Buff left with a lot of questions on his mind. He couldn’t understand the reasons behind Liu Feng’s actions. Could there really be a noble that would do so much for commoners? Buff had been to many cities before but had never seen that kind of noble.
He had only met a few noble ladies who were kind enough to distribute some wheat bread that was as hard as wood to starving commoners in the city. The paper in his hand said that a person could get half a kilogram of wheat or a day’s worth of food if they worked for Liu Feng. Wasn’t this just helping the citizens of West Sun City? Could it be that Liu Feng knew the grain merchants’ evil deeds? But this kind of help would make him go bankrupt. Work for Liu Feng? There are only 20 days left before the autumn harvest, what kind of work is there aside from harvesting wheat?
Buff also saw some strange notices under the paper. The paper said that Liu Feng was going to rebuild the city and was going to rebuild many houses. They were going to demolish the old houses and give new houses to the owners. The size of the house would depend on the size of the land.
The City Lord’s Mansion would buy land from people for 20 copper coins per square meter.
Buff didn’t understand the point of demolishing houses and then giving the residents new ones to live in. Everyone would probably fight to give their old houses to the Liu Feng. As for selling land, Buff couldn’t think of anyone who would be stupid enough to do so. After all, it cost 30 copper coins for a square meter of house. A family would have to work for months to be able to buy a few meters.
Being able to get a new house after demolishing their old one was an extremely good thing that they wouldn’t be able to find anywhere.
The more Buff looked, the more he wanted to go back and tell Liu Feng to take back his order, as they would make him accrue huge losses. However, he didn’t have the guts to question Liu Feng’s decisions as he was just a commoner.
“Sigh. I hope that there won’t be any problems with Lord City Lord’s decisions. It’s impossible to find such a good city lord these days.” Buff walked away with the paper.
Nicole had the same questions that Buff had. She looked at the leaving Buff and put down the dessert in her hand. She was the one who had written the document; Liu Feng read the words that he wanted and she wrote down what Liu Feng said.
“Young master, the gold coins in the vault won’t last long if we go along with your request,” Nicole said, deciding to speak out her doubts.
Liu Feng chuckled, “What, do you also think that I would make losses?”
“This…” Nicole hesitated for a moment before nodding her head. “Young master, you would definitely accrue loses if you help everyone rebuild their houses for free and give them wheat to eat.”
“Ha ha ha.” Liu Feng laughed and took out a drawing from the drawer and put it in front of Nicole. “Take a look at this drawing first.”
Nicole curiously took the drawing, and her eyes immediately widened, and her mouth opened into an o shape.
The drawing showed a beautiful city that had wide streets, many houses that were two stories tall, and a bunch of neatly aligned trees on the two sides of the road.
“Y- young Master, is this the city that you want to rebuild?” Nicole was a bit shocked.
Liu Feng nodded and smiled. “Yep, the two-story houses have more than one ‘house’ per floor. One house could be used to exchange for many plots of land, so we wouldn’t accrue any losses. We can sell the extra houses that we don’t need.
“Plus, labor is required to build these houses. I can give people wheat or a day’s worth of food as salary, so the grain merchants wouldn’t be able to sell their wheat.
“Of course, the premise is that the wheat can successfully be transported here tomorrow. Otherwise, we need to delay this plan.
Liu Feng’s plan was a common method used by real estate companies on Earth. A person who had land but had no money to build a house but didn’t want to sell their land could have a company build a building for them at the cost of owning part of the house. If the company built a 20 or 30-story building, for example, 5 of the floors would be the person’s property and the rest of the building would be the company’s property.
Nicole understood. She knew about the magical cement. Thinking about it like this, it was like hitting multiple birds with an arrow. All they had to pay was wheat or food as salary, but what they would receive in return was West Sun City’s change.
They would own many new houses, indirectly hurt the grain merchants with wheat salaries, and would allow the commoners to not starve and own new houses.
There would be nearly 2,000 people working according to West Sun City’s population. Many houses could be built in a short time with cement.
“Young master, you- you’re amazing.” Nicole was so excited that her face turned red. Her eyes were full of water as she gazed at Liu Feng.
A capable man was like a magnet to girls- they were extremely attractive.
“Cough cough.” Liu Feng lightly coughed when he felt Mina look at him strangely.
“Ah…” Nicole returned to her senses and ran away while covering her face. She couldn’t believe that she had just been fangirling over Liu Feng like that.¹
Liu Feng shook his with a chuckle and turned his head to look at Mina. “You’re a bit weird today. Are you worrying about the beastkins that appeared in the forest?”
“Ah… This, that…” Mina hesitated. She was indeed worried about the beastkin that appeared in the forest. They made her think of Anri.
Even though she thought that Anri should have been taking the beastkins to the South, she was still worried that Anri might not have done so. She wanted to confirm the sudden appearance of the beastkins.
But Mina was worried that Liu Feng would misunderstand and think that she was the one who brought over the beastkin. Although she didn’t know why, she didn’t want Liu Feng to misunderstand her.
“Go, this will always be your home. Just remember to come back,” Liu Feng said with a warm smile.
“I’ll be back tonight!” Mina said, walking to the door with a charming smile on her face, her tail swinging. “No other place has such a good city lord!”
Translator’s Notes:
¹ 花痴. Don’t really know how to explain it, like a person who is obsessed with faces and looks, and simps for those with good looks. Idk the English term for it.