Chapter 36: Banquet
Having money can make everything go round, but having no money makes everything difficult.
A rich man came to Renjia Town, and Zhang Lincai stayed in the town for only one day, before he spread the word throughout Renjia Town.
Thanks to Shirley Yang's $100,000 funding, after converting the gold teeth into gold, he became rich.
After inviting Qiu Sheng to have lunch at the only foreign restaurant in town to say goodbye, Zhang Lin spent a lot of money to buy the foreign restaurant.
The news that a rich man came to Renjia Town spread like wildfire.
Zhang Lin did this because he needed to live in this world for three years. Although he had a huge sum of money, he couldn't just sit back and live in vain.
It is always good to buy your next property and earn some money to use as start-up capital for the next world.
Unless it is absolutely necessary, even if one point of creation is equivalent to ten taels of gold, Zhang Lin will not use one point of creation to realize something external like real gold and silver. Unless it can be exchanged for what he needs.
Because, apart from the rewards from the system and the exchange of genius treasures, Zhang Lin has not yet found other ways to increase his fortune points.
Therefore, every point of creation is hard to find.
Secondly, in a few days, Master Ren will invite prominent figures in the town to attend his family's grave-moving ceremony. If he is unknown, how can he participate in the plot?
Especially a few days after moving the grave, when Qiu Sheng's relationship is still lingering, if he wants to participate, he must have a decent identity. As a rich friend, I think Qiu Sheng will not mind.
And Zhang Lin is now the new rich man in Renjia Town. For a local snake like Mr. Ren, no matter what the reason is, for the sake of the Ren family's foundation and his position as the richest man, he will meet him.
No, not long after the news came out, Zhang Lin received invitations from all the squires in Renjia Town.
After all, the Ren family is not the only one who is afraid of Zhang Lin, an outsider. The Ren family town is very small, and all the resources have been allocated. If Zhang Lin suddenly appears, someone is destined to end in disgrace.
Whether Zhang Lin was driven away by them or whether he stayed down and replaced him, it will be at tomorrow's tea party.
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The place where the squires invited Zhang Lin was the teahouse bought by Zhang Lin.
It's not that they don't want to invite guests to another place, but looking at the entire Renjia Town, Zhang Lin's teahouse is the only one that can be used as a place to entertain guests.
The tea house was opened by Boss Huang from the county. It was usually a recreational place for the squires of Renjia Town. Yesterday, the owner changed, and today all the ghosts and ghosts came out.
"Brother Huang, you are not kind!"
As the richest man in Renjia Town, Mr. Ren arrived. Before Zhang Lin arrived, he took Boss Huang and started to rummage: "You didn't inform me in advance of such a big matter of transferring the shop? Just transfer it to someone like this."
Foreigner? Aren't you afraid that us old brothers will get angry?"
"Brother Ren, please forgive me!" Boss Huang said, "My store relies on your brothers' favor to survive until now. How dare I offend you? The main reason is that the new boss's price is too high, and he doesn't care about my hand.
Let’s live... this way, I’ll treat you in the county some other day, everyone will show your respect, and I’ll make amends to everyone.”
Master Ren snorted coldly: "The bid is high? How high?"
As the richest man in Renjia Town, the Ren family has controlled the food channels of Renjia Town and the county. They have provided food, clothing, housing and transportation for more than ten years, and accounted for at least 40% of the profits.
Everyone here is also a wealthy gentleman with a lot of wealth.
As far as Boss Huang is concerned, in addition to this shop, he also has a cloth making business in the county and his family has thousands of acres of fertile land.
What a high price that made Boss Huang choose this teahouse that sells foreign tea.
"One hundred and eighty taels of gold, plus a glazed luminous cup worth more than fifty taels of gold."
"Hiss!" Mr. Ren took a breath after hearing this. There is more than two hundred taels of gold and a teahouse. Such a fortune, even though the Ren family is the richest man, cannot easily get it.
The Ren family is in the grain and wine business, and has a hand in salt and iron. These are cash flow businesses that require a large amount of purple gold turnover.
The family has 1,800 acres of fertile land, but it is a fixed property. If they were sold together, they might get 500 taels of gold.
In addition, the Ren family's business has declined in the past two years, and they have been filling money everywhere. The business is no longer as prosperous as in previous years.
Today's Ren family, let alone two hundred taels of gold, even if they give out one hundred taels, they have to use the family property. (ps)
Thinking of this, Mr. Ren said: "The person who comes here is not good!"
Boss Huang said: "Why good people don't come, good people don't come. Mr. Ren, please be patient, even in a place like Renjia Town, can a dragon cross the river? Even if Zhang Lin is really a dragon crossing the river, he still has to cross the river.
Let’s see if we local cowards agree!”
"That's right! A strong dragon can't suppress a local snake. Today I'm waiting to see how sacred this person is."
"No matter how sacred he is, when we come to Renjia Town, it is Master Ren who has the final say for us. The dragon must be coiled and the tiger must lie down. This is our territory, a foreigner..."
The one who spoke was a merchant in the town who sold tobacco, medicinal materials, meat and poultry.
In particular, one of them, surnamed Li, was a tobacco seller in the county town. Most of his power was in the county town, and some small warlord was behind him.
Today's visit is also an opportunity to test whether Zhang Lin is a member of the warlord forces in other places.
After all, although Renjia Town is small, it is still a town with 180 households and 18,000 people.
