Taiping Inn

When it comes to ancestral tombs, Li Xuandu's heart was slightly touched, and he couldn't help but think of the ancestral tombs of the Li family.

People have the habit of calling others by their surnames and ancestral places. Zhang Suqing of Jiangling Prefecture is Zhang Jiangling, and Qin Qing of Chaoyang Prefecture in Longcheng is called Qin Longcheng. Li Daoxu has always been called Li Beihai because the ancestral tombs of the Li family are located in Beihai Prefecture, Qizhou, not Sanxian Island in the East China Sea.

Because of this, the sacrificial fields of the Li family are also in Beihai Prefecture. In the early years, the area was not very large, but each head of the Li family would purchase new sacrificial fields to add to it. From generation to generation, the area has been very large, especially in the era of Li Daoxu, the originally scattered sacrificial fields were connected into a piece, about 1,300 acres.

But then again, compared with other aristocratic families, these 1,300 acres are nothing, not to mention the 200,000 acres of fertile land of the Sun family in Songyin Prefecture, Qin Qing prepared 2,000 acres of land in the dowry for Qin Su. Moreover, the 1,300 mu is not Li Xuandu's private property, but the clan's public property, just like Qingling Palace is not the clan leader's private property, but the clan's public property, and Li Xuandu is only in charge temporarily.

Now that Li Xuandu has succeeded as the head of the family, according to the rules, he must add sacrificial fields, at least 100 mu, and at most 300 mu. In other words, it is buying land.

Everyone thinks that Li Xuandu is rich, whether it is rebuilding Zaoge Sect or aiding Liaodong, it is easy to spend millions of taels of silver. In fact, these are not Li Xuandu's private property, just like the national treasury is not the emperor's private property. Moreover, even if the reconstruction of Zaoge Sect and aiding Liaodong were done under a contract, the interest was waived, and the money still had to be repaid in the future.

Putting aside the sect, talking about individuals, Qin Su is the rich one, and Li Xuandu's private property is pitifully small. One reason is that Li Xuandu strives to distinguish between public and private, and the other is that Li Xuandu has no interest in this. He has no hobbies, so naturally there is nothing to spend. Who would have thought that he would take over as the head of the Li family.

Now, Li Xuandu feels a little embarrassed.

Because buying land costs money, and Li Xuandu is the world-famous Mr. Qingping, with so many eyes staring at him, it is not easy to buy 100 acres of land to deal with it. Most of the time, he has to buy 300 acres at the maximum.

In today's world, there is a saying of "one field, two owners". A piece of land can be divided into the bottom of the field and the surface of the field. The bottom of the field and the surface of the field are held by two people respectively. The bottom of the field and the surface of the field are two parts that do not interfere with each other and can be bought, sold, pawned, and gifted at will.

The holder of the bottom of the field cannot farm, but can only collect rent. If he wants to farm himself, he must buy back the surface of the field from others. The holder of the surface of the field can farm, but he has to pay rent. At the same time, he can buy and sell the land at will, and even build houses and repair tombs on the land, and the land bottom holder has no right to interfere. If the land surface holder owes rent, the land bottom holder can find ways to collect the debt and use other things to pay off the debt, but cannot drive the person off the land, unless the land surface holder sells the land surface himself, which is one field with two owners.

Li Xuandu wants to buy a sacrificial field, of course he can't just buy one field surface, but he has to buy both the field surface and the bottom of the field, which is very expensive. The surrounding areas of Beihai Prefecture are all excellent fields, and most of them are under the names of local big families. According to the market price, one mu of field surface costs fifty taels of silver, and the bottom of the field is more expensive, about three times the field surface. The two together cost at least two hundred taels of silver, and three hundred mu of land is sixty thousand taels of silver.

This is still a clear account. After all, it is a piece of land with an owner. They are all rich people and may not sell it. If Li Xuandu is unwilling to use his power to force others to buy the land, he will raise the price a little bit, which will go straight to 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver. Many things on Li Xuandu are priceless, but he really doesn't have much cash. He can't sell many of his belongings for money. And in this matter, Li Xuandu is not good at using Qin Su's money.

But if Li Xuandu says that he has no money, I'm afraid no one will believe it, and some people will say that he is seeking fame and reputation and doing it on purpose. In this case, Li Xuandu can only borrow from Taiping Money House. Even if he borrows, Li Xuandu's annual silver of 10,000 Taiping coins will take two years to pay off. The good news is that after Li Xuandu becomes the leader of Qingwei Sect, he will get an extra silver for the leader, which is probably not much different from Taiping Sect and can be paid off in one year.

When Li Xuandu thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "A penny can make a hero fall. The ancients were not deceiving me."

After this incident, Zhang Baizhou went to Yuying Temple outside the city, and Li Xuandu returned to Yuqing Garden. The two went in opposite directions.

Back to Yuqing Garden, Li Xuandu found Wu Xian sitting in the main hall with a bad expression, like a sleepy person who was woken up early, very unhappy.

Li Xuandu stepped forward and asked: "Why is the great wizard here?"

Wu Xian glanced at Li Xuandu and said unhappily: "It's all because of your business."

Just then, Lan Xuanshuang walked in with a tired look on her face and explained apologetically: "I'm not capable of Liu Yi's business, so I had to invite the great wizard."

Li Xuandu immediately understood and smiled: "Since the great wizard is here, it must be easy to catch him."

Wu Xian said in a slightly cold tone: "There are two pieces of news, one good and one bad. Which one do you want to hear first?"

