I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 180 Inquiring about the Bandit's Lair

What satisfied Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou the most was the extensive network of canals in the farm.

The water inlet of this canal is connected to a ditch outside the village. Normally, it can directly draw water from Queshan Lake and Yinma River, which are not far from the village, for irrigation.

Queshan Lake is a very famous lake in Liulin Town. Not only does it have clear water and beautiful surrounding scenery, but it is also rich in resources. It is an important source of food for the townspeople.

The Yinma River is a seasonal river that is mainly fed by rainwater. Throughout the year, its flow is always dry for dozens of days.

If we must find any shortcomings, it would probably be the geographical location of this village.

This village is located on the other side of Queshan Lake, facing Baijia Village and Liulin Town across the lake. The nearest village to this village is Matai Village, which is separated from it by the Yinma River.

Another manor that was sold by the wealthy merchant was called Shihe Manor. Shihe Manor only had 120 acres of medium-sized farmland, a small hill also planted with fruit trees, and a slightly old three-story house.

This village is inferior to Mahe Village in all aspects. Although there is a Dashi River next to it, the river is dry for most of the year and is not suitable as an irrigation water source.

Fortunately, the wealthy businessman had previously hired people to dig six wells for irrigation in the farm. Thanks to him, the farmers in the farm no longer have to rely entirely on the weather for their livelihood.

For the sake of the six irrigation wells, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou finally bought this small village located to the west of Shihe Village and northwest of Matai Village.

Just as the broker expected, not only was the price Gu Wenxuan paid Bai Jingzhou fair, but he was also really rich.

Not only did they take a fancy to a shop, a house, and two farms, one large and one small, but they also immediately took him to the government office to pay the money and get the red deed.

They were already old acquaintances with the broker, and the broker did not want to lose them as a big customer, so although the price he offered met the seller's expectations, it was still much lower than the market price.

In addition, he also helped Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou obtain three adult cows for proper use on the farm, two half-grown calves born last year, and a full set of furniture for the house from the wealthy merchant.

The wealthy merchant was very happy that the deal was done quickly and he was not taken advantage of. In addition, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou were still so young, but they were already quite sophisticated in their words and deeds, so the wealthy merchant felt that this buyer was manageable.

After both parties followed the broker to the county government office to handle the new deed, he took the initiative to tell Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan the address of his own grain shop, asking them to send it to him when they received the grain, and he would instruct his shopkeeper to give them a good price.

Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan thanked each other and watched each other walk away.

Seeing that they had won the favor of the wealthy merchant, the broker revealed some information about the wealthy merchant to them.

Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan then realized that this wealthy businessman's property in the county was not limited to two farms and a house, but he had a huge gap in money, so he only sold these three.

Combining what the broker said with what Bai Jingzhou had inquired about himself, the two came to the conclusion that this family's financial resources were actually even stronger than Mu Han's family's, and most importantly, they were not just a simple merchant.

Although the wealthy merchant was a businessman himself, he came from a prominent family in which some of the family members were officials while others were farmers and businessmen.

Although this kind of person is engaged in business, his social status is not as low as Mu Hanzhi's because of his family background.

After talking about the wealthy merchant, the broker sighed about the current world and how rampant the bandits were. He didn't dare to say something like "bandits are like combs, soldiers are like combs" that might cause trouble for his family, so he could only sigh vaguely.

Gu Wenxuan was very interested in the gang of bandits he mentioned. She winked at Bai Jingzhou, who understood her meaning and began to subtly lead the man to talk more about the gang of bandits who had robbed the wealthy merchant's caravan.

He asked the broker where the problem occurred and the broker said it was in Nie County, Luzhou.

Bai Jingzhou had never seen a map and didn't know where Nie County, Luzhou, was, so he continued to repeat what the tooth man said.

He asked the broker, "Is Nie County in Luzhou far from here? Does it take a long time for the caravan to walk from here to there?"

The broker nodded and told Bai Jingzhou roughly how to take the trade route from Qingshan County to Nie County in Luzhou.

After listening to this, Bai Jingzhou finally understood what was going on.

This so-called Luzhou Nie County, corresponding to the map of China in his previous life, should be Wuxiang County of Changzhi City.

This place stretches between the Taihang Mountains and the Taiyue Mountains. The terrain is high in the east and west and low in the middle. It is one of the necessary routes for caravans traveling east and west.

According to the broker, the caravan of the wealthy merchant was robbed at the foot of Taihang Banshan Mountain.

Taihang Banshan is located in the eastern part of Nie County, and most people call it "Shuanmaling".

The caravan of that wealthy merchant not only hired more than twenty escorts, but also more than a hundred coachmen and cargo escorts.

The weather was hot and they had finished all the water they brought with them. When they saw a tea stall at the foot of the mountain, they immediately gathered there.

They just wanted to take a break and have a drink of water at a tea stall at the foot of the mountain, but they were drugged by a mountain bandit woman disguised as a tea seller.

The escorts and the caravan manager took only one sip of the coarse tea in the bowl and realized that the taste was not right, but the caravan's men and drivers gulped down half a bowl of tea.

Soon, the waiters and the drivers all fell to the ground and lost consciousness. Although the steward and the escorts were still conscious, their ability to move was affected by the drugs.

At this moment, more than 200 bandits who were lying in ambush not far away swarmed down the mountain and started hacking at the caravan members.

The manager and the escorts were still awake. As soon as the bandits appeared, they all rushed towards them in a swarm.

Relying on their large numbers, the bandits killed the manager and all the bodyguards in a short time.

As for those guys, except for a very few who happened to fall in the way of the bandits' charge and were chopped on the neck by the bandits who were unable to get to the inner circle and surrounded and killed the escort and the manager as a vent of anger, the rest of them survived.

The wealthy merchant also had a shop in Nie County. They found the shop owner and asked him to help pass the message to the owner of the house.

The people from the escort agency lost their employer's escort, so they must compensate the wealthy merchant for the corresponding losses. However, the money from the escort agency will definitely not be paid in a timely manner. Firstly, they are not very wealthy, and secondly, they have also lost people and need to provide compensation to their families.

The wealthy businessman couldn't wait, so he went to Qingshan County to sell his houses and farms to raise money.

After finding out the whole story, Bai Jingzhou entrusted his newly bought shop to the broker and asked him to help find a suitable family to rent it out and make some money.

As for the cloth and other items in the shop, Bai Jingzhou planned to hire a car to take them back to the village.

If they like the items, the two families can keep them for their own use or give them away. If they don’t like the items, they can sell them at a low price to villagers in the villages around Liulin Town.