Chapter 248 The Dragon Banquet
July 20, 2314, Dongji Calendar, at night
When they arrived at Yunkong Island during the day, Li Qingxiao and the other two went to the Yunkong Mountain tribe and talked with Li Qinghan who had not seen for a long time. Basically, they were all planning content in the market and the changes over the years.
Basically, Li Qinghan was talking about it throughout the whole process. He and Li Jincheng heard that the number of great monks in the foundation-building realm in the market was nearly 1,000, and the total number of monks exceeded 200,000, Li Qingxiao couldn't help but show a hint of shock.
Of course, it’s more happiness. So many monks have brought huge demands and benefited from the entire four southern islands, so the families who do monk business have made a lot of money.
What's more, the biggest beneficiary of this is the three major Jindan forces. After all, with the strength to support it, the business of the Jindan forces and the business of the foundation-building forces are completely different.
"No matter what else, relying on these more than 200,000 cultivators and the nine Juxian Restaurant in the market can bring the family income of 300 top-grade spirit stones every year, plus other spirit rice, elixirs, and spirit wine. Last year, the family business in the market alone earned more than 4,300 top-grade spirit stones for the family, and this year it is estimated that it will grow by ten points."
After listening for about a long time, Li Qingxiao looked at Li Qinghan, the youngest generation of Qing, without any concealment of the praise in his eyes.
"Qinghan, you're doing a good job!"
When Li Qingxiao and Chen Xiantang reconciled accounts last year, the family's annual revenue was 8,100 top-quality spirit stones, which means that the profits of Guangyunkongfang City accounted for more than half of the family's total revenue.
Li Qinghan is indeed a business acumen, and there is no doubt that Li Qingxiao made a start from beginning to end in the free trade zone. Most of the actual planning and management after that can be said to be completed by Li Qinghan.
Li Jincheng has not come to Yunkong Island for the past six years. Looking at his youngest son, he patted his shoulder, and looked proud of him.
"Good, I thought you would never be able to catch up with your elder brother and your second sister in this life. Now you can finally help the family!"
Seeing that his father and second brother praised him very much, Li Qinghan also smiled. He was about to say a few words of modesty, but turned his head but found that it was already dark outside.
"Let's go, father, second brother, the Qianlong Banquet is about to begin!"
Li Qingxiao nodded, and the three of them flew down the Hanging Mountain with their swords. Fifty disciples from the Law Enforcement Hall were also followed closely. Everyone descended at the entrance to the north of the market and changed to walking.
The lively atmosphere in Yunkongfang is not limited to daytime, but also at night. The signs of each shop are decorated with fluorescent stone under the sea. Under the colorful light, the street scene is a bit more beautiful than during the day.
But at night, the core area is not as lively as the middle area.
Everyone came down from the hanging mountain to the north of the market. As soon as they entered the market, they were the core area. Whether the shop owners or guests in the core area were either rich or noble, and there were not so many people. Even if there were, they were all great monks in the Foundation Establishment Realm. When they saw so many guards behind the three of them, they all looked surprised. Only a few who knew Li Qinghan would say hello, but they all looked at Li Qingxiao who was walking in the middle intentionally or unintentionally, guessing his identity in their hearts.
Li Qingxiao ignored the eyes of these people and looked at the few shops next to him.
There is a yellow lamp in each shop. The strong light emitted by the yellow lamp almost makes there no dead corners in the shop. Even on the dark night, it seems like daytime in the shop, which is very magical.
"This Huangying lamp is a special object in the central sea area. It is made of the eyeballs of deep-sea yellow geese and uses spirit stones to provide energy. Each price is 300,000 spirit stones. Since the free trade zone stipulated that the night market was opened in the free trade zone two years ago, almost every shop has one, and there are many more generous ones, and they will also be installed at home!"
Seeing Li Qingxiao looking at the lighting in the shops and showing an interest expression, Li Qinghan hurriedly explained.
"A cup of 300,000 yuan is so expensive?" Li Jincheng asked in surprise.
"Huang Yingyu is already living in the deep sea and is extremely difficult to catch. And only the eyes of the Huang Yingyu in the Foundation Building Realm can refine this kind of lamp. Huang Yingyu's demonic power gathers on the eyes. A pair of them can only sell more than 100,000 spirit stones. In addition, the Huang Yingyu lamp refining method is only available for the Huang family in Aurora Island, which is equivalent to the monopoly mentioned by the second brother before. It is normal to be so high."
Li Qingxiao nodded. The lighting effect of this Huangying lamp is indeed very abnormal, and it is much better than that of ordinary mortal candles, and even the night pearls they used before.
Along the way, there were more than Huang Ying's lamps, and many things were not seen during the day. What came out at night was also a big eye-opener. After watching for a long time, he sighed at his son.
"Not mentioning these novel things when I was a child, I was in Lansha Island. Even our Fengdu City is not yet available!"
"This is the benefit of strengthening trade with the central waters. In the past six years, many new things have appeared in the market that were not available before in the four southern islands, and there are more and more business categories. They are all brought by monks from Yunkong Fangcheng City from the central waters!"
