Alien landlady

Chapter 99 Bargaining
After several twists and turns, I finally arrived at the town of Fauborg. As a former earldom, the town is well built, with clean streets and a tidy environment. The spiers of the earl’s castle is now the property of the local church, but a few parts of the side building facing the street are allocated. The room was given to the mayor as the town hall.

Bai Tongtong was dressed in a yellow robe, led by the townspeople, walked into the town hall and met the mayor, Baden, the two sides greeted each other politely, and then Bai Tongtong put forward his intention of coming, hoping to rent a manor for a short stay time.

There had never been a magician or magic student in the town. Bai Tongtong was talking with the mayor inside, and a bunch of men, women and children were gathered outside, talking a lot. Even the priest was alarmed and went into the town hall to ask about the situation.

"Mayor Baden, I heard that a magician has come to the town? Is it this young lady? Can you tell me why you are here?" The middle-aged priest in black daily priest's robe and black cap didn't say anything. Say hello and come in directly.

Bai Tongtong was chatting with the mayor in the office, when suddenly the priest came in loudly and asked her why she came, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"Mayor Baden, I don't know that priests also have the right to intervene in secular affairs in the town?"

"Miss Bai, Father Barlow is kind, you must not say that." There has never been a magician in the town, and the mayor of Baden himself has always been nervous when facing Bai Tongtong.

"Where is the good intention? Knowing that the mayor has guests, he broke in without knocking on the door. What? You want me to go back to the capital and ask His Excellency the archbishop, this is how they train grassroots clergy?" Bai Tongtong refused to budge.

The relationship between magicians and the church in this country has always been that the well water does not interfere with the river water. They live their own lives, develop their own believers and influence, and do not interfere with each other. Short of breath, resolutely defends his own face, and does not lose momentum when he loses others.

Such a relationship is already considered harmonious, and one can imagine what a disharmonious relationship would be like.

"You...!" Father Barlow glared at Bai Tongtong angrily. Priests who are used to the leisurely life in villages and towns don't know how to quarrel at all. After holding back for a long time, he finally managed to say, "Seeing how young you are, you dare to boast about the archbishop of the capital, you Did he really graduate from school instead of wearing a fake robe to deceive people?"

"Joke! If no one told me, would I know that there is an idle earl's estate in this border town far away from the royal capital? My lord priest, you really should go out and see more of the world."

Bai Tongtong turned to ask the mayor, "Mayor Baden, can you accompany me to the manor? If the house is okay, I want to rent it. The person who recommended me to come here can guarantee that I will be satisfied."

"The manor is very large. In addition to the main house, there are farmland, forests and ponds around it, which extend to the border of the border forest. Miss Bai, if you decide to rent, you have to rent the whole thing, not just a certain place. One piece, you have to think about this clearly."

"Of course, I came here because there is a large farmland here. There is no such large farmland that I can use at will. As long as the house can accommodate people, I will move in soon."

"That's it, then okay, I'll take a look with you." Such a large manor is rented out as a whole, and the rent alone costs a lot of money. The mayor does not want to lose this business from the bottom of his heart, so he ignores Father Barlow's staring Niuyan still ordered the car outside to take Bai Tongtong for a field visit.

Ah Huang got out from under the mayor's table, with his tail raised high, and walked in front of the priest flaunting his might.

When Father Barlow saw Ah Huang, he didn't think about what this meant. He chased him out and grabbed the mayor, "Baden, think about it, it won't do you any good to keep a magician here."

"If she is willing to rent it, it will be a lot of money, Father Barlow. Only with the money can I repair the castle church for you. Haven't you always wanted to change the windows?"

Hearing this, Father Barlow struggled for a moment. It is of course good to make money, but thinking that the price is that a person from the magic circle is on his own territory, the priest is very dissatisfied.

"Since the first Earl, we have never had a magician settle here in Forborg Town. This is our tradition. Do you really want to break the tradition for a little rent?"

