Chapter 30: House, You're Always So Expensive
After lunch, John and Selena were ready to go and see how the three properties were.
Although it is spring, I don't know if it is because this is the location of the cathedral of the Eternal Shining Sun Sect, and the noon sun is also very strong, and there are hardly any pedestrians on the streets.
In such sunlight, John, who was dressed in cloth but with a sword and a shield on his waist, and Selena, who was wearing a violet pattern plain dress, walked on the road, which only reminded people of the eldest lady of the aristocratic family going out with the escort. John and the others went to the blacksmith shop first, after all, the blacksmith shop was in the East End.
Unlike the blacksmiths in Betty, the blacksmiths in Nimitz are divided into two sections: the equipment shop for displaying and selling equipment, and the workshop for crafting equipment.
When you think about it, it makes sense. Most of the people who need to buy equipment are adventurers and mercenaries, and in order to sell equipment, equipment shops will naturally open in their gathering places to facilitate mercenaries to replenish and replace equipment.
However, as a profession that passes by day for a day, mercenaries and adventurers are mostly hot-tempered, and they have to find something to do when they have nothing to do, and how can they endure the clanging sound of striking iron when they don't agree with each other?
Think about it, when you have worked hard to complete the task and are ready to sleep with your head covered, when you have just taken a task and are ready to rest and recuperate, or after getting the bounty and squandering it, lying on the bed in the hotel, feeling the warm blanket covering your body, suddenly there is a clanging knocking sound, and from time to time there is a "stabbing" quenching sound, what will you think?
There have been many incidents of blacksmiths being beaten before, and there have also been large-scale brawls that have caused large-scale brawls in order to stand up for their blacksmith friends, and even alarmed the king. Isn't it funny that such an incident should occur in the capital of a country and in the location of a denominational cathedral! This is not a small project, in order to complete this project, the Nimitz royal family established a satellite city by the river outside the city, and also moved the royal forge to the south bank of the river, the north bank is the ordinary retail forge gathering point, and also arranged a large number of troops to garrison, which took ten years to complete.
Since then, the Equipment Shop has been separated from the Workshop. The Workshop can provide equipment to multiple shops at the same time, and the store can also purchase a certain type of equipment from a certain Workshop, and now the Blacksmith's Workshop specializes in producing one type of equipment. Of course, there are cases where workshops and shops are one-on-one, but this is decreasing. John's blacksmith owned both the shop and the workshop, which meant that John's deed was equivalent to acquiring two properties at once.
The equipment store in the eastern part of the market has a similar layout to the other shops, a separate two-storey building with counters and display tables on the first floor, and the second floor can be used as a VIP lounge or also as a display case. John and Selena walked around the building, feeling that it was decent, that there was nothing to change, and there was nothing to be dissatisfied with.
Coming out of the room, the two took out the title deed and prepared to go to the restaurant to have a look. John wasn't familiar with restaurants, let alone Selena, though. Anyway, John looked at it, there are restaurants, private rooms, kitchens, and warehouses, and he can't think of anything to do and improve. John's attention was not here, and he didn't know how to cook, so he would just rent it out or sell it outright. Selena also seemed to be in a lack of interest, and Selena's attention was drawn to the food from the other restaurants outside than in this empty room.
John followed Selena's gaze and saw that it was a candy house. Thinking of the candy in Selena's hand in the morning, he asked, "Do you like candy?" Selena. Selena nodded: "Big man, this candy house is the grandmother who gave me candy in the morning." When John heard this, he stopped wandering around and called Selena to get ready to take a look.
Walking to the candy house, John pushed the door open and heard the doorbell jingle on the door.
When John and Selena walked into the candy shop, they saw a similar layout to their own gear store, facing a counter and a display counter on either side. If there's a difference, it's a display case. Because the equipment is generally not light, the display cabinet is more sturdy, and the candy house sells naturally candy, which is basically very light, so naturally there is no need for a very strong cabinet.
"It's coming, it's coming, wait a minute. John was looking at the goods on the counter when an old man's voice came from the stairs, and Selena smiled happily when she heard it, "Good afternoon, Granny May." John saw an old woman and smiled slowly down the stairs. Although the old woman was wearing an ordinary cloth dress, it was very neat and tidy, without a single stain. There was not a trace of wrinkle, and not only that, although the old woman kept a smile on her face, John felt from her an aura different from that of ordinary people, and from the bishop he had seen in the cathedral in the morning, more like the breath of a long-time ruler. However, this has nothing to do with John, and now John and this Granny May are just ordinary customers and shopkeepers.
