Starting From the Gates to Myriad Realms
Chapter 36

[Reverse Outputting Resources to the Main World, Lu Lu's Invitation]

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The fear of death is rooted deep within the bloodline of every living being.

The appearance of a Longevity Method threw Lin Ze into disarray.

He desperately wanted to obtain a longer lifespan, to the point where he could no longer think rationally.

But in the end, Lin Ze suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind and was able to rationally decide what to do next.

After calming his distracting thoughts, Lin Ze once again went to the Three Yang Sword Sect and summoned Ning Heng and the others.

Ning Heng and the others had not had a good few days.

They had been beaten up badly by Lin Ze, suffering serious injuries. After finally recovering, they were summoned by the Great Zhou White Robe Guard for a martial arts competition, using the opportunity to investigate who the assassin was who had tried to kill Lin Ze. Only recently had they finally settled down.

Therefore, the way Ning Heng and the others looked at Lin Ze was somewhat resentful.

"Tell me about the Longevity Palace's current industries and the details of the personnel that can be mobilized."

Lin Ze ignored the resentful gazes of the three, directly took out his identity jade token to show them, and then spoke.

Seeing this jade token, the three knew that Lin Ze was now their direct superior, and they would have to cooperate with Lin Ze's work next.

When they thought of the superb money-making skills that Lin Ze had shown before, some of the small dissatisfaction in their hearts disappeared. Next, they would follow Lin Ze to make money for the organization, but as the saying goes, even if you don't do anything else, you can still get a little grease when the pork passes through your hands.

From this, it could be seen that their future was definitely bright.

"Yes."

Ning Heng sorted out his thoughts and began to slowly explain, "Currently, we in the Longevity Palace have three subordinate forces that are used to make money externally. The first is our Three Yang Sword Sect, which mainly engages in the silk textile industry, supplying many officials and Benefactors for consumption."

"The second subordinate force that makes money is the Immortal Doctor Pavilion. This force has inherited a part of the Longevity Palace's medical skills, specializing in solving all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases. The fees are high, which can earn money and also collect a lot of information related to the human body."

"The third force that makes money is the Pacifying Escort Agency. This is an organization that sells violence. The main source of income, in addition to the regular Escort Agency business, secretly provides martial protection to various small and medium-sized gangs and mediates official forces to make money."

"The personnel that can be mobilized are basically the people from these three forces, about eighteen thousand young and strong people, three hundred martial artists, most of whom are second- and third-rate level, twenty first-rate or above martial artists, seven super-first-rate, and the Peerless Expert are our three brothers."

"Then a fixed number of personnel are needed to guard the existing three industries, so in general, the personnel that can be mobilized are about half of the total personnel."

After listening to Ning Heng's introduction, Lin Ze began to think.

The organizational structure of the Longevity Palace is very large, obviously more than just the organizational forces and industries in front of him, but only these subordinate forces were shown in front of Lin Ze.

Obviously, they had examined Lin Ze's character, knowing that he was a person who tended to be orderly in his actions, so the business they gave him to handle was also the kind that could be shown in front of people. As for some other shady industries that could not be put on the table, they were not taken out.

"How much startup capital is there?"

Lin Ze asked again.

"Is it the startup capital that can be used for new industries while ensuring the normal operation of the three industries?"

Ning Heng asked.

Cooperation between the Longevity Palace and Lin Ze, one of the most important things is to help make money.

If you want to make money on a large scale, you must open up new ideas and occupy new blue oceans to earn enough money.

After receiving Lin Ze's nod of confirmation, he quickly gave an exact answer: "About sixty thousand taels of silver."

Seeing Lin Ze start to frown, he explained with a wry smile, "Earl Lin, your family has a large enterprise and deals with big money, so you don't understand the suffering of us martial artists. Basically, all our money is used to buy medicinal materials to assist in cultivation."

"Especially since the Palace Master is still researching the Longevity Method, which is a bottomless pit of money. It's good enough that we can save a little money as seed capital. Next, we'll be relying on you, our God of Wealth, for relief."

Lin Ze, upon hearing this, retorted, "You guys have neither a strong core industry nor seed capital, and yet you want to make big money. Why don't you just go to sleep?"

Ning Heng and the others remained silent, letting Lin Ze lecture them.

Honestly, with the Longevity Palace's current situation, making big money was really stumping Lin Ze.

