Chapter 76: Renting Four Cities to Cultivate
Translator: 549690339
“Please.”
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.
“Everyone, please take a seat and serve some tea.” 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.” I understand why you are here. 1 can sell you the Qi Returning Pills.””
When the four of them saw this, their eyes flashed with joy and they immediately wanted to thank him.
“Wait.” Yang Chen reached out his hand to stop the four from thanking him.” 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.””
“Besides, this Qi Core can be supplied to you for a long time.”
“But…”
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.
“Chen Clan Head, please say it. My Mo Clan will agree to any condition.”Mo Xingling said.
” Yes.” The Feng Clan’s First Elder nodded.” My Feng Clan is the same.””
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 warrior’s recovery speed. If it was used well, it could save a life.
Yang Chen listened to their words and smiled,” Don’t worry, I don’t want much. My Chen family will rent the land of your four cities until it is enough to grow rice.”
“Master Chen actually wants the land?”
The four of them were a little stunned. This land was useless, so why did they rent it?
“To tell you the truth, my Chen family has found brown soil. You should all know the effects of brown soil.”
“After my Chen family’s mixing, as long as a small amount of brown soil is added, the rice can grow.”Chen Yang said shockingly.
“What is it? Brown soil!”
Hearing this, the four of them stood up from their chairs in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.
“Everyone, there’s no need to be so shocked.”Yang 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.
“Dare I ask, Master Chen, what is the rent?”The Li family’s grand elder braced himself and asked.
“The rent is naturally food. According to the daily quota of two catties per person, it will provide you with a year’s worth of food.”
“As for how to distribute it, it’s up to you.”After Yang Chen finished speaking, he took a sip of tea and waited for the four people’s reply.
The four of them were tempted by Yang Chen’s offer.
To be honest, they were absolutely willing to exchange this land for a year’s 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,””We are willing.”
Seeing this, Yang Chen smiled like a spring breeze.” If that’s the case, then let’s have a pleasant cooperation. However, 1 can’t give you the food now. No matter what, 1 can only give it to you after seven months.””
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.
“We understand.”
“One 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.”Yang Chen suddenly remembered.
Mo Xingling took the lead and said,””Don’t worry, Lord Chen. My Mo Family will not allow anyone to enter the fields.”
” Yes.” The Feng Family’s First Elder nodded.” The same goes for the Feng Family.””
“Don’t worry, Master Chen. My Liu family will send someone to set up checkpoints and definitely stop others from entering the fields.”Family Head Liu said.
” Yes.” The Feng Family’s First Elder nodded.” The same goes for the Feng Family.””
“My 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.’The Li family’s grand elder said.
“My Feng family is the same.”
After discussing the matter of renting the land, Yang Chen didn’t forget the purpose of their visit.” The Chen family has loo Qi Returning Pills.”
“How 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.”
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.
“Thank you, Master Chen.”
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 didn’t want to be exposed when he didn’t have the capital to stir up trouble.
“If it really doesn’t work, we’ll transfer half of the people from each city to farm for my Chen family. When the time comes, we’ll strictly guard them. There shouldn’t be any trouble.”
Immediately, Chen Yang told Chen Xuan his thoughts.
After Chen Xuan heard this, he said thoughtfully,”Master, do you mean to develop them into tenants of the Chen family?”
“You can say whatever you want, but there is still a difference between you and a tenant.”
“As a ninth-rank aristocratic family, our Chen family only needs to hand over 30% of the grain and keep the remaining 70% for ourselves.”
“Furthermore, the tenants don’t 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.”
“If we do this, I’m afraid we won’t be able to save up much food.”Yang Chen shook his head.
“Then what do you mean?”
“If 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.”Yang Chen said.
” Yes.” Chen Xuan nodded.” 1,600 catties of grain a year is enough for a family of three.”
“Moreover, every family can have more than one person working for us. With more people, life will naturally become more comfortable.”Yang Chen added.
When Chen Xuan saw this, he smiled and said,”The family head is still kind. If it were me, 1 would just give 800 catties a year.””
“That’s too much.” Yang Chen smiled and said,”Since we want them to work for us, we must at least ensure that they can survive.””
“If you can’t even live, why are you still working for our Chen family?”
“Patriarch, you’ve thought it through. This old man is ashamed of his inferiority.”Chen Xuan teased from the side.
“Alright, let’s do as planned. By the way, keep an eye on them. If anyone dares to not work or leak secrets, I don’t need to tell you the consequences..”