Beijing, Ling's Courtyard.

In the dead of night, in the study, Ling Weifeng leaned back on the recliner, closed his eyes and rested.

On the bookcase, stacks of ledgers are neatly stacked, and they are thick enough to make any account room dizzy.

The sound of tuk tuk knocking at the door was very clear in the silence of the night.

"Second brother, it's me!" Outside the door, Ling Zhengyang's voice sounded.

Ling Weifeng got up and opened the door, and what came into view was a handsome face with a little excitement.

Raising the envelope in his hand towards Ling Weifeng, Ling Zhengyang said excitedly: "The county-level branch building plan, finally the first county seat that may be lost. ”

Ling Weifeng ignored it, the county-level sub-building plan, the emergence of a strong opponent had long been expected, even if he was defeated and withdrawn from a third of the county, it was also within the expected range. After all, at the scale of Fenglin Restaurant, it is enough to surpass the level of the tree, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is walking on thin ice.

The more hands-and-eyes and wealth, the stronger and more powerful the characters on the opposite side, instructing several prefects and county commanders to make trouble and make stumbling blocks, which is the simplest trick. It's just a small county town, and when it encounters difficulties, it will be lost, and it won't make the third young master of the Ling family so excited and out of shape.

Unless...... What amazing benefits can it bring to the Ling family.

Sitting down on the recliner again, Ling Weifeng said lightly: "Say it!" ”

"Rival, really rival!" Ling Zhengyang waved the envelope in his hand excitedly: "I didn't rely on any official power, and I was upright and cornered Fenglin Restaurant, and it was the Fenglin Restaurant in Zealand City." ”

"Sealand City?" Ling Weifeng frowned, Jiang Yichu's apprentice who made trouble seemed to have been fooled into going to Sealand City.

Although this bastard boy is annoying, and his cooking skills are a few points worse than his senior brother, he can be qualified to be the chef in charge of the prefecture-level Fenglin Restaurant.

"That's it?" Ling Weifeng raised his eyes and looked at Ling Zhengyang, the places where the dragon and the crouching tiger were hidden everywhere, and a small county town was hiding a character with superb cooking skills. If you can accept it, you can accept it, and if you can't accept it, forget it, if it will threaten Jiang Yichu's status, just let him disappear.

"That's not all, you can take a look at the news first." Ling Zhengyang put the envelope in his hand on the table.

Pulling out the letter paper and glancing at it a few times, Ling Weifeng nodded, and said unexpectedly: "Good idea!" ”

"It's not bad!" Ling Zhengyang clenched his fist with his right palm and said: "Consultation card, this idea is definitely more genius than the poetry, calligraphy and painting card I came up with." Because the poetry, calligraphy and painting cards are only suitable for county-level Fenglin Restaurant, the more the consultation card is more up, the greater the effect. ”

"No wonder you're so excited!" Ling Weifeng knocked on the table and said, "Do you want to promote consultation boards in all restaurants?" ”

Ling Zhengyang's face was flushed, "That's right! Moreover, he is a genius enough, and I am not bad. He only provided an occasion for merchants to exchange information and find cooperation, and with the scale of our Fenglin Restaurant throughout the Great Han Kingdom and the relationship with officials, it was completely possible to add something more attractive - collecting information from all over the Great Han Kingdom and the latest movements of the imperial court. ”

Ling Weifeng looked sideways slightly, although he felt that the greatest competitiveness would always be power and silver, he had to become interested in this idea.

In addition to the advantages of wine and cooking skills, the prefectural and county-level Fenglin restaurants rely on the officials who first conquer the place, and then use these officials to attract high rollers. When you meet a competitor, it is nothing more than relying on greater power to crush the other party or drag the other party down with more silver.

It is precisely because of this that Fenglin Restaurant will have many places to retreat, the reason is that the behind-the-scenes owners of many large restaurants are themselves prefects or county pastors, or the prefects or county pastors are all contacts of the enemy party. If you fight too hard, it is easy to cause disputes in the court.

If the opponent can be defeated through the proper way first, if these prefects or county ministers are blackmailed, the Ling family's counterattack will not be realized.

