Chapter 328 If You Go, the Labor Cost Is a Bit High

The layout of the red soil city is messy, and the architectural style is arbitrary. Red earth bricks and black stone walls, houses of different heights, the main road can only accommodate two cars and horses, and the lanes are narrow and criss-crossed. Due to the dry climate, there is no sewage, but the sky is full of dust.

Pedestrians in the past came and went, bumping into shoulders and swearing one after another, those with a little temper immediately exploded, and the street fights attracted crowds of onlookers, and those who watched the bustle set up and booed one after another. The street was originally not wide enough. After getting up, the people who were rushing to do errands squeezed past, but it caused a series of unhappiness. The pushing and shoving back and forth angered other people, and now a group of beatings broke out, and the whole street broke out.

"The folk customs are really tough." Chen Fang and his two children stood at the street corner and didn't want to go in.

"Is this the only way to the Hongliu Gang?" Jimo asked.

The Red Willow Gang is not the top gang in Red Soil City, it can only be regarded as a second-rate gang. The reason for choosing it is because the boss of this gang has connections with the fierce faction, the largest gang of orcs, and they are generally friendly to business owners who list their gangs. People don't come to the door every two days to eat and drink.

"That's not true, this road is closer." Mei Mei said and led everyone to another road.

After going around in a circle, they finally came to the location of the Red Willow Guild. There were two orc guards standing at the door. Chen Fang expressed his intention and everyone walked in.

An orc leaning on the table in a daze in the room saw someone coming in and said lazily, "Come here to handle the listing business, or something else?"

"List." Chen Fang, as a man, was going to show up at this time.

"Three golds." The orc said directly.

"It's so expensive, can it be cheaper?" Chen Fang felt pain when he heard the price, so he said in a negotiating tone.

"This is not a market transaction where you can bargain. All gangs have the same price. If you want to take the money, don't stay there." The orc said coldly.

"Okay, I'll give it." Chen Fang took out the third sister's gold coin and gave it to the orc after a while.

The orc took the money and threw it to Chen Fang, which was the size of a washbasin, and gave Chen Fang a sign with two red willows written on it.

"Do you need any other business? Our gang provides various business owners with a variety of services to escort your small shop operations." The attitude of the orcs changed after receiving the money.

"No need." Chen Fang immediately shook his head and refused.

He could see a wooden board hanging on the wall. Although most of the words on it were unknown, he knew the price written on the back. Still ruthless.

"Okay then, I can do it again if necessary in the future. By the way, I will pay this month's protection fee first, one silver coin." The orc stretched out his hand.

Chen Fang looked at the other party's hand stretched out to beg for money, his heart twitched fiercely, and reluctantly took out another silver coin and handed it over.

Holding the sign, Chen Fang and the others left.

"What's the difference between the storefront and the guy who runs the store now? By the way, where to stay at night?" Wenren said.

"Look for the shop and the place where you live. I'll go and see where I can order hot pot." Chen Fang said while handing the money bag to Jimo. He only kept one gold coin for himself.

Jimo and the others also felt that it would be faster to do things separately, so they discussed with Chen Fang where to gather and acted separately.

Walking on the street, Chen Fang saw a shop selling utensils, so he went in and asked, but they only sold and did not make them. He asked where there was a shop specializing in custom-made utensils, and the shopkeepers seemed to ignore them. Chen Fang had no choice but to go to the street and drag passers-by to ask. After receiving a lot of stares, he found out where he could make custom utensils.

According to the location he asked, Chen Fang finally found the shop after walking around for a long time. He is very good at not getting lost in the city where he just arrived.

Chen Fang hesitated standing in front of the shop he found. The dilapidated storefront, the smudged signboard, and the shop was full of broken copper and iron. An old orc was picking up things on the ground, looking like It's like a scrap yard.

Could it be the wrong place? Chen Fang looked around, but the surrounding environment and specific reference objects were the same as what the passer-by said, so he hesitated for a moment whether to go in and ask.

"Human boy, what do you want to do standing at the door for a long time?" The old orc picked up his things for a while and asked when he saw Chen Fang standing in front of the store with some confusion.

"Hello, is this the Rhodos's machine shop?" Chen Fang asked.

"That's right, isn't it written on the signboard?" said the old orc.

Chen Fang smiled awkwardly, not ashamed to say that he was not very literate.

"Excuse me, can you help me make this kind of pot." Chen Fang showed the old orc Rodos the hot pot that he took out from the three buns in advance.

"Let me take a look." The old orc took the hot pot and looked it over and over again. The structure is like a washbasin, with two more handles and a grid in the middle, which is very simple.

"Yes, what material do you want to make? How much quantity?" asked the old orc.

