Longevity Reward Redemption: The Immortal Clan Starts with Farmers

As soon as Chen Changsheng heard this, he knew the man before him was a rat looking to skim some grease. One must not offend such people; if handled well, they can help you get things done, but if offended, they will ruin everything instead.

”It’s all up to you, Milord!”

Chen Changsheng very tactfully and quietly handed over fifty taels of silver to see what this greedy rat could accomplish.

He Zhang tucked the silver into his sleeve, and a smile immediately appeared on his Face. He hadn’t expected this farmer to be so easy to deal with!

Since no one was renting that low hill at War Horse Slope anyway, he might as well give him a bargain!

”War Horse Slope is currently quite derelict, and the county wants someone to take it over. How about this: you pay one hundred taels of silver, and I’ll rent you thirty mu of land?”

He Zhang said with a smile. Hearing this, a flash of joy appeared in Chen Changsheng’s eyes; the greedy rat really did get things done.

By giving just fifty taels, he had gained an extra twenty mu of mountain land. One must know that War Horse Slope only had sixty mu in total, so he had essentially taken half the mountain.

”Thank you, Milord! This humble one will follow your every command!”

Chen Changsheng quickly nodded in agreement. Seeing that Chen Changsheng knew how to handle things, He Zhang stroked his beard and said with a smile:

”Come, follow me into the Yamen to collect the Land Deed, and then you can go home and fence off your land!”

Chen Changsheng followed He Zhang to an office in the Yamen, paid the silver, received the Land Deed, and left the county town with a smile.

He finally had land, and thirty mu at that. His plan to make money had taken a solid step forward!

Afterward, Chen Changsheng spent another twenty taels at the flower and plant market. Using his knowledge of seed selection, he picked out a bag of green tea seeds and jasmine seeds.

Once everything was prepared, Chen Changsheng left the county town and returned to Kaoshan Village!

”Second son, come on, follow your father up the mountain to fence off the land!”

Returning home, Chen Changsheng cheerfully pulled Chuanwen away from feeding the chickens.

”Husband, how many mu of land did you rent?”

Yi Lian heard the voice and came out carrying the child to ask.

”Haha, I had good luck this time. I rented thirty mu of land and only spent one hundred and fifty taels!”

Chen Changsheng was in a good mood, so he recounted the situation of meeting the greedy rat He Zhang in detail.

Upon hearing this, Yi Lian advised him to have as little to do with such greedy rats as possible.

Chen Changsheng felt otherwise. In his view, there are no fish in clear water; besides, a cat that catches mice is a good cat, regardless of whether it’s a greedy cat or an honest cat.

War Horse Slope was right behind Kaoshan Village, only a few hundred meters away from Chen Changsheng’s house.

Chen Changsheng prepared his tools and set off to fence the land at War Horse Slope.

There weren’t many people in the village to begin with, so any bit of news spread everywhere.

When everyone heard that Chen Changsheng had rented thirty mu of mountain land, many felt jealous and said that Chen Changsheng was a spendthrift, trading a large amount of silver for mountain land that couldn’t grow grain, and that he would eventually squander the entire family fortune.

Chen Changsheng turned a deaf ear to them, focusing only on leading Chuanwen to fence the land. They cut some wood and built a simple fence to enclose the thirty mu of mountain land.

”Hmm, this fence is still too simple to keep out thieves. Chuanwen, what do you think about us raising a dog to guard the house?”

Looking at the thirty mu of mountain land, a sense of pride surged within Chen Changsheng. He would carve out another territory and a new source of wealth for the Chen Family.

”Great, great! I like big dogs! Father, let’s pick a majestic one!”

Chen Chuanwen was only eight years old and couldn’t understand Chen Changsheng’s feelings, but he couldn’t hide his love for pets. He had wanted to raise a dog for a long time, but because there wasn’t much grain in the house before, he didn’t dare to add another mouth to feed.

Just as the two of them were dreaming of the future, a sparse group of young men came up the mountain.