Imperial Treasure-Chapter 1007 - 602: Wine Jars and the Shier

He saw Sui Yi look slightly surprised, but she quickly greeted him with a beaming smile. After sitting down and starting the tea, Sui Yi explained the purpose of her visit. His eyes flashed, and he smiled: "I am Cao Sheng. You have a keen eye, young lady. This house is indeed excellent, situated on the water, surrounded by bamboo forests, and near the bustling city center. Many have set their sights on it. However, the original owner of this house has raised the price somewhat, and we need a bit of intermediary fee, so the price is three hundred taels."

"Gold?"

"No, no, no, of course not. It’s silver."

The person chuckled even more brightly upon hearing Sui Yi’s words, "Three hundred taels of gold would be enough to buy three houses of such size."

Gold and silver have a tenfold currency ratio, and thinking back to the prices of those food and other goods seen on the streets, these five thousand taels of gold would be roughly equivalent to fifty million RMB today.

It is considered a considerable fortune, belonging to a wealthy family at this time.

Song Dao could easily come up with such a fortune; what is the strength of his family?

Sui Yi took out a gold banknote and a piece of paper, and said lightly: "This is a gold banknote worth a thousand taels. I will buy it. If convenient, could I trouble your people to help me purchase these garments?"

"It’s a small matter, of course convenient. Mr. Cao will immediately send someone to handle it."

This single transaction alone is enough for them to earn quite a lot. Businessmen love to associate with wealthy individuals. Evidently, this young female swordsman is indeed affluent and generous. Helping with a few small favors is an easy task.

Better than modern times aside from environmental quality, the law here is rather simple too. In less than an hour, the house deed belonged to Sui Yi, without any transfer issues.

The lake house rests near the edge of Qiantang Lake, with the sound of water splashing.

After the transaction was completed, Sui Yi was brought here by Cao Sheng. At this moment, Sui Yi stood in the waterside pavilion at the back of the house, pondering as she watched the surging lake.

This place, unlike where she previously appeared, is upstream. For the past few days, she contemplated the origin of her presence in this world. The Cangwu Mirror is a major cause, but from appearing among the lotus flowers—not directly from the underwater whirlpool—it means she drifted overnight from upstream.

By observing the speed of the current, one might deduce the distance.

"Probably somewhere in this area and further upstream."

Sui Yi looked around, noticing that along the shores there were similar lakeside houses to hers, spaced about ten meters apart, lining up to about a dozen more. Initially, it was nothing remarkable, but unexpectedly, noise came from the house on the left; someone seemed to have opened the door at the back.

It was a man and a woman.

"Young lady, I’ve inspected the house. Although it hasn’t been lived in for years, and the smell is somewhat strong, most of it is well-preserved. With some cleaning and tidying, it should be livable... Oh~" Cao Sheng noticed Sui Yi looking at the two and smiled, "Those two are like you, they also took an interest in the house here, and they just bought it today."

"Are none of the houses here occupied?" Sui Yi knew that in this era, real estate agents did not exist, and transferring homes was secondhand or N-hand. Logically, there shouldn’t be large-scale vacancy.

"Not all, besides these two vacant houses nearby, several other families are indeed residing."

Sui Yi nodded, gently touched her nose with her finger, and narrowed her eyes; the smell inside this house... is somewhat strange.

Moreover, the arrangement of the furnishings and the marks on the ground seemed intriguing.

Sui Yi’s gaze slowly drifted and landed on a small door in the inner room on the side.

The smell wafts from inside.

"Why did the original owner want to sell the house?"

She had just asked when she noticed a flash of panic on Cao Sheng’s face, but he quickly said, "It seems he travels for business abroad often and plans to move his entire family abroad, so he intends to sell his house in Yuhang. It’s more of an income."

"Is it so..."

"Yes, the original owner is a wine merchant. You see, here is the wine cellar, and these beautiful wine bottles are what he bought specifically to store old wine."

The two conversed while walking inside.

After examining for a while, Cao Sheng announced his departure, preparing to visit the neighboring house, and Sui Yi nodded in agreement, while fiddling with abandoned wine vats in the wine cellar.

Clang!

The wine vat suddenly toppled to the ground and shattered.

"Apologies."

"No problem, no problem, all these wines are discarded; breaking them isn’t an issue, but the smell is truly foul. Oh, what’s this?" Cao Sheng said, suddenly looking at the ground, baffled.