Chapter 2167: One Hundred Thousand Mu of Land

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Business-wise, what Qiao Mei said was totally reasonable. For a moment, Xia Wen did not know what to do. There were so many outstanding issues to deal with and the country really did not have much to offer. Even if they could give her a house or a car, she did not need it at all. In fact, giving her all these things would only add to her problems.

“I’m just kidding with you. Look at how worried you look!” Qiao Mei laughed and continued, “I can sign an agreement with the government not to privately export seeds overseas for two years and to prioritize the supply of seeds to the country, but there’s something I want in return.”

“Tell me about it. I’ll try my best to talk to the higher-ups,” Xia Wen said.

“I already have enough houses on hand. I’ve bought houses in many different areas and I also don’t need a car. I’m short of land now, not only in the capital, but also in Shen City and Hu City. I just don’t know if the higher-ups can help me obtain land in these places,” Qiao Mei said.

The real estate companies in Shen City and Shanghai had already been set up for quite a while, but they were only conducting rental transactions at the moment. They did not have any land to construct a building. There were too many procedures to go through. Moreover, it was harder to do business in Shen City and Hu City than in the capital. They did not have enough connections there and it was difficult to get things done.

“No problem! That’s easy! I’ll go back and ask them now!” Xia Wen said happily.

“Look at the time now! Let’s talk about this tomorrow. There’s no hurry, the seeds are not going anywhere. Come with me to the suburbs tomorrow to pick out some samples,” Qiao Mei said.

“Whatever you say,” Xia Wen said.

Qiao Mei suddenly thought of something and smiled at Xia Wen as she said, “Eldest Brother, you must have heard that Xia You and I recently built a school.”

Xia Wen nodded and Qiao Mei continued, “I can handle most of the issues regarding the school, but I can’t run a school without teachers and teaching materials. Perhaps you can ask the higher-ups to help me with this.”

“There’s no need to ask them. I can handle this for you. Back when I was teaching at Capital University, I had many colleagues. Many of them have resigned and gone back to their hometowns during the past few years. I’ll ask them if they’re willing to come over,” Xia Wen said.

“Then I’ll have to trouble Eldest Brother to help me ” Qiao Mei said.

Early the next morning, Xia Wen drove Mo Zhu and the children to the suburbs with Qiao Mei following closely behind. Mo Zhu felt very happy the moment she got out of the car. In order to take good care of her, her parents had already moved into Xia Wen’s siheyuan courtyard house. The house on the mountain was now left vacant.

The fact was that Mo Zhu preferred the old house. It was like a paradise in the middle of nothing, living a life of seclusion in the forest while surrounded by mountains and rivers. It was a different feeling to live there and the pace of life felt much slower.

“Eldest Sister-in-law, you can come here for a short stay if you want. I’ve built a two-story house over there. My grandfather comes over to fish every weekend,” Qiao Mei said.

“I don’t think I have much free time. Now that I’m back at work, I don’t even get many rest days,” Mo Zhu said with a sigh.

“You will find a chance,” Qiao Mei said.

Mo Zhu brought the children to play in the greenhouse while Qiao Mei and Xia Wen went about their business. Sun Tian followed the two of them around and gave them an update on the current volume of production, the revenue and the growth cycles in the greenhouses.

“The greenhouse setup here is still too small,” Xia Wen said.

“Then go back and ask them for 100,000 mu of land. I want the occupancy right to last for 50 years and I can either buy it or rent it. The price is negotiable,” Qiao Mei said.

“100,000 mu of land? I won’t be able to come up with it even if you sell me off. I’ll just give you this district and you can become the district head!” Xia Wen said in shock.

“The district head is not the landowner. He only manages everything on the land. I’m what you call a local bandit leader! I rule the land I am on! I have the power to decide life and death!” Qiao Mei said jokingly.

“Even if I can get it for you, how are you going to farm so much land? You won’t have enough people even if we rope in all the villagers in the vicinity!” Xia Wen said.

“I have so many farms in Country M and I have no problem managing all that amount of land. What’s so difficult about it? If there’s not enough manpower, there’s always machinery,” Qiao Mei said.

“There’s no such machinery in the country,” Xia Wen said.

“Is that even an issue? Just transport the machines over. Once you confirm the amount of land on your end, I’ll get him to help me send the machines here,” Qiao Mei said.

Xia Wen knew who the “him” Qiao Mei was talking about. In that case, he could only trouble Xia Zhe to think of a way to get around the customs problem.

Xia Wen went to the warehouse alone to choose some suitable samples to bring back to the office. Qiao Mei and Sun Tian went to the small office to take a look at the accounts and to discuss the issues and problems that Sun Tian had encountered during this period of time.

“Not bad, you’ve taken care of this place well. I can also let you take care of the land in other locations!” Qiao Mei said in satisfaction.