Zhang Chao's luxurious version of big meat buns won unanimous praise from a group of Shandong heroes. They even ate big meat buns for competition. The lean Luo Shixin ate nine, Cheng Yaojin ate ten, and Niu Jinda still ate one more than him.

Then the one he ate the most was Shan Xiongxin, who had just been released from prison, and he ate eighteen pieces of meat buns weighing four liang.

Zhang Chao was stunned when he saw it. As expected, he was a Shandong hero and he was so vigorous in eating.

After sweeping over a dozen large meat bags, a group of powerful generals collapsed on the warm kang in the house, patting their belly for digestion.

"I plan to buy hundreds of acres of land next door and build a farm. From now on, I will be neighbors with Wenyuan and come here to eat buns when I have time." After eating a meal, Shan Xiongxin became much more energetic, and the previous ulcers were gone.

"Uncle Shan is welcome to come here to buy land and repair the village. If you can be a neighbor, you can't ask for it."

"I want to buy a farm here too." Cheng Yaojin never left behind, and said while patting his belly.

"Including me," Luo Shixin also said.

Zhang Chao stood by the stove to prepare slag sugar water for everyone, which was for consumption. These guys ate the same food as when fighting, as if meat buns were enemies, without any mercy and ate about ten of them one by one. These were big meat buns of four taels per pound, and four were a pound.

Zhang Chao welcomes these people to come here to buy a farm. Although it will be difficult to run a farm, Zhang Chao is not worried about them when he thinks that these people are all Dukes, Hou Bo or something.

The Zhang family now has more than 500 acres of land, but the land is divided quite a lot. In fact, my father always wanted to replace these lands and replace them together, which is more conducive to management. But the idea is good, but it is difficult to replace them.

Now it is the beginning of the founding of the country, and the people are poor and poor, but their lives are still somewhat guaranteed. For example, this year, due to the Central Plains War and the great victory in the southeast of the Jianghuai River, the emperor issued an edict to exempt the world from taxes for one year.

People from all over the country have more or less been divided into some fields, but no one is willing to sell the fields if they are not really unable to survive. Moreover, most of the fields distributed by the people now belong to the tulip. People in the Tang Dynasty generally use tulip to grow grain, and live in the fields and grow mulberry and hemp. The court also stipulated that tulip to be prohibited from being traded, unless you are willing to move to Kuan Township, Borderlands, or your parents are so poor that they have no money to be buried.

Zhang Chao said his thoughts.

Unexpectedly, Shan Xiongxin just smiled.

"This is not a difficult task. If you can't make a deal, you can still replace it."

Shan Xiongxin was a rich man in Henan before, and his family had thousands of hectares of fertile land. He was also one of the leaders in Wagang these years. When he arrived at King Shichong of Luoyang, he also became a general. In terms of money, Shan Xiongxin really has no shortage of money. He has both money and land. As long as he is willing to spend more money, he will get land for replacement. It is really easy to buy hundreds of acres of land in Bashang.

This is like encountering nail households in later generations. Although nail households are great, if the developer can get a lot of money and directly spend it, no nail household can really be nailed there all the time.

"It's a pity that Sanlang has already engaged to the Cui daughter, otherwise I would marry my daughter to you and let you be my son-in-law." Shan Xiongxin patted his belly and said with a pity.

After only a long time of contact with Zhang Chao, Shan Xiongxin liked Zhang Chao's personality more and more. He was smart but indifferent. After experiencing this life of death, Shan Xiongxin became much less concerned about fame and wealth, and just wanted to be a leisurely rich man again.

Cheng Yaojin snorted on the side and said disdainfully, "Waiting for your girl, then waiting until the year of the Monkey Horse Month. Your Lian Niang is only three years old this year, and it will take at least ten years to get married. How could Zhang Sanlang wait so long? Even if Sanlang has not gotten engaged with the Cui girl, it will not be delayed. Besides, even if Sanlang can wait, it will not be your turn. My girl is more suitable."

"I can't be a Sanlang's Taishan anymore, so I can only be a neighbor." Shan Xiongxin smiled, "This time, thanks to Saburo and Shubao's rescue, I have no thanks, so I will give Saburo some land. I will replace some land here as a thank-you gift."

"Don't, Uncle Shan and my adopted father are brothers of life and death, and those are just vulgar."

Li Shiji also gave Zhang Chao 500 acres of land last time, and this time Shan Xiongxin also wanted to give him land. In fact, Zhang Chao wanted to accept it very much. But he knew that if he really couldn't accept it, his father would never agree, and Qin Qiong would not agree.

If you want to buy land, you still have to rely on yourself.

Make money first, build a new cave, improve your life, and then talk about buying land and buying land.

"Actually, Sanlang is also a small landlord now, and his family has more than 500 acres of land." Cheng Yaojin laughed.

"Oh, it's not bad." Shan Xiong said.

There is nothing wrong with these people. Not to mention that these people are all either a public or a marquis, even in the Sui Dynasty, they were all powerful people. Xu Shiji's family used to be a servant, and in the past, they had thousands of servants and fertile land. Shan Xiongxin was also the richest man in Caozhou. Cheng Yaojin was also a landlord in Shandong, Niu Jinda, and the descendant of officials...

To this day, all of these people have become upstarts in the Tang Dynasty, nobles have princes, and fields with fiefs and rewards, as well as fields with honorary fields, official fields, and eternal fields, all of which are at least several thousand acres of land.

