Chapter 114 Dugu Yan's Invitation
"good!"
Tang Chuan thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. Soto City was quite large, and splitting up would indeed allow them to get a clearer picture of the situation more quickly.
What they said makes a lot of sense.
Tang San glanced at Tang Chuan, and seeing his brother nod, he replied, "Brother, then Yi Ran and I will go to the blacksmith shop in the west of the city. You and Sister Yan Yan go to the east of the city. Call me anytime if you need anything."
As he spoke, a stack of Blue Silver King Grass leaves bloomed in Tang Chuan's hand and were handed to him.
This is a new application he developed along the way using his second soul skill, Blue Silver Network. However, the number of these special grass leaves that can be used to transmit messages at any time is relatively small.
Moreover, it can only be used once and cannot be reused.
"Um!"
Tang Chuan nodded and said to Dugu Yan, "Let's go then!"
"Let's go check out the commercial street you mentioned."
"The main goal is to find locations with high foot traffic and prominent storefronts, preferably large ones, so that we can cater to both iced tea and delivery orders."
"Yay!"
Upon hearing Tang Chuan's agreement, Meng Yiran grabbed Tang San and exclaimed excitedly, "Then, San, let's go to the west of the city now!"
"I just heard the waiter say that in the west of the city, besides blacksmith shops, there are also sugar painting vendors..."
As she spoke, she turned back and waved to Tang Chuan, saying, "Goodbye, Tang Chuan and Sister Yan Yan!"
"When you find a good shop, remember to send a message using the mistress's blade of grass!"
Dugu Yan raised her hand to tidy up the stray hairs by her ear and said to Tang Chuan, "Tang Chuan, I just asked about the shop."
"The waiter said that there are several shops on the main street that seem to be subletting."
"Let's go there and check out the storefront size, then ask about the surrounding rent, and also about the customer traffic and location issues you mentioned..."
As she spoke, Dugu Yan subtly pulled Tang Chuan's arm.
"The main street in the east of the city is not far from here. It takes about 15 minutes to walk there, and you can also check out the shops along the way."
"Um."
Tang Chuan nodded and followed Dugu Yan downstairs.
The two left the hotel and joined the crowd, heading east. Just as they turned the corner, they were taken aback by the bustling scene before them.
Soto City truly lives up to its reputation as one of the main cities of the Barak Kingdom.
Although it was still morning, the commercial street was even more bustling than the city gate, with crowds of people thronging the bluestone pavement, creating a vibrant scene.
The difference is that the pace of life in Soto is significantly faster than that in the more relaxed Notting.
Most of the passersby were walking in a hurry and looked busy.
The streets are wide and bustling with traffic, and all kinds of shops are lined up, selling everything from sharp weapons and armor to fine clothes, jewelry, and everyday goods.
The sounds of hawking, bargaining, and haggling filled the air.
There were also vendors carrying loads on their shoulders, hawking their wares along the street: "Fresh thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum! Just picked from the Starry Sky Forest!"
As Dugu Yan walked, she looked around curiously.
Unlike Heaven Dou City, where she studied, the commercial street in Soto City was much more down-to-earth, lacking the luxurious style of Heaven Dou City, and had its own unique liveliness.
She has a lively personality and often points out some novel gadgets to Tang Chuan.
"Tang Chuan, look! The fabric in that clothing store is so beautiful!"
"Wow, this pastry shop smells so good!"
"Huh?"
"Is this place selling soul beast materials?"
"So many strange and unusual furs and soul beast bones!"
Tang Chuan responded with a smile, his gaze occasionally sweeping over the shops on both sides of the street, assessing their locations, customer traffic, and so on.
He discovered that prices in Soto were indeed much higher than in Notting.
However, in terms of quality, it is also superior.
"The prices in Soto City are so much cheaper than in Heaven Dou City!"
Dugu Yan looked at the clothing store by the roadside, where a princess dress embroidered with silver thread was hanging in the window, and couldn't help but sigh: "In Heaven Dou City, a dress like this with silver thread would cost at least three hundred gold soul coins."
"The price here is only one hundred!"
"And the material doesn't look bad either."
"Last time I was at the clothing shop in Heaven Dou City, the shopkeeper said that this kind of silver thread is made from a blend of the silk of the human-faced demon spiders in the Star Dou Great Forest, and he wouldn't sell it for less than a single gold soul coin!"
Tang Chuan looked in the direction she was pointing, and the princess dress hanging in the shop window was indeed beautiful.
Moreover, it's a style that's completely unavailable in Nottingham.
He smiled and shook his head: "Three hundred gold soul coins is not much for the nobles of Heaven Dou City, but in Soto City, the annual living expenses of an ordinary family are only a few dozen gold soul coins."
"This dress will last them for several years."
As he spoke, Tang Chuan pointed to the grain shop next door: "Look at that flour shop, it only costs five copper soul coins a pound in Notting City, but eight here. I wonder how much it would cost in Heaven Dou City?"
"flour?"
Dugu Yan paused for a moment, then stuck out her tongue: "I don't know!"
"I usually eat at the cafeteria of the Heaven Dou Royal Junior Soul Master Academy, or I go back to Sunset Forest to visit my grandfather. I've never bought flour or anything like that."
"But it probably won't be cheap!"
Dugu Yan guessed, "Heaven Dou City is the imperial city of the Heavenly Soul Empire, with many nobles, so prices are set high."
"Although Soto City is one of the kingdom's main cities, it still cannot compare with Heaven Dou City."
"really!"
Tang Chuan nodded, his gaze sweeping over a herbal medicine shop. Several signs hung at the entrance, one of which read "Centennial Snow Lotus," priced at five hundred gold soul coins.
In Nottingham City, a century-old snow lotus costs at most two hundred gold soul coins, more than double the price.
But looking through the window, the quality was clearly superior, and the petals were more complete, making it look worth the price.
As Tang Chuan walked, he mentally marked down all the suitable locations for opening an iced tea shop.
He would occasionally say to Dugu Yan, "That shop up ahead looks nice. It has a wide storefront and there's an inn right next to it, so there's a lot of foot traffic. I just wonder how much the rent is."
Dugu Yan also helped keep an eye out.
As she walked, she pointed to an empty shop and said, "Tang Chuan, that shop looks like it's going to be sublet!"
"Look, there's a note on its door. Shall we go take a look?"
The two walked over, and the note read: "[Shop for sublet, two floors, monthly rent 50 gold soul coins]".
Tang Chuan frowned.
The rent is a bit expensive, and the location is a bit out of the way, quite a distance from the main street, so it's not worth the price.
So he shook his head: "Let me think about it again, the location on the main street is more suitable."
The two continued walking, their eyes landing on a shop in the distance with a wooden sign that read "For Rent".
Dugu Yan bent down and read the words on the door sign: "A two-story building with a small courtyard and a cellar, the monthly rent is sixty gold soul coins."
"Tang Chuan, this one is ten gold soul coins more expensive than the previous one."
"But it's quite large, and it also has a small courtyard. The location is also quite good; it's the entrance to the main commercial street, so the foot traffic should be good."
As she spoke, Dugu Yan peeked into the shop and frowned.
"It's too dirty inside!"
"There are some miscellaneous tables and chairs piled up, and the wooden pillar supporting them in the middle is cracked. If we rent it, it will cost a lot of money just to repair it."
"It's not worth it, Tang Chuan."
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