After unlocking the material space, I raised my younger siblings in a farmhouse.

Chapter 145 Logistics Station

Qian Laiye stretched out three fingers and waved them in front of Lin Chuyi, and said with a smile: "Three thousand taels."

Lin Chuyi was stunned when he heard this, then he laughed and said with emotion: "Oh, as the saying goes, evildoers need evil to deal with them. It's bad luck for Lin Feng to run into you."

"That's not what I meant. If he hadn't gone gambling and instead run the Fortune Restaurant well, he wouldn't have had to sell it, and naturally he wouldn't have run into me, and this wouldn't have happened. But who says there are no ifs in this world?"

Lin Chu nodded in agreement, "That's true. If he hadn't squandered his fortune, we wouldn't have gotten this great bargain. Hey, I just heard you say there's a big yard behind this restaurant?"

"Yes, Lin Tiancheng and his wife are running the restaurant seriously. Although the reputation of Fuyun Restaurant has deteriorated, the decoration inside is still impeccable. After a little renovation and a new brand, it can be put into use. The same goes for the courtyard. In addition to a large kitchen, there are several rooms. After cleaning up, you can move in directly."

Lin Chuyi also shook his head at Qian Lai, "Old Qian, we run a hot pot restaurant, which is different from a restaurant. We can't just use the decoration of Fuyun Restaurant. We have to have our own decoration style to attract customers."

"Besides, the reputation of Fuyun Restaurant is so bad now. Just changing the signboard will not help at all. Passersby will think that we are just changing the soup but not the substance, which will affect the reputation of our hot pot restaurant. Therefore, we must not only change the decoration, but also make major changes."

Qian Lai also nodded in agreement with Lin Chuyi's statement, and then raised a new question.

"What the girl said makes sense, but the decoration styles are all similar now. How can we be innovative?"

"Leave this to me. I'll spend some gold coins to buy a book on decoration in the mall. Give me the specific dimensions of the restaurant and I'll draw the blueprint myself. Then you can find someone to start the construction."

"Okay, Fuyun Restaurant has confirmed that it will be a hot pot restaurant, so what should the other shops do?"

Lin Chuyi looked at the map he had drawn, and pointed to Fuyun Restaurant and the three shops around it one by one.

"I want to move these four shops first. In addition to the Fuyun Restaurant, which will be turned into a hot pot restaurant, I plan to turn Yongsheng Garments into a furniture shop, Fengxing Tea House into a dim sum shop, and Wanxinglong Pawnshop into a logistics station."

When Qian Lai heard the new term "logistics station", he immediately began to search for relevant information.

The more Qian Lai understood, the deeper his frown deepened. After hesitating, he couldn't help but speak: "The furniture store and the snack store are fine, but isn't this logistics station too novel? It's a question whether the people can accept it. Besides, with only one station, the logistics station can't be run."

"Food has to be eaten bite by bite, and logistics sites have to be built one by one. My plan is to build the first logistics site in Lanzhou City, and then use it as the center to gradually expand outward, from point to line, from line to surface, to build a complete logistics network in Lanzhou City. From Lanzhou City to the entire Lanzhou, and then to other surrounding prefectures, we will expand step by step and eventually achieve nationwide access."

"It is precisely because of the people's trust in logistics stations that I plan to build logistics stations all over Lanzhou, where we are focusing on, and leave a safe and trustworthy impression in the hearts of the people during the gradual expansion. With this foundation, it will be much easier for logistics stations to continue to expand outward."

"And considering the limitations of the times, this logistics station I'm talking about is a combination of a post station and a escort agency. It can not only undertake letter delivery services like a post station, but also provide large-scale escort services like an escort agency. At the same time, it can also provide storage, transportation, and delivery services for items."

"In this way, even if ordinary people cannot accept handing over their goods to us and having us deliver the goods throughout the entire process, they can still use this logistics station as a escort agency. In summary, the development prospects of the logistics station are bright."

After hearing Lin Chuyi's explanation, Qian Laiye's frown remained unchanged. He said earnestly, "Girl, you still don't understand the current social environment very well. This is a feudal society. There are strong limitations in doing many things. It's not as simple as you think."

"Let me give you two simple examples. Why do post stations only accept the transportation of official documents and letters? Because these are small in size and easy to carry. Unlike other materials, they may encounter many problems such as bumps and damage, overdue corruption, etc. during transportation."

"Although most of the tasks undertaken by the escort agency are to escort large materials, they basically travel with their employers every time. If the transported materials are damaged due to various reasons other than escort, they do not need to bear the main responsibility."

"But the logistics station you are going to build is different. If someone really chooses to send something, we will be responsible for the mailed items. If something unexpected happens, the other party will push the responsibility to us, and we won't be able to explain it even if we have eight mouths. What if the person who sent the item is a rich and powerful person, or the item is something valuable, then it will cause a lot of trouble."

"Besides, this is an era where bandits are rampant. They are a group of desperate criminals. How can you guarantee the safety of the people sent out to deliver the items?"

"Let's take a step back. You have deployed highly skilled fighters at the express delivery stations, and we are not afraid of those bandits. We don't know the situation in other prefectures. If we expand blindly, how can we ensure that the goods will not be maliciously exploited and detained by the soldiers guarding the city, or extorted during transportation?"

Qian Lai felt that this was unreliable and couldn't help shaking his head. "Girl, I personally suggest that you don't get involved in this industry before you are fully grown, so as to avoid getting into trouble when things don't get done."

Qian Laiye’s words just now had a great impact on Lin Chuyi. She had to admit that she had taken things for granted, but she had no intention of giving up.

"Old Qian, everything I'm doing now is to complete the game as soon as possible. Currently, there are only two ways to upgrade the character level: the experience points given after the animals and plants in the game grow up, and the experience points awarded by the system after submitting new species."

"I've calculated the total amount of experience points needed to clear the game, and it's an astronomical number. If we want to complete the task within fifteen years, we can only do it on two fronts in parallel. So, no matter how difficult this is, I will continue to do it. What's more, the problems you raised are not completely unsolvable."