Daming 1805

Chapter 255 "Don't Buy a House"

Dongyi Kingdom, Zuo Changshi Mansion, Linxian Wharf.

A large passenger ship from the Western continent was parked at the pier, and the passengers on board were disembarking one by one.

On the inside of each exit of the ship, there are two long tables.

There are two people sitting behind each table, both wearing the same standard new Ming-style formal attire, with a logo of the Zuo Changshi Mansion of Dongyi Kingdom hanging on their chests.

Next to each table is a hanging notice.

On both sides of the door leaving the cabin, there were two Dongyi militiamen standing respectively, obviously they had to obtain permission before they could disembark.

This restriction is actually very overbearing and strict, and it is also a bit of a waste of manpower.

For those who have problems without documents, most ports actually allow disembarkation, but they are not allowed to leave the port.

All kinds of people are dealt with uniformly inside the terminal, instead of arranging people to board the ship for inspection.

At the same time, passengers who cannot enter the country are allowed to transfer and leave in the terminal.

However, the Lin County Wharf is facing Manhattan, New York, so there is no way to disembark here and go to Manhattan to disembark.

A 28-year-old passenger came to the door with a suitcase, and glanced at the notice on the table near the inside.

"All luggage items are checked before they can be brought into the port."

Passengers put their suitcases on the table with inspection written on it, and opened it to reveal that there were only some books and clothes inside.

Check out the two 20-somethings behind the desk, one instructing rides to display items and one checking in alongside.

After checking, the registrar gave the passenger a form and motioned him to another table.

Passengers come to the left of the side, again first look at the notice on the side of the table.

Before I had time to read the content carefully, a female translator behind the desk said directly in Daming elegant words:
"Read it again."

The passenger was obviously stunned for a moment, but looking at the first rule on the notice, he guessed the other party's purpose from the music.

So the passenger spoke seriously, and read in Daming Yayan with a German accent:

"First, before the first imperial examinations of Dongyi Kingdom are all over, the entire territory of Dongyi Kingdom will only accept foreign Thais and Westerners who come to participate in the imperial examinations. Others should go ashore in New York with the boat.

"Secondly, all Thai and Westerners entering Dongyi Kingdom need to go through registration procedures when disembarking. After the registration is completed, Dongyi Kingdom only recognizes the information provided by the entrants during registration.

"Third, anyone in Dongyi country must abide by the laws of Ming Dynasty and the laws of Dongyi country, and any illegal and criminal acts will be dealt with in accordance with the laws of Ming Dynasty and Dongyi country.

"Fourth, any fixed assets and large-value transactions need to go through the registration procedures at the Changshi Mansion before they can receive the protection of the Ming law. Assets that have not passed the review and valuation and confirmed their ownership cannot go through the registration procedures.

"Fifth, anyone who has not obtained the fame and national status of Dongyi Kingdom should not buy land, real estate or any high-value items in Dongyi Kingdom, otherwise they may not be protected and recognized by Great Ming Dongyi Kingdom.

"Sixth, all those who stay in Dongyi country can only hold property worth [-] silver notes, and when leaving Dongyi country, they can only carry property worth [-] silver notes, including cash, bonds, stocks, and land. and property ownership.”

After the passengers finished reading, the female translator behind the desk spoke again:
"You have passed the preliminary examination, are you sure you want to enter the country to take the imperial examination?"

Taking the car nodded quite seriously and said:

"I'm sure I want to take it. I came from Europa just for this exam."

The female translator picked up the pen in her hand and began to ask and fill in the form:

"The name must be the name of Daming Yayan."

The passenger hesitated for three seconds, selected the last stanza from his name, and transliterated it:

"Gauss, the noble Gao, this is a humble room, but my virtue is here."

The female officer wrote the word Gauss, and then continued to ask:

"Native place, that is, the place of birth or hometown."

Gauss immediately replied:

"Continental Europa, Germany, Brunswick."

The female translator wrote down these words and continued to ask:

"Education?"

"University, University of Göttingen."

The female translator was a little surprised when she heard this.

There are quite a few people who come to take the imperial examination, but not many can have a more serious university diploma.

The female translator wrote down the registration information, and then handed the piece of paper to Gauss:

"During the exam, you must not lose your ID card in Dongyi Kingdom, at least remember the serial number.

"Don't just buy properties and real estate that people recommend to you, they may be selling things that may not be legal."

Gauss quickly took it over:
"thanks for reminding."

Gauss carefully put away the note, carried the suitcase and walked towards the exit.

An old man in his 50s followed up, accepted the item inspection, and also read the notice aloud.

Accepting the translator's inquiry, he decided to stay and take the exam, and then reported his name:
"Goethe, from Frankfurt."

After Goethe registered the information, he got off the boat with a salute, followed by three teenage boys.

"My name is Faraday..."

"My name is Babbage."

"My name is Byron..."

Gauss left the passenger ship, passed through the central area of ​​the terminal, and showed the registration form to the relevant personnel before he was able to leave the terminal.

As soon as he came out of the gate, he found a large group of people outside.

Many people held signs in their hands, basically all of them were written in Ming Dynasty, and some were written in English or French.

Someone shouted to this side with a loud voice:

"Sir, do you need to stay in a hotel? There are still a few beds in our hotel!"

"The Great Ming Dynasty Imperial Examination Children's Life Collection, I will keep you one step ahead!"

"A high-end hotel with single rooms, hot water, and showers."

"Family hotel, long-term rental available, starting from January."

"The latest Ming-style formal attire, Ming-style traditional clothing, leave a good impression on the examiner!"

Gauss's brain was a little swollen when he heard it, but he quickly sorted out the information contained in it.

