Chapter 540 Buying Land
To be honest, Han Wang Li Yuanjia was extremely satisfied with Fang's entire head wife. Li Yuanjia, a young admirer of Fang, naturally liked Fang because of her good looks. Since they got married, the couple has been Qin Se and Ming En. Moreover, he himself is a bit soft-tempered, and he likes the elegance of scholars, and is very impatient with trivial matters in the palace. However, Fang inherited her mother's neatness and kept the palace in order, which earned Li Yuanjia's respect even more.
As for the matter of taking concubines, Li Yuanjia didn't think it was a big deal. What's so strange about a prince, an emperor, and a nobleman, having three wives and four concubines? Besides, he is just a common problem among men, he is greedy for novelty, and he has not yet become obsessed with it to the point where new people come in and old people go up the wall. The dispute between Fang and Cao was at best a case of negligence on his part, which caused Fang to lose face, causing Fang to run back to her parents' home in anger. As a result, her brother-in-law, who was not stingy, quit the job...
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In Li Yuanjia's view, Fang is good at everything. The only shortcoming that is not a shortcoming is that this brother-in-law is too tough, too domineering, and too awesome...
Li Yuanjia is a gentle and gentle gentleman with extensive knowledge, but he somewhat looks down on the rude Fang Jun.
But I still can’t afford to offend...
This time he came to inform Fang Jun to buy land. On the one hand, it was His Majesty's order. On the other hand, he wanted to send a favor and make Fang Jun think of him. I told Ms. Fang about this last night, and she was very happy. She thought that she could take her brother into consideration, and she was very gentle.
But who would have thought, Fang Jun has such an attitude...
Even if your second wife is rich, it’s thousands of acres of prime paddy field. It’s still a way to start a family and start a business. You have to be a little grateful, right?
The result?
They didn't take it seriously at all, but seemed to follow him to see the place, as if they were giving him a lot of face, which made Li Yuanjia feel depressed.
Hearing that Fang Jun was about to go out, Qiao'er and Zheng Xiuer hurriedly brought a fur cloak and fur hat, and waited for Fang Jun to put it on at the gate.
Fang Jun glanced at Zheng Xiuer.
This woman, who was originally considered a well-known lady, ended up with her family ruined, her family reduced to a lowly status, and she was homeless. Although she was still a young girl, her lowly status and her disgraceful experience in a brothel meant that it was basically impossible for her to marry to the point where she would be married to someone else.
Although the social atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was relatively open, such a girl could not be married back to a certain respectable family. She would be ridiculed. At best, she would just be a concubine, or find a man to marry...
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This girl is very thoughtful, and she probably knows her own conditions and situation, and has no regrets. Instead, she wholeheartedly stays in the village and works as a maid, and there is no sign of any dissatisfaction.
This made Fang Jun have to look at this girl differently.
In this era, status means everything.
It is indeed not easy to go from a high-ranking and well-dressed lady from a well-known family to a servant girl in someone else's family, and to be able to accept it calmly and without any regrets.
Fang Jun put on his coat and leather hat, nodded to the two girls, then turned and walked out of the door.
At the gate, Xi Junmai had already brought the horse and was waiting there. Li Yuanjia's entourage was also waiting.
Everyone got on their horses, Fang Jun took Xi Junmai and another general, and a group of more than ten people rode down the mountain road.
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The land Li Yuanjia was talking about was close to Bashui and not far from Baqiao.
More than a dozen riders came to the field at lightning speed, slowed down their horses, and drove slowly along the road by the river.
Fang Jun glanced at Li Yuanjia and said, "I didn't realize it. He's pretty good at equestrian skills, and he's not exactly a nerd."
Li Yuanjia's followers all looked strange when they heard this.
These people are very familiar with the brother-in-law of their prince, and they all know that this person is not easy to mess with, but it is indeed rare to open and shut up to ridicule their brother-in-law.
Li Yuanjia's face turned a little dark.
As luck would have it, Li Yuanjia turned a deaf ear to Fang Jun's words, raised his hand, pointed at the open area by the river with his riding crop, and said: "This is all, about 2,100 acres, from the river to the foot of the mountain. The paddy fields are all. This field is a rare paddy field at the foot of Lishan Mountain. It is very fertile and has high yield. It was given by Emperor Gaozu when Li Yuanchang was granted the title of King of Lu. It is also the best farmland in Guanzhong."
