The road to immortality for a hundred generations

Chapter 12 VIP System, Lottery System

Two and a half months later, the fourth batch of disaster relief money and relief food from the court finally arrived.

The number of soup kitchens increased suddenly. At this time, few people died of starvation, but some greedy and excited people died from starvation.

They queued up at the first soup kitchen early, and after finishing the first bowl, they queued up at the second soup kitchen.

Faced with this situation, the county guard had no good solution. He could only post notices everywhere to tell everyone that this batch of relief supplies was sufficient and that the drought had passed. It was extremely irrational to hold on to death at this time.

However, the effect of the notice is there, but it is not ideal.

How can a mere notice persuade the victims who have been hungry for so long to understand?
But generally speaking, things are developing for the better.

After a few days, the number of people dying suddenly decreased, and many people also showed restraint.

In just half a month, most of the victims were not fully recovered, but at least they had the strength to work.

Qingjiang County's long-dormant economy has also begun to gradually recover.

At the Xu family grain store, many people were queuing up, waiting to buy grain, including many victims in ragged clothes.

For the victims living in Qingjiang County, although they can still eat enough by queuing up at several soup kitchens every day, it almost takes a whole day to waste.

Many people now have the physical strength to work. Instead of spending all that time queuing up to receive free porridge, they might as well do some work and earn some copper coins to save up in order to deal with possible accidents in the future.

At this moment, a neatly dressed young man avoided the queue and walked towards the grain store, shouting at the same time: "Boss, bring five liters of good rice and two liters of fine noodles!"

"Hey! Why are you cutting in line?"

Before the owner or clerk of Xu's grain store could reply, many people in line shouted.

"queue?"

The young man's face instantly showed a proud smile, and he took off a two-finger-wide ironwood sign from his waist, "Did you see, I am a distinguished customer of Xu's shop, it is my privilege not to have to queue!"

"Hi~ It's true! I saw it from my uncle's hand the day before yesterday, and I even touched it."

"A distinguished guest from the Xu family? Doesn't that cost ten taels of silver?"

"It's not a consumption of ten taels, but a one-time consumption of ten taels!"

"Ten taels! That's half a year's salary. I spent it all at once for such a brand?"

"Do you think this distinguished guest status is just for show? Not only do you not have to queue, you can even get a [-]% discount!"

"[-]% off? What's that?"

"For something worth a hundred copper plates, you only need to pay 98."

"It would be great if I also had a status tag as a distinguished guest of the Xu family. I wouldn't have to queue up every now and then to buy food, and I could save a lot of money."

Listening to the envy and comments from the people around him, the smile on the young man's face became even wider.

This feeling is so good.

He just likes to enjoy everyone's envious eyes on him.

"Speaking of which, it's been two months since the Xu family launched the VIP status? I don't know how many people have the VIP brand now."

"I heard from the boss of the Xu family's grain store that there were 1 people last month! I'm afraid there will be even more this month!"

"I also heard that the other three wealthy businessmen in the county have also implemented this system, but I estimate that they must be far worse than the Xu family."

After enjoying the envious looks of everyone, the young man who had previously bought five liters of rice and two liters of noodles took his things and prepared to leave.

"Hey! Sir, wait a moment,"

At this moment, the shopkeeper came over and said with a smile, "Our Xu family store has recently launched a new event. Anyone who spends one hundred yuan or more can win a lottery. As for the prizes, the value ranges from three to thirty yuan." Both are possible, but the probability of being unavailable is only [-]%!”

Having said this, a mysterious look appeared on the shopkeeper's face, "Besides, there is a very small chance of winning a mysterious grand prize worth one or two to three taels~"

"A mysterious grand prize of one to three taels?!"

"really?"

"how is this possible?!"

"It must be fake. If a businessman doesn't have any good stuff, there's no way he can do such a loss-making business!"

When the people who were queuing up to sell food heard this, their eyes were as wide as copper bells.

Even passers-by were attracted.

You should know that a day's work in the city only costs a few dozen pennies.

If you win the biggest mysterious prize of three taels, it will at least be worth half a month's wages.

That's a free pick!
"Hey, if it's true or false, you'll know once you try it."

