Zhu Pengyun's words immediately made everyone present stunned and then shocked.
Just the rent and protection fees for the two medicine shops in Shining Gold City add up to a total of 20,000 fairy stones a year, which is not much for Tianbao Medicine House, but the total for all the shops is almost 360,000 fairy stones.
Stone, and it has to be paid in a short period of time, which is a bit much.
Mrs. Ning immediately asked: "Deputy City Lord Zhu, who gave this order?"
Zhu Pengyun said: "It was pressed down from above."
Ning An Jin's face turned black and he said: "The regulations issued at this time are obviously aimed at my Tianbao Medicine House. Needless to say, it must be the order given by the Second Prince."
Zhu Pengyun said: "Mrs. Ning, Zhu is just an errand boy at best. You should come here to inform us of these matters in advance. If the fees are not paid within two days, the city lord's palace will send troops to drive them away."
Mrs. Ning closed her eyes for a while and then said: "Okay, twenty thousand immortal spirit stones, Xiao Nan, you go to the warehouse and bring them to Deputy City Lord Zhu."
Zhu Pengyun opened his hands and said: "Wait a minute, Mrs. Ning, you may not have heard clearly. The order above is that in addition to paying off the arrears, if you need to continue the lease, you need to pay one year's fees in advance, so Tianbao Yaolu still needs
If you continue to operate, you will have to pay for one year and eight months this time, and if you erase the fraction, it will be 33,000 fairy spirit stones."
"It's too much to bully others, it's simply too much to bully others!" The great elder stood up and stared at Zhu Pengyun. If eyes could kill, he would have killed Zhu Pengyun thousands of times.
However, Zhu Pengyun was not afraid to become the deputy city lord of Jinjin City. He said calmly: "Tianbao Yaolu is not what it used to be now. Ning'an Jin, you must not be caught making excuses. This is what I say to you and to Tianbao."
Advice from Yaolu."
Zhu Pengyun left with 33,000 immortal spirit stones.
But then, the Ning Mansion received dozens of fairy letters from outside, all talking about paying rent and protection fees.
After a brief discussion, Mrs. Ning decided to pay the fairy spirit stone.
The thirty-six elixir shops are the foundation of Yaolu, and they have occupied a large share in various urban areas. It would be a pity to throw them away; and the current immortal spirit stones in Yaolu can still afford this expenditure.
In addition, Mrs. Ning decided that if the elixirs were not enough, she would first buy them from other elixir bases. Large-volume purchases were wholesale and the prices could be discounted.
However, it is a pity that several of the larger elixir producing areas in Tianbao Kingdom could not sell even one elixir to Tianbao Yaolu. Later, when they found out the reason, Dandao Pavilion bought all their elixirs, and many more.
The young master was threatened and was not allowed to sell the elixir to Tianbao Yaolu.
For a time, Tianbao Yaolu fell into an unprecedented predicament.
And this news, through the mouths of caring people, spread throughout the Golden City and even the entire Tianbao Kingdom.
Three full days have passed and no one has reached out to the Ning family.
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"Senior Ye, can I ask you something?"
In the courtyard of the Renbao Hall, Ye Kai was sitting on a Taishi chair, closing his eyes and thinking about the golden lotus with only one petal in Niwan Palace. Huan'er had nothing to do, so he asked some questions about the pharmacist from time to time.
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"Yeah!" Ye Kai responded. Multitasking is not a problem. He can answer her questions while thinking about lotus flowers. "Huan'er, don't call me senior anymore. It sounds awkward."
"Ah? Then... what should I call you?"
"Well... Young Master..." He thought of what the servants on Earth called him, but he immediately rejected it, "No, no, if you call me that, you'd think Miss Ning and I are brothers and sisters. Huan'er, it's not as good as you.
Just call me brother, well, I have a sister who is about the same age as you."
"Ah? Senior, do you want to recognize me as your sister?"
