Big Capitalist

Gene looked at Merlin happily. He was indeed a member of his idol's family, so generous. He said to his juniors, "Why are you all standing there? Why don't you thank Merlin? You can earn some money by helping Merlin kill chickens. I didn't have such a good thing when I was in the first grade. Isn't this an extra way for you to make extra money?"

When the first-year students of the Beast Taming Academy heard what Gene said, they hurriedly thanked Merlin. This was a job that provided them with money to earn, and five copper coins were a day's pocket money for them. After paying tuition, accommodation fees, and miscellaneous fees, the tuition they could spend in a day might only be five copper coins.

"There is a branch of the Emerald River behind the Beast Taming Academy. Our Beast Taming Academy uses the lower reaches of this river to process a lot of waste produced by monsters."

Merlin heard what Gene said and said, "So are we going to go downstream and kill the chickens?"

"Of course not. Let's go upstream. The environment there is good and there is no peculiar smell."

After saying this, Gene took Merlin and his fellow students towards the back mountain.

The sun shines through the treetops, dappling on the winding road, forming patches of golden light. The air is filled with the fresh scent of pine and soil, which makes Merlin take a deep breath involuntarily and feel the baptism of nature. He can feel the subtle magic around him. It is a good place.

After walking for less than ten minutes, they saw an open space with a clear stream winding through it. The sound of gurgling water and the occasional chirping of insects made Merlin fall in love with this place at first sight.

"Senior Gene, does this place also belong to the Beast Taming Academy?" Merlin asked.

"Not really. Although the Beast Taming Academy uses the back mountain, it is actually a public area. This place is too remote. Our Beast Taming Academy is far away from the main campus, and this place is even farther away. Naturally, not many people are willing to come here."

After saying this, Gene took his junior classmates to start processing two hundred chickens by the river.

Merlin's eyes lit up when he heard this. "So, anyone can come here? Can we live here?"

"Live? Well, you're right, but who would want to live here except for camping? Isn't it better to lie comfortably in the bed in the dormitory?"

Gene watched his junior schoolmates expertly slaughtering the plump chickens and categorizing the things Merlin said, and nodded in approval. He came here because he was afraid that someone would fool Merlin, but at the moment there shouldn't be any problem.

Merlin has made up his mind. He plans to move out of the high-class dormitory and live here directly. He doesn't want to live in a place like the high-class dormitory where he gets taken advantage of. Besides, he will inevitably need a place and manpower to do business in the future. This place is good. It is next to the Beast Taming Academy. He can find people to work here and he can also set up a workshop since it is a public area.

Merlin thought about it a lot, but he couldn't build a house, and ordinary people couldn't enter the Arcane Academy, so he looked at Gene and asked, "Senior, do you know who in the academy can build a house?"

Gene was confused when he heard Merlin's question. What was going on with this junior? Why did he suddenly talk about building a house? He looked around and said, "I see. Do you like this place? Do you want to build a house here?"

"Yes, I want to move out of the dormitory and live here." Merlin nodded.

Gene suspected that Merlin had some serious illness. That was a high-end dormitory. He heard that the environment there was quite amazing, so noble that ordinary people like them could hardly imagine. Moreover, it was right on the main campus, so it was quite convenient for classes. He couldn't understand why Merlin wanted to move out of the high-end dormitory and come to such a remote place, just because the environment here was good?

Not understanding the train of thought of Junior Brother Merlin, Gene nodded and said, "If you want to build a house, you can hire these junior brothers and sisters. Even though they are freshmen, they are very capable."

"Oh? They can build houses?" Merlin was shocked. You know, building a house is not an easy task.

Gene laughed and said, "In the Beast Taming Academy, there is no shortage of all kinds of craftsmen. Most of these students come from craftsman families, so they naturally learned the skills of their parents."

Gene said as he called out to a person in the distance, "Garant! Come here!"

Garant, who was killing a chicken, stood up and ran over immediately when he heard Gene's voice. Merlin looked and saw that this guy was the boy who ate the chicken's butt.

Gene pushed the boy in front of Merlin and said, "Garant, this guy's parents specialize in building houses for others. Whether it's a stone house, a wooden house, or even a fortress or a castle, his parents can build them, and he has also learned from his parents for many years. Maybe he is not good at building fortresses and castles, but he has no problem building wooden houses and stone houses."

Garant was a little dazed when he heard Gene introduce himself like this. He looked at Merlin in surprise and said, "Brother Merlin, do you want to build a house?"

"Well, I plan for you to build your own dormitory in this vacant land, and I plan to move out of my own dormitory and live here." Merlin nodded.

Although Garant, like Gene, didn't understand why Merlin chose to live in this remote place instead of a nice high-end dormitory, building houses was a skill at the level of his "blood talent". After years of training by his parents, he could have done it on his own a long time ago.

Before arriving at the Arcane Academy, Garant had been thinking that if he couldn't make it here, he would go back and gather a group of brothers to help repair houses for others.

He has been in school for so long and hasn't built a house for a long time, so his skills have become a little rusty. Sometimes he has to just endure the itching to build a house.

After all, building a house is not a small amount of money, and who would ask him to build a house in the Arcane Academy?

"Brother Merlin, are you really going to build a house?"

"Naturally, this is a public area anyway. Do you see that vacant lot? I want to build a small villa there."

Merlin pointed to the clearing by the river.

"villa?"

"Well, I want to build a three-story large house. I can't explain it clearly. I'll give you the blueprints when I have time, and you'll understand after you take a look."

Merlin naturally didn't know how to design a building. He only planned to design the exterior, and leave the interior and construction to professionals.

When Garant heard that Merlin was not joking, he immediately said excitedly, "Brother Merlin, leave this to me. I will definitely make it beautiful for you. I know a lot of classmates whose families are all building houses. It is not a problem for them to help."

"Okay then. Let me go back and study the blueprints. You can calculate how much money will be needed then and start the work as soon as possible." Merlin thought that he had to hurry up, as this semester was about to end and he had to have a place to stay before the next semester started.