Chapter 104 Wind Magic and Express Station 6
The system was speechless and walked away in shame.
If you can't afford to offend, can't you just hide away?
Tomorrow it must have a good talk with Yun Yi, the bastard president!
Lin Muqiu ignored it completely and opened the sound transmission stone directly. After listening to it, he was overwhelmed. He had finally finished one thing, but why did another one come up?
[Manager, someone from the Central Chamber of Commerce tried to poach me yesterday, but I refused. They even offered me hush money, so I'll pay it back. — Wind Magic Stone Shop, Keaton delivered.]
[My Lord, someone's trying to recruit me lately, and they've offered a hefty sum. Do you think you should give me a bit more pay? — Wind Magic Stone Shop, delivered by Babwe]
"Mr. Store Manager, you should be aware of what's been going on recently. Also, I'd like to remind you that there's a guy named Campbell in the store. He's not acting well, so you should be on guard. By the way, I'll return the bribe money. — Wind Magic Stone Shop, delivered by Bluechi."
【……】
Every time Lin Muqiu read one, he felt a little overwhelmed.
Not long after the store opened, someone came to poach her employees. Are these people bored?
Your own store cannot compete with others, so you want to consolidate your position by dragging others into it?
Can you have some shame?
The key point is, isn't this a trick she's used a long time ago? How come some employees are still so confused as to take advantage of this opportunity to raise their wages and switch jobs?
Lin Muqiu was speechless. What on earth were these people thinking?
The core technology is in her hands. The key to the store's success is the magic stone that absorbs the power of a tornado, lossless high-definition map data, live broadcast and data transmission, and one more thing: her brain. None of this is achieved by others.
She, Lin Muqiu, never does anything without confidence.
She calmed down her anger and edited a text message to send to her employees:
If there are any issues with your work, please notify me immediately and I will troubleshoot and resolve them. If someone offers you a bribe to poach you, just accept it as an employee benefit.
But after a little thought, she felt that the whole thing was not without benefit.
At least she felt that Bruchi was a useful person, loyal, careful, and willing to offer suggestions, so she might as well accept his favor.
She noted this person, sent him a message, and then her fingers moved lightly like butterflies to turn on the surveillance video.
She rarely uses this all-round monitoring mode. Although it saves a lot of trouble, it always feels like she is intruding on people's privacy.
She doesn't like it.
But in order to quiet the group down, she decided to record a fight back.
As her consciousness deepened into the various aspects of the scene, she couldn't help but frown in pain. This time, it was obvious that countless space mages had set up a barrier. Fortunately, she was a max-level expert, otherwise she really wouldn't be able to sneak in quietly.
But for the copper coins and publicity that came to her door, she tried her best!
*
The shop assistants who received the lord's message had different ideas.
Some people were very excited. "Oh my God! I thought the bribes from the Central Chamber of Commerce had to be turned in, but I didn't expect Lord Lin to return them to us. This is so generous!"
Bruchi smiled, "And the master also said that if we give you bribes later, we can still accept them."
Just as everyone was rejoicing, Campbell sneered, "She gave me a little favor, and you really think it was her money? Isn't that a benefit from the Central Chamber of Commerce?"
"What do you mean?" The other guys all frowned. "How did Master Lin treat you unfairly? He didn't deduct any of your usual bonuses or wages, did he?"
Someone even asked directly, "You were acting weird yesterday, weren't you being instigated to rebel?"
Having had his request for a raise rejected, Babway scoffed and stopped what he was doing. "The Central Chamber of Commerce's express delivery station pays us twice as much as Lin Muqiu!"
Campbell snorted in agreement.
When you can take a shortcut, why do you have to follow the steps and climb up step by step?
These people are so stupid!
"Oh, how interesting," Bruchi put away his smile and spoke with a sharp tone. "You think that's a shortcut, but there's no such thing as a free lunch! It's Lord Lin's trade secrets that are valuable. They want to take advantage of you, so they're paying you so much. Do you really think that's your own skill? When others find out you're clueless, they'll just dump you, don't you know?"
When the others who had been interested in this idea heard this, they immediately gave up the idea.
Yes, it is important for people to know themselves! All of this was given by Lord Lin. Without such an environment, they are nothing.
Someone advised: "Don't be fooled. It's too conscienceless to sell out others to get money."
The two of them snorted coldly.
At this moment, they have already regarded other people's dissuasion as a stumbling block on the road to success.
"Do you know that there will be a time when people will abandon their work?" This sentence echoed in the Philosopher's Stone.
Lin Muqiu peeked into the glittering light in the Philosopher's Stone and couldn't help but sigh that this Bruchi was truly a clear-headed person.
But is it useful? No.
For those who are obsessed with profit, they can only see the immediate benefits.
Sure enough, the two people who expressed dissatisfaction still sent her their resignation applications:
[Manager, I'm sorry, I have to leave. —Babuwei]
[Applying for resignation. — Campbell]
Lin Muqiu agreed without hesitation.
Ankang Town has nothing but a lot of talented people, and there is no shortage of wind mages like them. She can just recruit a group from the Civilian Academy.
But people have to pay the price for their choices.
*
Lin Muqiu approved their resignation applications so readily that Campbell and Babway felt a little uncomfortable, as if they had lice all over their bodies, which they couldn't see and were very itchy.
"What's going on? Why did she agree so easily?" Babwe muttered.
Campbell didn't care. "What do you think she's thinking? We're all going to live a good life anyway!"
As they spoke, they left the city and saw the carriage coming to pick them up from afar, and they couldn't help feeling proud.
