Suddenly a madman sharpens his knife at night

Chapter 88 The upper hand and the water
  Although Baishui City is a small city, it is located on a major transportation road and has frequent caravans, so it is relatively prosperous commercially.

The food and drink expenses of the caravan entering the city can provide a boost to the city's industry. When the caravan leaves the city, it is intercepted by bandits on the mountain and pays a protection fee.

With the money in their hands, the bandits can go down to the city to spend money, which can further improve Baishui City's economy.

As the saying goes, people who rely on mountains and rivers can eat water. Baishan City repeatedly harvested wool from these caravans, which can be said to have taken advantage of its geographical advantages to the extreme.

Of course, these caravans themselves are not stupid. Even so, the profits from one trip are still quite generous. After all, when the cost of doing business is high, they just spread the cost into the price and let consumers pay the bill.

Baishui City has this economic prosperity foundation. Even in a small town, there are many restaurants and inns. Among them, the government is not unaware of the bandits who come to the city to spend money. They just care about the money. For the sake of it, turn a blind eye.

After all, if you can just lie down and make money, who has nothing to do to suppress bandits? It would be bad if you piss off the heroes on the mountain and go down the mountain into the city and chop off your own head.

Therefore, Baishui City is extremely relaxed in all areas where money can be made, such as renting a house.

Early this morning, Yaxing in the city welcomed a customer wearing a bamboo hat.

Knowing that this person came to rent a house, someone immediately took him to look at the house in the city.

After looking at five places in a row but still not satisfied, I finally made a deal on the sixth house.

The procedures are extremely simple, there is no guarantor, physical examination and other procedures, just pay the money and deliver the goods.

Lu Hu randomly picked two words that he could write on a lease, used them as his name, put his fingerprint on them, and he rented the small courtyard.

Five taels of silver a month, starting from March, Lu Hu rented for three months, fifteen taels of silver.

It wasn't until Lu Hu rented a house that he realized how much money he had spent on that banquet yesterday.

"One meal pays for two months' rent! It's too luxurious. You should save your money!"

He woke up in the inn today and while having breakfast in the room, he asked the waiter about renting a house in the city.

After learning that it was very convenient to rent a house in Baishui City, I started to think about renting a house here. After all, living in an inn would cost a lot, and there was no yard, making it inconvenient to practice martial arts.

The waiter learned that Lu Hu was interested and said that Yahang and their inn were owned by the same owner, so he took him to Yahang directly.

Accompanied by Yaren, Lu Hu walked around the city and finally spotted a courtyard in the northwest corner of the east side of the city.

The location is not far from the city wall. From here, you can enter the mountains within two or three miles of leaving the city, making it easier for Lu Hu to escape.

There are few residents around, it is convenient for martial arts training, and the terrain is high, so there will be no flooding when it rains.

Logically speaking, such a good location should be very popular, but in the eyes of others, the location of this house is too remote and too unsafe. If someone comes to the door, it will be stolen or robbed.

But with Lu Hu, this is not a problem.

"I came out of the mountain with a total of sixty taels of silver. I only have thirty taels left after spending it now. This is only the second day after entering the city. This Baishui City makes money faster than the bandits. !”

There is an earthen courtyard in front of the house, three blue-tiled houses in the back, and a small garden paved with blue bricks behind the house. It is quite large and has good lighting and ventilation.

There was dust inside the house and needed to be swept away. There were no beds, bedding or any furniture. It was completely empty.

However, these people from the dental shop will help clean it up, and Lu Hu only needs to spend another three taels of silver to buy furniture.

Lu Hu thought it would be much cheaper to buy these things by himself, but he was too lazy to spend time on these trivial matters, so he just let Yaxing earn what he could, so that he would have peace of mind.

The people from Yaxing promised that the yard would be cleared out in the afternoon so that Lu Hu could move in today.

Lu Hu nodded and asked them to call someone quickly. He himself asked about the location of the school in the city and wandered towards the school. It is strange to say that when Lu Hu first came to Baishui City yesterday, he was extremely uncomfortable due to the sanitary conditions.

But I ate, drank, and slept all night, and now walking down the street, I feel it’s okay.

The stench in the city is no longer so pungent and unbearable.

This is like being acclimatized and requires some time to adapt.

On the way to the school, he saw a thin old man with a gray beard setting up a stall on the roadside selling calligraphy.

It is said to be a street stall, but it is actually just two signs. One is written with dense and incomprehensible characters fairly, and the other is quickly written: writing a letter for a ghost, one in three languages.

When Lu Hu saw it, he thought to himself, "This letter writer must be good at teaching people how to read. It will definitely cost a lot to find a teacher in the school to read, so why not just go to this person directly!"

Seeing Lu Hu stop in front of the stall, the old man started to solicit customers, "Do you have a letter for me? I can write it on my behalf. They are all in three languages. The price is fair and the tone is strict!"

"Is your tone really strict?"

"Young old man, this is what you eat. If you had a big mouth, your job would have been destroyed a long time ago. Don't worry, sir!"

"You can take the job of teaching people to read!"

"Oh? But there are children in your family who need enlightenment? I don't know how old they are!"

"It's not anyone else, it's me!"

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. It was really rare for such an old man to have the idea of ​​​​literacy.

"Of course it's okay, but the price is higher, and there's no guarantee that you'll be able to learn it. After all, children can still be scolded and punished."

"It doesn't matter, you give me a price!"

The old man looked at the valuable boots on Lu Hu's feet and gritted his teeth, "Thirty cash a day!"

"make a deal!"

"Oops, the price is too low!" When the old man saw that Lu Hu didn't even counter-offer, he agreed directly. He felt annoyed that he should have offered fifty yuan, but he couldn't say anything anymore and couldn't do anything about it.

"You usually set up a stall here, right? If you have something to do today, come back tomorrow to find you!"

It was impossible for Lu Hu to directly take out the exercises and ask the old man to give him the words he didn't understand. Naturally, he had to first pick out the words he didn't understand and mix them together to learn.

After recognizing the characters in two exercises and one prescription, you can slowly learn other characters. This is the most efficient way.

Lu Hu also didn't expect that he could solve a difficult matter so easily.

Now that he had some free time, he was happy to continue wandering around the city.

Although practicing martial arts is very important, and Lu Hu does enjoy it, it does not mean that there cannot be some leisure in life.

If you keep practicing silently, what's the difference between it and being in the Death Arena of Senluo Society?

What's wrong with me who has been fighting bloody battles all the way and enjoying life?
  Moreover, shopping is also a process of getting familiar with the city, which is also very important for him to integrate into this world.

(End of this chapter)