Chapter Twenty-Three: Settling in Shimen Town

In the early morning of September 20th, the sleeping Qingshi Village suddenly became lively. The sound of morning glory pulling horses, the sound of bundling goods, and the sound of relatives waking up from their sleep in Qingshi Village. Every family came out to see off those who had traveled far away.

At about eight o'clock, a team of more than 20 cars and 60 or 70 people slowly drove out of the entrance of the village and headed towards Shimen Town. Due to the large number of people and their families, this trip took two and a half days. It was not until noon on September 23 that they arrived at their destination.

When they got to the town, the group dispersed. The hunters went with their goods to familiar merchants, the deputy village chief and a few merchants went to the town chief's place, and the families who were ready to settle down went their own way to find suitable houses. After making an appointment with Yin Qiang to meet him at the Hongyun Inn three days later, the seventh uncle took Wang Jifei to the Shunchang Dart Bureau in Shimen Town.

After entering the house, Uncle Seventh directly found Zhang Wuwei, the chief dartman, explained his intention, and handed him the letter from the dart head in the village. After reading the letter briefly, Zhang Darttou chatted with Uncle Seven about the situation of the dart bureau in the village.

Then Uncle Seven found Xiao Hei of the Dart Bureau, Xiao Hei is the son of a dart player in the Dart Bureau, with a flexible mind, diligent work, and is very familiar with the affairs of Shimen Town. Wang Jifei and the others, under the leadership of Xiao Hei, who were familiar with the family, quickly found a few brokers who helped people buy and sell houses.

After a few selections, they took a fancy to three houses, all of which looked good, and decided to check them out.

The first thing to see is the house of a wealthy merchant, covering an area of more than one acre, located in the southwest of Shimen Town, a little far away from the dart bureau. The other is an old house of an ordinary family, because the son is ready to sell when he becomes an official in the county, the old house occupies a large area, and the house is relatively old.

The last one is a property belonging to a local noble family, the house is well preserved and the location is very good, and the asking price is too high. The arrogant butler asked for a hundred taels of gold when he opened his mouth, and refused to lower the price.

In the end, Uncle Seven chose the old house of the second family and bought it with fourteen taels of gold. The host was also very cheerful, wrote down the delivery documents on the spot, and pressed the handprint. As long as you need to take the title deed to the yamen tomorrow to register and file.

With Xiao Hei's help, Wang Jifei was busy until it was getting dark. At dinnertime, the three of them, who had been busy for most of the day, sat down in a restaurant. During the cup change, the relationship between the three became familiar, and Wang Jifei and Xiao Hei also began to call each other brothers.

During the banquet, Wang Jifei learned that Shimen Town is mainly divided into five major forces. Not to mention the yamen and the army, they wear a pair of pants. Mayor Zhu and Lieutenant Li of the garrison also have a very good personal relationship.

There are three main sectarian forces, the local gang Giant Crocodile Gang and the Dark Star Gate's branch in Shimen Town are two strong, and the other is their Shunchang Dart Bureau.

There are four main families, the branch of the royal family in the capital and the branch of the Sun family in the county government, which are strong, and control the bulk of the medicinal materials and fur trade in Shimen Town. The Murong family, a local prominent family, mainly engaged in the cloth and rice flour business, while the Wu family controlled the hotel business. The housekeeper who opened a hundred taels of gold and was ready to buy and sell was a member of the Wu family.

The last force is a loose group composed of scattered people of various sects and other forces in Shimen Town, and this force is changing anytime and anywhere, cooperating and fighting with each other.

After eating and drinking, Xiao Hei said goodbye and returned to his home, and the uncle and nephew slowly came to their new home. The new house is more than two acres in size, and there are about 20 houses, which is too much for two people. can't stand Wang Jifei just made a few small fortunes, and the homeowner sold them cheaply, and he finally realized his dream of buying a house on the earth.

Early the next morning, the three of them came to the carriage and horse shop in the east of the town, and the seventh uncle and Wang Jifei were ready to buy a carriage and two horses. After a while, Wang Jifei was ready to send darts with Uncle Seven, but he couldn't do without a horse.

When discussing this matter yesterday, Wang Jifei suddenly thought that sending darts and sending express delivery are essentially the same thing, and the two lives are actually the same profession, is it considered the fate of sending couriers......

Not only horses, but also cattle, donkeys, mules, etc. Xiao Hei also said that the town's carriage and horse shops also sell birds and water beasts. Wang Jifei became interested as soon as he heard it, and found a large store that sold birds.

As soon as the three of them entered the door, they were greeted by a warm shopkeeper and enthusiastically introduced: "The three guest officers are invited." I don't know what the guest officer wants to buy. There are a wide variety of birds in our store, carrying people and goods, and assisting in battles. We also specialize in flying pigeon delivery, and we have branches in major cities around the world. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Hei also helped: "This Hundred Treasures Pavilion is the industry of the famous Gate Sect Beast Immortal Mountain in the Donghua Continent. Beast Immortal Mountain is good at cultivating and domesticating all kinds of demon beasts, so the quality of the beasts in the Baizhen Pavilion is very good. ”

Hearing Xiao Hei talk about his old family, Xiao Er proudly took the words: "This guest officer is right. When it comes to domesticating demon beasts and controlling beasts, our Immortal Beast Mountain is this. As he spoke, he proudly gestured his thumb up.