On the third day of the opening of all ten branches, the information board of Lin Kee Inn finally launched the long-awaited information about various parts of Qiufeng Province.

The sources of information were all collected and provided by the beggars adopted by the Lin Kee Inn in various counties, and then sent to Autumn Wind City and the other nine counties through the transportation door through the shopkeepers of the branches in each county. Most of the information is about business-related anecdotes, crop yields, and large households seeking cooperation...... Once launched, although the response was far less than the news of the Chamber of Commerce, it also attracted a lot of attention.

Lin Kee Inn, which has already established an unshakable position in Autumn Wind City, has gone to a higher level because of the content added by the consultation card, and most importantly, the enhancement of the consultation card has greatly strengthened the competitiveness of the major branches. Lin Dong believes that with the current hard power and soft power of Lin Kee Inn, even if Fenglin Restaurant makes a comeback, it will never be possible to shake Lin Kee Inn.

Originally, with the various advantages and strengths of Lin Ji Inn, it was already able to enter Lingnan County. Lin Dong had to put the expansion aside for the time being.

If you want to expand, the most basic condition is to have a stable rear.

Lin Ji Inn is the only one in Autumn Wind City, even if there are big restaurants open in the future, it will be difficult to grab diners from Lin Ji Inn, but this is not enough to ensure that Lin Ji Inn can continue to dominate in Autumn Wind City.

The biggest reason lies in the selection of the Chamber of Commerce and the new prefect.

The regulations of the Chamber of Commerce have imposed on the various constraints of the Lin Kee Inn, and if the new prefect is the prince, the two major troubles will be extremely variable for the Lin Kee Inn.

If you don't deal with these two things, you will take the liberty of focusing your attention on Lingnan County, and it is likely that there will be a situation of trouble at both ends. With Lin Kee Inn's current financial resources, although he is not afraid of problems, Lin Dong does not have so much time to run at both ends. If you really want to make a fuss at both ends, it is definitely not something that can be solved by going back and forth through the transport door and sitting in the inn.

Of course, the energy is still focused on Autumn Wind City, but it is not affected to buy land and build an inn in Lingnan City first. Lin Kee Inn now has fifty or sixty loyal people, and it is no problem to send two or three to the past.

What gave Lin Dong a headache was the location of the Lin Ji Inn in Lingnan City, and then the scale of the Lin Ji Inn.

In terms of site selection, the cities in each city are gathering places for large households, and if the Lin Kee Inn is built in the city, although it will be in direct conflict with the two major restaurants in Lingnan City, which divide the super households, it is equivalent to the geographical disadvantage being wiped out, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The trouble lies in the residents, past merchants, and the place to do business is rarely in the city, even if it is in the city, most of them are in the city to find a good place to live after entering the city, if it is built in the city, Lin Ji Inn is equivalent to losing its innate advantages. With the advantages of Lin Kee Inn in terms of accommodation, it is far from being able to make guests come to Lin Kee Inn to stay at it.

After thinking about it again and again, Lin Dong's final decision was to build a Lin Ji Inn in the city and at the gate of the city, although it was subject to the inn system that it was not possible to have two Lin Ji Inns in one city, but when the time came, it would be decided which one to operate according to the situation, and the loss would not be too great if the land of the other one was sold, and it was better to rush to relocate the site and build a new inn at that time.

In terms of scale, with the identity of a county businessman, according to Lin Dong's original intention, it is undoubtedly the larger the area, the better. But whether it is in the city or near the city gates on all sides, unless he pays dozens of times the sky-high price, it is almost impossible to put together a whole piece of land that can satisfy him.

Although the land price in Lingnan City is high, Lin Dong has more than 400,000 taels of silver and more than 3 million taels of silver jewelry, even if it is dozens of times the price, the two pieces of land are only 230,000 taels of silver, which is not too big a problem originally. But this is a big injustice, and it is inevitably too big, two or three hundred thousand taels of silver, with the current profit of the Lin Ji Inn in Autumn Wind City, it will take more than a year to earn. And the ten branches, except for the Linji Inn in Sealand City, which has a monthly income of three or five thousand taels, the others are still in a state of several hundred taels or even a loss, not considering the jewelry of more than three million taels of silver obtained by accident, it is not worth it.

