Chapter 384

At Zhou's house in Lizhou City, Zhou Shuren got the jewelry ordered by Zhou Shuren. Zhou Shuren didn't waste any scraps. He polished the jade pendants and hairpins that matched the bamboo orchid head, and let Zhou Shuren polish the remaining scraps. Well, when the bamboo orchid comes back, the bamboo orchid can be inlaid according to your own preferences.

Zhou Shuren looked at the jade pendant on the side of his head, and the shrewd Lord Zhou showed a smirk. It was a couple style. This knowledge inspired Zhou Shuren, and in the future, he would wear it like a bamboo orchid as a couple style.

Zhou Shuren cut off the jade bestowed by the emperor to make jewelry. This wave of operation made the whole city panic for no reason. It could be a family heirloom, but Master Zhou carved jewelry for his wife!

The men all sighed, Mr. Zhou is really affectionate, this time he is completely convinced, if it were them, he would definitely be carved into a family heirloom to be passed on from generation to generation!

The women tore several veils, their eyes were red with jealousy.

Mrs. Chen's wife, Mrs. Hua, has been talking to her master in a strange way for several days.

Master Chen, "..."

Lord Zhou has done them harm!

Zhou Shuren himself was never idle at home, and continued to add hatred to Zhulan!

Early the next morning, Zhulan ate breakfast and got on the carriage prepared by Yaxing to go to see Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi was a little far away from Jinzhou City, and it would take an hour's journey.

Zhulan really didn't feel that it was too bumpy. She found that the roads in the south were well repaired, unlike the sparsely populated roads in the north, which were full of potholes and no one maintained them.

Arriving at the place, Zhulan saw the tenants in the village.

Yazi introduced respectfully, "Yang Yiren, this piece of house belongs to the owner. These tenants not only rent the fields but also rent the house of the owner's family."

Zhulan never thought of buying Zhuangzi without revealing her identity. Not only Yazi will bully you, but local officials will also bully you. Anyone who can afford Zhuangzi has a family background, Zhulan asked, "Theirs How is the rent calculated?"

Yazi explained: "Thirty to seven points."

Bamboo Orchid thought it was quite dark, 70% was given to the owner, and only 30% was left to the tenants, who had to pay the rent of the house every year, and there were many children in the family, even if they could grow it for two seasons in the south, it would not be enough to eat.

Yazi continued: "There are four or six cents of benevolent villa owners, but very few."

Zhulan said that she knew, she saw many children looking at her timidly, and some women's faces were full of worry.

Zhulan knew that there were quite a few government houses that bought farms and would not rent them out to tenants. Basically, they bought a family of servants to manage the farms, and hired short-term labor for farming and harvesting.

These tenants were afraid that Zhulan would not rent out the land after buying Zhuangzi. Not only would they lose their land, but they would also lose their place to live.

Yazi led the way to the main entrance of the yard, opened the gate, and Yazi introduced: "This is the yard where the owner lives. Although the owner doesn't come to live often, the yard is always taken care of. There are ponds and rockery in the yard. The scenery is good, because The owner is short of money, so the house is half sold and half given away."

Zhulan looked at the front yard, the house in the south of the Yangtze River has a scene, the layout of the house is also very good, and there is an attic in the backyard, Zhulan fell in love with it immediately.

Yazi knew it was half done, and he didn't dare to fool the official wife.

Then Zhulan went to look at the fields. This Zhuangzi had 150 mu of dry land and 50 mu of paddy fields. Fish were raised in the paddy fields.

Along the way, Zhulan met many tenants who were working in the fields, and they all stopped to look at Zhulan and the others. Some were panicked, some were terrified, and they were all confused about the future.

Zhulan knows that some tenants live better than self-employed farmers, but after all, they have no family to rely on outsiders. Once the land cannot be rented, the tenants panic.

Then Zhulan visited two villages of two hundred mu,

Of the three Zhuangzi, only one has no tenants.

Zhulan handles things cleanly, there is no need to procrastinate when she is optimistic, and she is a member of the government. Zhou Shuren's name is really useful. Everyone knows that she went to Lizhou City, and the changes in Lizhou City are basically known by word of mouth. Especially among officials.

No one dared to fool Zhulan when she bought a house. She bought two houses with tenants, one with Zhou Shuren's name on it, and the other with her name written on it.

Zhou Laoer went to do it, Zhou Laoer didn't ask much, anyway, in my father's heart, I wrote my mother's name, and my father didn't care. A total of four thousand five hundred and fifty taels of silver was spent in exchange for the deed. He was worried at first that his mother had already spent a lot of silver and was afraid that the money would not be enough, but when his mother gave him the silver, he saw that there was still money in the box. Down a lot.

Zhou Er Er warned himself that he must please his mother. What he calculated was only the money on the books of the mansion. He didn't know how much his mother had. Mother, if you report to the government under your mother's name, it will be the dowry, and you can give it to whoever you want!

Zhulan didn't know Zhou Lao Er's petty thoughts, knowing it, Zhulan didn't care, just don't piss her off, if you pissed her off, she would definitely be self-willed when she was about to die.

Zhulan still has less than 5,000 taels of silver left in her hand. Zhulan is not going to buy Zhuangzi anymore. She is very optimistic about the location of Jinzhou City. The rent of shops in Jinzhou City is the most stable.

What the Zhou family lacked was a stable income, so she planned to buy a shop with the rest of the money.

Zhulan asked Zhou Laoer to ask about the price of the shops. The shops in Jinzhou City are expensive. According to modern calculations, a shop of 60 square meters is 400 taels, which is not a good location. The price of a good location can reach 500 taels. , The rent of shops is also very gratifying. The annual rent of 60 square meters in a good location can be 62 taels, and the rent in a worse location is 40 taels.

Zhulan didn't buy large-scale shops, all of them were small-scale, some only had shops facing the street, and some had small backyards where people could live. She bought eight shops in one go, and only two in good locations. The area is all ok.

A total of four thousand taels was spent, including the favor fee and the tax on the contract exchange.

There are more than six hundred taels of silver left in Zhulan's hand.

Of the eight shops, Zhou Shuren's name was written on two of them in good locations, and the remaining six were under Zhulan's name.

This time, even the shrewd Zhou Er Er was stunned. Mother brought out 10,000 taels of silver, including the land and real estate of her own family. My God, my family has so much silver!

At the same time, Zhou Er's eyes were shining brightly. All the money in it was earned by his mother. It was his mother's idea to buy and sell houses several times. When will he learn his mother's skills?

Zhulan bought a store, and signed a new contract with the merchant who rented the store, and came to collect the money at the end of each year.

After dealing with the shops, Zhulan is ready to meet the tenants. The tenants she buys are meant to be rented out, but she wants to meet the tenants' heads, and continue to use them if she likes them, and change the ones she doesn't like.