Chapter 24 24 Planning

Dad Wei was still envious of Qiu Luan's great achievements on the battlefield, and his promotion and wealth in the future, but when Wei Guangde heard the words, it was not so big?

"Dad, didn't you say last time that the news you heard in Zhenjiang was that the court's army was avoiding war? How come this Qiu Luan dared to lead the Datong army to fight the Tartars?"

Wei Guangde asked as he thought of it, remembering that his father had said so when he just came back.

"How would I know? It's written in the court newspaper, and I heard it from others at the beginning."

Dad Wei also remembered that it seemed that there was such a thing, which was a bit contradictory, but he was too lazy to think about it.

And Wei Guangde searched his memory in his mind again, and confirmed that he had not seen the news that the Minister of War named Ding was beheaded, nor the information of this military general named Qiu Luan, so naturally he could not find the history of this era that later generations had seen, so he asked in vain.

Of course, if he had known that there would be such a time-travel adventure, and read more articles and reports from the Ming Dynasty, he would have known that in the 29th year of Jiajing, the leader of the Mongolian Tumed tribe, Altan Khan, launched a war because of the failure of the "tribute market" to the Ming Dynasty.

In this war, Qiu Luan, the general of Datong, who was still regarded as a hero by Wei Guangde and his son, incredibly bribed Altan Khan to preserve Datong, and Altan Khan, after receiving the money, turned to attack the Gubeikou Great Wall and marched into Beijing.

This was a farce directed by a shameless person, and it also made Emperor Jiajing, who always relied on his wisdom and martial arts, wake up from the illusion of a prosperous country.

Then he was pressed to the ground and rubbed repeatedly by Altan Khan. Because he escaped unscathed after wreaking havoc in the suburbs of Beijing, Emperor Jiajing lost face.

When the crisis was resolved, Ding Rukui, the Minister of War, who was a member of Yan Song's party, was abandoned and eventually beheaded and thrown into the city by the furious Emperor Jiajing.

But at this point, Wei Guangde suddenly remembered that the one who forced his family to sell the land this time was not sure whether it was a civil official or a vassal king in Jiangxi.

If it was a vassal king who wanted to force the land to be bought, then he could only accept it, but if it was an official family, there seemed to be such a possibility.

At this moment, Wei Guangde thought that if the dignified Minister of War said to kill, he would be killed. If the buyer this time was also a civil official, it was hard to say whether he would have bad luck in the future.

Of course, as a small sixth-rank centurion, they certainly couldn't afford to offend the civil officials, even if it was a seventh-rank county magistrate, they couldn't fight.

At that time, my own descendants also said on the Internet that being an official, especially a high-ranking official, was actually a high-risk profession, unless you could really keep yourself clean.

As for the current Ming Dynasty, it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was stingy and gave officials very low salaries, so corruption was rampant in the officialdom.

Although Wei Guangde had not passed the imperial examination, let alone entered the government, and did not know how much the court would pay him, he could still imagine that if the buyer committed a crime in the future, he would be beheaded and his property confiscated, then this "hidden land" would seem to have operational value.

"Dad, that piece of land is definitely sold, and the other party does not want more people to know about it. When we negotiate the price and sign the contract, can we try to blur the location of the land in the contract, and it is best if the middleman does not sign it."

Wei Guangde said tentatively. After all, these were just his own thoughts, and it was unclear whether it was feasible.

"Blurred location?"

When Wei Lao heard his son suddenly talk about the sale of land from the battlefield in the capital, he thought about it and understood what his son meant.

This time, the transaction involved "hidden land", so naturally the land transaction contract would not be filed in the government office, but the two parties would hand it over and the middleman would be the guarantor.

Because of the hidden nature of the fields, it is impossible for the middleman to be found casually outside. Instead, someone who knows the power of the field will be found to sign and seal the contract as a witness.

In ancient land transactions, a contract was generally written in text form, but there was no standard format like today. There was also a map on the back of the land certificate, which detailed the boundaries. Everything was in text, so it was naturally a bit more operable.

Although the middleman is likely to be someone hired by the other party, there is no guarantee that they will sign the contract as a middleman, which is actually to trap them.

Because it is a hidden field, it is natural that the buyer and seller will not be stated in the contract, but asking Old Man Wei to sign the middleman is really a troublesome matter.

For the buyer, what they want is that Old Man Wei will not make trouble for no reason in the future and shut up after taking the money.

"I roughly understand what you mean. When the time comes, I will see what they mean. I will definitely not sign and seal it because my identity is not suitable."

Old Man Wei looked at Wei Guangde and said meaningfully.

Wei Guangde saw his father's expression and knew that he should know what he meant. His elder brother Wei Wencai's eyes lit up, which meant that he had guessed something. Naturally, he was too lazy to say it out loud. Instead, he thought about it before saying the following words.

"I think that after they bought the land, they must cultivate it. It is impossible to leave it idle.

At that time, Dad can try to talk to them and let the elder brother help them to be the village head and watch the farmers below cultivate the land. They can come to monitor at any time. As for the rent that the owner should collect, of course, it is theirs."

"Let me be the village head?"

Wei Wencai said loudly immediately, with obvious unwillingness in his tone.

"If possible, it would be best if we can take over the management of this land."

Wei Guangde ignored his elder brother and looked at his father and said.

"It is probably difficult, so I can only mention it."

Old man Wei stroked his beard and said something. Now he was more certain of Wei Guangde's plan.

If the buyer had a successful career, then of course nothing would happen. If something unexpected happened, it would be hard to say.

"You can't just mention it, you have to say something."

Wei Guangde didn't think so, but thought that if you have to fight, you have to fight.

Although the land has been sold, in principle, it is indeed the buyer who should decide what to do, but after all, this piece of land is special, isn't it?

Wei Guangde continued, "Dad, you have to make it clear when we talk. We can't support so many people with our land, but our people can rent their land to work.

They can grow whatever they want, as long as they can give the people below a bite to eat. Everything is done according to the usual practice.

As for whether it is divided by share or quota, it's easy to talk about.

As for our family, we also want the benefits of the village head to help them look after this land.

It's not like they buy the land and don't find someone to look after it."

"You can talk about it and try your best to get some income. Otherwise, if the land is sold, it will have nothing to do with our family in the future."

Wei Wushi understood what her son meant at this moment. Her family was a centurion, and by the way, they also served as the village head of that piece of land.

As long as it can be done, they can get some benefits from that piece of land every year.

As for the buyer, this piece of land was bought with silver, and the rent should be how much it should be when collecting it. They will not lose a penny, so there is no need to worry about anything.