Duke Xiao took out a stack of silver notes from the thick book.

After fifteen silver notes with a denomination of 10,000 yuan were pointed out, only four or five silver notes with a denomination of 1,000 taels were left.

He sighed heavily and put the four or five silver notes back to their original place.

In order to make his daughter happy, he really emptied his old foundation!

It was the first time he felt what it felt like to have a shortage of money when he lived to this age.

Four or five thousand silver is not enough to buy a few decent birthday gifts.

Of course, there are many items that can be used as birthday gifts in his small warehouse, so there is no need to use cash.

As long as we can reach the end of the year, all difficulties will be solved.

He collected the bills and asked someone to call his confidant Xiao Zhong.

Xiao Zhong was born in the Duke's Mansion. He grew up with Duke Xiao and was the servant he trusted the most.

But before handing over the silver notes to Xiao Zhong, Duke Xiao was still careful.

"A Zhong, go and find out who are bidding with his wife for the farm today in the teahouse.

In addition, where will you go? The Wang family asks whether their fields have been sold and the price is at their price."

Xiao Zhong responded, bowed and retreated.

Two hours later, Xiao Zhong brought back the news that Duke Xiao wanted to know.

"The young man has already found out clearly after returning to China. Among the four, two were from the capital, and the other two were from other places."

"The people in the capital..." Duke Xiao stroked his long beard: "Which two families are they?"

Xiao Zhong said: "One is the manager of the old lady of Kang'anbo Mansion, and the other is the manager of the Cui family of Linlang Pavilion."

Duke Xiao paused slightly: "The old lady of Kang'anbo Mansion's parents' home..."

"It's the cousin of the wife of Shangshu Zhang of the Ministry of Revenue..."

Duke Xiao was a little overwhelmed and raised his hand to signal him not to say anything. He asked, "Why, the land of the Wang family has been sold?"

"The He family's sold it, but the Wang family's dare not sell it."

"What does it mean if you didn't dare to sell it?"

"The prince said that he had discussed with the prince He. Although the wife did not bid today, they could see that the wife was indeed interested in their farm.

But those people's bid was too high. If they gave up, it would be a pity and they sold one of the fields at eight times the price.

However, they left another one for their wife to avoid... so as not to be unhappy...

The prince also said that if the prince does not dislike the poor land of the countryside, he will always beg for your great journey."

Duke Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Apart from the similar size of the two farms, are there any differences?"

"The He family's farm is the one sold, located in the upper reaches of the river, while the Wang family's farm is located in the lower reaches."

Duke Xiao sneered: "The two bastards dared to play these small moves for me!"

It’s the same farm, and the difference between the upstream and the downstream is huge!

"Dude..." Xiao Zhong hesitated a little, not knowing whether he should continue.

Duke Xiao's hand paused: "Where is the small farm in the middle?"

Xiao Zhong said: "The owner of the Xiaotianzhuang is Damazi Tao, the owner of the Taohua winery.

Although Xiaotianzhuang is small, it was the dowry given by her father when she got married, so no matter how many benefits her wife promised, she was still unmoved."

Duke Xiao's breathing was slightly stagnant.

The dowry given by my father...

At normal prices, a small farm of 100 acres is actually not worth much money.

The business of Taohua winery is very good, and Mrs. Tao is not short of this little money at all.

The reason why I was unwilling to betray her is because it was the dowry given to her by my father.

If he also gave the Wang family's farm to Jane as a dowry, and he would leave one day, would Jane have more thoughts about him?

Duke Xiao looked a little melancholy: "A Zhong, the He family's farm was not sold to the two in the capital, right?"

Xiao Zhong hurriedly said: "The Duke of the Kingdom is wise. The He family's farm was bought by Mr. Fang from Hongnong County. Another Mr. Wu from Dong County paid five times the price, but he still returned in a bad situation."

"Master Fang from Hongnong County?"

"Yes, the young man also specifically inquired about the details of Mr. Fang, and there is nothing suspicious about it."

Duke Xiao took out fifteen silver notes from the drawer and pushed them in front of Xiao Zhong.

"This is a silver note of 150,000 taels. You can buy the Wang family's farm."

"This..." Xiao Zhong pursed his lips and did not reach for the silver notes.

"What’s wrong with you?"

"Dude, are you planning to buy the Wang family's farm for eight times the price?"

"I respect my Duke's Mansion, but I cannot suffer any loss. The ancestors of the Wang family and my Xiao family have been in the same dynasty for many years. They have had a hard time living these years, so we can't take advantage of them."

Xiao Zhong collected the silver notes and bowed to deliver a big gift: "The youngest will definitely do this successfully."

Xiao Guogong said: "After the matter is done, send the land deed to me. No matter what the wife says, don't let her encounter the land deed."

"This..." Xiao Zhong looked at him suspiciously.

What does the Duke mean?

This time I bought the farm to prepare a dowry for Miss Ten.

Is there any difference between a land deed in the hands of a prince and a wife?

Xiao Zhong is a confidant, and Duke Xiao did not intend to hide it from him: "This farm is for the bride."

"Princess?" Xiao Zhong was shocked.

It’s not that the prince shouldn’t prepare a dowry for the princess.

But there are so many farms near the capital. With such an outrageous price today, what kind of good farm can't be bought?

Is the Duke burned his mind with silver notes or is it really crazy?

"Just do things, don't ask too much about other things." Xiao Guogong waved his hand.

"Yes." Xiao Zhong packed the bill, bowed and stepped out.

In the afternoon of the next day, all the procedures were completed, and the land deed of Wang Family Village was sent to Duke Xiao.

Although Xiao Zhong did not leak the news, Xin Su still knew about it very quickly.

She dressed up carefully and came to Duke Xiao’s study with a smile.

After knocking on the study door, she walked in with light steps.

"Mr., you came back today very early."

Duke Xiao looked at her intently: "Have you used lunch?"

Xin Su smiled and said, "I have used it long ago, where are you?"

Duke Xiao nodded.

Xin Su couldn't help but tentatively said, "I heard that the Duke of the State has bought the farm?"

"Your news is quite informative." Duke Xiao leaned on the back of the chair, his voice a little lazy.

"Can you show me the land deed?" Xin Su walked to his side.

Xiao Guogong said: "Su Niang, I have something to discuss with you."

"Tell me."

"Chan'er is still young and getting married will take several years later. I plan to give this farm to Wanger.

After all, if the elders are in order, there will be better and bigger farms in the future, I will definitely buy them for Chan'er."
Chapter completed!