When Wang Xiaorui sought his advice,
Wang Shouzhe naturally did not put on airs. Instead, he asked solemnly, "Our Longzuo Wang Clan's main residence has several hundred courtyards and several thousand side rooms. The annual maintenance costs cannot be low, can they?"
At the mention of this, Wang Xiaorui's face filled with bitterness. "Shouzhe, you are a clan leader too, so naturally you understand the hardships involved. Even if we scrimp on maintenance for this residence every year, it still costs at least one or two thousand Qian Gold."
"If we carry out major repairs once every ten or twenty years, how could we possibly withstand it without ten or twenty thousand Qian Gold?"
These maintenance costs were quite a bit higher than those of the Ping'an Wang Clan. But that was normal. This was the prefecture city; naturally, everything cost more here.
"Since it sits empty and still requires maintenance, why not convert most of the main residence into an inn and open it to the public?" Wang Shouzhe suggested.
"An inn?" Wang Xiaorui's expression changed, and he hurriedly shook his head. "Absolutely not, absolutely not. This is the ancestral main residence passed down by our forebears. If we opened it for public business, would that not disgrace our ancestors?"
"I am only making a suggestion." Wang Shouzhe said calmly, "Listen to my analysis first, then Clan Leader Xiaorui can decide."
"Our Longzuo Wang Clan's main residence lies in the foremost commercial center and political center, surrounded by top-tier aristocratic clans. As the saying goes, grand houses stand in forests—this is the most valuable land in all of Longzuo Prefecture City."
"Land in Longzuo Prefecture City has always been worth its weight in gold. Even an ordinary room in a common inn probably costs seven or eight Big Copper