What kind of girl would travel to another world?

Chapter 108 Daily Life. You Jiahui’s afternoon in progress.

In the previous chapter, You Jiahui arrived at the Merchants Guild. It was already afternoon.

Speaking of which, the Merchants Guild didn't have the spacious and magnificent lobby of the Adventurers' Guild. As You Jiahui pushed open the front door, the reception desk was to her left. But just as she stepped through, she heard a strange creaking noise from the ceiling. Startled, she cautiously retreated back outside. Over two months had passed, and the girls were still terrified of the roof collapse. It truly was true: once bitten, you'll be afraid of the ropes for ten years.

After a while, when there was no more movement from the ceiling, You Jiahui walked to the front desk. After a few simple greetings to the receptionist, she went to the president's office.

After leaving the front desk, You Jiahui walked through one office after another.

Although there were a dizzying number of offices here, they all had words written on their doors. Although You Jiahui didn't recognize the otherworldly characters on every office door, she had been here before, so she naturally remembered which one the president's office was.

The leader of the Merchants Guild was also a high-human, named "Putuo Yare." Anyone doing business in the capital knew his name, as the Merchants Guild itself was named after him. The full name of the Merchants Guild was "Putuo Yare Merchants United Guild."

Seeing that the door to the Merchant Guild's president's office was open, You Jiahui knocked twice politely and walked in. However, she didn't see the guild's president, Putuo Yalei. Just as she was beginning to wonder, Putuo Yalei walked up from behind her, carrying something.

As the president, Putoyare, walked, he said, "Make way! Make way!"

When You Jiahui saw that the things held by the president in her hands were blocking her face, she quickly moved aside.

After President Putoyare entered the room with the things, he immediately placed them on the desk and pulled open the curtains behind the desk.

As the curtains were drawn, the light from outside the window suddenly illuminated the entire office. Only then did You Jiahui's heroic face appear in the light.

Guild President Putuo Yalei then realized that the visitor was You Jiahui. He immediately greeted You Jiahui with a smile and said, "Sir Knight, what a rare guest! Please come and have a seat!"

After You Jiahui sat down with her arms folded, she jokingly teased Guild President Putuo Yalei, saying, "The guild is so wealthy, yet the president still uses such a shabby office?" She had wanted to ask this question before; after all, compared to the president's office of the Adventurer's Guild, this one was truly shabby. Furthermore, she hadn't gotten to know President Putuo Yalei well enough before, so she hadn't asked the question before. Now, she finally did.

President Putuo Yalei said to You Jiahui, "Oh, forget it. The better offices have all been taken by others. I simply can't compete with the other partners." His words made it clear that the Merchants Guild didn't belong to him alone. There were several other partners in the Merchants Guild, each in a different office.

You Jiahui wanted to laugh when she heard this, and thought to herself, "With your personality, it's true that you can't win." But she changed her mind and said to herself, "Then how did you become the president? Did you get the position by luck?" These were all her thoughts in her mind, and it would be impolite to say them out loud.

Guild President Putoyare asked You Jiahui, "Sir Knight, I see you didn't bring any 'monsters' this time. Do you have any other money-making opportunities that you want to cooperate with us on?" This is his nature as a businessman. The first thing he thinks about is making money.

You Jiahui was shocked and immediately said to President Putoyare: "Ha! You are worthy of being the president of the Merchants Guild! You can even guess this?" After all, she was only a sixteen-year-old girl and was not that good at hiding things. As soon as others tested her, she admitted it.

President Putoyare smiled slightly and said to You Jiahui, "Hey. Isn't this a business intuition?" In fact, from the short time that You Jiahui sat down just now, he could see the sadness that You Jiahui wanted to deliberately conceal in her subtle movements.

You Jiahui finally relaxed her brows and said to the president, Putuo Yalei, "I'm not sure I can help you make money, I just want to ask for your advice."

The guild leader, Putoaredo, an old fox, immediately guessed that You Jiahui was "waiting for a good price." He smiled politely and said to You Jiahui, "Sir Knight, don't ask for advice. Just ask whatever you need. I'll tell you everything I know. Hahahahaha."

