Chapter 166
Lanhu Town.
Lan Yunqing stood by the window, looking at the morning light piercing through the darkness. His haggard and pale face made him look even weaker.
A sigh was heard.
Lan Yunqing looked at the light screen that kept appearing in front of him, and then looked at the blue beard leaves neatly stacked on the ground in the warehouse.
"Lord..."
Xiao Risheng rubbed his eyes and sat up from the bed. He looked at Lan Yunqing, then at the empty warehouse, and lowered his head timidly.
"Last night...I...the mysterious businessman..."
The child spoke incoherently and tears soon came to his eyes.
Lan Yunqing sighed, walked over and gently touched the top of his head, whispering comfortingly: "It's okay, it's not your fault."
The mysterious businessman has not appeared in Xiao Risheng's dreams for two consecutive days.
The meaning is very clear.
If he didn't agree to become his subordinate, the mysterious businessman would probably not appear again... In this matter, he actually had no room to challenge.
After all, the healing potions and food that are currently vital to them all come from the mysterious merchant.
He doesn't agree...how could it be possible?
After handing Xiao Risheng over to the care of a servant, Lan Yunqing left the warehouse, followed closely by his chief bodyguard Lan Maolin.
"Maolin."
Arriving under the Blue Hu Mother Tree, Lan Yunqing shouted.
"Sir." Lan Maolin said respectfully.
"To save the mother tree, and for everyone in Lanhu Town, I'm going to make a very risky decision," Lan Yunqing whispered. "You must be prepared."
Lan Maolin was stunned. He knelt on one knee in panic and said anxiously, "What are you risking? Please let your subordinates do it!"
Lan Yunqing shook his head.
He turned to look at Lan Maolin and said, "You also know the secret of Xiao Risheng... That mysterious being now wants me to serve him."
"I don't know what I will face next, whether it will bring disaster to Lanhu Town, so... this will be my personal decision, not the will of the Lord of Lanhu."
Lan Yunqing's tone was firm and resolute. "Besides me, you are the person closest to the Mother Tree. When necessary, I will hand over the position of Lord to you."
The lord of Lanhu Town was not appointed by Qingmu Castle, nor was he inherited from generation to generation or elected by the people.
Anyone who can become the Lord of Blue Hu is recognized by the Blue Hu Mother Tree and is able to control the entire Blue Hu forest.
No one can resist this decision. Even if you kill the lord, as long as the Blue Hu Mother Tree does not recognize you, you will not be able to become the next leader, but will be retaliated by the Blue Hu Lin.
Therefore, the lord has the final say in Lanhu Town.
Lan Maolin was once Lan Yunqing's competitor, but ultimately failed. However, due to his upbringing, he naturally accepted this outcome and became Lan Yunqing's most loyal guard.
So strictly speaking, he is the second in line to the throne.
However, ever since his failure, he had never dreamed of becoming a lord again. When he heard Lan Yunqing's words, he was completely stunned.
"T-This won't do!"
Lan Maolin said anxiously, "Even if you give up your position, the mother tree will not approve."
As the second closest person to the mother tree, he naturally knows best how much the mother tree likes Lan Yunqing.
If the mother tree's liking for other Lanhu people is 10, and for him it is 20, then for Lan Yunqing it is 99.
What qualifications does he have to surpass Lan Yunqing and gain the recognition of the mother tree?
"As long as I die, it's fine."
Lan Yunqing said calmly, "If I were controlled by the mysterious businessman and asked to do something to harm Lan Hulin or Lan Hu Town, I would choose to end my life."
"I have already given this order to Blue Hulin, so you don't need to worry about incurring the wrath of the Mother Tree."
"What the hell are you talking about!"
Lan Maolin's eyes turned red, and he said angrily: "Let me take this risk and contact the mysterious businessman!"
Lan Yunqing shook his head gently. "I just want you to be mentally prepared. This is the worst possible outcome, but it may not happen."
Then he looked at the light screen in front of him and chose to accept it.
Congratulations on becoming a salesperson at Ping An Grocery Store.
