Chapter 10 Buying a Manor
Staying in a luxurious hotel for one night and enjoying the aristocratic service in this world. Early in the morning, Donald brought the butler's servant to the branch of the Kingdom Noble Council Management Office of the Big Rock City.
The reason why he created this ancestral treasure auction was that in addition to earning some elemental crystals to reserve, the main purpose was to earn a fortune to buy a manor from Kingsol.
The manor industry of the nobles has a long history. Whether it is a palace noble with only a false title, a lifelong lord or a knight with a title, or a great lord who commands one side, at least one manor will be built under his name to take a vacation and relax and maintain expenses.
There are many famous and beautiful manors in the name of the Celtic royal family. The most famous is Sherlock Manor, one of the three major resorts in the Kingdom. It is also the production place of the top white wine Sherlock wine, which is the private property of His Majesty the King of Celtic in all dynasties.
Donald first came to this world and had not successfully opened the Book of Truth, he set his sights on buying a house.
As a Chinese in his previous life, Donald, who worked and lived in a crowded city, has always been the highest goal of owning his own property, no longer living in a small apartment, and running around for life. This is also the general psychology of their generation.
Now that we are called a noble, although it is not easy to acquire a fiefdom again, it is still very reasonable to buy an estate to maintain daily expenses.
After all, the aristocrats in this world have no territory or small and barren territory. For the great nobles, the manor is just a icing place in the scenery. For the small nobles who are financially struggling, most of them will have one or several manors that produce cash crops, and rely on the profits they obtain to maintain the huge expenses required for their physical aristocrats, especially those court nobles who do not have actual fiefdoms. They are not as good as some lifelong nobles who have received titles from nobles because of their rewards. They can buy industries in the countryside and live a prosperous life. The court nobles who must work in the capital must not only maintain their face, but also socialize from time to time, and all the expenses can only be supported by the production of the manors under their name.
Now that there is plenty of funds, Donald naturally comes to learn about the process and conditions of buying a manor. If there is a suitable one, then start buying it today.
In this world, the transactions between manors can only be carried out among the nobles, and are naturally divided into the aristocratic parliament presided over by the royal family. The commissions collected from the transactions are also one of the largest sources of economic income for the royal family.
Except for the nobles with titles, others are prohibited from buying and selling manors. In other words, no matter how rich a businessman is, he cannot own his own land except for shops and private residences in the city.
Therefore, some wealthy businessmen are eager to get aristocratic titles and try their best to gain aristocratic status, even if they are just a lifelong lord who cannot be hereditary without territory.
Some businessmen will cooperate with the down-and-out nobles, buy a manor in their name, and then share the profits from the business to their partners, which not only maintains the down-and-out nobles' life, but also satisfies the wishes of their own manor owners. It can be said that it is a killing two birds with one stone.
The Noble Council Management Office is a two-story building located in the aristocratic area of the Giant Rock City. The lower part is the reception office hall, and the upper part is the reception room of the officials. After all, the nobles cannot be managed by civilians, so the officials of the aristocratic Council Management Offices in various places are assigned by the royal family or selected by the noble members of the local nobles.
After Donald entered the lobby of the management office, he first observed it roughly, and then obtained the conditions and procedures for purchasing the manor from the attendants in charge of the reception. Of course, he also paid a silver month tip. This was the income that the attendants of the management office who served the nobles usually expected, and sometimes even more than their salary.
What they like most is the arrival of truly generous nobles, rather than the housekeepers who do business for the nobles. Those serious and stingy housekeepers will not give you any tips of more than a few copper slots without the instructions of their masters!
Donald, who received inside information, took the butler's servant straight to the officials responsible for buying and selling the manor.
There are only three real officials in this building, one is responsible for handling and recording aristocratic disputes, one is responsible for passing documents and letters from the royal family and local aristocrats, and the other is responsible for registering the aristocratic territory taxes and buying and selling manors.
The first two are both idle and the last one is the real mastery of money. Without a certain background, it is difficult to get this position.
The Sir Jesse that Donald was looking for was an official sent by the royal family to the Stone City.
Sir Jesse is in his thirties. He looks like a young nobleman in his early twenties. Many nobles in the Rock City have praised Sir Jesse for his elegant manners and are worthy of being a nobleman from the capital. However, in Donald's opinion, this look is a bit artificial.
Although his appearance is indeed gorgeous, Sir Jesse reminded Donald of the characters in the anime in his previous life. The other party's intimate tone and actions also made Donald feel bored and his face was a little weird. You should know that the otaku and the fujoko were always two extremes in the previous life. The two groups that did not deal with each other often caused disputes in online forums!
