Chapter 280 You're Taking Advantage of the Fire

nd him. He had lived a long life, but he had never been so humiliated before."What's wrong with needing forty or fifty taels of silver These days are harsh and dry, do you really think things are the...This isn't a good person to mess with, trying to get some grain from him...who knows what kind of price the village would have to pay.

"Uncle Zong, this is wonderful! It seems like everyone in the village will be indebted to you. We'll be able to get through the winter thanks to you."

Village Head Wang didn't care about the details, he immediately put all the good words and high hats on him. Even Old Zong wasn't as easy to fool as Zong Pingkang.

He wasn't buying it at all, and said it with a cool, collected face.

"Village Head Wang, don't try to play me. I know you all want the seeds I have, but my seeds aren't free."

"I am conditional."

Fan Jinshi had a bad premonition.

"First, our family's water usage should not be restricted by anyone; we want to use as much as we need."

Second, I want another ten acres of uncultivated land in the village.

When Wang Zhuang heard the second condition, a smile no longer reached his eyes, but he still remained silent.

The elder smiled and said to him, "Village Chief Wang, it's already quite good that I didn't ask you for the fertile land in the village. Besides, I'm not refusing to pay for the wasteland."

"An acre of wasteland costs 200 wen. In this day and age, land is the least valuable thing. The fact that I can still afford to give you so much silver is because I'm giving you face."

Wang Cunzhang could still endure it, but Tiezhu couldn't bear it any longer.

"What are you kidding me!"

“Normally, a mu of wasteland costs one or two silver coins. Now you want to buy ten mu of wasteland with two taels of silver This is clearly taking advantage of the situation.”eat reserved for the head of the family.Zong Bai and Yu Lian both stood beside her.Zong Pingchuan's face darkened for a moment as he carried the three people on his back.But he quickly adjusted, turni...