Half-elf Notebook

Chapter 147 Preparations for Leaving the City

At ten o'clock in the morning, on the brick-paved auxiliary road beside the busy street, Ina and Rick were the first to arrive at the Fourth Commercial Street.

On both sides of the street are two rows of rare warehouses of various types arranged in parallel.

This type of building, which is usually found in cheap locations in the southern district, has strangely occupied a place in the bustling commercial district.

They are nothing like the more or less decorated stores, or even like the standard townhouses in residential areas.

It's like a plate of staple food that has been carefully decorated, but the sliced ​​bread used is cheap black bread, which makes people feel different.

However, since it exists, there must be corresponding rationality.

One of the most important points is

——They can afford higher rents and make commensurately more profit in their businesses.

On the other hand, those who rent these warehouses really need the attributes of the commercial street itself.

At least the wandering merchants and caravans coming in from the East Gate have always been their potential customers.

No lessee uses a warehouse solely to provide storage services.

This is a losing business.

In addition to the two people approaching, selling horses and offering warehouse No. 10 for rent.

Others include workshops that manufacture and customize horse-drawn carriages.

Suppliers of bricks, timber, canvas and coal can be visited to inspect their goods.

And provide warehouses for temporary storage and feeding of livestock brought into the city by herders from outside the city...

The pervasive stench made both of them frown.

It was a special smell mixed with manure and the stench of livestock.

Ina and Rick are people with good endurance.

However, most people usually live in communities where the drains are well maintained and they don't have to worry about not being able to afford sewage trucks.

The air I breathe is relatively fresh and pleasant. It has been a long time since I have suffered such torture.

Compared to the equally smelly slums, this strong smell at close range is particularly fresh.

After a brief adjustment, the two men walked around the wide wooden door outside the warehouse and entered.

"Sir and young lady, how can I help you?"

The merchant who was adding feed to the horses saw a customer coming and immediately handed over the work in his hands to several workers nearby and walked forward to ask questions attentively.

Rick then put forward his own request:

"We want to rent a horse and a cart, at a reasonable price."

He deliberately emphasized the word "reasonable price".

This is to prevent the other party from eliminating the expensive purebred horses and high-quality, exquisitely crafted carts, and then letting them choose directly from the worst items to be eliminated.

"It must be a horse that is normally used for travel, transportation or business. The rental fee for one day is 50 gros. In addition, you must pay four gold coins and twenty silver coins as a deposit."

"The rental fee for a cart is 15 gros per day, and the deposit is two gold coins, so the total deposit is six gold coins and twenty silver coins, and the daily fee is 65 gros."

"These wooden guys are much less reliable than my lovely horses, so they cost more to maintain."

"Of course, customers can choose not to pay a deposit. The daily fee for a horse is 40 silver francs and silver francs for a cart. Please understand that we need to bear certain risks."

"If the date is less than one day later, the fee will be calculated as one day. You will need to show a valid citizenship certificate when making the transaction."

"If there are no objections, we can start selecting horses right away."

"I see."

Rick usually puts items such as identity documents and adventurer medals in the ring so that he can take them out when needed.

The businessman smiled when he received the response and extended his hand to make a welcome gesture.

In the huge stable, in addition to Rick, the two and several other guests who had arrived earlier were waiting for the workers to lead out their horses and equip them with horse harnesses.

——Although the warehouse has no actual partitions and divisions, it is not difficult to see that the owner of the warehouse has made obvious distinctions in the layout.

The section with frequent rental business is placed on the outside for easy access. The horse pens are relatively narrow and mostly house middle-aged and elderly horses.

In contrast, the inside is much more spacious and tidy, and the horses for sale are tall and active.

If the ones on the outside are best-selling products with good demand, then they are like high-priced items with their own independent display cabinets.

Rick quickly reached a consensus with the businessman on the horses:

"Three days, according to the deposit price."

Rick readily took out six gold coins, 20 silver coins and a paper certificate, without any intention of bargaining.

Many times, the horse's age, breed, weight, and whether it has previous injuries can become a source of wrangling over price and deposit.

When a deal is struck, it is not uncommon for the price to differ from what the merchant offered.

But compared to Rick, it was rare for him to be frank.

The merchant was even more shocked by the coins that appeared like magic in Rick's hand.

His eyes widened as he stared at the other person, and the ring on his other hand, which had not yet faded away, seemed to be about to pop out of his eye socket.

He had good knowledge and knew what kind of magic prop it was.

The businessman could feel his heartbeat quickening, and his breathing was almost catching up with the horses galloping for dozens of kilometers on the grassland.

"We should go and make a deal, sir. I believe you should have a standard contract."

Rick put the coins into his pocket, held the ID in his right hand, patted the other person's shoulder with his free left hand, and said with a smile.

He was not surprised at all by this situation; on the contrary, he was very familiar with it.

Every businessman or professional who sees his skills for the first time will have a similar reaction.

He is used to it.

As for the matters concerning the cart, Rick was not worried.

This was not his first visit.

In fact, in addition to taking Ina to experience hunting at the beginning of the hunting season, he would also specially prepare a transport cart from time to time in previous years.

On the one hand, to save energy.

On the other hand, it is to prevent unexpected gains from occurring, which would cause the space ring to be unable to accommodate them.

The sale of horses and carts, and the manufacture of carriages, were almost a joint business.

Just like hiring workers to clean up sewage, it is only natural that you should also pay for renting tools to transport sewage.

Since merchants are operating on both sides of the same street, they will naturally negotiate and reserve some "goods" to expand their business.

As long as employees from both sides say hello and the horses are equipped with traction harnesses, rental services can be provided.

I saw two people walking up the simple floor built in the warehouse.

The hired workers who went to the next door and came back began to put on saddlery for the horses.

Ina walked out of the warehouse bored and started playing with fire outside.