"Sir Jesse, it's your first time meeting, but you and I have heard of your name Donald!"
Donald took the initiative to come forward and introduced himself and explained his purpose.
"This time I am going to come and buy a manor, but I am grateful for your great contribution to the nobles of the Rock City over the years. First of all, please allow me to prepare a small gift for you privately, and I hope you can accept it!"
"Knight Melina, you really surprised me!"
After Sir Jesse opened the sheepskin pocket handed over by Donald, he was blinded by the golden light. His tone was a little excited and he was at least three times eager at that time.
Aristocrats of the same level and above can only be called jazz for a lord who has no actual territory and are lifelong titles, but cannot be called adults. Many non-heirs or royal children from noble families will be given such titles after they become adults, allowing them to live independently without their homes. This is a good tradition in this world to keep the number of nobles not flooding.
Generally, civilians who have made military achievements on the battlefield will be given the title of life-long knight and become the knight masters that everyone envies. This is also the reason why some young people are eager to join the army. However, there are only one civilians who can succeed. Most of them either die on the battlefield or return to their hometowns to live their lives with pain and a few pensions.
Those title-name nobles who are born in aristocratic and have aristocratic status have no actual power, and even their wealth is not as good as ordinary wealthy merchants. In order to seek a better quality of life, become real hereditary nobles, and even obtain their own land, they will most likely join a kingdom or local institution, become officials, and even directly join the army, hoping to gain military merits and be promoted.
This Sir Jesse is a typical member of it. He was born into a noble family in the royal capital, but he was not a direct heir, but an illegitimate son. The reason why he was able to obtain his current job was due to his father's love for his mother as a lover.
However, Jesse, who had a lower status than others, did not degenerate himself. Instead, he worked very hard, hoping to obtain at least one hereditary lord before he was forty and then establish a new noble family.
The young man in front of him, who was already the heir of hereditary knight, aroused his jealousy as soon as he met. It is heard that the other party's family also had a nobleman with a rich manor and a small fiefdom decades ago. Unfortunately, he lost his territory early and became a down-and-out nobleman throughout his life, which inevitably made Jesse feel a little happy.
However, Jesse was both envious and happy when he heard that the other party wanted to buy a manor and gave him such a big gift.
When he was kicked out of the house and bought the position with the property he had distributed to him, Jesse was still ambitious at that time. After living in the Rock City for a few years, he knew that he had made the wish to become a hereditary noble before he was forty years old. Now he had little hope. Without achievements and no background, he was able to obtain another title of nominal honor before his death.
Seeing that he was already thirty years old, his current goal was to get at least one manor before he was thirty-five, so that his life for the rest of his life would be guaranteed.
That's why Sir Jesse accepts bribes from time to time under various names. For him who has some real power, it is relatively easy to get some Jinssol, but the price required for a good manor is really not bad. Over the years, he has only accumulated two thousand Jinssol. Now, the Meliner Knight actually gave him a gift of 100 Jinssol as soon as he met. How could Jesse not be surprised?
The first time Jesse accepted so many bribes, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy. No matter how much he thought about it, Jesse couldn't stand the temptation of Kingsol and chose to accept the other party's kindness.
"Anyway, it's something you want, and it won't be known to outsiders. With this hundred Jinsol, plus the commission after purchasing the manor, it's enough for me to buy a smaller manor in the richest area near the Rock City."
"At worst, you can just give it a snack in the process of this matter without violating the laws of the kingdom and choose the best manor for him."
Sir Jesse continued to smile and said with a smile:
"Knight Donald is really a model of kingdom nobles. Do you want to buy a manor? Then please follow me!"
When Donald saw that the other party accepted his gift, he did not work downstairs, but took him to the lounge upstairs. He knew that the silver moon he had just given the servant was not in vain.
"Knight Donald, please see, these are the manors near the Big Rock that have been sold in the Noble Parliament Management Office over the years. These are the fine manors that have been recently sold recently. They have not been announced to the public yet, so you can choose them first."
After several people came to the reception room upstairs to sit down, Sir Jesse took out a three-foot-square map of animal skins from the drawer. The picture used colored paint to paint the terrain of the large land where the Stone City was located, and some red paper pieces were scattered on it, which obviously represented the various manors for sale.
Donald immediately observed carefully and found that the distribution of manors was relatively concentrated around the metropolis and between the south and other territories. The directions near the Green Cloak Forest and the Izumo Mountains in the north were relatively sparse.
Sir Jesse is indeed worthy of the bag of Jinsol, and enthusiastically guided him several popular manors with the best locations, the richest resources and the most fertile land.
