Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 173 Buying a House Encountering a Rival

This group of people never imagined that the white tiger would lead a pack of wolves to attack them and take away all their food and meat.

Wait, why do wild animals eat food?

However, Baihu finally persuaded the wolves to spare their lives and prevented them from dying under the claws of the wild beasts.

Baihu was afraid that if she really angered the leader of this group of people, a group of people would go up the mountain and slaughter the wolves. That was not possible. After all, she was now the king of beasts and should protect animals.

After dominating the wild for some time, Xia Liang led the wolf pack into the Jiangzhou Mountains. At least there were a lot of wild boars, rabbits, badgers, deer and antelopes here.

Once the people in Wangzhou have recovered their vitality and the little animals have been given some time to grow wildly, it will not be too late for them to return to their hometown.

All imaginations are beautiful.

The White Tiger's reputation spread far and wide, and everyone in Wangzhou City was discussing this white tiger. Not only did it understand human nature, it could even control all animals for its own use.

The more it spreads, the more bizarre it becomes.

As expected, these words fell into the ears of Ye Chengshi.

It just so happened that they had almost finished the matter of Wangzhou City, so Yan Xuan and He Yuan volunteered to lead a group of people from the Imperial City Division to look for the White Tiger in the rumored place.

Ye Yucheng continued to stare at Miss Bai and Miss Qin.

Have a wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival. Those who are looking for the White Tiger should look for the White Tiger, those who should give out porridge should give out porridge, and those who should start work should start work.

No one is idle...

Qin Bingrui asked an escort agency to deliver the silver bills to the Ning Wang Mansion and the Rui Wang Mansion, but both sides returned all the money. After all, to the princes, these were just small amounts of money!

Qin Bingrui smiled widely and asked Luo Yu what to do with the money.

Luo Yu thought for a moment and blurted out, "Let's open a free library in Wangzhou! August is the time for the provincial examinations, so we can take the opportunity to promote it."

"Sister, you've got a brilliant idea. Let me talk to Lord Li and ask him to send some help. I'll also ask Princess Rui to send an administrator to pass on the library model we have in Liangzhou City."

Luo Yu's eyes lit up, and he nodded, saying, "Then Princess Rui will print and ship the serialized storybooks here for sale, which is like opening a chain."

"Then this library is equivalent to the investment of Prince Rui's Mansion and Prince Ning's Mansion! We can use the Fang family's name to promote it, and then give them dividends when we really make money in the future."

The two of them became happier and happier as they talked, and they called Master Murong to go to the brokerage firm to look at the property. Ye Yucheng didn't want to follow them around, so he sent someone to watch from a distance.

The broker had a deep impression of the three. Since this group of people entered the city, it seemed that Wangzhou City was gradually reviving from a silent and dead city.

So when I saw them, they were very friendly.

Knowing they wanted to see a building, he asked enthusiastically: "Three guests, what type of building do you want to see and in what area?"

Qin Bingrui was extremely excited about buying a building for the first time. "Of course, the more floors, the better. It should be large, with space for thousands of people per floor. Ideally, it should be in the heart of the city, so we can open a library without excessive advertising."

The broker's eyes lit up when he heard this. "I guess you're from Liangzhou City? I heard there's a free library there. It was so popular back then that the people of Wangzhou didn't quite believe it. But I have a cousin who works there, and he's also a library member."

Luo Yu smiled softly, like a spring breeze. "Of course it's true. We also plan to open a free library here. I'll have to trouble you to help promote it."

"Really? Then I know what kind of building you want. Please wait a moment. I will talk to the shopkeeper and maybe I can give you a lowest price."

"This broker is pretty good. He's negotiating the price before the price is even mentioned." Qin Bingrui chuckled.

"Maybe he wants to determine the lowest price for the building so that he can make an offer." Murong Youyou said.

"You understand the market so well?" Qin Bingrui looked at him suspiciously. "What does Mr. Murong's family do? I've never heard you tell me. And you're so rich. Would you like to do business with us?"

Murong's eyes darkened. The last time he took out the money for transporting grain, although it was returned to him in full, he was only given an extra hundred taels as dividends. He was also told that the daily expenses for food, accommodation and travel would be deducted, so in the end he only got less than twenty taels.

"I don't care, but this is all the money I have."

"That's all I need. I'll use your money to buy the house later!"

Murong: "..."

These two girls really want to make money without spending a penny.

After a while, the pawnbroker came out, pointed southeast, and said, "The commercial district over there is popular with wealthy people, and the housing prices are relatively high. However, the building is really nice and high-end. It used to be an upscale restaurant. Later, for some reason, the eldest son of this family became a gambler and lost the building. The owner of the building also lost money in business, so we put it up for sale. This building has been on the market with our pawnbroker for over half a year. And the first half of this year was rainy and it was a disaster year. Business was bad, and no one was interested in the building."

"Then let's go take a look first."

After seeing the building, you have to compare it with the buildings in Liangzhou City to determine whether the price offered by this agent is reasonable.

"Okay, no problem. Did you three come here on foot? We can take a carriage to take a look. It would take an incense stick of time to walk."

"No problem, let's walk and take a look around Wangzhou City."

Although Wangzhou cannot compare with the prosperity of Liangzhou City, the city has very complete facilities and the shops sell a wide variety of goods. In terms of population size, Wangzhou is a big city.

Walking to the southeast, the distance between buildings immediately widens and the street becomes twice as wide.

Qin Bingrui complained: "As expected of a rich man, the roads he walks on are wider than those of ordinary people."

The dealer immediately explained, "Actually, the main reason the road was widened is because the shops here have a large demand for goods, and there are so many horse-drawn carriages coming in and out. I heard from the old people that a row of houses were demolished for this purpose."

Initially skeptical of the agent's words, Qin Bingrui and Luo Yu were stunned upon seeing the building. The ancients were truly impressive! The three-story, all-wood structure was square, resembling four buildings forming a "U" shape. Each floor of each building was connected by corridors. Alleys flanked the left and right sides, and wide avenues led to the front and back doors, making it very convenient for guests to enter and exit.

Although the building is not tall, it covers a large area. The first floor is about one thousand square meters. Even in Liangzhou City, it is considered a rare architectural style. Although the middle of the building is open-air, it is decorated with exquisite Jiangnan garden landscapes, making the originally too conventional building more vivid and interesting after being equipped with small scenes.

Qin Bingrui fell in love with it at first sight.

“How much does this building cost?”

He estimated that the minimum price would be six thousand taels of silver.

The pawnbroker then said, "Our pawnbroker's boss knows that you three have been great benefactors in Wangzhou, so he's offering us the lowest price possible. We won't make a single cent difference, so we'll only charge you three thousand eight hundred taels."

"Okay, deal..."

"Wait a minute."

A hoarse male voice suddenly dropped.

Qin Bingrui and Luo Yu turned around at the same time, only to see a mature man getting off a luxurious carriage and walking towards them with a forced smile.

The team he led was so spectacular that it was almost as spectacular as the emperor's parade.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Luo Yu's lips. The person who was supposed to come finally appeared.