[Under insufficient conditions, the employee panel is not open yet]
[Congratulations! Triggering the normal task "Newbie Guide"]
[Description: Only by proving your sales ability can you truly gain the recognition of the mysterious merchant]
[Task content: Please complete a profitable transaction with a customer (0/1)]
[Task Reward: Open employee panel, points*2]
Congratulations! Triggering the long-term mission "Profitable Trading"
[Description: As a salesperson in a grocery store, you can conduct three valid transactions with each customer every day]
[Task content: Conduct profitable transactions]
[Task Reward: During the novice protection period, you will receive 1 point for each profitable transaction completed]
Lan Yunqing was slightly stunned.
Newbie guide missions? Points?
Although he didn't quite understand, he roughly knew that this was the mysterious businessman testing his ability, or his obedience?
Since he had already accepted it, Lan Yunqing no longer hesitated or hesitated, especially since the task seemed very simple.
He looked at Lan Maolin and said, "Now, I need you to cooperate with me to complete the mysterious merchant's order."
Lan Maolin showed a sad and angry expression, then wiped his face and said with a fearless attitude: "You say, I will go through fire and water, Maolin will do it!"
"Do you have blue beard leaves with you?" Lan Yunqing asked.
Although Lan Maolin was puzzled, he still took off the cloth bag from his waist and was about to give it to Lan Yunqing when he heard him say, "Just give me one piece."
"Yes!" Lan Maolin took out a leaf and handed it to him.
Lan Yunqing took out the brown rice she had brought with her and gently placed it in his hand. "I'll trade this bag of rice with you."
“Oh, oh, okay…”
Lan Maolin could no longer maintain the expression on his face, and he responded with a stutter.
You completed a profitable transaction with a regular customer, gaining +1 employee experience.
[You completed the normal task "Newbie Guide", points +1]
【Congratulations! The employee panel has been opened! 】
[Unlock "Brown Rice" and "Wheat" in the mall. Details can be found on the main panel.]
You completed a long-term mission...
Looking at the new message that popped up in the system, Lan Yunqing couldn't help but be stunned.
Things seemed different from what he imagined? And... He looked at the words "old customer" and couldn't help but frown.
He looked at Lan Maolin and asked, "Have you had any contact with outsiders recently?"
Lan Maolin replied hesitantly, "A few people from Chifeng Town came looking for trouble again yesterday, but we chased them away. Besides that... that fire-type ability user named Chi Hao?"
Lan Yunqing narrowed his eyes slightly.
Yes, Chi Hao also knew about the mysterious merchant. It was he who asked Xiao Risheng to trade rough rice with the mysterious merchant...
Could it be that Chi Hao is also an employee of the mysterious businessman?
Lan Yunqing pondered and opened the mall on the panel. There were only two items on it - brown rice and wheat, both of which could be exchanged for 100 grams for 1 point.
He glanced at his points balance.
10 points of salary plus the task reward, a total of 13 points, which means he can exchange two and a half kilograms of brown rice or wheat through the panel?
Lan Yunqing tried to redeem 1 point.
Lan Maolin was still watching him, and he felt that the lord's behavior had become a little strange.
He put his hands together and made a cupping motion, and then... a small pile of rice grains appeared in his hands.
Lan Maolin couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Could this be a new ability evolved by the Blue Hulin? He knew that the Lord could move quickly in the Blue Hulin and appear in any place covered by Blue Hulin trees.
However, this ability to transfer objects is something I have never seen before...
"Sir?" Lan Maolin called hesitantly.
A long-lost smile appeared on Lan Yunqing's face.
Because he had been looking at this face since he was a child, Lan Maolin had developed resistance to it, so he was only stunned for a moment and immediately returned to normal.
"Go and make arrangements. I will sell the grain myself today." Lan Yunqing carefully put away the brown rice and whispered.
Lan Maolin was stunned. "Ah? Didn't you say you wouldn't sell the rest?"
Because business was booming, there were only a little over a thousand pounds of brown rice left that Xiao Risheng had exchanged for before, so Lan Yunqing stopped selling it.
