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I Am The Landlord In Another World-Chapter 28
Chapter 28: Qianye workshop (1) freβ―πeππ§π°vβ―l.πππΊ
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βItβs not expensive, but itβs hard for us to come up with three hundred thousand taels in a short time. β Tang Wen said. βOf course itβs not expensive. If it was two years ago, it would have cost at least five hundred thousand taels of silver to buy qianye workshop. It was because the workshop was located in a good location, close to the bustling Jingluo Street of Yanling. The bossβs surname was Li, Li Dawang. In addition to qianye workshop, they have also opened many shops in Yanling. β Bu Feng said with a nod. βThe Li familyβs shopβs business is probably not that good, right?β Tang Wen said. βOld master is still the best, you guessed it right. Thatβs right, the Li familyβs business in tea leaves and other small things was indeed not very good. The main reason was that other shops also had these, and the competition was very fierce. Moreover, the things in the Liβs shop were not special. Recently, he had actually been reselling mirror perfume from Li Chun βer of the wafting fragrance brothel. However, that thing was expensive to begin with. A mirror cost one tael of gold, and after being resold by the Li familyβs shop, a mirror would cost two taels of gold. Itβs too expensive, so naturally, not many people can afford it. β Bu Feng said. βTwo taels? how dare he raise the price so high?β Tang Wen was stunned. βThatβs right. Itβs doubled. Who would buy it?β Bu Feng said with a nod. βNo! Youβre wrong. β Tang Wen shook his head. βWrong? where did I go wrong?β Bu Feng asked. βAlthough itβs not easy to sell that thing if the price is raised, I think we can still sell a part of it. Iβm thinking that he probably doesnβt have any. Otherwise, they wouldnβt have dared to raise the price so high. β Tang Wen said. βCould it be that Li Chun βer raised the price on her own?β Bu Feng said, startled. βItβs possible! For example, if li Dawang took goods from Li Chun βer and a mirror cost one tael and five maces of gold, he had to raise it to two taels a mirror. β Tang Wen nodded. βThis Li Chun βer is too gutsy. How dare she lie to you, Lord Jue. We donβt have to give her the next batch of goods.β Bu Fengβs killing intent instantly surged. βOf course, we still have to find out more about this. How about this, Iβm not busy these two days. Letβs set off for Yanling County now and take a look at qianye workshop on the way. β Tang Wen said. Therefore, Qiao Xiao picked a few guards to accompany Tang Wen to Yanling city. After arriving at Yanling, GE Zi Yun and bu Feng sent Tang Wen out to gather information. Although bu Feng was good, he did not know many words and was not as well β versed as GE Zi Yun. Tang Wen was considering sending GE Ziyun to Yanling. However, GE Ziyun needed to manage the accounts on SuMei Island, so he couldnβt leave for the time being. In the evening, Tang Wen brought Qiao Xiao to the wafting fragrance restaurant. Seeing Tang Wen, Li Chun βer personally welcomed him to the backyard, which was her territory. It was an independent small courtyard. Of course, it was not very big. Including the empty space outside the courtyard, it was about a hundred square meters. βNot bad, youβre rich, arenβt you? Otherwise, why would the brothel Madame be willing to give you a small courtyard?β Tang Wen said with a smile as he walked. βShe dared not to give it to me. Otherwise, I wonβt give her any more.β Li Chun βer smiled smugly. βEven the brothel keeper has to beg you. Hehe, Li Chun βer, with such a quick β witted brain, itβll be a pity if you donβt go into business.β Tang Wen joked. βThis is her territory, after all. I have to give her some of the money I earn. For example, I have to use her underlings. Otherwise, it wonβt work. Of course, this is all given to us by you, young master Tang. Chun βer is extremely grateful. β Li Chun βer bowed and said. βSo, you have no choice but to increase the price of the goods? For example, the mirror is sold for one tael and five coins?β Tang Wen suddenly pulled a long face and looked at Li Chun βer. βI didn βt, Lord Jue. How would I dare to mess around with the things youβve instructed me to do? Arenβt you going to skin this servant alive?β Li Chun βerβs face turned pale and she knelt down. βNo, I heard that li Dawang from qianye workshop raised the price of a mirror to two taels of gold. Although he could earn more this way, it would be disadvantageous in the long run. If you ruin my business, do you know your crime?β Tang Wen looked at Li Chun βer coldly and said. βI really donβt have a Lord. I understand what youβre saying now. Li Dawang didnβt take the goods from me, but from another sister. My sisters saw that mirror lipsticks could make money, so they all asked me for goods. They then changed hands, and a mirror became one or two taels. And Li Dawang might have sold it a second or third time, so the price was getting higher and higher. Even so, the goods you gave me have been sold out. I was just about to send someone to somi Island to inform you and ask Lord Jue to come and settle the bill. β Li Chun βer said. βItβs finished so quickly. The second batch of goods is quite a lot. Can Yanling city eat so many goods?