Under normal circumstances, renting a house was perfectly normal. Living costs had to be considered.
Inside the mountain gate was all Feng Jun's territory. Even if you built a house, it would not belong to you. Renting was more cost-effective.
Feng Jun had no plans to deal with these houses for the time being, but if you were on his land and did not dare build a house, it meant either you were short of money or you were only here temporarily—you did not trust him.
And among those who could stay on Pacify Arms Mountain, aside from the major families, there were quite a few people who had money and dared to invest.
The details of these economic activities would not be discussed. At present, only a little over three thousand people lived permanently inside Pacify Arms Mountain's gates. Everyone else had been driven outside.
Thus, Pacify Arms Mountain was now livelier outside the gates than within. Forty or fifty thousand people had gathered there; one could imagine how bustling it was.
Yet the area inside the gates had been properly organized. At night, it blazed with lights, its streetlamps sparkling. It looked upscale, grand, and classy.
Outside the gates, lights also dotted the night. Around a dozen Boiler Engines were operating nearby, their owners providing electricity for a fee. More common were all kinds of small emergency lamps, while some people had used connections to tap into the electricity inside the gates.
The outside was also awash in lights, but compared with inside the gates, it lacked a bit of order.
When Huangfu Wuxia returned, it was already nighttime. Seeing this scene, she stared blankly for a while before speaking. "Um... aren't there a few too many idlers around our Blessing Courtyard?"
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