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Chapter 159 - Contractor Jiao Si
Jiao Si'er was dragged out by the bald guards. When a red brazier appeared in the leeward hut, Jiao Si Shu scrambled over and almost hugged the brazier.
”Aiyo, isn't this Jiao Si Shu? Look, look, look. It's already pitiful to this extent. What kind of trouble is this! ” Hearing the familiar voice, Jiao Si looked up and Xiao Letian's face appeared from the shadows.
”Master!” My Lord Xiao, I know that I was wrong, I will change anything, and from now on, you have to set a rule for me. If my Jiao Si'er defies it in the slightest, I will be struck by lightning! ”
This kind of dog slave had sharp eyes, he definitely wouldn't let things get out of hand. He finally understood that Xiao Letian was a typical donkey, so he couldn't play with hard stuff, and had to stroke it along with his fur.
”Tsk tsk …” Why did the famed Jiao Si Shu s in Beijing freeze to such a degree today? ”Someone come, take a look at the Jiao Si Shu. Bring a cup of hot tea, I want to chat with Master Four …”
At this time, Jiao Si's internal organs were about to turn into ice. He held a big bowl of hot tea and gulped it down. Only after a long time did he manage to catch his breath.
Xiao Letian squinted at Jiao Si, he had been thinking about how to deal with this old thing. Kill him? I'm afraid not. If this old thing dies, those people in the Forbidden City would really fall out. Right now, I don't have the ability to challenge them.
Throw him away? It was not a good idea to send at least ten Qing Dynasty s away. After thinking about it, only the Dragon Lord's method was the most effective against this kind of shameless lower class expert, and only the sinister methods were the most effective.
Thinking about that, Xiao Letian laughed and said, ”Jiao Si Shu, let's get straight to the point, I know what kind of backing you have, but you only know half of what it is, if you want to kill me, I have ten thousand ways. Don't think that your backers will help you, this slut, at most, they will change to a few new ones …”
Jiao Si'er finally understood that he could not afford to lose before the eyes. His legs went soft and he knelt down, ”Wuu, Master is merciful, if it isn't my eyes, it's two black coal balls! ”I was blinded by my own thoughts and did not know that my lord had offended this lord. I beg this lord to give me a way out and give me a chance to start anew …”
As he spoke till here, Jiao Si used his knees as his feet and walked close to Xiao Letian with a humble look, ”This servant is still useful. This servant has been in the capital for so many years, and this servant knows all the major affairs of life.
”Do you want me to become an official? I am familiar with all the brokers in the capital. All the heads of the Donations Department are my drinking buddies. No matter what official I want, I can get seven discounts for any servant … ”My good grandfather, please forgive this servant …”
Jiao Si's acting was too outstanding. If Xiao Letian did not investigate this old bastard's background beforehand, he would really have been deceived. pointed to a chair, ”Alright, go back to your seat. I'm not that heartless, I'll arrange a task for you later, and we'll see if you have the ability to do so …”
”Master, you just have to say it. My Jiao Si'er doesn't even try at all to fight in the water. The heavens thunder is taking me away …”
”Fine fine fine, stop bullshitting, this grandpa won't do this …” The mission I gave you this time is very simple, it is to buy land. You, Jiao Si, always say that you have great abilities, today I will test your ability to spend money! ”
”Tanggu is actually the one that Qing San Ye and I are responsible for. You should know this already. ”You should have heard of the difficulties we're facing right now. Seizing land is just too difficult. I don't know what these earth leopards are thinking, but they aren't even willing to sell land at double the price …”
”After thinking about it, I've thought of a miraculous way to contract it …” At this time, Jiao Si was completely attracted to it. Xiao Letian said in a low voice, ”In the Tanggu's territory, the best watering fields for normal markets are usually around 20 taels of silver per mu of land. An ordinary dry land would only cost around 18 taels of silver.”
”I will offer a price of 100 catties per mu to you for a contract so that you can personally purchase these lands. On the surface, the farmers will sign an agreement with you, but after that, you have to sell them to Industrial Zones. ”Think about it, you are so capable, how much money can you earn from this business?”
Hearing this, Jiao Si's eyes immediately lit up. It was the light of greed, the radiance of two taels of silver. ”Master, you're not fooling me?” Give me a hundred silver taels to purchase? ”Does that mean that the difference saved is all mine?”
”That's right, I'm planning on buying a thousand mu for the first transaction. This is a big deal, one hundred thousand taels of silver. Do you think you have the ability to buy it, Jiao Si?” Xiao Letian leaned on his teacher's chair, and looked at Jiao Si with a crafty look.
Jiao Si'er was a typical financial fanatic, for the sake of leaving the bustling Beijing and coming to the ocean, wasn't it just for money? Before, they only wanted four to five thousand taels of silver for the family's ten thousand taels of silver. This bunch of grandsons could only get four or five thousand taels of silver out of greed.
Now, a deal worth a hundred thousand taels had fallen on his head. How could he not be tempted? Isn't it just buying land? Isn't it just taking advantage of the situation? This was the inherited ability of this group of servants.
Why did the lord want slaves? It was just some dirty work, some dirty work, and some wicked work for them to do. In the Ancient China, the phenomenon of land annexation occurred throughout every dynasty. During the process of land annexation, the Wealthy Class slaves were the most active group of people.