Chapter 10 Buying a house
After going around and asking a lot of people, Wang Daming finally turned back to the inn.
The innkeeper saw the clear slap marks on his face, and his mouth pouted, but he didn't ask.
Back in the guest room, Wang Daming lay on the bed and stared at the roof in a daze. The good mood of just receiving 10,000 taels of gold was slapped away.
This world is really purgatory. You have to be very careful, you can't say how to offend someone, and your life is at risk.
On the fourth day of Stormwind, these four days have been really ups and downs. saw his colleague being imprisoned, hit a wall many times in selling technology, earned 10,000 taels of gold, and crossed shoulders with death.
All this is because there is no power, and the individual is stronger than himself. When something happens, you can only be manipulated at will. Now that you have the money, the next step is to increase your strength.
Today, Wang Daming encountered too many things, he was really exhausted, he didn't eat dinner, and he fell asleep directly hungry.
Early the next morning, Wang Daming went downstairs to find the shopkeeper and asked if there was any house for sale near the shopkeeper. The innkeeper called a guy to go out and find someone.
In less than half an hour, the man brought in a man dressed as a scribe with long sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted, "Who wants to buy a house?"
Wang Daming got up and said, "I have just arrived in Stormwind City and need to buy property. I don't know if you have any recommendations. ”
The sharp-beaked monkey cheek said: "I am Ma Cheng of the Ma Family Ying'an Commercial Bank, specializing in house rental and trading. I don't know what kind of house my husband needs, whether he wants a shop or a house. ”
Wang Daming asked, "What does the shop say?"
Ma Cheng replied: "The shop is more expensive, and the procedures are complicated, so you need to report to the city lord's mansion for tax inspection." The house does not need to be like this, only need to write an additional deed of sale and report to the yamen. ”
Wang Daming thought that it was useless for him to ask for a store, although he said that when he needed money in the future, he would sell some things. But it's not right now. Let's find a place to live first.
"I just need to buy a yard to live in. The price is within a thousand taels."
Ma Cheng took out a book and turned a few pages, and asked him which district in Stormwind City he needed to buy, and Wang Daming immediately asked what the difference was between the districts.
Given that Wang Daming was a newcomer, Ma Cheng gave a detailed description of the regional division of Stormwind City.
Although Stormwind City is very large, it is simply divided into five areas: southeast, northwest, and the central city lord's mansion. The east of the City Lord's Mansion is the East District, which is run through by Qinglong Avenue, connecting the East Gate and the City Lord's Mansion. The Stormwind branch of the Blue Dragon Gang is on Qinglong Avenue. Wang Daming entered Stormwind City through the East Gate. The west area is run through by the White Tiger Avenue, which connects the West Gate and the City Lord's Mansion. The White Tiger Gang branch is there. The southern area is Suzaku Avenue, where the Suzaku Gang branch is located. The north area is Xuanwu Avenue, where the Xuanwu Gang branch is located.
Wang Daming asked where the Li family and the Yu Mansion were, Ma Cheng replied that the two Li families were in the east and the Yu family was in the west, and now the inn where he lived was in the east district, and the east gate was facing the storm forest. So the Yu family is a little far from here.
Wang Daming said in his heart, can I not know Yu Jiayuan, I was just thrown back from there yesterday. After thinking about it, he chose the North District, and it was better to stay away from these two.
Last time, I heard a guy in a tavern say that the four major gangs, the Xuanwu Gang, were the weakest, and the Qinglong Gang was so strong. Wang Daming felt that the Xuanwu Gang was small, and the weak gang was relatively peaceful, not easy to cause trouble, and had less trouble.
Ma Cheng rummaged through the houses in the North District, and there were three yards for sale. So, Wang Daming followed Ma Cheng out to see the house.
The first courtyard to see was compact, the space was relatively small, only two in front and back, Wang Daming looked at about two hundred square meters. The houses on both sides are also very close to each other, and the walls are shared. The only advantage is that it is close to Xuanwu Avenue and easy to get in and out.
After looking at the house, he was not very satisfied, the yard was too small and close to the neighbors. Wang Daming has a lot of secrets, and it is easy to have accidents if he is not careful.
