Chapter 30
More than a month after the autumn harvest, a village near the mountains welcomed a young man in a strange costume. The young man didn't stay in the village for long. He just asked where there were wealthy families and left. He ran faster than a horse. Everyone in the village said that he was extraordinary.
This was the first time this boy in a strange outfit left Qingshan Village to Fang Nan outside. Fang Nan did not wear the clothes he usually wore. After all, he wanted to go to a wealthy family to trade. It is necessary to wear good clothes. If he only wore the clothes of ordinary people, he would only be looked down upon by the wealthy family and cause a lot of trouble.
However, Fang Nan did not have the luxurious clothes of this era, nor did Qingshan Village. Fang Nan could only take out a few clothes from the clothes he wore in his previous life in his portable space for Hu Xiaoya to cut them and put them on.
The clothes in the modern world are now in strange costumes, which are much better than those of ordinary people. Fang Nan transformed into a strange costume boy and came to the outside world under the guidance of two hunters from Qingshanzhai.
Fang Nan did not let the two hunters come out together, but waited in the mountains and forests, acting alone, and even if an accident occurs, he could escape unscathed. If the two hunters act together, if an accident occurs, Fang Nan could not guarantee that the two hunters could escape smoothly.
From the village farmers' accounts, I learned that the nearby rich family is located in the area where the wealthy family is located, about ten miles away from the village, there is a wealthy family surnamed Lu, with tens of acres of fertile land in their homes.
Ten thousand mu of fertile land is of very high value. The highest fertile land in Jiangnan area is one mu and two mu, and thirty taels of silver. In Guangdong, one mu of fertile land is only about ten taels of silver, and ten thousand mu of fertile land is one hundred thousand taels of silver. This wealthy family in the surname Lu family has rich assets.
Fang Nan did not ask whether the wealthy families in Lu's surname were good or evil. In this era, most landlords could not do evil in order to obtain land. Even if the landlords themselves did not do it themselves, the landlords' subordinates would take the initiative to do it.
Fang Nan's trip was just a "treasure" exchange for paper, ink, pen, inkstone and silver. If the transaction could be carried out smoothly, it would be best if the transaction object saw that Fang Nan was weak and wanted to rob him forcibly, then Fang Nan would not mind using force to make the transaction go smoothly.
Nearly two quarters of an hour, Fang Nan came to a manor surrounded by at least one meter of brick walls. This should be the manor of the rich family in the surname Lu mentioned by the farmer. There were five sword guards guarding the gate at the gate.
Huizhou Prefecture is a high-incidence area for peasant uprisings in Guangdong. Landlords living outside will basically build their manor into a solid fortress and have a large number of guards to protect them.
However, landlords rarely think that if they can be better to farmers, then there will be no farmers in their place willing to rebel, and it doesn't matter if the landlords hire less guards.
But most landlords would rather spend more money to hire guards than be kind to farmers. They kept exploiting farmers. The farmers who could not survive had to flee elsewhere or rebel.
Fang Nan walked into the manor gate area. When the guards saw Fang Nan, a boy in a strange outfit, came here, led the guard forward a few steps, reached out to Fang Nan and waved him and said, "Boy, what are you doing here? This is Mr. Lu's manor, don't get close to you if you are idle."
"Is Mr. Lu in the manor? I have treasures to sell to him." Fang Nan replied.
Hearing Fang Nan's words, the leader of the guard did not drive Fang Nan away or sent someone to report the matter. Instead, he said to Fang Nan: "Take out any treasure first, take it out and see it. Not everything can be seen by my master."
Fang Nan took out a crystal clear water-blue "gem" from his pocket without any worries. When others saw it, they could feel that the gem was extraordinary at first glance.
The guard leader looked at the gem with a hint of greed flashed in his eyes, but soon he put it away. If he was the only one, he would not mind snatching the gem. Now he was at the gate of the manor and there were others. The gem would eventually fall into the master's hands, and it would be useless for him to snatch it now.
"Good treasure, boy, please wait here. I'll report to my master." The guard leader said a word and turned to the manor. When he walked to the other guards, the guard leader whispered again: "You guys watch over that kid, don't let him run away."
The other four guards nodded slightly to show that they understood.
Although the guard leader's voice was small, Fang Nan was not an ordinary person. He had extraordinary ears and could hear his words clearly, and a hint of ridicule appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Fang Nan felt that this transaction would not go too smoothly, and he would have to make trouble at that time.
Soon, the leader of the guard came back, and he said to Fang Nan: "Boy, my master is welcome, come in with me. Don't look at it casually after entering the manor. Some things are not something that your eyes can see."
"I understand." Fang Nan replied indifferently.
The Lu family manor is very large, with hundreds of people expected to live inside. When you enter through the main entrance, you can see everything that suits the identity of a wealthy family, but there is no such thing as gold and jade inlaid.
In the living room of Lu's Manor, Fang Nan saw Lu's owner, Mr. Lu. Seeing Mr. Lu's appearance, he should be about fifty years old, with a little fat body and a smile all the time, like a good old man, but Fang Nan would not recognize Mr. Lu's character based on what he saw in front of him.
In the living room, there was not only Mr. Lu, but also a housekeeper, two maids, and two powerful guards. Even if only a young man came, Mr. Lu was not completely relieved. Two guards must be followed by to prevent accidents.
"Little brother, what treasure do you have? Take it out and I will appreciate it. If it catches my eyes, I will buy it at a high price." Mr. Lu said with a smile on Fang Nan.
"Give it, see how valuable this treasure is?" Fang Nan said as he took out the gem and put it in the hand of a maid. The maid carefully held the gem and sent it to Mr. Lu outside.
Seeing the gem, Mr. Lu’s eyes lit up and he thought to himself: “What a beautiful gem.”
Mr. Lu carefully picked up the gem and sent it to his eyes to look at it. At this time, the butler moved.
"Master, I have an impression of this gem. It seems to be a gift from Mr. Zhao to you the last time. You don't have time to see it and put it on. Why does this gem appear here?" The next moment, the housekeeper pointed at Fang Nan and said angrily: "Say, did you steal this gem?"
As soon as the housekeeper finished his words, the little leader of the guard in the living room and the other two guards looked at Fang Nan fiercely, as if he was about to pounce on him and arrest Fang Nan.
The butler's words were full of loopholes. Everyone could hear them in the living room, but no one refuted them and took them as true. Even Mr. Lu said angrily after hearing this: "It's unreasonable to steal my gems and sell them to me again. I'll beat me up with a stick."
Hearing Mr. Lu's words, the three guards were about to take action, but they saw the boy in a strange outfit who was almost surrounded by them and smiled.
"You are so greedy. It seems that I have to do it myself."
Chapter completed!