"Father, don't you want to change the window? Then I will refuse her immediately." Mayor Baden asked with a simple and honest face.Out of tradition, of course he respected and obeyed the priest wholeheartedly. If the priest resolutely opposed him, he would have nothing to say.

Father Barlow immediately became entangled. He knew exactly how much money there was in the town. He didn’t have any extra money to replace the stained glass windows of his church. He hastened to entrust all the affairs to the priest's charge, and he forced himself into the carriage and went to the manor together.

Bai Tongtong was very upset that the priest came with his cheek, but the mayor didn't object, so she couldn't force the priest to get off the car. If the manor met her requirements and was rented, this town would be the source of her daily necessities. He didn't want to be regarded as an enemy by the townspeople just because he offended the priest.

The mayor drove the carriage himself. Bai Tongtong and Ah Huang sat in the front half of the flatbed carriage, and Father Barlow sat in the back half. They walked out of the town and walked out into the wilderness.

Passing through two villages, and then bypassing the third village, Bai Tongtong finally saw a flat field, the untended grass danced like waves in the breeze, and the village road that the wheels passed became The mud bumped up.

An artificially planted grove is the boundary mark of the Earl's Manor. The village road extends into the woods, and it is even more difficult to walk inside. What kind of dilapidated manor house made her a little suspicious, this last countess really only died five or six years ago?

After finally walking out of the woods, in the distance of a wasteland that should be farmland but is now overgrown with weeds, a large house with a large area and ancillary buildings stands there alone. The roof looks soft and furry It is gray-blue and soaring into the sky. It is just an ordinary structure with an attic on the second and a half floors, but the floor height is very high and the windows are large and numerous, making the building look very atmospheric.

From the outside, the house seemed to be okay, Bai Tongtong was slightly relieved, Ah Huang suddenly jumped off the carriage, hid in the grass and disappeared quickly.

The carriage bumped along the invisible driveway to the main entrance of the big house, and just stopped when the door that was supposed to be locked was suddenly opened from the inside, and six men dressed as locals ran out in panic.

The ground behind them was churning, Ah Huang was driving them away.

The mayor and the priest sat in the carriage and were stunned, while Bai Tongtong jumped out of the carriage, chanted a series of spells, and trapped the six men of unknown origin in the pit with precision and accuracy in the blink of an eye. The above part is outside the surface.

"Mayor, Father, look carefully. Are they the residents of the town?" Bai Tongtong stared at Baden and Barlow with menacing eyes. She came down from a serious battlefield not long ago. The aura that comes out is enough to scare most ordinary people who have seen villagers fighting with weapons.

The two men were stared at by Bai Tongtong, and they didn't care about their identities, so they hurriedly got out of the car and went to recognize them, then shook their heads in unison, "Neither of them."

Ah Huang immediately cast a candor spell to the six of them, and Bai Tongtong only asked them, "Where are you from?"

"It's from Wismar on the opposite side." The prisoners said in unison.

Mayor Baden and Father Barlow both had expressions of astonishment that something bad happened.

Bai Tongtong waved his hands with a sinister smile, hid the prisoner underground, then turned to face the two men beside him, and said in a soft tone: "Mayor, Father, there are foreigners in your jurisdiction. Occupying this vacant house that belongs to the property of the town, as a future magician, I am obliged to report this matter to my superiors. Time is running out, please be prepared to explain to your superiors."

"Miss Bai! For the sake of the merciful Lord, please don't!" The mayor yelled in fright.

Father Barlow remained calm, "Report as soon as you say, do you think the people above will listen to you? I also said that you arranged them on purpose!"

"Okay, then let's take them back to the city of Soller. You go to your regional bishop, I go to my magician, and have a public interrogation, how about it? Do you dare to bear the consequences? If you think the magic of the region The Master Guild will protect me, so let's go to the capital, you will find your archbishop, and I will find the president of my general guild. How about it? You choose, and you can go wherever you want." Bai Tongtong spread his hands together, The attitude of generously handing over the right of choice.

