"That's great!"
Gudzhao rubbed his hands vigorously and said with a smile: "Lingzhu is a profitable business. In other words, we must buy this spirit boat!"
After a pause, he scratched his head and said, "But what should we do if we don't have so much money?"
Zhao Lin was helpless for a moment, so he simply made a decision: "There must be a road to the mountain. Book the spiritual boat first, and then figure out how to pay for it!"
A quarter of an hour later, the three people walked out of the Treasure Ship Hall, and Zhao Lin had a deposit receipt of four thousand spirit coins in his hand.
"Five hundred and sixty thousand spiritual coins, the money must be paid within half a month, where can I get it together?"
Back at the Jindan Hall, Gude Zhao's excitement had passed and he began to feel sad again.
"Gu Gu, please check the accounts again to see how many spiritual coins are missing. Report the number and I will find a solution."
Zhao Lin pondered for a moment and said: "By the way, the discounts will be bigger these days and we will try to get the funds back as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
Gudzhao responded and quickly walked out of the tea room.
He came back after a while and said, "Shopkeeper Zhao, there are almost 410,000 spirit coins in the account now, and there is still a shortfall of 150,000 to buy the spirit boat."
Zhao Lin calmly poured himself a cup of tea and said with a smile: "I understand, go and get busy."
Seeing Zhao Lin's calm expression, Gude Zhao felt relieved and left.
After he left, Zhao Lin looked bitter. One hundred and fifty thousand spirit coins were not that easy to come by.
Of course you can borrow money from a bank, but with such a large amount, it's okay to borrow it temporarily for a few days to cross the bridge. Over time, the high interest rates will make the store suffocate.
The store already owed enough debt, and Zhao Lin was not going to find a banker unless it was absolutely necessary.
After thinking about it, I could only ask Lu Yuanxiu to borrow money.
Zhao Lin picked up the pen and wrote a letter. Halfway through, he crumpled the letter paper into a ball and threw it away.
Lu Yuanxiu is his backer, so it shouldn't be difficult to borrow money, but doing so will undoubtedly lower his view of his abilities.
Zhao Lin decided to wait. The rewards for the overseas mission would be distributed in a few days. They should be tens of thousands of spirit coins. The specific number would depend on what was in the seized lock bag.
Harmonious hall.
"Master Tanaka, Zhao...Zhao Lin is not...not dead!"
Yang Quan, the waiter, broke into the inner hall and said hurriedly without even saying hello.
"Wha...what!"
Shopkeeper Tian was about to reprimand, but was shocked when he heard this. He could hardly believe his ears, "Say it again."
"I saw Zhao Lin."
Yang Quan repeated, taking two breaths, "On the street of Yuzhou Pavilion."
"Why is he still alive? Didn't he say that all the elites were out?"
Shopkeeper Tian muttered in a low voice, and then his face darkened, "There is no news from Akao Island. Could it be that something happened?"
He walked back and forth for a few steps, waved and said, "Send someone to continue monitoring, and I'll contact the headquarters to find out what happened."
…
In the next two days, Zhao Lin went to the Shanggong Hall in Dongfu County every day to inquire whether the rewards for the mission had been settled, but unfortunately there was no news.
On the morning of the third day, as soon as Zhao Lin returned to the shop, he saw a monk with a gauze scarf wrapped around his head and a beard complaining loudly to Gude Zhao.
"Didn't I say that three days ago? I came to pick up the goods today, but why don't I have a robe? Does your store still talk about integrity?"
The bearded monk said aggressively.
Gudzhao was left speechless by the interrogation. When he saw Zhao Lin coming back, his eyes showed a look of help.
"Fellow Taoist, how can I help you?"
Zhao Lin understood. Gudzhao mentioned a few days ago that a monk from outside the sect came to the store to buy robes, and he must be this person.
He coughed, deliberately pretended not to know, stepped forward and asked.
"Who are you?"
The bearded monk looked at Zhao Lin and saw that he was a young monk, so he didn't want to pay attention to him.
"My surname is Zhao. I am the shopkeeper of the shop. I have been away for a few days. If there is anything wrong with our shop, I would like to ask fellow Taoist Haihan."
Zhao Lin said with a smile.
"Yes, he is the first shopkeeper, and I am the second shopkeeper."
Gudzhao said quickly.
"So you're in charge."
The bearded monk was slightly surprised and turned to face Zhao Lin, "Well, I ordered robes from your store, but none came today. Can you give me an explanation?"
Zhao Lin said "Oh" and asked: "How many robes have you ordered, have you paid the deposit?"
The bearded monk snorted and said: "One silk robe each of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, three robes woven from gold and earth, and two robes woven from water and wood."
"There are eight pieces in total. I paid a deposit of five hundred spirit coins."
Zhao Lin looked at Gude Zhao, who quickly said: "There is such a thing, but..."
"I see."
Zhao Lin raised his hand to interrupt and said to the bearded monk: "It's our store's fault, but there are reasons for it. The end of the year is approaching, and robes are in short supply. If you want to get the goods right away, you must pay the full price."
As he spoke, he picked up the abacus on the counter, punched it twice in a pretentious manner, and said with a smile: "A five-element robe is worth eight thousand spirit coins, and a mixed-woven robe is worth ten thousand spirit coins, for a total of ninety thousand spirit coins."
Gudzhao's eyelids twitched twice. He heard that Zhao Lin wanted to use the money to buy a spiritual boat.
The bearded monk raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "It doesn't make sense to pay the deposit in full!"
Zhao Lin shrugged and said apologetically: "There is no way, we need the goods too urgently, so we can only place temporary orders."
"Let's do this. After all, it was our fault first. If the guest is willing to pay the full price, how about we give you a discount and save two thousand spiritual coins?"
The bearded monk hesitated and asked, "Then I paid the money, when can I get the goods?"
Zhao Lindao: "In five days, we will ensure that we get the goods to you first."
The bearded monk was still worried, "What if you collect the money and run away?"
"Absolutely not."
Zhao Lin asked Li Sancai to get the deed of the store and presented it to the other party, saying, "Fellow Taoist, please see, this is a store funded by the state government."
The bearded monk finally agreed, "Okay, I've paid the money now. If you dare to lie to me, I will come to your state capital!"
Zhao Lin smiled and said: "Don't worry, fellow Taoist, do you think our store's business is so good, is it worth closing the store for 90,000 spirit coins?"
The bearded monk said nothing and took out a stack of spiritual tickets from his lock bag.
Zhao Lin and Gu Guzhao looked at each other and thought in their hearts: "There is still 60,000 spiritual coins left."
…
Two days later, the rewards for the sea mission were finally distributed.
"I was mistaken. I didn't expect that my little friend not only survived, but also earned so many good deeds and spiritual coins."
The old steward of the Good Merit Hall remembered Zhao Lin. Zhao Lin had given him advice when he took over the task. After inspecting the good deeds that Zhao Lin had harvested, he said in surprise.
Zhao Lin wanted to know how many spirit coins he had earned. After the steward finished recording, he immediately took the body-viewing stone and looked at it. His heart suddenly relaxed: I finally had enough money to buy the spirit boat! (End of chapter)
