This system is so brutal

Chapter 114
After the head of the Zishu family asked someone to carry the box full of gold to the outside of the alchemy room, he said to Lu Chen again: "Immortal, where is the Doubi Immortal Gate? Do you want me to send the gold to you?"

Lu Chen walked to the door, glanced at the dozens of boxes of gold at the door, and replied, "No need."

As soon as the words fell, all the gold disappeared and entered Lu Chen's storage backpack.

No matter how much gold he had, it would only be a gold icon plus the number 99 in his backpack.

Seeing this scene, the people at the scene were amazed again: As expected of a fairy, so many things can be disappeared in an instant.

The patriarch Zishu asked again: "I don't know what the immortal plan is going to be?"

It can be seen that he really wants Lu Chen to stay.

The Zishu family seldom dealt with immortals in the past, and it was precisely because of this that they were suppressed by other big families all the year round. They dared not say anything, for fear that if other families invited an immortal to destroy their entire clan that day.

Now that he finally met an immortal, the clan leader naturally tried his best to make friends with him.

However, Lu Chen didn't intend to stay in the Zishu family, he still had things to do after taking the money.

"I have other things to do, I have to leave immediately, I can't stay here forever." Lu Chen cut off the patriarch's thoughts directly.

The patriarch sighed helplessly, and then said: "Then I won't keep you, immortal, go slowly."

Lu Chen immediately left the Zishu family.

After leaving, he changed his appearance and clothes.

Wearing a monk's uniform is indeed too ostentatious, and others can immediately recognize him as an immortal cultivator. He is a low-key person, and he must be low-key when doing things.

Lu Chen found another hotel to live in. This hotel was not particularly crowded. When Lu Chen was eating downstairs, he asked their shopkeeper directly: "Shopkeeper, is there any place for sale in Dongyi City?"

Although Lu Chen is not particularly familiar with this world, he knows that land is always the most difficult to obtain in a bustling city like this.

The innkeeper tapped the abacus at the front desk, and after finishing the calculation, he replied, "What is the guest planning to do?"

"I used to be a traveling businessman, but I want to change jobs. Seeing that this place is more prosperous, I plan to open a shop here."

The innkeeper thought for a while and replied: "The land in Dongyi City has basically been divided up by several big families. It is difficult to buy, and most of them can only be rented, but the monthly rent is very high. If it is not a very profitable business, the best It's better not to open a shop in this East Yi city."

"but……"

Having said that, the innkeeper paused for a moment.

"Recently, a small family just disbanded, and the city owner is selling their land. If the guests have enough silver, they can go and snap up a piece of land."

"Then where should I buy it?" Lu Chen asked.

"Tomorrow, the City Lord's Mansion will be auctioned publicly. Whoever gives the most money will get the land."

"Thank you shopkeeper, then I'll go and have a look tomorrow."

The innkeeper took a look at Lu Chen, thinking that this man is really courageous, he dares to grab land from other families, and he doesn't know how he will die then.

Early the next morning, Lu Chen got up and went to the city lord's mansion.

I heard that the city owner was selling land, and the heads or elders of almost all the families in the city came, as well as a large number of people watching the excitement.

Now the gate of the City Lord's Mansion has been surrounded by groups, but fortunately the field outside the City Lord's Mansion is large enough to accommodate thousands of people.

At this time, a burly man appeared at the door of the city lord's mansion.

Everyone was discussing in low voices.

"Has the City Lord grown stronger recently?"

"Shh! Speak lower."

……

After the time was almost up, City Lord Fifth Yangde said: "I believe everyone knows the land that will be auctioned today, because there are not many lands, so I simply put them together for auction. Since the people have almost arrived, the auction will begin. Bar."

Speaking of this, the servant girl of the Fifth Yangde stood up and said: "The taxation of this land is the same as that of the previous lands. The starting price of the auction is 500 taels of silver, and the single increase price is no less than 100 taels."

"Now that everyone is ready, let's start bidding now."

As soon as the words fell, the patriarch of the Zishu family shouted: "700 taels."

After the family crisis was over, the head of Zishu's family also spoke a little bit harder. They gave the elixir to the city lord yesterday, and asked the city lord to send soldiers to deliver the elixir. It's none of their family business.

Dongfang Wang immediately shouted: "1000 taels!"

Although this land is not in the center of the city, it still has commercial value.

As soon as Dongfangwang finished speaking, someone shouted again: "One thousand, five hundred taels!"

Hearing this number, the rush to bid gradually slowed down. Although everyone wanted this piece of land, if the purchase price was too high, it would be difficult for them to earn back their capital from that piece of land.

