In Linji Inn, Lin Dong and Emperor Qianwei battled wits and courage.
Emperor Qianwei wanted to use the killing of officials to lead Tianwei Pavilion to attack Linji Inn, so as to catch them all. Lin Dong gritted his teeth and held on, constantly delaying time, trying to seize every minute and every second of development time.
Outside Lin Kee Inn, as dividends are cashed out one after another, the business of the fourteen top restaurants can be said to be full of guests and booming. As for Linji Inn, it is declining. It is less and less capable of competing with the fourteen top restaurants. It is faintly broken and even broken. It plans to make as much profit as possible. If it cannot make enough money, it will close down in the future. sign.
The fourteen top restaurants became even more joyful. Of course, behind this, they were not without losses. Speaking of which, they were even much greater than the losses suffered by Lin Ji Inn. The losses of Lin Kee Inn are only regular customers. Without regular customers, the operation will be difficult. The losses suffered by major top restaurants were the loss of a large amount of share certificates.
For every share certificate, fourteen top restaurants will lose at least thirty or forty taels of silver. Each company loses more than a thousand pieces of stock paper every day, and the business is full at all times, but the potential loss is equivalent to a daily loss of 30,000 to 40,000 taels for each company. Moreover, this loss is also included in the profit.
If a loss of this level had not knocked down Lin Kee Inn, then after knocking down Lin Kee Inn, there would be a chance to get the various features of Lin Kee Inn. The bosses of the top restaurants, although all of them are in trouble Tens of millions of taels of silver are unbearable. After all, they have accumulated this money over decades or even generations. Spending millions of taels of silver just to defeat a competitor is not worth it.
Unless this competitor seriously threatens your own business, and if you defeat this competitor, you can get huge benefits from it. Linji Inn is like this now. In the eyes of the bosses of the top restaurants, Linji Inn has a relationship with King Qingliu, and various features emerge one after another. It not only makes them feel a strong crisis, but also makes them salivate and wait for it. Take these features of Linji Inn home with you.
Once Lin Kee Inn is defeated, everyone believes that if they pay a high price, Shopkeeper Lin will not mind selling those strange features to them. After all, businessmen put profits first. If they can sell at a high price, they will only lose in the capital. They can fully develop the business in other counties with large sums of money.
Even if Shopkeeper Lin is angry and refuses to sell, as long as Shopkeeper Lin leaves the capital and escapes the sight of King Qingliu, everyone will have the confidence to use the network behind them to drive Lin Ji Inn into desperation.
Everything is based on the premise that Lin Ji Inn cannot continue to operate. Otherwise, Lin Ji Inn has King Qingliu as its backer, and no matter how much money it makes, it will be in vain.
Because of this, everyone can grit their teeth and publish the accounts and the total amount of share certificates.
Reluctant to let go of the child, the owners of the fourteen top restaurants all have big enough appetites to devour the Lin Kee Inn.
In the evening, Lin Dong came to the outside of Tianzi¡¯s room and knocked lightly on the door a few times.
"Who is it!" Yang Shun's uncoordinated voice sounded in the room.
"It's me, Lin Dong!" Lin Dong replied lightly.
"It's you again? Why did you choose to disturb the emperor when he was resting?" Yang Shun shouted coldly.
Lin Dong remained silent. He believed that Emperor Qianwei would order the door to be opened.
Sure enough, after waiting outside for a long time, the door creaked open, and Yang Shunxin stared at Lin Dong reluctantly.
"Lin Dong pays homage to the emperor!" Lin Dong stretched out his hands and slightly cupped his hands towards Emperor Qianwei on the colorful bed. The peripheral vision that caught the colorful bed was filled with a faint smile.
The colorful bed has been at 99% level 4 for two days, and will be upgraded to level 4 in one night.
When the colorful bed reaches level 5, it will be able to add an attribute. What Lin Dong hopes to see most is naturally the added attribute of the colorful bed, so that the effect of the colorful bed can cover the entire inn. If it were other attributes, he would have no objection.
Level 1 can put people to sleep, level 2 can make people fall asleep and stay awake in the dream. Level 3 allows people to control what kind of dream they enter before falling into a dream. Level 4 can extend life. The attributes of each level are stronger than the first level. If you upgrade to another level, even if it does not cover the entire inn, the attributes will definitely be extraordinary. At the very least, it is more powerful than extending life.
Of course, according to Lin Dong¡¯s idea, if one level is indeed stronger than the other, it is almost true that it can cover the entire inn. If it can cover the entire inn, it will be equivalent to the properties of the colorful bed, which will be used by multiple people instead of single use. Its attributes, really speaking, are stronger than extending life. If there is another attribute that covers the entire inn, it will be impossible.The attributes that can be added to the colorful bed in the future can only be used by one person.
Emperor Qianwei nodded slightly and pointed to the chair next to the desk. A faint smile appeared on his old face: "Sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Lin Dong thanked him and his tone was much more polite than when he met Emperor Qianwei before.
The smile and kindness on Emperor Qianwei¡¯s face would naturally not fall on him. For several months, the two of them were competing in a battle of wits and courage. Although Lin Dong was at a disadvantage, with the help of two undercover agents, Yang Shun and Jiang Qianchi, he still had a slight upper hand and was able to repel Emperor Qianwei's plans again and again. .