"Oh oh oh, isn't this the little angel Selena in the morning. Granny May apparently recognized Selena and walked out of the counter to greet Selena. Selena also returned the gift energetically: "Good afternoon, mother-in-law." ”
Granny Mei's smiling eyes were gone, and she turned around directly and took a small bag of candy and handed it to Selena: "Selena, come, mother-in-law will give it to you." Selena took it and thanked her.
Granny May looked at John with a smile, "Hello, young man. John also replied, "Hello, thank you for the candy." Granny Mei smiled: "No thanks, Selena is very cute, I like her very much, I think of my granddaughter when I look at her, and it is nothing to give her this candy." ”
John then bought some candy from Granny May and said goodbye to Selena. "Come here more, little Selena. As she left, Granny May greeted Selena. Selena turned around and waved to Granny May: "Hmm!"
Next up is John's deed. According to Selena's information, this house is located in the west of the city, close to the royal palace, and is a standard rich area, where people are either rich or expensive, and the house here is naturally not a simple small building with a small garden or a small backyard at the door, but has reached the level of being called a mansion.
John looked at the deed with a serious face, and even the Ash Man, who didn't have much sense of money, sensed that something was wrong. He asked Selena: "Selena, according to the information you know, can I buy these properties with the bounty?" Selena took out a candy stick from the sugar packet she was wrapping in, and said while biting, "The big man is really stupid, it took so long to react." ”
John looked at Selena in confusion.
Selena explained to John: "First of all, the Church is not kind enough to help people collect rewards, even if there are more than one wanted criminal, at most they will only remind them, let alone give them to you in the way you need them, and secondly, collecting the bounty will not have a cardinal personally hand out the bounty, at most the recipient will go to the place where the finances are managed. The cardinal, but the highest position in the Church except for the Pope Patriarch, how can he care about such a trivial matter; finally, now that Il has been promoted to the throne, the Nimitz Kingdom will definitely usher in a period of rapid territorial expansion, and it is also a period of rapid economic development, at this time, it is too late for merchants from outside to join the royal city, how can any businessmen sell their properties and leave at this time? Even if it is vacant there, it will not be long before the skyrocketing price of housing and land prices will make him a lot of money, so how can he be in a hurry to sell the property at a low price? Not to mention that according to the market I learned today, these properties together will not be the 4,000 gold coins she said, and the manor alone does not have 10,000 gold coins, and the blacksmith workshop, shops and restaurants together can be worth half of the manor. As he spoke, he turned around, holding a candy stick in his mouth, stretched out one hand and slapped John's chest with a crackle, and said indistinctly: "The big man is a fool, the kind of fool who is sold and says that it is sold too cheaply." ”
John was dumbfounded: "Then how could she give this to me? Isn't that a good deal for them?"
Selena stopped patting John and took off the sugar stick in her mouth: "Yil's promotion to the top god this time is actually related to big men, do you know?"
John shook his head: "I've never seen this god, how did his promotion have anything to do with me?"
"Do you remember that glass in the tavern?" said Selena, "In the tavern, Master Ann borrowed your hand to attach his breath to that glass, and it was through this glass that Il found Master Ann and was promoted. So I think he's going to do it in some way in return. Since he thinks that you are a believer in Master An, his miracle or artifact is naturally out of reach, and you happen to have this need, so naturally let your followers try to satisfy you. Didn't you say that the statues in that room were fascinating? I see, I'm there and looking at you. ”
John shook his head when he heard it, but he didn't expect that he was just going to receive the reward, there was so much knowledge behind it, and sure enough, Selena was right, if it was just herself, she would still be confused.
John thought of this and said, "Selena is so smart that she can think of such a complicated thing." Selena drew her cane and waved it: "The big man is a fool! don't look at me like this, look down on me, I'm an ancient god!" and pointed in the direction of the cathedral with her cane: "Count him as acquaintances, otherwise I will have to trouble him at night." "A domineering look.
John reached out and rubbed Selena's head, and in an instant, the majesty on Selena's face disappeared, and she muttered while avoiding John's hand: "I'm going to get my hair back again, big guys hate hate, hate hate!"
John smiled and said, "I'll leave it to you later, Selena." "Hmm!" Selena nodded.