Even if they buy land, they still have to pay taxes to the city owner. If the price is too high, it will not be worthwhile.

At this moment, another family shouted: "2000 taels!"

Hearing this figure, the crowd suddenly fell silent. If the purchase of these lands for 2000 taels is not a high-profit business, it may be a loss-making business, and the cost of buying the land may not be recovered. "

There are still many merchants on these lands. After hearing that the auction price has been auctioned at 2000 taels, their brows frowned.

As long as a family buys this land, these families will definitely find a way to get back the capital from these merchants in the end, which means another tax increase.

The current tax is high enough, if the tax is still raised, they will completely become working for other families.

Seeing that the crowd became quiet, the maid began to shout: "Is there a higher price?"

"2000 taels!"

"2000 two times!"

"2000 taels..."

Before the maid finished speaking, the Dongfang family made another quotation.

"Two thousand five hundred taels!"

After hearing this number, the merchants on that land have already begun to think about the way forward.

Land prices are already so high. If they continue to rise, wouldn’t the tax revenue be skyrocketing?

The servant girl of the City Lord's Mansion shouted again: "Is there any higher price!"

"Two thousand and five hundred taels once!"

"Two thousand five hundred two times!"

"Two thousand, five hundred two or three..."

At this moment, the servant girl's words were interrupted again.

"and many more!"

The maid stopped counting, and everyone focused their attention on a young man in the crowd.

The servant girl asked, "Master, how much are you going to pay?"

Lu Chen thought for a while and said, "I'll pay 500 taels!"

……

As soon as he finished speaking, bursts of laughter came from the crowd.

500 taels is the starting bid price, and the auction price is always raised up, so there are those who quote the starting bid price.

This man is here to make trouble!

You are really brave, dare to make a joke in front of the city lord, this person must be finished.

The maid who presided over the auction wiped the sweat from her forehead, and then said, "My lord, 500 taels is the starting price, and your bid must exceed other people's prices."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "I know, what I just said was gold."

hiss……

The scene immediately fell silent.

People gasped.

People from several big families frowned. To be honest, they still could afford 500 taels of gold. Others Zishu family gave 1500 grains of beauty pills, and the queen gave 4000 taels of gold directly, so money is not a problem.

The point is that those few pieces of land are not worth the price at all, 500 taels of silver is already extremely high, and the price has been directly raised to 500 taels of gold.

The merchants on the original land were also stunned, and instantly felt that there was no hope in life.

500 taels of gold is equivalent to 5000 taels of silver. With such a high price, what will the tax increase be like?

The maid who presided over the auction was also stunned, and it took a long time to realize it, and then said with a trembling voice: "Still... is there a higher price!"

"500 taels of gold once!"

"500 taels of gold twice!"

"500 taels of gold...three times..."

"Congratulations to this son, you have acquired all the real estate of the Yang family."

People once again focused their attention on Lu Chen, and even the fifth Yangde, the city lord, took a few glances at Lu Chen.

Fifth Yangde said: "You look unfamiliar, don't you look like a local?"

Lu Chen replied: "Yes, I am not a local."

Fifth Yangde continued to ask: "I don't know what to call the little brother?"

"Return to City Lord, my name is Lu Ziguang."

Road wide?
Hearing this name, everyone in the Zishu family was stunned.

The immortal who helped their family make alchemy seems to be named Lu Ziduo. These two names are so similar, and they are so rich, so it is impossible...

They are brothers?
Fifth Yangde continued at this time: "The name is good, welcome to Dongyi City."

"Thank you, Lord City Master." Lu Chen thanked.

"Okay, that's it for today, Lu Ziguang, come and get the title deed."

Having said this, Wuyangde turned and left.

Lu Chen squeezed out from the crowd and followed the people from the City Lord's Mansion into the City Lord's Mansion.

After he left, people started talking.

Who is this Lu Ziguang?How have they never heard of it?
Does this product have so much money?

Judging by the clothes he was wearing, he didn't look like he was very rich.

Regardless of whether he has money or not, if he dares to compete with a few big families for territory, he may have a hard time in the future.

……

Lu Chen didn't care what other people thought of him at all, he followed the maid of the City Lord's Mansion to the place in charge of finances in the City Lord's Mansion.

At this time, the maid said to Lu Chen: "You need to transport 500 taels of gold to the City Lord's Mansion within two days, otherwise these land deeds will not take effect."

Lu Chen immediately said: "It won't take two days, I'll pay right away."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen immediately took out 500 taels of gold from the system backpack, and said to her, "You guys check it out."