First, they couldn't touch sensitive industries like salt, iron, grain, or Spiritual Medicine cultivation, as that would invite attacks from the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Second, they couldn't touch highly profitable monopoly industries like Cement Factories or wool textiles, which were simple and lucrative. Lin Ze could bring technology from the Main World to create similar industries, but the Longevity Palace's subordinate organizations didn't have the strength to protect such large profits.

And exposing the main organization's strength was also out of the question, as it would attract attacks from the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Then the remaining options are only the service industry and high-tech industries."

Lin Ze pondered, muttering to himself.

Then, he turned his gaze to Lu Lu beside him.

With her mastery of charm techniques, she could easily debut as a celebrity in a world with advanced information and become a national idol.

But unfortunately, the Great Zhou Dynasty didn't have similar conditions.

The service industry, as the tertiary industry, relied on the development of the primary industry (agriculture) and the secondary industry (manufacturing), but neither was developed enough at the moment. Even if Lu Lu's charm techniques were strong, she wouldn't be able to earn much money.

"Perhaps we could open a hotel? Providing these unique songs and dances, plus importing various seasonings and advanced recipes from the Main World, it should become a trend in the Great Zhou Dynasty. If we open branches in major cities across the country, we could earn a lot of money."

Lin Ze mused in his heart.

Then, he shared his thoughts with the three people in front of him: "How about opening a restaurant? I can provide secret seasonings and some delicious recipes, and then Lu Lu can train a group of service personnel with unique song and dance performances, making it easy to become a famous restaurant in the world."

"Even after deducting costs and bribing local forces, if we only earn one thousand taels of silver per month in one city, adding up all the hundreds of transportation hub cities in the entire Great Zhou, that's still a revenue of one hundred thousand taels per month, and earning a million taels a year wouldn't be a problem."

Ning Heng pondered slightly and replied, "This is feasible. If we have unique seasonings and recipes, we can stand out from our competitors. We can also have the Immortal Doctor Pavilion formulate some secret medicinal wines that are both beneficial to health and flavorful for ordinary people."

"This would further enhance our competitiveness and allow our restaurants to continue making money."

Lin Ze nodded and said:

"Then that's settled. You guys handle the specifics. I'll prepare the seasonings and recipes for you later, and you can come to Fengping County to transport them yourselves. I'll only charge the cost price. How much money the restaurant can earn depends on your own abilities, and I won't take a share."

Of course, he didn't need to share the restaurant's profits. By controlling the supply of seasonings, he was like Ji Kan, who controlled the supply of wool detergent.

When Lin Ze wanted to earn money, it would be entirely up to him.

After a pause, Lin Ze added, "Since the Immortal Doctor Pavilion has prescriptions for strengthening the body, improving health, and invigorating the kidneys, it doesn't have to be limited to medicinal wine. It can also be made into special medicines, which can be sold all over the world, and you can also earn huge amounts of money."

Ning Heng said with some difficulty, "Earl Lin, we have been doing this, but the problem is that the cost of such drugs is not low, and only some wealthy gentry can afford to buy them. Ordinary people can't afford or are reluctant to buy these things. Plus, there is competition from other medical families."

"Overall, the profits that can be earned each year are limited."

"Take the currently popular Fierce Strength Pill as an example. Two taels of silver for a dose of medicinal materials can be used to make 20 pills, with an average cost of 100 Wen per pill. Adding the cost of firewood and labor, it must be sold for 200 Wen or even 300 Wen to make a profit."

"This price limits its sales range."

Hearing this, Lin Ze said calmly, "It doesn't matter, you just produce it, and the sales can be left to me. If you can make medicinal materials with a cost of 1 million taels of silver into pills in a year, then I can help you sell them and get at least one million taels of silver in profit."

Lin Ze had always been the one transporting goods and technology from World No. 1 to World No. 2 to make profits.

Now, there was finally a product that could be transported from World No. 2 to the Main World to make money. All kinds of kidney-tonifying and yang-strengthening drugs in the Main World were extremely expensive but sold very well. The entire market scale exceeded hundreds of billions.

The effects were even better in this Other World, so naturally, they could sell even better.

Even if his purchase price was 200 Wen, which translated to about 54 yuan in the Main World's currency, it wouldn't be excessive to sell it for 540 yuan a pill, a tenfold increase.

With the powerful effects of this drug, it could basically be guaranteed that however much the Immortal Doctor Pavilion produced, Lin Ze could sell in the Main World. Even if he only seized half of the profits from this hundred-billion-level market in a year, that would still be a profit of fifty billion.

