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Chapter 374 The Spirit Bird Is a Disaster

Yang Laiting has followed Ren Qingsong since he was a child, and has no wife or children in his life. He is loyal to Ren Qingsong. Therefore, Lin Dong didn't hide anything from him. He was so sad that he explained the story to him and then bowed his farewell.

With Yang Laiting's greeting, Lin Dong left the backyard and strode away from the lobby under a strange gaze.

With excitement, he rushed back to the inn, asked Ma Chun about his recent situation, and Lin Dong returned to his room to practice.

For more than half a month, the inn business was as usual, and it steadily improved under the promotion of Linji Stadium. The battle with Hong Fu Restaurant was inexplicably offended Ji's mansion, which led to some involvement in Hong Fu Restaurant, and thus it is developing rapidly in a favorable direction.

In the past half a month, Lin Dong has been staying in the room for cultivation. Although the speed of spiritual power running by itself is not slower than that in entering into meditation, only the room has seven times the training bonus, and he has to stay in the room all day.

In the early morning, the sky was drowsy, like an old man dozing, sometimes brighter, but for more time, it was still in the middle of sleepiness.

The gentle cool breeze circled outside the city, carrying fallen leaves, proclaiming that autumn has arrived.

The bang knock made Lin Dong open his eyes, and when he pushed him, he saw that Ma Chun was standing outside.

"Shopkeeper, Wang Zaixing, vice president of the Business Association, has come and said he has something to talk to the shopkeeper."

"What's the matter?" Lin Dong was a little puzzled. Lin Ji Inn seemed to have done nothing that violated the rules. Even after a big battle with Hongfu Restaurant, after a fierce battle, he would only leak from the unfinished rules.

"I didn't say it." Ma Chun shook his head and said helplessly: "Just say you want to talk to the shopkeeper in person. Wang Zaixing is not only the vice president of the business association, but also the boss of Wang Ji's pawnshop. It's not easy to offend me, so I can only come and ask the shopkeeper." "Okay, I'll go over and take a look."

Lin Dong didn't think much about it. He guessed that the business association should have issued some important new rules, and the boss must nod in person.

He strode to the front yard, beside the stone table, a middle-aged man in his early forties was holding a teacup in one hand, leisurely tasting the Hongyun tea in the cup. Judging from his appearance and movements, he felt a bit elegant. Of course, the premise was to cover his right hand, and his right hand was stroking his head with only a few scoops of hair at this moment. It was gentle and quick, slow and orderly. If it was a gentle and tactful beauty, it would definitely be a beautiful move. But with the image of a middle-aged man, it made people feel goose bumps all over his body.

Behind the middle-aged man, there were two young guards who were not squinting. They were all about thirty years old. There was a flash of light in their eyes. Cooperating with the sword hanging around their waists, it had a considerable deterrence in front of ordinary people. What made Lin Dong couldn't help but take a look was that one of them had a brocade box about one meter long on his hanging palm.

"Manager Ma, is this shopkeeper Lin?" Wang Zaixing stood up, bowed his hand, and grasped the smile on his face just right, obviously he was a good player in this way: "Looking for a long time"

"President Wang, I've made you wait for a long time."

Lin Dong also smiled and bowed back the gift. He had heard of this President Wang, a famous smile-faced tiger, a master who eats people and does not spit out bones, one of the giants in the pawning industry in Lingnan City, and is also a person who calls the wind and rain. Moreover, this person is the only person in Lingnan City Business Association who personally manages business and serves as the vice president of the Business Association.

"Where is it? I just sat down. I'll take the liberty to bother Manager Lin, don't be surprised." Wang Zaixing said with a smile.

"President Wang is here, and it's too late to welcome him." In the Han Dynasty, pawn shops need to be ruthless, second only to the owner of a gambling shop. With Wang Zaixing's reputation, Lin Dong did not intend to have any love for him. After sitting down opposite him, he stopped being polite and asked straightforwardly: "President Wang is here this time, I don't know what it is for?"

He looked at the horse chun who was pouring tea for Lin Dong, and hesitated for a moment. Wang Zaixing's gentle and harmless smile appeared again: "It's not a big deal. I don't know if Manager Lin has heard of it. Ten days ago, the Business Association organized a caravan to transport various specialties from this county to other counties, and was attacked on the official road thirty miles south of the city?"

"There is still this?" Lin Dong looked up at Ma Chun.

Ma Chun shook his head slowly.

"It seems that Manager Lin has never heard of it. Thinking about it, Lin Ji Inn's business is in Lingnan City, and it is normal that he has no connection with the caravan. "Wang Zaixing said with a smile.

"Is it the bandits who attacked the caravan?" Lin Dong asked.

Wang Zaixing shook his head: "It's a high-level spirit bird."

"High-level spirit bird?" Lin Dong was a little surprised.

Wang Zaixing nodded and said, "This spirit bird is said to be called a hundred-winged bird, which is extremely fierce. The business association instantly brought a lot of money and people."

Lin Dong's heart moved. Yun Lan had explained to him various spirit beasts and birds. Although he could hear it, he would forget it after hearing it. But since it was a high-level spirit bird and his name seemed to have a lot of feathers, and he was extremely fierce and his body should be quite large.

As early as a month ago, Lin Dong had arranged for Wang Liuzhi to find Zhang Daqian to ask some trustworthy beggars to go to the prefectures and counties under Lingnan County to build branches. If the branch wanted to join the inn system, Lin Dong had to go there one by one in person.

Not to mention running away from Qiufeng Mansion, if the remaining nine prefectures and ninety counties in Lingnan County really rely on carriages, even if it travels day and night, it will definitely be difficult to achieve it in less than a year or two. According to Lin Dong's idea, he would bring two eagles, beasts and birds and take turns to fly over. As long as he doesn't waste time, one month will be enough.

