The Little Darling Wife Who is a Divine Doctor Saved the Entire Family of the Duke's Mansion Chapter 219: Are you sure that Foreigner isn’t lying to You

Chief Zhou was familiar with everything here.

"These are indeed uncultivated lands. Our clan mbers only cultivated up to this point," he explained.

Mo Jiuye asked further, "To purchase these uncultivated lands, do we simply go to the governnt office to complete the procedures?"

"Yes, over the years, the governnt has been selling uncultivated lands for one or two silver coins per mu. Once you choose the desired location, you can apply at the governnt office. They will send an official to survey the land, and after paying the fee, they will issue a land deed," Chief Zhou replied.

Having understood the market situation for these lands, they planned to visit the town and apply at the governnt office on another day.

With ng Huaining present, they believed everything would go smoothly.

After examining the land, the group arrived at the abandoned houses.

These houses were once owned by three different families and were not concentratedly purchased by the Zhao and Zhou families, just like the lands.

The houses were in a state of disrepair, necessitating demolition and reconstruction. Therefore, they only needed to assess the size of the area and make a plan.

They were not in a hurry to plan the area as the Cui family's courtyard had not been acquired yet.

Having spent several days in Xi Ling Village, He Zhiran took a careful walk for the first ti.

While inspecting the houses, she noticed that there was at least a hundred ters of distance between the back of the houses and the foot of the mountain.

The land in this distance was not as flat as the uncultivated lands to the north; it had a slight slope.

Moreover, judging from the soil, it seed to be darker than the soil in those uncultivated lands.

If her guess was correct, this area should have a similar soil quality to the mountain.

Behind these uncultivated lands was the West Mountain.

It was already deep winter, and the tall trees on the higher ground stood tall and bare.

In contrast, the lower ground was different. Perhaps due to the villagers cutting trees for firewood, there were hardly any robust trees left.

And even if there were, their numbers were scarce.

He Zhiran couldn't help but ask, "Chiefs, were all the trees in the lower part of the West Mountain cut down for firewood?"

Chief Zhao replied, "Indeed, that's the case. Xi Ling Village is cold in winter, and we need a lot of firewood for heating. Most of the nearby trees have been cut down."

As expected.

At this mont, He Zhiran thought that this mountainous area, devoid of trees, would be convenient for her to plant so fruit trees.

Not only could it prevent sandstorms, but it could also bring in so profits.

"Chief Zhao, is it possible to buy this mountain?" she inquired.

Upon hearing about buying the mountain, Chief Zhao frowned.

"Oh, young miss, if you buy this mountain, it would cut off the livelihood of everyone in the village."

He Zhiran was puzzled, "Why would Chief Zhao say that?"

Chief Zhao explained, "The villagers of Xi Ling Village rely on the West Mountain for their firewood. During the spring, sumr, and autumn seasons, people also go up the mountain to hunt or gather wild vegetables to sustain themselves. If you buy this mountain, it would an that we, the villagers, would have no ans of survival."

He Zhiran hadn't expected Chief Zhao to ntion all these points.

Even if she had thought about it, she had a better solution to resolve the issue.

However, in order to acquire this mountain, she would have to be more selfless.

"Chief Zhao, what if I only buy a part of the mountain and leave a portion for you all?"

Furthermore, I acquired a special crop from a foreigner. This crop not only has a high yield, but after harvesting, the remaining parts can all be used as firewood."

She rembered in her past life when she followed the troops to the countryside to experience life there. The villagers would burn corn cobs and stalks during the winter.

The farrs there said that as long as they had enough corn planted, they wouldn't have to worry about firewood throughout the winter.

In other words, if these villagers could trust her, she could sell them the high-yielding corn seeds produced in her space and have everyone in the village plant this crop.

She believed that once they planted it, they would experience the benefits of this crop.

In He Zhiran's mind, although cornal wasn't as tasty as white flour, it had the advantage of high yield and was much better than the rough flour that scratched one's throat in this era.

On this journey, she also realized that there was a significant wealth disparity in the Da Shun Dynasty.

A small minority of people could be described as dripping with wealth, while the majority of the common people struggled to fill their stomachs.

Take the people of Xi Ling Village, for example. Before the Cui family arrived, they could be said to have trampled over the other two families in terms of clothing and food.

And when you looked at the Zhao and Zhou families, most of them wore patched-up clothes and, in terms of physique and complexion, were not as well-off as the Cui family.

It's easy to imagine how tight the lives of the Zhao and Zhou families were.

When the two clan chiefs listened to He Zhiran's words, they exchanged glances. Both of them knew that the Mo family had a deep heritage, but they had never heard of high-yielding crops despite a lifeti of farming.

Chief Zhao asked skeptically, "Are you sure that foreigner didn't deceive you, Jiu Jia?" It wasn't surprising for soone who had been farming their whole life to have such doubts.

At present, she was not yet twenty years old and had never been involved in agriculture. No matter how she explained it, she wouldn't be convincing.

Therefore, this matter needed to be substantiated with facts.

"Both clan chiefs, next spring I will cultivate this high-yielding crop here. After the harvest, you can see if you're satisfied before making a decision."

The two clan chiefs didn't really take He Zhiran's so-called high-yielding crop seriously.

"Alright, we'll wait and see the results of your cultivation next year."

Clearly, Chief Zhao's tone carried a sense of perfunctoriness.

As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words. He Zhiran didn't owe anyone anything, and if it weren't for her desire to buy this mountain, she wouldn't have voluntarily shared such excellent seeds with others.

In any case, she had made up her mind to buy this mountain. Even if it was only for the sake of those villagers, she would buy a part of it.

Glancing at the sky, it was already close to noon.

They had finished inspecting the purchased property, so everyone started heading back.

Just as they entered the village, they heard commotion coming from the Cui family's side.

Because of this, instead of going their separate ways, they followed the source of the noise.

To their surprise, ng Huaining had co in person today.

He imdiately spotted Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran walking over from the village and took the initiative to greet them.

"Brother Jiuye, Sister-in-law Nine."

Mo Jiuye took a step forward. "Brother ng, why did you personally co here today? Is it because of the Cui Family's matter?"

ng Huaining nodded. "These past few days, we have been working tirelessly to investigate the Cui Family's case, and now everything has been revealed.

Since there are many matters regarding compensation involved, the officials in the yan are rely eating free als and can't be of any help. So, I had to personally make a trip."

As soon as he finished speaking, ng Huaining turned around and instructed the governnt officials to gather all the mbers of the Cui Family together.

The efficiency of the governnt officials these days was remarkable. In less than five minutes, all the mbers of the Cui Family had been summoned before ng Huaining.