The shopkeeper took out a wooden box from the wooden cabinet below, "This little brother just spent more than one hundred yuan, so he can participate in a lottery. Come on, little brother, let's see how lucky you are today."

In Qingjiang County, poor quality rice costs eight cents per liter, better quality rice costs twelve cents per liter, and good quality rice costs at least seventeen cents per liter.

He bought a hundred cash for rice alone, not to mention two liters of fine noodles. One hundred cash was definitely enough.

"Okay, just to see how lucky I am today."

As he spoke, the young man put the things in his hands on the counter, rubbed his hands excitedly, and then put his right hand deep into the wooden box.

Soon, he took out a thin piece of wood, put it in his hand and observed carefully, "Hey, shopkeeper, what does the word "te" on it mean?"

"special?"

The shopkeeper's eyes widened and he snatched the wood piece from the young man's hand in disbelief.

I saw this small special character written on the piece of wood, and there were three horizontal lines next to it.

"It's true! And it's a special prize of three taels!"

The shopkeeper put the piece of wood in his hand on the table, grabbed the young man's right hand with both hands, and shook it up and down: "Congratulations, little brother, you have won a special prize worth three taels in our store. I will reward you." A thirty-tael shopping voucher."

"Shopping voucher? What is that?"

The young man blinked, as if he didn't quite understand.

"look,"

The shopkeeper took out something similar to a Jiaozi from the cabinet and said, "With it, you can buy items worth three taels in any store in my Xu family, but it cannot be exchanged for money."

"That's it, I understand."

The young man looked astonished, "In other words, this is a bank note that can only be used to buy things in your Xu family store?"

"That's pretty much what it means."

The shopkeeper had a smile on his face, "So, do you want this shopping coupon, or do you want to spend three taels directly in our store now?"

"Forget it, I still need a shopping voucher. This is a grain shop that only sells grain. I want to use this shopping voucher to go to your brothel to spend money at night."

The young man shook his head and looked at the shopkeeper, "Is a brothel okay?"

"Yes, yes, of course!"

The shopkeeper nodded again and again.

Soon, the young man put away the shopping coupon worth three taels, carried the rice noodles he just bought, and walked swaying towards the distance.

"Shopkeeper! I want a lottery too! Give me 25 liters of rice!" "I want it too, I want it too! Give me thirty liters!"

"Quick, quick, quick! Shopkeeper, I want to draw a lottery! Let me draw quickly!"

The young man drew a grand prize worth three taels, which completely aroused the desire of those waiting in line.

Many passers-by who were just having fun couldn't help but join in the rush.

Not only this grain store, but on this day, almost everyone in the county knew that the Xu family store had launched a consumption lottery system that was comparable to the VIP status system.

There were even as many as ten lucky people who won big prizes ranging from one to three taels!
On this day, the grain stores, restaurants, wine shops, cloth shops, and even brothels owned by the Xu family were all full.

"Steward Li, didn't I ask you to imitate the status of a distinguished guest in Xu's store? How's it going? It's been a month."

Rich merchant Li, who is also one of the three wealthy businessmen in Qingjiang County, but is actually far inferior to the Xu family, leaned on the rocking chair and asked calmly.

"My lord is wise, our Li family is the first to follow the Xu family's distinguished guest system, so we have attracted many guests."

Butler Li lowered his head and replied, "Our profit this month is more than [-]% higher than last month."

Although the VIP system is discounted, the profits are small but the sales are high.

The more people come to consume, the higher the net profit will naturally be.

"Well, that's good. Is there any news in the Xu family recently?"

Rich Shang Li leaned back with satisfaction, and the rocking chair suddenly made a "creak" sound.

"Replying to the Master, the Xu family's store held some lottery or something else today. I still don't quite understand."

Butler Li hesitated for a moment, then said, "As long as you spend over one hundred cash, you can draw a prize. The prizes are basically three to five cash, but there are big prizes ranging from one to three taels!"

"Oh? Spend one hundred Wen and get a grand prize of three taels?"

Rich Shang Li immediately laughed out loud, "This must be a cover created by the Xu family. It's okay to deceive those stupid people, but it's far from enough to deceive me."

"Master is wise."

At this time, Butler Li didn't know what to say, so he could only give a duplicitous compliment.

"Oh, by the way, has anyone won the grand prize?"