Li Qingxiao agreed and nodded, "Qinghan is right. Only trade can bring prosperity. For a single island and an area, human and material resources are limited after all. If resources can be integrated, a good business environment can be created, and there will be more exchanges with more regions. In this way, the market will be more prosperous, the regional industrial revenue will be higher, and the quality and quantity of monks will increase very quickly."
When Li Qingxiao said this, Li Qinghan next to him was stunned for a moment, and then he felt enlightened.
Isn’t this what I have done in the past six years?
The three of them talked all the way, and in just a moment, the number of people around them gradually increased. Li Qinghan suddenly stopped, showed a smile on his face, pointed to the front and said to the two of them, "Here!"
Li's Juxian Restaurant is now well-known on the Four Islands in the South. In addition to fresh spiritual fish and three second-grade spiritual wines, Li Qingkang has also introduced seven other second-grade spiritual wines from the central waters. In addition, he also has a spiritual rice business. As long as the four islands in the South are monks, they cannot avoid coming to Juxian Restaurant.
The key is that Li Qingkang also operates a restaurant in accordance with the star-rated chain opinions given to him by Li Qingxiao. Regardless of the business quality, as long as he decides to open a store, he will decorate it according to high specifications, and at least he must be built with second-level spiritual materials.
All grades are based on the highest prices, but the prices are similar to other restaurants. In this case, almost as soon as the store is opened, it will attract a large number of customers. In the early stage, the operation will be at a loss. After the customer source is stable, it will be divided into affordable areas, VIP areas, and Supreme areas... It is the time to really start making money.
If you use this method to open a store, as long as the number of monks reaches a certain base, it will be almost always successful. Therefore, Li Qingkang has basically become popular in all these years. Now, there are more than 20 Juxian Restaurants in the central waters.
The number of monks in Yunkongfang City exceeded 200,000, and the family opened a total of nine Juxian Restaurants. Today, the real person Mingding held a banquet in person, so he naturally chose the No. 1 branch located at No. 11, Fangshi.
At this moment, there were crowds of people at the entrance of the restaurant. The attendants in the restaurant were too busy and could only maintain order. They only allowed to confirm the number of people on the invitation letter one by one before they could be released.
"Why are there so many people?" Li Qingxiao only knew that Mingding was holding a live banquet tonight, but he didn't know that so many people came and asked Li Qinghan.
"In order to show justice, Mingding Zhenren invited nearly 100 leaders of the foundation-building forces in the market to jointly select two geniuses who represent the four southern islands to participate in the Qianlong List competition."
"So that's it, that means that the last two places will be decided tonight?"
Li Qinghan nodded and said, "I have asked Yun Yao and Yun Zhu to wait for us in the restaurant in advance. Let's go in first."
As soon as everyone approached, many monks surrounded by the restaurant gate all retreated to both sides with tactful thoughts, letting out one road, and the three of them walked in front of them.
There was an old monk in the late stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm who was ignorant and looked unhappy and was about to speak up, scolding them for not following the rules.
A familiar monk next to him grabbed him and pointed behind Li Qingxiao.
The old man looked over in confusion, and his face changed immediately.
How could he not be able to sense his cultivation level at the ninth level of foundation building? The fifty black-clothed disciples in the Law Enforcement Hall behind Li Qingxiao and the other three were all great monks in the Foundation Building Realm. They immediately said thank you to the person who pulled him, and asked in a terrified tone: "What are these people's backgrounds?"
"I don't know the old man in front, but the left and right sides of the man in green are Li Qinghan and Li Qingjie!"
The man only said one sentence, and the old man immediately understood. He retreated honestly to the crowd without saying a word, for fear of being noticed.
Six years have passed, and there are still only three elders in the cabinet, and the Li family has occupied two seats. Fortunately, Li Qingjie is only responsible for the overall public security of Yunkong Island and the dispatch of Yunkong Force. Li Qinghan is the actual manager of their market. He almost formulated all the policies, rules and regulations.
It is not an exaggeration to say that these two brothers are in Yunkong Fangshi. Apart from the leader of Mingding Zhenren, whoever did not nod and bow when he saw these two people, even though he had the late stage of foundation building cultivation, he did not dare to make rash in front of these two people.
He was able to walk in front of Li Qinghan and Li Qingjie, with a three-point similar face. In addition, his traveling formation was so big, Li Qinghan and Li Qingjie were obviously in a low posture, so he could almost confirm the identity of the man in green in the middle.
Li clan leader, Li Qingxiao!
"Shen Qingcheng, the shopkeeper of Juxian Restaurant in Yunkong Island, pay homage to the clan leader!"
As soon as Li Qingxiao entered Juxian Restaurant, shopkeeper Shen Qingcheng immediately saluted him, with a look of admiration in his eyes.
"No need to be polite, are there all the people upstairs here?"
"Clan leader, you are the only one who is left with Mingding. The other distinguished guests have arrived. The banquet will be held on the seventh floor!"
Chapter completed!