The Extraordinary Earl

A lot of things are happening in the small city of Pompeii.

On the deep forest road connecting Kaiyue City and Pompeii City, there is not a constant flow of people at this moment, but it can also be described as dotted.

You should know that in Pompeii a long time ago, only Pompeii's purchasing team would often walk this road. Apart from them, there was basically no pedestrian.

Not long ago, because of Luther's Orange Hot Spring Resort plan, Kuba and Brown mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources to build the resort, and with the influx of some people in Pompeii, this road gradually prospered.

And now it is even more prosperous. A long road is dotted with people coming and going, which is already quite prosperous.

At least the people going to Patton's Kaiyue City may not be as many as the people on this road.

Great Knight.

That is a big man that even the king can't help but throw an olive branch.

In the whole Orange, great knights are not uncommon, but not rare. Most of them are concentrated in the top or middle-upper noble territories such as the Libyan Earl.

There is no great knight in the middle and lower noble territories such as Baron Barton and Viscount Silver Wing.

The first great knight in Barton Territory was recorded as Baron Barton 150 years ago. At that time, the Barton family was in its heyday.

And now there is another great knight in Barton Territory. This great knight is the owner of the Pompeii Knight Family, the contemporary Pompeii Knight, Sol Pompeii.

A famous great knight, plus the rapidly developing Pompeii City, means opportunities and wealth for many people.

On this busy deep forest avenue, a carriage is heading towards Pompeii City. The coachman is in a hurry, overtaking carriages and pedestrians one by one.

In the carriage, a middle-aged man loosened the buttons of his collar and wiped his face with a handkerchief. In fact, there was no sweat at all, and it was not hot.

But the middle-aged man felt extremely hot.

His name is Albus. Not long ago, he bought two villas in Pompeii. As a speculator, he realized that Pompeii might be extremely prosperous, and the house prices would naturally rise.

But at that time, the Pompeii City Hall suddenly issued a heavy tax.

If you don't move in within a month after buying a house, or if you don't move in for more than eight months in a year, a tax of 50% of the house value will be levied on the house.

Because of this problem, Albus also cursed. He sold one villa, left one villa, and sent one of his old servants to look after the villa.

At that time, the City Hall successfully stabilized the house price and successfully forced speculators like Albus to stuff servants into Pompeii or hire workers to look after the house.

This gave some residents jobs and increased the occupancy rate.

Now that Albus is back, it is possible that Albus plans to buy three more villas and continue to speculate.

A city with a great knight in charge will be safer than Kaiyue City and Silver Wing City, and the house price will naturally rise steadily.

What's more, there is the "Orange Springs Resort" which is currently in great demand.

Albus thought with his feet and knew that the house prices in Pompeii would definitely rise. In comparison, the cost of finding someone to look after the house is negligible.

"Damn it, I shouldn't have sold a house."

Albus thought even more and cursed. Because the house prices were very cheap at that time, I don't know now.

It's a different time.

Albus didn't know if he had enough money to buy three houses.

Damn it.

When Albus came to Pompeii, he saw a Pompeii that was completely different from the Pompeii he had seen before. First of all, the west side outside the old city wall of Pompeii was under construction.

It seemed to be a factory building. There was no need to ask if this would be an industrial zone in the future.

"That emblem belongs to the Habsburg family. Are they also planning to move to Pompeii? It should be very cheap to buy land now. Even if you don't use it, you can make a fortune by reselling it in the future. But unfortunately, the city hall of Pompeii doesn't seem to sell land to the outside world."

Because Albus came from Silver Wing City, he was very familiar with the Habsburg family. He looked at the Habsburg family emblems on several carriages not far away and couldn't help but envy them.

If Pompeii wants to develop, it must win over the wealthy people with big funds. So although the land is sold cheaply, people with a little money can't buy it.

Walking into the city, you can feel the difference of this city even more.

First of all, there are people, people coming and going. There are both rich people sitting in carriages and ordinary residents walking. There are also many shops on both sides of the streets, and there are many guests.

The Pompeii Opera House has been built halfway, and the workers are still working hard. The last batch of houses are also being built.

When these construction works are completed, the small town will be fully developed.

As a small town, this city has been very successful.

Seeing this scene, Albus felt even more pressure. He urged the driver and hurried to the City Hall.

The City Hall, which used to be very deserted, was now crowded with people.

Because of his experience last time, Albus came to the office responsible for real estate transactions very familiarly, because now the real estate development of Pompeii is in the hands of the City Hall.

So the City Hall also has the function of a sales office.

But with the entry of capital, the situation is different. The City Hall will definitely withdraw from real estate development and hand it over to capital.

Finally, the city hall only sold land and managed business, civil affairs, etc.

"Ah."

When Albus came to the outside of the office, he saw a well-dressed man sighing and shaking his head and walked out.

Albus' heart skipped a beat and he felt a bad premonition. Albus walked in and saw an official from the city hall sitting in the office.

"Hello, sir."

Albus walked in humbly, took off his hat, and bowed to the official.

"Hello, sir." The official was very polite and asked Albus to sit down.

"I would like to ask, what is the price of an ordinary private villa in Pompeii now? Is the city hall still selling it?" Albus asked nervously.

"The city hall no longer has villas for sale. As for the price, you can go to the second-hand market to find out." The official shook his head and smiled.

Because he smiled too much today, his expression was a little stiff.

"Uh."

Albus felt a black screen in front of his eyes, but he was more or less mentally prepared. He took a deep breath and calmed down. Then he asked, "What about ordinary houses? Buildings?"

"The city hall no longer sells houses to the public." The official shook his head again.

"Ah."

Albus walked out of the office in despair, and finally sighed like the previous visitor.

Not long after, Albus went to the second-hand housing market. They were all intermediaries. Since the news that there was a great knight in Pompeii spread, these intermediaries have popped up like bamboo shoots.

This caused the housing prices in Pompeii to rise rapidly, but not many people actually sold.

Because everyone knows that Pompeii will definitely soar.

The housing prices are likely to reach the level of medium-sized cities. Wouldn't it be a big loss to sell houses at this time?

That's right.

For this reason, although the city hall has houses, it no longer sells them.

Although the city hall took action against speculators before, it was afraid that they would raise the housing prices and cause no residents to move in. Now it's different. Pompeii, where the great knight is in charge, is no longer afraid of population problems.

Pompeii has already looked forward to the next stage, a medium-sized city.

More than 50,000 and less than 100,000 people.

At that time, various capitals will enter and real estate will be fully developed. When the market housing prices stabilize, the city hall will sell the houses in hand.

This part of the income can make the city hall richer and build more infrastructure, such as schools, squares, and statues.

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