Chapter 98 The Capital of the King

They did not encounter any troubles along the way and arrived at the Capital of the King smoothly.

When they saw the word Capital of the King, everyone's spirits were lifted, and Gan Tian almost cried.

[Our journey is similar to that of Elder Tang's quest for scriptures, and now we have finally arrived.]

[It seems that the book said that although Elder Tang obtained the true scriptures, he still missed a difficulty. It is not a good sign to encounter obstacles when you are about to arrive.]

Gan Tian thought and spat a few times.

[Puh, phuh, what are you thinking? This is not a good idea. It is unlucky.]

The queue for entering the city was very long, as long as the queue when they entered Tongmen Pass, or even longer.

With the lesson of Tongmen Pass, Gan Fanren prudently sent Li Zhi to the front to inquire about the situation.

After a while, Li Zhi came back with a sullen face and swearing.

"I thought this was under the feet of the emperor, and it should be the most prosperous and best place in the world. I didn't expect it to be even darker than Tongmen Pass."

"You need a pass to enter the city, and your package will be checked. Only those with a net worth of more than 50 taels can enter the city, and you must pay a deposit of 30 taels per person to enter the city."

Although Gan Fanren was rich, he couldn't help but take a breath.

[Is this to keep refugees and poor people out of the capital, and create a false impression of prosperity? ]

[I laughed at you, does keeping the poor out of the capital mean that there are no poor people in Dayun? ]

Is it fun to cover your ears and steal the bell like this?

Gan Tian puffed up his cheeks unconsciously and looked at the officers guarding the city angrily.

[Forget it, they are just following orders, there is no point in punishing them.]

Gan Fanren then vaguely remembered that he had encountered such a thing in his dream. Not long after he came to power in his previous life, he chopped off the head of the official involved.

Although he is not as honest as Zhen Zhixian, he has done a lot of good things. The reason why he is favored by His Majesty is because of his achievements.

Now he wants to see what kind of country Dayun will become without him.

Mu Qinglan looked at her family and retreated.

"Son-in-law, we'd better not go to the capital. Thirty taels per person, six of us would have one hundred and eighty taels. With this money, we can live in other places for many years."

She only had fifty taels in her hand, which was given by her son-in-law. She was too embarrassed to ask her son-in-law for more money.

Her son was a scholar, and he could find a job even if he didn't go to the capital. There was no need to go to the capital.

"Mother, you can't think like that."

Gan Fanren's eyes were burning: "The more expensive the fees in the capital, the more we want to go to the capital."

"This proves that people in the capital are very rich. I'm a businessman, and this kind of place is suitable for me to do business."

Gongsun Yue looked listless, looking at the two big words "capital" with gloomy eyes.

Before he encountered setbacks, he had dreamed of the capital countless times. In his mind, this city was mysterious and noble, the fairest place in the world, but he didn't expect it to be so filthy and even more disgusting than other places.

This is the capital.

The capital of Dayun.

Gongsun Yue was extremely fortunate. He had long been disappointed with this dynasty and had no expectations. He was also very glad that he and Brother Gan made those treasonous choices.

Since this dynasty is already rotten, it is better to overthrow it and start over, so that the people can have peace and prosperity.

"Brother Gan is right. The more this is the case, the more we have to go in."

Even if we don't make money from the people, we have to make money from those corrupt officials.

Gan Fanren took the lead and took everyone into the capital.

Even though the capital charges thirty taels of silver per person, there are still many people queuing up.

After entering the capital, the appearance of the capital was revealed to everyone. The people outside were having such a hard time, but the capital was a scene of singing and dancing.

Not long after entering the capital, they encountered a rich man who set up a stage to invite people to watch a play. Gongsun Yue and Gan Fanren were fine, but others couldn't even move their legs when they saw someone singing.

Seeing that everyone wanted to watch the play so much, Gan Fanren did not stop them. He asked Li Zhi and his eldest brother to take care of the women, and he took Gongsun Yue to see the house.

The experience in the dream gave him a lot of help. He found the pawnbroker with almost no effort.

After telling the pawnbroker about his needs, the pawnbroker enthusiastically took out a booklet, which recorded the information of many houses.

"You've made the right choice to come to me. All my houses are excellent."

"I know." Gan Fanren explained to Gongsun Yue in a low voice.

"This is an official yamen. Their houses are very clean and less troublesome. Most of the sellers are wealthy families who have encountered accidents and got into trouble."

Although they got into trouble, they still had to save face. Buying their houses would be less troublesome and quick and easy.

The yamen people nodded: "You are a knowledgeable person. Although our remuneration is a bit higher, we never hurt people with clear prices."

"You can take a look at the houses above first. If you like them, I will send someone to take you to have a look."

Gan Fanren took a look and liked a few houses of suitable size and location.

He pointed out these houses to Gongsun Yue. Through the cold words, Gongsun Yue really couldn't feel anything.

"You can't really tell anything just looking at it this way."

"Then let's take a look at them all."

The man from the brokerage waved to a skinny young man.

"Shitou, take the two gentlemen to look at the house."

Just as Shitou was about to leave, the booklet in Gan Fanren's hand was suddenly snatched away.

The one who snatched the booklet was a middle-aged wealthy businessman with a bulging belly. He held a woman's arm in his hand and roughly flipped through the booklet. He glanced at Gan Fanren.

"You want to buy a house?"

Gan Fanren nodded and said nothing.

The wealthy businessman pointed at the man from the brokerage and said, "I want to look at houses with him."

"Then you can go together."

Gongsun Yue was somewhat dissatisfied with the rich businessman's behavior, but before he could open his mouth, he was suppressed by Gan Fanren.

"It's just a house-viewing together."

"No need to confront him."

Shitou led a few people to set out together.

Because of the rich businessman, Gan Fanren and Gongsun Yue did not make too many comments on these houses.

The rich businessman, on the other hand, made various comments on the houses, saying that the houses were too small, and that the Feng Shui was not good. Finally, he glanced at Gan Fanren and the others and said disdainfully: "Looking at your well-dressed clothes, I thought you were looking at some big house, but it turned out to be nothing more than this."

Gongsun Yue looked at his clothes and smiled helplessly.

"Who did I offend? I don't go whoring or gambling, so can't I wear something nice?"

"He just wants to humiliate us, it has nothing to do with what we wear."

The people in the capital are self-righteous and look down on outsiders.

Gan Fanren's official language is okay, but Gongsun Yue's official language is not standard enough, and you can tell he is not a local.

Gongsun Yue said angrily: "We are looking for a house, how can we bother him!"