"Things have changed now, but..."
Lan Yunqing thought for a moment and said, "The price has increased now. One blue beard leaf can only be exchanged for one-fifth of the previous price of brown rice. You need to explain this clearly to the people."
Lan Maolin had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Having said that, he hesitated and refused to leave.
"Is there anything else?" Lan Yunqing was about to continue his research, but seeing that he didn't leave, he had no choice but to ask.
"You won't do anything stupid while I'm away, right?" Lan Maolin stared at him, fearing that he would commit suicide.
What Lan Yunqing said to him just now really scared him.
Lan Yunqing shook his head. "Like I said, the situation has changed. You go and make the arrangements. I'll go sell the brown rice myself later."
At this moment, he suddenly paused.
That's why Chi Hao made such a strange request to him, right?
Lan Maolin didn't notice anything unusual about him. When he heard that he was going to sell the brown rice himself, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and took the order to make the arrangements.
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Deserted city, Ping'an Grocery Store.
"Haha, we have a management employee!" Tang Yu'an said excitedly as he looked at the employee list on the store panel.
This is truly a historic breakthrough.
Let’s not talk about Old Xie for now. Except for Chi Hao, all the previous employees were poor people in the wasteland, with few resources and no power.
But Lan Yunqing is different. As the lord of Lanhu Town, he should be able to do business much more smoothly than others, right?
"I hope he can put aside his pride and complete the points-based tasks!" Tang Yu'an said.
"I think so," Zhou Qi said. "Judging from Chi Hao's feedback, he must be a very benevolent lord who cares deeply about the safety of his subjects."
When they were chatting in writing, Chi Hao said a lot of good things about Lan Yunqing.
Chi Hao seemed particularly melancholy about the fact that it might be difficult to see him again in the future. Every time he was talking, he would suddenly stop and even cross out some words.
"Yeah! I hope so!"
Tang Yu'an nodded, and when they finished breakfast, they saw a system prompt pop up.
["Green Light Strip Lv1" has been upgraded, please check]
Wow! The fourth piece of Level 2 magical furniture has also been upgraded!
After completing the upgrade of the second super-capable container the day before yesterday, Tang Yu'an used the fluorescent stones purchased during the seven-day sale to upgrade the green light strip.
It is worth mentioning that the super-capable cargo container gains the special effect of "Donglicailv" when it is upgraded to level 2.
[Special Effect: Toori Green]
[Vegetables in the container will always maintain their freshness when they are placed in. This function does not work on rotten vegetables.]
The vegetables put in it can always stay fresh, even potatoes are effective. Tang Yu'an named it "Dongli Container" and placed it in Room 501 of No. 1 Store for Old Li to use.
According to the upgraded reserves, it should be enough for No.1 Store to use for a period of time. After all, the potatoes collected as rent are also being consumed.
When you get tired of potatoes, you can grow some wild vegetables, which can also be stored in Dongli containers without worrying about freshness.
I don't know what effect the green light strip will trigger...
Tang Yu'an quickly clicked on the page to check it out.
【Green light strip】
[Level: lv2]
【……】
【Special Effect: "Leaning Towards the Sun"】
[In addition to wood-type spiritual energy, it can also absorb and store solar energy for use as light]
After reading the description, Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up slightly.
"Brother Xiaoqi, we really triggered the special effect of solar charging!"
Hearing this, Zhou Qi's mouth twitched.
Because they have figured out that the triggering of the special effects of the magical furniture is related to the food fed to the elves, they made their choices consciously.
When they upgraded the green light strips, they took out sunflower seeds to treat Yaya.
Of course, I thought it would be great if I could trigger the special effect of solar charging, but I didn’t expect... it actually happened!
Is it that feeding sunflower seeds will trigger this special effect, or is it...whatever An An wants will come true?
Zhou Qi fell into deep thought, while Tang Yu'an had already gone to find Grandpa Li with the upgraded Yinglv Lantern.
After the green light strips are charged, they can be placed in the communication room. Including the 20 fire stones obtained last night, he kept five and handed the rest to Old Li for disposal.