Look, the second-in-command of the Eastern Chamber of Commerce is here to pick them up! Isn't this much better than being a small employee under Lin Muqiu?!
As soon as we got in the car, Bruschi, the Chamber of Commerce's second-in-command, came to greet us with a smile. "Thank you for your hard work along the way. You are all talented people. It's really a waste of your talents to stay in small Ankang Town."
The two of them were flattered by the praise, but the next second they heard the man change the subject, "So you two must understand the special method of making the Philosopher's Stone, right?"
Their expressions froze. "What special production method? All we need to do is for Lin Muqiu to bring the high-level wind magic stone, and then we can use it to deliver the package!"
Bruschi's eyelids twitched.
For some reason, he had a bad feeling.
His expression remained unchanged as he handed the two magic stones to them. "Then you can send this carriage to the central border like a courier. This will save a lot of distance."
The two nodded hurriedly and breathed a sigh of relief.
They know this! After countless transports, they are already familiar with using maps for route analysis and transportation!
So they picked up the Philosopher's Stone and concentrated their minds and energy.
As they expected, the carriage floated up.
Then……
Yes, and then?
A flicker of hesitation and disbelief crossed their faces. What next? Would the next intersection be a mountain range, should they ascend and slow down? Or would it be flat, allowing them to speed forward? Or should they turn?
Memories of the past collapsed.
Where's their map?
Where is the map that Lin Muqiu had introduced into their minds in the past?
The two men's faces suddenly changed, and their minds were distracted.
With a loud bang, the car fell over.
The man and the horse were thrown to the ground, and the car was broken into several pieces. The two men faced the broken limbs of the car frame, and they were in a mess. They kept muttering, "Impossible... Impossible..."
Bruschi stumbled from the fall, stood up, and spoke in a muffled voice, "Are you two playing a trick on me?"
Are you kidding me?
They even quit their jobs!
The two were furious, "What do you mean?"
A sinister smile flashed across Brusky's lips. He was about to step forward, but his companions held him down and consoled him, saying, "Forget it. They haven't left Ankang Town yet. Don't cause any trouble."
After hearing this, both of them got goosebumps all over their bodies. What did this person mean? Could it be that he wanted to kill them to silence them?!
The fear was pervasive, seeping into their skin, making their breathing hot and fearful. They could not help but step back, their legs trembling.
For the first time, they realized that the world away from Ankang Town was really too dangerous!
Regret and remorse washed over them. They regretted why they had to go through so much trouble, and were even more annoyed at why they didn't listen to advice and actually thought they could make money easily!
After staying in Ankang Town for too long, they became drifting.
After leaving Ankang Town, they realized that they were just ordinary wind mages and could easily be killed by the attacks of an intermediate swordsman.
Seeing their expressions, Brusky chuckled sarcastically.
Like a sharp blade hanging in the air, it filled the two men with terror. Just when they thought they were going to die, they saw Brusky sneer and leave.
That sneer was filled with immense contempt, ridicule, and breath through the nose.
An unspeakable feeling of humiliation washed over both of them, but they didn't dare to move at all until the other party left, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.
Before I could relax, I heard another system reminder:
Because you violated Article 23 of the Ankang Regulations and attempted to disclose Ankang Town secrets to others, you have been expelled from Ankang Town and are required to pay liquidated damages.
[Because you violated the part-time job contract, you must pay triple compensation.]
[Zi... We've detected that you have insufficient funds. The automatic return of earned money to Ankang Town has been activated. Your valuables will be automatically mortgaged!]
[Ding, you are about to be electrocuted, please accept the punishment! ]
【……】
It was like a bolt from the blue, hitting the two people's minds. Before they could react, the house, rented sword, mount, and magic stone were all mortgaged. Damn it!
In other words, they were now empty-handed. For a mage to be in the wild was tantamount to seeking death.
The two almost fainted.
Oh my god, I’m in big trouble!
Who would have thought that this map is a health secret!
Their legs went weak and they were about to fall down.
[Give you two choices:
1. Be a tainted witness and accept punishment.
Second, let it die on its own, and report it to the entire network.
Lin Muqiu's voice penetrated their minds coldly, causing their eyes to light up and then their pupils to tremble.
It turns out that Lin Muqiu already knew everything!
But just hearing the latter made their calves tremble.
Anyone expelled from Ankang Town will be reported to the entire town! And whoever betrays the city, which other town would dare to accept them?
The most terrifying thing is that there is no guarantee that Brusky and others from the Central Chamber of Commerce will not find trouble with them and take the opportunity to kill them.
They both said tremblingly: "I, I choose the former."
Even if they have to go to jail, they will accept it.
*
Seeing that the two men's strategy failed, Bruschi tried to pry open the other store employees' mouths.
Bruskey approached Bruchi with a smile, pretending to be someone who was going to send a package, and then pulled him aside. "Have you thought about what I asked you to think about a few days ago?"
Bruchi's eyes rolled, and a plan came to his mind. "I've thought it over."
Bruschi was ecstatic. "Name your price, any price is fine!"
Bruchi also laughed and lied casually, "I don't think you know that once we leave, the map data in our minds will be automatically erased by Lin Muqiu using the Lord System."
So that’s how it is!
Bruschi suddenly understood, and thinking about the reactions of the two people, he became more convinced, "Then what should we do?"
Seeing that the other party followed his own thinking, Bruch lowered his voice and said, "That's why I can't resign."
"Uh-huh."
"I'll use pen and paper to draw all the key information on the map, and you just give me money," said Bruch.
This made Brusky hesitate.
Isn’t the map data huge? How long will it take him to write it?
Is the other party serious?
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