Ma Cheng was still nagging on the side and said, "Mr. Wang, this yard is good, and it is easy to enter and exit." You're alone anyway. It's a little small, but it's enough for you to live alone. This house can be bought for a thousand taels of silver, which is already very cheap. ”
Wang Daming suddenly reacted, Ma Cheng was talking about silver, and he had a large stack of golden tickets in his pocket. The thousand taels that are said are naturally gold. At that time, it was only said that it was less than 1,000 taels. Ma Cheng took it as silver. 1,000 taels of silver is converted into 10 taels of gold. Stormwind houses seem to be cheaper than they thought. Maybe it's because there are so few people here. Or is gold more valuable?
Wang Daming immediately said to him, help me find a house within 10,000 taels of silver. Ma Cheng became excited when he heard this, and thought while flipping through the book, this time it has risen tenfold, and he can make a lot of money in the deed fee.
After looking for a long time, there was only one with a silver scale of 10,000 taels for sale.
So the two remaining houses that were to be seen were not seen.
Ma Cheng took Wang Daming and walked for almost 1 hour to the door of a large courtyard in the middle of nowhere. From this position, you can already see the northern wall.
Ma Cheng pushed open the unlocked door and said, "This is the house of a Dharma protector of the Xuanwu Gang, and this summer the Storm Forest gang scuffle, and this Dharma protector died in the melee. This person's family is all in Xuanwu Town, so he entrusted the Xuanwu Gang Stormwind City Branch to sell this house. The housekeepers and servants inside were also dismissed. ”
Wang Daming circled around the house twice. This big mansion is a big house in the front and back, and there is a big medicine garden and a small pond in the backyard. It is estimated that the total area of the house is 2,000 square meters. There are also some horse sheds, practice rooms and other three or four functional rooms. The two neighbors are fifty or sixty meters apart. Wang Daming was very satisfied.
The price of this house is high, and the second is because the owner died, and many rich people feel unlucky. So from summer to summer, now it's almost winter, and no one comes to buy it. Wang Daming and Ma Cheng bargained. In the end, it was 10,000 taels of silver. However, the 5% deed fee of the Ya Bank and the 5% transaction tax charged by the City Lord's Mansion were paid by the Ying'an Commercial Bank. That's a 10% savings
Because the head of the household died, the Xuanwu Gang sold on behalf of the Gang, and it was also one of the four major gangs, so the procedures were very easy to handle. Wang Daming signed several deeds provided by Ma Cheng and handed him a hundred taels of gold tickets. The following Ma Chenghui will be all done.
There was nothing in the house, only the empty walls. You don't have to lock it either. Nothing to steal. On the way back, Wang Daming and Ma Cheng made an appointment to go to the market tomorrow to buy some housekeepers.
According to Ma Cheng, like him, who has just arrived, don't hire people casually. It's better to go to the human market to buy slaves, it's a bit more expensive, but it's easy to control the owner.
Early the next morning, when Wang Daming went downstairs, he saw Ma Cheng waiting in the inn hall early. This time there was no need to go, Ma Cheng called a carriage for two people. The two got into the carriage together.
After the carriage moved, Ma Cheng said, "The human market is outside the east gate. The sources of people sold in the human market are complex, and it is not safe to settle in the city. So I simply set up a big village outside the east gate. ”
Although Wang Daming is a little disgusted with human trafficking, he has come to this place where power is supreme and the law is weak. It's no wonder.
I was lucky, if I had rushed to contact the mountain people, I guess I should have stayed in the human market now and waited to be selected.
Ma Cheng took out a stack of paperwork from his arms and handed it to Wang Daming. Inside there was a deed of transfer of the house, a tax payment certificate, and what appeared to be a document of identification, an iron token. On the token is written the word "people" on one side and the word "storm" on the other.
Ma Cheng pointed to the token and said, "This is the Stormwind City citizen card. This ID shows the address of your new home and a brief description of what you look like. If you buy a house in Stormwind, you will be a resident of Stormwind from now on. I'll just help you get it."
Wang Daming looked at the document that read: Stormwind City residents: Wang Daming, male, 6 feet tall, with a white face and short beard. Able-bodied limbs. Address: No. 1 1, North District.
Wang Daming thought, 6 feet, that is, the ruler here is about 30 centimeters, and 6 feet is just 1.8 meters. The face is white and short-bearded, and this description is the same as if it was not written. The age is not written in it, I don't know if it's because Ma Cheng doesn't know or if he doesn't have to write it in the first place.
He thanked Ma Cheng. Thinking about the gang that Ma Cheng said yesterday when he introduced the zoning of Stormwind City. He asked, "What is the Stormwind City gang? I will live here for a long time in the future, can you introduce the various forces in Storm City, so as not to collide with people who should not be offended." ”