First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 485 Dealing with the Land

"Oh, right. I brought some account books with me today." Qu Wanning said, "I've had someone send them to your study."

"What account book?" Su Jixiang was a little surprised. Ever since Qu Wanning found out she was pregnant, they had discussed it and decided to let Qu Wanning take care of the baby first. As for the things in the store, they would help Qu Wanning take care of them first, and then return it to her after she gave birth and finished the confinement period.

So now when Qu Wanning talked about the account books, Su Jixiang was a little confused.

"Don't we have real estate and farms in the capital?" Qu Wanning reminded her. "Have you forgotten? After we became sworn sisters, my father gave us dowries when we got married!"

"Oh, now I remember!" Su Jixiang patted his forehead. "I originally said I would go check it out when I came back this time! But I was so busy today that I didn't even have time to go."

Qu Wanning smiled and agreed, "Yes, yes, I know you're a busy person, but I have nothing to do! So I helped you look at it. These are the land, store products, and money in your dowry. I've already checked them out. Just take a look."

Qu Wanning's mother passed away early, and the general's mansion has always been managed by General Qu himself.

However, he was busy with military affairs and had no time to keep an eye on the things at home all the time, so he came up with an idea. He sorted out his properties in the capital and exchanged them all for real estate and land.

The properties are all located in some of the more prosperous streets in Beijing, so there is no trouble renting them out, and the rent is not small.

As for land, he only wanted those fields to be connected together. As long as they were connected, he would buy them as long as he had some money, regardless of whether the land was thick or thin.

Because this is the most worry-free way.

After all, he didn't have that much time to travel from place to place. The fields he bought were all together, so he only needed to find time to visit one place.

Moreover, there were many old and weak soldiers under his command who had nowhere to go after leaving the army, so he simply rented his fields to these veterans to farm.

He originally thought that when his daughter grew up, he would hand over these lands and shops to her for management. After his daughter got married and his son got married, he would hand over all these to his daughter-in-law for management so that they could have an easier time.

Little did she know that Qu Wanning was chosen to enter the palace very early, while Qu Chenxing is almost thirty years old now and still hasn't started a family.

Originally, because he was busy fighting wars everywhere, he, a rough man, forgot about his son's marriage. Later, because the world was not at peace, his son also forgot about finding a wife.

After they followed Wei Ling to the north, Wei Ling now entrusted Qu Chenxing with an important task, which made him so busy that he couldn't settle down!

The old general was speechless when he returned to the capital this time. He suddenly realized that his endless shopping spree over the years had actually bought a vast expanse of land outside the capital, far beyond his wildest dreams... including woodlands and mountains...

These days he was afraid that Qu Wanning would be tired, so he followed Qu Wanning and helped Qu Wanning check the shops and fields. Only then did he realize that he seemed to have bought too much land!

The veterans who rented his land were also grateful to him and spontaneously helped him build a farm. It was well planned and formed several natural villages. Everyone farmed, hunted, fished, and picked, and they were able to be self-sufficient!

Although the scale of this farm is not as exaggerated as those farms owned by Su Jixiang in the north, it is in the suburbs of Beijing!

With such a large-scale farm, I am afraid that only the imperial farm can be compared with it.

This made General Qu break out in a cold sweat!

Fortunately, he had divided the land into several parts and gave one to Qu Wanning and one to Su Jixiang as dowry. In this way, the title deeds and land deeds to the two pieces of land became the property of other people.

If Emperor Longchang investigated this, he would probably have something against him.

Fortunately, he bought these lands slowly with real money, so he doesn't have to worry if he is really investigated.

So this time when the old general came back, he also sold some of his land. He chose to sell those fields that had fewer veterans, and he would first let the veterans who had some money buy them. No matter the size, he was willing to sell.

These days, Qu Wanning also helped her father deal with some of the land that belonged to her.

After all, she will follow Xie Yingfeng back to the north in the future, and she doesn’t know when she will return to the capital next time.

With such a large piece of land in my hands and being so far away, I really can't take care of it.

Moreover, their assets in the North are also increasing day by day. Compared with their industries in the North, these fields in the capital are not worth mentioning!

They had followed Su Jixiang in the past few years and opened up trade routes between the small countries near the north and Daxie. And now the caravans have also opened up the route between the north and the south of the Yangtze River. In the future, life will only get better and better!

Nowadays, the sound of a carriage and horses is worth a fortune!

However, as for Su Jixiang's share, neither Qu Wanning nor General Qu helped Su Jixiang deal with it without Su Jixiang's consent.

Su Jixiang patted his head and said with a smile, "If I had known you were going to sort out those things, I should have asked you to help me get rid of them all."

"Don't you want to stay any longer?" Qu Wanning asked.

"Yeah. No need to leave too much." Su Jixiang nodded.

"Okay, then tell me the rules for handling it later, such as which part you want to handle and how much it is. Just tell me, and dad and I will help you!" Qu Wanning said with a smile.

"You can't stand the fatigue now!" Su Jixiang waved his hands and said.

"Hey, I'm a wealthy idler now. If I don't go out to do something, I'll just sit in the yard all day basking in the sun and eating. If I keep eating like this, I'm afraid I'll be too fat to walk before I give birth!" Qu Wanning said with a smile, "If you trust me, let me handle it for you. I'm just looking for something to do."

Su Jixiang glanced at Wei Ling. Wei Ling said nothing, just looked at her with a smile.

Su Jixiang knew that Wei Ling didn't care about this matter.

"Okay!" Su Jixiang thought for a moment and nodded. "I'm busy here anyway, so I'll leave it to you to handle these matters. I'll come to your house tomorrow and tell you what to do. I'll also go see Dad while I'm there."

"Yeah. That's great! I haven't eaten the delicious food you cooked for a long time! I don't care, come to my house tomorrow and cook me a good meal!" Qu Wanning immediately said with a smile, holding Su Jixiang's hand.

"Madam, you're talking as if your family doesn't give you good food!" Xie Yingfeng said quickly after hearing this. "Besides, she's a guest at home, how can you ask her to do things for you?"

"I didn't say the food was bad. It's just that it's not as good as Jixiang's! Who among you can cook as well as Jixiang?" Qu Wanning glared at Xie Yingfeng. "If you could learn even half of Jixiang's cooking skills, I wouldn't bother Jixiang anymore!"