A cool breeze blew from outside the door, blowing on Li Ling's body, making his back hair stand up. He came here to discuss business. Should he be so exciting? He really faced with ghosts and gods?

At this time, Li Chen thought of another point: "Donor, are you talking to the Taoist in the grass pavilion on the mountainside?" Seeing Li Ling and the others nodding, his brows became more and more frowned: "But there is no grass pavilion on Bailin Hill... No, there was a pavilion ten years ago, but after a heavy storm destroyed the pavilion, it was never built again. After all, the mountain is not high and can be climbed and down in just one hour, so there is no need to prepare a place to rest."

This statement made Li Ling unable to help but take a breath of cold air: "But we were obviously sitting in the pavilion, and there were stone tables and benches on it. The old Taoist still gave me the hexagram on the table..." Li Moyun beside him was even stiff at this time, and his eyes began to look out vigilantly, and he could take action at any time.

Le Chen was stunned again: "Are you saying that the Taoist priest once divined you? What kind of equipment did he use to divine you?"

"It's a turtle shell copper coin, and it uses nine copper coins I've never seen before. He said that it was Fuxi's innate hexagram." Li Ling did not hide it and said honestly.

Li Chen's face changed again, and he immediately stood up and walked out, which made Li Ling quite puzzled. But soon, he turned back and had a scroll in his hand. When he came to the table, he slowly opened the scroll, but it was a portrait. As he completely unfolded the painting, an image of an old Taoist in a sloppy Taoist robe appeared in front of Li Ling, and he stared at Li Ling nervously: "Donor, look, did you see, did you meet this Taoist priest before?"

Li Ling narrowed his eyes and looked at it for a moment, and said, "It looks very similar, but it looks like this. People and paintings are a bit different..."

"Are there two black moles under the Taoist priest's left eye?" Le Chen asked hurriedly again.

Just as Li Ling frowned and recalled, Li Moyun nodded first: "Yes, there are indeed two small black moles under his left eye, which looks like an extra eye. I have an impression!"

"This... how is this possible..." Liao Chen finally lost his color and exclaimed, but Li Ling calmed down: "It seems that there is indeed such a Taoist priest in your view. Why can't you remember the Taoist priest just now?"

"Because this is the portrait of the master, the painting is his usual look." Le Chen's expression was even more serious. "The master was also the most skilled in fortune-telling when he was born. The reason why I, Baiyun Temple, could gain a foothold here is thanks to the master's supernatural power. However, several disciples, who were not able to learn it, so after he ascended to the immortal world, he could only rely on printing books to make a living."

Li Ling had just breathed a sigh of relief, but when he heard what he said, his face changed again: "You mean...he...he is no longer in the world?"

"Yes, my grandson Xianyun had ascended to the immortal world eight years ago. In short, he was about the same age as me now, nearly fifty years old."

After a long time of trouble, he found that he was really seeing ghosts in the sun. Li Ling and the others felt panic: "How could this be?" Suddenly he remembered what the old Taoist said again - if you and I meet here, you will be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be destined to be de

Seeing that the two of them looked frightened, Le Chen hurriedly comforted him: "Don't panic, two donors. The master was originally going to be an immortal, not a tragic evil spirit. Even if he really met him, it was just to enlighten you. Maybe it was a blessing."

Everyone said this, and it was the other party's master again. Li Ling couldn't show any disgust, so he could only smile: "Then let's follow Taoist Master Ji Yan." In fact, if you think about it carefully, you did not lose anything when you met the old Taoist, and the last few mysterious words he said seemed to really give him some advice.

Even the time traveling through time and space, history has been changed by the time travelers earlier, and Li Ling can't really bite the saying that there are no ghosts and gods in the world at this time.

After taking a sip of hot tea and finally calmed down, Li Ling told him his exact purpose and asked Li Moyun to hand over the two Bao Gong Case novels he carried with him to the other party: "Master, you are not bragging about yourself. At least in Hengzhou Prefecture, my novels are quite popular. You can read them first."

Le Chen nodded with a smile and took a copy and read it casually. Since he was doing this, he naturally had a certain vision. After reading it for a while, he nodded and praised: "Mr. Li is indeed well written, and the story is even more tortuous and bizarre, and it is the most attractive. If it is printed out, I dare not say it if it is too much, and it will be a pity for the entire Xuzhou City to sell two or three thousand copies."

"This is just a book. If there is a follow-up content, with its word-of-mouth reputation, and a little promotion from bookstores and bookstores, this book can be sold more. If it spreads to the prefectures below, it can be sold even if it doubles or two, right?" Li Ling was no longer the person who knew nothing about the book market at the time. Although he had just arrived in Xuzhou, he could still estimate some markets.