After Li Xuandu thought for a while He replied, "Let's hear the bad news first."

Wu Xian said, "The bad news is that I accidentally killed Liu Yi."

"Kill?" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then said, "He was a man who deserved to die, it was just a matter of time. So what about the good news?"

Wu Xian took out a snow-white head out of thin air. Not only did he not feel disgusted, but he held it in his hand like a treasure and said softly, "The good news is that this head is really a good thing. The things inside can be sorted into at least hundreds of thousands of words. I rarely see such good things."

Li Xuandu said: "Let's not talk about the others for now. I want to know where the corpses of the four ministers are?"

Wu Xian threw the head in his hand up and down and said, "Tianshou Mountain, but the corpse has been cremated, leaving only ashes."

Li Xuan had long expected this. Since the Empress Dowager and Liu Yi chose to secretly kill the four ministers and not to bury them, they mostly chose to destroy the corpses. Fortunately, the ashes were not scattered at will.

Li Xuandu asked again: "Where is exactly in Tianshou Mountain?"

Wu Xian said, "I have told Mrs. Lan that she can take you there."

Li Xuandu looked at Lan Xuanshuang and saw Lan Xuanshuang nodding slightly, then said, "I'm working hard."

Wu Xian stood up and said, "If there is nothing else, I will go back to Yuying Temple."

Li Xuan gathered a little green light unique to the "Eternal Life Stone" at his fingertips and sent it to Wu Xian: "A little bit of thought is not respect."

Wu Xian's eyes lit up. He took this little thought without hesitation, and a smile appeared on his face, which looked very much like Yao Xianglian: "Why do you have to be so disgusted with the Zi Mansion? If you have any instructions, just speak directly. I'll be there anytime I call."

Li Xuandu personally sent Wu Xian away, and then sighed to Lan Xuanshuang: "The great wizard really looks like he is hundreds of years younger, not like an old man at all."

Lan Xuanshuang said, "After all, it's already another person. Maybe in a while, it will be really hard for the two to tell each other."

Li Xuandu nodded, not tangling more on this topic, and instead said, "Prepare, let's go to Tianshou Mountain."

Lan Xuanshuang replied, "Yes."

At this moment, Ning Yi and Shangguan Wan also came back. After such an accident, the banquet at Wutonglou could not last too long and could only end hastily.

When Li Xuandu saw the two, he first said to Shangguan Wan: "By the way, I have to bother my senior sister. Let's go to Yuyingguan to help Bai Zhou handle the funeral. Bai Zhou is young after all, and many things may not be able to think carefully."

Shangguan Wan had a good relationship with Zhang Baizhou, and Li Xuandu explained it, so he naturally agreed: "Don't worry, senior brother."

Li Xuandu then said to Ning Yi: "I have something else to do, but I have to trouble the ministers with my personal affairs. I will return to my hometown soon. Because of the family tradition, the new head of the family needs to purchase the sacrifice field, and now there are seven more There is a gap of about 10,000 taels. The cabinet minister is now serving as a guest minister of Taiping Sect and has a good relationship with Senior Sister Lu, so he asked the cabinet minister to go to Taiping Money House to borrow 70,000 taels of silver for me, leaving a corresponding loan certificate, and wait for me to slow down in the future. Slowly repay debts.”

Li Xuandu actually had no money and had to borrow money from Taiping Money House as the leader of Taiping Sect. I'm afraid no one would believe it if he said it, but Ning Yi is an exception, because Ning Yi and Li Xuan both are just like him and don't care much about money. Without much savings, I felt that it was natural to have no money and asked, "Do you want a silver bill or cash?"

Li Xuandu said, "Silver notes, give the silver notes to Bingyan. She has been in Qizhou for a long time and is more familiar with people. I will ask her to buy land for me."

Ning Yi should leave.

Kelan Xuanshuang is not Ning Yi, she just felt strange. Li Xuan helped her rebuild the Zaoge Sect and made her feel that Li Xuan was holding mountains of gold and silver. Even if she was not so exaggerated, she would never be short of money. Yes, why do you still have to borrow money now?

Although Lan Xuanshuang did not ask questions, Li Xuandu also saw her inquiry from her face, and could only speak out and explain: "Madam Lan finds it strange? Actually, you and I are all from Taiping Money Bank If you borrow money, you use the foundation of Zaoge Sect as collateral, and I will use my own reputation as collateral. It shouldn’t be too much to borrow tens of thousands of taels of silver from my reputation?”

"Of course it's not too much." Lan Xuanshuang said hurriedly, "It's just... As the identity of Zi Mansion, you can use it directly. Taiping Money House will not only not have any complaints, but will be very happy. After all, it has been mentioned since ancient times. The saying that I couldn’t catch the temple gate with a pig’s head.”

"Of course I can use it directly." Li Xuan did not deny it, "It's just that once this precedent is opened, will everyone follow me after I become self-interpreted? I don't distinguish between public and private, and regard public property as private property, and win the hearts of everyone with my own heart. Then it developed into treating sects and Taoist sects as private property of one family and one family, and then passed on to one's descendants. What's the difference between this and an emperor who treats officials as servants and governs the world with family slaves? "

Lan Xuanshuang was stunned.

Li Xuandu continued, "Everyone has its own masters between heaven and earth. If it is not my own, it is not a single one. A man is open and honest, and his body is upright, and he will act without order. If I am not upright, then What kind of face do you have to discuss the crimes of Xie Zhi and others?”

Lan Xuanshuang was silent for a moment and said softly, "Get taught."