I can't think of a solution, Lin Dong can only take one step at a time, anyway, the time is quite sufficient, depending on the situation, it is best to buy a larger plot, if you can't buy it, it's a big deal to build a four-story or five-story inn.

Everything that should be arranged has been arranged, and Lin Dong turned around and went to the Martial Arts Institute of Zealand City.

With the help of the Golden Armor Snake Inner Pill, in the past two months, although the medicinal effect of the Inner Pill has been weakening, Lin Dong has also reached the sixth level of the mental stage. And the last time I registered the realm, it was only the triple stage of the mind.

In order to strengthen the control of registered martial artists, according to the rules of Tianwei Pavilion, if a martial artist makes a breakthrough, he must go to the Martial Arts Institute to register within a month. Lin Dong has a relationship with Ren Qingsong, and he can cover up the past later. But they all ascended three realms in a row, and they didn't register when they had time, so they couldn't say it.

For Lin Dong's promotion to three realms in a row in just a few months, Ren Qingsong was ecstatic, and he was even more determined not to be promoted until there was a vacancy for the dean of the prefecture-level martial arts academy nearby. He believed that as long as he firmly hugged Lin Dong's thigh, he would have no problem becoming the president of the county-level martial arts institute in his lifetime.

Under the send-off of Ren Qingsong and Yang Laiting's master and servant, Lin Dong returned to the Lin Ji Inn in Zealand City and arrived at Autumn Wind City through the transportation gate.

Through the utility room, the situation in the courtyard surprised Lin Dong a little.

At the stone table, in addition to Yun Lan, there was also a pair of young men and women, the man was wearing a green shirt, and he looked handsome and extraordinary. The woman was wearing a purple dress, whether it was a beautiful face or the elegance of her gestures, in this Autumn Wind City, the return rate was enough to reach five or six hundred.

The two of them were obviously persuading Yun Lan to say something, and the answer they got was just Yun Lan shaking her head gently.

Lin Dong's heart moved, and he somewhat understood the identities of these two people.

Disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, I came to deliver ancient books. Of course, there are also high-level spirit swords and alchemy, and materials in the arrangement of the spirit array.

If you're not an innkeeper, you don't have to worry about being suspected. Lin Dong opened the door and walked out.

At the moment of the squeak, the two of them were alert in their hearts for the first time, and they turned their heads to look at each other.

Lin Dong nodded and smiled at the two.

The two of them judged Lin Dong's age, and after determining that there could be no threat, they nodded lightly at Lin Dong, turned their heads and continued to look at Yun Lan.

Lin Dong hesitated for a moment, but still walked forward with a smile.

"Yun Lan, these two are ......"

"Mo Jianchen, the fifth disciple of the Great Elder, and Xue Tianhong, the fourth disciple of the Sixth Elder, are my junior brothers and sisters according to the entry time." After Yun Lan introduced the two, she introduced them to the two again: "Lin Dong, the shopkeeper of Lin Ji Inn. ”

Lin Dong smiled and arched his hand: "Young Master Mo, Miss Xue!" ”

The two of them just nodded in return, and their eyes moved to Yun Lan again.

"Senior Sister Yun, if you refuse to go back, the elders, we won't be able to explain."

"Yes! The temper of the Great Elder, Senior Sister is not unaware, if we really want to return to the Heavenly Sword Sect alone, we will not be punished for facing the wall for three or five months. ”

Yun Lan shook his head: "It's the same here, if I write a letter to you later, the Great Elder shouldn't blame." ”

Mo Jianchen wanted to say more, but Xue Qinghong looked at Lin Dong and said, "Shopkeeper Lin, we have important things to discuss with Senior Sister Yun, you see ......"

"Okay, you talk." Lin Dong looked up at the sky and asked, "Yun Lan, if you eat here, I'll go to the kitchen to make lunch?" ”

Yun Lan replied softly. The two of them frowned in unison, and their eyes moved to Lin Dong again, a little unable to understand his attitude.