Le Chen smiled and said, "Mr. Li is really an expert. Not bad. As long as the books are good enough, with my current Xuzhou market, it is not difficult to sell five or six thousand copies. Of course, it means that there is a bookstore with its own bookstore and a more famous bookstore. But like our Baiyunguan Bookstore, we may not have the strength because we cannot spread our business to other prefectures and counties at all."

After pausing, he smiled and said, "I think Mr. Li should have known about my situation before coming here. Why did he leave the big bookstores in the city and come to the mountain to talk to us about cooperation?"

Li Ling looked at the other party talking, and there was no such thing as a monk. He was just a businessman. He said seriously: "Because the big bookstore has too much appetite, he just wanted to spend a sum of money to buy out my book, but what I wanted was a long-term cooperation between the two parties. To be honest, in fact, my friend and I opened a Zongheng Bookstore in Hengzhou, and we plan to expand it into a bookstore in the future. However, Hengzhou Prefecture is limited by local restrictions and there are many inconveniences, so I plan to find someone to cooperate in Xuzhou to complement each other, so that the entire business will be expanded.

"I think that since Master Chen has already entered the business road, I don't want to live so tightly, right? Even if you are monks, there are still many places that require money, such as the food and clothing cost of the Taoist priests, and the temples and statues in front also need to be repaired. It is obviously far from affordable to rely on this little business now."

Li Ling has gradually grown up over the past year of experience. He was not good at business negotiations before traveling through time and now has mastered how to convince according to the other party's needs and thus achieve his own goals.

Le Chen was indeed a little moved and asked in a deep thought: "I wonder how Mr. Li plans to cooperate?"

"It's very simple. I will submit the manuscripts of these two books and some subsequent manuscripts to your bookstore for publishing and printing. I don't need the manuscript fee, but only the next 20% of the books will be profitable. In addition, within one or two years, our Zongheng Bookstore will open a branch in Xuzhou City, and will cooperate with you at that time. Baiyunguan Bookstore will provide us with corresponding books, the price will be 10% cheaper than the ones on the market. Of course, correspondingly, we will also provide you with more manuscripts that are not available here, all of which are free. You can also hand over the books you printed on us for sale, and we can charge no fees..."

Long before coming here, Li Ling had a comprehensive cooperation plan, and now he said it clearly. After all, he provided the content himself, and the bookstore provided the technology and venue, as well as local connections, and then everyone made money together.

His statements really made Chen feel moved, and his only worry was: "How do you guarantee that the books you provide will definitely sell well?"

"The books I wrote have been tested in Jiangcheng and Hengzhou Prefecture in reality, so there is no problem of not being able to sell them. As for the others, I can say that those books will only sell better than novels. Of course, because they are related to the development of my Zongheng Bookstore, I can't tell some of the inside stories yet."

Speaking of which, Li Ling really has to thank this world where information is spreading very slowly. Almost a year has passed, and the comic strips laid out by Gujia Bookstore have not appeared in Xuzhou yet, which naturally gave him greater confidence.

However, he also knew that the time left for him should not be too long, so the business must be negotiated as soon as possible to open up the Xuzhou market.

Le Chen looked at him with a certain look, and then looked down at the two wonderful books of "Bao Gong's Case". In a sense, the other party's sincerity was quite sufficient. He could now miss the two manuscripts and drive them away. However, he did not do such a thing, but instead said with a smile: "Since Mr. Li said so, this transaction is very good. But we have to set a final time point. You must open a bookstore in Xuzhou before that."

"Then let's set it before the end of next year. After all, our bookstore in Hengzhou has just opened. We need to stand firm there before we can develop." Li Ling said immediately.

Then the two parties signed a contract, and no one expected that Li Ling came to the provincial capital to take the provincial examination. Before he could come out, he first agreed on a big business.

That night, Li Ling and the others lived in Baiyun Temple. After the incident during the day, even Li Moyun did not dare to go down the mountain overnight.

It was not until dawn the next day that Li Ling bid farewell to Chen and others and hurried down the mountain. After walking down for a while, both of them changed their faces: "Did you find that the road here is completely different from what we were walking yesterday. The steep mountain road yesterday is quite wide and flat today. I just said how could the bookstore be set up on such a difficult mountain?"

"Yes, young master, there is no trace of our yesterday left by us all the way down. Also, the pavilion yesterday disappeared, it is almost at the foot of the mountain..."

The more they looked at each other, the more they felt that yesterday was incredible. If they weren't for the two of them, they would have thought that yesterday was a dream.

Until he went down the mountain safely and looked back at the hill, Li Ling's heart still felt cold. The only comfort was that at least this trip was not a waste of time, and finally negotiated the business.
Chapter completed!