Gradually, the atmosphere among everyone became harmonious. To outsiders, special students such as Wu Lai, Ye Renwu, Saiyis, and Odo were undoubtedly different. But in fact, the oldest of them, Saiyis, was only seventeen years old.
In other words, these five people are still a group of children, but compared with people in mainland China who get married and have children in their teens, they are all adults from a certain perspective.
Wu Lai was naturally the youngest one. With Helen around, he didn't want to talk nonsense or show off. Now he just wanted to watch quietly.
Vice President Lini said that he asked everyone to come here in the hope that everyone could work together to sort out all the clay tablets in the shortest time possible.
When hearing Vice President Lini's expectations, Ye Renwu pouted, Odo became silent, Helen lowered her head slightly and looked at her nails, and only Sais looked relaxed because he would be leaving soon.
Everyone knows that this is an extremely difficult and time-consuming task. Since a few years ago, the special students of the Assyrian Citizens College have devoted most of their energy to it, but the results have not been very good.
Lini turned his gaze to Wu Lai: "Wu Lai, you are in charge of this job. They are your assistants. Just ask if you need any help."
When they heard this, the four of them couldn't help but glance at Wu Lai.
"Okay, Vice President Lini." Wu Lai nodded. "If it is really like what you said, I will be in charge, I can start now. Also, can I put forward any conditions?"
Lini nodded: "Okay."
"First, advance 100,000 gold coins." Wu Lai smiled slightly, "Besides, when I'm ready, Helen, Ye Renwu, and Odo will have to stay outside the academy with me for a while. As for Sais..."
"I wish you a bright future." Wu Lai stood up and extended his hand to Sais.
"Thank you, we'll meet again someday." Seyis held Wu Lai's hand.
"No problem." Lini nodded and glanced in the direction of Helen and the other two. "Don't worry about your courses. If you progress well, you will definitely gain more than studying hard in the academy. I guarantee it."
Helen glanced at Woolley and said nothing.
"Since everyone has no objection, then it's settled." Wu Lai laughed and moved closer to Lini and lowered his voice, "By the way, return my tuition to me."
Lini was stunned and thought to himself, you scoundrel Wu Lai, can you not be so greedy?
After a while, Wu Lai, whom Lini called greedy, swaggered out of the college. Now it was much more convenient for him to go out, just like a Jinyiwei, who took out a bronze plate from his sleeve and flashed it, and his future would be smooth.
Not long after, Woolley appeared in front of Clee, El and Janus.
"Bring me a glass of water. I'm so thirsty." Wu Lai raised his sleeves to fan himself and sat down on a chair. Upon hearing this, Janus naturally went to get the water.
"Klee, I have good news for you. The Assyrian Academy has assigned me a task to be in charge of." Wu Lai smiled and said, "The budget is 200,000 gold coins. You will be busy again."
"Oh, young master, thank God Amon, everything is so wonderful." Klee said in surprise.
"Congratulations, young master." El was also very happy.
"Things keep coming one after another, and I feel like my brain is not enough. But this money comes at the right time. Not only can I stop drawing income from Baishi Building, but I can even get some urgently needed supplies for Baishi Building." Wu Lai took the water handed to him by Janus. "I was thinking of building a house in Assyria, but it is inconvenient to go in and out due to the regulations of the academy, so I haven't considered it for the time being. Now it's all right, Keli, you go and find a house with big enough rooms and yard in Assyria. I'm going to move out, and El will come with you. Let's find somewhere to sell furs, cloth and daily necessities. After we have a house, we have to decorate it."
Klee and El nodded quickly.
"Janus, go find a few carpentry workshops and use your vision to find the one with the best craftsmanship. Then give it to the manager of the workshop and tell him that I want to make an object that requires long, strong wood. Ask him to purchase it first. The sooner the better." Wu Lai took out five gold coins and handed them to Janus.
"Yes, master." Janus took the gold coins with great trepidation. He was just a slave, but Wu Lei arranged a job for him that was very similar to that of Klee and El, instead of just asking him to run errands or buy some fruit. This undoubtedly made him feel excited and grateful.
"Master, please give a range for the price of the house." Klee asked. He would not act on his own in such matters. Klee always wanted to show his loyalty and gratitude to Wu Lai.
"I'm not sure about the price of houses in Assyria, but the only thing I can be sure of is that they are much more expensive than those in Seneca. When buying a house, you have to consider the location, environment, and scenery. The price is secondary. But after all, you are not buying a manor, just a house. The best houses in Seneca are only one to three thousand gold coins. Even if Assyria is ten times more expensive, it will not exceed thirty thousand gold coins." Wu Lai said, "Just follow the standard of thirty thousand. Remember the pharmacies I just mentioned. Also, the house must be able to accommodate at least a hundred people. I like it to be spacious, and I think as I stay in Assyria for longer, I may have more guests."