Five hundred acres of land are not worth mentioning.

"Don't underestimate Wen Yuan is a small landlord. He is very kind. As soon as he received the land, he immediately signed a new tenant contract with the original tenants, changing the original share to only collect five dou of millet acres, and promising to lend it to the plowing ox for free."

Shan Xiongxin and others were moved after hearing this.

Although they don’t care about the farmland affairs, they also know that the share is the current common rental rate. The rent for five dou of millet acres has dropped by more than 20%, let alone borrowing cattle for free.

"Sanlang, you are kind to do this, but do you know that if you do this, you will offend many other landlords in the surrounding area. What should you do if you lower your rent so much? Are you still surrendering or not? Don't you hate you in your heart?" Shan Xiongxin persuaded.

Zhang Chao just nodded slightly after hearing this. He had considered this matter. He was indeed a little lacking in consideration at the beginning, but then he thought about it. He was not an ordinary little landlord, and there was someone behind him.

With the support of all the dukes, he was a small landlord who could take some rent. Besides, he did not simply reduce the rent, but changed the way of renting. It turned out that it was a physical share, while Zhang Chao collected a fixed rent, which was a two-digit matter.

"More than 500 acres of land, free oxen to tenant households to cultivate, which makes a lot of oxen plowing." Shan Xiongxin smiled, "I just happened to know some people who specialize in selling cattle and horses. How many oxen do you want, I can get you some strong and cheap oxen."

Zhang Chao's eyes lit up, which was a good thing.

"Our family has rented out about 500 acres of land, basically on the slopes of the plateau, and they mainly grow wheat and millet, and they also grow beans at intervals. I plan to buy a twenty cow first, buy two bulls, and buy cows, and the cows can still give birth to cubs."

"Now the cattle and horse are not easy to handle, and the price is relatively high. A big bull costs at least thirty stagnant, and a young cow over two years old must also cost more than 20 stagnant. In this way, I can help you get a affordable price, with only thirty stagnant bulls, and the mother of 20 stagnant per head. How much do you want? I will get someone to get it for you when I turn back." Shan Xiongxin really wanted to give Zhang Chao some favors.

"Is there any one-year-old heifer who has not been taught to plow yet?" Zhang Chao asked.

Generally, one-year-old calves have not been taught to plow, and they often cannot plow the fields when buying them, so they still need to teach plows, which is more troublesome. But such calves are also beneficial, that is, they are still young, and they can cultivate them after raising them for half a year, and then train them to plow themselves. Moreover, when they are two years old, they can almost breed cubs.

This kind of calf will be cheaper if you buy it.

"If you want a one-year-old heifer, I can count you as one ten-talented."

"Then buy two big bulls, twenty cows that are two or three years old, and thirty heifers that are about one year old. There are a total of 760 stagnants. I'll get you money later and ask Uncle Dan to buy it for me."

Originally, we shouldn’t buy cows in winter, because there is no food in winter, so cows will lose weight and are not easy to raise. But Zhang Chao thought about it, if you don’t buy them now, it will be even harder to buy them when spring begins.

He had signed a contract with the tenants, but he would provide them with oxen at that time, and he would never break his promise.

I bought fifty-two cows at once and got 760 stagnant of money, which was a huge expense. Fortunately, Zhang Chao's business is very good now, with quick capital turnover and he has this working money available.

Besides, you don’t have to raise the cattle yourself when you buy them, and you just need to feed and take care of them at the tenants’ homes.

I only buy two bulls because the cows are more gentle. Bulls are usually irritable and will be more arrogant if they are not dealt with properly. Especially bulls, some things are not suitable for two tigers in one mountain.

If there are two bulls in a place, they will definitely have red eyes fighting when they meet. They will even break the horns of the bull, and the powerful ones will make the whole body full of blood, but in short, they will not tolerate each other.

But it is not convenient to not have a bull. It is necessary to breed so many mothers in the years to make it more profitable. You cannot always take the cow into heat and you have to lead the bull to find the bull in another place.

Buying two bulls can ensure the breeding of your own cows. However, after buying them, you must pay attention to feeding the two bulls far away, and it is best not to put them in the same farm.

"There is no hurry to get the money. When I get you the cow, it's not too late for you to give it." Shan Xiongxin said with a smile.

Cheng Yaojin said, "Sanlang, you are so generous to buy so many cattle for tenants to farm. You are probably the only one in Guanzhong."

Zhang Chao replied with a smile, "Actually, I won't lose money. I took out hundreds of chunks of taxes in the early stage, but this money will have a return. I bought a cow and put the cows at the tenant's house to feed and take care of them. The tenant helped me take care of the cows. They can use cows to farm. This is a good thing for them. For me, this cow will also give birth to cubs. One cow will have a cub. After raising it for one year, the profit is very high. After raising it for three years, the cows will be given birth to three cows, and the cows I get back the capital. I also earn a cow, and the cows I get every year will have a net income."

This is a deal with more than 30% annual income, and Zhang Chao thinks it is very cost-effective.

"But raising cattle is also risky. Livestock may get sick. If they die of illness, wouldn't they even lose their original body? Sanlang, have you heard of it? The family is rich and it doesn't count."

Zhang Chao was stunned and said in a little disappointed manner, "Ask a veterinarian to check regularly and strengthen care, and the risks can always be minimized."
Chapter completed!