Although they were a little dissatisfied with the attitude of the two of them who loved to answer and ignored them, the disciples of the big sect were somewhat arrogant, and the two of them could nod to an innkeeper and speak, which was enough to give face. Therefore, Lin Dong smiled at the two of them, and then went to the kitchen.

After working for a long time, four dishes and one soup, a porcelain pot of white rice, two trays on one load, Lin Dong came to the stone table with the tray in one hand, put the tray down, and sat down on the last empty stone bench.

"Coarse tea and light rice, forgive me!" Lin Dong casually said politely, picked up a bowl of white rice and put it in front of him.

"Let's eat!" Yun Lan greeted and followed.

Mo Jianchen and Xue Qinghong were a little dissatisfied with Lin Dong's attitude, this person, even if he didn't know the identity of his senior sister, but just with his senior sister's temperament, he should know that it was not comparable to secular people. Relying on the identity of the host, he sat at the same table without consent.

Dissatisfied to dissatisfied, seeing that Yun Lan didn't speak, the two of them didn't have much to say, so they had to eat with their heads bored.

After lunch, under the surprised eyes of Mo Jianchen and the others, Lin Dong swept the plates and plates into the mobile counter one by one.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper of an inn is actually a martial arts student, otherwise, it would definitely not be possible to use the storage spirit ring so smoothly. It's just that secular people are always secular people, and for the sake of temporary convenience, they use the storage spirit ring as a container for garbage.

Although they were a little surprised, Mo Jianchen and the others didn't ask, waiting for Lin Dong to leave before they could talk about business.

After cleaning up the dishes, Lin Dong got up very interestingly and said, "You guys talk slowly, I'll go back to the room." ”

Yun Lan took out a spirit sword with a golden scabbard and handed it to Lin Dong, explaining, "This sword is called the Golden Leaf Sword, it belongs to the eighth-order spirit weapon, and it can be used when encountering a strong enemy. ”

Lin Dong nodded and took the Golden Leaf Sword, with his current strength, the Ruyi Stool could only be strengthened into a fourth-order spiritual weapon, and when encountering an enemy with strong strength and a high-level spiritual weapon, it was more secure to use the Golden Leaf Sword.

"Wait!"

Mo Jianchen and Xue Qinghong on the side were a little anxious, and hurriedly got up to stop Lin Dong who turned around.

"Senior Sister Yun, why did you lend him the sword?" The two couldn't help but ask out loud, although the Gu Huan Sect was a large sect in the Han Kingdom, but because it belonged to the Alchemy Sect, high-level spiritual weapons were rare. In the entire Heavenly Sword Sect, there was not a single idle ninth-order spiritual weapon, and there were only two eighth-order spiritual weapons.

Yun Lan's letter asked to bring the Golden Leaf Sword over, and the elders and disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect who knew about it thought that it was used to test how to truly integrate the spirit array into the spirit weapon, but they didn't think that it was actually lent to others for use.

"It's not borrowing, it's giving." Yun Lan opened his mouth and said, "If this matter is not clearly stated in the letter, I will explain it to the elders." ”

"Send?" The two were frightened by this.

Lin Dong couldn't help but look at Yun Lan, it was just an eighth-order spirit sword, which made it difficult for her to make peace in the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Yun Lan shook her head slowly, with her surname, no matter how close she was with Lin Dong, she would only give him some things that originally belonged to her, and she would not give him the treasure of the Heavenly Sword Sect for nothing. But the method of truly integrating the spirit array into the spirit weapon, Lin Dong also had half of the credit, and in terms of calculation, it was the Heavenly Sword Sect that took advantage. Sending an eighth-order spirit weapon as compensation is actually only low or low.

"Senior sister, this is the Golden Leaf Sword." Xue Qinghong glanced at Lin Dong, and didn't care about being polite, and reminded: "If the senior sister wants to give it to a friend, the elders won't say anything, but you can give it to the shopkeeper of an inn......

"Yes! Senior Sister Yun, if the elders knew about this, I am afraid they would be unhappy. Mo Jianchen nodded incessantly.

Yun Lan's face sank, her eyes swept over the faces of the two, and her voice was slightly displeased: "Whoever is unhappy, can come to me." ”

The two of them were shocked and did not dare to speak. For more than ten years, they had never seen Yun Lan say cruel words to anyone, and they couldn't imagine that they would actually be angry for a spiritual weapon.

