bullyxtreme Chapter 345 Do You Have Bad Hearing?
Chapter 345 Do You Have Bad Hearing?
"What should I prepare? What do I have to prepare?" Su Jixiang still said stubbornly.
Wei Ling raised his hand and tapped her nose. "Okay, okay, Madam, you don't have to worry about such a thing. I will handle this matter myself. The worst that can happen is to kill that Zheng Wenhe."
He said it so calmly that Su Jixiang's eyelids twitched slightly.
"I won't kill her." Su Jixiang said, "Forget it, I can't fight her, so I'll find a time to contact Zheng Wenhe."
"Yes. Xie Yingfeng will soon hold a second auction for the plots of land in the new city area." Wei Ling said with a smile, "For this auction, Xie Yingfeng listened to you and collected a deposit. Everyone who enters the auction hall needs to pay a deposit of 3,000 taels of silver first. I want to see if Cui Yushan will pay the money to enter."
Although most people paid for the land at the previous auction, there were still some people who were petty and denied paying. However, those who denied paying at the time are now regretting it very much.
At that time, Xie Yingfeng and Su Jixiang also considered that some people would cheat and not pay after bidding for the land, so there was another stipulation in the contract of the auction house that those who did not pay after three days would be deemed to have made an invalid bid and the land would be considered unsold. So even if someone regretted it later and took the money to the government office to find Xie Yingfeng to pay and get back the land they had bid for, because Xie Yingfeng showed this contract, those people could not make a fuss and had to give up.
So in order to avoid trouble, and since everyone has made money from the first land auction, the second land auction will definitely be more popular than the first one. In order to prevent someone from sneaking in and driving up the land price, Su Jixiang gave Xie Yingfeng an idea to set an entry threshold. A deposit of three thousand taels of silver was required to enter. If someone maliciously raised the price but did not buy, the deposit would be deducted in full and not a penny would be recovered.
This can protect others to a certain extent, so that no one will deliberately cause trouble.
Wei Ling talked about some other things with Su Jixiang before getting up and leaving.
The main reason he came back today was to talk to Su Jixiang about Zheng Wenhe.
A supervisory censor came from the capital to inspect several cities and counties at the border. The first place he came to was Mangcheng. The censor would arrive in about three or four days. So Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng were very busy in the government office these days.
The first stop for this censor was Mangcheng, and it was obvious that he was heading for Mangcheng.
Therefore, they need to quickly review the files of recent years to see if there are any major omissions so as to avoid being caught.
Accompanying the Censor was a Vice Minister of Works.
The Minister of Works came to inspect the project in Mangcheng.
Wei Ling gave the credit for eliminating the ice flood to the Minister of Revenue, which naturally made the Minister of Works dissatisfied.
Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of His Majesty asking the Censor to come to Mangcheng, the Ministry of Works also wrote to Emperor Longchang, requesting to come and inspect the progress of the Songshui River diversion project.
Emperor Longchang was naturally very pleased with Wei Ling and agreed to the Ministry of Works' request.
Therefore, the decision to auction off the second batch of land in the new city district before the Censor-in-Chief and the Vice Minister of Works arrived was also the result of discussion between Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng.
Who knows what trouble these two people will cause after they come. We can’t let them interfere with the construction plan of Mangcheng.
Today, Mangcheng has become prosperous. Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng both believe that as long as they follow the path pointed out by Su Jixiang, both the common people and the Black Tiger Army will be affected by the prosperous and stable development of Mangcheng in the future, and everyone will get better and better!
Since Emperor Longchang wanted to find something for him to do so much, he would not let Emperor Longchang be idle.
The second land auction was held as scheduled.
As Xie Yingfeng and Su Jixiang expected, because those who bought land at the first auction made money, the enthusiasm of the people in the second auction was so great that it could be said that they almost flattened the threshold of the government office.
After the auction was announced, there was an endless stream of merchants going to the government office to seek connections with Xie Yingfeng.
Even many captains, thousand-man commanders and generals in the Black Tiger Army tried to participate in the second land auction.
Because the first invitation was only sent to generals above the fourth rank, but others also felt that they were part of the Black Tiger Army and wanted to participate.
So Xie Yingfeng followed Su Jixiang's advice and set a deposit threshold, which really helped Xie Yingfeng save a lot of trouble.
Many of those who came to seek Xie Yingfeng's help were discouraged when they heard about this restriction.
Three thousand taels of silver.
How can it be taken out so easily?
In fact, for those who really want to buy land, three thousand taels of silver is not a lot.
After all, among the first batch of lands auctioned, the cheapest land cost more than two thousand taels of silver.
Zhao Xiuwan also knew about the auction, so she quickly asked someone to take a letter to Qian Feng, asking him to come back with three thousand taels of silver no matter what.
Qian Feng had only been in Songgang County for a few months and had just gained a foothold.
Songgang County is one of the several impoverished areas under the entire Mangcheng County.
Not to mention three thousand taels of silver, even if the entire county government was sold, it would only be worth less than two thousand taels of silver.
So Zhao Xiuwan's request for Qian Feng to bring back three thousand taels of silver really stumped Qian Feng.
He usually gave all his salary to Zhao Xiuwan, so there was no extra money. He had to deduct part of the rest and give it to Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng.
After all, when Zhao Xiuwan came up with the loan of 5,000 taels of silver, it was Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng who lent him some money, so he was able to get the 5,000 taels of silver together to give to Li Yuzhu.
Although Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng would not ask him for the debt, Qian Feng felt bad about it, so he would pay back some every month no matter how much.
Qian Fengren did return to Mangcheng, but he only brought three hundred taels of silver.
Zhao Xiuwan welcomed Qian Feng back with great satisfaction and even prepared a banquet to welcome him.
This is the first time Qian Feng has returned home in several months since he went to Songgang County.
Qian Feng was happy to see Zhao Xiuwan like this.
But the meal was not over yet. When Zhao Xiuwan asked Qian Feng, she found out that he had only brought three hundred taels of silver, so she threw down her chopsticks.
"Three hundred taels and three thousand taels are ten times different!" Zhao Xiuwan was unhappy in her heart, and her face was not happy. "Do you have hearing problems? What did you bring back three hundred taels for?"
"This is all the money Songgang County can take out from its account!" Qian Feng scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly, "Didn't you write a letter saying that you had an emergency and should deal with it first?"