In an instant, he no longer wanted to buy the manor anymore and Old Master Liu slipped away silently without a word.
And the shopkeeper wasn’t really in the right frame of mind to urge him to stay. His back was soaked in cold sweat as he forced a smile on his face to apologise continuously to Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie sat upon a chair and looked at the shopkeeper who had a forced smile upon his face, her eyes chilly.
“My Lord, I have seen all the albums that you have picked out, and I must say that you have a killer eye for these things! They are all located in the best areas within this city of ours!” The shopkeeper gushed, hurriedly sticking out a big thumb.
The shopkeeper’s words, weren’t really all just feigned flattery. Jun Wu Xie had indeed picked out rather good locations and they were all gathered together in the same district. That was originally an inconspicuous area in the Clear Breeze City but as refugees came pouring in continuously, the courtyards and manors there had been reconstructed but the selling prices for them were extremely high and they were not something normal people were able to afford.
Volume 15
Chapter 1426: “Not Short of Money (7)”
“I wonder what kind of requisites would our Lord here have for the manor? So as to allow me a little reference to recommend you something.” The shopkeeper smiled fawningly as he said, his attitude and demeanour completely different from before.
“These here. I’ll take them all.” Jun Wu Xie said, the expression on his face still chilly, completely not affected by the change that had come over the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was immediately frozen in place as he stared at Jun Wu Xie before his head swiveled stare at the pile of albums upon the table.
There were a total of tens of albums in that pile and he had initially thought that Jun Wu Xie was intending to pick one out from among them. Even if he was beaten to death, he would never have thought that Jun Wu Xie was actually intending to….. purchase them all? !
“My Lord, you….. wouldn’t be joking with me would you? There’s so many manors here and you want to buy them all? !” The shopkeeper’s voice had suddenly changed in pitch.
“Yes.” Jun Wu Xie said coldly.
The shopkeeper’s face immediately changed in colour. He had thought that it was a immensely rich tycoon before his eyes, but it was at that moment that he realized that it was the God of Fortune himself! ! His face paled as it dawned on him that he had just very nearly run this God of Fortune out of the place!
He suddenly found himself bathed in cold sweat.
“Please wait a moment here my Great Lord! While I go tally up the total price.” This was the first time that the shopkeeper was seeing a person purchase luxurious manors in such a indifferent manner like he was merely buying pieces of beancurd. But no matter how shocked he was, he didn’t dare say a word but instead rushed to pull out his abacus to calculate the total.
When the assistants on the sides heard Jun Wu Xie say those words, the astonishment drove them to tears. They were already bowing their heads and bending their backs over and from that instant, they became even more obsequious and deferent. With the whole pile of gold bars that Jun Wu Xie had nonchalantly tossed upon the table glittering so brilliantly, they believed that the Lord wasn’t just paying lip service and really meant every word she said!
In just a few short moments, the shopkeeper had already tallied up the total price for the several tens of manors. The price was so astronomical that just the commission from this sale alone would be able to overshadow what he had earned in total for the past half a year!
By then, the shopkeeper was worshipping Jun Wu Xie like he would his ancestors and did not dare tarry a moment before her.
“The total is seven hundred and eighty thousand taels of gold. As our Great Lord is buying so many at a time, we’ll round it down just for you and make it just seven hundred thousand taels of gold.” The shopkeeper said with a blooming smile upon his face, the hands upon the abacus beginning to tremble.
Jun Wu Xie turned her eyes to look at the shopkeeper who had an absolutely greasy and sycophantic smile upon his face and said: “I’ll give you three times that.”
“Wh….. What…..” The shopkeeper could not find any words to reply. [That’s not the way to play the game even if you have too much money you know! ? Just by opening his mouth, he had actually increased the price by three times!]
“I do not want just the deed to the manors, I want the deed for the land as well. For the next fifty years, the lands that these manors sit on will belong to me. Yes or no?” Jun Wu Xie asked in a cold voice.
The shopkeeper swallowed a big gulp, thinking that this Lord’s mind was not working too well. Usually when a deed for the house was sold, it would basically mean that the supposed land deed was already included together with it but was just not explicitly stated in writing only. Afterall, the house already belonged to the purchaser and as long as the house was still there, the purchaser would be able to stay there as long as he wanted. Nobody had ever picked on such a thing as the deed to the land and made it a separate issue.
Jun Wu Xie was the first and only person to ask for the deed to the land underneath!
But…..
One who refuses money they can earn are idiots! Suddenly being given another two times of the price to him, the shopkeeper must be nuts to reject it.
“Of course! No problem! I’ll give you the deeds to the manor and the land together!” The shopkeeper said in hurry, afraid that Jun Wu Xie would change her mind. He turned his head and immediately got the assistants to bring out the chest containing the deeds to the houses and land, quickly digging out the deeds to the manors and the land that Jun Wu Xie was buying. He then laid them all out neatly to allow Jun Wu Xie to verify them.
Volume 15
Chapter 1427: “Wilful (1)”
After Jun Wu Xie checked through the things one by one, she asked the shopkeeper another few questions. The shopkeeper had thought that Jun Wu Xie wanted to ask about the manors themselves and had not expected that Jun Wu Xie would actually ask him where she would be able to find people to build houses and lofts.
