Zheng Lin was not in a hurry to leave. He paid the three-day entry fee. It was still early and he finally met a fellow villager. He had to have a good chat. This business took a full day.
After all, those immortals bought almost all the valuable immortal artifacts in the store.
What surprised Zheng Lin was that after all the guests left, Xia Lei took out a bunch of fairy artifacts from the storage ring and threw them on the shelves casually as if they were garbage. However, there were
There was still smoke and dust, obviously it had not been cleaned for a long time.
Zheng Lin watched the entire transaction and found that the total amount of fairy stones harvested by Xia Lei was one hundred top-quality fairy stones, which was equivalent to one fairy crystal. The income of this magic weapon shop in the fairy world was indeed very generous. Of course.
, this shop in Xia Lei is doing quite well today.
Xia Lei said indifferently: "I heard from the old man that the business of this shop was booming before, and the income from Immortal Stone was even comparable to that of Tianji Pavilion in the same city. But since the old man left, this shop has become more and more popular since I was in charge of it.
It’s getting worse and worse, and I’m too lazy to take care of it.”
Just as Zheng Lin was going to ask why, someone walked in outside the door. He was wearing a standard battle armor like a city guard and looked domineering.
After the visitor came in, he asked in a calm tone: "Who is the shopkeeper? Your store is about to expire. Please renew it quickly."
It turns out that this is the official immortal of the City Lord's Mansion, and he is here to collect rent. All the houses in the Immortal City are owned by the City Lord's Mansion. To do business there, you not only have to pay taxes on time, but also have the right to use the house for a certain period of time. Only
Exceptions are made for a few stores with very strong backgrounds, such as Tianji Pavilion.
"What? So fast? I remember the last time... when was the last time..." Xia Lei said in confusion.
The official immortal said impatiently: "The last rent you paid for this store was two thousand years ago. Now it needs to be renewed, otherwise you have to move out."
"Uh..." Xia Lei hadn't arrived in the fairy world two thousand years ago. How could he know what happened at that time? It's just that he hasn't paid less taxes in these years, so he must have forgotten it.
"How many immortal stones are there in total?" Xia Lei asked in confusion. The old man didn't tell him about this before leaving.
"At least five hundred years of rent must be paid. Of course you can extend it for more time. One hundred top-quality immortal stones are required every five hundred years." Guan Xian explained.
Zheng Lin was slightly surprised. The income was very good, but the tax and rent were also a large sum. This once again made Zheng Lin feel that the fairy world was really not a place where ordinary immortals could hang out. The pressure was too great.
And the exploitation by those big and small forces is too harsh.
Xia Lei obviously didn't expect that the rent would be so high. He had just sold so many immortal artifacts, and it was only enough to pay the rent once. However, if he was more diligent, based on the income of this shop, the rent and taxes seemed to be too high.
Nothing.
In desperation, Xia Lei had no choice but to put all the immortal stones he had just received into a storage bag and give them to the official immortal.
After the official immortal received the immortal stone, he left a note that looked like a receipt, and then left in a hurry. After all, he was an official immortal, and there were so many cities in the second-level immortal star, so it was normal for them to be a little busy.
But the official immortal had just left for an hour, and when Xia Lei and Zheng Lin were continuing to discuss the business issues of the store, another immortal who was dressed almost the same as the official immortal walked in and opened his mouth to collect the rent, and
The expression is more domineering.
What is going on? Zheng Lin and Xia Lei were both confused. The rent had been paid not long ago, so why do they have to pay it again?
In response to the two people's questions, the official frowned at first, and then laughed loudly: "You have been deceived. That person is definitely not the deacon of the City Lord's Mansion. When he asked you for rent, did he show his identity token to you?"
Do you think? After collecting the rent, what proof did they leave for you?"
Zheng Lin and Xia Lei were shocked at the same time. They didn't even know that they needed to see the identity token. Xia Lei quickly took out the note left by the previous immortal and showed it to the official immortal. No.
It seemed fine. After reading the written evidence, the official smiled even brighter.
After a while, when he saw Zheng Lin and Xia Lei's faces as pale as pig liver, the official stopped laughing and said: "When we, the deacons of the City Lord's Mansion, collect rent, they always present their identity tokens first, but after collecting the rent, they
Instead of setting up a letter, I will give you a special jade plaque. When the time is up, the jade plaque will break into pieces, and we will come to find you to renew it. The jade plaque is placed on the lintel of the shop. If you don’t believe it, you can
have a look."
Zheng Lin and Xia Lei looked at the lintel of the shop at the same time, and sure enough they saw a groove in which there was actually a broken jade plaque.
Deacon Guanxian took off the broken jade plaque, took out a new jade plaque, and said, "Take a look, does it look the same?"
Sure enough, although the jade tablet was broken into pieces, if put together correctly, it was exactly the same as the jade tablet that the deacon official took out.
It can be seen from this that Xia Lei was indeed deceived an hour ago. However, what puzzled Zheng Lin was how did the previous immortal know that this store should be renewed? Moreover, how did he know?
Xia Lei is very confused about how to collect rent?
Unless the immortal has entered the shop and looked carefully and found that the jade plaque on the lintel has been broken, and he must know Xia Lei very well.
Although he was helpless, the Immortal Deacon had no time to delay here. Xia Lei had no choice but to get another Immortal Stone from his storage ring. However, his income over the years was only enough to pay taxes, and there were not many Immortal Stones at this time.
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When the deacon official saw Xia Lei's embarrassed expression, he immediately changed his expression and said solemnly: "If you can't pay the rent, you can move out now. If new merchants move in, we can charge more."
Rent." Judging from his appearance, he was not joking at all.
The rent is determined based on the area of the store, but it is also set by the city lord's palace. Once it is set, it will not be changed, and the price cannot be increased midway. But if the merchants are changed, the city lord's palace can change the rent. Whether it is higher or lower depends entirely on it.
A word from the deacon.
"Can you give me some grace?" At this point, Xia Lei realized that he was too lazy before, otherwise he wouldn't have worried about this matter. And the old man must not have thought that Xia Lei would be in the embarrassing situation he is now, because
He left a lot of immortal treasures to Xia Lei. As long as Xia Lei can sell one-tenth of them, he can enjoy the blessings here without any worries.
"What the hell, why are you dragging me? You can't even give me a grace period of two days. You guys know how to make money with your words, and you drag each one for as much as 2,500,000 to 80,000 yuan. To put it bluntly, it's just a fight for power!"
Zheng Lin really didn't expect that Xia Lei would still have such a hot temper after being in the fairy world for so long. He must have been deeply affected by the harmonious society on earth.
"Severely injuring the Deacon Immortal for no reason, insulting the city lord with insinuations, damn it!" The Deacon Immortal was furious and was about to slap him with a wave of his hand.
All the Deacon Immortals have very high cultivation levels, and this one has the strength of the early stage of the Permanent Immortal. His slap is so fast that Xia Lei can't dodge or resist it. Zheng Lin doesn't want to see his fellow villager like this.
After being beaten, he grabbed the official immortal's wrist.
The official Xian just wanted to teach Xia Lei a lesson and had no intention of making a fatal move, so he reserved most of his strength, which was why it was so easy for Zheng Lin to hold his wrist.