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Chapter 74: That Black Rock Mountain, I Want It

Kang Ping, the magistrate of Xianyang County, woke up at noon. In some ways, he was lucky.

First of all, his charcoal monoxide poisoning was not serious, and secondly, the county magistrate's wife chose to believe Li Hao's words, and put him in the yard all morning and prohibited anyone from getting close.

With good ventilation, the fresh air neutralized the few charcoal monoxide in his body, and also restored his consciousness.

With the awakening of County Magistrate Kang, Li Hao and his group's status also increased. However, at this moment, the two-year-old boy was sleeping in a dim sky and dark place, and he had no intention of paying attention to these things.

Hegan Chengji had not had a rest. When he learned that County Magistrate Kang had woken up, he went over and looked at it out of courtesy, and by the way, he learned that the prince was in his unchangeable fact.

In the afternoon, Li Hao woke up and walked out of the room with his waist stretched. He immediately saw County Magistrate Kang, who was still not very good-looking, waiting outside: "Oh, are you awake?"

Lao Kang did not despise Li Hao because of his youth, and gave a big gift very well: "Kang Ping thanked Li Shidu for saving his life!"

"Forget it, I didn't help me. You're lucky." Li Hao was a little embarrassed: "However, you should pay attention to it in the future. Don't grow charcoal basins in a closed environment. If you want it, you have to wait until the charcoal is burned thoroughly before taking it into the room, and at the same time, you must ensure that the air circulation in the room."

"Yes, thank you Shile Li for your advice."

Xianyang is less than 80 miles away from Chang'an, and it is not a small county town with no news. The plague in Chang'an has long been spread. Li Hao's reputation as a miracle doctor, County Magistrate Kang has heard a little, so he naturally would not take his words as a warning.

Li Hao was obviously not used to such respectful expressions of an old guy who was about the same age as his old man. He touched his nose and changed the topic: "Kangfujun, I heard that there is a Black Stone Mountain in the north of Xianyang?"

The so-called Black Stone Mountain is actually Coal Mountain. Li Hao clearly remembers that there is such a mountain or mine in the Changwu area north of Xianyang, so this question is why.

"Yes." Kang Ping didn't know Li Hao's plan. He thought for a moment and felt it was necessary to explain the situation of the Black Stone Mountain: "In the early years, poor people would often go there to pick up some black stones and go home to burn the fire to keep warm, but because there was a lot of charcoal inside the Black Stone, many people killed. Later, after a long time, the people of Xianyang gradually knew about this, and no one picked it up again."

Unexpectedly, Li Hao did not give up because of this, but instead asked excitedly: "So, is that Black Stone Mountain a barren mountain? No one should want it?"

Kang Ping shook his head: "There is no vegetation on the mountain, and the surrounding land cannot be cultivated, so it can only be thrown there."

Li Hao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his fists and palms hit him: "That's great!"

Too...so good? Kang Ping looked at Li Hao in surprise.

He really couldn't think of anything good about a piece of land that could not be cultivated.

However, Hegan Chengji, who had never spoken, interjected: "Li Shidu, you shouldn't really be thinking about that Black Stone Mountain, right?"

"Why not?" Li Hao glanced at Hegan Chengji, turned to Kang Ping and said, "Kangfu Jun, since the Black Stone Mountain is a barren mountain, I plan to buy it. There is no problem."

"Ah?" Kang Ping widened his eyes, looked at Li Hao, and then at Hegan Chengji. He was confused for a long time and said, "There is no problem, but... it's just that the mountain really doesn't grow anything."

Li Hao waved his hand indifferently: "Don't worry about whether things grow or not, just say how much it costs."

In the Tang Dynasty, land could be bought and sold privately. After the government sold the land, it would not matter what you did. Anyway, as long as you pay taxes on time in the future.

This is actually a good thing for Magistrate Kang County. After selling the land, Xianyang paid more taxes to the court, which can be considered a good political achievement for him.

Thinking of this, Kang Pingsheng was afraid that Li Hao would regret it and said a number directly: "If Li Shidu wanted to buy Black Stone Mountain, I could make a price of 500 jin." After saying that, he thought about it and added: "In addition, I can make the decision to divide the ten miles below the foot of the mountain into the range of Black Stone Mountain."

Five hundred stags... It's really cheap.

If those people in later generations know... uh... according to the standards of later generations, it is always about 4,200 yuan, and 500 yuan, that is more than 2 million yuan.

Well, I bought a coal mine for more than two million yuan, and also got a bonus of ten miles of land around it, which is no different from giving it for free.

"No problem, just this price, we will sign the agreement later." Li Hao, who was happy, nodded on the spot and agreed, thought for a while and added: "But, Kangfujun, I don't have that much money now."

"Ah? No money?" Kang Ping was stunned. Is this a waste of money?

"How fresh, Mr. Kang's wife has seen anyone who has brought five hundred coins when he goes out for nothing." Li Hao smiled and said with a smile.

"That……."

Seeing Kang Ping's hesitant expression, Li Hao guessed what he was worried about: "Don't worry, Kangfujun, you won't lose any money. And compared to me bringing the money to Xianyang and you will pay it back to the Ministry of Revenue, I think it's better for me to pay it directly in Chang'an. It's safe and easy to worry. If you are not at ease, at worst, you can send someone to go back with me when I return to Chang'an."

Kang Ping thought about it carefully, but in the end he couldn't stand the temptation of the five hundred coins, and nodded and said, "This... seems to be OK."

"That's good. Kangfu Jun will write the land deed first. It happened that the prince was here, so he would be the guarantee. You must be very relieved." Li Hao said, pointing to Li Chengqian who had just opened the door and looked out.

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"Dejian, you, did you really buy Heishi Mountain?" That night, Li Chengqian confirmed to Li Hao for the third time.

Li Hao confirmed seriously: "Yes, I bought it. Not only that, you are also the guarantor among them."

"What are you going to do? You don't really plan to dig out the carbide to sell it, are you? How many times have a family said that the thing is poisonous and will kill people. You haven't seen what Kang Ping is like after being poisoned? Do you think the people of the Tang Dynasty are fools, and they will buy this kind of thing to poison themselves?" Hegan Chengji sat aside with his arms held, sarcastic.

He wanted to say this during the day, but Li Hao winked him and told him not to interrupt, so he just watched the fun.

Now without outsiders, Hegan Chengji naturally said whatever he said.

Li Hao was a little unaware of these words and curled his lips and said, "Lao He, since you think the people are not fools, then do you think I am a fool with money and no place to spend it?"

Hegan Chengji: "...".

It’s Lao He again… Lao Tzu clearly has a surname called Hegan.
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