Qi Xuansu entered the "inn" and came to the counter with a familiar car, resting his elbow on the counter.

The shopkeeper behind the counter raised his eyes and looked at Qi Xuansu: "This guest officer, I don't know what to do?" As long as the price is right, it's all negotiable. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Shopkeeper, are you still doing the business of top-notch accommodation here?" ”

The shopkeeper was silent, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

After a long time, the shopkeeper spoke: "There is a fire kiln on the second floor, and it is empty. ”

"Kiln" is a shop and a guest room.

Qi Xuansu smiled: "I don't know. ”

"Listening to the tone of the guest officer, it is not a new springboard, but a frequent visitor to our 'inn'." The shopkeeper looked Qi Xuansu up and down.

"New springboard" means just debuted.

Qi Xuansu did not hide it: "I can be regarded as a frequent customer, but I am often in the yang direction and not often online." ”

"Yangxiang" is the meaning of the rising sun, which is a pan-guide to the border, south road, and south; "Upline" means in this area, often in the south, not often in this area.

The shopkeeper suddenly said: "It turned out to be a friend on the yang ligature." ”

It means friends on the rivers and lakes in the south.

Qi Xuansu said: "It's easy to say." ”

Since he is a veteran, the shopkeeper saved a lot of meaningless temptations and asked directly: "What are you doing?" ”

Qi Xuansu also got straight to the point: "I want to inquire about a place called 'Baiyutang', the shopkeeper opens a mountain and sets up a cabinet on this line, I don't know if I've heard of it?" ”

The shopkeeper's eyes flashed: "Ask more, what is the guest officer looking for 'Bai Yutang'?" ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Help people run errands." ”

The shopkeeper asked again, "Can the guest officer report a man?" ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Support the belly, there are no ghosts on top." ”

The so-called "belly support" is associated with "full" from "support" to "full", and then from "full" to "feeding". Therefore, "feeding" is derived from "supporting the belly", and the surname "Wei" is homophonic to "feeding".

It is easy to explain that there is no ghost on the top, that is, "nothing" in the front, "ghost" in the back, and it is "Wei no ghost" when connected.

If Qi Xuansu uses his real name, he is a vine floating in the air, and he is above and below.

"Brother Wei, you should know the rules of our inn." The shopkeeper said, "Everything is easy to talk about, and the pestle head speaks first." ”

"Pestle, that's easy to say." Qi Xuansu's fingers tapped lightly on the counter, "But let's say it first, don't engage in sea opening and buying that set." ”

"It's nature." The shopkeeper smiled, "But we're not interested in smashing the pulp here." ”

"Pestle" refers to silver money, "Haikai Reduction Buy" refers to the first big price and then the lower price, and "smashing" means to lower the price.

The shopkeeper nodded slightly, and no longer spoke in black words: "Let's talk in another place." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Wait, I still have one more thing." ”

"What's the matter?" The shopkeeper asked.

Qi Xuansu pointed to Qin Xiang beside him: "There is no room available, come to one." ”

Qin Xiang was confused when she heard it, and Qi Xuansu had a conversation with the innkeeper, and she understood every word, but she couldn't understand it when they were connected together. It wasn't until finally that she understood a little, as if to let her stay in the inn.

The shopkeeper turned his gaze to Qin Xiang, although Qin Xiang covered most of his face with a hood, he was still recognized by the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper smiled: "This girl came a few days ago. ”

"Yes." Qi Xuansu said, "Just let her stay for a few more days and wait for me to come back." ”

The shopkeeper said: "It's not that I'm bad at talking, what if I can't come back?" ”

Qi Xuansu thought for a while and said, "The 'inn' is friendly with Qingluanwei, so inform Qingluanwei." ”

The shopkeeper's face changed: "What do you mean by the guest officer?" ”

"It's literal." Qi Xuansu didn't want to say more, "Let's talk about business." ”

The shopkeeper's expression changed, and at last he beckoned a fellow and ordered, "Take this girl to the room where she has stayed." ”

Qin Xiang looked at Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu smiled and said, "Go ahead, it's safe here, and generally no one will go wild in the 'inn'." ”

"It's nature." The innkeeper echoed, but when he said this, he remembered that a "inn" branch in Luzhou was wiped out.

Qin Xiang followed his guy to the guest room where he lived.

The shopkeeper stretched out his hand: "The guest officer, please." ”

The two of them came to a separate room, which seemed to be the treasurer's study, and in addition to a huge bookcase piled up with various files, there were two rows of chairs against the wall, and it seemed that this place also served as a signing room, which could be used for many people's deliberations.

The shopkeeper sat behind the bookcase, Qi Xuansu sat on a chair casually, and said straight to the point: "The shopkeeper will make a price, as long as I can afford it." ”

The shopkeeper did not rush to quote, but said: "Since the guest officer knows the existence of 'Bai Yutang', I think the guest officer also understands the special nature of 'Bai Yutang'." ”

Qi Xuansu really didn't know what kind of special method Bai Yutang was, but he couldn't show his cowardice at this time, so he had to nod.

The shopkeeper continued: "So the price will not be very low, and I hope that the guest officer is well prepared." ”

"How much?" Qi Xuansu had a bad premonition in his heart.

The shopkeeper held out two fingers.

Of course, Qi Xuansu wouldn't think it was two hundred Taiping money, so he couldn't help frowning: "Two thousand? ”

"Yes, two thousand." The smile on the shopkeeper's face remained unchanged.