"Thirty thousand gold coins?" Klee was a little shocked. This number had far exceeded his expectations. He originally thought that Wu Lai would at most ask him to find some houses worth thousands of gold coins. He thought that there were quite a few houses worth thousands of gold coins in the city of Assyria.
"Yes, thirty thousand. If it's not enough, you can add more. If you don't need so much, Kerry, you have to decorate the house magnificently so that the guests will feel amazed when they walk in." Wu Lai said with a smile.
"Master, how about we make a statue for you and put it in the yard so that guests can see it as soon as they come in." El suggested after hesitating for a moment.
"Get out." Wu Lai frowned. Statue, this young master is not yet capable of showing off.
El shrank his neck and dared not speak anymore. Klee turned his head and glared at him, then took a step forward and asked with a smile: "Master, since you have already bought a house, do you want to bring Miss Tina over to keep you company?"
Klee didn't ask this for no reason. Before coming here, not only did Mrs. Leah talk to him alone, but even Gauguin and Siban mentioned this to him. Needless to say, Mrs. Leah's original intention was obvious. Gauguin and Siban both believed that Wu Lai had reached the age where he was obsessed with women. Instead of letting him cause some romantic affairs in Assyrian city, it would be better to let Miss Tina practice how to be a good wife earlier, and by the way, tie Wu Lai's heart tighter.
Gauguin and Siban thought so out of their love for Wu Lai. In the aristocratic circles on the mainland, the most likely reasons for aristocrats to lose their property are often divorce, love disputes between men and women, and other reasons that are both embarrassing and helpless.
As they are deeply trusted by Wu Lai, they naturally have to consider all factors that may threaten Wu Lai's personal and property safety, and then put forward some reasonable and feasible suggestions.
As soon as Klee proposed this, Wu Lai rejected it: "No need, why do you want her to come? Assyria is such a dangerous place. Klee, do you think Tina can come here for any other purpose besides eating, drinking, playing and wasting gold coins?"
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Keli was speechless, thinking to himself, since you have defined it this way, what else can I say?
Why do we need Tina? It's fine if she just comes to waste food and money, but I need her right now... How can I let her ruin my good deeds at this critical moment? Wu Lai thought so and waved his hand to urge everyone to get busy: "Go ahead, hurry up, and ask someone to bring me paper and pen before you go out, I need to draw a picture."
"Okay, young master." Klee and the other two replied.
While waiting for paper and pen to arrive, Wu Lai suddenly had a thought - is this considered abusing public power for personal gain?
Soon, he gave himself an answer - it was not a case of abusing the power for personal gain, but this was simply a business deal, and the price offered by the academy naturally took my profit into consideration.
But... Wu Lai suddenly laughed. Of course, I was using my power for personal gain. When Helen heard me say that I would take them outside the college for a while, she looked at me in surprise. Hehehehe...
One person's laughter was soon interrupted - El brought in a stack of papers and Woolley's homemade pencils.
After a while, Wu Lai stacked up the sketches he had drawn, spread out a new piece of paper, and began to write quickly. To complete the work of the college's clay plate, he had to help out with Baishi Building. He had to transfer some experienced printers in advance. In addition, there were inks and engraving plates...
The letter was written to Spain and Gauguin. They were Woolley's strong assistants and backup, and were among the small group of people Woolley trusted the most. Woolley could safely hand over everything he had in Seneca to them to manage and maintain, just as he believed that Vulture would train an invincible team for him.
After finishing the letters to Spain and Gauguin, Woolley hesitated for a moment, took a piece of letter paper, and then picked up the pen again.
"Dear Tina, how are you? Do you miss me..."
At nightfall, when Wu Lai was enjoying the barbecue and thinking about bringing back a pack for Guru later, Klee, El and Janus came back.
"Master Wu Lai, what a coincidence." Klee was delighted. "There are two houses for sale on the small hillside at the end of the seventh alley of Yizhu Street. Although they are hundreds of years old, they are very solid and well maintained. They have not been sold before because of the high price. The larger one has 22 rooms, two halls, four small halls, a small fountain in the front yard, a very spacious back garden, and an intact sewage ditch..."
After listening to Klee's introduction, Wu Lai nodded and said, "Let's go for the bigger house." The big house is big enough to accommodate a hundred people and costs only 11,000 gold coins. Although the small house is 3,000 gold coins cheaper, its area is half the size.
"Okay, young master, I will reply to them in a while and try to sign the contract tomorrow. But you have to show up at that time. Assyrian City is not like Seneca." Klee said with a smile.
Wu Lai nodded. Seneca was naturally not comparable to Assyria. In Seneca, Wu Lai was a person who could shake the whole city with just a stomp of his feet. When any housekeeper in the family went out to do something, others would give him some respect. Even signing a contract could be done by the housekeeper. But where was this? In Assyria, except for a limited number of people, who would know who you, Wu Lai Grindo, were?