Lin Dong believed that Emperor Qianwei could not be unaware of anything. Once it's luck, twice it's luck, three times it's luck It's always impossible, it's luck every time. He understood that if the battle for the throne had not reached a fever pitch, and it was revealed that the twenty-fifth prince, a strong contender for the throne, had been assassinated, and Emperor Qianwei was tired of dealing with it, he would probably have directly sent his guards to encircle and suppress him in anger.
Even so, Lin Dong also received news from Yang Shun that Emperor Qianwei had begun to recruit a large number of officials with solid evidence of crimes, which were originally reserved for the new emperor to kill and establish his power in Beijing. The implication is that a large number of officials were probably killed at the Linji Inn.
"To kill someone, if Lin Dong doesn't do it himself, Tianwei Pavilion will only find the person involved." When the time comes, Lin Dong only needs to throw out the murderer to finish the job. But if a large number of people die, Tianwei Pavilion will implicate the entire force in order to prevent forces from cultivating dead soldiers to kill officials.
Calculating the time, it is estimated that it will only take about half a year.
Of course, with another half year, Lin Dong felt that it was enough. In half a year, the escort team of Linji Inn will be able to maintain a winning advantage against Tianwei Pavilion. Although it is not yet to the point where Tianwei Pavilion can be defeated without any losses, or even destroyed, there is no need to worry about self-protection.
In the past six months, Lin Dong naturally did not want to offend Emperor Qianwei, so he spoke in a much more polite tone.
The power of God is unpredictable, not to mention that Emperor Qianwei is already in his twilight years, and two candidates for the throne have been killed in succession within a few months. This is an annoying thing that he cannot control. Lin Dong has no doubt that the current Qianwei The emperor was always in a moody state.
Lin Dong did not want to anger Emperor Qianwei and make him lose his mind, so he directly sent the palace guards to directly besiege Lin Ji Inn.
Putting the chair facing Emperor Qianwei, Lin Dong sat down gently and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder if you are free in the past few days?"
Emperor Qianwei looked at Yang Shun who was standing aside.
"The emperor needs to entertain a few princes tomorrow, so he has no time." Yang Shun said calmly.
"What about the day after tomorrow?" Lin Dong asked.
Yang Shun glanced sideways at Lin Dong and said lukewarmly: "The day after tomorrow is the memorial day of the late emperor. According to the law, the whole country will fast. It's fine for you to despise the throne and not abide by the law. Is it possible that you also want the emperor to cancel the fast? Fasting and sacrifice?¡±
"What about the day after tomorrow?" Lin Dong asked.
"The day after tomorrow is the day when the emperor tests the abilities of the princes." Yang Shun just looked at Lin Dong, asking and answering.
Lin Dong was not in a hurry. Just as he was about to ask again, Emperor Qianwei waved his hand and said, "It will be the day after tomorrow! I will ask Concubine Xing to take care of the assessment on my behalf."
Yang Shun hesitated for a moment and said helplessly: "I obey the order!"
"Shopkeeper Lin, one day is enough, right?" Emperor Qianwei looked at Lin Dong with a friendly smile, with a hint of inquiry, as if he was ready to add more.
"That's enough!" Lin Dong stood up and cupped his hands towards Emperor Qianwei again: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Lin Dong will definitely arrange the security of Lin Ji Inn, and we will welcome him from ten miles away."
"You set up a defense? What kind of defense can you set up? Just don't cause trouble." Yang Shun said neither yin nor yang.
"There is no need to welcome you ten miles away. When the time comes, don't forget to prepare good wine and good food." Emperor Qianwei brushed his beard and said with a smile: "Especially the braised vitality pills. I asked the chef to make them well. I like them."
"Yes!" Lin Dong nodded heavily.
"Sit down!" Emperor Qianwei pressed his palms towards Lin Dong.
Lin Dong slowly took his seat.
"Shopkeeper Lin, I heard that someone was causing trouble in Linji Inn recently, do you know whether it is true or not?" Emperor Qianwei asked casually.
"Back to the Emperor, it's true." Lin Dong nodded and said: "It's just a trick played by a hostile restaurant to force Lin Dong to kill someone. Fortunately, it's not too big a fuss, and it's really true. The rich man is staying and eating at the Linji Inn. Although Lin Dong can't chase people away, he's not afraid of spending time with him."
¡°I see, if Shopkeeper Lin needs help, I can send someone to drive him away.Get out. "Emperor Qianwei said slowly.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Lin Dong will take care of some minor matters. Besides" Lin Dong said with a smile: "After the day after tomorrow, who knows that Lin Ji Inn pleases the Emperor, who dares to come to our Lin Ji Inn to cause trouble?"
Emperor Qianwei nodded lightly.
Lin Dong saw that Emperor Qianwei had no desire to continue chatting. He didn't want to offend Emperor Qianwei by making trouble, so he immediately stood up and left.
"Your Majesty, Lin Dong won't disturb your rest. Please take your leave."
"Yang Shun, see off shopkeeper Lin!" Emperor Qianwei waved to Yang Shun who was standing aside.
"Let's go, Shopkeeper Lin!"
Yang Shun quickly walked to the door, opened the door, and looked at Lin Dong coldly.
Lin Dong walked out of the room, bowed his hand to Emperor Qianwei, and walked downstairs.
Not surprisingly, the day after tomorrow will be the time for Lin Kee Inn to launch a major counterattack against all the top restaurants.