Chapter 9: Legal Society, Calm Down!
Today's Shangyang County is still very chaotic.
After Lin Ye left the Taoist temple, there were still many people on the street, with their families, pulling carriages and carrying luggage, heading towards the city gate.
Lin Ye lowered his head to glance at the talisman in his sleeve. It was a yellow talisman with a pattern he didn't recognize, but it felt similar to the talismans drawn by Taoist priests in the real world.
Quiet charm.
This was what the young Taoist priest Daogu told him. The function of this talisman is to calm the soul and spirit. It does not need to be attached anywhere on the body, just carry it with you.
After asking passers-by for directions, Lin Ye arrived at the dental clinic.
In ancient times, a "yahang" was not a dentist's shop, but a business agency. However, this business agency was quite powerful. It not only brought together various buyers and sellers, but even bought slaves.
Lin Ye went to a brokerage firm and told him that he wanted to buy a house. The broker gave him a map. What surprised Lin Ye was that most of the houses in the city were for sale.
"Mr. Lin, if you want to find a bargain, then buy the biggest house. If the Ning family's house was in normal times, it would be worth at least two thousand taels, but the Ning family would not sell it. Now it only costs eight hundred taels. If the rebels don't reach Shangyang County, then you'll make a profit."
"Let's take a step back. Even if the rebels break into the city, we can just hide and wait until the government sends troops to suppress the rebels. You have the title deed, and the house will be yours too."
Lin Ye understood that the people had misunderstood his intention of buying a house, and he also knew why there were so many houses for sale. Some dignitaries in the city fled yesterday, and many more fled today. These people were afraid that the eldest brother and his men would break into the city, kill people and rob them of their money, so they not only fled with their families, but also put their houses up for sale in brokerage shops.
Why didn't they leave the house behind after people fled, and wait until the government soldiers suppressed the rebellion before returning to live there? It was because they were afraid that the rebels would fail to seize their property and, in anger, burn down the house.
Lin Ye was really tempted. The purchasing power of one tael of silver in the other world was equivalent to about three thousand yuan in the real world. Eight hundred taels was a mansion worth more than two million yuan. If it was the original price, it would be more than six million yuan.
In a small county town, such a mansion can only be built by the richest people.
Lin Ye checked the price of silver in the real world, and found that one tael was only about 40 yuan, which meant that he only needed to spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy a mansion worth millions.
Unfortunately, he doesn’t even have tens of thousands of dollars now.
Besides, even if he really had money, he would not buy such a mansion because it would be too conspicuous.
It would be strange if he, a foreigner with no roots, didn't attract attention when buying such a luxury house. After looking at the map for a while, he finally selected three houses.
These three houses are neither big nor small, and the most important thing is that they are all close to Qingfeng Temple.
The man took Lin Ye to the site to look at houses, and Lin Ye finally chose a house on the right side of Qingfeng Temple.
This is a three-story house, divided into front and back yards. There are pavilions and rockery in the back yard. It can be seen that the previous owner was an elegant person.
"Mr. Lin has good taste. Although the area of this house is not very large, it is also unique. The original owner was a scholar, and the furniture is complete. It only costs one hundred and fifty taels."
"This is it."
Lin Ye was very satisfied. Seeing the joy on the man's face, he coughed and said, "I can buy this house right now, but I escaped from Sanhe County and didn't even bring my identity card. You know the current situation in Sanhe County."
To transfer ownership of a house, one would definitely need proof of identity, but Lin Ye was an illegal resident. However, he was not in a hurry, as he was working as an agent and was naturally very resourceful. He believed that the other party could handle it.
What's more, the Daqian Dynasty was corrupt. Since it was corrupt, many of the government's systems were just for show.
However, the boy's next words made Lin Ye feel a little embarrassed.
"Mr. Lin actually escaped from Sanhe County. He must have suffered a lot. However, the house does not require your identity card. The seller has already entrusted our dental office to sell it."
After saying this, the man explained it to Lin Ye, and then he understood that in ancient times, the house deed did not need the buyer's name. It only needed to write the name of the seller, the middleman and the witness, and then the area and location of the house, including the price.
A title deed is proof of ownership of a house.
No wonder in costume dramas, bullies are often mentioned occupying other people’s houses. It turns out that this is what is going on. As long as they grab the title deed and shut up the middleman and witnesses, they can take over the house.
"Mr. Lin, you want to go to the government office and exchange it for an official deed, so that the government office can keep a record of it, right? That does require an identity badge."
"Yes, that's what I mean. It's safer this way."
The man looked at Lin Ye with some doubt. Not many people went to the yamen to exchange the house deeds for official deeds. Although the officials would get it if you took it to the yamen, these days, if you didn't make some arrangements, the officials could delay it for three to five years. Secondly, you had to pay the house deed tax, which was not a small amount of money.
"This house is 150 taels. I'll add another 10 taels, and you can get me a new identity card and the official deed."
