Chapter 28 Turiyi's Experience of Renting a House

Later, some savvy private homeowners went to negotiate with the household registration department, and finally reached an agreement: these homeowners can also publish the information of the rental house in the household registration office, and the household registration personnel will recommend it, but the price is subject to the supervision of the Ministry of Commerce. It is necessary to pay taxes on time, and at the same time accept the supervision of the rental house. Although the owner has paid a certain price, but with the endorsement of the public sector of the kingdom, it is naturally favored by those who need it. Later, other homeowners have to join. Come in, otherwise there will be no business coming to your door, thus gradually normalizing the chaotic housing rental market in the kingdom.

Of course, the recommendation of public rental housing and private rental housing is a big problem. Especially in Turii, it is inevitable that there will be corruption and bribery, and it has been reported by the tribune many times, which aroused the anger of Davos. Sesta personally inspected and seized a group of household registration officials before suppressing this evil spirit, which is still the target of the tribunes to this day.

The reason why the person in the household registration office is happy to see that someone wants to rent a private house is because once the rental is successful, some homeowners will express their gratitude to him, such as having a meal, sending a basket of fruits, etc. This is so trivial that the supervisory department hardly cares.

The household registration staff recommended him a better private rental house. Maximus just took it as a deaf ear. After all, he is literate, and he already has his own requirements for rental houses: first of all, the area of ​​the house should be large enough, because he has a family of 4. Second, the rent is relatively cheap, because he does not have enough savings, and he intends to spend most of the money on his children's studies in the future, because according to what he understands, it takes at least five or six years for him to become a citizen of Dionia. During this period of time, children are not eligible to study at Dionysian School, they can only go to privately-built schools. Although the tuition is expensive and the quality is lower, he can't let the children go to school. We will waste this time.

Maxims read through the densely packed rental information on the wall, roughly locked in five or six targets, and then took out 10 opals and bought a small piece of papyrus (the original price of a piece of paper was less than 10 Aopol, but it includes the service fee of the household registration office), copied down the above address, thanked the household registration staff, went out of the household registration office, took his family, and went to find the owner according to the address on the paper.

The first homeowner found was a widow whose husband was a soldier of the First Legion who died in Ladham. She did not remarry and brought three children by herself. She relied on the 30 acres of land left by her husband in the Shibari Plain, while letting her Their own slaves were responsible for farming and renting out houses, and they lived fairly well.

But when she saw that the person who came to rent the house was a Roman, she immediately refused to rent it, because her husband died under the spear of the Romans, and she still held a grudge against it.

Maximus had no choice but to leave.

The second homeowner he found was a disabled man, but he was a soldier of the Second Legion. He was seriously injured in the war with the Romans and had his feet amputated. He could see at a glance that Maximus was a Roman. , did not give him a chance to speak at all, and kicked him out of the house.

Maximus has been to Turii City several times before, but he entered in a hurry, and returned in a hurry after finishing his work. He did not contact the residents of Turii as deeply as he did today. This time, he was deeply Having experienced the impact of that war on the Turians, many of them may have a very bad impression of the Romans, which made Maximus more vigilant.

He finally found the third homeowner, who was a middle-aged man. Maximus judged that his left leg was somewhat disabled from his awkward walking posture, which gave him a bad feeling in his heart.

Sure enough, as soon as the middle-aged man saw him, he said, "You must be a Roman!"

Maximus was nervous, but he had to say truthfully: "...Yes, I am a Roman,

Just got free and ready to live in Turii and would like to rent your house. "

The homeowner did not answer directly, but looked at him, and then continued with emotion: "Although many people think that Romans and Latins are the same race, they look the same, and they cannot tell them apart. But in fact, Romans are different from Latins. Latins are still very different, they are more confident and more imposing.

Five years ago, I was the company captain of the First Legion. I participated in that big war and fought against multiple races. In my memory, the battle with the Romans was the most difficult, and it was more difficult than later. The Carthaginians are much harder to beat!

Among them, the defensive battle of Ostia is still unforgettable to this day. I still remember that at that time your Roman army launched a strong attack on the city of Ostia. In the evening, the soldiers were too tired to stand up. They saw your Roman corpses lying under the city. At that time, many people thought that you had suffered heavy casualties. They should rest on the second day and would not attack again. Who knew that the second day just dawned, and you sounded the trumpet of the attack, and you continued to attack for three days in a row!