"Okay, we will take this matter to heart and then contact the Immortal Doctor Pavilion to start mass-producing this Fierce Strength Pill."

Ning Heng nodded.

Then, Lin Ze began to instruct on the last matter: "Next is this Pacifying Escort Agency. It just so happens that I will be expanding the Gold Bank's business next, and I can have the people from the Pacifying Escort Agency follow along to provide martial support, ensuring that the Gold Bank can be successfully established."

"In addition to the existing personnel transfers, you can also train more people. With such business for a year, I dare not say too much, but earning a few hundred thousand taels is still possible."

With this plan, he had planned out industries worth two to three million taels of silver for the Longevity Palace.

Such ability made Ning Heng and the others in front of him admire him greatly.

However, the three of them did not know that Lin Ze could use the development of their industries to obtain even greater benefits.

And in addition to these overt benefits, Lin Ze could also use his influence over these industries to interfere with the fate of more people, thereby earning more Luck, which would further enhance Lin Ze's growth rate.

"Alright, you can each go and handle your respective tasks. Let your subordinates handle the specific matters."

Lin Ze instructed and then prepared to leave.

Next, he would stay in Fengping County for a while. First, he had to hand over the money he lent to Ji Qingyan and the money for the Longevity Palace. Then, he had to have some contact with these people from the Longevity Palace to sort out the three industries he had just arranged.

In addition to this, Lin Ze also planned to sort out his own business. In short, there were many things to do.

Ning Heng and the other two got up to see him off. The other two stood in place, only Lu Lu followed Lin Ze out.

She walked close to Lin Ze, trying to let Lin Ze smell the fragrance on her body, but she did not know that Lin Ze, in order to prevent the three Peerless Experts from launching a sneak attack and poisoning him, had Within Reach Horizon active around him at all times.

At this time, Lu Lu said in a delicate voice: "Earl Lin, when will you have time to take my Yuan Yin? It can help your cultivation to take a step further."

Lin Ze glanced at Lu Lu, who was extremely beautiful, but his feet did not stop, and he said in a calm tone: "No, I'm afraid you'll sneak attack me. You also know that my martial arts are not high, and my physique is not as strong as you Peerless Experts."

Admitting his weaknesses so frankly, Lu Lu did not think that Lin Ze was weak, because she would not have the opportunity to target Lin Ze.

"Earl Lin, how about I cut off my own Qi channels first, making my body soft and weak, and then you can rest assured and do whatever you want to me."

Lu Lu did not give up. As she spoke, she deliberately pulled at her collar, pretending to be very hot, so that Lin Ze could see her slender branches bearing abundant fruit.

"If you have any requests for me, just say it directly. If it's reasonable, I will agree to you. There's no need to use a beauty trap."

Lin Ze looked at the depths she was showing, without even blinking his eyes, but his tone was still very calm.

Sensibility made Lin Ze very happy to see the beautiful scenery in front of him, but reason made Lin Ze know that his own life safety was more important.

"Can I borrow money?"

Lu Lu asked tentatively.

Among their circle of martial artists, borrowing money is a major taboo, something you can't bring up unless you have a life-or-death relationship.

After all, money is cultivation resources, concerning one's future prospects, and it's really hard to bring it up if the relationship isn't there.

"I can lend it to you. I myself run a Gold Bank business. With your status and repayment ability, I can lend you two hundred thousand taels of silver, with an annual interest rate of ten percent. After one year, you just need to repay me two hundred and twenty thousand taels. However, I can only lend it to you for a one-year term, and I don't accept long-term loans."

Lin Ze replied.

One year is fine, but if it were three or five years later, who knows what the situation would be.

Perhaps Lin Ze, due to some unforeseen event, would no longer come to this world. Wouldn't the money lent out then be all for naught?

"Okay, it's a deal."

Lu Lu was just testing the waters, but she didn't expect Lin Ze to really be willing to lend her money.

With this money, she could purchase a lot of cultivation resources and cultivate properly for a while.

Next, Lu Lu wrote an IOU and took the exchange voucher worth two hundred thousand taels that Lin Ze gave her.

At this time, Lu Lu began to talk about the real business: "Actually, I wanted to ask Earl Lin to help me collect a Heavenly Material Earthly Treasure. This Heavenly Material Earthly Treasure is guarded by a powerful exotic beast, and it requires strong combat power to pick it, so I would like to ask for your help."

"Don't worry, it's not just you, but also several of my senior brothers, as well as Elder Yue Sheng, who will be going. There won't be any danger."

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