"You're in charge of the boats, and I'll handle transporting your passengers. I'll collect all the money, and you just need to keep the accounts. We can settle accounts monthly or every three days, it's up to you."

Lin Pengfei was straightforward, or rather, he didn't care about money at all: "Settlement will be done monthly. What if my area is fully booked?"

Nan Qu said, "There are two methods. You can set aside half of the houses to accommodate my guests, or you can have numbered signs for the houses on your side. You just need to bring over the numbered signs for available rooms every day."

Lin Pengfei nodded: "Then let's get number plates, so that it will be easier for guests to find their rooms."

Nan Qu laughed: "You're quick to react."

Lin Pengfei smiled confidently: "After all, I'm a businessman, so I always need to have some business acumen."

The two signed an agreement that Lin Pengfei's business would open first, and Nanqu's business would open after the trial operation ended.

Therefore, Nanqu still has time to make final plans, such as training the accountant and the greeters, as well as arranging the chefs within the inn. Of course, the most important thing is to prepare in advance.

Nothing is more exciting than winning the lottery.

Therefore, before it even opened for business, Nanqu had already distributed flyers. On the opening day of the food street, you could exchange one tael of silver for a lottery ticket by presenting your purchase receipt.

You can also buy a lottery ticket for ten coins.

The grand prize is a house in the city, and there is only one of these prizes.

The second prize is a horse-drawn carriage; there are two such prizes.

The third prize is fifty taels of silver, and there are ten of them.

The fourth prize is a voucher worth five taels of silver, which can only be used if the total amount is ten taels of silver.

The fifth prize is a voucher worth one tael of silver, which can be used for purchases of two taels of silver or more.

Of course, the voucher amount is not eligible for the lottery. In other words, if you use a voucher for purchases, for example, if you use a voucher worth one tael of silver to buy items worth two taels of silver, then you only need to pay one tael of silver and cannot participate in the lottery.

However, if you have two taels or more, say three taels, then one tael can be exchanged for a lottery ticket.

Of course, only one raffle ticket can be used at a time, and they cannot be used in combination.

If any employee is found to have committed fraud, they will be dismissed immediately. The whistleblower will receive a reward of one tael of silver.

Of course, besides these, there was also a participation prize, which was a handkerchief worth ten coins. Of course, her wholesale price was not ten coins.

In short, there are rewards for everyone who participates.

The lucky draw event will only last for three days, first come, first served.

Because the grand prize was so tempting, the inn was packed with people on its very first day of operation. Someone won fifty taels of silver on the first day, and even more people came on the second day.

The next day, a carriage was also taken away. Two sums of fifty taels were also taken.

Nanqu naturally didn't prepare only a few lottery tickets, so by the third day, no one had drawn a house, and no one found it strange. They just thought that there were too few people drawing lottery tickets and no one had drawn a house.

Of course, some clever people know that Nanqu didn't even put the house in there.

Nan Qu certainly wouldn't give it up. Her lottery draw was purely to attract customers, not a real lottery. Tens of millions, even hundreds of millions, of people were vying for a single seven-digit number.

This is purely a perk for her; she'll only earn a few coins for the handkerchief at most. Getting a fifty-tael bonus is already quite difficult.

What's more, she also sent out a carriage.

Of course, she also made a lot of money.

On the first day of the inn's opening, there were no guests staying at the inn, but the profits from the snacks alone amounted to several thousand taels.

The second and third days also saw fluctuations of a few days.

Three days later, the price rebounded somewhat, but many people still remembered this delicious and affordable place. There's no entrance fee; you can walk in, enjoy the scenery, and eat delicious food. Take a stroll, grab some snacks, and then leave.

It gradually became a habit for the people here.

The locals have also begun to appreciate the food.

In addition, this place is located at the border, and merchants coming and going would stop here to rest, which has become a unique feature of Nanqu.

With the arrival of merchants, the local food began to spread outwards, gradually forming a certain style.

Just as Nan Qu was enjoying the benefits this world brought her, a group of soldiers suddenly broke in.

Who is Nanqu?

Nan Qu, who was sitting in a rocking chair in the pavilion, reached out her hand upon hearing this: "This way."

Upon hearing the voice, the officer walked up to Nan Qu and said, "Our general wants to see you. Come with us!"

Nan Qu didn't even lift her eyelids: "Your general wants to see me, and you want me to come over? No way."

Upon hearing this, the officer immediately drew his sword: "Don't push your luck, this knife in my hand isn't just for show!"

The officer's knife was split in two with a slight lift of his hand, the tip of the blade landing on the officer's toes.

"I said I'm not going. This is the protected area of ​​the City Lord's Mansion. If you're not worried, go ahead and smash it. Do you want me to even frown? If you want to mess with me, then you'll have to see if you're still alive to even frown."

The officer glanced at the knife at his feet and said coldly, "I will convey your message. Let's go."

Nan Qu still didn't look up, and even yawned.

She thought the general was very self-possessed, but she didn't expect that not long after the officer returned, a man dressed in black with a strong aura appeared in front of Nan Qu.

Seeing Nan Qu lounging around aimlessly, the man frowned: "You have no manners! Do you even have the bearing of a proper lady?"

Nan Qu rolled her eyes: "Are you so bored that you'd like to go for a run or two, or buy some laxatives? This isn't a stench collection station; I don't accept your spitting fumes!"

"Not only do you have no proper posture, but you also speak so rudely. Tang Qingrou, where is your upbringing?"

Nan Qu couldn't hold back any longer: "First of all, my name isn't Tang Qingrou. Secondly, what business is it of yours whether I'm well-mannered or not?"

Surprisingly, the man wasn't angry anymore. He sat down on the chaise lounge next to Nan Qu and said, "I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Tang Qingyang, and I'm your older brother, born of the same mother and father! I've heard about your situation. I know about your appearance in Qianlong City as Nan Qu and your meeting with Xiao Jiangchang."

I know you starved to death on your way here and were thrown into a pile of corpses. I also know you crawled out of that pile of corpses.

"You've lost your memory and don't know who you are. However, the scar on your chin is from when you were little. You wanted to learn martial arts, and your father, unable to dissuade you, let you learn. But you tripped and fell, hitting your chin on a stone. You bled a lot, and that's how the scar was left. Your father never dared to let you learn martial arts again."

Seemingly reminiscing about fond memories of the past, a gentle smile curved the corners of the man's mouth.