"It's better to buy information. Otherwise, only five out of the ten plots of land will have something in it. The rest will be wasted."
"I'm worried that we'll be cheated if we can't pay for the land."
"Ask him to use something as a guarantee."
"What is it?"
"Technology. Soy sauce, glaze, glycerin, toilet water, soap, lighter alcohol, and fireworks."
"Fireworks won't work. Do you dare to take them?"
"The first six are enough."
"Soap is the best. Use a lot."
"It's hot. Toilet water is also good."
"Glaze can't be bought unless there's a kiln."
"The price of soy sauce is low now, but it's still more than 500 yuan per catty."
The merchants of Chang 'an discussed loudly. No matter what Song De thought, they seemed to want to put some pressure on Song De.
Song De acted as if he didn't hear them. He continued to eat and didn't drink.
Guan Shanxing and the others were tempted and discussed in low voices.
It wasn't until half past one in the afternoon that everyone finished their meal.
The merchants of Chang 'an, Guan Shanxing, and the merchants of Luoyang talked to Song De together.
Song De took out Li Yi's seal and a document written by Li Yi himself that allowed Song De to take full control of the land, indicating that he could make the decision.
They could talk about the specific content.
The merchants of Chang 'an requested to write down on the contract how much they could pay for a certain plot of land or how much it was worth.
The deadline was half a month. If they couldn't pay the money, the Li Family Zhuangzi would take over to prove that they could pay the money.
If they couldn't prove it, they had to hand over a technology. They could only choose the technology from the toilet water and the other five.
Song De agreed. Guan Shanxing and the others looked at it and felt that there was no problem. They were relieved.
The contract was written in four copies, one for each side, one for the government office, and one for the broker.
They turned around and talked to the county magistrate again. Each plot of land was about 400 mu. When they finished buying, the price of each plot of land couldn't be higher than 1 liang.
The county magistrate also agreed that the benefits would be distributed later.
The negotiation of occupying the fixed assets of the Tang dynasty ended. Everyone was ready.
"The first plot of land, area No. 5, is about 400 mu. I can pay 100,000 liang." Song De said the number of the plot.
They wrote down the number and the amount of money on the contract and pressed their fingerprints on the place.
"Ten thousand carvings," someone shouted from Guan Shanxing's side.
The big merchant from Chang 'an gave him a look of disdain. "Fifty thousand."
"Shopkeeper Liang, my surname is Ma, and my given name is Hengrui. I am …" Xiao Ma, a relative of the royal family who was supervising Wang Xun, spoke.
"Don't mention who you are. How can you give up on such a profitable business? If you're really capable, I'll buy it later and give it to you. You're embarrassing yourself by saying something you shouldn't say at this moment. "
Chang 'an Shopkeeper Liang did not indulge in his bad habits. Who are you?
If you have someone powerful backing you, you can tell me after I buy it. I can't afford to offend you. I'll give it to you directly.
If you tell me now, I won't admit it.
Ma Hangrui was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
The people on Guan Shanxing's side whispered a few words before calling out the price again, "Fifty-one thousand jin."
Song De waited for a while, then shouted, "Fifty-one thousand, going once. Is there anyone else? That's a good place to pay at least a hundred thousand.
Fifty-one thousand jin the second time. As long as he added a little more money, he would have more than forty thousand jin.
Fifty-one thousand going thrice, sold! "
He was very familiar with this kind of work.
"Hmph!" Ma Hangrui snorted coldly and glared at Shopkeeper Liang. What he meant was, 'Why don't you add more money? Why don't you dare? '
Shopkeeper Liang lowered his head, as if he did not hear or see anything.
The other side began to hand over the money. It was all silk. From the outside, the quality was not very good.
Song De did not care. The farmers carried the silk and accepted it. If it was not good, then it was not good. When he returned to Zhuangzi, he could use it for other purposes.
