Chapter 162 I will pay for the demolition compensation and resettlement fee

After Qian Wenxin discussed with a group of Shanxi officials, a reply was soon received.

How could you refuse such favorable conditions?

This is simply giving them political achievements.

Imagine that this year they reported the disaster to the court, and then the court issued a decree to reduce or exempt their taxes for the next three years.

Then they will pay several million taels of silver next year, and the court will be overjoyed.

Promotion to higher positions is inevitable, and no regime can refuse millions of taels of income.

So they all approved Luo Mingyue's request for cooperation.

Luo Mingyue acted very quickly and started providing disaster relief immediately.

At the beginning, Qian Wenxin was worried that Luo Mingyue was just trying to get something for nothing.

But when Luo Mingyue transported one million taels of silver to the provincial capital, he believed that Luo Mingyue was serious.

"County Lady, how about we go and see the wasteland together now? There is a wasteland of several thousand acres outside Taiyuan City, adjacent to the Yue River, which flows into the Yellow River."

"Okay." Luo Mingyue nodded.

Qian Wenxin brought officials of all ranks in Taiyuan City to look at the land.

Their main purpose was to determine whether Luo Mingyue really wanted the wasteland, or was using the excuse of buying wasteland to actually annex the land.

So the first piece of land they chose was a wasteland, and there was no household within a radius of dozens of miles.

Luo Mingyue followed Qian Wenxin and others to this wasteland, next to which was a roaring river.

Luo Mingyue's eyes lit up, this place was really a good place.

After systematic teaching from Rosen and the Red Queen, Luo Mingyue has realized that the value of land is not just reflected as farmland.

The Yue River runs through the middle of this wasteland, and water resources are very abundant.

And with a little management, it can serve as a water transportation hub.

It can greatly save product transportation time.

Moreover, this place is only fifty miles away from Taiyuan City, which is neither long nor short.

Although there are no people living in this area, if you walk a little further you will come across some villages and towns.

Considering the disaster victims, there is no need to worry about human resources.

It is even possible to build a new city here.

"What do you think of this place, Lord?"

"Yes, I am satisfied. How big is it in total?"

"About 6,000 acres of land," Qian Wenxin replied.

"It's too small. I need a bigger piece of land. I plan to build a residence and a workshop here, so I need at least 100,000 acres of land. I can give you 2 taels for one acre."

Six thousand acres of land is only four square kilometers at most. Such a small area is not enough to display one's talents.

"How much?" Qian Wenxin and other officials felt that they had heard wrongly.

"Two taels per acre of land." Luo Mingyue answered again.

"County Lady, are you sure? This is a losing business."

In the current Ming Dynasty, top-quality land cost eight taels of silver, medium-quality land cost four taels of silver, and inferior land cost only one tael of silver at most.

Now Luo Mingyue wants two taels of silver for one acre of this wasteland.

They felt that Luo Mingyue was not buying land, but was simply giving away money.

"County Lady, we also have a large tract of land in Chencang. Not to mention 100,000 acres, we have even 1 million acres." Zhao Qu, the prefect of Chencang, interrupted.

"Shut up." Qian Wenxin and Taiyuan prefect Xie Yiyan shouted in unison.

But Zhao Qu ignored Qian Wenxin and Xie Yiyan's angry looks and still approached Luo Mingyue.

"Miss Mingyue, just say the word and we will sell the entire Chencang to you."

This was of course an exaggeration, but at this time Zhao Qu didn't care about other people's eyes, he really wanted to catch the rich man Luo Mingyue.

"We'll talk about this later. Let's talk about things here first." Luo Mingyue said, "I plan to resettle 100,000 disaster victims here, so if there are only a few thousand acres of land, we won't be able to provide them with food and shelter. We also plan to use this place as a pasture to raise cattle, sheep and horses. It's better not to buy 6,000 acres of land."

"But there are still some villages nearby, and there are a lot of good farmland in the villages."

"As long as you come forward, if you have land, no matter what kind of land it is, we will buy it at the price of the best land. If you have houses, we will compensate the villagers according to the size of their houses, and we will also pay for the resettlement fee."

"Then I wonder what the compensation and resettlement fee you gave me is?"

"For a village of a thousand people, we can give 100,000 taels of silver. We will pay the compensation and resettlement fees to the people ourselves. I don't care about other things. You just need to convince them. In addition, whoever can convince an entire village will be given 10,000 taels of silver."

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All the officials, big and small, at the scene gasped.

Isn't this too generous and too rich?

The villagers would agree to the price offered by Luo Mingyue even if he went to negotiate in person. However, the local gentry and landlords were difficult to deal with, so the government had to intervene in the matter.

Before Qian Wenxin and others could make a decision, Zhao Qu interrupted again.

"Ms. Mingyue, as long as you are willing to buy land in our Chencang, I will negotiate for you under the same conditions."

Whether it was for political achievements or for the 12,000 taels of labor fees for a village promised by Luo Mingyue, he could not refuse.

"Okay, I'll be in charge of Taiyuan." Qian Wenxin said hurriedly.

He was really afraid that Luo Mingyue would agree to Zhao Qu's request.

Although he was the governor-general of Shanxi, he still worked in Taiyuan.

If other county capitals develop better than Taiyuan, he will be in a passive position.

"First of all, I don't want to hear you causing any trouble that would anger the heavens and the people. I offer such a high price so that everyone can benefit. If you force others to take the land, then I will have no choice but to file a petition with the capital."

"understand."

The officials immediately agreed.

Luo Mingyue looked at Zhao Qu again and said, "We will go to Chencang tomorrow. Please entertain me, Lord Zhao."

"It's my duty, it's my duty." Zhao Qu's face was also full of joy.

It is very rare to meet someone like Luo Mingyue who is stupid and rich these days. Once you miss this opportunity, you will never have it again.

So he had to make arrangements for Luo Mingyue clearly.

Luo Mingyue said, you make money, but I will never lose money.

What she has to do now is to bind these officials into a community of interests.

These days, it is far less effective to win people's hearts by using interests than to directly use destiny or justice to win people's hearts.

So she had to let these officials get the benefits first.

Of course, while giving them benefits, I also didn't neglect my own practical work.

Then talk to them about their ideals and the future.

If everyone is like Zhu Yuanzhang, talking about ideals with that meager income, then that's just bullshit.

Zhu Yuanzhang was as stingy towards his meritorious officials as he was generous to his own children.

So Luo Mingyue first used benefits to win over 80% of the officials.

The remaining 20% ​​requires other means.