Bai Li Xin, as he spoke, led his son to drive a vehicle-mounted measuring instrument out of the back of the truck.
He sat on it, his six sons following beside him, holding various professional instruments, and began to measure the precise dimensions of the entire plot's edges, survey the terrain, and draw more accurate maps.
Guo Sheng then introduced the woman, who was about 1.6 meters tall, to Xia Chujian, Xia Yuanfang, and Aunt Chen, saying, "This is Bai Li Xin's wife, you can just call her Aunt Bai Li."
Xia Chujian's lips twitched. She called her "Aunt Bai Li," and started chatting with her, casually inquiring about the family's character and conduct.
Aunt Bai Li was slightly more talkative than Bai Li Xin, but not by much.
She told Xia Chujian that their small construction company had been running for over a decade, but they weren't good at negotiating business, so their projects were often snatched by others.
Then, she kept praising Guo Sheng for his righteousness, saying that without him, their small company would have gone bankrupt last year.
Xia Chujian looked at Guo Sheng with a half-smile, never expecting that this man, who seemed to look down on the poor and flatter the rich, actually had a sympathetic side for honest people.
Guo Sheng's face turned red, and he said, "Aunt Bai Li is exaggerating, I'm not that good... Actually, if you want to thank someone, thank Sister Xia. If she hadn't taught me a lesson and made me realize I shouldn't be such a scoundrel, you wouldn't see me as I am now."
Xia Chujian laughed and said, "Alright, you two, stop blowing your own horns."
She said to Aunt Bai Li, "As long as you build the wall according to the conditions we agreed upon, and it passes the government's project acceptance, I'll give you another big project."
Xia Yuanfang and Aunt Chen also came over to chat with Aunt Bai Li.
Xia Chujian didn't say much more, only chatting with Guo Sheng on the side, asking him how he knew the Bai Li family, and indirectly inquiring about their character, conduct, and work quality.
She had checked on the Star Network, but Guo Sheng's side offered a more direct perspective.
As they were talking, Bai Li Xin returned with his sons after taking measurements.
The specific data was on the physical maps, but on-site surveys were also necessary.
Because the place wasn't small, and the terrain varied, it would affect the construction of the wall.
After surveying everything, Bai Li Xin had a better understanding.
He came to Xia Chujian, his expression slightly strange, and said, "Ms. Xia, is this land really ten hectares?"
Xia Chujian's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly said, "What's wrong? Did they deceive me? Is this land less than ten hectares?!"
Looks like the Quan Family's name isn't that useful after all...
Xia Chujian couldn't help but slander Quan Yuxun in her heart.
Bai Li Xin quickly said, "No, no, I measured the edge of the land according to the topographic map you gave me, and found that the perimeter of this place is 4,200 meters, the total length from east to west is two kilometers, and the width from north to south is about one hundred meters. So, according to this calculation, the area of this land is not ten hectares."
Xia Chujian, whose best subject was mathematics, immediately calculated in her mind, "...It's twenty hectares!"
It was actually ten hectares more than what was written on the land deed!
But the topographic map she gave to Bai Li Xin was also attached to the land deed!
It indicated that the land within this coordinate position belonged to Xia Chujian.
It couldn't be wrong.
But in this case, the measured actual area was twice as large as the area marked on the land deed. Was this a normal bargain? Could she take it? It felt awkward no matter how she looked at it...
Xia Chujian frowned and said, "Please wait a moment, I'll go ask someone."
She walked all the way back, to a place where everyone couldn't see her, then slipped behind a large tree and sent a message to Quan Yuxun.
[Yuanbao]: Chief Quan Da, can you give me the contact information of the Quan Family lawyer who helped me with the land purchase last time? I have something I want to ask him.
After sending the message, Xia Chujian pondered how to discuss this issue.
If the area was wrong due to a mistake by someone from the government, she didn't want to return it. At most, she would pay more money and change the area on the land deed.
As a result, only a minute passed, and before she had fully figured out how to discuss the matter, Quan Yuxun replied.
[Qilin]: What's wrong? Is there a problem with the land deed?
As expected of Quan Yuxun, he knew what she wanted to ask the lawyer about as soon as he saw it.
Xia Chujian quickly replied.
[Yuanbao]: It's not a big problem, it's just that we just measured the perimeter of the land according to the topographic map and coordinate position on the land deed, and found that the area of the land is not ten hectares, but twenty hectares. I just wanted to ask what's going on.
As soon as Quan Yuxun heard this, he understood. He immediately retrieved the contract and land deed copy of Xia Chujian's land purchase from the Quan Family Law Firm's database and looked at them, then replied to her.
[Qilin]: You only looked at the land deed, but didn't carefully read the land purchase contract, right?
[Yuanbao]: ...Too many words, too small, it hurt my eyes to read.
[Qilin]: In the future, you are not allowed to sign contracts yourself. I have to talk to Huo Yushen. You don't have the legal capacity to sign contracts, you're too idiotic.
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
This made her even more angry than being called a loser!
But now she was begging him to look at the contract, so she had to swallow her anger.
