Chapter 835: Buy the street

" Here we are, this is the south district"s commercial street," Yan Zhao spoke as the carriage came to a sudden stop.

Su Wan stepped out of the carriage with Lin Chen"s help, behind her, Lin Rui helped her with the long fur coat that she was wearing to block the wind. Even though the two men were alone, their eyes were sharp and their aura was not any lesser than a superior official.

Yan Zhao on the side of the carriage was rather surprised. He had to admit that neither Su Wan nor husbands looked like they were from the countryside, if he did not know better he would have thought that came from the Imperial City and was demoted to this place.

Their looks and actions were like those of high-ranking officials and madams.

There might be something that he did not know about.

Su Wan walked towards the southern district, her pace neither fast nor slow. She had a languid charm, with a generous demeanor which made people on the street pause and look at her with confusion and awe written on their faces.

Though this street was called a commercial street, it was no longer the same after the vendors and shopkeepers moved to Main Street where the rich lived. Now it was abandoned while surrounded by miserable and poor people who were dressed in tatters, they all seemed to be shivering and numb.

Even after seeing officials coming towards them, they did not show any expression on their faces.

Su Wan did not say anything to them, she simply watched the dirty alleys that were covered with filth and trash. Though it was winter no flies were flying around the trash but she knew that these alleys must be an unbearable sight in the summer.

She looked around the b.u.mpy path which was full of potholes but the situation was not serious, she was certain that a little tinkering would surely clear up these potholes.

Lin Rui on the other hand frowned before saying, " The conditions here are really bad, are you sure that this will work?"

Even Lin Chen nodded his head. Though he did not have much skills in business he could see that this place was not good, he turned to look at Su Wan and then said, " Wan Wan, why don"t we take a look somewhere else ?"

He did not like this street at all.

Su Wan on the other hand looked around, she turned to look at the trash in the alley before pursing her lips and asking, " Is this street up for sale?"

Yan Zhao was stunned, he never thought that Su Wan would be willing to take another look at this street after all, the previous county magistrates did not even take another look at this street and left it in the same condition as it was at the present but when he heard her words he was really touched. Sure enough, the wise men were right.

Those who have vision and strength would not worry about the material provided to them, in the end, they would only create miracles.

He nodded his head and replied, " Yes, Yes. It can be sold."

If in the hands of Su Wan, this trashy street becomes gold. It would be a good thing for them.

The commercial street was filled with trash and it was completely dilapidated, there was no decent home and at the far end was the fourth entrance of the city.

Su Wan pointed to the street from start to end and then said, " I want this street, I will pay for it as well as the residents. I will pay them money to move to a decent place along with three days to pack up and move out."

" Really? But…" Yan Zhao hesitated, if Su Wan wanted the whole street then it would be really difficult after all, there were quite a few families living at the end of the street. He thought she would only pick a few abandoned buildings but turns out that she wanted the entire street this was something that Yan Zhao did not plan!

Su Wan looked at the dilapidated houses that couldn"t even hold the winter winds and sighed before saying, " I will pay these people fifteen taels for moving out. They can use ten taels to build houses somewhere else and use five taels to take care of their families in the winter."

As she spoke she turned to look at Lin Rui who took out a pouch and handed it to Yan Zhao, " You can take care of this matter, Lord Yan. We trust you."

Yan Zhao did not expect that Su Wan would be willing to take out money to transfer the residents. He looked at the pouch and his eyes turned red, their city finally had a decent county magistrate who did not know to push and whip the commoners to move out and treat them as humans.

" Can I really pay these people fifteen taels?" Yan Zhao asked again just to make sure as he did not want to get into trouble later on.

Su Wan nodded and then said, " Do you think I would make a ha.s.sle for such a small sum of money? Just hand them the money but if they refuse to move then you might as well start looking for another place, Lord Yan. Because I will not buy this street."

Lord Yan turned to look at Lin Rui who nodded and agreed, " She is the one who decides everything in our house."

" Thats right," Lin Chen chimed in as he looked at his wife with a smile on his face.

They were convinced by Su Wan"s skills and they trusted her vision, if she said that she wanted to buy the entire street then they knew that she must have thought something in her head.

The entire Lin family had seen how Su Wan had turned thirty taels into three hundred and then three hundred into three hundred thousand, she was a woman of skills! Thus, there was no need for them to doubt her!

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