After a few seconds of hesitation, Gauss walked towards a person who was shouting for the hotel:

"In your family hotel, if you live in a single room alone, how much is it a month?"

The man said absent-mindedly:

"Twenty Ming silver banknotes for one month."

Goston was taken aback for a moment:
"So expensive!"

The man seemed a little impatient and said:

"Expensive? You think it's too expensive for me, but I don't think it's too expensive. There's no house to rent in Lin County at this time. This is the house we live in. We rent out a few directly."

Gauss pondered for a while and looked at the surrounding situation. It is estimated that there are a lot of people who have come to Dongyi Kingdom to take the exam recently. Otherwise, it is impossible for this person to rent a house so expensive:

"Is the twenty silver bills all the money you have to pay? Don't you need to pay for water and electricity? Are you in charge of the food?"

The man immediately said:
"Water and electricity bills are calculated separately. Regardless of the food, if you must take care of the food, then you will pay extra. You can't live."

The 20 yuan banknote is already a bit beyond my ability to bear, not to mention the extra water, electricity and meal costs.

Gauss hesitated for a while:

"I'll go ask elsewhere first..."

But the man immediately said:

"You dare to ask, a special hotel can only be more expensive than ours, but if you come back to me again, the room here will not be reserved for you, and the people behind will come out..."

Gauss turned his head subconsciously, and the British, Byron and Faraday, had already come out.

But I still don't want to accept my fate and go to other places to ask the price.

It turned out that the guy just lied, but not completely.

The price of a single room in other hotels is not cheap.

But they can share four to eight people in the same room.

If four people live in one room, each person will pay seven yuan in silver notes.

For eight people, each person only needs a four-yuan silver note.

Of course, bathing and meals are all extra.

After hesitating for a long time, Gauss decided to go to a four-person hotel to have a look.

The waiter at the hotel was unwilling to take Gauss there alone.

Instead, he continued to wait for a while, gathered a total of eight people who were interested in staying in the hotel, and asked his companion to take them to see the house.

A group of people were walking on the streets of Lin County, and they soon saw some hotel signs.

The footsteps of the buddy leading a group of people didn't stop.

So one passenger couldn't help slowing down, and whispered to the other passengers around him:
"Should we go to the hotel on the street first, instead of rushing to follow this guy to their shop..."

Everyone's discussion was immediately heard by the guy. The guy put his hands on his arms and said calmly:
"You might as well ask, I'll be waiting here..."

Several passengers hesitated for a few seconds, but three people left the group and went to the hotel by the roadside to inquire about the price.

I thought about it at high speed for a few seconds, but in the end I didn't follow in, but waited on the side of the road.

The three came back soon, with complicated expressions on their faces.

"The monthly rent for a single room is [-] silver bills, including water and electricity, bathing, laundry and food expenses."

"Single rooms with one bed and two beds are the same price."

“Rooms are ok but expensive.”

The group could only helplessly follow the guy.

After crossing almost the entire street, they found a simple hotel in a low residential area.

In the front hall of the hotel, there are already several obvious foreign tourists who are going through the formalities at the front desk.

The guy who led Gauss and his party didn't know if it was intentional, but he yelled at the top of his voice when he entered the door:

"Inspect the house——inspect the house!"

Immediately another guy ran out from the front desk, took all the passengers directly from this guy, and took Gauss and his party into the room to check the room, while the original guy stayed in the front hall.

Gauss vaguely felt that this situation was not right, and other people seemed to have discovered the situation.

One of them couldn't help whispering to his side:

"The guy who brought us here is probably a tooth..."

Others reacted immediately:
"He called someone at the pier, brought him here to live in a store, and got commission from the store..."

Gauss shook his head helplessly:
“It’s good that he didn’t ask us for a commission too.

"Most of us who come here by ourselves are useless friends, right?
"I'm not familiar with the place, and I don't have much money, so I can only come to this kind of place."

With rather complicated moods, the group went to see the remaining rooms.

The situation in each room is similar, with four single beds, or four bunk beds.

The bathroom and washing place are in the corridor outside, and if you want to take a shower, you have to go to the yard downstairs.

Conditions are poor, but the place isn't particularly messy.

After hesitating for a long time, Gauss and others decided to live here first.

Everyone came out of the room, went back to the front hall to go through the registration procedures, and when they were about to return to the room again, they were stopped by someone:

"Do you want to buy a house? A two-bedroom house in a townhouse only needs 360 silver bills, and a three-bedroom house only needs cash."

This price is really outrageous.

Although Gao Si and others are in a bit of distress now, it's just that the imperial examination in Dongyi Kingdom has caused inflation in the rental market in Lin County.

But those who can read and write and understand the elegant dialect of Ming Dynasty are all middle class.

When Taixi had a formal job, the monthly income of more than ten silver bills per month was also normal.

360 silver bills is just their income for two years, and the monthly rent of a house now costs [-] to [-] silver bills.

Some of them have more than this amount in their savings.

Some people felt a little moved immediately, but Gauss remembered the regulations he saw on the pier and the reminder from the translator.

Don't buy houses and land, I am not qualified to buy them with my current status.

The point is, most of the other party is not qualified to sell normally.

So Gauss asked subconsciously:
"Your house, can you go to the Changshi Mansion Yamen to go through the registration procedures?"

The other party's expression was obviously awkward, but he immediately covered it up, and said with a smile:
"It depends on the situation, you have to go to the Yamen to ask..."

Gauss knows that this means that there is a high probability that it will not be able to be done. This is obviously someone from outside the pit.

Gauss packed his things and went upstairs, ignoring this man.

(End of this chapter)