Fang Jun nodded.
Li Yuanchang was killed for his rebellion, and the whole family was implicated, but there seemed to be no sadness in Li Yuanjia's words. Perhaps, this is the so-called lack of family ties in the Tian family. When too many interests are entangled, family ties are nothing...
A follower behind Li Yuanjia stepped forward and said: "This land covers a total of 2,150 acres. The southern boundary is adjacent to Princess Changle's fiefdom, and the northern boundary is the ancestral property of the Yongning County Duke's family."
The Duke of Yongning County is Wang Gui.
Wang Gui was also one of the great Confucians of the time and was highly valued by His Majesty Li Er. It's just that the old man is too old and is in poor health this year. He resigned from the post of Minister of Rites and recuperates at home. Otherwise, this would have been Fang Jun's immediate boss when he was in the Ministry of Rites.
Fang Jun glanced at the entourage, and the man cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I, Li Yuanwen, serve in Zongzheng Temple."
Fang Jun nodded and returned the salute with his hands raised: "I have long admired you."
Then Li Yuanwen said: "You're welcome, Erlang. This land is very regular, with neat and clear boundaries. The soil fertility is very good. There is no need to cultivate the soil fertility. The fields and waterways in the land only need to be cleaned by someone, and it can be cultivated in the spring."
The words clearly imply that there is no need to worry too much and the key is to buy it quickly. Many people are watching.
In this era, almost no one understands the barrenness and fertility of the land better than Fang Jun. It's just that the almost endless land in front of him was covered with thick white snow, making it impossible to observe carefully, but he didn't think that Li Yuanjia had nothing to do with a piece of barren land to amuse himself.
He nodded and asked: "Since we have agreed, brother, I naturally have nothing to say. I wonder how much this piece of land will cost?"
Li Yuanjia glanced at Fang Jun strangely, coughed, and said, "This eldest son of Prince Liang..."
Li Cheng, King of Liang, was the eldest son of Tang Shizu Li Bing and the elder brother of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan.
I am the same generation as Li Yuanjia.
But when it comes to Fang Jun, this generation is a bit confusing.
Fang Jun's eldest sister Fang is the royal concubine of Li Yuanjia, so he can naturally call Li Yuanwen his brother; but his unmarried wife, Princess Gaoyang, is the niece of Li Yuanjia and Li Yuanwen. From this point of view, Fang Jun has to call others Uncle......
Fang Jun blinked and saw, a little confused, not knowing how this generation should be arranged.
However, Li Yuanwen was quite kind. He laughed and said, "I have a good relationship with Yuan Jia, so let's talk about it from Yuan Jia's side. How old is Chi? When Erlang called me brother, I licked my face and agreed!"
Although they are a serious royal family, there are so many miscellaneous people in the royal family that it is inevitable that there will be some distance between them. This Li Yuanwen was only the son of brother Li Yuan. Although he had a royal status, he was definitely not on the same level as Fang Xuanling, a powerful minister like Fang Xuanling.
Keeping a low profile in front of Fang Jun and deliberately making good friends is naturally the proper meaning of the question.
After being polite, Li Yuanwen said: "Such high-quality paddy fields have always been priced but not marketable. Unless the family property is confiscated, other people will not give up such heirloom farmland no matter how embarrassed they are." Originally, Zongzheng Temple’s price was twelve guan per acre, but Yuanjia and others have said hello, let’s settle the bill in a round amount, 20,000 guan, what do you think?”
In these days, land is the lifeblood.
The first thing that almost all officials and merchants from wealthy families do when they have money is to buy land, buy land, and keep buying land! In the soul of the farming nation, only land is the wealth that can be passed down to the family, and money is an external possession that cannot be used in countless ways. Only when you hold the land deed in your hand can you be called a noble family.
The land has been integrated into the soul of this nation.
This kind of fertile land is usually in the hands of wealthy families. They regard it as the foundation of the family and it is to be passed down from generation to generation. No one will sell it unless they destroy the family.
Even though Li Yuanwen only paid 20,000 yuan, it was charged according to the market price. If you really want to buy it from someone else, you won't be able to buy it even if the price is doubled ten times. (End of chapter)