Chapter 76: Renting Four Cities to Cultivate
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âPlease.â
As soon as Yang Chen finished speaking, the Liu Family Head, the Feng Family Head Elder, and the Li Family Head Elder entered the Chen Family Meeting Hall.
âEveryone, please take a seat and serve some tea.â Yang Chen pointed at the chairs around him, then picked up the teacup, blew on it, and took a sip.
After putting down the teacup, Yang Chen smiled at the four of them.â I understand why you are here. 1 can sell you the Qi Returning Pills.ââ
When the four of them saw this, their eyes flashed with joy and they immediately wanted to thank him.
âWait.â Yang Chen reached out his hand to stop the four from thanking him.â The market price for this Qi Pill is ten Spirit Stones per pill. You are all friends of my Chen Family, so my Chen Family can sell it to you for nine Spirit Stones.ââ
âBesides, this Qi Core can be supplied to you for a long time.â
âButâŠâ
This was very important. The four of them were all nervous. The Chen family had given up such a huge benefit. It was impossible for them to not ask for anything.
âChen Clan Head, please say it. My Mo Clan will agree to any condition.âMo Xingling said.
â Yes.â The Feng Clanâs First Elder nodded.â My Feng Clan is the same.ââ
The other two also nodded, indicating that there was no problem.
Things were different now. Without the alliance agreement, this demonic beast might come to their city as a guest at any time. Naturally, they had to prepare some medicinal pills.
This Qi Core could accelerate a warriorâs recovery speed. If it was used well, it could save a life.
Yang Chen listened to their words and smiled,â Donât worry, I donât want much. My Chen family will rent the land of your four cities until it is enough to grow rice.â
âMaster Chen actually wants the land?â
The four of them were a little stunned. This land was useless, so why did they rent it?
âTo tell you the truth, my Chen family has found brown soil. You should all know the effects of brown soil.â
âAfter my Chen familyâs mixing, as long as a small amount of brown soil is added, the rice can grow.âChen Yang said shockingly.
âWhat is it? Brown soil!â
Hearing this, the four of them stood up from their chairs in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.
âEveryone, thereâs no need to be so shocked.âYang Chen held the teacup in his hand, his eyes flashing with killing intent.
Immediately, the four of them understood that since the Chen family had said so, they had no choice but to agree.
âDare I ask, Master Chen, what is the rent?âThe Li familyâs grand elder braced himself and asked.
âThe rent is naturally food. According to the daily quota of two catties per person, it will provide you with a yearâs worth of food.â
âAs for how to distribute it, itâs up to you.âAfter Yang Chen finished speaking, he took a sip of tea and waited for the four peopleâs reply.
The four of them were tempted by Yang Chenâs offer.
To be honest, they were absolutely willing to exchange this land for a yearâs worth of rations. Moreover, they had a good relationship with the Chen family. In the future, if they were short of food, they could also buy from the Chen family.
The most important thing was that they could only rent their land to the Chen family. Only then would the Chen family have food for them to buy in the future.
Without thinking for long, the four of them said in unison,ââWe are willing.â
Seeing this, Yang Chen smiled like a spring breeze.â If thatâs the case, then letâs have a pleasant cooperation. However, 1 canât give you the food now. No matter what, 1 can only give it to you after seven months.ââ
These seven months were the time for the Chen family to plant food and harvest again.
One had to know that the Chen family did not have many grain seeds at the moment. They could only wait for the rice they were planting to mature before selecting seeds to cultivate.
There was still a month before the rice was ripe.
âWe understand.â
âOne more thing, and that is to ask everyone to help cover up the news. At the very least, it has to be covered up for a year.âYang Chen suddenly remembered.
Mo Xingling took the lead and said,ââDonât worry, Lord Chen. My Mo Family will not allow anyone to enter the fields.â
â Yes.â The Feng Familyâs First Elder nodded.â The same goes for the Feng Family.ââ
âDonât worry, Master Chen. My Liu family will send someone to set up checkpoints and definitely stop others from entering the fields.âFamily Head Liu said.
â Yes.â The Feng Familyâs First Elder nodded.â The same goes for the Feng Family.ââ
âMy Li family is the same. From today onwards, the Li family is willing to be ordered by the Chen family to go through fire and water.âThe Li familyâs grand elder said.
âMy Feng family is the same.â
After discussing the matter of renting the land, Yang Chen didnât forget the purpose of their visit.â The Chen family has loo Qi Returning Pills.â
âHow about this, each of the four families will have 25 pills. From now on, my Chen family will be able to take out 100 pills every three months.â
These 100 Qi Returning Pills were equivalent to 900 Spirit Stones. This was the first time Yang Chen had experienced how terrifying it was for alchemists to earn money.
One had to know that these Qi Returning Pills were casually refined by Chen Die in order to maintain the feeling of refining pills.
âThank you, Master Chen.â
After dealing with the matters of the four families, Yang Chen began to think about how to plant the fields of the four cities.
One had to know that Chen City did not have a large population. If they were all taken out to farm, the secret would definitely be exposed.
To be honest, Yang Chen really didnât want to be exposed when he didnât have the capital to stir up trouble.
âIf it really doesnât work, weâll transfer half of the people from each city to farm for my Chen family. When the time comes, weâll strictly guard them. There shouldnât be any trouble.â
Immediately, Chen Yang told Chen Xuan his thoughts.
After Chen Xuan heard this, he said thoughtfully,âMaster, do you mean to develop them into tenants of the Chen family?â
âYou can say whatever you want, but there is still a difference between you and a tenant.â
âAs a ninth-rank aristocratic family, our Chen family only needs to hand over 30% of the grain and keep the remaining 70% for ourselves.â
âFurthermore, the tenants donât have to pay taxes. In addition, each tenant can plant at least four acres of land, which means they can produce more than 2,000 catties of grain every year.â
âIf we do this, Iâm afraid we wonât be able to save up much food.âYang Chen shook his head.
âThen what do you mean?â
âIf you work for our Chen family, each person will plant at least four mu of land. Each mu of land will give you 400 catties of grain every year.âYang Chen said.
â Yes.â Chen Xuan nodded.â 1,600 catties of grain a year is enough for a family of three.â
âMoreover, every family can have more than one person working for us. With more people, life will naturally become more comfortable.âYang Chen added.
When Chen Xuan saw this, he smiled and said,âThe family head is still kind. If it were me, 1 would just give 800 catties a year.ââ
âThatâs too much.â Yang Chen smiled and said,âSince we want them to work for us, we must at least ensure that they can survive.ââ
âIf you canât even live, why are you still working for our Chen family?â
âPatriarch, youâve thought it through. This old man is ashamed of his inferiority.âChen Xuan teased from the side.
âAlright, letâs do as planned. By the way, keep an eye on them. If anyone dares to not work or leak secrets, I donât need to tell you the consequences..â
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