That question had made the shopkeeper’s heart jump. This Lord that had just spent such an unbelievably astronomical sum of money to purchase the manors had not even gone to the site and he was already thinking of tearing them down to reconstruct?
“My Lord, the entire stretch of manors you just selected were all just newly constructed this very year and completely spanking new, never occupied by anyone. Is there really a need to spend more money to have them reconstructed again? Why don’t….. you just reside in it for awhile and see first, and if it’s not suitable, it still wouldn’t be that late to do it then.” Even the shopkeeper was feeling the pinch for Jun Wu Xie who had just splurged more than two million taels of gold and the Lord was thinking to throw his money out again?
Having money didn’t mean that one could be so wilful as to tear down manors just for fun could he?
Jun Wu Xie could not be bothered with the shopkeeper’s nonsense and slapped two more gold bars upon the table .
“If it can be done, take them. If not, I’ll get someone else.”
“Caaan! Can! Can! I’ll bring you over there right this instant!” The shopkeeper gave up, caving in to Jun Wu Xie’s demands. Never had he ever seen a tycoon behaving so ostentatiously, throwing good money so carelessly.
The shopkeeper was a man of a little standing in the Clear Breeze City and it was not difficult for him to find a bunch of people who could reconstruct houses.
But Jun Wu Xie’s demands was highly extreme.
She demanded for both speed and quality to be ensured. In seven days, the stretch of manors had to be flattened and multi storied lofts were to be built, with every single one reaching seven storeys.
Such a massive undertaking immediately threw the shopkeeper and the people for the construction into a state of shock. Those demands were just terrifying and they h
ad never heard anyone making such a maniacal request before.
But when Jun Wu Xie once again made another example of her unbelievable riches by throwing out gold bars like tiles that began to fill the floor, the bunch of men were utterly convinced and they accepted the job right at that instant according to Jun Wu Xie’s demands.
Having accepted the deposit, the men went around in a hurry to gather men, preparing themselves to embark on a big one. The shopkeeper after gaining some benefits from Jun Wu Xie then made himself scarce, laughing happily.
After having busied herself an entire round, Jun Wu Xie finally had time to return back to the inn. By the time she got back, the skies were already dark, and the little black cat plopped upon her shoulder had become numbed by the way its Mistress had been scattering gold bars everywhere the entire day.
In reality, Jun Wu Xie’s expenditure today when calculated against the riches they had gained from the Dark Emperor’s tomb, was merely a hair off the bull’s back. Even if she spent at this rate everyday from now onwards, the money they had would be able to sustain her splurging for a few lifetimes and more…..
The amount of gold bars that Jun Wu Xie had in her Cosmos Sack was merely just a speck of the spittle that the Hell Rodent would be able to spit out through the gap between its teeth.
“Young Miss!” Jun Wu Xie had just come upstairs when she saw Ye Sha and Ye Mei standing before Jun Wu Yao’s door, the complexion on their faces not looking too good.
Having just been shown a highly darkened face by Jun Wu Yao, the two of them had been tiptoeing around their Lord with tails between their legs.
When Jun Wu Xie saw Ye Sha and Ye Mei, she then recalled about having completely forgotten about them earlier. She nodded slightly at them and then seemingly looked like she just remembered something before she pulled out the stack of deeds to the houses and land to toss them to Ye Sha and Ye Mei.
The two of them were at a complete loss with the entire stack of papers before their faces. They picked them up and then saw what was written upon them.
But…..
They became highly curious about why their Young Miss had suddenly become so interested in buying up these manors? And she had even bought so many at one go as well. Would they be able to fill up all that space?
A pity Ye Sha and Ye Mei had never witnessed the kind of speculation in real estate during the twenty fourth century, or they would only think that Jun Wu Xie had discovered another way to enrich themselves beyond belief.
Volume 15
Chapter 1428: “Wilful (2)”
Jun Wu Xie had just returned to her room and sat down when Jun Wu Yao came walking in, not even bothering to knock and just entered the room.
“Did you manage to find out anything?” Jun Wu Yao asked as he sat down at the table, turning to look at Jun Wu Xie who had just unbuttoned her robe and was about to change.
Jun Wu Xie immediately froze. That person was just sitting there leisurely and looking completely at ease, his attitude so nonchalant like he had every right to be sitting there.
But…..
She wanted to change!
Feeling all stinky, Jun Wu Xie only wanted to immerse herself in a good hot bath and change herself into a clean set of clothes….. But that somebody just had to deny her of that!
Self! Awareness! ? Jun Wu Xie’s gaze clearly showed Jun Wu Yao of the impropriety and her eyes were asking him to get out but Jun Wu Yao who had been abandoned and left in the inn for the entire day was oblivious to all of this, even pouring out a cup of water for himself as he sat there with his long legs gracefully crossed, seemingly intending to admire the “beautiful sight” before his eyes.
Jun Wu Xie’s face was cold and chilly as she buttoned back her robe and sat herself down directly across Jun Wu Yao, before snatching the teacup that Jun Wu Yao had just filled up from him, to pour it down her throat with a swing of her head back.
