"Brother-in-law, why do you suddenly want to buy a house? Are you planning to stay in Guangling for good?"
Pan Long nodded. "The Northlands are bitterly cold. Once Aunt Cui is pregnant, it'll be better for her to live in Yang Province. It'll be safer for a child to grow up there, too."
Wu Jixing couldn't help laughing. "You're not even married yet, and you're already thinking about all that?"
"There's nothing wrong with preparing early."
"True enough. Housing prices in Guangling City keep rising anyway. Better to buy sooner than later," said Ding Laoheng, one of the two lieutenants under Wu Jixing. "A while back, the Commandery Governor even issued an order limiting each family to one property in Guangling City. Anyone who already owned more had to sell the extras or pay a heavy tax every year... And prices are still going up."
Pan Long was startled. A memory from his previous life immediately surfaced. "How high are housing prices in Guangling now?"
The short, stout Song Xiaoha gave him a figure.
Pan Long frowned slightly. The price was higher than he had expected.
It wasn't that he couldn't afford it. It was just that... prices this high in Guangling gave him an unpleasant feeling of déjà vu.
"Are all the wealthy people in Yang Province flocking to Guangling?" he muttered. "There shouldn't be any need... Unless they have shops to run here, they could normally just station a few people in the city to keep up with business news. That would be enough..."
"Brother-in-law, what are you talking about? Why does a rise in housing prices worry you so much?" Wu Jixing asked curiously.
Pan Long gave a dry chuckle. He could hardly tell her about the psychological scars left by his younger days in his previous