Chapter 118 Lin Xiaoyue comes up with a new way to attract customers
Lin Xiaoyue pressed her solar plexus with a headache. After all, she was not the master of the Silver Slash Guard, otherwise she would have rewarded or punished him long ago.
She looked up at the other members of the Silver Slash Guard and asked, "What do you say?"
All the members of the Silver Slash Guards bowed and replied, "We'll all follow Miss Lin's orders!"
Seeing everyone insisting on letting her make the decision, Lin Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Alright then! In that case, Zhan Xiong, although you deserve credit for delivering the earth bomb in time, chasing after the remaining soldiers has put everyone in trouble again. This is indeed wrong. I will punish you by making you copy the Art of War a hundred times, and remember the principle of never pursuing a desperate enemy!"
Zhan Xiong was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion, "What is the art of war?"
Lin Xiaoyue didn't know that this world didn't have military tactics? Then what did they rely on for marching and fighting? Just based on their feelings?
She said depressedly: "What tactics do you use in war? Don't you have any?"
Zhan Xiong shook his head and said, "I don't know. We've never seen it before. Is there such a good thing in the world?"
Lin Xiaoyue was a bit amused and confused. Well, now that she had said it, she couldn't just change her words and say she didn't know, right? So, was copying the Art of War a punishment or a reward?
"Yes, I remember there's a military strategy called Sun Tzu's Art of War. Once I've memorized it, you can copy it a hundred times!"
Zhan Xiong felt like he had really earned something, his eyes sparkling. "Thank you, Miss Lin! Miss Lin is so generous in giving me this book. Zhan Xiong will never forget it!"
When the other members of the Silver Slash Guard heard that Zhan Xiong had received such a wonderful treasure despite being punished, they were extremely jealous. They looked at Lin Xiaoyue eagerly and begged, "Miss Lin, can you let us copy it a hundred times too? We also want to learn the art of war! Miss Lin, you are so kind, and we, the Silver Slash Guard, will remember it in our hearts!"
Lin Xiaoyue couldn't help but sigh. Sun Tzu's Art of War was a commonplace thing in modern times, accessible to ordinary people. She hadn't expected it to be so rare here, and these people were willing to copy it a hundred times in exchange. Reading more military books was a good thing, though; at least making fewer mistakes on the battlefield meant saving lives!
She nodded and said, "Okay, if you're willing, you can copy it together, but don't delay your daily inspections. I'll copy out the military manual tonight, and come to me tomorrow morning to pick it up."
Zhan Xiong and the other Silver Slash Guard members responded in unison: "Yes! We won't let anyone in the teahouse get hurt!"
Lin Xiaoyue suddenly remembered that she had given herself laxatives in order to protect the guests who were actually listening to the book. She wondered what happened to those people?
"By the way, are those guests with diarrhea okay? Are any of them injured?"
Zhan Liang stepped forward and said, "Thankfully, Miss Lin discovered it in time. The amount of laxative I administered was very light, so after they were escorted to the backyard, they all left."
Lin Xiaoyue was still a little worried. This time, General Chariot's assassination attempt would definitely spread in Yangming Town, and fewer people would be willing to come and listen to the story.
Although the limit is fifteen people per day, as the number of people rushing to get in decreases, those who can get in no longer feel rare in their hearts!
How to stimulate it?
"Put up a notice later. The store will be closed tonight. Starting tomorrow, we'll be giving free readings to customers for three consecutive days. The limit is still fifteen!"
The people of the Silver Slash Guards didn't understand. Although their master didn't lack the money, they were still unhappy about letting Miss Lin tell stories for free!
“Why give them free?”
Lin Xiaoyue knew they would ask, so she smiled and replied, "I'm worried that today's incident will leave a shadow on the hearts of those who listened to the story. I don't know if they encountered any danger on their way back. We won't lose much money by giving them three days of free admission, but it will help restore our teahouse's image in the hearts of these customers."
"Especially since we're going to open a bookshop and publish Journey to the West storybooks, we have to boost popularity early on and make everyone think this book is definitely good. That way, we can sell the books we print! So, giving it away for a few days won't hurt us!"
The seven men of the Silver Slash Guard knew only how to fight and kill. The twists and turns of the business world were like a mystery to them. Anyway, they roughly understood the literal meaning, but they were afraid that customers would not dare to come, so they offered a free service to appease the customers.
"Okay, everything is up to Miss Lin!"
Lin Xiaoyue nodded with satisfaction. She stretched her neck to look outside. She was in such a hurry when she entered the teahouse just now that she didn't notice the General's carriage. She didn't know if it was still there.
"By the way, when you came in, did you see the carriage outside still there? It's the one Zhanxiong was sitting on and throwing the homemade bomb."
The Silver Slash Guards were all staring at the arrows flying from the roof, so they had no idea whether there was a carriage on the ground.
Zhan Xiong ran out to take a look, then came back and said, "It's gone."
Lin Xiaoyue felt that the carriage must have been taken away when Zhan Xiong was chasing the remaining soldiers. It seemed that besides the General of Chariots and Cavalry, there should be a more powerful master controlling the overall situation in Yangming Town. But now that a General of Chariots and Cavalry is dead, I wonder if there will be another vanguard?
"Alas... I don't know when Brother Liang will come back. I really hope the Cheetah Army can arrive soon so that more people can go out and gather information."
Zhan Xiong saw Lin Xiaoyue was so worried, so he stepped forward and said, "Miss Lin, what do you want to check? I can go!"
Lin Xiaoyue shook her head and said, "No, no one here can leave now. Oh, right? I remember before Brother Liang left, he said someone would send him some fancy things from the restaurant. Has anyone arrived yet?"
Zhan Liang stepped forward and said, "Oh, look at my memory! When I escorted the guests away, they were already in the backyard. I asked them to hide in the kitchen. Now I'm going to call them out."
Lin Xiaoyue stood up and said, "Let's go to the backyard and talk. Zhanxiong, you'll be responsible for taking people to clean up here and replace all the broken things with new ones!"
Zhan Xiong responded: "Yes! Miss Lin, don't worry!"
Lin Xiaoyue looked down and saw that she was covered in dust, and her clothes were dirty and torn. It was really impolite to meet guests like this, so she went back to the east wing to change into clean clothes, combed her messy hair, and then walked towards the main room.
Zhan Liang was very smart. When he invited several kitchen managers to the main hall, he saw that Lin Xiaoyue had not come yet, so he served her tea and water and waited in the main hall.
So after Lin Xiaoyue entered, the shopkeepers were in a good mood. Seeing Lin Xiaoyue, they all nodded in greeting, "Is this Miss Lin? She is so young and promising. She has become the shopkeeper of the Jueweilou branch at such a young age!"
Lin Xiaoyue politely bowed to the shopkeepers and said apologetically, "I wouldn't dare! You are all my elders! There was a little accident in the teahouse just now. I hope you don't mind! I will definitely send someone to send an invitation when the branch opens another day. I hope you don't mind what happened today!"
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