strictlysupreme Chapter 462 Choosing a Place
Chapter 462 Choosing a Place
Gu Qingqing left the house and came to the front yard under the guidance of Li Xin.
Only then did I find out that it was Shen Lin and the county magistrate, and they were leaving.
Gu Qingqing was more familiar with Shen Lin. She said a few words to him and then asked him to convey her greetings to Mrs. Shen and Qingxue.
As for meeting the county magistrate, she just bowed obediently and said a few words of sincere gratitude.
She originally wanted to give some eggs or soap from her home to Lord Xie, but before that she asked Steward Shen.
Manager Shen shook his head and said, "Today is not the right time! But after we leave, you can prepare some small gifts for the remaining yamen runners."
Gu Qingqing remembered these words.
After seeing them off, Master Chen came up and congratulated Wen Wuyan, "Congratulations, Wen Shulang. Your family has experienced this and will have a bright future."
Wen Wuyan hurriedly replied to Master Chen, "I don't deserve it. I have to thank Master Chen for taking the trouble to record this matter. If Master Chen is not in a hurry, you can stay at my house tonight. Let me prepare some wine and we can have a good drink."
Upon hearing this, Lord Chen laughed and waved his hands, "I still have official business to attend to. After I finish your family's affairs, I will return to Taohua Town first. It happens that both of you are here, so let's take a look at the land over there."
If it was someone else's family, he would have just made the decision to draw it. But now, because the Wen family's recipe was submitted to His Majesty, His Majesty praised it, saying, "The record is good."
Although there are only a few words, it will bring him huge benefits.
As Lord Chen was speaking, a yamen runner handed him a map.
"Thank you for this matter, Lord Chen." Gu Qingqing thanked him first.
"Haha, what's the trouble? Your land is a gift from the emperor. It's an honor for us to handle it. Do you want scattered plots or a whole piece? If it's scattered plots, four places may be enough. If you want 200 acres connected together, there are only two suitable places at present, and one is here."
As Mr. Chen spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the map. However, the map was very simple. She saw the words "Niutoushan Village" on the map, and then looked at the direction his finger pointed...
"Is it the open space beyond the creek to the east of our house?" Gu Qingqing asked uncertainly.
"It's over there. There's another piece that's southeast of Shangyang Village, it's here." Lord Chen pointed on the map again.
The land in Shangyang Village is quite good. After passing Shangyang Village and heading southeast, it is not far from the main road to Taohua Town. Even though it is at least a quarter of an hour's drive from her home.
As for the piece of wasteland to the east of her house, it was actually more suitable. There was no road to get there, and if she couldn't open it, she could just build one herself. What she couldn't solve was the bridge across the creek.
If she could solve these two problems, the land next to her home would naturally be more suitable.
Thinking of this, Gu Qingqing looked at the other party with a smile and asked, "Master Chen, you are well-informed and know many people. Do you know anyone who can build a bridge? For example, how much silver would it cost to build a bridge over a stream about two meters wide? Do you know roughly?"
"Then you've finally asked the right person. Our county government has people who specialize in bridge and road construction. It depends on what materials you want to use. Is it a single-log bridge? Or a wooden bridge? Or a stone slab bridge? How wide is it?"
Gu Qingqing said without thinking, "The stone bridge is wide enough for a horse-drawn carriage to carry goods."
"You want the land over here." Lord Chen pointed at the map.
Gu Qingqing nodded, "This place is close to my home. If we can build a bridge over the creek here that can accommodate mule carts, we would like to have the land here."
Another reason why Gu Qingqing wanted the land here was that there was a river beyond this land. A branch of the river flowed out to the stream behind Niutou Mountain and the hillside where her home was, making a big circle and almost surrounding the land.
She hardly had to worry about people stealing her food or wild boars coming down on her land, because no matter which way they came to her land, they had to cross the stream, which served as a natural barrier.
Similarly, for this reason, that piece of land is left idle and basically no one cultivates it, because if you only dig out a little bit of the soil, it will be covered with weeds in a few days. How much would it take to dig up so much?
It was a hassle every time I went to the fields.
Of course, the land there is more than 200 acres, at least more than 600 acres.
Lord Chen thought for a moment and said, "If we just build a stone bridge over the stream so that a carriage can carry heavy objects, it will cost at least fifty or sixty taels of silver."
Gu Qingqing was now rich and wealthy, so she agreed without even thinking about it. "We want the land here, and we would also like to trouble Master Chen to arrange for craftsmen to help repair the bridge."
"Haha, good. Since you have chosen this land, then follow our officials to measure the land. As for building the bridge, we will have to wait. The county officials in charge of engineering projects need to build the memorial archway first. Only after the memorial archway is built will we have time to build the bridge."
"Of course. Sir Chen, please wait a moment. I will go get the silver." After saying this, Gu Qingqing went back to the room first.
When she got to the main room and closed the door, she said to the two children who were standing by the gold, "Mom and Dad are going to go out for a while. You two help mom bring the gold ingots back to the house."
Gu Qingqing said as she uncovered the red silk cloth, grabbed a gold ingot in one hand and went back to open the wardrobe.
When she made the wardrobe that day, she deliberately left a hidden groove specifically for hiding things.
She hid all ten gold ingots in the cabinet, then covered the ingots with the red silk cloth again and closed the secret compartment.
She then took out fifty taels of silver from the cabinet on the other side. Wen Xin saw this and asked curiously, "Mom, what are you going to do?"
Gu Qingqing walked out while saying to them, "Your father and I are going to see the new land that the emperor has bestowed upon our family. We want to build a bridge over there. This money is for building the bridge. You can go out and play now. You don't have to stay here."
"Mom, can we go and take a look at the new land?" When Wen Xin heard that her parents were going to see their new land, she also wanted to go and take a look.
Gu Qingqing smiled at them, her smile full of tenderness, "Sure, let's go."
"Wow, let's go with mom and dad." Wenrou jumped happily.
Gu Qingqing went out to give the money to Mr. Chen, and then followed Wen Wuyan with Li Xin, Wen Xin and Wen Rou.
Seeing this, Zhao Dong wondered if he could help, so he brought Zhao Nan and Zhao Bei along and followed happily.
Gu Qingqing knew that she walked slowly, so she urged Wen Wuyan to walk faster. "Don't worry about me. I'll take the child and walk slowly. You just keep up with the adults."
"Look, Master Chen is willing to take care of us, so there is no need to rush. Besides, since you are the head of our family, this land is naturally the one you like. I dare not make the decision if you don't come."
Wen Wuyan followed her and joked.
Gu Qingqing rolled her eyes at him, but tried to walk faster.
When crossing the creek, Wen Wuyan and his companions found a place with shallow water, and saw that the water was knee-deep when the yamen runners passed by.
He looked at Qingqing and her belly, then without saying a word, he picked up Gu Qingqing and went into the water.