Seeing the box that appeared out of thin air, everyone present was stunned for a moment, and the maid quickly reacted.

"It turned out to be an immortal, no wonder he was so generous."

Lu Chen immediately denied it and said, "I'm not a fairy, I'm just a relatively wealthy traveling businessman."

Generally speaking, those who own the items in the space are immortals, but if they are like those wealthy businessmen in the capital, or those ministers, they may still get the space container, but this directly shows that their status is very high.

The servant girl didn't bother to guess what kind of person Lu Chen was, anyway, she just needed to know that the person in front of her was not an ordinary person.

After the people from the City Lord's Mansion finished counting the gold, he immediately handed over the wooden box containing the title deed to Lu Chen.

"Here, here is your title deed."

Lu Chen took the box, opened it and looked at it. There were six land deeds in total.

Lu Chen closed the box, and was about to leave the City Lord's Mansion and take over the land.

The plots of land that Lu Chen bought were mainly concentrated in Nancheng. There is no avenue leading out from the city gate of Nancheng. There is a forest with no roads, so the flow of people in that area is relatively small compared to other areas.

After Lu Chen came out of the City Lord's Mansion, he found a large group of people around the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. Those people hadn't left before, and several big families were also there.

After seeing Lu Chen come out, representatives of several families came out.

"Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations brother Lu for obtaining the land from the Yang family."

……

After a round of congratulations, Dongfang Wang began to inquire about news, wanting to get some news from Lu Chen.

"I don't know what Brother Road is planning to do when he bought this land at a high price?"

Lu Chen glanced at Dongfang Wang, and then replied: "Nothing, just a small business."

"I'm going to rush to collect the land, so I'll take my leave first."

After saying that, Lu Chen, led by the guards of the City Lord's Mansion, went to Nancheng and left all these people there.

Everyone gloated and thought that no one had ever dared to leave the Dongfang family aside, and sooner or later something would happen in this way.

Lu Chen didn't care what other people thought, anyway, these people came to trouble him, and they came to give him experience points, so he just took pictures and no one troubled him.

When Lu Chen arrived at the commercial street he bought, he found that there were not many people in the entire commercial street and the flow of people was relatively small, which was perfect for him to open a shop selling elixirs.

But what about the shops on this whole street?

He originally only wanted to buy a small piece of land, but ended up buying such a large piece of land. After buying it, he didn't seem to need so much space.

Should we continue to collect rent in the same way as before?

While thinking this way, Lu Chen found that many bosses and shopkeepers of the shops on the street had come to the street, and all of them were staring at him.

At this time, the soldier who led Lu Chen said: "You have obtained this land. You now have the right to increase taxes on the shops on this land. From now on, our city lord's palace will collect taxes from you."

Lu Chen asked, "Is the tax high?"

The soldier replied: "For you, it should not be high, just 500 taels of silver a year."

Lu Chen thought about it and realized that it was indeed not high for him, but if all the taxes were transferred to these small merchants, it would probably easily overwhelm them.

However, he doesn't care about such a small amount of tax money. He is a person who wants to make a lot of money.

Under the leadership of that soldier, Lu Chen moved into the place where the original Yang family was.

……

Two days later.

The whole East Yi City is discussing about Lu Chen.

"Hey, have you heard that the crisis of the Zishu family has been resolved."

"Really? Didn't you say that other families are determined not to help them?"

"I heard that they invited other alchemists."

"Is there any alchemist willing to help them?"

"It is said that he is an immortal alchemist, from Doubi Xianmen, whose name is Lu Ziduo."

"There are many ways? Why is this name so similar to the young man who took over the Yang family's land two days ago?"

"Are they the same family?"

"Probably."

"Speaking of that Lu Zi Guang, have you heard about his tax reduction?"

"What tax cut?"

"As soon as he took over the land, he called the merchants on his land to a meeting and said that their taxes would be halved in the future. Now many merchants in the city are moving to Nancheng."

"It's such a good way to have so many people? It won't be a while to raise taxes."

"Who knows."

……

In the bustling tavern, almost everyone was discussing the "Doubi Xianmen".

On the second floor of the hotel near the fence, there were an old man and a young woman.

Hearing that the whole restaurant was discussing about Doubi Xianmen, the old man finally asked: "Your Highness, the mysterious person you mentioned last time seems to be from Doubi Xianmen?"

Liu Qingxue thought for a while and replied: "Yes, and the name is also very similar to the two people who appeared in Dongyi City, called Lu Ziye."

……

(End of this chapter)