"If it's okay, you guys should go back to the Heavenly Sword Sect as soon as possible. There is progress in the matter of the fusion of the spirit weapon and the spirit array, and I will send someone to send a letter back. Yun Lan said lightly.

The two of them looked at Lin Dong together, and after seeing that his face was as usual, their eyes turned cold. The complete fusion of the spirit array and the spirit weapon is related to the future of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and in the Heavenly Sword Sect, it is only known to the elders and a few elite disciples, such a confidential matter, this Lin shopkeeper actually knows? If it spreads, it is likely to bring immeasurable consequences.

"You guys talk slowly, I'll go back to the room first."

For these two, Lin Dong was completely convinced. Originally, he had already given up the idea of persuading the Heavenly Sword Sect to agree to Yun Lan marrying him, and if he wanted to marry Yun Lan, he had to use his fists and power to rob people. It can be said that except for the cloud firmament, the relationship with the Heavenly Sword Sect will basically be in a semi-hostile relationship in the future.

Despite this, in Lin Dong's opinion, Mo Jianchen and Xue Qinghong have always been Yun Lan's junior brothers and sisters, and the future is a matter of the future, not to mention that it is not yet time to turn their faces, even if they subdue the Heavenly Sword Sect, they have to be polite when they see the people of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Unexpectedly, I greeted him kindly, and it was just discriminated against, and I actually moved to kill.

These two didn't want to think about Yun Lan's attitude from beginning to end.

For Yun Lan's sake, he was moved to kill someone, and he had to endure it if he was angry. But Lin Dong completely lost interest in such a thing as a hot face and a cold ass, looked at the murderous eyes of the two, smiled, turned around and left.

"Stop!" A coquettish shout sounded behind him, Lin Dong looked back, Xue Qinghong's eyes were cold, and there was a thick killing intent on his pretty face.

"Senior Sister Yun, if the matter of the complete fusion of the spirit weapon and the spirit array is passed on by him." Mo Jianchen said hurriedly: "I'm afraid it will bring endless troubles to our Heavenly Sword Sect. ”

"The method of completely fusing the spirit array and the spirit weapon was originally what he thought of." Yun Lan said lightly.

The two were stunned, and after glancing at each other, the murderous intent in their eyes was still strong.

Xue Qinghong took a few steps forward and whispered, "Senior Sister Yun, I know you don't want to hurt the innocent, let alone a meritorious person. But this matter is too important to be known to an outsider. Senior Sister Yun will go back to the room first, and Senior Brother Mo and I will give him a ride to ensure that there will be no pain. ”

"If you dare to say such things again, don't blame me for not recognizing you as a junior sister." Yun Lan was extremely angry and said coldly: "The purpose of the two of you coming here is just to send me something, and it is not your turn to take care of other things." ”

"Teacher, senior sister......"

The two also wanted to explain, on the side, Lin Dong was helpless, these two didn't know if their eyesight was too poor, or if they really regarded the innkeeper as a toad.

Even if it's a toad, no one rules that you can't eat swan meat, right?

There was no way, he stepped forward slowly, Lin Dong came to Yun Lan's side, stretched out his right arm, and hugged Yun Lan's willow waist in the stunned eyes of Mo Jianchen and the others.

Lin Dong said leisurely: "I'm a little sleepy, let's go back to the room and sleep!" ”

Mo Jianchen and the others couldn't help but grow their mouths, staring at Lin Dong's right hand, and their breathing became rapid. I wanted to say something, but my throat seemed to be blocked by something, and it was dry and painful.

Yun Lan's body stiffened, and she couldn't help glaring at Lin Dong, and said softly, "Do you know that if this matter is transmitted back to the Heavenly Sword Sect, it is likely to bring you death?" ”

Lin Dong smiled indifferently and wrote lightly: "It doesn't matter, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, don't forget that there is Old Man Ding here." Look at your face, if someone from the Heavenly Sword Sect comes to the Lin Ji Inn to make trouble, and if they are knocked out and thrown out, they will call it a day. ”

"It's easy to say!"

