"In addition to the Taiping Sect, I heard that water bandits also appeared on the Canglan River. They robbed supplies shipped from the county town to the counties several times. Business houses from various counties to the county town were also robbed. Now people are patrolling the water areas.
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"What's the use of just patrolling the nearby waters? Unless we protect the whole process, otherwise, it will take two days and one night to walk from Qingshui County to the county seat. For such a long stretch of water, water bandits may appear anywhere."
"The county and city mobilized garrison troops to suppress bandits everywhere. Why do I feel that the results are not very great. They only killed some small bandits along the way. The really fierce bandit troops are still causing chaos everywhere."
"The main reason is that these bandits are too cunning. After robbing a place, they will immediately run away without stopping. By the time the garrison to suppress the bandits arrives, they will have already disappeared. Unless the bandits can be stopped in advance or the bandits' intentions are known, they will be gone."
It’s just the course of action.”
"I heard that some of the bandits killed by the garrison were refugees who escaped from Yishui County and could not survive."
"You mean, kill the good and take the credit?"
"Shh, don't say this nonsense. Spreading rumors will result in death."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Now that the price of pork has risen again, we can only eat fish every day. Those high-ranking officials will enjoy it and go to Jufulou every day to take medicinal food and wine."
"The medicinal food at Jufulou is indeed delicious. I tried it once, but it was too expensive."
"The captain is here."
"Captain, good morning."
"..."
When people in the Logistics Institute saw Chen Xuan, they all said hello and stopped talking.
When Chen Xuan saw someone greeting him, Chen Xuan nodded numbly, but his face was full of thoughts.
After a few months of calm, people from the Taiping Sect reappeared, and it was Taoist Priest Kong Qing who pretended to be Changchun Taoist Temple. He secretly spread the teachings of the Taiping Sect and purchased grain. Water bandits appeared again on the Canglan River. The garrison suppressed the bandits and was suspected of killing good people and taking credit for their merits.
"It's been peaceful for a long time, is it going to be chaotic again?"
Chen Xuan sighed in his heart.
The restaurant is now on the right track, because there is a county captain as the backing, and Jufulou's medicinal food is the best in Qingshui County, so the business is naturally good. A few days ago, the restaurant paid dividends, and he got three thousand taels of silver.
Now when I go to work every day, I practice martial arts in the logistics yard. When I'm tired, I read medical books and medicine books. The restaurant chef just comes over every few days to train me.
Some medicinal materials that were difficult to buy on the market were purchased through the logistics department. He secretly intercepted some of them. After work, he returned to the secret house to refine medicine and elixirs. His proficiency gradually improved, and everything was developing in a good direction.
Such a life is wonderful.
If things get chaotic, there won't be such comfort.
The only good news is that he is now staying in the Logistics Institute. Even if a fight does break out, the patrol team, county army, city guard, etc. will be mobilized first. The Logistics Institute will just be responsible for the logistics in the rear.
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Tianxiang Restaurant.
Since the opening of Jufu Restaurant, the business of Tianxiang Restaurant has been getting worse and worse.
Tianxiang Restaurant was originally positioned as a high-end restaurant, but now the market is completely occupied by Jufulou. All the guests go to Jufulou, whether they are dignitaries or businessmen entertaining guests coming and going, they all go to Jufulou. No one
Come to Tianxiang Restaurant.
Jufulou is now the signature of Qingshui County.
If a distinguished guest at a banquet does not go to Jufu Tower, it means he is looking down upon him.
As for ordinary people, whoever has nothing to do goes to a restaurant to eat.
Therefore, Tianxiang Restaurant went from bad to worse, and the money became less and less every day. In the end, it was not even enough to pay wages.
Under this situation, Ling Ye could only close the restaurant, send everyone home, and put up a for-sale sign. He could not open a restaurant at a loss. He opened a restaurant just to make money.
Now that it is losing money, the restaurant will naturally not continue to open.
"Without the income from the restaurant, just relying on the contributions of the East District gangs only costs 300 taels a month, which is not enough money at all."
After everyone was dismissed, Lingye sat alone in the empty restaurant with a sad look on his face.
He is a warrior in the bone-tempering realm, and each purple jade bone-cleansing pill costs five taels of silver. Even if he only takes one pill a day, it will cost one hundred and fifty taels a month, plus other expenses.
The house he lives in now was bought when he was a head catcher. Yaxing saw that he was a head catcher, so he agreed to the installment payment of one hundred taels per month, as well as more than a dozen servants and maids, and several concubines.
The total of these three hundred taels per month is simply not enough.
As for the salary of a head catcher, it is almost negligible.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
In the past, he had to run around every month to earn money to buy the secret medicine. He didn't even think about the house, the servants and the maids, and the concubines. There was no spare money at all.
But now, Ling Ye has all this, has enjoyed it, and is used to being lavish. If he wants him to go back to his old life, he can't do it, and he doesn't want to go back to his previous life of poverty.
"Silver, I need a lot of silver, where can I get it?"
Ling Ye thought hard.
"It's all that damn Chen Xuan's fault."
Ling Ye cursed secretly in his heart.
If the other party hadn't created Jufulou, his Tianxiang Restaurant would be running well, with three to four hundred taels of silver coming in every month. With the contribution of the East District gang, he would have six to seven hundred taels of silver every month.
That Jufu Tower is really profitable, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is making money every day.
That is to say, the person standing behind him is the county captain, so he can cover such a big business.
Moreover, Jufulou's business is good, and the sales of businesses carrying medicinal materials have also increased significantly, because not only Jufulou uses medicinal materials, but other forces are also secretly studying medicinal foods.
The market in Qingshui County has been seized, but there is more than one county in Yingchuan County.
The biggest business of those big forces is medicinal materials. Since the medicinal materials business has not been affected, everyone is naturally happy. No matter how good the medicinal diet is, it cannot replace the secret medicine.
"By the way, this guy got dividends from Jufulou. He took away three thousand taels of silver from Jufulou a few days ago."
Thinking of this, Ling Ye couldn't help but his eyes lit up with greed.
If he could get these three thousand taels of silver, it would be enough for him to spend several months.
This is not the first time he has done this murder and robbery.
When the bandits invaded the county town and killed, burned, and looted in the wealthy areas, he took advantage of the chaos and robbed several shops, and then he had the money to buy the Tianxiang Restaurant.
"No, no, if you kill this kid, you can only get three thousand taels of silver, and there will be a lot of trouble in killing him. The county captain will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly and save this kid's life. Everyone
You can snatch it once a month." Lingye thought to himself, "It would be great if I could control this kid and be obedient."
"This kid's parents have already returned to the West, and he has no other family members. Controlling his family members is not feasible." Ling Ye looked thoughtful, "In this case, the only way to control him is with poison."
Just do it.
Ling Ye left the restaurant and went to find someone to get poison.