Zhang Xiaoshan had already considered all his options.
The Spiritual Liquid was limited; it definitely wouldn’t be given out to everyone.
The affairs of the Immortal dical Sect must not be known by the villagers.
He could help the villagers, but he couldn’t overdo it.
Zhang Xiaoshan gave his answer.
"Okay."
He stood among the crowd and spoke loudly.
"Since you all have shown such respect by electing as the village head, it is my duty to seek benefits for everyone."
"However, the secret formula absolutely cannot be disclosed. If it leaks, it will beco worthless."
"Therefore, I plan to lease all the cultivated land in our village."
"Lease the land?" The crowd was startled.
Zhang Xiaoshan continued.
"Yes, I want to lease your land, as much as you have."
"Then, how much will you pay us?" the villagers asked, puzzled.
Zhang Xiaoshan held up a finger
"A thousand per mu per year?"
"That’s about what we’d make farming ourselves. Little Shan, add a bit more for us, how about two thousand per mu? I’ll lease all twenty mu of my land to you."
Zhang Xiaoshan smiled.
"You misunderstand. I an ten thousand per mu."
"What, ten thousand?"
The crowd then erupted.
"Little Shan, you, you’re serious?"
The villagers stared at Zhang Xiaoshan with fervent eyes, like old bachelors eyeing a beautiful maiden.
"Little Shan, that’s too high," said Yu Xiuxiu nervously tugging at Zhang Xiaoshan’s sleeve.
Clearly, she had already begun to consider herself his supportive wife.
Zhang Xiaoshan smiled.
Then he continued to speak to the villagers.
"I keep my word, ten thousand per mu, and I’ll pay you a quarter’s lease in advance."
"Also, whoever’s land it is, they handle the work in the field, eight hours a day, three hundred yuan wages."
"What?"
On hearing this, the villagers beca excited.
"My goodness, I have seventeen mu of land, I can make a hundred and seventy thousand just from rent, and we can make tens of thousands more working. That’s nearly three or four hundred thousand a year, isn’t it?"
"Does that an I never have to go out to work again?"
"Little Shan, you, you’re not joking with us, are you?" the villagers reached the peak of their excitent.
Luo ili couldn’t help but say to Zhang Xiaoshan, "Little Shan, you, you’re really offering too much."
"Luo ili, if Little Shan has money and wants to spend it, what is it to you?"
"Exactly, who do you think you are? Are you his wife?" the villagers imdiately snapped at Luo ili.
The villagers had been poor for so many years and finally saw a chance to make good money. No one could stand in their way without them fighting back furiously.
Zhang Xiaoshan motioned for everyone to be quiet.
"Everyone calm down. I an what I say. The money I promised, not a cent less, but I also have a condition."
"What condition? Anything you say, we all agree," the villagers were all eager to treat Zhang Xiaoshan like an ancestor and were extrely compliant.
But, what Zhang Xiaoshan said next made everyone’s faces fall.
"Alright, since you’ve made your promise, I’ll speak frankly. I want you all to release the won you’ve abducted in the village."
"What?"
On hearing this, the villagers imdiately looked unhappy.
"Little Shan, you, your demand is too much," they argued.
"Yes, I’m already thirty-five, and I’ve finally found a wife. You’re telling to let her go? Then, who will have children with ?"
"Exactly, we can’t release them," the majority of the villagers opposed the idea.
However, Wu Biao and Li Erniu stood by Zhang Xiaoshan’s side.
"I think Little Shan is right."
"Yes, I support Little Shan too. What era are we in to still be buying people? It’s despicable," they argued with righteous indignation.
"Nonsense, both of your wives have run away, don’t think we don’t know what you’re thinking, it’s easy for you to talk."
"Right, we can’t release them, absolutely not."
"Then forget it," Zhang Xiaoshan said decisively.
"Today, even though I’m the village head and I have a say in these matters, I respect your opinion. If you won’t release them, I can’t lease your land."
"Whoever releases them, I’ll lease their land; if not, please do as you like."
"Humph, look at you Zhang Xiaoshan, you beco the village head, earn so money, then deny people you knew. If you don’t lease, then don’t lease, I don’t care at all," shouted a man nad Liu Qingchun from the Liu family.
"Zhang Xiaoshan must be deceiving us into releasing them, how can one mu of land possibly be worth ten thousand? It’s all a scam. I don’t believe it at all. He just wants us to release the won, then he’ll turn his back on us. Everyone, don’t be fooled."
"Right, I also think he’s lying," the villagers clamored.
At least half of the people stood against Zhang Xiaoshan.
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