You Jiahui wanted to ask something, but when she saw something on the table that was too eye-catching, she curiously asked President Putuo Yalei, "Wait a minute, what is this on your table? It looks quite expensive."

President Putuo Yalei said to You Jiahui with a smile: "It is just a collection. I don't know which master carved this piece of jade, but it looks big and exquisite.

While admiring the collection on the table, You Jiahui said to President Putoyare, "Although the carvings are very detailed, they look strange. What are they trying to resemble? They don't look like anything that exists in reality."

President Putuo Yalei said to You Jiahui, "Hey, I don't understand it either. It's going to be auctioned off soon anyway. Don't mind it being an eyesore. The auctioneer will be here soon to take it away."

After hearing this, You Jiahui thought to herself, "If it's an auction, why bring it to the office for handover? Oh... I see, the collections are all placed where he can get to them. No wonder I heard some strange noises on the ceiling when I just walked in. It scared me and I thought the house was going to collapse. I guess it must be the president moving the collections upstairs..." Inadvertently, she found out that the collections in the Merchants Guild were all placed upstairs.

Just as You Jiahui was looking at the collection in silence, she heard the auctioneer knocking on the door and coming in.

When the auctioneer saw that it was You Jiahui, he immediately bowed slightly and said to You Jiahui, "Oh! What a rare guest. Sir Knight, I heard that you have been very busy recently. How come you still have time to come to our guild?" He had only heard that You Jiahui often asked for the city gate to be opened after it was closed and entered the royal capital, so he guessed that You Jiahui was busy outside every day.

You Jiahui answered the auctioneer calmly, saying, "There's nothing to be busy about. I just go to the territory every day." What she said was basically the truth, except that she didn't mention what happened at Juexin Waterfall for four consecutive days.

Chairman Putuo Yalei took over the auctioneer's words and said to You Jiahui, "Come to think of it, your territory is quite large. It completely exceeded our expectations."

You Jiahui said to President Putuo Yalei, "That's why I came to see you."

The auctioneer immediately understood that the two wanted to discuss something, and since he himself had something else to do, he didn't dare to delay, so he said to the other two: "You guys chat, I have something else to do, I'll leave first." After that, he took the collection on the table and left the president's office.

Just after the auctioneer left, President Putoyare asked You Jiahui, "Sir Knight, I heard from people in the guild that the construction of your manor is going smoothly. So, isn't it time to consider the follow-up matters?" He had already guessed what You Jiahui came to him for, and it must be something about the territory.

You Jiahui sighed and said to President Putuo Yalei in a calm tone, "Yes. I was just thinking about autumn farming."

Chairman Putuo Yalei was surprised when he heard this. He asked You Jiahui, "Oh? Is it so urgent? Have many people come to you to ask for land reclamation permits in their territory?"

You Jiahui frowned and replied to President Putoyare in a slightly self-complaining tone, saying, "Still nothing! Besides, just sitting back and waiting is too slow. I can't wait any longer."

After hearing this, President Putuo Yalei nodded and asked You Jiahui, "So, you want to catch up with the farming work in the second half of this year no matter what?"

You Jiahui said to President Putuo Yare frankly, "Yes, that's why I came to you to ask you to help me find a solution."

At this moment, the discussion between You Jiahui and President Putoyare began to get down to business.

President Putoyare responded with an "Oh" and thought for a while, then asked You Jiahui, "Can I take a look at the letter of authorization for your territory first?" Although he had heard the designer's general description before, he still had to confirm it carefully before he could have a general direction of thinking.

You Jiahui responded to President Putuo Yare, saying, "You want to confirm the boundaries of your territory, right? I happen to have it with me." She then took out the letter of appointment and handed it to the president of the Merchant Guild. She always carried the "Knight's Medal" and "Lord's Letter of Appointment" with her, their importance being self-evident.

