General, the lady escaped again

Chapter 109: Baoshan (1)

"We have such good conditions in our village, we can't waste them!" Ji Xiaoni said with a smile, "Village Chief, please tell me, can we rent the mountain?"

"This... the villagers still need to go up the mountain to chop firewood? We have to ask the villagers' opinion." The village chief touched his beard and neither agreed nor refused immediately. He only said that he had to get the villagers' consent.

"Hold a meeting and call all the villagers to ask for their opinions?" Uncle Li raised his eyebrows and asked, "There will always be a few troublemakers who disagree, so what should we do?"

"It's enough if 80% of the people agree. You can ignore those people." The village chief waved his hand. Having been the village chief for so many years, he knew who in the village were the troublemakers and naturally would not take their opinions seriously.

"That's fine." Ji Xiaowu nodded.

The village chief took out a gong from his house, walked into the yard and struck it three times. The sound of the gong immediately spread throughout the village. Soon, a group of villagers ran over and surrounded the fence of the village chief's yard. "Village chief, what's the matter that you called us here so urgently?"

"Is everyone here?" asked the village chief.

"Almost everyone is here." replied a villager.

Ji Xiaowu and Uncle Li walked out of the house and came to the village chief, who then said to the villagers, "I called you here to ask you, Ji Xiaowu wants to lease the mountain, do you agree?"

"Bag the mountain? What's valuable in that broken mountain? Why would you buy it?" an old lady asked in confusion, "Girl, are you so rich that you have to burn it?"

"That's right. How are we going to chop firewood in the future if you rent the mountain? There are still a lot of fruits on the mountain!" another lady also said, obviously disagreeing.

"What are you doing in Baoshan?" Another old man saw Uncle Li, raised his eyebrows and asked him what was going on. Uncle Li nodded.

"Yes, what are you doing with the mountain? What benefits will we get from it?" A bride asked the most crucial question. Everyone looked at Ji Xiaomu instantly. Matters concerning interests must be clarified.

Ji Xiaomu took two steps forward and said, "I plan to rent a mountain to raise chickens, and then maybe plant some fruit trees. I'm still planning the details!"

"At least you will get something in return. I will pay 6 taels for the land. There are about households in our village, and each household can get taels of silver. If you agree, you can sign. If more than % of you disagree, I will forget it and will not pay for it."

Ji Xiaowu's words were like thunderbolt in the villagers' ears. They didn't have to do anything and just took the six taels of silver for free? Was it really that simple?

"Really, if we agree, you will give us six taels of silver?" an old lady asked immediately.

"Yes, the village chief said that if 80% of the people agree, then I can take over the mountain. If more than 20% of the people disagree, then I won't take over the mountain." Ji Xiaowu replied, "I have surrounded the mountain. If you want to chop wood, you just have to walk a little further. It won't affect you."

"Of course, it's okay if you don't agree. I can do the same if I go to other villages to lease a mountain." Ji Xiaomu said with a smile, and the villagers immediately whispered to each other and there was a commotion.

Some people agreed. It was not harmful to their interests, and they could get 6 taels of silver. Isn't money good? At most, they could just go to a farther mountain to chop wood. They might not have any dead branches.

Another group of people thought that since Ji Xiaomu wanted to rent the mountain, there must be some treasure in the mountain.