At this time, Fushang Li had already concluded that it was just a cover, but he still asked casually.

"Reply to the master, someone has drawn it."

Hearing a "creak", Fushang Li's plump body suddenly sat up from the rocking chair: "Someone got it?! Someone really got it???"

"Yes sir."

Butler Li lowered his head tightly and just echoed. At this time, he knew that he couldn't talk nonsense, otherwise he would definitely offend the other party.

"Hmph, even if someone draws it, I'm afraid it will only be one person, and there will definitely be no more in the future."

Li Fushang's face was uncertain. After thinking for a long time, he sat back on the recliner again.

The rocking chair creaked, echoing in the spacious hall.

I don't know how long it took, but just as the sound of the rocking chair became smaller and smaller, Butler Li thought that the other party had fallen asleep and was about to raise his head and leave.

Li Fushang's words floated over again: "How many people have won the grand prize?"

Didn't sleep?

Butler Li, who was already a little distracted, was shocked and quickly returned: "Sir, there are ten people, seven of them have drawn the grand prize of three taels, and the other three have drawn the grand prize of one or two."

"ten people??!"

Fushang Li jumped up from the rocking chair. His irregular internal strength barely supported his movements, but could no longer protect him.

Just hearing a "click", Fushang Li fell to the ground softly. At the same time, he did not forget to cover his waist with his left hand: "Oh, my old waist, oh, oh, oh, oh."

"Master! Let me help you get up!"

Butler Li was shocked and squatted down quickly.

"No, no, no, don't touch me, let me rest for a while,"

Fushang Li quickly raised his free right hand to stop the other party, "Go and find out what happened in the Xu family's lottery. Did anyone really win the so-called big prize? Did those people witness it with their own eyes? Or is it just a rumor?"

"Also, including the neighbors of those who won the lottery, they also asked me to find out. They must find out what is going on!"

"Yes! Sir."

Butler Li responded, lowered his head and left the room.

That night, not only wealthy businessman Li felt sleepy, but the Lin family, who were also the three wealthy businessmen in Qingjiang County, were even more worried.

Originally, the Xu family's financial resources in Qingjiang County could rival the two of them. Since the Xu family launched the VIP system two months ago, half of their upper-class customers have gone away!

Fortunately, the Li family showed him a clear path, and if he couldn't beat him, he would join.

At worst, he will also implement the VIP guest system. Although a lot of upper-class customers have been lost during this period, he may be able to bring back some in the future.

Unexpectedly, before he could figure out the VIP system, the Xu family had instituted a lottery system.

He even spent a hundred cents to win the big prize, so why not just win the big prize and just win it from him.

"Copy! Copy! Find a way to imitate it immediately! I only give you three days. If you can't imitate it, get out of here!"

Fushang Lin angrily roared loudly at the shopkeepers of the Lin family in the living room.

"Three days, sir, let alone three days. As long as you support us, we can copy this thing in one day."

Among them, the big shopkeeper who seemed to be the leader said under pressure, "But the problem is, it is said that the Xu family got ten big prizes in one day yesterday. Counting those small prizes, it is at least 30 in one day." Two bottoms."

"30 taels, 30 taels."

Fushang Lin clenched his teeth and clenched his fists. He didn't even realize that his nails were deeply dug into his flesh, and he just paced back and forth in the living room.

30 taels a day, 900 taels a month, and up to 800 taels a year.

Give so much money to those untouchables? ? ?
impossible!Absolutely impossible!
"No, this won't work, it's too much."

After figuring it out, Lin Fushang subconsciously denied it.

"Then, sir, what do you think we should do?"

The leading shopkeeper suppressed his proud thoughts and asked in a deep voice.

Hum, come on, do it?Weren't you so arrogant just now that you asked us to copy it within three days?

We can imitate it in one day, but are you willing to copy it?
Although he did not dare to show his inner thoughts at all, it could not stop his inner pride.

His smart brain has been his backer along the way.

God knows how much hard work he put in to advance from an errand boy in a shop to a shopkeeper.

But fortunately, it was all worth it. Now, even among the shopkeepers in the Lin family, he is recognized as the representative by everyone.

"This matter needs to be considered in the long term."

Lin Fushang took a long breath and said slowly.

(End of this chapter)