Chapter 278: 278 sets up an industry Chapter 278: 278 sets up an industry “I’m quite satisfied with these lands, but I’m not sure when the seller has time to go to the government office to register?” Ye Jiu said.

The middleman was greatly surprised.

Looking at the young master’s attire, although his clothes were new, the material was not of the best quality. He originally thought that he was just a young master from a moderately wealthy family coming to look around. He had not expected that he really intended to buy!

“The seller is in a hurry to sell and can go to the government office at any time. It’s just the matter of the silver coin…” the middleman started to say before pausing, then looked at Ye Jiu.

As someone who understood the game, Ye Jiu of course knew what was on his mind and said, “Money is not a problem, and I won’t let you work for nothing. I just hope to get the registration done as soon as possible.”

As Ye Jiu spoke, a twenty-tael silver ingot was already passed into the middleman’s hands.

“No problem, no problem,” the middleman said, grinning as he felt the silver in his hand. “Young master, if you have prepared the silver, we can set out right now.”

“Then I’ll trouble you with this matter,” Ye Jiu responded.

Behind him, Erdan stealthily nudged Ye Wenzheng. “Brother, who knew you had such a wealthy uncle?” he whispered.

It was at the docks, doing the labor of carrying goods, that Ye Wenzheng had met Erdan, so Erdan had always thought that Ye Wenzheng was from a poor family like himself. But he never expected his uncle to be so wealthy.

“This is a younger uncle from my clan. But from now on, I’ll be working with my uncle, so I probably won’t go back to the docks,” Ye Wenzheng explained.

“Really? Then congratulations,” Erdan sincerely congratulated Ye Wenzheng, though his tone couldn’t hide a touch of envy.

Carrying goods at the docks was exhausting, and the pay wasn’t much. For Ye Wenzheng to find a better path that would spare him from the same hardships was a reason for joy, as a brother should be happy for him.

Moreover, with Ye Wenzheng’s wealthy uncle, it was likely he wouldn’t be mistreated in the future.

On the way, the three of them sat in the middleman’s carriage and arrived at the seller’s home without even seeing the seller himself. A steward came out with the land deed, and Ye Jiu directly offered the prepared silver notes and silver coins–a total of three thousand eight hundred taels, not one less.

Then, after leaving, Ye Jiu asked the middleman, “I wonder if you have any good paddy fields near Wangshan Village. I don’t want a very large area, just five to ten acres will do.”

“There are some. They’re right next to Wangshan Village, a total of seven acres of paddy field priced at twelve taels per acre. The land deed is at our Dentist Office,” the middleman said, puzzled as he looked at Ye Jiu. “Could it be that the young master is also interested?”

“Then I’ll trouble you to go back to the Dentist Office to get the land deed,” Ye Jiu said.

“Alright,” the middleman replied, turning around. But inside, he was exceedingly happy. No matter how small a mosquito is, it’s still meat. Selling one more piece meant he’d earn extra money.

Although Dongyue also followed the principle of male superiority, there weren’t overly strict restrictions on managing private property, so women could own property as well. Once it was registered at the government office, it had legal effect, and even parents or husbands couldn’t arbitrarily plunder it.

With this additional safeguard for property, Ye Jiu was very pleased.

He registered the 500-acre manor and good farmland under his own name, while the seven acres of paddy field were directly put in old man Ye’s name.

On the way back, Ye Jiu gave the middleman another ten taels of silver.

Although the transaction was over, the middleman was an intermediary with far greater human and relational resources than he had. It was possible that he would need his services in the future. Being generous now would make future contact easier.