After Transmigration: Building a Kingdom in Turbulent Times-Chapter 633 - 627 Benefits

He smiled slightly at Zhao Hu and said, "Hanzhang has set rules on the maximum amount of land a household can own in a place. Fertile land, dry land, mountain land, each has its requirements. You can compare them when making purchases."

Zhao Hu couldn’t help but complain, "Why does she have so many requirements? I have the money, and she needs money. I should be able to buy as much as I want and she should just sell it to me."

Zhao Ming: "According to her, she does all this for Seventh Uncle’s good."

He said, "She mentioned that if there were no requirements, right now you would buy a large tract of land, giving her a large sum of money. Once she spent all the money, when the world is peaceful and the population increases, she won’t have any land to distribute to the people. Then she’d inevitably look at the land in your hands, but she wouldn’t have any money in her hands, forcing her to find a way to take back your land by spending very little or not spending any money at all."

Zhao Hu was stunned, nearly dropping the teacup in his hand, as Zhao Song glanced at him casually. After thinking over it for a long time, he finally found a point to speak, "Why are you panicking? Third Lady wasn’t speaking to you; she said this to me."

Zhao Hu was furious, "Fifth Brother, she dares to treat you like that, why wouldn’t she dare with me? She really is an ungrateful wretch."

"Don’t speak nonsense," Zhao Song glared at him, then looked at Zhao Ming, "What about the latter part of what she said?"

Zhao Ming casually placed a piece on the board, captured five of his father’s black stones, and while picking up the pieces amidst his father’s stunned expression, he said, "The latter part of what she said was that she despises such actions. Therefore, to prevent herself from doing such unjust acts, she’s decided to cut these things at the source. She’d rather endure hardship now than sell large amounts of land for personal gain."

He added, "In this way, for long-term development, not only will it be good for you, and good for her, but also beneficial for the people under her rule, leading to a harmonious situation for everyone."

Zhao Hu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He owned quite a bit of land, spread across all the counties in Ru Nan County, and now with Zhao Hanzhang’s growth, extended even beyond.

If one day she really set her face aside to do something, he wouldn’t be able to stop her.

Fortunately, she cared about her reputation. Zhao Hu suddenly felt much more at ease for some reason.

However, after understanding the purchase limit for the three types of land, Zhao Hu no longer worried, "I’m not going to buy that much anyway."

Zhao Ming chuckled. After seeing his father hesitate before placing a piece, he blocked his father’s path and captured another black stone. Zhao Hu might say this now, but when Yu State becomes more stable and he gets richer, will he really resist buying land?

Anyway, he didn’t believe it.

Zhao Song was so angry that he threw down his chess pieces and shouted, "I’m not playing anymore, playing chess with you is no fun at all."

Just as Zhao Hu, who was contemplating buying land, heard this and looked down, he burst out laughing, "Hahahaha, Fifth Brother, you lost again!"

Zhao Song shot him a glare and got up to leave directly.

Zhao Hu smirked, "Obviously not good at chess, yet insists on liking it."

After muttering about Zhao Song, he then said to Zhao Ming, "You too, at your age, you still don’t know how to show some leniency to your father."

Zhao Ming was completely unconcerned, slowly picking up the black and white pieces separately, looked up and said, "Are you still buying land?"

"Yes, let’s go, we’ll choose the land right away."

Such trivial matters Zhao Ming didn’t worry about. He directly called his attendant and asked him to take Zhao Hu to the government to find a broker, giving just one instruction, "Just follow the rules."

Zhao Hu immediately stopped in his tracks, turned his eyes and said, "Zi Nian, discussing money between us uncles and nephews is too tacky, but I have to ask, won’t you give me some discounts?"

Zhao Ming paused for a moment and said, "Considering Third Lady, I’ll give you a half percentage discount on the land price."

Zhao Hu: "You actually dare say this price to me?"

Zhao Ming’s face turned serious and he said in a deep voice, "Seventh Uncle, you just mentioned Chen County is poor. You know how poor Third Lady is right now. Even so, do you still want to take advantage of us?"

When Zhao Ming looked pleasant, Zhao Hu naturally dared to joke. But when his face turned serious, Zhao Hu felt a bit timid.

Zhao Hu didn’t bargain anymore, but he couldn’t help but mutter, "This is just so stingy, why is everyone so much like Big Brother now..."

Zhao Hu continued muttering as he walked away.

Once he left, Zhao Ming was alone in the pavilion. He lowered his gaze, picked up the chess pieces one by one, and put them away. Then he instructed the servant standing outside the pavilion, "Go invite the Chief Advisor."

He thought the model Zhao Hu just mentioned was quite good. They could completely promote it in Chen County, no, throughout Yu State, where the county government or the Governor Mansion would purchase flax cakes, provide silkworm eggs, and purchase silk, encouraging the people to grow flax, mulberry, and raise silkworms in their spare time.

There’s no need to open large workshops. They can directly contract the production to households, with the government only doing the purchasing. At that time, they only need to open one workshop, specialized in weaving linen and silk fabric. Or they can choose not to open a workshop at all; the government can slightly increase the prices and sell directly to people like Seventh Uncle.

He curled his lips slightly, feeling that this idea was indeed quite good.

All this linen and silk fabric does not need to be sold outside. Yu State and Luoyang alone can absorb the supply. Aren’t these two places in desperate need of cloth?

Zhao Hu didn’t know that just as he turned around, his big nephew copied his idea. He personally went to look at a few plots of land that the broker recommended.

Oh, this broker agency is affiliated with the county government, and quite a bit of the land is owned by the government.

Well, these were the wastelands accounted for by Zhao Hanzhang after she became the Yu State Governor. Land not cultivated for more than three years, or verified as abandoned by its original owner who left Chen County for over a certain period, she decisively claimed as public land.

Unless the original owner returns to appeal and can pay a certain amount of taxes, this land could only be hers, oh no, public land.

Besides the public lands, there’s land, homes, and shops listed here by other people for sale.

Zhao Hu looked over everything and took three days to decide on the fields and shops he wanted to buy, and he also bought himself a house in the process.

A vacant house not too far from the Governor Mansion, with three courtyards, a garden, and a rockery with water, costing quite a bit.

Yes, the money for this still went to the government.

No matter what Zhao Ming said, he was unwilling to lower the price. According to him, "This house wasn’t originally for sale. Third Lady specifically instructed that these houses are meant to be rewards for meritorious officials in the future. If not for Seventh Uncle, I wouldn’t sell this house."

Zhao Hu knew he was telling the truth. Many people wanted to buy properties in this area, especially out-of-town merchants who frequented Chen County. If they could buy a villa here...

In the future, their neighbors would be the generals and strategists around Zhao Hanzhang.

Unfortunately, Zhao Ming wouldn’t sell.

Zhao Hu was the first to buy a house from him, and because of this special treatment, although the price was high and it pained him, he was still a bit happy.

Because of this, he was somewhat looking forward to going to Luoyang.

Zhao Hu wasn’t stupid. He knew that this sort of privilege had been given to him by Zhao Hanzhang. Since that was the case, he needed to give something in return to foster better relations with Zhao Hanzhang, allowing him to enjoy more conveniences in the future.

Zhao Hu finally made up his mind to go to Luoyang and set a date.

Zhao Ming, who had been waiting, secretly relaxed, thinking his efforts to ease Zhao Hu’s journey hadn’t been in vain. If Zhao Hu still didn’t go to Luoyang, Zhao Ming would have been unable to hold back his frustration.