"Second brother, I want to go to Zealand City." Ling Zhengyang said resolutely: "It's rare to meet such a strong enemy, and it's just a small inn, so you have to see the means of the shopkeeper of this inn." ”

"The plan for the county-level branch building was proposed by you, and only you can do it well, now with this consultation card, do you have the time to spare?" Ling Weifeng said undoubtedly: "Stay in the capital honestly, the matter of Sealand City is the matter of the prefecture-level Fenglin Restaurant." ”

"Second brother, can you withdraw to the Fenglin Restaurant in Sealand City?" Ling Zhengyang asked in a low voice.

"Can't!" Ling Weifeng's eyes were cold and said, "No matter how small an enemy is, he is also an enemy!" ”

Ling Zhengyang's face was slightly gloomy, he liked Yang Mou, and the second brother loved conspiracy the most.

Since the second brother took over the affairs of Fenglin Restaurant, the shopkeepers of the county governments have gradually developed the habit of using power and silver to crush their opponents. Unless this inn called Lin Ji has a lot of backers behind it, in order to avoid disputes in the court, Fenglin Restaurant will withdraw from Sealand City. Otherwise, a small inn, even if it has extraordinary business methods, is doomed to fall under the oppression of power and silver.

……

The Martial Arts Institute of Sealand City was still empty and lonely, stepping into the lobby, Yang Laiting was doing nothing to fiddle with the account book in front of him. Compared with the last time, although he was also listless, his face was much more ruddy.

As if feeling that someone was coming, Yang Laiting looked up and glanced at it, and after finding that it was Lin Dong, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Why are you here?" ”

Lin Dong smiled and said, "I'm here to get the Gathering Spirit Pill." ”

"Take the elixir?" Yang Laiting was puzzled: "Didn't I give you a two-month share?" It's only been a month and a half...... Going far away? ”

Lin Dong shook his head and said with a smile: "It's all used up." ”

Yang Laiting frowned: "You gave it to someone else?" ”

"No, I'm alone."

Lin Dong didn't bother to pull it down anymore and came to the counter. didn't say anything polite to Yang Laiting, grabbed the spirit stone on the counter, put his palm on the top of the column, and the spiritual power rushed out of the dantian and rushed towards the spirit stone under his palm.

Underneath the blood-red stone pillar, a layer of silver slowly rose up, reaching a position slightly lower in the middle, and there was no further advance.

"The smart period is four points, not bad, not bad, and the progress is very great."

Yang Laiting couldn't help but praise his head, it was only a month and a half, and he jumped from the third level of the spirit period to the fourth level of the spirit period, this talent ......

The approving smile suddenly froze, Yang Laiting looked down at the spirit measuring stone with some difficulty, although Lin Dong had withdrawn the spiritual power, but the spiritual power infused into the spiritual measuring stone had not yet dissipated, and the position of the silver luster had not changed from before.

With a bang, Yang Laiting swallowed his saliva fiercely, then turned around and rushed into the backyard.

After a while, Ren Qingsong took the lead in rushing into the lobby, his red face full of uncontrollable excitement and excitement.

Finding a genius who can go from the third level of the spirit period to the fourth level of the spirit stage in two months, Ren Qingsong has been so happy that he can't even calm down in his cultivation for the past month and a half. I never thought that this speed could go further.

This undoubtedly means that he has taken another big step from the position of the president of the Zhengsipin Prefecture-level Martial Arts Academy.

A few words of modesty, without Lin Dong's reminder, Ren Qingsong ran back to the backyard very happily, and when he came out again, he held a small porcelain bottle tightly in his hand.

"According to your speed from the third level of the spirit period to the fourth level of the spirit period, it only takes less than two months to reach the fifth level of the spirit stage, and there are seven spirit pills inside, which is enough for two months' share." Ren Qingsong smiled and said, "If you can use it faster, of course it's the best." ”

Lin Dong smiled dumbly, he could be half a month in advance, relying on the inn to be upgraded to level 3, and if he wanted to speed up, he had to count on the inn to have a 4x cultivation bonus after upgrading. The inn's current experience value is only 43% of level 3, and it takes at least two months to fill up every day.

"That's right, Shopkeeper Lin ......" Looking at Lin Dong's face, Ren Qingsong said cautiously: "When I'm fine, can I take the spirit stone to the inn to see you?" ”

The address and name can be found on the register, and Lin Dong was not surprised that Ren Qingsong knew his identity, thought about it, and nodded: "Of course you can." ”

Ren Qingsong was overjoyed, and he was busy doing it himself, helping Lin Dong to complete the registration of realm improvement.