After carefully looking at it again and again, President Putoyare said to You Jiahui: "This... Sir Knight, your territory is at least 10,000 acres, and it should be more than that. It is almost catching up with the baron's territory. Won't the other barons have any objections..." Although he had heard the designer mention that the territory was very large before, he was even more shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.

You Jiahui also took the opportunity to say what she had been thinking all along, and said to the president Putoyare with emotion: "Who says it's not? With my rank, I can have such a large territory, and I have to thank His Majesty the King. I originally just wanted to build a small house, but now I need to build a manor." Just after she finished speaking, she was suddenly startled and blurted out, "Wait. What? Are you talking about ten thousand acres? More than that? Wouldn't that be nearly seven square kilometers? Is it that big?" After she finished speaking, she immediately frowned, lowered her head and thought to herself, "This is not right, I will definitely become a source of hatred, the king is making trouble..." After getting such a large territory, she felt both grateful and worried, and couldn't help but let out another "tsk" sound.

Seeing You Jiahui's surprise, President Putuo Yalei paused for a moment before continuing, "I've confirmed repeatedly that this area is indeed enormous. However, although it covers 10,000 acres, unfortunately, no minerals have been discovered in your territory before. I guess you can only exchange farmland for grain to generate wealth. Alas, this is really a pity. However, fortunately, there is a river in your territory, so there is no shortage of water for farming. Also, both sides of the downstream river are your territory, so the fish in the river downstream are naturally your assets, and there will be no disputes with other lords. So, this river fish asset can be used for something."

You Jiahui was curious about what President Putoyare said, so she asked directly, "Oh? What do you want to do?"

President Putoyare responded to You Jiahui with a smile on his face and said, "We will talk about this later. Let's get back to the focus on autumn farming." He was also afraid that the topic would go too far, so he stopped talking about other topics.

You Jiahui nodded and asked President Putoyare, "Well. I've heard from others before that wheat and rye can be planted in autumn, but what about rice?" After she came to this strange world, she found that rice here was much more expensive than bread, so she wondered if growing rice would be more profitable.

President Putuo Yalei asked You Jiahui in disbelief, "Rice? That's a crop only grown in southern countries."

You Jiahui lowered her head and pondered, thinking, "Oh, they don't grow rice in this country. No wonder rice is more expensive than bread..." Thinking of this, she asked President Putoyare, "Then, don't we have to go to countries south to buy rice seeds?"

President Putoyare smiled and said to You Jiahui, "My Lord Knight, you are right. If we really want to grow rice, we must send people to the southern countries to purchase seeds as soon as possible. We can't hesitate, we must make a decision early. But this... I don't know if it will be too late." When he said this, he began to look embarrassed.

When You Jiahui heard "too late", she quickly asked President Putuo Yare, "Oh? What do you mean?"

President Putuo Yalei explained to You Jiahui, "Rice needs paddy fields. Countries to the south have more paddy fields, but here we have dry fields. Fortunately, there's a river in your territory, so converting to paddy fields isn't difficult, but it's a large project. I don't know how many acres you want to convert, and I'm worried we won't have enough time to dig this year."

You Jiahui let out a long, "Oh!" and thought to herself, "I haven't considered that. Converting paddy fields is such a hassle..." She had originally thought growing rice in this country would be more profitable, but the thought of the hassle immediately dismissed the idea. She then asked President Putoyare, "Let's not talk about rice for now. I heard this country has two crops a year. How does that work?"

President Putoyare continued to explain to You Jiahui, saying, "Well, speaking of which, we're a little different from the countries to the north. There, they plant wheat in mid-autumn, and it doesn't ripen until early autumn of the following year. We plant wheat in early autumn, and it's ripe by late spring of the following year."

After hearing this, You Jiahui looked puzzled and asked the president, Putuo Yare, "That's not right. Spring has long passed, and it's almost the end of summer. So what are we going to harvest next?"

You Jiahui kept asking questions, and President Putoyare kept answering them.

Finally, how will You Jiahui cooperate with the Merchant Guild to manage her own territory? Please read the next chapter...