"Hmph, who do you think you are, worthy of meeting my shopkeeper?"
With that said, the waiter stood up and roared at Lin Xiao, his tone full of disdain and contempt.
Lin Xiao smiled coldly when he heard this and turned to look at the waiter:
"It's not your turn to decide whether it's worthy or not! Tell your shopkeeper, if you don't come out to see me today, this salt... won't be sold anymore!"
"Boy, what a loud tone!"
At this moment, a sarcastic voice came from behind.
Lin Xiao turned around and saw a handsome young man walking in from the crowd of people watching outside. He was tall and muscular, and he was staring at him with a contemptuous look.
The few boys following behind him also looked at people with their nostrils.
When the waiter at the grain and oil store saw this person, he immediately nodded and bowed to greet him:
"Shopkeeper, are you back?"
Shopkeeper?!
Lin Xiao raised her eyebrows slightly, it turns out that this deceptive grain and oil shop owner is this guy!
The shopkeeper ignored the waiter and just snorted coldly, looking at Lin Xiao with malicious eyes.
At this time, the waiter came up to the shopkeeper again and said:
"Shopkeeper, this guy is the one who took the lead in looking for trouble, and threatened that he won't sell this salt to us in the future!"
After saying that, he glared at Lin Xiao fiercely again.
After hearing what the waiter said, the shopkeeper became furious, pointed at Lin Xiao with his right hand and cursed:
"Little brat, you are so brave, how dare you threaten the grain and oil store in front of my young master? Come here, show him some color!"
After saying that, he winked at the men behind him.
After receiving the order, several young men immediately rolled up their sleeves, showing fierce looks, and gathered around Lin Xiao.
One of the boys even pulled out the long sword from his waist and stabbed Lin Xiao in the chest.
However, at this moment, Lin Xiao suddenly moved. He kicked the young man in the abdomen, kicked him away, and knocked him to the ground hard.
Then, Lin Xiao spun around and punched another boy on the temple.
The boy was punched away and fell to the ground unconscious.
When the last boy saw this, he panicked and ran away.
It's a pity that while he is fast, Lin Xiao is even faster!
A whip-kick swept across his body and hit the back of his heart.
The boy was so frightened by this kick that he hurriedly avoided it, but he didn't expect that he was still a step too late.
"Snapped!"
Lin Xiao slapped the boy on the left side of his face.
The left side of the boy's face suddenly became red and swollen.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Xiao raised his right arm again and whipped it with a whip.
"Crack!"
The sound of bones breaking was heard.
The boy's left arm was instantly dislocated, his entire face was twisted into a ball, and he screamed in pain.
Looking at the boy's appearance, Lin Xiao raised the corner of his mouth slightly and snorted coldly:
"Vulnerable!"
This group of Turkic people seem to be strong, but in fact they are weak and lack the nourishment of carbohydrates. With a little trick, they will fall apart after being beaten.
The shopkeeper was stunned when he saw that Lin Xiao had eliminated four of his subordinates in a few seconds. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
Even more unbelievable was Xiyue standing aside.
She originally thought that Lin Xiao was just a idiot who only relied on words to bluff people, but she didn't expect that Lin Xiao was so sharp and decisive when he actually took action, so her attitude towards Lin Xiao changed a lot.
"Shopkeeper, what should we do? He, he has destroyed all our people."
When the waiter saw that his companion had been eliminated, he immediately cried and said to the shopkeeper.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he recovered from the shock.
He gritted his teeth and stared at Lin Xiao, wishing he could eat Lin Xiao alive.
But looking at the boys lying on the ground moaning in pain, he had to be wary of Lin Xiao's strength. He couldn't help but swallow the bad breath and said apologetically to Lin Xiao:
"Little brother, please forgive me for being offensive. I am the shopkeeper. If you have anything to do, let's sit down and talk about it slowly. How about that?"
With that said, the shopkeeper made a gesture of invitation and motioned Lin Xiao to go to the inner hall of the store to discuss matters.
Lin Xiao glanced at the flattering shopkeeper, stepped forward, and followed the shopkeeper to the inner hall of the shop.
Xiyue and Yu Xilin followed closely behind.
After entering the door, the shopkeeper made tea himself, poured a cup of tea for Lin Xiao and others, and placed it on the table.
Lin Xiao picked up the tea cup, took a sip, then put down the tea cup, looked at the shopkeeper and asked:
“Why is salt so ridiculously expensive?”
The shopkeeper was startled when he heard this:
"this."
"Are you trying to make money from people's livelihood?"
Lin Xiao's tone was calm, but there was a strong chill in it, making people feel cold all over.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he couldn't help but rubbed his hands in embarrassment:
"This dear friend has misunderstood. Although I also love money, I know that a gentleman's love of money is justified. It is because the purchase price of salt suddenly became ridiculously high that I had to do this!"
"oh?"
Lin Xiao stared at him suspiciously, she didn't believe what he said.
No matter how high the purchase price of salt is, it can't be as high as a few hundred copper plates for a jar of salt, right?
"If you don't believe it, I'll show you the account book!"
Seeing that Lin Xiao didn't believe it, the shopkeeper hurriedly asked the waiter to give Lin Xiao the store's account book.
Lin Xiao took the account book and read it carefully. After reading it, Lin Xiao couldn't help but frowned:
"How could the purchase price of salt be so high? It has actually reached the point where a jar of salt costs two hundred and thirty copper plates!"
Lin Xiao's tone was very surprised, even with a hint of questioning.
"Yes, it suddenly increased. We used to have several grain and oil shops here, but because of the skyrocketing salt prices, we are the only one left in business."
As the shopkeeper spoke, he carefully observed Lin Xiao's face, fearing that he might say something wrong and offend the other party.
However, seeing Lin Xiao's face becoming more and more gloomy, the shopkeeper couldn't help but wonder, did he say the wrong thing?
"Can you take me to meet your parents?"
Lin Xiao suddenly said.
The shopkeeper was surprised: "Brother, you don't want to do the salt business, right?"
"has a problem?"
Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Don't dare, it's just that doing salt business is not that simple nowadays. You need a lot of money, because you don't know how much the price of salt will rise tomorrow!"
The shopkeeper quickly explained.
He would rather have someone come and join him in the salt business. Although he has already tasted the benefits of monopoly, he also knows what it means to be a big tree attracting the wind.
For example, these days, because of the skyrocketing salt prices, he was frequently invited to tea by the government.
But if he didn't explain the power of this to Lin Xiao clearly, what if he lost all the money and put it all on himself?
Therefore, the shopkeeper tried his best to dissuade Lin Xiao.
"I don't need to worry about this, as long as you introduce me to your superior."
Lin Xiao put down the tea cup and slowly stood up. A strong sense of oppression instantly enveloped the shopkeeper's body, making him afraid to move.
The shopkeeper felt the pressure, and big beads of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead. He swallowed and stammered:
"Okay, okay, I'll take you there right now, but if I lose my book in the future... you must not settle the score with me."
With that said, the shopkeeper got up and walked out with Lin Xiao and others.