Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 1371: Chapter 1368: Choosing a Location

Chu Jin asked the Broker, “Are there any connected shops available, even if they are a bit run down?”

The Broker bowed his head to check the information recorded in the book and after flipping through it, he barely found a suitable one, “No, only here east of the city there are three shops willing to rent, but there is one in between that is not for sale or rent.”

That is to say, the shop next door was a family property, and they would not sell it at all.

“Then, are there any dilapidated houses available, I just need it to be large.”

“Dilapidated houses can only be found in Chengcheng North. Most people living there are in poor conditions, and many are willing to sell. The price is also not expensive, a house can be bought for about ten taels of silver.”

“Take me to see them,” Chu Jin had actually considered this issue long ago. East of the city and South City are the busiest and most affluent streets, while Chengcheng North and West City are inhabited by poor people.

The houses there are cheap, but there is no place suitable for doing business.

The Broker led him there, and Chu Jin saw clusters of low, tiled houses, many of which had cracked walls. The only advantage was that the floors were paved with smooth stone slabs.

The traffic was good and it was not far from the city gate, only requiring a change in direction.

“Can all these houses be sold?” Chu Jin pointed to a few residences by the street and asked.

“Yes, they can all be sold.”

“Good, I’ll take these seven houses, but the price must be cheaper,” Chu Jin said boldly.

The Broker was indeed startled, “All of these, buying all of them?”

“Of course.” Chu Jin directly asked, “How much are all these together in silver?”

“These seven together make ninety-five taels.”

Chu Jin shook his head, “I’m buying all seven houses together, give them to me for eighty-five taels.”

“That won’t do, these shops each belong to different sellers, cutting out ten taels all at once, they definitely won’t agree,” the Broker was shocked by his bargaining.

Chu Jin smiled, “You’re mistaken, that’s just a bit more than one tael off each, if you can convince them to sell at this price, I can give you an extra 200 copper coins as a silver reward.”

Two hundred copper coins was not a small amount in County City, and with the commission, he could make more than one tael.

The Broker’s eyes lit up, “Are you serious?”

“Of course, will it work?”

The Broker did not agree right away, but he was clearly tempted. He bit his lip and said, “Okay, I’ll go and talk to the homeowners. Where does young master live? I will contact you once I have an answer.”

Chu Jin gave him the address.

The Broker, eager to earn that bit of silver, hurried away.

Zhang Cong glanced at the spacious house, “Young master, this servant has checked these houses, they look shabby, but they can still be used after a bit of fixing up, and most of them share the same wall.”

“It’s only a few hundred meters from the city gate, not far at all, but there are quite a few shops in front, you have to turn a corner to get here.”

“Besides, there are nearly a dozen households around here.”

“Hmm, not bad, are the neighbors around here clean?”

“This servant has looked around, and there is no mess to be seen.”

“Then, are there any scholars living around here?” Chu Jin planned to open a shop, being so large, it definitely needed to be bustling, and if there were scholars around, it would be troublesome if it got noisy.

“No, young master, you’re overthinking it. Although the rent is cheap here, it is just too dilapidated, and selling vegetables is not very convenient either. Besides, with the people living here being so mixed, scholars won’t come here.”

“That settles it.” The shop matter was resolved.

Chu Jin still needed to find people to break through all the houses and then roof them with tiles, which was a time-consuming task.

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