Lin Ye quoted a price, and the boy was thinking in his mind that he could go and ask the government officials to smooth things over, and it would only cost him three or five taels, and he could still make another five taels.
Even though he sold the house for 150 taels, he was just a worker in the pawnbroker's office. The bulk of the commission went to the pawnbroker's office, so he only made 3 taels. It would be better for him to earn more by getting an identity badge.
"Mr. Lin is in trouble. I think the yamen officer is reasonable. Leave this matter to me. I promise to get it done for you today."
Lin Ye was not surprised at all. Whether in another world or the real world, some principles of life are the same.
Some things cannot be done because they do not follow the rules, but by finding a professional intermediary or scalper, things can be done.
He asked the man to go to the brokerage office to get the property deed, while Lin Ye traveled back to the modern world.
He has to get twenty kilograms of silver.
Like in some novels, where people take some colored glass or modern handicrafts back to ancient times and sell them as rare treasures, he will not do that for the time being.
A man is innocent unless he possesses a treasure.
He had no roots in the other world. If he took a few marbles back to the other world to make a move, he would probably be arrested the next day, and then a document would be posted: "Here is a notorious thief named Lin who stole a pair of night-shining pearls from a wealthy family in the city. There are witnesses and evidence. The case is clear. The sentence is: immediate execution!"
After returning to the present, Lin Ye looked at his remaining balance of 26,000 yuan and felt a little amused. He had originally planned to bring things from the other world to the present and resell them, but in the end, he didn't make any money and almost spent all the money he had.
It is impossible to make money in the other world in the short term, so I have to make more money in the real world.
How to make money?
As usual, Lin Ye logged onto the website and started asking questions, tapping into the wisdom of the crowd.
[Continuing from the previous question, the protagonist can travel back and forth...how can he make money? 】
Under the stimulation of money, netizens began to use their wisdom.
[If antiques don’t work, then collect ancient medicinal herbs and jade, which should be more valuable nowadays.]
[Stop talking nonsense, the mining technology in ancient times is not as good as that in modern times, and the jade also depends on where it is. If it is in the place where the jade is produced, it can be resold. Otherwise, the transportation cost in ancient times is more expensive than the current price. ]
[I agree with the above. Take Phoebe nanmu for example. In fact, the price in ancient times was higher than that in modern times, because it was very inconvenient to transport in ancient times. Of course, the protagonist's business trips are another matter.]
[The host has asked another question. I just finished typing, so I will give my opinion. ]
When Lin Ye saw that the author named Jiu Deng He Shan had answered again, his eyes lit up and he waited for the other party's analysis.
[Let's analyze the background of the other world first. From the current point of view, Taoist temples and ghosts have appeared, plus warriors and rebellion, the other world is not stable. For safety reasons, the author cannot arrange the protagonist to travel everywhere, so it is temporarily impossible to go to jade mining or medicinal material production sites. ]
[The profitable way to make money is gone. Currently, the most suitable way for the protagonist is to buy antiques. Of course, the antiques in the other world I am talking about are antiques in the other world. After experiencing the baptism of time, they are naturally antiques in the modern world. 】
[However, this method also takes time. In fact, the main idea is to let the protagonist make money quickly. I have an idea. Now is the era of self-media. The main idea is to let the protagonist become a master. The time between the two worlds is suspended, so the protagonist can become a magician. ]
When he saw this, Lin Ye's eyes lit up. This was indeed a good idea.
The next moment, Lin Ye gave the best answer to the author, and then immediately deleted the question, along with the previous one.
If he really wants to be a magician and becomes famous, he is afraid that netizens will see his questions and make connections with him, although the possibility of this is very small.
As for this author, this boy...
A society ruled by law, stay calm.
Leaving the computer, Lin Ye turned on the camera on his mobile phone. He fixed the phone on the table and pressed the shooting button. He walked into the shooting range of the camera. With a thought, he returned to the other world, broke off a branch and held it in his hand, and then returned to reality.
Picking up his phone, Lin Ye watched the video and frowned. Things were not as simple as he had imagined.
Just before he was teleported, he was standing with his hands on his waist. Now he was teleported back with the branch in his hand, and his posture changed instantly, becoming the same posture he had in the other world before he was teleported back.
Judging from the video effect, it seems as if a few seconds are missing and it has been edited.
He didn't pay much attention to this detail before, but now this detail has shattered his dream of becoming a magician.
"No, I'm mistaken. Since holding something will change my posture, I can just not hold anything. I can perform a magic trick of making objects disappear. This is more effective than suddenly making objects appear, and no one will suspect me."
Lin Ye slapped his head. If he could conjure something out of thin air without any flaws, it would definitely cause an uproar. But if he first showed something, then covered it with a cardboard box, took it to another world to put the thing down, and then came back to show that the thing disappeared, the audience would be amazed but would only guess what mechanism his cardboard box had.
