This day, at noon.

City Lord's Mansion, in the front hall.

Lin Hao sat at the main seat, looking at the financial ledger in his hand, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

During this period, although the miners worked day and night to excavate Lingyang Stone, the daily mining volume could not make ends meet.

Because almost all economic sources are consumed in the construction of the city.

"What's going on with this negative number?"

Lin Hao pointed to the number on the account book and asked curiously: "Wanlong Commercial Bank borrowed money from us?"

But I saw a line of small red characters marked on it, "-150,000" Lingyang Stone, and the borrower was Wanlong Trading Company.

"Lord, that's not the case."

Bai Lin glanced at the account book, then smiled awkwardly and said: "We were short of finances a while ago, so we went to Wanlong Commercial Bank to borrow 150,000 Lingyang Stones for turnover."

Hearing this, Lin Hao looked slightly stunned and immediately asked: "Is the interest expensive?"

Bai Lin shook his head and said: "Now our Territory of Chaos has huge development potential. In order to be able to cooperate with us, the Bandung Chamber of Commerce will not charge any interest for this loan."

"That's good."

Lin Hao nodded and sighed softly.

Obviously, he didn't expect that the city's financial resources would be so tight.

Originally, he planned to extract some Lingyang Stones from them to evolve system pets.

This thought can only be wasted.

“Although having money isn’t everything, being without money is absolutely impossible.”

Lin Hao couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

It seems that I have no choice but to restart my old business and take on some assassination missions to earn extra money.

As his mind changed, Lin Hao suddenly looked slightly startled and stood up directly.

Because, he smelled a very special smell in the air.

"This smell is so familiar, could it be..."

Lin Hao's nose twitched slightly, following the source of the smell, he quickly walked out of the hall.

Seeing this, Bai Lin was quite surprised and hurriedly followed suit.

After a while.

Lin Hao finally found the source of the smell.

This is the kitchen area in the backyard of the mansion!

"Lord, what happened?"

Bai Lin, who followed, saw Lin Hao's strange behavior and couldn't help but ask.

Lin Hao didn't answer. He raised his head and looked at the top of the stove, where the white smoke was constantly coming out of the mouth of the chimney.

"That's right, that's the smell."

Lin Hao took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly lit up, and after speaking, he rushed into the kitchen.

At this time, as it was approaching evening.

The cooks in the kitchen are busy preparing the ingredients.

The tangy fragrance could not cover up the gas that Lin Hao was looking for.

"See Lord Lord, Manager Bai."

Seeing these two big shots suddenly barging in, the cooks present were stunned for a moment, and then they all quickly bowed and saluted.

Lin Hao ignored it and quickly glanced around, quickly landing on one of the stoves.

But he saw that some kind of dry plant was burning in the fire inside, and the fire was gushing out.

"It is indeed this!"

Lin Hao immediately rushed out quickly, his palms covered with a layer of spiritual energy, he stretched directly into the fire, and quickly pulled out the half-burned plant.

Immediately afterwards, a water spell rune suddenly appeared.

As the spiritual energy vibrated, the rune suddenly turned into a column of water, extinguishing the flames on the plant.

"Lord...Lord, what's wrong?"

The handyman in the kitchen next to him couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he saw Lin Hao's weird behavior and asked tremblingly.

In his opinion, the leaves are very easy to burn after being dried and are very convenient for making fires. Is there anything wrong with them?

At this moment, everyone in the kitchen, including Bai Lin, stared at Lin Hao with confused expressions.

Seeing Lin Hao's calm look, they didn't dare to disturb him.

After the flames burned out, wisps of smoke still rose from the leaves.

Lin Hao's nose twitched slightly and he took a deep breath.

Smelling that familiar scent, a look of intoxication slowly appeared on his face.

Because this kind of leaf is called tobacco.

In previous lives, most men and women were attracted by the smell of nicotine in tobacco.

As the saying goes, a cigarette after a meal is better than a living god.

This sentence is not groundless!

Immediately, Lin Hao turned to look at the kitchen handyman and asked in surprise: "Where did you find this plant?"

Hearing this, the handyman did not dare to neglect and hurriedly replied: "There are many people in the mountains outside the city."

Lin Hao's face was slightly stern, and he immediately ordered: "Bai Lin, send someone immediately to the back mountain to pick all these plants!"

"Also, remember to just pick the leaves and not uproot them. Make sure the plants can continue to grow."

Hearing this, Bai Lin was immediately puzzled.

"Lord, is there anything magical about the leaves of this plant?"

With a puzzled look on his face, he stared at the half-burned plant in Lin Hao's hand and asked curiously.

"Well, it's very useful."

A smile appeared at the corner of Lin Hao's mouth and he said: "The Lingyang stone vein will eventually be mined out, but this thing can bring a steady stream of money to our territory."

Hearing this, Bai Lin's mood was undoubtedly even more puzzling.

How can this low-level plant used to make fires create such great value?

Lord, are you kidding me?!

"Stop talking nonsense, you will understand by then."

Lin Hao waved his hand and ordered: "Hurry up and do the work!"

"As you command!"

Bai Lin's face was slightly stern, and he immediately called the kitchen handyman, then summoned a large number of servants and quickly headed to the back mountain outside the city.

Until night falls.
Chapter completed!