zhiping was unwilling to accept Ye Changyan's red envelope.

"Uncle Shuanzhu, this is one and two is two. As a witness, you should accept this red seal. Otherwise, how can I ask you for help if my family has any problems in the future?"

After Ye Changyan said so much, Li Zhiping reluctantly accepted it.

Then Ye Changyan took out a ten-liang silver ingot and handed it to Zhang Fei.

"Uncle Zhang, thank you for your hard work today. However, I still need to trouble you to go to the county government office and help me change this white deed into a red one."

Li Zhiping and Zhang Fei nodded repeatedly. You know, many people who buy and sell land are unwilling to go to the county government to exchange for red deeds.

The contract signed by the buyer and seller under the witness of a person is generally called a civil contract, also known as a white contract.

After taking the white deed to the county government and paying the deed tax in full as required, the government will go through the formal transfer procedures, paste the tax payment certificate on the white deed, and stamp the deed with the official seal. The deed then completes the conversion from a private deed to an official deed.

And this official deed is also called the red deed because it is stamped with a bright red official seal.

The reason why many people are unwilling to exchange for the red deed is nothing more than wanting to save some taxes. However, if they are investigated by the government later, they will not only have to pay additional taxes, but will also face fines. Moreover, if the tax is not paid on the deed signed by the broker, the broker will also suffer some loss.

Seeing that Ye Changyan took the initiative to exchange the red deed, Zhang Fei was naturally happy to see it happen, as this would undoubtedly save him a lot of trouble.

Zhang Fei took the silver ingot handed over by Ye Changyan, then took out a five-liang silver coin and handed it back to Ye Changyan.

"Sanlang, you trust your Uncle Zhang. Uncle Zhang is very happy. You treat me as an outsider with these ten taels of silver. Take these five taels. I promise that your Uncle Zhang will do everything for you."

The broker's commission was usually one to two points, plus the running fee for exchanging the red deed, and the money for treating people to a meal, Ye Changyan simply gave Zhang Fei ten taels of silver.

But since Zhang Fei said this, Ye Changyan took the silver that Zhang Fei handed over.

"Then I'll trouble you, Uncle Zhang. Also, please help me keep an eye out for any good land nearby. If anyone wants to sell it, they can come and see me."

Zhang Fei agreed with a smile on his face, then went out with the land deed.

The matter had been settled, and Ye Changyan said goodbye to Li Zhiping.

Zhang came out from the inner room only after everyone had left.

"This Sanlang is really not a simple person. What a scene it was when the family was separated. It's only been a month, and he has already bought dozens of acres of land."

Zhang said to her husband with envy in her eyes, then she thought of her two sons who were studying in the county town, and looked at her two children beside her, her eyes filled with hope again.

"This Sanlang is destined to be a nobody. While he is still a dragon swimming in the shallows, we should help him as much as we can. Who knows, someday these boys of ours may need Sanlang's help!"

Li Zhiping's heartfelt words made Zhang nod secretly.

When everyone in the Ye family learned that their family had bought land, they all smiled and were full of energy for the whole afternoon.

Wu Lang followed Ye Changyan and worked on the mountain with an axe and a hammer for half a day, without ever complaining of being tired.

The vibration on Ye Changyan's wrist also told him how happy his family members were.

Since the last time the intimacy level had a breakthrough from zero, the favorability level has exceeded two thousand in a short period of time, but Ye Changyan doesn’t know when the intimacy level will increase again.

What he didn't dare tell his family was that he had picked up silver many times on his way to Yunfeng Tower and Chu Garden recently. Although the amount he picked up each time was not too large, it added up to several taels.

Ye Changyan, who was puzzled at first by picking up silver so frequently, has gradually become accustomed to it. Since he can't find the reason, why bother himself?

Besides, isn’t finding money supposed to be a happy thing?

The sun was setting in the west, and everyone in the Ye family had returned to their own yard.

Ye Xiaozheng had just finished collecting the mushrooms that were drying in the sun, Lian and Erniu were preparing dinner, while Ye Changyan and Wulang were sitting at the door of the main room reading books in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Just then, someone knocked on the door outside the courtyard.