Father Barlow's expression was stiff. He knew that once this matter was revealed to outsiders, his role as a priest would be over.Although the church and magicians are only maintaining superficial politeness, they also have several common bottom lines.

"I believe it! I believe Miss Bai doesn't know anything about it! Please, for the sake of the Lord, take pity on us and let us go!" Mayor Baden begged bitterly. As the mayor, He also knows very well that foreigners of unknown origin live in the public property under his care, and he does not know how long they have lived. This is a crime of imprisonment.

"Father Barlow, you should say something." Bai Tongtong clasped his hands and teased viciously.

Father Barlow was heartbroken, flicked his sleeves and walked aside, "The church does not care about secular affairs."

Bai Tongtong sneered, and hooked his fingers at the mayor, "Come on, mayor, show me this big house. If the inside is passable, I will rent it."

"Thank you, Miss Bai! Please follow me, and I will open the door for you!"

Ah Huang didn't follow, it jumped into the carriage and took a nap, secretly watching Father Barlow's every move.

This border town is far away from the main city, and the news is closed. If there are no letters or packages, it is difficult to see a long-distance postal carriage once a month. Father Barlow has not realized who he just happened to just now. unhappy.

Entering the main entrance is actually a long and narrow passage leading directly to the two-way rectangular staircase at the bottom. There is a large room on the left and right. The furniture is covered with dustproof cloth, and the decorations on the wall have also been taken off, revealing the traces of color difference accumulated over time.

When you walk out of the aisle and stand under the wide stairs, there is an extended aisle on the left and right. The rooms there are slightly smaller, suitable for a single person or two or three people to take a nap.

Walking along the left and right aisles to the end respectively, you will actually come to their respective annexes. The rooms are narrower, and of course not as luxurious as the main house. The mayor said that they used to live in for servants and tenant farmers.

Many rooms on the second floor were empty, but the traces were left a long time ago, not recent, so the suspicion of the six captives stealing the empty house was ruled out.

But when Bai Tongtong wandered to the attic, he accidentally found a large number of packed unknown items. The outer packaging was definitely new, and there were marks left by graphite strips on it.

Bai Tongtong dismantled a few at random, and inside were all kinds of goods, including daily necessities and luxury goods. The common feature was that they were well-made, so even ordinary daily necessities were also high-quality goods.

"Aha, I see, the six of them are foreign smugglers, and they use this empty house as a cargo transfer point. Mayor, you have neglected your duty, and you didn't find out in time that the smugglers opened up a smuggling channel here." Bai Tongtong was full of threats again. He cast a sidelong glance at poor Mayor Baden.

The mayor's face was pale, his legs were trembling, his knees were so soft that he could hardly support himself, he barely stood still by leaning on the wall, "Miss Bai, please don't say anything, if you like this manor, I will rent it to you at a lower price. "

"How much cheaper can you be the master of such a large manor? The buying and selling price of arable land in Granary Plain is 2 gold coins per mu of land. How about you here?"

"The entire manor covers an area of ​​300 mu. Except for the big house, orchard, and pond, there are at least 200 mu of arable land. The price for renting and planting by tenant farmers is 80 copper coins per mu of land per year. As long as Miss Bai is willing to keep it secret, I am willing to sell the whole land at this price." The manor is leased to you."

"For a manor with an area of ​​300 mu, you only calculate it as 200 mu of arable land, and rent it to me at the tenant farmer's price? Are you afraid that the superior will ask why the rent is so cheap?"

"This manor has been idle for so long, and no one has ever come to ask a word. If someone is willing to rent it, it will be good. If no one lives there, there will be no copper coins."

"I don't think the mayor is good at doing business."

"As long as Miss Bai likes it, everything is negotiable." The mayor's attitude was almost flattering enough.

"Then I live here, helping you stop rampant smugglers?"

"How could it be?! I believe that Miss Bai must be quite famous in the capital. As long as you are here, I believe this smuggling channel will be blocked from now on. No one wants to have trouble with a magician."

"Where's Father Barlow? He doesn't look like he'd welcome me here."

