The next morning, Qin Xi and Han Shi came to the village office.
Although it was called an office, it was actually three large thatched houses. In the middle was the village secretary and the village chief’s office.
On the left and right were the offices for the staff.
Now that Shangwan Village was very behind in terms of development, the position of village secretary was almost non-existent.
When they arrived at the village chief’s office, Liu Shuan greeted them warmly, “Come in and take a seat!”
Before the two of them could grab a seat, he continued excitedly, “Yesterday, I went to the town to see the mayor. I told him that you wanted to buy the hill. The mayor agreed.”
“However, the country explicitly prohibits the sale and transfer of land. It can only be bought in the form of contracting. The duration of the contract is 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 years.”
Qin Xi nodded. This was the same as in her previous life. “What’s the price?”
“Well… The area of that hill is 259,000 square meters. Given that it’s a 30-year contract, it’ll be at least 280,000 yuan. This is the price I got from bargaining with them for a long time.”
This was also the acceptable price range that Qin Xi had thought about.
“280,000…”
Qin Xi thought that the price was indeed very cheap. As long as she did well, Shangwan Village would definitely attract more talents.
In 30 years, the soil of the hill that was nourished with Vitality Pills would also undergo a transformation. At that time, even without the Vitality Pills, the vegetation here would grow very well.
At the thought of this, she wanted to seize this opportunity even more. She took a deep breath and looked at Liu Shuan solemnly. “Village Chief, I’ve thought about it. If I want to sign a contract of 70 years, I hope the town can lower the price for me. It’s best if it’s 680,000 yuan. If possible, we can sign the contract immediately. How about that?”
Liu Shuan suddenly stood up in shock. He did not even notice that he had spilled the tea. He gasped and said in disbelief, “680,000? Are you sure?”
“Positive.”
Qin Xi nodded seriously. “Village Chief, to be honest, I saved a rich man in the city. He gave me 700,000 yuan as reward. I want to use the remaining 20,000 yuan to buy some fruit seedlings. I want to use a special method to speed up the ripening of these fruits. If the survival rate is 80%, our village will definitely become the number one village in this area this year.”
Liu Shuan was deeply shocked by her words.
Not to mention 700,000 yuan, he had never even seen 50,000 yuan in his life, but this little girl in front of him made it sound like 700,000 yuan was nothing. Moreover, she bought the land as if she was doing some grocery shopping. Even he could not help but admire her decisiveness.
Liu Shuan wiped the cold sweat off his forehead nervously and excitedly. He slowly sat down and said with a trembling voice, “Then, then I’ll go and talk to them later!”
Qin Xi gave him a reassuring smile. “Uncle Liu, when the matter is settled, we need to introduce landlines into the village. Otherwise, it will be difficult to communicate in the future.”
“Oh, okay, uh, what, landline?” Liu Shuan was shocked again.
He waved his hands and stammered, “No, no, no, I can’t.”
Qin Xi interrupted him and said, “Village Chief, I’ll pay for this. After all, you are the village chief and most likely, you’ll need to help me with a lot of things.”
Liu Shuan said seriously without thinking, “Of course. As the village chief, I will do my best to share your burden. Your matter is the most important one now.”
“With you helping me, I’m very relieved.”
Qin Xi smiled and said, “When the time comes, please help me tell the villagers that I’ll pay anyone who goes up the hill to work!”