Jing Yu was very satisfied with this house to be rented, but the price was a bit tricky. Fortunately, he still had more than a dozen manuscripts in his hand. If all of them were released, at least he could get them all together. This is also the reason why he has confidence in his heart. Of course, the premise is that the owner is willing to rent them to him.

Then he began to contribute, after all, he was going to prepare to raise money to rent a house. Now he still has more than a dozen revised and proofread articles in his hand, and he continued to submit them according to the idea of ​​a new article in each magazine.

However, before receiving the recording or rejection letter from these magazines, they received another letter from Riverside Magazine. Jing Yu curiously opened the thick letter. The magazine told him that "Green Door" had been published. The magazine hoped that Jing Yu could continue to contribute, and a book "Riverside Magazine" was attached to the letter.

Jing Yu looked through this new magazine and saw that the article "Green Door" he submitted had turned into lead type.

Because I am already familiar with this article, Jing Yu did not look at the name carefully after seeing it, but began to look at other articles in this issue, hoping to see the style of the manuscript used in this magazine so that the prepared manuscripts are more suitable for their readers.

After reading a few other articles in the magazine, Jing Yu knew the direction of the magazine. He felt that he borrowed articles from a master-level short story author like Ou Henry to directly raise the level of the magazine. However, now he is short of money and still finds Ou Henry's short story "The Waiting Car" from his manuscript. Of course, he has changed it to "The Waiting Car" and continues to contribute in the name of iron                                                                                                                                                                                                        �

In the following days, Jing Yu not only received samples from other magazines, but also received a reply from the former congressman who wanted to rent a house.

In the letter, he said he was willing to rent his townhouse to Jing Yu, a foreign gentleman, and hoped to sign a contract with Jing Yu when it was convenient.

After reading the letter, Jing Yu immediately wrote a reply letter, making an appointment to meet in ten days, and left his current hotel address. Now that Jing Yu is writing such a simple letter, there is no need for someone to proofread it for him.

In addition, in his reply, he asked that the meeting time be ten days later, and that he expected that his newly published article would probably receive the royalties, which would make it easier to pay.

As Jing Yu estimated, he received some royalties one after another, and the total amount of manuscripts for more than a dozen short stories was more than 100 pounds.

In this way, Jing Yu felt that the money he raised was almost enough. Of course, in order to prevent accidents, he continued to "write" during this period, but no one helped him proofread it now, but there was no problem with this. Anyway, he had to find a new assistant in the future. When he rented the house, he planned to publish a new ad for recruiting assistants in the newspaper.

When he made an appointment to meet with the owner, Jing Yu met the former MP Mr. Wilson. He was a middle-aged man with a slightly angry face, about forties, wearing a half-new suit and a black hat. Jing Yu found that the other party was not a person who talked a lot. The two of them had just exchanged a few simple greetings and had to go to the tax officer to prepare for the procedures.

Regarding Mr. Wilson, Jing Yu had heard about him from Inspector Gleason. Mr. Wilson passed on many assets from his ancestors. Mr. Wilson used this money to open factories or something, but used it for speculation in the London bond trading market.

Because the British Parliament had strict asset restrictions on MPs, Mr. Wilson had to sell his bonds cheaply for huge speculative losses to repay the loans borrowed from the bank that he had originally speculative.

After his assets were less than £3,000, he automatically lost his membership, and Mr. Wilson's remaining assets were not much left, namely the houses to be rented and some rural real estate.

In order to reduce the cost of living and save money to continue to repay the bank's debt, Mr. Wilson's family moved out of their countryside residence, and the house in London was rented out.

However, it is not easy to rent this house, because most people who live in such a house will not come to rent it, and most people who need to rent it cannot afford it. Faced with the monthly gas fee and steam engine usage fee, Mr. Wilson reduced the original rent from 250 pounds a year to 150 pounds a year, and at least one payment per year is allowed to be paid once every six months.

It is for this reason that Jing Yu easily signed a one-year rental contract with him, that is, 150 pounds a year, and the rent is paid once every six months. The gas lamp and steam engine costs will be borne by the tenant, and the furniture deposit will be collected by 50 pounds. If there is no problem when the lease is refunded, it will be refunded. However, the agreement requires registration with the tax officer, and an additional 5% of the house rental tax of 7.5 pounds a year is also paid. The tax officer also appeared because of this. After signing by the three parties, Jing Yu obtained the one-year right to use the residence.

After completing the procedures, the tax officer who received the tax left first, while Mr. Wilson introduced the situation of the house to Jing Yu.

After explaining all the situation of the house, Mr. Wilson advised him: "So, sir, for your comfort to live here, I suggest you hire a few servants as soon as possible. If you don't mind, I can introduce you to a housekeeper."

"Of course there is no problem." Jing Yu thought that he couldn't figure out the trick, so he simply asked the other party to introduce him to someone.

"Then, I will ask him to write to you, Mr. Jing," said Mr. Wilson, holding his high hat with his hands, getting on the carriage, suddenly pushed the carriage away and said, "Mr. Jing, I wish you a happy stay here."

"Thank you", Jing Yu raised his hat and greeted him. Men of this era cannot be without hats.

After he left, Jing Yu returned to the room again. He also knew that he needed to hire a few people. Otherwise, such a big house could not be managed by himself, and it was not in line with the habits of this era. People around him could not understand that the people living here actually wanted to work on their own, and they would definitely doubt their own.

At this time, there was only one person left in the room. He looked up at the rotating transmission shaft in the living room, and then touched the wallet that was almost empty, which was less than 4 pounds left. Jing Yu couldn't help but want to cry.

The important reason why he did not refuse here was the transmission shaft on his head, which means that he could generate electricity through the rotating transmission shaft to restore his electronic equipment.

However, this work starts with the generator, and he probably has no money to buy the insulated copper wire of the generator. So now, the most important thing is to continue making money as soon as possible.

After all, whether it is a generator or a servant, it all costs money.

Jing Yu finally left and returned to the hotel. After all, he was not ready to stay here alone. Maybe it would not be too late to wait for the butler to come and make arrangements in a few days. There will be a few more royalties available in the meantime.

"Mr. Jing", just after Jing Yu returned to the hotel, he immediately received a message, "A gentleman has been waiting for you here for a long time."

"Who?" Jing Yu asked curiously. He had never had a guest yet.

"Who did not say that, but he is waiting for you there..."

Jing Yu looked over, and a thin stranger sat there, and he also looked at Jing Yu. When his eyes met Jing Yu, he immediately smiled slightly.
Chapter completed!