New Gods of North America

The warehouse yard provided by the landlord for free is, strictly speaking, located outside the "urban area" of Georgeburg.

Fortunately, transportation is convenient and it is not too far away. If you take a horse-drawn carriage from the city, most places can be reached within an hour.

The courtyard is surrounded by brick walls, with gates in the front and sides, and a small dock on the side near the York River.

Then there is the warehouse in the yard, which is slightly larger than a basketball court.

Brick and stone walls, brick and stone internal support columns, wooden ceilings, and dug cellars - it is said that it was rebuilt from a colonial munitions warehouse that was destroyed during the War of Independence.

The reason why Wayne took a fancy to it,

It's because I think brick and stone houses seem to be more solid...

But other than that, there's not much else here.

There were no supporting living facilities, no furniture, not even a dead rat.

So Wayne and Inesa started planning.

We need to first repair the large warehouse in the middle, then buy furniture and materials, make simple partitions and decorations inside, and use it as a collective office space;

At the same time, an additional row of simple wooden houses should be built in the courtyard for the "agents" to live in. In addition, a few better wooden houses should be reserved for partners and customers who may need protection.

In addition, stables, warehouses for storing public supplies and weapons, and several washrooms and toilets along the riverside are needed.

Wayne looked at the drawn plan and found it more and more familiar:

"Have we attacked a similar place before?"

Inissa and Lina nodded beside them, "It was the time when we met the Pig-Headed Butcher."

Understood,

Then you will need to set up some traps or alarm devices to prevent enemy attacks.

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If you only consider the unit area, then you can rent a warehouse and buy furniture and do simple decoration yourself.

If calculated over a period of several years, it is actually more cost-effective and comfortable to live here than in those rental properties in the city.

However, most of the working class in the city who rely on weekly wages often have their lives constrained by various seemingly trivial problems:

Without horse-drawn carriages for transportation in cities, the choice of where to live was limited to within walking distance of a workplace such as a factory or store.

Without sufficient savings, one can only look for a job that one is qualified for as soon as possible, without even the opportunity to be “selective”;

Even because they are busy with work and survival, they do not have the time and energy to fight too much when faced with exploitation by landlords and employers.

I can only passively accept it until I can no longer hold on.

For example, Willy,

At first, Wayne thought that Willy lived in Kansas City, but was unwilling to leave the city to open up the western town when the distance was so close. It was really a waste of suffering.

But based on Wayne's recent communication and understanding with everyone in the detective agency, he found that being able to go to the West to open up the wilderness is actually a relatively luxurious thing.

At least you have to be able to afford a horse-drawn carriage or a steam train.

Then you have to make sure you don't starve to death before you find a suitable town to settle down - even if you can successfully reach a strange town and then immediately reclaim the land, the wasteland will not be able to produce food the next day.

It will take several more months.

And you need to pray that you don’t encounter "disasters" such as hurricanes or gangs, otherwise you may not survive the first winter.

So Doug, Willy and others, as well as several "trainee detectives" who later joined the detective agency, had no objection to Wayne and his team's decision.

They even work quite actively.

——A job that has a guaranteed salary, generally guaranteed security, the opportunity to earn large amounts of income, and a boss who is not weird is actually quite worth cherishing.

The cost of building a house this year is

Basically it consists of three parts: land, materials and labor.

The courtyard is now under the management of Wayne and his team, so there is no need for additional expenses for the land.

You need to buy materials from the corresponding stores, and furniture from second-hand stores such as pawn shops, and then buy some new ones.

As for artificial...

Apart from some parts that need to be handled by professional workers, the rest depends entirely on the members of the detective agency themselves.

Even Wayne himself,

They all wore small hats made of newspapers and were responsible for climbing up and down and painting.

This whole set of steps,

Wayne and his team had no income for half a month, but they spent almost $2,000 in total.

In addition to decoration and purchasing daily necessities such as furniture,

It also includes the purchase of special weapons for the detective agency, as well as the expenses of customizing the "Wayne Detective Agency" uniforms and badges.

The badge is made of copper and is in the shape of a shield.

In the middle is a carved five-pointed star and a dividing line, and the upper and lower parts are written with "Wayne, Country" and "Detective Agency" respectively.

Among them, the word "detective" is written particularly "eye-catching" and "large".

The rest areas for everyone may need to be further improved.

However, the large warehouse in the middle used for collective office work was basically completed at this time.

In order to enhance the lighting, the warehouse roof was replaced with a part of glass "bright tiles", so that the lighting conditions are still good during the day.

After entering the large warehouse, there is a temporary rest area and waiting area.

On one side is the detectives' collective office and several cubicle offices for senior detectives. On the other side is a large conference room that can be used by all members of the detective agency, with a large conference table.

Further in is the reception room for interviews with employers, as well as several offices for partners.

If you continue walking towards the cellar, there are two large iron cages below.

Willy looked at the finished product and couldn't help scratching his hair:

"Is this still a 'detective agency'? Why does it look a bit like a police station..."

Wayne thinks that "it looks like" is definitely Willy's illusion.

But after hearing what Willy said, he remembered something else:

"Doug, go back and find two large walls inside. Hang a world map and a map of America on one of them. Also, go to the Georgeburg Police Station and get a few copies of all the wanted posters. Then put one of each on the wall."

Doug nodded and prepared to hitch up the carriage and set off.

Then Wayne thought more and more:

"By the way, contact the printing company and prepare to print some business cards and advertising posters. You can decide the content yourself, and then have the first draft approved by Inissa and Lina before printing in batches.

“Also, do we need to put up some signposts along the way from the city to our courtyard? We can also put up some from Richmond.

"Do we need a sign at the entrance of the courtyard?"

Everyone was already very familiar with the job by this time - in fact, most Americans can do some manual work. After all, wooden houses basically need to be repaired every year, and hiring people is too expensive, so most people are willing to do it themselves - those who need to go out go out, those who need to find materials find materials, and those who need to saw wood saw wood.

Then nail the boards, paint, write the words,

After the last few people finished their work, they stood by and asked Wayne, "Is there anything else we need to prepare?"

Wayne thought for a while and clapped his hands:

"Go install the signs. That'll be it for now."