Entering the inn with the master and servant, Lin Dong asked, "Master Huang, are you planning to be on the first floor or the second floor?" If it is the second floor, you will have to charge an additional one or two pieces of silver every half hour. ”

"Let's go to the box on the second floor!" Huang Wanren didn't hesitate and said with a smile: "Since it's spying on the enemy, of course you have to choose the best." ”

Lin Dong smiled dumbly, and asked Ma Chun, the box on the second floor happened to be empty.

"Xiao Liu, come over and take Master Huang to the box on the second floor." Without waiting for Lin Dong to speak, Ma Chun called a man.

Lin Dong couldn't help but glance at Ma Chun more, thought about it slightly, and understood in his heart that Ma Chun should have something to tell him. After glancing at the lively lobby, Lin Dong immediately strolled into the backyard.

Sure enough, not long after, Ma Chun trotted in.

"Shopkeeper, Liu Hao is back."

"Liu Hao is back?" Lin Dong's face was overjoyed, and he asked, "Have you bought the land for building the inn?" ”

"I have already bought it, it is on Jinglong Street in the north of Autumn Wind City, and it is the same as here, one acre and seven points of land, two thousand one hundred taels of silver."

Lin Dong groaned, this time there is plenty of time, and there is no need to raise the land price several times like the last time a new inn was built, so although the land price of Autumn Wind City is much higher than that of Sealand City, the same area, the amount of money spent is much less.

According to Lin Dong's idea at that time, if the new inn was built with three floors, it would be enough to support Lin Ji Inn to be upgraded to the ninth level, and there was no need to worry about the lack of guest rooms and dining tables.

With the number of merchants coming and going in Autumn Wind City, coupled with the fact that Autumn Wind City is much larger than Sealand City, the merchants who come and go are not necessarily going to run too much in order to save more than a dozen dollars, and the number of rooms in the ninth-level inn has exceeded the limit.

However, after receiving a windfall of 10,000 taels of silver from Liu Chuanxiang, Lin Dong's mind changed a little.

To open an inn, the more space that should be in the lobby, the better, so that the more guests can be accommodated. But Lin Ji Inn is different, if Wang Liumo cultivates a group of loyal subordinates, he will undoubtedly have to be brought to the main inn, plus the added functions after the upgrade, if they are all crowded in a small backyard, it will definitely be easy to be suspicious.

Although the scale of the inn is enough for the ninth level, the larger the courtyard, the better.

After thinking carefully for a while, Lin Dong asked, "Where is Liu Hao now?" ”

Ma Chun explained: "Liu Hao came overnight, and after seeing that the shopkeeper was not there, he went back to his room to sleep after telling me about the situation. ”

"Well, when he wakes up, let him come to me."

After an explanation, Lin Dong returned to his room to practice.

It wasn't until it fell that Liu Hao's knock on the door sounded.

"Shopkeeper, Ma Chun said you were looking for me?"

After opening the door and letting Liu Hao enter the house, Lin Dong took out all the savings of the inn and pushed it on the table: "This is 11,000 taels of silver, and you will go to Autumn Wind City again tomorrow." ”

"Eleven thousand taels of silver?" Liu Hao's eyes widened, looking at the thick stack of silver tickets on the table, and said in disbelief: "It's only been more than a month, and the inn has earned more than 10,000 taels of silver, and the shopkeeper ...... Our inn has a new signature dish? ”

"Nope!" Lin Dong said with a smile: "These silver tickets are not earned, and 10,000 taels is a windfall." ”

"Oh!" Liu Hao was stunned, and then he was puzzled: "To build an inn, unless it is according to the standards of the two largest restaurants in Qiufeng Mansion, it will not need so much silver." ”

"It's not all about building new inns." Lin Dong shook his head and said, "The scale of the inn is still based on the details I talked to you about last time. However, the backyard has to buy another piece of land to enlarge it, and then divide the middle into two yards, leaving a doorway to divide into two yards, and the larger the backyard, the better. ”

Liu Hao's heart moved, and he asked, "Shopkeeper, are you planning to use the backyard as a place for us to cultivate?" ”

"That's half right." Lin Dong nodded and said: "You can build more houses in the backyard, but you must ensure that most of them are vacant land, and it is best to get one or two secret rooms out." ”

Liu Hao nodded heavily.

"Then there's the cellar, preferably under the room, and the entrance and exit must be inside the room. And then there's ......"

