However, the next day, under Jiang Ze's instruction, rumors that one wouldn't be able to claim back their mortgaged land deed started spreading. Since the interest was so high, they definitely wouldn't be able to repay it by next autumn. When the time came, the squires would definitely seize their land. In that case, they might as well just sell it now.
Hence, in less than two days, when someone brought their title deed to the government office, it wasn't to mortgage it but to sell it.
If the squires didn't buy it, they would find someone else.
These squires were not the only ones in the prefectural capital. There were also some rich farmers, small landowners, small businessmen, or medium-grade squires who wanted to buy land…