Everyone said something to each other and expressed their opinions one after another. Mr. Ren looked at it and said to himself: "You look down on Renjia Town. If you want to return to a place like this, you have to be rude. My Ren family has been declining in the past two years, so it's up to you."
Jump around.
After I move the ancestral graves according to the instructions of my ancestors and change the feng shui, I will deal with you and deal with the hatred you have caused in the past two years.
This time, our Ren family will not only be the richest man in the Ren family town, but also the richest man in the county and even the provincial capital.
With their own plans in mind, everyone came to the third floor, which was Master Ren's exclusive box in the teahouse.
"Junior Zhang Lin, I have met you all!"
Zhang Lin, who had been waiting for a long time, came forward to greet him.
"What a handsome young man!"
When everyone saw Zhang Lin, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, and they all responded: "Boss Zhang is so polite!"
It has to be said that being handsome is a passport. Even though the squires in Renjia Town thought that Zhang Lin was not a good person, they still went about their business and talked happily with Zhang Lin.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, everyone began to explore Zhang Lin's background. The first person to speak was Boss Li, who was in the tobacco business.
These days, some people have guns, and tobacco is the fastest-growing business, and the supply of goods in the entire county is in the hands of Boss Li, or to be precise, a small warlord.
He doesn't care what Zhang Lin does, but he can't touch the interests of their warlord, otherwise no matter how handsome Zhang Lin is, they will have to show his true nature.
Because that is the main source of their military salary. So Boss Li asked straight to the point: "Boss Zhang is a good person at first glance. How could he think of buying property in Renjia Town?"
When everyone saw it was Boss Li, they didn't know it.
Mr. Ren is only the richest man in Renjia Town, and this Boss Li is running errands for someone in the county.
If he offends them, the most he can do is make Zhang Lin leave Renjia Town in a sour mood, and go back to where he came from. If he offends Boss Li, he will have to go in vertically and go out horizontally.
When Zhang Lin saw this, he didn't know how powerful it was. In the image, in the world of Mr. Zombie, the only ones with some financial resources were Master Ren who was about to die, and Boss Huang who invited Master Ren to drink tea.
But when Boss Li opened his mouth and Master Ren was waiting for Zhang Lin's reply, he knew that the big shot today was Boss Li.
He said: "These days, there are wars and chaos everywhere, and the people are in dire straits. I traveled around the world in my early years. I passed by Renjia Town the day before yesterday. I saw that prosperity and peace are rare here. I don't want to be homeless, so I want to take root here.
In the past few years, my little brother has been hanging around, doing a lot of things in the street and in government affairs, and he has also saved some money. Mr. Huang gave me his love and gave me this treasure shop.
In the future, I would also like to ask all the seniors to raise your noble hands and take care of me. I will be very grateful.
I also know why the elders are here today.
I, Zhang Lin, promise here today that I will open this teahouse in Renjia Town for the rest of my life. Of course, I will have to purchase a few acres of thin land in the future as a family property for future generations. Please forgive me, elders."
Boss Li asked: "Really?"
"If there is a lie, if there is a lightning strike from the sky, no one will believe it. If Lin violates the rules in the future, everyone can take action."
"Is it human nature to start a family and start a career? Don't be so serious!"
Boss Huang said: "Boss Zhang said this, so why should we be worried?
Besides, this teahouse is also supported by us. It really depends on the mud-legged people in the town. Can they afford this Oriental tea and Oriental cakes?"
Everyone heard what Boss Huang meant.
The main customers of the teahouse run by Zhang Lin are country squires like them. If he really wants to get involved in other industries, they can stop coming here at any time. If there is no profit, he will lose all his pants in a few months.
In response to this, everyone became lively and had a good time drinking and eating.
During the meal, Master Ren asked Zhang Lindao: "I wonder where Boss Zhang is from? The accent sounds like Bashu."
"The boy's origin is indeed the Bashu generation, but he came out to make a living when he was more than ten years old. In his early years, he went to Peiping, Northeast China, and Jiangdong, but there was smoke everywhere. He had been wandering around for a long time. When he passed by Renjia Town, he started to think about leaving behind.
thoughts.”
Boss Li said: "You are young and don't have such a mentality. I heard you said that you were a gangster in your early years and also received government pay?"
It is true that a few years ago, when I was young and ignorant, I was kidnapped and made the village's prime minister. Later, I was recruited and settled, and I was transformed and received official food.
"..." Boss Li, Boss Huang, Master Ren.
"..."+N other squires.
Master Ren said: "What happened next?"
"Later!" Zhang Lin said with a wry smile: "Later, the officials failed to grab the territory with others and were beaten to pieces. The brothers became separated and became the current situation."
Boss Li said: "The deceased has passed away. Boss Zhang still wants to express his condolences. People always have to look forward. Since Boss Zhang has also eaten official meals, do you want to have another bowl? My family, although the territory is small, can
I already joined the one from the province a few months ago. It’s time to show off my talents and we are in urgent need of talents. Boss Ruo Zhang..."
Zhang Linda said: "Boss Li is polite, but I really have no intention of doing this."
After learning that the other party was under the warlord, he understood why the richest man, Mr. Ren, also respected him.
After all, country squires and rich men are just people who roam the countryside. In this world, when they meet soldiers who work for food, their momentum is inherently weaker.
Chapter completed!