Qi Xuansu was a little helpless, he failed to return to Yujing, but "got off the flying boat" halfway, so the settlement fee and some of the regular silver could not be taken out, Qi Niang intercepted his worry-free money again, he only had three hundred Taiping money left, and Zhao Fu'an gave five hundred Taiping money, a total of eight hundred Taiping money, which is still a big gap from two thousand Taiping money.

Even if he has 2,000 Taiping money, he doubts that the reward given to him by Qi Niang afterwards can be guaranteed, and it is just a trip for nothing, just to help Qi Niang, if it is upside down, it will not be very good. There is no way, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and after following Qi Niang for a long time, they have also been contaminated with three or two habits.

The shopkeeper was not surprised to see Qi Xuansu's face showing embarrassment, after all, the amount of two thousand Taiping money was too big, and then said: "Of course, if the guest officer can't come up with so much Taiping money, he can also use other methods, such as paying for work." ”

Qi Xuansu understood that the shopkeeper probably deliberately opened a high price, and then gave another way, the fundamental purpose was to let him work for the "inn".

Qi Xuansu didn't object: "I don't know what kind of business can be worth two thousand peace?" ”

The shopkeeper said, "It's a big deal. Brother Wei is often in the south, where it is densely populated, so the business is mainly to fight with people, but our northwest side is different, the land is vast and sparsely populated, there is not so much business to fight with people, more to fight with the sky. ”

"Fight with the sky?" Qi Xuansu only felt that this statement was relatively novel.

The shopkeeper said: "There are many unexplored places in Yongzhou, Xizhou and other places, which are either left over from ancient times, or artificially created, or even broken caves. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "I know, but that was two hundred years ago, since the Daomen returned to Kunlun, led by the Quanzhen Dao, a series of 'wasteland' actions have been carried out, which the Daomen call 'Tuntian'." ”

"A guest officer is a connoisseur." The shopkeeper stretched out his thumb, "Since the guest officer understands this, then I can say it." Daomen called this kind of exploration 'tuntian', which lasted for nearly a hundred years. The so-called tuntian is the reclamation of wasteland. According to the different identities of the people who reclaimed the land, they are divided into military tun, civil tun and commercial tun. Put on the matter of Daomen's 'Tuntian', it can probably be divided in this way, not mentioning Xizhou, only saying that Yongzhou, Daomen and the imperial court are military tun, Daomen occupies half of the share, followed by the imperial court, which occupies a three-percent share. There are still two percent left, that is, Shangtun and Mintun. The so-called Mintun is actually handled by local heroes, but in the eyes of the imperial court and the Daomen, it still belongs to the category of 'people', and it can occupy a share of one percent, which does not seem to be much, but in fact it has been able to eat enough. As for Shangtun, it is naturally our 'inn', and it is really not easy for us to get this share, thanks to many old relationships that have been in business for many years. ”

"I see." It was the first time Qi Xuansu had heard this kind of statement, but he could probably understand what the business of the "inn" was.

The shopkeeper continued: "As for the share here, it mainly refers to the 'fields' that have been preliminarily cultivated, and there are many outright 'wastelands', which are in the hands of others, so I will not mention this for the time being. What we want to talk about is these 'fields' that have been preliminarily cultivated, and since they are preliminarily cultivated, then the next step is to plough the land, including ploughing, fertilizing, pest control, weeding and so on. ”

At first glance, this sounds like an old farmer farming, and it has nothing to do with anything else.

Qi Xuansu was slightly puzzled and said, "I'm afraid this is an errand of a celestial, right?" ”

"It can't be said that the heavenly people are responsible for 'clearing the wasteland', and the follow-up 'deep cultivation' will be the responsibility of others." The shopkeeper explained.

Qi Xuansu thought for a moment and asked, "Then what is the commission this time?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Although our 'inn' is also on the list of hidden associations of the Daomen, it has a bit of incense with the Daomen and the imperial court, which is completely different from the Purple Light Society, the Zhiming Sect, and the Lingshan Witch Sect, and the 'Tuntian' we talked about today is related to the Zhiming Sect." ”

Qi Xuansu waited for the following.

The shopkeeper said: "The 'field' in our hands used to be an important place, and then the Zhiming Sect planned here for many years, secretly spreading curses, and finally made the living people here turn into living corpses, and the living corpses can continue to infect other living people, and finally turn into ghosts, and the army of living corpses formed a tide of corpses, spreading to all sides, sweeping in all directions, it is really like attacking the city and plundering the land. ”

"In this case, in order to avoid the further expansion of the corpse tide, the Daomen and the imperial court had to choose to use the 'Phoenix Eye Jiasan' and destroy it along with the living corpse."

"After many years, all that remains is ruins, but some of the living corpses still roam. It's also strange that these living corpses seem to be killed endlessly, every year, every year, just like weeds in the field, wildfires can't be burned, and the spring breeze blows and grows. The 'inn' has to be cleaned up every year, and this year, for some reason, our branch is a little understaffed, so we need to recruit people from outside. ”

Qi Xuansu understood, and asked again, "What about the specific situation?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "The head office will send nine masters of the Restoration Stage to come, with them as the mainstay, and the rest will be recruited by our branch, and each of them will have two thousand Taiping dollars after the matter is completed." If the guest officer agrees, and he doesn't want to inquire about the news of 'Bai Yutang' afterwards, then our branch can also offer an honorarium of 2,000 Taiping dollars. ”