Chapter 252, Basement Information Station
Fang Hao agreed so readily that the maid was slightly taken aback.
Even though he followed his wife's order and took the young cloth merchant to visit the store, he never thought that he would actually make a purchase.
This is one of the three most prosperous commercial streets in Lisis, and the prices of the shops have also been sky-high.
A personal maid like her, the wife of the city lord's palace, has an enviable job and treatment.
You also have to live without eating or drinking until you are over 500 years old before you can buy a house.
This is despite housing prices not rising.
"Are there any procedures required?" Fang Hao asked again.
The stunned maid immediately recovered and asked again in a confirming tone: "Sir, are you sure you want to buy this shop? The price recorded by the City Lord's Mansion is 700,000 gold coins."
When she said 700,000, the maid's voice was trembling.
This is simply a terrifying number, and only those business houses or families that have been famous for a long time will spend so much money to open stores here.
"Can I get a discount?" Fang Hao asked.
"Sir, I'm not sure about this. Maybe you can ask Madam." The maid said.
"Can you use the Flame of War card here?"
"Okay."
"Let's go then, take me to go through the formalities."
"Ah!"
Fang Hao took An Jia out of the shop, and the maid said belatedly and followed him out.
Is this young cloth merchant really so rich?
Just took a quick look at it and decided to buy it?
She has also seen many aristocratic businessmen, but she has never seen someone like Fang Hao, who spends hundreds of thousands of gold coins quickly and indifferently.
The three of them got on the carriage again and bought the deed of the shop at the place where the house was registered in the city lord's palace.
From now on, this shop will be owned by Fang Hao.
The maid's work is done, and she will no longer be needed to guide the way.
After bowing slightly, he said goodbye to Fang Hao and the others.
Return to the store, take out your key and open the store.
This is my second store.
"What are you going to do?" An Jia said, kicking out the wooden cup at her feet like she was hyperactive.
It makes a clanging sound.
"Hot pot restaurant, let's go back and make some money first," the reply came.
Different from the clothing and accessories industries, hot pot restaurants are simple to open and produce results quickly.
All you need to do is clean up the store and transport the base ingredients prepared by Yi'er, and then you can officially open the business.
And given the scarcity of food in this era, hot pot is very popular among people, even commoners can afford it, and it tastes good.
"Same."
Dang Dang Dang! !
The wooden cup that was kicked away still made the sound of rolling down, as if it was going down the stairs.
The two looked at each other and walked towards the area where the wooden cup flew away.
Behind the stairs, the two found a downward entrance.
The wooden cup fell from here, making a crashing sound.
It was dark inside the cave entrance, which should be the basement or storage room of the store.
Fang Hao took out a 'luminous stone lantern' from the Lord's Book, bent down and stretched the lantern along the entrance of the basement.
The soft light of luminous stone illuminates the basement.
It's cold, empty, and has a bit of a musty smell.
After making sure there was no danger inside, he opened all the covers and walked down the wooden stairs.
"What does it smell like here?" An Jia complained while covering her nose.
It does have a musty smell.
"It should be the wine cellar of the previous tavern."
"When you say that, I feel like I don't want to drink anymore this month." An Jia said.
Hang a lantern on the ceiling to illuminate the surrounding space.
There is indeed a wine cellar here, and there are traces of the wine barrels left after they were removed.
After a simple search here, I found 5 [essences of wine], which was an unexpected gain.
"Fang Hao, there is a mailbox for the business alliance here!" An Jia exclaimed not far away.
Business alliance mailbox?
"Where are you?" Fang Hao asked.
An Jia walked out and took Fang Hao to a small cabin isolated by a secret door.
The hut is not big, with a wooden table and a black mailbox with a sickle hook pattern placed in the middle.
This is not the symbol of the Merchant Alliance, but the Faceless Man's hut.
In other words, this place operates a tavern on the surface, and it is also the intelligence agency of the Faceless Man's hut.
Pass on the information you have learned.
Maybe the reason the maid said she was arrested was because of this incident.
After all, all forces will buy information from the Faceless Men, and at the same time they also reject the Faceless Men.
"Is it a business alliance?"
"It's the Faceless Man's hut, an organization that buys and sells information." Fang Hao explained.
All the items in the desk had been emptied, leaving only debris on the floor.
But Fang Hao still found a letter burned with only a corner left among the debris.
He wrote: Capture the time traveler and send him to...
It was also burned when it was sent to the back.
But these words made Fang Hao frown instantly.
Only these people understand the meaning of the word time traveler.
Even if the indigenous people understand that they are foreigners, they will not use this word.
Either the time traveler said it himself, or he understood the meaning of the word in some special way.
For a moment, Fang Hao thought of the witch holding a crystal ball he had met before.
Magic and undead both exist, so it is not surprising that there are some ways to search for memories.
"Is there a problem?" An Jia asked softly when she saw Fang Hao standing aside and frowning.
"It's not a big problem. Call our people over and sort it out briefly first."
"Okay."
The two climbed out along the stairs, transferred the epee infantry on standby from the hotel, and took out all the useless waste in the store and threw it away.
……
The second day.
At dusk, Fang Hao and his party returned to Purul City.
Laodeishang hotpot restaurant is a bit deserted today.
It was dinner time, but there was no customer in the shop.
"Why is there no one?" Fang Hao asked.
Xiaobai looked sad and apologized: "I'm sorry, Master, I don't know what happened today. Suddenly no one came over."
Several rabbit maids on the side also lowered their heads.
"You mean suddenly?"
"Well, the number of people coming has started to decrease since yesterday afternoon, and today there is not a single customer coming." Xiaobai said.
This is a little strange.
In this day and age, a store suddenly has no customers.
Unless someone was poisoned in the store, this shouldn't happen.
"Do you know the reason?"
"Not sure."
"It's okay. I'll go to the pub opposite and ask. If there are no customers, you can get off work early and rest." Fang Hao comforted several people.
"Oh, good master."
After leaving the shop, Fang Hao went straight to the Rose Tavern opposite.
Similar to a hot pot restaurant, there are no customers in the tavern.
The landlady also sat there listlessly.
"Why is it so deserted today?" Fang Hao sat down at the front desk.
The landlady glanced at him and sighed heavily.
But he still got up, took two glasses of beer and placed them in front of Fang Hao and An Jia.
"I'm afraid it will be even more deserted in the future."
"Huh? Why?"
The landlady glanced warily and said softly: "I heard that there is going to be a war. Everyone in the city is worried. Who has the heart to go out and drink."
"A war? Stop making trouble. Even the bandits can't be encircled and suppressed. Who should we fight?"
Fang Hao said in disbelief.
Purul is a small town, and Fang Hao eliminated the bandits and Fire Wolf mercenaries the previous two times.
He didn't believe it now that Pruell knew how to fight.
The landlady glanced at Fang Hao and said seriously: "To fight the undead in the north, starting from this morning, all the rich and powerful have left, leaving only those who can't walk in the city and have nowhere to go." (End of Chapter)