However, those places, in terms of terrain and area, could not satisfy Donald. Suddenly, Donald saw that the location of Red Maple Town was written, there were two connected pieces of paper nearby. This was already the edge of the North County area, and no pieces of paper existed to the north.
Donald looked at it and couldn't help but point it to it and asked:
"Sir Jesse, why are these two manors placed in one place? Is there any story?"
When Sir Jesse saw what Donald pointed, he seemed to remember something, frowned and said slightly:
"Knight Donald, these two estates have been sold in our management office for several years and no one cares about them. I advise you not to be interested in them."
"Oh? How do you say it?"
"That's right. This place was originally a territory that was awarded the reward of hereditary lords for his military achievements. The other party was granted the most remote city in the kingdom of Beijun Giant Rock City because he offended the great nobles of the capital. The land was originally a small part of the outer edge of the Green Cloak Forest. After the Lord opened it, it became the richest land on the left and the Lord's left. On the left was a small manor under the name of the Lord, and on the right was a territory that he directly belonged to. However, decades ago, the monsters in the Izumo Mountains rioted, and the Lord's territory was just on the edge of the forest. The territory had just been completed and did not establish a strong defense like Red Maple Town. Therefore, it was soon trampled on by the group of beasts that surged out of the forest!"
"Poor that Lord died at the mouth of the monster and had no heirs, so the royal family took back the title, the manor belonged to the kingdom, hung it in the management office for consignment, and then the territory was left for later seal. However, with the tragic encounter of the Lord, no one dared to accept this fiefdom for decades. In the end, the royal family decided to divide the originally small lord territory into a large manor, and tied it up with the small manor next to it for sale, so as to earn financial expenses for the royal family!"
After hearing this, Donald thought about it and asked, "Sir Jesse, how are the prices of these two estates?"
Sir Jesse almost glared at his eyes and said quickly: "Knight Donald, don't you really want to buy these two manors? No! Let me tell you the truth. Although these two manors are much larger than other manors, they are just traps set by the royal family to withdraw cash!"
Seeing Donald's puzzled look, Sir Jesse explained:
"In the past, some people were greedy for cheap things and planned to do a big deal after spending money to buy it, but they fled in less than half a year. You should know that after years of abandonment, the large manor has changed from fertile soil to barren wasteland. Although the land of the small manor is still fertile, it cannot withstand the wild beasts and monsters often harass them. It is just a place where whoever buys them will lose money. Even the royal family doesn't care about these two pieces of land at all. The price of the sale is reduced year by year, just to attract the nobles to buy it so that they can earn money from it, so you must think carefully about Knight Donald!"
After listening to Jesse's sincere advice, Donald couldn't help but feel a bit favorable to this fancy aristocratic young man. But the more this happened, the more interested he was in these two manors. Warcraft, such as his magical artifact of the Book of Truth, there are many ways to easily solve it. The biggest obstacle in others' eyes is not a big deal in him!
As for the problem of barren land, it is easier to solve. Some simple agricultural knowledge from previous lives should be able to achieve improvement results. And the most important thing is that these two manors are remote and suitable for Donald, who has many secrets and does not want to be known to outsiders. Moreover, because they were all forests and wild lands at that time, and the lords needed to develop by themselves, the royal family made a lot of compensation in terms of area, which made the area of this territory much larger than that of ordinary knights and lords.
Thinking of this, Donald had already determined his choice.
"I have already considered it and want these two manors. Sir Jesse doesn't have to persuade him. I don't know what their price is?"
When Sir Jesse saw Donald's serious expression, he didn't seem to be joking, nor did he think he had to sit down for a moment of unclear mind. Finally, he persuaded him, but the other party still smiled and insisted, so he had to say helplessly:
"Since you have decided on Knight Donald, I can't say anything more. As for the prices of these two manors, although the area is huge, because no one has purchased them all year round, the royal family has already reduced the price to 1,800 Kingsol. If you pay today, I can shorten the survey process and procedures to three days. After three days, the official contract of the manor can be handed over to you."
Donald was naturally very satisfied when he heard this. He used the excuse of going back to the hotel to retrieve funds. In fact, he took out 1,800 Kingsol from the space mark, then checked out, took the carriage back to the management office, and after paying the money, he successfully got a contract to buy the manor.
As Sir Jesse left contact information to prepare for a party in the future, Donald got on the carriage and drove to another target.
"The information revealed to him by that servant is indeed accurate. If Sir Jesse had not won over, not only would he not be able to buy the ideal manor, but the procedures for the preliminary survey would have to be delayed again and again. In the end, the manor was in his own hands, and he might have missed the best planting season. He could only wait until the spring comes to the next year before reclamation."
Chapter completed!