After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1249

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The ceremony reception continued with the guests eating their fills. They could also stay as they wanted, using the venue to relax as they explored the Alterra gardens later on.

Interestingly, Hoffen's alleged antisocial properties seemed to be nonexistent when he was consuming delicious food.

"What is this… it's so… savory."

"What did your cook add in this?"

"I really like this place."

Gregor was eating silently next to him, but there was a slight tilt on his lips, indicating his amusement.

Hoffen turned to look at him. "Does this mean we can get used to this kind of food?"

Gregor nodded. "I believe so."

"This is becoming a better investment than I thought," Hoffen said, and Gregor could only amusedly shake his head.

Next to them, Obi had just found out that Otto had reserved a lease for a villa in the new development. It promised even grander design than the current villa areas, which was saying something!

"How did you get the money?" Obi asked. As far as he knew, the money they had after being scammed by Bleumrick was mostly on their mother, who was smart enough to hide a space ring outside the City.

Otto grinned. "Before leaving, I may have deposited a few thousand gold in the Alterra Bank."

Their oath to Bleumrick was to give him all their assets within Bleulle. Everything else was free game.

"How much?"

"It's nothing compared to what we're used to, but it's enough for us to live comfortably in Alterra for years."

He barely used his gold at all because a lot of his expenditures could be taken from contribution points and his bonuses. Not to mention, the cost of living in Alterra was really low in their standards.

Otto deposited a few thousand gold in the bank. Or, to be accurate, he asked Althea to deposit a major portion of his payment for the Blueprint Materials—as well as their other deals—in the bank instead.

It would also grow some interest inside. It wasn't big, but it was better than the money just sitting in his space. According to Ansel, this was called 'letting money grow on its own while you sleep'.

With some of that money, he'd use it to buy that house. He also decided to use their terms of payment (i.e. downpayment first) instead of paying for everything in bulk. It wasn't what he was used to, but he could use that money elsewhere.

For example, business and leisure. Another, taxes.

Alterra, like any other territory, also had quite a few taxes. For example, for those related to land, there were property tax, transfer tax, Estate tax, and the like.

It was still much more affordable than the monthly property tax imposed in other territories, and they were much more willing to pay these because they could see where it was going.

Speaking of Alterra Bank, something all Elders were aware of was that the money deposited there was not counted in Althea's wallet. Since its inception, tens of thousands of gold had entered its vault for circulation.

This vault was created with Garan and Oslo's metals, combined with their latest metallurgy technology, including the use of steel and other improved alloys.

Like the Bunkers, there was no way for earth elementalists or goblins to get through this, at least not without taking a long time.

The gold and silver, on the other hand, would be used for major improvements like manual constructions, utilities, and the like. _{ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com}

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