"Bronze is the best, let's start with twenty, how much is the deposit?" Chen Fang was very happy to hear that the old orc could do it.

"Twenty? Young man, this is a pot. If you want to use a copper pot to entertain guests, you'd better consider making it with a different material. Don't entertain guests once. After that, even the pot will be taken away." The old orc has been in business for a long time and naturally knows what things are used for. He smelled the smell of the utensil in his hand and knew that it was a special pot. In addition, Chen Fang ordered twenty, which must be used for opening a shop, so He kindly persuaded him.

Copper is the material for making copper coins, which is naturally valuable. If an all-copper hot pot is used to entertain guests, some people will definitely become greedy.

However, Chen Fang didn't care about the old orc's persuasion, and still asked to make it with copper, and then he paid a deposit and left after saying the day of picking up the goods.

After wandering around for a long time, Chen Fang finally came to the place where he agreed to meet up. When he got here, Jimo and the others were already waiting.

"Strange." Chen Fang walked up to Jimo and the others and said after looking around.

"What's so strange?" Wenren asked in bewilderment.

"It's unreasonable for the three beauties to stand here like this, so no one comes to strike up a conversation." Chen Fang said doubtfully.

Whether it's reality or fiction, where there are beautiful women, there are always some men who want to hunt for beauty, but there are no such people around Jimo and the others, Chen Fang feels a little strange.

"What are you thinking? Most of them are orcs here. No matter how beautiful the human women are, they look like chickens. They have different aesthetics." Charming said with a smile.

"That's it."

Chen Fang was taken aback for a moment, and looked at those tough orc women on the street, surrounded by no less than three or four male orcs, and realized that he was really thinking too much.

"I ordered the pot here and I'll pick it up in a few days. Have you found your place of residence and store?" Chen Fang asked about the business.

"Just now I just found a store on the lower floor and a house on the upper floor that can live in, and it's done in one go." Wenren said.

"What's the price?"

"Ten gold."

"Ten gold? Is there a mistake, is it rented or bought? It's so expensive."

"Of course I bought it."

"Why buy it? You can just rent it. We don't live here for a long time."

Chen Fangting spent ten gold to buy a house, but he felt that it was not worth it. This is not a big city, but a land of orcs. Even if it is an investment property, it will not make money.

"The house was newly built with a yard beside the road. The original owner planned to use it for marriage, but his fiancée was pried into the corner by other men. In a fit of anger, he planned to leave the city and go to another place. He just put it up for sale today. We just happened to Buy it when you see it.”

"Ten gold is very cheap. Not everyone can build a house in Red Soil City. At least you must win a duel with the orcs who fancy the same piece of land to be eligible. You must also have the consent of a gang. In the end, at least artificial materials and so on It will cost more than ten gold coins." Mei Mei explained.

"But we won't live for long, can we sell it then?"

"Why sell it? If the hotpot restaurant's business is good, we can let others manage it after we leave. We'll just wait for the money to be collected." Charming said.

"Your thinking is too far ahead. Our store hasn't even opened yet. You don't even know if hot pot is popular or not. You're just thinking about the future."

Chen Fang felt that Meimei's attitude towards doing business was wrong, and it was taboo to look forward to a bright future before the store opened.

"Then how much money do we have left? Don't buy a house and spend it all. We didn't buy seats, benches, ingredients and seasonings, and our usual daily necessities." Chen Fang said.

Jimo and the others suddenly became embarrassed when they heard this. They didn't dare to look directly at Chen Fang. It was obvious that they had run out of money.

"It's all spent?" Chen Fang asked with a headache.

"There are two silver coins left." Jimo said shyly.

After buying the house, they realized that they didn’t have much money. If they lived frugally, it would be enough for a few days. After all, there was such a big eater as Chen Fang, and it was too late to repent. The orc who sold the house took the money I gave the deed and left.

"What to do now?" Wen Ren was a little at a loss.

"Take some money to buy the daily necessities you need, I don't need it." Chen Fang said helplessly.

"Why, if you want to buy it, buy it together." Wen Ren said.

"It's a little bit to save a little before you don't make any money."

"Because the hot pot is not ready these few days, let's go to the adventure guild to pick up tasks to earn some money, and hunt for ingredients for opening the shop along the way." Chen Fang said.

Opening a hot pot restaurant without money to buy ingredients, so he can only get them by himself. When he was wandering around the Red Soil City looking for a machine shop, Chen Fang saw the Adventure Guild. He was going out of the city anyway, so he would take some quests to earn some money and get through the initial stage. difficulties.

"If you go hunting too, the cost will be a bit high." Mei Mei said suddenly.

Chen Fang felt a real toothache when he heard this.