Chapter 7: Selling Titles
Following.
Zhang Feng slept until the sun reached his buttocks before getting up.
"I'm also a big ......"
Seeing the sun rising high, Zhang Feng was a little self-deprecating.
Last night, I was worried about being cheated by Pansy, and I was trying to figure out a way to come, and I fell asleep thinking about it.
When I came to the kitchen, I found a fairly clean iron pot, washed it with water, and boiled a large pot of hot water.
Zhang Feng first poured some of the boiling hot water into another small pot, ready to cool, as today's drinking water, Zhang Feng can't drink that kind of sour beer, it's not wrong to drink more hot water.
Then he poured the rest of the water into the wooden bucket, mixed some cold water and felt that the water was about the same temperature, took off his essence, jumped into the wooden barrel, and took a good hot bath.
"Comfortable~"
Looking at the blue sky outside the window, listening to the chirping of birds in the trees, especially looking at his own big house, Zhang Feng felt that it was not so unacceptable to cross over here.
After taking a bath, he soaked a few compressed biscuits in boiling water and simply solved breakfast, and Zhang Feng was ready to go to the market to purchase some supplies.
After all, there wasn't much left in the bag, and it might be eaten in a day when he let it go, but when he thought of the kind of black bread he had seen on the market before that could be used as a weapon, Zhang Feng felt that his gums were aching.
Carrying the gold coin, Zhang Feng was cautious all the way, for fear of stepping on a mine. He only now understands why those ancient Western men loved to wear high heels.
Coming to the Red Leaf City Market, Zhang Feng felt that there were not as many people in the market today as yesterday, and many stalls were empty.
Speaking of people, Zhang Feng felt that he should recruit some servants, after all, such a big family, he was too lonely by himself, anyway, now that he has money, he can invite it.
While thinking about it, Zhang Feng found that there seemed to be a notice posted on the bulletin board in front of him, surrounded by a group of people.
It is human instinct to watch the excitement, and Zhang Feng is naturally no exception, he ran over in a hurry.
"Baron Charles sells his title, along with the domain and Charles' personal wealth, for only 100 gold coins?"
Can noble titles also be sold? And so cheap?
Zhang Feng was a little surprised, and subconsciously read it out.
In fact, 100 gold coins is already a lot, but Zhang Feng still doesn't understand the purchasing power of gold coins in this world, after all, he only used three items yesterday to exchange for a small half of the city.
These civilians almost didn't know how to read, and when they heard Zhang Feng's words, they were immediately surprised.
"How could Baron Charles sell his title?"
"Is he leaving our Red Leaf City?"
"This is not accurate, I heard that our Red Leaf City has not been able to make money for the City Lord's Mansion, are you really going to give up on us?"
"Could this be fake?"
"It should be true, the town hall and the city lord's palace are stamped, and there are Baron Charles' handprints."
"This is an opportunity to become a nobleman, but 100 gold coins is too expensive, and I doubt that no one in our Red Leaf City can come up with so many gold coins......"
"I don't even think Master Charles himself can take it out......"
Listening to these people's discussions, thinking of some people leaving in a hurry last night, Zhang Feng frowned, and always felt that these two things should have something to do with each other.
A shadow suddenly appeared, looking at the figure passing by like a hill, Zhang Feng said hello.
"Lord Pansy?"
"Ah...... Your Excellency Zhang Feng? ”
When she met Zhang Feng here, Pansy was a little surprised, and her face was a little unnatural.
"Good morning."
"Morning ...... Good morning. ”
Zhang Feng was sure that Pansy must have something to hide from him, and he had to find a way to see if he could get some words out.
"Pansy's mind seems to be on his mind?"
Zhang Feng asked casually.
"No, no."
Pan Xi waved his hand again and again, but the more this happened, the more Zhang Feng felt that there was a ghost in his heart.
"You also sold this Charles's title?"
"Uh, no, no, I don't have such a big right, it's the city hall and the city lord's mansion, I'm just an errand runner!"
Zhang Feng rolled his eyes and said:
"I'm very interested in the territory here, if you can promise me one condition, I'll buy it."
Zhang Feng deliberately didn't say the title, only said that he was interested in the territory, because after all, his current character is a "noble", and he belongs to someone who already has a title, so as to prevent revealing his stuffing. He guessed that Pansy, as an errand runner, would definitely have a lot of commissions.
Pansy struggled for a long time, but he really couldn't resist the temptation of gold coins, Zhang Feng guessed correctly, if he could sell the title, he could get a large commission.
"Your Excellency Zhang Feng, please speak."
"Just tell me what happened to Red Leaf City recently, or what you are hiding from me, don't worry, I will never pursue it, even if you earn my gold coins, I will not pursue it, you know, I am not short of gold coins!"
Zhang Feng looked indifferent.
Pan Xi thought about it for a while, anyway, the previous contract has been signed, and Zhang Feng has no way to go back, now another opportunity to make money, you must seize it!
So he pulled Zhang Feng down in a corner where no one was around, and whispered a little mysteriously:
"Baron Charles is dead!"
"Huh? Is it legal to buy and sell your title? ”
Hearing this news, Zhang Feng was a little surprised.
"Of course, our town hall has all the formalities, please rest assured, I can't cheat a nobleman on a contract!"
"Then why don't you want this title of nobility? Don't you want to be a nobleman? You can sell it to your own people cheaply! ”
Zhang Feng asked with some curiosity.
"Of course not, everyone wants to be noble!"
Pansy organized her language and continued.
"But the situation here is a little peculiar, first of all, there is only one noble title, and there are more than a dozen lords in the town hall, and there is no way to divide them.
Then, if you sell it cheaply to your own people, everyone will have less gold coins, and no one will want to, and if it is expensive, no one can afford to sell gold coins!
So in the end they came up with a way to sell the title and the domain to other nobles, or big merchants, and then divide the gold coins equally. ”
There is another thing Pansy didn't say, that is, the current Red Leaf City will be finished at any time, if you become the lord of Red Leaf City, then you must bring Red Leaf City back to life, otherwise if you buy a dead city, it will be meaningless to spend this gold coin.
"That's ......"
Zhang Feng touched his chin, he knew that Pansy must still have something to hide, but there was no need to ask, he had already guessed, after all, if there was no leader in a city, people would definitely be panicked, especially when they thought of last night, some of the rich people they saw left with supplies, and they knew that the situation of Red Leaf City itself was not very good now.
But it doesn't matter, Zhang Feng doesn't care about these either.
He just wanted to buy a noble title and experience what it was like to be a real nobleman.
"Okay, I'll buy it!"
Hearing Zhang Feng's words, Pan Xi was excited, a hundred gold coins, he can get one-tenth! Yesterday's 10 gold coins can be earned!
Although Zhang Feng didn't have a hundred gold coins, he had something else.
Back home with Pansy, Zhang Feng took out a few bottles of beer and a pack of compressed biscuits, and Pansy signed a contract with her eyes shining.
In fact, Zhang Feng can sign and draw the pledge by himself, and many places on the contract are filled in, and there are even Charles himself's fingerprints.
However, I noticed a detail, there was a clause in the contract that after Zhang Feng became the lord of Red Leaf City, Pansy was allowed to leave.
Zhang Feng didn't care about it either, and signed happily.
"Honorable Castle Lord, happy cooperation!"
Pansy performed a non-standard aristocratic salute and presented the Order of Nobles, which represented the baron.
"I'm going to be a nobleman? It doesn't seem to be any different! ”
Zhang Feng didn't feel like a tiger's body was shocked.
At the same time, in the halls of the castle.
"Ma'am, we may be in trouble."