432 Purchasing the Lake (2/2)
Mr. Qi looked at her and beckoned to the stewards to tell them to leave. After the stewards left, he said, ”Although the housing price under the Yanming mountain is cheaper than others in the city, it's unavoidable that someone will force up the price if we buy so much property at one time.”
Then he shook his head and said, ”Even if we can force down the price somehow and inform the Chang'an Local Government, we can't go too far. If we were reported to the court, I wouldn't know how to explain to Brother Chao. It's probably the cheapest price.”
The deeds for the houses and land around the Yanming Lake were on the table.
Yanming Lake was completely dredged by the Ministry of Works recently, and the accumulated lake mud still piled up near the stone mountain. It smelled bad if people got close and it was said that the lake would not be any better until next summer.
That was why people in Chang'an did not consider it as suitable for living, even if Yanming lake was a beautiful place.
The land price of Yanming Lake was the cheapest in Chang'an. Nowadays, most of the houses here were all dilapidated and even the new houses were built by the speculative citizens.
After hearing his words, Sangsang nodded and said, ”My young master has noticed that.”
Mr. Qi had been commissioned by Ning Que to purchase the houses around Yanming Lake secretly. As the leader of the biggest gang in Chang'an, he had many subordinates to do this for him, but he still couldn't figure out why Ning Que did this.
”The Yanming lakeside is a good place to travel but not as a place to live.”
He frowned and said, ”Even if you want to live there, you don't have to buy all the houses. It costs too much even though the price is low enough.”
Sangsang said, ”I don't know, either. Maybe he just needs some peace and doesn't want to be disturbed.”
Mr. Qi shook his head and thought, ”There are so many places in Chang'an that could be your home. Why do you have to do this?”
This was an obvious loss.
”It's more than forty thousand taels of silver.”
Sangsang looked at the deeds and murmured, ”Is it enough?”
Mr. Qi said, ”I have some money but it belongs to the gang. I'm not able to take it out as I'm just its keeper.”
Sangsang nodded and said, ”You have done enough.”
Mr. Qi waved his hand and said, ”Maybe it would not be any trouble if Ning Que could deliver a message to the palace.”
Sangsang thought of his purpose and knew he would not like to have any relationships with the imperial court. ”Let's wait for the information of the Stone House.”
”Here it is.”
Ning Que entered the room and looked at the deeds on the table. ”If the price is not going to be changed, we have enough money for them.”
Mr. Qi said coldly, ”We've offered a reasonable price and signed the letters of intent. If the owners are not stupid enough, they would not raise the price anymore.”
Ning Que was satisfied with Mr. Qi and he said, ”The money will be sent here later. Would you please sign the documents with the owners?”
Mr. Qi said surprisedly, ”With whose name?”
”Brother Chao's name.”
It was common to consign one's family and property to someone of trust, so he answered, ”Okay.”
”Can you keep it between us?”
”For how long?”
Ning Que thought a while and said, ”At most until this winter.”
”No problem.”
Ning Que and Sangsang went to the Yanming Mountain instead going back to the Old Brush Pen Shop after they left the casino.
They looked at the lake and the yards across the lake under the mountain.
Although he was enjoying the bustling life in the Lin 47th Street, there were too many people coming for him recently. That was why he purchased the lake. Since the Great Divine Priest of Revelation's visit, he realized that they had to move.
He bought this place for some peace. However, there was no need to tell anybody about the deeper reason.
Sangsang looked at the houses there and asked, ”Are we going to live here in the future?”
Ning Que nodded and said, ”The lake will become solid in winter.”
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