Xia Chujian took a deep breath.
[Yuanbao]: The minds of the mentally ill are broad, and the joy of the mentally challenged is great. I'm listening to your vast thoughts.
Quan Yuxun smiled, but his smile suddenly froze on his face.
He realized that Xia Chujian was subtly calling him "mentally ill"! He couldn't help grinding his teeth.
This mentally challenged child is even proud when I call her that...
[Qilin]: Since getting mental illness, I've become much more energetic. I'm having an episode today, so I'll tell you about that land purchase contract.
Xia Chujian: ...
She didn't expect Quan Yuxun to be able to catch their commoner jokes. He must have spent a lot of effort snooping on the Star Network.
She curled her lips, watching how Quan Yuxun would "have an episode."
[Qilin]: If you had carefully read the land purchase contract, you would know that the land is calculated according to the arable land area. Although your land is enclosed and has twenty hectares, there is a lake, a mountain, and many trees inside. The actual arable land area is only ten hectares, which is also the starting point for future taxation.
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
She didn't expect there to be so many twists and turns in it! She had seen the words "arable land" on the land purchase contract, but she never thought it would be interpreted this way.
In fact, that lake, that mountain, those forests, are treasures, okay! Xia Chujian's expression visibly brightened.
[Yuanbao]: So the land deed also includes those places not counted in the arable land area, right? I want to build a fence now to enclose the entire land, so it's important for me to know where its outer edge is.
Quan Yuxun was puzzled.
[Qilin]: As long as the land is within the coordinate location attached to the land deed, it's yours. However, why enclose the land? If you want to build a resort, you can take advantage of the Exotic Beast Forest on the North Side and the Mulan City landscape on the South Side. If you build a fence, you won't be able to see anything.
[Yuanbao]: Thank you for your explanation! I'll give you a consultation fee! I'm not building a resort, I want to farm!
Then, she transferred 888 Beichen Coins as a consultation fee to Quan Yuxun.
Quan Yuxun didn't expect that he could get a consultation fee from that stingy, mentally challenged child, Xia Chujian.
Even after the chat with Xia Chujian ended, he looked at the transferred "888" and smiled for a long time.
...
After Xia Chujian understood the land purchase contract and land deed, she put down a big stone in her heart.
She walked back to the place where she had been talking with Bai Li Xin and the others, and said casually, "I asked my lawyer, and he said there's no problem. Ten hectares is the arable land area, and the other ten hectares are not arable land, so they are not included in the tax base. But the coordinate location of the land deed includes them."
Bai Li Xin and Guo Sheng looked at each other at the same time.
They also knew the concept of "arable land," but they had never seen only half of the entire land area counted as arable land! This was a huge advantage...
Guo Sheng couldn't help but ask, "Sister Xia, who is your lawyer? He's so amazing, can I..."
Xia Chujian interrupted him with a smile, "You also know my lawyer, it's that Mr. Quan."
The Qilin Child of the Quan Family, one of the Four Great Noble Families, and the Chief Legal Counsel of the Imperial Senate, Quan Yuxun, was her lawyer?! No wonder the Mulan City officials rushed to sell her these twenty hectares of land, folded into ten hectares...
Guo Sheng was beyond envious.
At that moment, he just wanted to kneel, he really wanted to kneel.
Bai Li Xin vaguely understood that Xia Chujian had an amazing backstage lawyer, and he was even happier.
People like them who do business honestly are most afraid of going against those nobles.
Having a client here who has a good relationship with nobles, of course, they had to seize the opportunity.
He stopped talking nonsense, directly input the data into his software, which was a special software for large integrated module construction.
After inputting these data, it can automatically calculate the material cost, and then he added a little profit to generate the final quotation.
When Xia Chujian saw the price, she realized the material costs were a bit high. After all, the area was quite large—ten hectares, no, twenty hectares. The terrain was also a narrow east-west shape, about two kilometers long but only a hundred meters wide, giving it a perimeter of more than four kilometers. The material costs alone would be 200,000 Beichen Coins.
But their construction fee was only 10,000 Beichen Coins, which was incredibly low.
And that 10,000 Beichen Coins had to cover taxes, rent, insurance, and loan payments for various construction equipment. In the end, they'd be lucky to have a net profit of a thousand coins.
A family of eight, with seven grown men, and that thousand coins would probably only be enough to feed them.
This family had really squeezed their profit margins to the bare minimum.
Xia Chujian didn't want to take advantage of honest people, so she offered, "Let's go with the market price: 200,000 for materials and 50,000 for construction. However, I require that the building materials be exactly as shown in this software. I don't mind you making a reasonable profit, but there must be no cutting corners or using inferior goods."
Bai Li Xin didn't expect Xia Chujian to be so generous. He was immediately overwhelmed with emotion, bowing to her repeatedly and saying, "Ms. Xia, please rest assured! I, Bai Li Xin, would never cut corners! And I certainly wouldn't use inferior goods! If I do, you can go to the Punishment Department and sue me. I'll sell everything I own to compensate you!"
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