Lin Dong had thought about finding spirit birds or spirit beasts with better endurance and faster flight speeds, but there were not many people in Lingnan County that could meet the requirements, and it was extremely difficult to find traces. Therefore, Lin Dong planned to use eagles, beasts, birds and birds to settle down first, and then find a way to deal with this matter after entering the capital.

But now, it seems that a high-level spirit bird is automatically sent to Mén.

"President Wang, when this happens, the Wushu Institute should convene Renpiao Tianwen.com?" Lin Dong said urgently.

"The Lingnan City is a radius of hundreds of miles. All the warriors who are loyal to the Han Dynasty were mobilized, but they returned in a great defeat." Wang Zaixing said helplessly: "It is said that the losses are quite large, and there are no less than thirty or fifty warriors who died and injured."

Lin Dong was secretly ashamed in his heart. This matter should have been someone else's misfortune, but he couldn't help but feel a little happy. There was no way, the loss was so great, which indirectly shows that the Hundred-winged bird was powerful.

Strong strength, endurance and speed are naturally not too bad.

Lin Dong didn't care whether the inappropriate question would make Wang Zaixing have any ideas, and told him the most urgent question in his heart: "Is this Hundred-winged bird big?"

"I don't know very well. Some say that spreading their wings is as big as a cow, and some say that it is as big as a wooden house." Wang Zaixing smiled bitterly and said, "Only those who have been there know how big it is. The things that are spread outside are heard from others."

Lin Dong was relieved to see it, and spread rumors that the probability of spreading the fist-sized spirit bird as big as a cow or even a wooden house is not too high.

"By the way, this spirit bird can't even deal with the strong?"

"Shopkeeper Lin wants to ask Mr. Ji, right?" Wang Zaixing shook his head and said, "Old Ji announced his retreat half a month ago. The people sent by the Martial Arts Academy were blocked. Originally, with Mr. Ji and a group of warriors, no matter how powerful this Hundred-winged bird is, it will definitely be able to deal with it."

"How did the Martial Arts Institute decide?" Lin Dong asked.

"This Hundred-winged Bird will only attack large-scale caravans, and it has no great impact on the passing merchants. Therefore, the Wushu Institute did not have to worry about asking Mr. Ji to come out of seclusion, but sent people to the capital for help. Calculate the time, it will take at least three or five months." Wang Zaixing explained: "Shopkeeper Lin also knew that some goods cannot be stored for a long time. After being delayed for three or five months, he would probably lose all his money after being transported to the destination. Moreover, the caravans sent will come back a lot in three or five months. If they are divided in batches, if they do not know the range of attacks of the Hundred-winged Bird, once the caravan's guards are too dispersed, they will easily be targeted by bandits who are not afraid of suppression."

"So... After discussing with the merchants who were more affected, the business association decided to pay 100,000 taels of silver as a reward, hoping to attract some warriors who were not loyal to the Han Kingdom, or even disciples of the Zongmén to kill the Hundred-winged bird. I heard that all major families have regarded killing the Hundred-winged bird as a training for their family disciples and are secretly competing. As long as they collect all the silver, killing the Hundred-winged bird should not be a problem. According to the size of the impact, Linji Inn also needs to pay some silver."

"How much money is paid?" Lin Dong was in a good mood. Don't say anything, he would never frown if he had to cover all 100,000 taels of silver.

"Five Hundred Tails" Wang Zaixing spoke.

"It's only five hundred taels?" Lin Dong was stunned and couldn't understand Wang Zaixing's purpose. It was only five hundred taels of silver. Wang Zaixing needed to come here in person. No matter how stingy a merchant of the size of Linji Inn, no matter how stingy he was, he would not compete with the business association for five hundred taels of silver. Wang Zaixing sent someone here casually and could get the money.

Wang Zaixing knew that Lin Dong was too little, but he still smiled and explained patiently: "The appearance of the Hundred-winged Bird has only had an impact on major inns and restaurants within three or five months. It is difficult for caravans from other counties to come from the south of the city. Lin Ji Inn is among the best in Lingnan City, and the money it pays is already the most."

Lin Dong predicted that Wang Zaixing should have other intentions, and he didn't want to spend time around again and said, "We, Linji Inn, agree to the issue of this silver. We just earned more than 10,000 yuan a month, and we did not give up our responsibility for the 500 taels of silver for the business association. If we did not raise all of them, our Linji Inn would be willing to make up for it."

"Shopkeeper Lin is indeed a cheerful person," Wang Zaixing praised.

"Where?" Lin Dong snapped his fingers and said, "Ma Chun, go to the account to get 500 taels of silver bills."

"Hey" beside him, Ma Chun nodded and headed straight to the lobby.

"Shopkeeper Lin, I heard that there is a Tianzi Room with a room that costs more than twenty taels of silver in your inn?" Wang Zaixing said casually.

Lin Dong didn't understand the meaning and nodded, "There is indeed a room with Tianzi."

"Shopkeeper Lin is very capable, he has more than twenty taels of silver a night, and the guests are still in constant contact." Wang Zaixing said, "Even if he is in the capital, it may not be common."

"I'm lucky, but I happen to have no competitors. If I really put it in the capital, I will definitely suffer a loss."

Lin Dong smiled and shook his head, waiting for Wang Zaixing's following.

"Shopkeeper Lin is too modest. I heard that the Tianzi Room in Linji Inn has countless rare treasures."

Wang Zaixing was secretly satisfied. So far, the shopkeeper Lin in front of him was in control of all his words and deeds.
Chapter completed!