Chapter 489: Chapter 489 The Hot Potato Chapter 489: Chapter 489 The Hot Potato The land here, during rainy season, may become so flooded that there’s nowhere to stand, which is why everyone dislikes it being too waterlogged. Even during the dry season, although the crops planted here won’t die from drought, no one is willing to buy it.
Moreover, there are no villages around, no villagers to buy land, it depends only on the wealthy merchants from the county to buy, naturally, it’s not appealing to anyone.
Lastly, Miss Lin, you might want to consider this: wild wolves and boars often appear around here. It’s quite unsafe. Not to mention the packs of wolves, just hearing about those boars capable of toppling trees is scary.
Lin Caisang nodded her head.
Wild boars? Wolves? What’s there to be afraid of? When the wall is built stronger, even tigers won’t be a fear, right?
“How large is the area here?” she asked.
The official froze for a moment upon hearing her question.
The previous landbuyers he had brought here ran away scared by his remarks, even if they initially liked the place.
But the problem was that he couldn’t refrain from making those remarks. His predecessor lost his position for not clearly stating these facts when he sold this piece of land. And, the landbuyer just happened to have some connections, which led to his predecessor’s downfall.
And so, this land was returned to the county.
If he doesn’t disclose the information now and the buyer finds out later, he would be in trouble. Who knows who these ordinary-looking commoners might have backing them up?
Given the past incident, he can’t afford to take any potential buyer for granted.
“I asked, how large is the…I mean, how many acres does this land have?” Seeing that he didn’t understand, Lin Caisang asked again.
Actually, he understood Lin Caisang’s question and was shocked.
“If sold as a whole, the area of the land is quite large, about over three thousand acres. I would have to confirm the exact amount in the county, as my predecessor had measured it.”
He thought for a moment, then replied.
“Is it all three tael an acre?” Lin Caisang asked again.
“Yes, it’s three tael per acre.” The official responded.
“Miss Lin, are you planning to buy all of it? If you are, I can inform the county chief and get you a discount. What do you think?”
He tentatively asked Lin Caisang.
This official is really interesting. For the sake of these lands, he even changed ‘you’ to the more respectful ‘you’ in Chinese.
The lands must have been a hot potato in his hands – just these lands, even if they couldn’t be sold, they shouldn’t be a burden, right?
However, from the look on his face, they clearly were.
“Sir, is there anything else you haven’t told me about this land?” She couldn’t help but ask.
If there’s some trouble that comes up after she buys it, it would be a loss.
Upon hearing her question, the official laughed nervously.
“To not deceive you, Miss Lin, this piece of land has some connection with my predecessor. The old superior was dismissed by the county chief because of this field.”
“Hmm?” Lin Caisang raised an eyebrow.
“It was : there was a rich businessman who had just moved to the county and wanted to buy a piece of land. So, the old superior brought him here. He didn’t explain the situation here to him, about the wild animals in the mountains and the fact that it’s difficult to walk around during the rainy season.”