"Father Barlow is really a good man. He cares too much about the people in the town to be rude. Please forgive him."

"As long as he doesn't get angry with me anymore, I don't have to worry about him. Otherwise, you know that if I expose this matter, he, as a priest in a small town, will be punished by his superiors. This shows that he has not fulfilled the requirements of his job. He manages the parish he is in charge of as well, and he knows nothing about foreign smugglers using this as a transit point."

"Father Barlow is really unintentional, I swear to the Lord, he has never made a mistake in the town for so many years, just this time, please, Miss Bai, please don't say it, I will definitely tell him what you said , ask him to be more polite to you in the future."

"Of course, no problem, as long as he himself promises me that the priest's oath will be heard by the merciful Lord."

"Okay! I'll tell him when we go out later!"

"Thank you." Bai Tongtong politely curled the corners of his mouth and gave a dry smirk, "Mayor, shall we go and see those ponds and orchards?"

The mayor of Baden nodded quickly, and led Bai Tongtong out of the big house.

Outside, Ah Huang was still sleeping soundly in the carriage. Of course Father Barlow didn't want to compete with an animal for the carriage. He was sitting on the steps outside the main entrance and weeding and playing boredly. He patted his buttocks and stood up when he heard footsteps coming from inside. , with a nonchalant look who just came back from a walk.

The mayor of Baden said he was going to see the pond and the orchard, and dragged the priest away.

When they were far away, Ah Huang opened his eyes and stood up, stretched his paws and hips, stretched his waist, then sat on the carriage and raised his hind legs to scratch behind his ears, and was about to lick his fur, but Jumping up suddenly, he let out a loud breath in the direction of the border forest.

A light-colored, wolf-like canine landed on the top of the grass with four legs, came from the direction of the forest, and finally floated in front of the carriage. The face of the loyal shepherd was the cunning of a wolf.

[Bitch cat, why are you here? ] Harding asked knowingly.

[Stupid dog, it turns out that the smugglers here are subordinate to your master! 】Ah Huang reacted quickly, and his hair exploded all over his body.

【Have you seen them? ! ] Harding had a shocked expression of disbelief.

Ah Huang withdrew his attack slightly, and erected his ears triumphantly, 【Huh, it's been hidden, I'll return it to you after I finish asking the confession. 】

[No need, the exposed smugglers are useless to us, you can dispose of them as you please, don’t throw them to me, I don’t recycle garbage. 】

[Tsk tsk tsk, how heartless. 】

[Who made them get too carried away, I think, you also stopped all the smuggled goods they hid inside, right? 】

[Of course, nothing is missing. 】Ah Huang first found out that the smugglers were counting the packages before launching the attack, 【You don't want people, but you want to take the goods back? 】

[It's not for nothing, can I buy it for money?It's useless for you to keep those anyway. 】

[How do you know that it is useless for us to keep it, there are still daily necessities in it. 】

[You have no shortage of daily necessities, so what do you need? 】Harding tilted his head in confusion, 【Do you want to live here? 】

Ah Huang immediately closed his mouth vigilantly, and said nothing.

Harding laughed slyly again, 【You really want to live here. 】

Ah Huang began to breathe loudly.

[Don't be like this, we are friends who have fought, at worst, I will find another smuggling channel after you stay here, and I will never come to harass you. 】

[I'm sorry to bother you to make money. 】

【how could be?Who doesn't know that your partner is a walking gold coin, and there are already many people who want to line up to make offerings to her.You can really choose a place to live in seclusion. 】

[This is not a hermit!This is just a temporary study with great concentration!Besides, I just came here today to take a look, and I haven't decided whether I want it or not. 】

[It's very good here, the environment and climate are good, doesn't she have an agricultural experiment, it's quite suitable here, and I can't find a good one with this condition.It is easy for her to find arable land, and some big landlords and nobles are willing to provide land, but it is difficult to satisfy your ideal living environment at the same time.You see we all use this place as a smuggling channel, you know how tortuous and hidden the terrain here is. 】

Harding made a smug expression, looking very proud.

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