The Carriage Was Finished
The transfer of ownership was completed smoothly. In less than three days, Secretary Zhou delivered the property certificate, access card, and gate remote control. The water, electricity, and property management were also handed over, so Shen Jingchuan didn't have to worry about anything.
Moving was even simpler. He went back to his old place alone, packed all his frequently used clothes and personal belongings into his storage space, without even bringing a single cardboard box.
The furniture and appliances weren't anything valuable to begin with, so he simply left them all where they were. After tidying up and locking the door, he drove straight to the West Mountain Separate Courtyard.
When the car arrived at the gate of the villa area, the guard in the booth only glanced at the license plate before the barrier silently lifted without asking any questions.
After driving along the main road for more than 200 meters, a separate one-way pedestrian path branched off on the right. The path was about four meters wide, with dense native pine forests on both sides. The intertwined branches and leaves provided shade for the path. After driving uphill for more than a minute, not even half of the other villas could be seen. The only sound was the soft hum of engines.
Shen Jingchuan nodded inwardly. This privacy was indeed excellent; ordinary people couldn't even touch the gate, let alone spy on what was happening inside.
At the end of the road is the gate of Courtyard No. 1. Turn the car to the west side of the courtyard, where a large electric roller shutter door stands, which is the entrance to the underground parking garage.
He pressed the switch, and the roller shutter door slowly rose. He drove the car in and then closed the door.
The garage has a ceiling height of 3.5 meters, and the walls and floors are covered with epoxy flooring. It is spacious and well-organized, and at first glance, it seems that it can easily accommodate four or five cars. Even a medium-sized van can drive in without feeling cramped. It was clearly designed with a large vehicle standard in mind.
The garage leads to two separate rooms: one is a temperature-controlled wine cellar with empty oak shelves; the other is a storage room, square in shape, about 40 to 50 square meters. Above, ventilation, fire protection, and water and electricity pipes of varying thicknesses are neatly arranged. The entire basement has a ceiling height of over three meters, without the oppressive feeling of a typical basement space.
Two staircases stand in the corner, one leading south to the second courtyard and the other leading north directly to the third courtyard.
Shen Jingchuan climbed the steps, pushed open the door, and stepped into the corridor of the three-courtyard house. At his feet were neatly trimmed flowers, trees, and small rock formations.
He strolled slowly around the corridor, passing through courtyards, a second hall, and a third bedroom, each building leading into the next. To the west was a small garden with a few old pomegranate trees, and a small patch of open space in the corner. As he looked around, he suddenly thought of the mansion in the other world—also a three-courtyard layout, also with an attached area on the west side, except that the other mansion had carriages and stables, while this one had an underground garage.
Ultimately, they are all places to house vehicles; in ancient times, horses were kept, and in modern times, cars are stored—the principles are surprisingly similar.
Standing on the steps of the third courtyard, Shen Jingchuan slowly began to make plans in his mind.
This place is a detached house with no neighbors for hundreds of meters around. The walls are high, so no one outside can see what's going on inside.
In the future, supplies purchased from the modern world can be directly transported into the underground garage, stored in the space, and then taken to another world, which is much more convenient than the previous hassle of moving things around in a rented apartment.
But this house was taken over from the Yang Household. The Yang Household can definitely contact the security and property management of this area. If someone is deliberately watching him, he will move things into the garage every few days, but nothing will be seen going out. If this happens too often, it will inevitably give off a strange sign and cause some trouble.
After a moment's thought, he quickly made up his mind.
Normal residential goods are fine, and small items can pass through here without any problem, but large or bulky goods will absolutely not be moved here.
If you really need to handle large items, it would be safer to rent a separate warehouse in the suburbs. This yard should just be used as a place to live, and we shouldn't cause any unnecessary trouble.
Having figured this out, he turned and went into the main house, casually taking out the clothes from his spatial storage and putting them into the wardrobe. He took out the other items and placed them in suitable locations. Outside the window, the pine shadows swayed, and the courtyard was quiet, with only the soft rustling of the wind through the branches and leaves. It was indeed a place that could bring peace of mind.
Two days later, Shen Jingchuan brought Meng Ke to the West Mountain Separate Garden.
Meng Ke strolled around the house, inside and out, and when he reached the sunny guest room on the north side of the second courtyard, he liked it very much and tapped on the door:
"I'll stay in this room next time I come over. It has good natural light, and I like it."
Shen Jingchuan paused for a moment, then raised an eyebrow at her:
"Huh? You're not sharing a room with me?"
"Who wants to share a room with you?"
Meng Ke rolled her eyes at him, her cheeks flushing slightly, and turned to continue walking down the corridor.
"Dream on."
She walked backwards with great interest, pointing and gesturing all the way. She planned to leave the master bedroom in the third courtyard for him to live in, convert the west wing into a fitness area, set up a large dining table in the main hall of the second courtyard for meals and entertaining guests, and even set up a tea table in the corner of the back garden so that people could sit and enjoy the sun and drink tea when the weather was nice.
"Fine, fine, whatever you say, do it however you want."
Shen Jingchuan smiled and agreed.
Meng Ke stood in the courtyard with his hands on his hips, chin slightly raised, looking completely at ease.
"Of course! With your taste, how could anyone live in a house you decorated like that? You have to listen to me on this."
After accompanying Meng Ke to view the house, he went straight to the area outside the Sixth Ring Road the next day and finalized a modern standard warehouse of 1,200 square meters.
The warehouse has a six-meter ceiling, a complete constant temperature and humidity system, high-definition monitoring with no blind spots in the entire area, and the main door supports remote control via mobile phone. It even has a loading and unloading platform, and there is also an 80-square-meter independent cold storage room on the side, with the refrigeration temperature control adjustable to minus 20 degrees Celsius.
The price wasn't cheap, but its location was secluded and isolated, with no one interfering with trucks coming and going, making it perfect as a transit station. Shen Jingchuan wasn't short of money, so he signed a ten-year contract directly, getting it done in one go.
Just two days after completing the warehouse paperwork, he received a call from Factory Director Zhou of the custom-made carriages, who said the carriages were ready and asked when it would be convenient for him to inspect them. Shen Jingchuan immediately arranged for the afternoon and asked the other party to deliver them directly to the warehouse outside the Sixth Ring Road.
Around 3 PM, a flatbed truck carrying assembled horse-drawn carriages pulled up at the warehouse entrance. The factory manager personally followed, directing the workers to unload the goods, rubbing his hands together with a smile.
"Mr. Shen, look, it's all made according to the blueprints you provided."
Shen Jingchuan walked around the carriage twice, knocked on the side of the carriage, and then opened the door to look at the soft upholstery and storage compartments inside; the workmanship was solid.
"This is the first time I've made this kind of carriage, so I don't have much experience and some details might not be perfect."
The factory manager said politely:
"If you encounter any problems using it, feel free to contact us. We'll come to your location free of charge to adjust and improve it. With this experience, we'll be able to produce in batches faster and handle the details even better in the future."
"It's good, I'm quite satisfied."
Shen Jingchuan nodded, didn't complain much, and transferred the remaining payment on the spot.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, the factory manager drove away with the workers, and the huge warehouse instantly fell silent, leaving only the black carriage standing quietly in place.
With a thought, Shen Jingchuan caused a barely perceptible ripple in the space, and the carriage, which was limited by the size of the space, was barely managed to fit inside.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
The size was just right, fitting snugly at the edge of the space. It was a bit cramped, but he managed to fit it all in. This carriage would be very useful the next time he traveled to another world.
He originally intended to use it himself, but now he has figured out how to use this four-wheeled carriage to establish a connection between himself and the upper echelons of society in the other world.