Seeing Lin Dongyun's indifferent expression, Yun Lan felt a little weak in her heart, hesitated, turned her head to look at Mo Jianchen and the others, and said helplessly: "I went back to the room to rest, you should know the consequences of this incident." ”

The faces of the two of them instantly turned red with the words they couldn't speak, which was too shocking for them.

Senior Sister Yun, who is as admired and admired as a god in the eyes of all her brothers and sisters, actually has an improper relationship with this man? Moreover, how far has this illicit relationship developed?

How is this possible?

Burst...... The more they held back, the more difficult it was to express the shock of asking the reason, which made it more and more difficult for the two of them to breathe, and eventually caused the aura in the meridians to be uncontrolled, perhaps because of the equal strength, almost in no particular order, a mouthful of blood spurted out in unison.

Not to mention Lin Dong, seeing this situation, Yun Lan was a little dumbfounded.

"Senior Sister Yun, Senior Sister Yun......" A mouthful of blood spurted out, Xue Qinghong felt much better, but after accidentally seeing Lin Dong, his breathing became rapid again.

Yun Lan reacted, her body shook, and she came behind the two of them, her palms came out together, sticking to the backs of the two, and spiritual power poured into them.

Under the conditioning of Yun Lan's spiritual power, the chaotic spiritual power of the two was finally controlled.

When Yun Lan withdrew her spiritual power, Xue Qinghong couldn't wait to point at Lin Dong, and said with some difficulty: "Senior Sister Yun, you, your relationship with him ......"

Yun Lan glanced at Lin Dong, who was still stunned, and nodded slowly.

"What about Senior Brother Feng?"

Xue Qinghong's words made Lin Dong's sanity instantly regain consciousness, and the cold light in his eyes flashed.

Senior Brother Feng? What's that?

Yun Lan frowned and said unhappily: "What does my business have to do with him?" ”

"Even if it has nothing to do with Senior Brother Feng." Xue Qinghong hurriedly said, "The sect master and the elders won't agree either!" You are the heir of the sect master of our Heavenly Sword Sect, and according to the rules of the sect, you will either not marry for life, or you can only choose within the sect. With your identity, you can't leave the Heavenly Sword Sect even if you want to. ”

"yes!" Mo Jianchen nodded indiscriminately: "Once this matter is reported back to the sect, the elders may be furious, and they will definitely arrest you and punish you to the Heavenly Sword Sect." ”

Lin Dong felt a little guilty that he was so angry that he vomited blood, and when he heard this, he knew that Xue Qinghong and Yun Lan had a good relationship. Otherwise, he would definitely not just think about the consequences of Yun Lan, but not the impact on the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"As long as you don't talk nonsense in the Heavenly Sword Sect, no one will know. In the future, there will always be a solution. Yun Lan said helplessly.

"But, yes......" Xue Qinghong pointed at Lin Dong and said hurriedly: "But what is he worthy of Senior Sister Yun?" I know that Senior Sister Yun doesn't look down on Senior Brother Feng's arrogance, but you can't just find someone to like! ”

"yes!" Mo Jianchen glanced at Lin Dong with some disgust, and persuaded: "If Senior Sister Yun finds someone who can be worthy of you, even if she is not a disciple of our Heavenly Sword Sect, even if Sister Yun Lan betrays the Heavenly Sword Sect for this reason, as long as Senior Sister Yun likes it, although we junior brothers and sisters, although we dare not disobey the elders, we will definitely help in secret." But this man ......"

Lin Dong was full of depression and had to swallow it in his stomach. If it weren't for the fact that these two were really thinking about Yun Lan, he really had the urge to open the heads of the two of them on a bench.

"I know you're doing it for my good, but you don't know Lin Dong yet, so you don't ...... at all."

Before Yun Lan could finish speaking, there was a choking sound, and Xue Qinghong pulled out the spirit sword and took Lin Dong's throat directly.

Mo Jianchen was stunned, and immediately took out the spirit sword from the storage spirit ring, and a sword followed.

For the sake of Senior Sister Yun's happiness, even if she is blamed by Senior Sister Yun, or even kills herself in a fit of anger, this person must be killed!

(To be continued)