Just as he was explaining the layout of the backyard, Ma Chun's voice sounded outside the door: "The shopkeeper, wearing a hat, the guest surnamed Chen wants to see you." ”

It was inconvenient for Zhou Zhengye to go out of the county office, and he was injured in the morning, so there was no doubt that the person who came must be Fu Chunjian. Lin Dong immediately spoke: "Please let him in." ”

Lin Dong patted Liu Hao on the shoulder and said, "You go back first, I'll write out all the things that need attention later, and I'll hand it over to you tomorrow morning." ”

When Liu Hao went out for a short time, Fu Chunjian walked into the unclosed door, took out his hat, his long white beard was slightly upturned, and with a smile on his face, he was obviously in a good mood.

"Shopkeeper Lin, guess how much silver you earned this time!" Fu Chunjian said with a smile.

With Fu Chunjian's age and indifference, he is in a good mood enough to joke, this amount is naturally not low, Lin Dong thought about it slightly, and said slowly: "Ten thousand taels!" ”

"More than that, it's fifteen thousand taels of silver!" Fu Chunjian sighed: "Zhengye's leg is worth breaking!" ”

Lin Dong was dumbfounded, Zhou Zhengye's appetite seemed to be really raised by Liu Chuanxiang.

No matter how rich Fenglin Restaurant is, if Zhou Zhengye doesn't squeeze hard, a county-level shopkeeper will never spend 15,000 taels of silver to wipe his buttocks.

"Dean Fu, isn't it too ruthless? According to what we thought at the time, it was only 5,000 taels of silver, and we forced out 15,000 taels. Once the talks collapse, if you want to turn back, it is likely to arouse Liu Chuanxiang's suspicions. ”

"Shopkeeper Lin can rest assured, in the big households, Zhengye has already found some ways and is measured." Fu Chunjian stroked his long beard lightly and said: "At that time, we just thought that if Zhengye went to move the city defense army, Liu Chuanxiang would be afraid that Jiang Zhen would be intimidated by the taboo of the Great Han State not to kill officials, and in turn turn turned his anger on him. But Liu Chuanxiang's attitude at that time was too intense, although I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I heard Zhengye say that this shopkeeper Liu was carried by his guy to see him at that time, and every time he talked about the city defense army, his face could turn pale. If it weren't for the fear of exceeding his bearing, Zhengye asserted that he would be able to squeeze out more silver. ”

Lin Dong felt a little at ease, frowned and said, "Why is he afraid of the city defense army?" It stands to reason that he should be afraid of Jiang Zhen. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the behind-the-scenes boss of Fenglin Restaurant has countless political enemies. Even ......" Fu Chunjian said lightly: "It's even better than Fu Tongshan walking on thin ice." ”

"How is this possible?" Lin Dong became more and more puzzled, Fu Tongshan was a grand master, and he was forced to the point that he couldn't even be the master of the government, who else needed to be more cautious than him?

"Why can't it be?" Fu Chunjian said meaningfully: "I have been a staff member beside Emperor Qianwei for more than ten years, although I am mainly responsible for political achievements, but to what extent the battle for the throne is cautious, I am afraid that there are not many people in the Great Han Kingdom who know better than me." ”

Lin Dong said blankly: "Does Dean Fu mean that the boss behind the Fenglin Restaurant is the prince?" ”

"In the battle for the throne, the people who fight are naturally the princes. The most promising princes to succeed to the throne are undoubtedly the target of public criticism......"

Knowing that Lin Dong couldn't understand the curved ways of the imperial court, Fu Chunjian had to explain slowly, and after explaining for more than half an hour, Lin Dong could be considered to fully understand it thoroughly.

I reminisced about it, and I thought about it. The scale of Fenglin Restaurant can be so large that the branches are all over the Han Kingdom, and the backers behind it and even the behind-the-scenes bosses should have an extraordinary status in the Great Han Kingdom. If it is one of these princes, it can indeed explain why Liu Chuanxiang is so afraid of the city defense army.

It is not uncommon in the Han Kingdom to directly mobilize the city defense troops who are not allowed to enter the city without rebellion and foreign invasion to use their power for personal gain, but it is limited to some county orders that have no party and no faction and have no idea of being a great minister, and there are very few prefects who dare to do this, and the court officials above the county pastor or county pastor will never do this kind of thing, even their cronies and officials will strictly prohibit them from doing so.

The reason is that this matter can be big or small, and if you use this kind of handle to deal with a county order, you have to be hated by all the county orders who have done this kind of thing. What's more serious is that the city defense army is not under the jurisdiction of the county order, and will be mobilized by the county order because it can benefit from the county order. Doing so is tantamount to cutting off a way for all city defense troops to make money.

But if this handle can be eradicated or hit by a county pastor or a court official...... The higher you go, the greater the benefits, and this kind of thing of killing 10,000 enemies and losing 3,000 is not impossible to do.

"It seems that we still have the blessings of a few princes."

Lin Dong suddenly laughed.

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