Chapter 242 Buying Land and Houses

Angris H. Bryman, an employee of the Estonian Municipal Office, yawned loudly.

Today is also a day of doing nothing. Time passes very slowly, as if the air is stagnant.

Because it was so boring, although Angris didn't like working at all, he still had a glimmer of hope that some customers would come and break the dull atmosphere.

Every city council employee received a fixed salary from the lord. Regardless of how many properties Angris sold, he would receive a fixed monthly salary of seven gold coins. This salary was considered quite good in Eston West City, almost comparable to the trainee knights and low-ranking clerks of the Kingdom Knights' Eston West City branch.

The pay is good and the work required is not much. Apart from the fact that it is a bit too boring to sit in the office for eight hours a day, it is an almost impeccable job.

"It's so boring..." He complained quietly, and immediately got a response from his colleague next to him: "Yeah, it's really boring."

"It can't be helped. There haven't been any new wealthy families moving into Eston West City recently, so naturally, no one wants to buy houses or land... If you ask me, life in the city is really a bit boring."

"The only interesting thing is the brewery in the southeast of the city. I heard that it has reopened and has changed its brewing products. It no longer sells potions, but sauces and food instead."

"Oh, I know about that! I just ordered their takeout at noon, the shrimp dumplings and shrimp rice noodle roll combo! It's so delicious!"

"I heard the owner is actually a skeleton!"

"It's a lich, a lich!"

Several colleagues who were originally drowsy in the office were all awakened by this gossip and excitedly joined the discussion.

——Office gossip is one of the few entertainments for "civil servants" in small towns in this era.

But this time, they didn't gossip for long before they heard the sound of clanging footsteps coming from the corridor outside the door.

Angris pricked up his ears in alarm.

There is only one possibility for such footsteps to be heard in the corridor, that is, the person is wearing metal armor and the echo is caused when walking on the marble floor.

The civil servants shut their mouths in unison, quickly returned to their seats and skillfully put on an appearance of working seriously.

The footsteps stopped at the door of their office, and a hand in silver armor reached in and knocked on the door politely.

Ungris sat up straight and stretched his neck to look towards the door.

A knight of the kingdom in silver armor walked in first. He then stood by the door and politely extended his right hand, letting a lady—er, should that be a lady?—in.

Angris, who was sitting behind the counter, stood up quickly. "Hello, what can I do for you two?"

He calmly looked at the man who was obviously protected by the silver-armored knight. The man pulled down his hood, revealing a bony head... It was actually a skeleton!

The gossip they'd just discussed was still lingering in his mind. Angris was only momentarily surprised before he immediately guessed the other party's identity. After all, Skeleton Liches were so rare, it was unlikely that two would appear in the same city at the same time.

"Hello, hello, are you the owner of the brewery?" Angris asked enthusiastically. "Are you planning to buy real estate? We have vacant stores, farms, and pastures here. We have whatever size you'd like."

"Hey, you recognize me?" Jiang You couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"That's right. Your brewing business is so prosperous that even we have heard about it. In fact, one of our colleagues just had takeout from your restaurant at noon~" Angris said skillfully, and immediately used the gossip he had just heard.

"Hey, what a coincidence!" Jiangyou chuckled. "In that case, this makes things much easier. I want to expand my shop, and I heard that the empty house next to the workshop is for sale?"

Angris took out a book and began to search expertly. "The shop in the southeast district of the city... let me see. Ah, it's here, No. 667, Yaofang Street, Southeast District."

“That’s right!”

Ungris spread the book on the counter, and the page that opened was a map and introduction to the shop: "This shop has been abandoned for ten years. The previous owner was a herbal medicine merchant. Since he had no heirs, the shop was taken back by the lord after his death. The ownership is very clear and there are no disputes. You can buy with confidence.

"The current land price is 25 gold coins, and the property and all its above-ground attachments are also 25 gold coins. Since the house is old, it is exempt from taxes. After purchasing it, you can repair the house yourself, or you can tear it down and rebuild it all at once. As long as the above-ground structures you build do not exceed the area of ​​your land, we will not interfere."

"Wow! That's really good."

"This shop is much larger than your workshop," Angris said with a smile. "If you have enough money, this is indeed a good choice."

"That's it!" Jiang You said proudly, then with a rather unbelievable gesture, he opened his skull and pulled out a bulging purse. "Here, fifty gold coins, all here."

Even though Angris was knowledgeable, he was still surprised by her using her skull as a storage space. It took him a long time to take the purse, sort the gold coins in it into groups of ten, and place them neatly on the counter.

By the time he finished the fifth set, his purse was empty. But he wasn't done yet. Ungris took out a scale and weighed fifty gold coins. Then, with a nod of approval, he produced a contract, writing down the location and address of the property being purchased, and affixing a large gold seal.

"You just need to sign in the buyer column." Angris pointed to the signature column at the end of the contract, and Jiangyou did as he was told.

Then she saw Angris unfold the contract, turning it into two identical documents, except that the reading order was reversed. He then tore the two documents apart in the middle with extremely rough techniques, even splitting the gold seal in half.

"Alright." Angris put away the document that had been read in the wrong order, numbered it, and filed it away. He then handed another copy to Takumiu. "This is your purchase agreement. If anyone questions your property rights in the future, you can produce this agreement. You can also come to us for verification at any time if you need to verify its authenticity."

Jiang You understood: "Just put the two copies of the contract together and make sure the torn edges match up. That's the best anti-counterfeiting mark... Wow, what a clever idea!"