Chapter 181 The Man Who Fell from the Sky
Xi Ping was sitting at his desk, looking at the person in front of office is very large, a room of several hundred square meters. He sits on one side, with a long table in front of him, which is covered with office documents. People waiting for work sit on the other side and come to him on a first-come, first-served basis, taking a number.
Besides him, there were several other people around him who helped him deal with it.
After all, he was not very literate and many official documents were still written by others.
The man in front of him was wearing silk clothes, and his plump figure looked very wealthy. He said cheerfully, "My name is Lin Xi. Thanks to my friends in Jianghu for their kindness, you can call me Jingzhou Axi. If you would like to honor me, you can also call me Axi."
"Manager Lin from the Jingzhou Chamber of Commerce, nice to meet you." Xi Ping looked at Manager Lin, who had the same Qi Hai cultivation level as him, and said with a forced smile.
As they are both Qi Hai warriors, Manager Lin must be trying to get close to him because he wants to ask for help.
Now all newly opened shops and businesses in Jicheng need to register with Lin Xi. Lin Xi naturally knows why Manager Lin asked him to come.
"If you have anything to say, Manager Lin, just tell us directly. Things that can be done can definitely be done, and things that cannot be done definitely cannot be done!" Xi Ping said.
"Hey! For you, there is nothing that can or cannot be done! As long as you are willing, there is nothing that cannot be done in Jicheng!" Lin Xi flattered with a smile.
Xiping ignored him and just looked at him.
Lin Xi continued, "We, the Jingzhou Chamber of Commerce, have just arrived in your place, and would like to follow the conventions of the underworld and rent a dock in the west city and several surrounding streets!"
Jicheng was built on the basis of Ji River, and Xicheng was the closest place to Ji River. Xiping was very familiar with this wharf.
"I'm sorry, Shopkeeper Lin. This won't work." Xiping shook his head and said, "This is not allowed in Jicheng."
"According to the underworld practice, the profit is 20:80. In order to show our sincerity, our Jingzhou Chamber of Commerce can split the profit 90:10 in the first three years. At the end of each year, we will also give a small gift to the city lord and you!" Lin Xi put forward his own conditions.
To be fair, the conditions he offered were very sincere.
Xi Ping was unmoved and said, "There is no such rule in Jicheng. No one in Jicheng can rent out a street or several streets!"
"This..." Lin Xi hesitated.
In December last year, the Sacred Heart Cult destroyed Jicheng and Yangzhou, turning Jicheng into a ghost town and Yangzhou almost into a den of ghosts!
But this year, a large number of people have returned from Jicheng, and Yangzhou has also shown some signs of life. Now it is May, and Yangzhou seems to have calmed down.
They saw a business opportunity.
If we take advantage of this opportunity to rent the dock area and use Jizhou as a transit station between Jingzhou and Yangzhou, this business will be a sure win and we can kill two birds with one stone.
As a businessman, you have to make a small investment to get a big return! Although Jicheng has the risk of the Sacred Heart Church causing chaos again, the rewards are very great.
That's why he went to Xiping, because he found out that all the business in Jicheng had to pass through here.
From small things like street circuses to big things like restaurants and inns, nothing can happen without passing through here.
Small traders only need to tell the shop owner, and someone will come to take a look and press a few fingerprints. If they want to do big business, they have to come here and talk to Xiping in person.
"Gangs are not allowed in Jizhou's streets and docks. Street bullies, fish bullies, meat bullies and the like are not allowed. We must be fair! These are the dean's original words." Xiping said.
"Can't we talk about it?" Lin Xi was a little unwilling to give up.
In the underworld, as long as the benefits are great, what else can't be discussed?
"We can't talk about it!" Xi Ping said, "There's nothing to talk about."
"Can't you be flexible with the city lord? If it's inconvenient for you to say it, you can introduce us to the city lord and let me talk to him!" Lin Xi said, flicking his sleeves, taking out an exquisite wooden lacquer box from his sleeves and handing it to Xiping.
Xi Ping did not answer, but looked at Lin Xi, and said in a voice as cold as winter: "The dean has ordered that bribes are not allowed. The punishment is thirty sword strikes at the lightest and beheading at the worst. Bribers will also be punished! Manager Lin, do you really want me to die?"
"My colleagues, bear witness for me. I did not ask for bribes. He did it on his own!" Xi Ping said to the colleagues around him. "Boss Xi is impartial and fair. We can all see that. When Officer Li comes, we will bear witness to him!" The colleagues around him echoed.
Lin Xi listened to the coldness in Xi Ping's words and said repeatedly: "Your Excellency is too serious! It's too serious! It's just a small token of my appreciation! A small token of my appreciation! It can't be considered a bribe, it can't be considered a bribe!"
Damn it, how can there be people who do things without asking for benefits!
"Don't leave yet. When Commander Li comes, you can explain everything to him!" Xiping looked at him and said with a sneer.
"It's not that serious!" Lin Xi said with cold sweat on his head.
"The rules in our Jicheng are different from those in other places! You will understand once you suffer a little! Sit over there and don't delay the people behind you from doing their work!"
Xi Ping ignored him and said to another person in line not far away: "What do you want to do at the Industrial and Commercial Office?"
The man originally wanted to find Xiping to rent a few streets, but when he saw Lin Xi like this, he said repeatedly: "I suddenly remembered that I have something to do at home! I won't bother you anymore!"
"Then take care!" Xiping pointed at the gate and said.
"Hey! You go ahead and do your work!" the man said, wiping his sweat.
"Next one!" Xiping shouted to the people in line again.
"oops!"
"Dangdang!"
He suddenly heard a sound as if something fell outside, and the man just now screamed, and then he heard someone talking outside.
"Oh no! Brother Xiao, it seems like we hit someone!"
"Ah? So unlucky! Is that person dead?"
"I look like I have breath!"
"Stop talking nonsense and save people quickly!"
"Oops, my hand is stuck..."
Xiping heard the commotion outside and came out to see two weird guys hanging on a strange object, which hit the guy just now.
The strange thing looked like a triangle, with a wooden and iron frame covered with an unknown animal skin. Several pieces of the skin had been rotten, and the frame was also squeezed together.
"Who are you?" Xi Ping felt the two people's cultivation, which seemed to be between Qi Hai and Zhou Tian, and he asked vigilantly.
The two strange men were wearing strange clothes, without sleeves or robes, but gray long-sleeved trousers. They did not wear hairpins, but were tightly covered with blue hats.
It looks very funny!
"Ahem... I am laughing at the black fog while ascending to heaven!" said the slightly fat weirdo with two mustaches.
"I have an ancient ruler from the Heavenly Dao!" said the tall, square-faced weirdo with his hands stuck in the triangular wooden frame.
"Hello, fellow warriors!" the two said in unison.
"..."
Xiping was surprised. How come the person who ascended to heaven came here?
Asi, Xiao Heiwu (Xiao Heiwu), Gu Chi, pseudonyms provided by book friends.
(End of this chapter)
