Chapter 196 Naturally, we need to purchase some land
After finally settling down, everyone was much more active in doing things than before. There was a peaceful atmosphere in the huge yard.
He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye saw this and joined in.
After breakfast, Bago called Liang Hao and others to prepare to go into the mountain to have a look.
Mo Jiuye also wanted to follow everyone to the mountains to have a look. However, He Zhiran had an agreement with Henry today to help him find a ship repairman. He could not let such a beautiful wife go alone, so this idea could only be given up.
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The time agreed upon with Henry was not very early, and they set off in the mule cart only after midnight.
Just as he walked to the center of the village, he saw Zhao Zechuan walking towards the entrance of the village.
Mo Jiuye had a good impression of Zhao Zechuan and took the initiative to say hello.
"Is Zhao Xiucai planning to enter the city?"
When Zhao Zechuan saw that the speaker was Mo Jiuye, he immediately smiled.
"So it's the ninth brother of the Mo family. Please don't call me Zhao Xiucai. It sounds a bit awkward. Just call me by my name like the people in the village."
When he went to the school yesterday, he specifically asked the well-informed Master if he had ever heard of an official named Mo in the imperial court.
The surname Mo was rare in the Dashun Dynasty. When the master heard this surname, he first thought of the Mo family in the capital.
After communicating with his master, Zhao Zechuan learned that the Mohist family in the capital had been exiled to the northwest.
In this way, it is completely correct. The Mo Laojiu in front of him is undoubtedly the former Lord Protector.
I just don’t know why such a famous figure ended up in exile?
It's no wonder that Zhao Zechuan couldn't figure out the reason. Even the Mo family couldn't figure out why they had such a result after they shed blood on the battlefield to defend Dashun.
Although Zhao Zechuan did not understand the reason why the Mo family was exiled, he deeply admired a family that defended the territory of Dashun with their lives.
Therefore, when he faced Mo Jiuye, who was exiled by the imperial court, he did not have any sense of superiority.
Instead, he felt that Mo Jiuye was the person he should respect.
"Brother Mo Jiu, I have written the petition last night and plan to send it to the county magistrate in advance. If you go to the city, can you give me a ride?"
Mo Jiuye moved her body to the side, freeing up the space next to her.
"I'm going to meet someone near the county government office, and I'm just on my way."
After Zhao Zechuan thanked him, he sat on the other side of Mo Jiuye.
Driving the mule cart into the city, which would take at least more than half an hour, Mo Jiuye simply asked about the houses at the foot of the mountain.
"Brother Zechuan, which family owns those houses at the foot of the mountain?"
"Those are the old houses of our three families. More than ten years ago, when Cui Wen was not the county magistrate, the Cui family moved here later, and the population was not as large as our two families.
Therefore, most of the courtyards at the foot of the mountain are owned by our Zhao family and Zhou family, and the Cui family only has five or six."
Mo Jiuye continued to ask: "I see there are a lot of abandoned lands around those yards. Are there owners of these abandoned lands?"
As the son of a clan leader, he is very aware of the situation in the village.
"Those lands were all wasteland reclaimed by my fathers, and the purpose was just to get more harvests.
Later, our Zhao family and Zhou family were bullied by the Cui family and forcibly exchanged the wasteland they had reclaimed for our fertile land. Our two families simply stopped tending the land at the foot of the mountain.
After working hard for several years, the land was matured and finally had to be given to the Cui family at a low price. Therefore, our two families gave up the land there and it has been abandoned for more than ten years."
After a pause, Zhao Zechuan asked, "Is Brother Mo Jiu planning to buy farmland?"
Mo Jiuye did not deny it: "We will live here for a long time in the future, so naturally we need to buy some land."
Zhao Zechuan continued to ask: "Does Brother Mo Jiu also plan to build a house in the village?"
"I do have this plan, but I don't know if those old houses at the foot of the mountain can be sold?"
Mo Jiuye knew in his heart that those collapsed houses were uninhabitable, so he bought them as a homestead.
After all, I and my wife-in-law like that position very much.
I thought Zhao Zechuan would continue to patiently answer his questions, but the latter actually advised him not to build a house there.
"Brother Mo Jiu, it's not suitable for long-term living there, especially in winter."
Mo Jiuye raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
"Brother Mo Jiu doesn't know. The past few years have been bad, and barbarians often come over the mountains to plunder food.
If we lived at the foot of the mountain, we would definitely become a target for barbarian robbery. The reason why several of our families moved there and built high walls was to prevent them from coming to rob us.
Also, our family is large and united. Once we find barbarians coming, we will get together to drive them away.
Maybe those barbarians haven't come here in recent years because they can't get any benefits from us."
Mo Jiuye also heard a little bit of what Zhao Zechuan said a few days ago.
He was not afraid of tens of thousands of enemy troops, so how could he be afraid of these barbarians who existed like bandits?
What's more, he and He Zhiran have already discussed that when building a house there, they can also heighten the courtyard wall. When the time comes, they will have a few dogs at home. If there is any movement, they will be the first to notice.
Therefore, he was not worried about barbarians coming to harass and rob.
"The barbarians are not afraid. If they find them, they will fight them back. I want to know now whether those abandoned yards can be sold to us."
Zhao Zechuan thought about it. He was a general who led thousands of troops to kill the enemy on the battlefield. How could he be frightened by a few barbarians?
As for whether those abandoned houses can be sold, Zhao Zechuan can give an answer without asking his father.
"The old house has been abandoned for many years, and we will never live there again. If Brother Mo Jiu proposes to buy it, everyone will definitely agree.
However, the price is definitely not suitable for buying wasteland and building a house."
Mo Jiuye also knows this truth. Although the houses there are too dilapidated to live in, it is a courtyard after all, and it is unrealistic to buy it at the price of wasteland.
He was talking to Zhao Zechuan just because he wanted to know more. If he wanted to buy those houses and land, he had to discuss it with the two clan leaders.
This matter is not urgent. He will study it carefully with his family before making a decision.
There are also the Xie family and the Fang family. They rushed to Xiling Village for their own homes. They also asked their opinions on the location of the house.
While the two were chatting, they had already approached the county government office.
Looking from a distance, people were crowding in front of the county government office, and officials were gesticulating and saying something.
After Zhao Zechuan thanked Mo Jiuye, he took the lead and walked over with the certificate.