In the afternoon, more than a hundred ox-drawn carriages left Yanxing Gate in the east of Chang 'an City one after another and went straight to the Han Village, Plum Village, and other big villages in the east. Each ox-drawn carriage was piled with four or five red wooden chests. As the road was bumpy, the chests swayed and clanked, and the sound of something breaking inside could be heard.
This huge convoy naturally attracted countless gazes along the way.
"Wow! There are so many ox carts. What are they carrying? "
"What else could it be? It must be money! Didn't you hear the clanking sound when the cart shook? "
Some of the more experienced people had already seen through the contents of the large chest on the ox-cart!
"Money? There are so many carts filled with money. How much money do they add up to? "
"Hmph! It's at least tens of thousands of strings of cash! "
"Tsk! You have no taste! What tens of thousands of strings of cash? It's at least close to a hundred thousand strings of cash! "
"A hundred thousand strings of cash!"
Someone shouted. The passersby heard it and could not help but hold their breath!
"Whose ox cart is this? A hundred thousand strings of cash! They actually spent so much money. What are they going to do? "
"Hey! It looks like there's more than one family! The Cao family's cart is at the front. Behind them are the Lin family's, Feng family's, Liao family's … "
"I know! They're going to give money to the Plum Village, Han Manor, Liu Manor, and Wang Manor's manors! "
"Give money? What money? "
"Don't you know? This morning, Old Master Cao and the rest collected a lot of vegetables from the manors near the Han Manor. Today in Chang 'an City, those old masters' restaurants are all releasing all kinds of vegetables! They must have collected them from the manors. They're probably going to settle the bill for the manors now! "
"Whoa, settle the bill? Do they need so much money to settle the bill? Wow! Doesn't that mean that the farmers of those villages have really struck it rich this time? "
"Sigh! That's right! It's not just those manors. If you ask me, under Marquis's leadership in Lantian County, every family will have thousands of strings of cash in a few years! "
"Ha! Let's not talk about it! A few days ago, there was even a matchmaker who wanted to matchmake for my daughter! The other party was from Lantian county! I have to hurry back and agree to this marriage. If my daughter marries over, she will definitely be able to enjoy life in the future! "
The commoners could see the bright future of Lantian County from the profits of these eight villages. In an instant, all the villagers in Lantian County became the object of envy of the commoners around Chang 'an. Those who had daughters were all wondering if they knew any young men in Lantian County so that their daughters could marry over. Who knew, they might be able to enjoy a good life in the future!
After a long stretch of the cement road, the "money delivery" team finally arrived at the Han Family Manor, Plum Village, and a few other manors. At this time, Cao Wendong and the others couldn't help but admire Li Zexuan's foresight in building the road. With the cement road, their trip back and forth was more than twice as fast. Two or three times!
For businessmen, time was money!
When the villagers heard the news, they all came to the village entrance to line up and wait. When they saw the servants moving boxes of money down, they were all stunned!
For these farmers, it was likely that most of them had never seen so much money in their entire lives. Now, a considerable portion of this money was going to be theirs. This made the farmers feel like they were living in a dream!
"Han Xiaodong, forty-five strings of coins and three hundred copper coins!"
After all the copper coins were moved down from the carriages, under Old Hu's organization, four tables were set up at the village entrance. The commoners were divided into four groups and began to distribute money from house to house.
"Hey! Coming, coming! Thank you, Old Master Cao! "
Han Xiaodong eagerly took a step forward and thanked Cao Wendong who was beside him. Then, he stood in front of the table, holding a gunnysack and waiting to receive the money.
Yes, it was a gunnysack. After all, there were so many copper coins. He couldn't possibly hold it all in his hands!
"Here! Forty-five strings of coins and three hundred copper coins. Please count it in person! "
The middle-aged scholar opposite Han Xiaodong said after putting a few dozen strings of money into Han Xiaodong's gunnysack.
"Yes, yes! Thank you! "
Han Xiaodong chuckled and lifted the gunnysack to the side and began to count!
Speaking of which, with this sum of money, he would be able to renovate his house and get himself a wife. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Next, Niu Dahai, thirty-eight strings of coins and seven hundred copper coins!"
"Hey! Coming, coming! "
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All the way until the sky turned dark, the money from selling vegetables was distributed to all the villagers. The workers who were in charge of counting the money were really counting the money until their hands cramped up.
All the villagers had a bountiful harvest and were beaming with joy. As the evening approached, the smell of meat wafted from every house. Although it wasn't a festive season, the villagers still wanted to reward themselves after earning so much money!
After experiencing this, the eight villages under Li Zexuan could be considered to have become rich overnight. For example, Old Hu's family had seven or eight greenhouses. His family's wealth was even greater than many of the rich merchants in Chang 'an City. Logically speaking, with their current wealth, most of them could buy a house in Chang' an City. However, no one thought of doing so. In their opinion, being a citizen of Li Zexuan's fief was much better than being a citizen of Chang 'an City!
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"Hey! Green Sparrow! Have you heard? These two days, the villagers at the foot of the mountain are busy selling vegetables. Tsk tsk, shall we go down the mountain tomorrow to buy some cucumbers to eat? "
In Yanhuang College, Sun Zifan, who had just finished eating in the cafeteria, patted Li Tai's arm and laughed.
Li Tai rolled his eyes and said with a sly smile, "Heh heh! Why do we need to go down the mountain to buy some? If I remember correctly, Yamachō should also have cucumbers at home, right? Last time when the academy teachers had a meeting, Yamachō brought two baskets of cucumbers! Let's go to his house tomorrow and take two. Yamachō won't ask us for money, right? "
Sun Zifan couldn't help but be very interested when he heard this. He nodded vigorously and said, "Hahaha! It's settled then! Tomorrow morning, we'll go to Yamachō's house! "
"Little Ke, are you going?"
Li Tai was a little excited to find a partner. After all, other people's cucumbers would undoubtedly be more delicious. So he looked at Li Tai and asked.
Now that school was about to start, most of the students had come to stay at the academy in advance. Li Ke was among them. He came after the Lantern Festival.
"Green Sparrow, is this okay?"
Li Ke frowned.
He still respected Li Zexuan very much.
Li Tai laughed and said, "Hey! What's wrong with this? Yamachō is not a stingy person! Tomorrow, we can ask Yamachō how our exam results were last semester. "
Li Ke was finally convinced. "Okay! Let's go together tomorrow! "
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