Afterwards, Tang Yu'an returned to the ninth floor and prepared to start today's wind skill practice.
However, before he could start, the system prompt popped up again.
[Today is the salary settlement day for employee "Chi Hao". The system will deduct points from the account balance as salary.]
【View details】【Don't remind me again】
[Note: After selecting "Don't remind me again", points will be automatically deducted on every employee salary settlement day. Please keep your account balance sufficient.]
Tang Yu'an blinked, "Hey, Brother Chihao's birthday is full moon today!"
"A full month?" Zhou Qi was stunned for a moment, then realized, "Oh, it's been a full month since the recruitment started?"
"right!"
Tang Yu'an Click here to view details.
【Employee: Chi Hao】
Monthly cumulative profit points are 21,580 points. Performance target achieved. Salary settlement begins.
[Commission salary: 1079 personal points, 2158 purchase points, total: 3237 points]
[Performance Target Reward: Primary Recovery Potion*1]
Are salaries paid to employees?
【whether】
The performance target given to Chi Hao before was 5,000 profit points and 50 transactions, which he had already achieved when he was in Lanhu Town.
I didn’t expect that the bonus would be paid out together with the salary.
Tang Yu'an clicked "Yes". After receiving his salary, he still had more than 90,000 points left, which made him very wealthy.
Thinking of this, he said, "Brother Xiaoqi, should we also set a performance target for the lord of Lanhu Town?"
"Okay." Zhou Qi nodded, "We just happen to have one last bottle of primary healing potion."
"Um!"
Tang Yu'an nodded and began to set performance goals for Lan Yunqing. When he completed the goals, he would naturally get the healing potion.
This should give him more motivation to trade.
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Lanhu Town.
Lan Yunqing had just arrived at the grain store and was about to start trading grain with the people in his territory to earn points when he saw a system prompt pop up.
[In view of the current difficulties faced by Lanhu Town, the mysterious merchant has set a performance target reward for you]
[When the performance targets of 1,000 transactions and 100,000 transaction points are achieved, you will receive a "Basic Healing Potion"*1 in your monthly balance]
Lan Yunqing was stunned.
As long as he achieved this goal, he could obtain a bottle of primary healing potion? It was so simple!
A look of joy appeared on his face, and he suddenly felt that his hesitation and confusion last night seemed ridiculous. It seemed that this mysterious businessman really just wanted to do business...
Lan Yunqing couldn't help but cheer up. Having relieved himself of the mental burden, his haggard face became more radiant.
This made the people waiting in line to exchange food gasp.
Their lord is so beautiful!
One blue beard leaf can only be exchanged for one-fifth of the brown rice it used to be? That's totally acceptable!
Even if they don't give them brown rice, they will be willing to do so just to hand the blue beard leaves to the lord personally and say a few words to him!
From the moment Lan Maolin announced that the lord would personally distribute the grain today, all the men, women, and children who heard the news ran over with their blue beard leaves.
They surrounded the grain store and wanted to see their lord.
After Lan Yunqing appeared, they kept quiet again, and then, under the instructions of the guards, began to line up to exchange food.
You completed a profitable transaction with a returning customer, gaining +1 experience and +39 points.
You and a new guest...
You and a regular customer...
While Lan Yunqing was trading with his subjects, he was also paying attention to the system information prompts. Looking at the words "repeat customer" and "old customer", he couldn't help but think to himself that it was as expected.
Chi Hao must be the employee of the mysterious businessman!
He remembered that Chi Hao also mentioned that some people said that the mysterious businessman was the savior.
Chi Hao didn't believe the mysterious businessman, and Lan Yunqing didn't believe it either at the time. However, as he looked at his ever-increasing points and the healing potion that was a reward for his performance goals, he found himself beginning to waver.
Soon, Lan Yunqing's message board was also opened.
He was multitasking, trading brown rice for blue hu leaves while checking the message board.
[Green as Blue]: Oh my god, I received my salary!
[Panshi]: Wow!
[Pampas Grass]: Wow!
【Fish in Water】: Wow!
【Dongtu Datang】: Wow!
