Free Web NovelChapter 2121: Chapter 2081: Purchasing Mountain Land
Although the villagers of Ye Family Village were somewhat afraid of the descendants of the Zhu Family Grave, after all, they were numerous, they still leaned towards Ye Weidong’s family.
No matter how you say it, Ye Weidong and the Ye Family are also part of the Ye family. Though the blood relationship isn’t that close, they were one family over a hundred years ago.
A little after 4 p.m., the village chief of Ye Family Village invited other village committee members and the head of the forestry bureau over. These leaders were unaware of the situation.
They only heard that the Zhu Family Grave had been blown up.
But, since the Zhu Family Grave was blown up, it was blown up, and they didn’t think much of it. After all, it had nothing to do with them. When the descendants of the Zhu Family buried their ancestors underground in that area, they didn’t ask anyone, they just buried them, and now it’s causing issues.
"Village Chief Ye, we don’t know why you have called us here?" a neighboring village chief asked curiously.
"Village Chief Luo, actually, I didn’t invite you, it was Boss Ye who did. I’m just the middleman."
Boss Ye?
Which Boss Ye?
At this moment, Ye Qiu and Ye Weidong were heading towards the village committee.
"He’s the wealthiest person in our village, even the wealthiest in our small town."
The wealthiest?
Could it be?
No one in the small town was really sure who was the wealthiest, but they heard it was someone with the surname Zhu, probably a good person from the Zhu Family Grave, who was wealthy and had businesses in many cities.
Soon, Ye Weidong and Ye Qiu arrived.
"Weidong, Ye Qiu, these are the village committee members from nearby, and some of them are the heads of the forestry bureau, all of whom are related to that mountain range."
Mountain range?
The people didn’t understand.
When Ye Weidong and Ye Qiu sat down, Ye Weidong looked at Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu said, "Gentlemen village chiefs, here’s the thing, I want to buy the entire mountain range at Longkou."
The Longkou that Ye Qiu mentioned was actually the mountain range a few kilometers from where the grave was blown up today.
Now, that area is used for tree planting.
The Longkou mountain range?
The area was called Longkou because the ancients believed it was a Dragon Vein, and entering it was like entering the dragon’s mouth.
Buy it?
"Those lands belong to the village and cannot be sold," a village chief said.
Cannot be sold?
Heh.
Ye Qiu chuckled.
Government policy stipulates that rural land cannot be privately transacted and sold to others, but it can be transferred to villagers within the same village.
Moreover, these lands only have usage rights, usually for twenty to thirty years.
The ownership still belongs to the village collective and the state.
So, private buying and selling are not allowed.
On this point, these village leaders are surely aware.
The village lands mainly include mountains and fields.
Also, state farms and forestry bureaus have places under their jurisdiction, and some areas in Longkou are indeed under the forestry bureau’s jurisdiction.
The usage rights and ownership rights of those belong to the nearby forestry bureau.
"I want to buy all the usage rights."
Ye Qiu said.
Buy them all?
Even if private transactions are possible, acquiring several kilometers’ worth would cost a substantial amount.
Upon hearing the word "money," quite a few of these village leaders swallowed hard.
Originally, no houses could be built on that land because it was considered a burial ground, only suitable for burying the dead or planting trees and other crops, such as tea.
However, farming income isn’t very high.
As for building houses, they didn’t dare to even imagine it.
In the past, it was said that someone built and lived there, but for unknown reasons, people who lived there either encountered mishaps and moved away, or the lineage ended.
So, buying that land to build houses was definitely not an option.
No one dared to do such a thing.
To their surprise, Ye Qiu intended to buy it all.
Ye Qiu remained silent, and so did Ye Weidong. Neither the village chief nor the village leaders spoke, they just smoked or drank tea.
Ye Qiu clearly understood their swallowing and changing expressions.
After all, that land could either house the dead or be used for planting; selling it didn’t seem like a big deal.
Concerning its value, apart from housing the dead, it wasn’t very valuable.
Nowadays, the value of rural land isn’t very high. Land near the small town is maybe a few hundred yuan per square meter.
And the land on the mountain might be a few dozen yuan per square meter.
"I’ll take it as 10,000 mu at 1,000 yuan per mu. Please think it over carefully."
1,000 yuan per mu?
If it were fields, the price would surely be higher. Even if expropriated, it would fetch tens of thousands per mu.
But these are mountain lands, and burial lands at that, which changes things.
According to Ye Qiu’s offer of 10,000 mu at 1,000 yuan per mu, that’s a total of ten million!
This young man was willing to spend ten million to buy burial land.
These village leaders couldn’t help but lick their lips. Even if shared evenly, one village could get several million.
"Mr. Ye, you must be joking, right?"
"Do you think I’m joking?"
Ten million?
What does it mean to Ye Qiu?
"Think it over, I want an answer by tomorrow, and if you can’t decide, I’ll have to go to the town government. I believe the town government would gladly take this money."
Ye Qiu then walked out.
Ye Weidong followed him.
Ten million!
This young man was willing to spend ten million just to buy land for his father’s burial.
For some reason, Ye Weidong felt that his son Ye Qiu was surely different now.
Yet, he was delighted!
He knew no one else could do what Ye Qiu did.
Just after Ye Qiu left, Village Chief Luo said, "I have no objections."
Another one, Village Chief Li, also said, "I have no objections either."
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Finally, the head of the forestry bureau said, "I also have no objections, but I think an even split of two million per family is best."
"However, shouldn’t we ask the villagers, given that some might own mountain land in that area? What if they find out later that we sold their land and become furious?"
"That could work. Let’s go back now and talk to those villagers, and then allocate a portion of the money to them. The rest we can sort out through the village committee."
Village Chief Ye enviously watched the village leaders leave, though the mountain land in Longkong had little to do with Ye Family Village.
Still, Ye Qiu was indeed too generous, spending ten million just to buy burial land for his grandfather.
In this regard, Village Chief Ye knew, no one could compare to Ye Qiu.
Apparently, Ye Fugui in Jinling wasn’t lying; Ye Qiu might be wealthier than they imagined.
If he had known this, regarding the Zhu Family Grave issue, as the village chief of Ye Family Village, he should have stepped forward for Ye Weidong.