...My left leg was injured at that time... I saw some familiar comrades in battle have died one after another, I really thought I would follow them to hell, I didn't expect that His Majesty ordered us to evacuate, and it burned down Osti... At that time, many people in our legion were very unwilling! Because this is the first time our First Army has retreated in the face of an enemy attack since it was established. Although it was His Majesty's order... But I have to admit that if we persist in defense, the First Army is likely to suffer heavy casualties... …”

Hearing the owner's sigh, Maximus was silent for a while before whispering: "...I was serving as a squadron commander in the siege team at the time, and it was those days of fighting that destroyed our confidence. ...leading to the final failure..."

"Fortunately, we all belong to the same kingdom now, and there is no need for war!" The owner comforted him, and then said, "You are here to rent a house, no problem. How much do you want to rent?"

Maximus had thought that the house was gone, but the owner's words surprised him, and he immediately said: "I hope to be able to rent the building near the Asinu-Amara Arena for the price of each Room for 8 drachma rent per month.”

The owner was about to speak, when the servant standing by the side stepped forward and whispered a few words. He was slightly surprised and asked, "Are you living with your wife and two children?"

Maximus nodded: "They are waiting outside the door."

The owner thought about it and said: "The house on the top floor is cheap and has a larger area, but it is made of wood and is at a high place. It can't block the wind at night, and it will be cold, especially in winter. The child is still young, so I'm afraid it's easy to get sick... Well, it's still that building. There is an empty room on the third floor that has not been rented out, and the area is not small. The original rental price is 25 drachmas. I will rent it to you. Only 13 drachmas a month, what do you think?"

Maximus was surprised, he did not accept it immediately, but asked cautiously: "Excuse me, why would you give such a big favor to a stranger?"

The owner of the house was not displeased by his hesitation, but said sternly: "Because you are a Roman, and a Roman who has fought with us, your bravery has won my admiration, and you have come to seek me I am more reassured by this honest behavior, but bravely admit that I was once my enemy. Besides—”

The owner looked at him carefully, and then said firmly: "You should have served in a slave camp before. It is logically impossible to be free before the Hades celebration, but you did it, you must have performed very well. Excellent, will get amnesty! Although I lost a little money, but I can meet a Roman who is worth making friends, I think it is worth it!"

The owner's words were frank, and Maximus was moved. He saluted solemnly and said, "Thank you for your trust, I am willing to rent the room on the third floor. My name is Marcy...my name is Brutus Marcus. Sims."

"Nisidamas, now the village head of the village south of the slave camp, it's a pleasure to meet you." The owner also returned the salute with the same seriousness.

Maximus was not a little dissatisfied because the owner only said one name. According to him, many Dionysian citizens were born as refugees or slaves before, and now they have become the first Dionysians with identities. Citizens of the kingdom, they do not want to use the name of their humble father as their surname, but want to use their own name as the surname of future descendants, so they still maintain only the first name and no sex, which has been approved by King Davos. allow.

Nisidamas asked his servants to bring the Maximus family to the rental building.

This building is located not far north of Asinu-Amara Arena, just on the street of the main road, surrounded by a lot of traffic and very prosperous, which also makes the housing rent here go up.

The room type of this rental building is the most common "hui"-shaped building in the outer city of Turui. It was originally designed by engineers from the Construction Department for public rental housing. Because it can maximize the use of space and provide more housing At the same time, it can also take into account business and security, and it will soon be popularized in the densely populated outer city of Turiyi.

The main body of this building is made of stone, about 13 meters high, and has 5 floors. The bottom floor is used for shops and offices, and the upper 4 floors are houses. The roof can be used for storage. Of course, the private owner wants to earn more money Money, and often build a wooden attic on the roof. The center of the ring-shaped building is an open space in the open air, which can ensure that both sides of the floor can be illuminated by sunlight and ventilated.

Maximus followed the servants into the building, and at a glance, he saw a square pool in the open space in the center of the building. Clear water was continuously sprayed from the mouth of a statue of a Greek god (Poseidon), and the pool was in the middle. There is also a statue of another Greek god, this one he is very familiar with - Hades, the protector of the kingdom of Dionia.