Chapter 49: Buying a House in the Middle Ages
Half an hour later, Wayne sent Kainster to the Fox Tavern to let him recuperate temporarily.
He washed off the blood on his body, changed into clean clothes, and rode to the outside of the city hall in the center of the city.
The reason why he came here was because after careful consideration, Wayne planned to settle temporarily in Vizima City and buy a property to use as a fixed base for his daily activities here.
As for why he has this idea, it is not only because of the love for the land that is engraved in the bones of the Chinese people, but also because of his demon hunter system. In addition to completing tasks and improving the level of the demon hunter, the most powerful ability is to be able to deal with him. Ability blessings for various skills.
Whether it is swordsmanship, alchemy, or other ancillary skills, they all require a stable environment to slowly improve their levels.
He had a deep understanding of this during the more than a month of traveling with Geralt.
Most of the time for more than a month was wasted on the road, and there was no efficiency in improving skills like in Kaer Morhen.
Putting aside the factors that enhance its strength, Vizima is building a new city at this time, and the land price is quite cheap. In the next twenty years, the city will be quite safe and become more and more prosperous, and there is considerable room for land appreciation. .
Fortunately, he now has some extra money to invest in the land here, and he will definitely get rich returns in the future.
Moreover, there are all kinds of talents in Vizima City, which is very conducive for him to learn and improve various skills and increase his strength.
After all, as a demon hunter with modern ideas, he hopes to become a respected, wealthy and powerful man in the future.
Rather than being like Geralt and other companions, who had been working for decades or hundreds of years, they were still penniless and destitute in the end, and even had to clean sewers to earn some money for themselves.
The new Vizima that is about to be built is a very good entry point.
However, before he could enter the city hall, he was stopped by two guards at the door with his temperament that was very different from ordinary residents.
"Who are you? This is the Vizima City Hall. If you want to enter here, you cannot bring weapons."
After hearing this, Wayne looked at the steel sword at his waist. He was here to do something and didn't want to get into trouble, so Obediently took off the steel sword on his waist and said,
"I came to the city hall to buy land. Gentlemen, do you know what the process is?"
A guard with a scar on his face did not answer Wayne's question. He looked at his amber cat pupils with suspicious eyes and asked:
"What's wrong with your eyes? Why are they like this?"
Wayne glanced at him and thought for a moment, anyway, he will be here in the future. He had lived for quite a long time and did not hide anything. He explained:
"Don't worry, gentlemen."
"I am a demon hunter, a demon hunter who is responsible for helping others deal with various monsters." "
But this time, I came to the city hall not to find a commission, but to do business."
Hearing that Wayne claimed to be a demon hunter, the Scar guard was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something, and a look of disgust appeared on his face involuntarily. look.
However, there are no rules prohibiting witchers from entering the city hall, and now the mayor is having a headache trying to raise funds.
He turned around and looked at his companions, then spat on the ground with a look of displeasure on his face, and said to Wayne:
"I know mutants like you. I heard that you are all thieves and human traffickers, specializing in stealing children. Then transform them into monsters like you."
"I will keep an eye on you, witcher. If you dare to cause trouble here, you will be hanged."
Hearing this deep-rooted feeling towards witchers again Wayne was a little angry at the contemptuous remarks, but he didn't want to argue with the two guards in front of him. He just calmly handed over his weapon and said:
"Don't worry, Mr. Guards. I'm a good and law-abiding man. Now I even want to pay for New Vizima. Your mayor must like me more than you do." After getting rid of the two
demon hunters who obviously hated it , Human guards, Wayne sighed inwardly.
He knew very well that a large part of the reason why demon hunters have such a bad reputation now is because there are fewer and fewer monsters in the world, and warlocks and high-level human beings are beginning to be afraid of these super warriors whose combat power far exceeds that of ordinary people.
Foolish people among the common people listen to rumors, but it is also because they are afraid of the unknown. They are naturally wary of demon hunters like them who are obviously different from humans.
So Wayne has another purpose in staying in Vizima, which is to help King Foltest lift the curse on his daughter and gain the king's friendship, thereby changing the country's view of the witcher from top to bottom. prejudice. This is a very good opportunity.
Because King Foltest is also a unique king. Because he married his sister and had children, he suffered controversy from the world, so he can better understand the demon hunters who are in a similar situation.
After entering the city hall, a middle-aged man who looked polite came up to him. He looked at Wayne for a few seconds. Although he also looked surprised, he then behaved quite politely.
"Sir, please come to the city hall. Do you have anything to deal with?"
Facing such a polite man, Wayne also showed a kind smile.
In fact, if he didn't wear the unique costume of a witcher, except for his cat eyes and pointed elf ears, Wayne wouldn't be much different from ordinary people. His appearance could even be called quite handsome.
"I heard that there is land for sale in the city hall. I came here to buy the land."
After hearing Wayne's purpose, the middle-aged man's expression became more enthusiastic. He stretched out his left hand to Wayne and said with a smile:
"Sir, I am the administrative officer in charge of selling land, Peter Cross."
"Can you tell me your name?"
Wayne stretched out his hand to shake his hand and said with a smile:
"You're welcome, Mr. Peter, just call me Wayne."
After the two introduced each other, the political officer Peter took Wayne into a room and handed him a book filled with various prices. manual.
In the center of the room, there is a huge map similar to a sand table. The map is divided into more than a dozen different areas with lines, and each area is marked with a number.
Political Officer Peter pointed to the map in the center of the room and introduced to Wayne:
"Mr. Wayne, this is a simple map of New Vizima City. We have marked different prices according to different areas." "
You You can choose to buy land in these areas. The larger the area, the more favorable the price." "
Of course, this is just a preliminary intention. After you have a rough choice, we will send someone to accompany you to conduct on-site inspections, and then based on The specific situation."
Peter, the administrative officer, introduced the situation eloquently, with a professional smile on his face.
"I have to say that you are lucky to have come at the right time, Mr. Wayne." "
In order to raise funds to build the new city as soon as possible, our mayor, Mr. Verelade, decided to discount the current land. You can buy it now. If you do, you can enjoy certain discounts."
Peter, the administrative officer, was very sharp-tongued. While flipping through the manual in his hand and listening to his introduction, Wayne felt as if he had entered a real estate agency and was deceived by a real estate salesman.
While flipping through the pages, Wayne suddenly discovered that in the second half of the manual, there were actually some already built houses that could be sold directly, which surprised him.
To be honest, compared to buying a piece of land, spending time finding workers, designers, buying materials, and building a house in a mess, he prefers to directly buy a finished house that can be moved in directly.
Anyway, every year he and Geralt would return to Kaer Morhen Castle in the winter, and sometimes they would go to other countries to perform missions.
This house is only used by him as a base, not a warm home where he can live for a long time.
After realizing that Wayne's attention was on the finished houses, Political Officer Peter's expression became even more excited.
Compared with bare land, these finished houses for sale are obviously more expensive and can collect more funds.
This is related to their performance in the construction of the new city, affecting their salary and future promotion.
Seeing this, Peter also picked up the same manual and began to compare it with the large map in the room in detail to introduce the situation of each finished house to Wayne.
Because Wayne's attitude made Peter feel that this was a big customer and might be able to bring him a pretty good profit.
(Thanks to Mr. Du Ze233 for the reward. You are welcome to give your opinions. I may not have considered many details as carefully as everyone else.)
(End of this chapter)