This Gentleman is Quite Generous

Upon hearing these words, the hearts of the four men sank by half.

Fight?

They weren't blind.

One hand could easily knock down the strongest among them, who still couldn't get up now.

Lin Shen didn't intend to kill anyone.

With a flick of his hand, he threw the nearly unconscious Chen San to the ground.

Chen San struggled for breath, lying on the ground.

"Speak, who sent you?" Lin Shen kicked Chen San over and half-squatted down, looking at them coldly, asking softly.

How profitable his business was.

He was very clear about it.

Over two thousand taels of silver a day, nearly a hundred thousand a month.

It was not an exaggeration to call it a huge profit.

The nobles were ruthless.

In any dynasty, in any country, it was the same.

Lin Shen thought that these small-time hooligans might not have the courage to attack him.

Instead, those nobles would be eager to lay their hands on him. With such a fat piece of meat, who wouldn't want to take a bite?

Chen San's eyes were very confused.

What was the problem?

"No one sent us..." he instinctively replied.

Lin Shen frowned. "No one sent you? Then what were you planning to do by trying to break into my shop and steal my silver so late at night?"

Chen San shrunk his neck. "I heard from the Hou family's servants that your business makes several hundred taels of silver every day. So, we brothers thought about robbing some silver from your shop..."

Lin Shen still doubted. "Is that so?"

Chen San nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"What's your name?" Lin Shen walked back a few steps, pulled out a wicker chair from behind the counter, and casually lay on it.

"Chen San."

"No one really instructed you?"

"This gentleman, what you said... This isn't something honorable. We are just poor laborers with no other choice. Who else would do such a thing under the imperial city except us..."

Seeing their expressions, it didn't seem like they were lying.

It didn't seem like someone had ordered them.

Could those nobles resist the temptation and not lay their hands on him?

Lin Shen squinted, playing with his fingers.

The four men knelt in front of Lin Shen, somewhat bewildered.

What did this silence mean...

If you want to kill or maim, just say it.

But keeping them hanging like this only made them more frightened and uneasy.

Lin Shen spoke softly, "Do you want to earn some money?"

"Of course!" Before Chen San could speak, someone beside him couldn't wait to answer.

Lin Shen continued, "Then help me with some tasks. I won't pay you for the first month, but I'll provide three meals a day. Consider it punishment for planning to rob my shop and steal my silver tonight."

"Any objections?"

The four of them shook their heads in unison.

Lin Shen continued, "The tasks you'll do are simple. Go to teahouses and restaurants to promote the products in my supermarket..."

"Try to attract customers to my shop. Any objections to that?"

"Oh, and also tell those shady characters not to have any thoughts about my shop."

"I'm feeling generous today, so I'll spare your lives. But if anyone dares to try this again... I'll send them to meet the King of Hell."

Chen San and the others shook their heads again.

Lin Shen nodded. "Alright, you can go now. But come back tomorrow... can all of you read?"

To this question, all four of them still shook their heads.

"This gentleman, you're joking... We are just lowly people, who knows how to read." Chen San chuckled and shook his head.

Lin Shen frowned. "Then come back tomorrow, and I'll teach you how to promote. "

He didn't know much about modern advertising methods.

But even with some rudimentary methods, it would have a huge impact on the extremely barren market of the Tang Dynasty, which was very underdeveloped in terms of commerce.

Chen San and the others nodded heavily.

Lin Shen waved his hand.

Chen San and the other four climbed up from the ground, understandingly glanced outside, and then walked back.

"Why did you come back?" Lin Shen raised his eyebrows. He had just stood up from the wicker chair, ready to turn off the lights and go back to sleep in the back room.

Chen San said awkwardly, "The bad guys are patrolling. We have to wait until they leave before we can leave, or else we'll be in trouble if they catch us."

Lin Shen nodded. "Then wait here."

Curfew.

It was the most burdensome job in Chang'an City.

Dozens of people patrolled every block to prevent anyone from violating the curfew.

Tai Ping Fang had always been extremely obedient to the curfew.

Under the imperial city, it was also the safest place.

But today seemed to be an exception.

When Xiao Liang followed the usual routine patrol, as soon as he entered this alley, he saw an extremely dazzling white light, different from the dim light of the oil lamp seeping through the window.

This white light was as bright as daylight.

He walked over curiously.

It was emitted from a shop.

Ausi Supermarket.

He was very impressed with this name.

In Tai Ping Fang, not everyone might have heard of this shop.

But in their gang of bad guys, this shop was very famous.

Using metal for the door was something no one else in the Great Tang could do.

Moreover, the Thousand Cows Guard had also investigated this shop...

They were always on edge, afraid that something might happen to this shop.

Seeing this beam of light, Xiao Liang's heart chilled.

He quickly picked up the lantern and walked over.

The door of the supermarket was open.

He peeked inside and saw the strangely dressed boss lying comfortably on a wicker chair.

Swinging back and forth, he seemed to be humming a tune.

There

 were also four people inside, obediently standing in the corner.

Seeing them, Xiao Liang couldn't help squinting.

These four people were all familiar to him.

Chen San hadn't learned to read, but he could talk very well...

He had always looked down on nobles and scholars. If he wasn't afraid of the private soldiers of the nobles, he would even curse them in front of the nobles.

And that big guy, Xiao Liang had never seen anyone with such strength.

The gang of bad guys had invited him before, wanting him to become one of them, but he was refused by Chen San...

It seemed like he had heard that they were wandering in various neighborhoods, doing some shady things.

How come they appeared in Tai Ping Fang tonight, and in the Ausi Supermarket?

His intuition told him that he should go and take a look.

There was a smell of a case here.

Xiao Liang walked directly in and bowed to Lin Shen, "Boss Lin, what happened?"