β Tang Wen didnβt believe it at all. βNot in Yanling city. Some time ago, I met the old masterβs employer, Shen Xihe. This man is quite famous in Jiangzhou, the provincial capital. He has more than a hundred shops selling antiques and Jade. Every time he came to Yanling, he would come to me to book the night. When he found the mirror, lipstick, and perfume in the room, he was immediately curious. After that, he took a small batch back to the provincial capital. In the end, they were all robbed in just a few days. Therefore, I quickly came to Yanling. Just a few days ago, he came and took away all the goods in my hands. Therefore, Yanling city is out of stock. β Li Chun βer said. She opened the cabinet, took out the accounts and gold, and said,βthis batch of goods was sold for a total of seven hundred and eighty β five taels of gold. Please take a look, Lord Jue.β βYes, I want to know more about you. If you dare to lie to me, I wonβt give you the next batch of goods. β Tang Wen nodded and gave her the silver notes, which were worth thousands of taels of silver. βLord Jue, you are Chun βerβs benefactor, and Chunβ er has also earned quite a bit, so how would I dare to deceive you? If Chun βer lies, my entire family will die, and I will have no descendants. β Li Chun βer knelt down and swore. Recently, he had earned more than a thousand taels of silver from Tang Wen, which was more than what he had earned from receiving customers. After all, in the famine year, Li Chun βerβs night fee was 15 or 16 taels, so there were naturally fewer customers. The money she earned from receiving customers was not even as much as Tang Wenβs Commission. Therefore, in Li Chun βerβs eyes, Tang Wen was a God of Fortune. If the next batch of goods wasnβt given to her, the duck that was already in her mouth would fly away. Li Chun βer had already tasted the sweetness of it, so she was naturally scared. βAlright, Iβll decide whether to continue supplying you after I understand it clearly.β Tang Wen nodded and stood up. βMaster, Chun βer is dirty and doesnβt dare to serve you. However, I still need to quickly understand it. β Li Chun βer said. The next morning, Tang Wen and Qiao Xiao went to the qianye workshop accompanied by bu Feng. The person in charge of receiving Tang Wen was the Li familyβs second Butler, Wu Nong. Qiao Xiao suddenly frowned, but he didnβt say anything. Tang Wen found that the thousand leaves workshop was indeed big. In addition to the dilapidated work shed, there was also a house that occupied three acres. It was a two β story building made of brick and wood, but it was quite old. There were also rows of dilapidated bungalows on the side, and the ground was covered with thick straw. There were also some tattered bamboo mats on the straw, probably for the workers to live in. There were no less than three hundred rooms. βSteward Wu, you used to have a lot of laborers here, right?β Tang Wen asked. βOf course, we donβt just weave here, we also dye. There were also other workshops, such as weaving straw mats and bamboo mats. In fact, there were even workshops for smelting ironware. At their peak, they had more than 800 craftsmen, and at that time, they could produce many rolls of cloth a day. Thousand leaves workshopβs cloth is not only used sparingly, but also sold to the neighboring provinces. β Wu Nong replied. βWhere are the workers now?β Tang Wenβs heart skipped a beat and he asked. βThey stopped work more than ten days ago. Furthermore, they dispersed after cleaning up the cloth and so on.β Wu Nong said. βLetβs go. I heard that your boss still owes them a lot of money? Donβt they want it?β Tang Wen asked. βOf course, itβs impossible for them to not want it. However, the owner doesnβt have any money now. Therefore, he was in a hurry to sell the workshop to them for money. However, the amount was a little too large, and it was difficult to sell it at the moment. Otherwise, the owner wouldnβt have sold it for three hundred thousand taels. β Wu Nong said. βHehe, Iβve heard that those craftsmen even caused trouble and surrounded your bossβs residence. In the end, your boss gave everyone a bucket of rice before the matter settled down. β GE Zi Yun said with a smile. βItβs all the Tang Armyβs doing! That unruly man almost angered the boss to death. However, now that heβs been caught and thrown into prison, itβs really satisfying. β Wu Nong cursed. βHow much money do you owe the workers?β Tang Wen asked. βTens of thousands of taels.β Wu Nong said. βHow many workers are there now?β Tang Wen asked. βMore than 500 points.β Wu Nong replied. βHow about this, I want to see your boss tomorrow and have a detailed chat.β Tang Wen said. βAlright, Iβll go back and report to my boss.β Wu Nong nodded. After he came out, Qiao Xiao leaned over and said in a low voice,βold master, there seems to be a problem.β βWhatβs the problem?β Tang Wen asked.