It was not like small businesses where one had to use a ruler to measure the cloth. Even a little bit of difference was not allowed. Every two feet, one had to unfold the cloth. If the color of the cloth was not right for too long, one had to add one or two feet more.
It was fine to look at a large business. It was just that the cloth on Guan Shanxing's side was really too bad.
He believed that some of the cloth inside were terrible. It had been stored in the warehouse for many years.
This kind of cloth could only be selected later and used when the shoes were made.
"The second piece, six good pieces of land. You can pay 120,000 jin." Song De took out the second piece of land.
"50,000 jin." Another big businessman from Chang 'an spoke first.
"51,000 jin." The people on Guan Shanxing's side increased the price.
"Five … I don't want it." The big businessman from Chang 'an seemed to be afraid when he was stared at by Ma Hangrui.
Song De shouted three times. The five people bid and the deal was done.
The third piece, seven pieces of land, could be sold for 150,000 jin. It was sold for 41,000 jin.
The fourth piece, nine pieces of land, could be sold for 160,000 jin. It was sold for 1,000 jin.
The fifth piece, one piece of land, could be sold for 200,000 jin. It was sold for 66,000 jin.
The businessmen from Chang 'an and Luoyang seemed to have suffered a great grievance. As soon as the business was over, they turned and left. Some people even left ruthless words, saying that they must take revenge for today's matter.
Song De organized a caravan and hired many carriages and people from Lantian County to load the gold, copper coins, and silk.
Some of the copper coins and silk were taken from the county's warehouse. Obviously, Guan Shanxing and the others did not have enough money and borrowed from the county magistrate.
Song De had just left less than five li when a caravan from Chang 'an passed by him.
Other than horses, the caravan also had four-wheeled carriages. Guan Shanxing's side entered the Drunken Immortal Restaurant to celebrate.
When the caravan arrived, the Non-commissioned Officer on the horse came down. The doors of the carriages opened one by one.
Officials from the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Appointments, Ministry of Justice, Imperial Ancestral Temple, and Taifu Temple came out.
Yao Chong, Zhang Shuo, and Lu Huaishen also came down.
"Take them all out." Yao Chong spat out four words from his mouth.
A group of Non-commissioned Officer rushed in and screamed.
One by one, they were escorted out with their hands behind their backs. When they saw this lineup, some directly fell down, some couldn't walk, and some continued to stare with their eyes wide open.
"Fraud for the sake of producing books is a crime punishable by hanging. For your own selfish interests, you do anything. Where's Wang Xun? Find him and bring him here."
Yao Chong's gaze swept across the faces of the group and said in a deep voice.
Others ran to check the warehouses, such as those from Taifu Temple. They were in charge of Changping Warehouse.
The Imperial Ancestral Temple was in charge of the royal family.
The Ministry of Revenue was in charge of checking the accounts.
The people who were arrested cried and shouted that they were wronged, that they knew they were wrong, and that there were others involved …
With the help of the Non-commissioned Officer, the voices quickly disappeared.
Li Yi didn't know that the imperial court had made a move. They waited for him to finish swindling the money.
He was very happy at the moment. Someone quickly came over and reported that he had sold the information. The moment he sold it, the first person came back.
51,000 yuan. One was enough to cover all the previous investments.
Li Yi was making steamed meatballs and pancakes. He ate late in the morning and delayed lunch.
He was waiting for others to buy the land. When he realized that there was no treasure, he would tell them how to pay for it.
He felt that it was fun to swindle and teach others a painful lesson.
The imperial court saw that it was illegal. If it wasn't for the fact that they were waiting for Li Yi to get the money, they would have made a move.
Once they were caught and tortured, there would always be someone who couldn't take it and blurted it out.
"Okay, we can eat now. Are we still eating this for dinner?" Li Yi carried the food over. As usual, three people ate. The eunuchs and palace maids ate other things while he scooped some for himself.
"Are the fish meatballs delicious?" Empress Wang wanted to change the ingredients.
"Delicious. I'll ask someone to beat the fish meat." Li Yi nodded and turned around.
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