Chapter 155: Other World Version Rental Houses |
The fleet soon arrived at the dock of West Sun City.
Liu Feng stood on the deck of the boat. Looking at the dock that was being built, he smiled lightly, saying, “It’s going pretty fast.” The dock was planned to be a humongous T-shaped dock that could dock thousands of ships when it was completed.
Of course, Liu Feng wasn’t planning to build the whole thing at once. He could build it in phases, making it larger and larger each time. The most important thing was that it was enough to meet the demands. They also needed warehouses and other stuff.
“Wow! What is that? Huge rocks that got cut?” Tess exclaimed, pointing at the cement ground in the dock.
Someone who didn’t know what cement was would definitely mistakenly think that cement was made from stones. Many people who came to West Sun City thought that the houses were all made by polishing stones.
Nobody bothered to explain anything as cement was a first-degree secret of West Sun City. Outside of the factory, nobody knew how it came about.
“No,” Mina said, rolling her eyes. She didn’t bother to explain as she felt that Tess wouldn’t understand her even if she explained, and besides, she wasn’t very sure herself either.
“Oh.” Tess only cared about the result and was too lazy to think about the process. She was very excited and curious about everything. “Young Master, is it true that beastkins and humans live together in West Sun City?” Tess asked. That was what she was most concerned with.
“Of course. Just look at Mina,” Liu Feng responded. He looked towards the dock and Niu Ben, who had been waiting for him.
“Oh oh! I’ll go and play with them then, and Pang Xiong will treat me to lollipops, right?” Tess licked her lips. She loved to make friends who had delicious food.
“Probably? Maybe?” the corner of Mina’s mouth twitched. Pang Xiong will definitely welcome you to go and buy lollipops. After all, she gets a cut of the profit, so the more lollipops she sells, the more money she will earn. As for treating you to lollipops? Don’t even think about it! Pang Xiong doesn’t even treat Anri to lollipops!
Pang Xiong was being stingy as she was trying to save money to buy her own house.
“Reel in the sails! Reel in the sails!!!” Niu Da yelled.
“Reel in the sails! Reel in the sails!!!”
Loud shouts ran out when the fleet was a short distance away from the dock, and all the ships retracted their sails. They continued to move forward a bit to due to inertia, and they stopped just a bit in front of the dock. They threw down the ropes, and the people on the dock pulled on the ropes, pulled the ship into their docking place, and tied the ropes.
“Welcome back, Young Master!” Niu Ben came to Liu Feng as soon as Liu Feng got down from the ship. “You’ve worked hard, Young Master.”
“Hahaha…” Liu Feng laughed. “Uncle Niu Ben, nothing happened in West Sun City, right?”
“Nothing big happened. Just small, trivial things,” Niu Ben said, shaking his head. Looking at Niu Da and Niu Er, who were shouting orders around, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
“That’s good,” Liu Feng nodded. There are probably some small and trivial problems that Anri can’t deal with. He pointed to the timid beastkins behind him, and said, “Get them places to live in, and after that, have them choose the jobs they want to do.”
“Understood!”
“Young Master, you should head back to the castle first and rest. Leave the things here to us,” Niu Ben said.
“Okay!” Liu Feng got on the carriage with Mina and Tess, and soon the carriage was gone, leaving behind the bewildered beastkins.
The beastkins and commoners all stood obediently in place, waiting for their lives’ turning point to arrive.
“You guys follow me!” Niu Ben shouted at the beastkins and commoners. He then turned to the person behind him and said, “Go find Buff and have him arrange for meals and housing for a thousand people.”
“Understood!”
Niu Ben mounted a horse and led the beastkins and civilians into West Sun City. As for whether or not their meals and housing could be arranged properly, that wasn’t his job. It was best to leave professional work to the professionals.
The beastkins immediately followed, while the commoners stood there for a bit before also following with their families and luggages.
The group of thousand people walked for almost an hour before they arrived at West Sun City. Upon entering the city gates, they were shocked at the clean and tidy roads. They were especially shocked at the wheat that was laid out to dry on the side, and many of them secretly swallowed their saliva. To the beastkins, the past 2 days was paradise to them as they could eat until they were full as long as they worked.
“Any one of you who want to pee or poop must go to that restroom to do so,” Niu Ben said, pointing in the direction of the public restroom. “Anyone who dares to just pee or poop on the streets will be made to sweep the main road for 3 days when caught.”
“Understood!”
Looking at the wide road, the beastkins and commoners felt that a person wouldn’t even be able to completely sweep it even if they swept it for a whole day.
“Now we will start assigning you places to live,” Niu Ben said. Under the expectant gazes of the group, he pointed to Buff, who was on the side of the road, and said, “All of you follow him. He will arrange the living places for you guys.”
The group all turned to look at Buff.
“All of you follow me!” Buff said, walking toward the west of the city. There was a large number of newly built rental houses over there. He thought that these rental houses were Liu Feng’s decision. To commoners, the most important things were clothing, food, shelter, and transportation, and the rental houses easily solved the problem of shelter.
There were already people living in some of the rental houses. These people were from the nearby villages of West Sun City, and now that West Sun City was rapidly developing, they decided to move back into the city to live. They currently didn’t have the money to buy their own homes, so they could own rent houses at the moment.
“Do you guys see the houses me?” Buff asked, pointing at the houses behind him. “The houses here are called rental houses. It means that you guys can live here, but you have to pay coins every month; that’s called rent. The rent is priced according to the size of the room. For example, a room only big enough for one person requires you to pay 10 copper coins a month. A room big enough for 2 people cost 13 copper coins a month… 3 people… 4 people…
“You can share a room with several people and split the rent. This is the most cost-effective method. Those who don’t have copper coins can owe them for the time being, and once you find jobs, we can take them from your salary.”