"How about it? If you don't want to, forget it. I don't force anyone."
"I'm willing, I'm willing, of course I'm willing to be a senior..."
"It's brother."
"Oh, Huan'er is so lucky to be able to be his elder sister, brother...brother!"
"Hey, you're so good, let me call you again to hear it."
"...brother, brother!"
Ye Kai laughed: "It's great, I have a sister again. Oh, what did you want to ask just now? Are there any questions about pharmacists that you can't figure out? In fact, the profession of pharmacist is useless."
Huan'er squatted next to Ye Kai and asked with a confused look: "Brother, what are chicken ribs? Are they chicken ribs?"
"How smart, it's just the ribs of a chicken!" Ye Kai reached out and touched Huan'er's head. Of course, he really looked at her as his younger sister and didn't mean to take advantage of him. "Think about it, eating the ribs of a chicken has no meat. If you throw it away,
It's a pity that just like the profession of pharmacist, it is dispensable."
Huan'er was immediately shocked: "How can the pharmacist be dispensable?"
Ye Kai smiled but said nothing.
He has not yet decided whether to reveal his identity as an alchemist. Now is obviously not the time. There is no point in exposing him too low. If it is too high, he is afraid of causing trouble. When the time comes, a master will capture him and use him as a coolie. It will be tragic.
Already?
Huan'er said: "Brother, I just want to ask. Now many people are talking about the fact that the Medicine House may not be able to sustain itself, and even our medicine slaves may not be able to pay out their monthly payment. When I was passing by other rooms just now, I happened to hear
Several pharmacists from Renbaotang are saying that they plan to leave...what do you think, brother?"
Ye Kai shook his head and said: "Huan'er, do you still remember the scene when you killed the mid-stage immortal in the thatched cottage a few days ago? That guy's soul should have activated some kind of secret technique before he died, and it was on our bodies
The mark was planted, I checked it, and it was attached to the Zi Mansion. Therefore, the safest place now is Tianbao Yaolu. Mrs. Ning is the official Mrs. Ning Guo, so it is unlikely that she will force her way in.
It will happen. If one day it is really unsafe here, I will take you away and then find a way to kill that guy's father."
Huan'er is so talented in cultivation. When he heard Ye Kai say this, he naturally had no objection: "Thank you, brother!"
At this moment, a figure came in from outside.
Without knocking on the door, he just barged in and yelled: "Ye Kai, Ye Kai?!"
The visitor is none other than Xiao Cui.
When Huan'er saw Xiao Cui, she quickly stood up and called out to Sister Xiao Cui. Although they were both maids, the gap between them was not the slightest bit. Ye Kai also sat up slowly and said with a smile: "Sister Xiao Cui, you
Is your body completely healed?"
Xiaocui said: "It's been fine a long time ago! You guys are quite comfortable here. I followed the lady to several places to buy elixirs in the past few days. Oops, I'm so depressed that I almost want to vomit blood!"
"What's wrong?"
"Let's talk about it later. I'm in a bad mood right now and want to eat. Ye Kai, can you do it for me?"
This is the principle of being a foodie.
Ye Kaidao: "There is no problem in making food..."
He suddenly had an idea, "However, delicious food requires good ingredients, such as high-grade spiritual herbs. The higher-grade the spiritual herbs, the better the cooking time."
Xiaocui said directly: "Then let's go to Tianzang Mountain, bring kitchen utensils, and we can fight fairy beasts and cook food at the same time."
Ye Kaidao: "I have a question. You should know that I was given a soul mark by someone, right? If I go to Tianzang Mountain, it will be troublesome if that guy chases me."
"What are you afraid of? I called the young lady, and let me tell you, the young lady is actually more greedy than me. She just doesn't say anything and pretends to be a lady."
"Xiao Cui, what did you say about me?"
A voice came from behind his head. He turned around and saw that Ning Yinan was standing on a tree in the yard at some point.