Jun Wu Yao looked at her in amusement but did not say anything.
Jun Wu Xie had moistened her throat and she then told Jun Wu Yao about all that she found out today.
“White Bamboo….. That is a herb that can be found only in the Middle Realm. There isn’t any of that in the Lower Realm here, but it’s very commonly seen in the Middle Realm.” Jun Wu Yao commented as he rested his chin in the palm of one hand, watching Jun Wu Xie’s tiny face with her serious expression.
“I do not think that Luo Xi is from the Twelve Palaces. Based on his circumstances, he should just be a pawn of the Twelve Palaces like the others and is just being used by them. The real mastermind behind all of this must still be hiding behind in the shadows. I had taken a look around to look on my way back but did not make any special discovery. If those people are not within the Clear Breeze City, they must have hidden themselves very deeply and would not be easily discovered.” Jun Wu Xie had pondered deeply upon it on her way back and she was sure that the Poison Men must be linked in some way to the Clear Breeze City.
“Oh? Then how does Little Xie intend to drive those rats from the hole they are hiding in?” Jun Wu Yao asked with eyes narrowed together.
Jun Wu Xie did not intend to hide anything.
“They need those refugees coming into the city. Although I am still unable to ascertain what their reason is, but what the enemy needs most will be what I will destroy. Once I disrupt their plans, the rats will panic and be forced out from hiding.”
Buying those manors were just the beginning. She will slowly crush the plans of those culprits hiding within the shadows behind the Clear Breeze City and force the mastermind to come out!
Once the enemy shows himself, that would then be the best time for her to strike.
When Jun Wu Xie had dealt with the Twelve Palaces in the past, she had mostly carried it out covertly with the enemies clearly seen while she lurked in the shadows, but this time, she intended to change the way she played the game.
She wanted to crushed the crisis right upon the faces of the people from the Twelve Palaces and they would surely not be able to hold themselves back but come jumping right out!
“Then, I’ll just have wait and see?” Jun Wu Yao asked with a light laugh.
“Yes, just wait and see.” Jun Wu Xie said as her eyebrow arched, her chilling eyes flashing with a glint of confidence and resolve.
With so many large manors in the Clear Breeze City having been sold at one go and they were all clustered within the same area, it would very soon attract the attention of the residents there. What puzzled those people more was that before anyone had moved into those completely brand new manors, a whole bunch of towering burly men had come in to smash them into the mud, to immediately begin constructing new multi storeyed lofts.
In an instant, everyone within the Clear Breeze City became highly curious about the lunatic who had been so wilful to tear down completely brand new manors to rebuild!
The large group of burly men were all squeezed within that one area, working tirelessly through both day and night, to speedily rebuild the houses they had just torn down at a speed that was almost visible to the eye!
Volume 15
Chapter 1429: “Wilful (3)”
Seven days later, a large area in the northern side of the Clear Breeze City was suddenly presented with the sudden appearance of high multi storeyed buildings. Tens of the massive sized highly quiet and tranquil manors had now become many seven storeyed loft buildings. The facade of all the buildings were the same and they all stood in neat rows looking very eye catching as many of the nearby residents there gathered around them to gawk in curiosity.
Initially, they all felt that the little lofts looked a little strange but after awhile, they seemed to somehow feel….. rather nice.
The houses in this world were mostly stood independently, detached from other houses and there were seldom houses with two levels. Usually, only inns and in some specific places would construct buildings higher than two levels and it was highly rare that it would be like this in residential areas.
Towards this new and bizarre idea, many of the residents in the Clear Breeze City gathered to take a look at it.
Even the group of men who had built these lofts had no idea what the owner of the buildings intended to do with them.
If they only knew what kind of living environment people in the twenty fourth century lived in, they would not be so surprised by all this. Jun Wu Xie did not know that much about building and construction and she did not have the time to go research into it. She had merely copied the idea from the buildings that was most commonly seen in the twenty fourth century and duplicated it here.
The biggest advantage of such construction was….. the land area it took was small, while its holding capacity for people was large!
Tens of the loft buildings were inspected and received by Jun Wu Xie and she generously showered the burly men who were already completely exhausted with loads of gold bars. She then went to seek out several of the biggest carpentry shops within the Clear Breeze City and moved all the furniture that consisted of tables, chairs, stools and wardrobes she had ordered earlier into the little loft units.
The residents who were gathered around to see “modern architecture” saw before their eyes the horse carriages delivering large batches of furniture into the little loft units, the design of the pieces exactly the same, looking like they had been mass produced. But judging from the quality of the wood used, they could see that they were not crudely made pieces, but just that they looked rather unique.
“How?” After Jun Wu Xie had everything within the little loft units all prepared, she had invited Jun Wu Yao to come forward to have a look around.
Jun Wu Yao looked around at the clean and neat rooms, the layout and furnishing within every one of those rooms exactly the same. But he found that the beds looked different from what he usually saw where they were split into an upper and lower level. Every bed could accommodate one or two people to rest and every room had two of such beds. They looked a little strange to him but overall, it was not that bad.
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