Lord: Starting from the Pit-Dwelling Courtyard

Chapter 151 Water Business

"It's so lively!"

Dumont was also very surprised, and Doron himself didn't understand why so many people had come.

Fortunately, the person maintaining order at the gate was Matic, a mid-stage Earth Knight, who would be considered a significant figure in Gorubakburg.

The moment the aura was unleashed, the scene fell silent.

Someone exclaimed with delight, "With Earth Knights as bodyguards, this development must be quite powerful!"

A middle-aged knight looked grim: "There are only two floors here, how many rooms can there be?"

My companion immediately said, "That's just how it is in Gorubakburg now. You're lucky if there are any houses to sell at all. What more could you possibly want?"

Hearing his companion's words, the middle-aged knight nodded and squeezed even harder inside.

In the end, only about ten people were able to squeeze in to view the house, and they were all knights.

The middle-aged knight, seeing Ron sitting to the side drinking water, hurriedly asked, "Is there really a house here that costs eight gold coins per square meter?"

Ron nodded and snapped his fingers at Shanlier.

Shanlier immediately came out with a professional smile on his face.

"Greetings, esteemed knights. Now, I will introduce the first phase of our Happiness Community. My name is Shanlier Ad!"

Shalil originally had no surname, but after becoming a knight's apprentice, considering that he might become a knight in the future, he asked the lord to bestow upon him the surname Ad.

Vivian and Una saw Ron and quickly bowed to him.

"Greetings, Lord Ron!"

Ron nodded to the two men and went into the room in the far corner, where Gavin had sent over 10,000 pounds of iron ore.

Ron cursed, "They sent it all at once because they didn't need to transport it to their territory."

He directly extracted all the iron from the iron ore using a solidification technique.

In fact, the iron ore that Gavin sent had a fairly good iron content, reaching over 40%.

Unfortunately, the smelting technology in this world is inadequate; relying on the blooming process, the refining rate is probably only a dozen percent.

If one ton of iron ore can be smelted into three hundred catties of iron, you're lucky.

However, in the hands of a builder mage, the Condensation spell can extract almost all the iron from iron ore.

More than 10,000 kilograms of iron ore were refined by Ron into 5,000 kilograms of pig iron ingots.

Looking at the iron ingot in his hand, Ron couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder the smelting technology in this world is so backward."

Ron didn't intend to waste the remaining slag; he converted it all into cement to build houses, which would save a lot of materials.

Shanlier led his men up to the second floor, where none of the six apartments had windows or doors.

Therefore, it is very bright, and the aisle in the middle is also very wide.

Shanlier led his men into the first room on the left: "These rooms are all the same size, fifty square meters. The rooms on the sides have two more windows, so the lighting and ventilation are better."

"As you can see, there are two rooms here. The master bedroom is 10 square meters, which is big enough for a couple to move around in."

When talking about the event, Sanlier showed a playful smile.

Most of the men present showed expressions of understanding.

The middle-aged knight chuckled and scolded, "Kid, how old are you? What do you know about this?"

Sanlir wasn't annoyed, and instead smiled and asked in return, "Is that right or wrong?"

The middle-aged knight nodded with a smile.

"The secondary bedroom is only seven square meters, which is enough for a child. If there are two children, that's fine too. We offer bunk beds so that the children can sleep in bunk beds."

After speaking, Shanlier clapped his hands: "Everyone, come on, this area is the living room, the area for entertaining guests. This is the kitchen. See this pipe?"

"This is the exhaust pipe, so the smoke from burning firewood won't fill the house. And this small window is the fume vent. For an extra fee, you can install a manual range hood that can suck the cooking fumes out of the house."

When Sanlir was introducing the kitchen, everyone was completely confused, but no one paid any attention.

It was obvious that everyone present was either a head of household or a highly eligible bachelor, someone who didn't have to cook for themselves.

Shanlier's introduction was a complete waste of breath.

Shalil's throat was getting dry as he spoke: "Next, this is the most enviable part of our house—the toilet!"

Dumont asked curiously, "What's a toilet?"

Sanlir said, "The toilet is a place to take a shower and relieve oneself—"

Before he could finish speaking, someone retorted, "Wouldn't that stink to death?"

Shanlier smiled and shook his head, leading the people into the toilet. He kicked aside a wooden board, revealing a squat toilet, the purpose of which was immediately clear to many.

"Interesting!" Dumont said with interest.

Shanlier grabbed a handful of mud, shaped it into the form of poop, and threw it into the squat toilet. Then he poured in a large bowl of water.

The muddy poop was washed away clean.

Shanlier laughed and said, "This way, we won't need to keep a manure bucket at home, there will never be a smell of excrement, and we won't need to go out to empty the manure bucket every day."

After listening, everyone fell into deep thought. Looking at the layout of the new house, many people were very interested.

As a woman, Vivian naturally had different concerns than these men.

"What about taking a bath?"

Dumont replied matter-of-factly, "Taking a bath is fine at a public bathhouse; it's too much trouble to fetch water and heat it up at home."

With a smile, Shanlier covered the wooden board of the squat toilet, then pulled open another wooden board next to it, revealing a single bathtub inside.

The bathtub wasn't big, just big enough for one adult to sit in.

A showerhead was also installed above the bathtub.

With a gentle twist of the switch, water flowed down from the front.

People around gasped in surprise.

Dumont asked in surprise, "Your house also provides water?"

Shanlier laughed and said, "That's right! It's just that the monthly water usage will be charged separately. The price is only a little bit more expensive than the market price. If you think it's too expensive, you don't have to use it. If you don't use it, you won't be charged."

Gorubakburg was a large commercial city with a large population. Wells were dug in every area, and two rivers flowed into the city.

However, these measures are merely a drop in the ocean compared to the massive population and vast urban area.

Over time, a profession emerged in Gorubakburg: water carriers and water truck drivers.

Eventually, some forces even monopolized the water resources in the area, thus starting a water-selling business.

In Gorubak Fortress, houses near wells and rivers cost at least thirty gold coins per square meter, and if the house is right next to a river or well, the price can double.

In Gorubak Fortress, a bucket of water cost fifteen copper coins, and a bucket of water contained only twenty liters of water. For many commoners, a bucket of water would last for two or three days.

As for taking a bath, that's simply impossible.

Therefore, in Gorubakburg, bathing was a luxury enjoyed only by the wealthy. Ordinary knight families would only go to the bathhouse to bathe when they needed to attend special occasions.

Without a second thought, Dumont said, "How much is the house? I want to buy two. Doron, the discount you mentioned, not a penny less."

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