[Yunying]: What is salary?
Green as Blue: Don't you know what salary is? It looks like you haven't read the employee benefits rules carefully!
[Pu Wei]: I remember our basic salary was 10 points, and then there was a 5% commission.
[Green as Blue]: That’s right, but 5% is personal points, and 10% is purchase points.
[Green as Blue]: That's not right. Aren't you all even a month old? How come you don't even know this?
[Pu Wei]: What are purchase points?
[Green as Blue]: Of course, these are points that can be used to purchase goods. Things purchased with purchase points will be marked as goods and can only be used for transactions, not for personal use.
[Pu Wei]: How do you calculate the purchase points?
[Green as Blue]: So... what's your total monthly profit points? Let me calculate it for you.
[Pu Wei]: It seems to be... 38547?
[Green as Blue]: ...Are you sure?
[Pu Wei]: It’s certain, this is the number.
[Pu Wei]: Is there any problem?
【Green as Blue】: No, no problem at all!
[Green as Blue]: After the monthly settlement, you should be able to get close to 2,000 personal points, and the purchase points should be around 4,000.
[Pu Wei]: OK, thank you^^
In a woods.
Chi Hao looked at Pu Wei's reply on the message board, and suddenly felt that the good mood he had just felt after receiving his salary was gone.
How could this be? This pampas grass had twice as many as him? How could this be possible?
Chi Hao felt bad when he thought that he would have to spend the next month on the road and would hardly meet one or two customers.
Especially since the mysterious businessman had just given him another performance target, and this time the reward was still a bottle of intermediate healing potion (3 drops).
Although the performance target requirements have also increased, Chi Hao still wants to get this miracle medicine.
If I have the chance to go to Lanhu Town in the future, maybe I can give Lan Yunqing a couple of drops...
But he never expected that the next message board would contain comments that would make him even more upset.
[Cloud Eagle]: Can you help me calculate it too?
[Green as Blue]: Okay, what is your total monthly profit?
After Chi Hao entered the text, he saw a new message pop up. He glanced at it casually and then was stunned.
[Cloud Eagle]: It seems to be 150480.
Seize, seize less?
[Green as Blue]: Are you sure you didn’t type an extra zero?
[Cloud Eagle]: Let me take a look.
[Yunying]: No, just 6 numbers.
【Green as Blue】: ...
Lan Yunqing was also shocked when he saw Yunying's monthly profit.
If calculated at 5%, Yunying's monthly commission salary will be 7524 points, and the purchase points will be 15048.
He looked at his points account which only had two digits, and couldn't help feeling a sense of urgency.
The mysterious businessman has many talented people under him, so he still has to achieve the performance target as soon as possible and get points reward!
But unexpectedly, the system information popped up again so quickly.
[Congratulations! Your level has been upgraded to lv5. You have gained the right to leave messages on the message board.]
【Warm Tips: Please protect your personal information on the message board】
Your outstanding performance has been praised by the mysterious merchant, who has bestowed upon you a new name: Red Victory Fire.
Lan Yunqing stopped trading for brown rice.
Red is better than fire? Why was he given such a name?
A light bulb went off in his head.
If we follow this strange naming rule... Lan Yunqing's eyes moved slightly, and his gaze fell on the message board again.
This green is like blue, could it be...
Lan Yunqing couldn't help but chuckle, which made the people standing in front of him waiting to exchange food stunned.
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When Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi arrived at the basement of Jufeng Grocery Store, they found that Lan Yunqing had soared to level 5 like a rocket.
He quickly gave him a nickname.
This was the first name he thought of according to the previous naming rules, but Tang Yu'an soon discovered that this didn't seem to work.
If they are all antonyms, and there are many names like this, it would be easy to guess, right?
He decided to follow different rules for the subsequent employees, but there was nothing he could do about Lan Yunqing.
"He has helped us complete our daily tasks. Does he still need to go out and find customers to do business?" Tang Yu'an asked Zhou Qi, but did not hear his response.
He followed Zhou Qi's gaze and saw that he was staring at the secret door in the basement.
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