I Am The Landlord In Another World-Chapter 28
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โItโs not expensive, but itโs hard for us to come up with three hundred thousand taels in a short time. โ Tang Wen said. โOf course itโs 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 bossโs surname was Li, Li Dawang. In addition to qianye workshop, they have also opened many shops in Yanling. โ Bu Feng said with a nod. โThe Li familyโs shopโs business is probably not that good, right?โ Tang Wen said. โOld master is still the best, you guessed it right. Thatโs right, the Li familyโs 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 Liโs shop were not special. Recently, he had actually been reselling mirror perfume from Li Chun โer 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 familyโs shop, a mirror would cost two taels of gold. Itโs too expensive, so naturally, not many people can afford it. โ Bu Feng said. โTwo taels? how dare he raise the price so high?โ Tang Wen was stunned. โThatโs right. Itโs doubled. Who would buy it?โ Bu Feng said with a nod. โNo! Youโre wrong. โ Tang Wen shook his head. โWrong? where did I go wrong?โ Bu Feng asked. โAlthough itโs not easy to sell that thing if the price is raised, I think we can still sell a part of it. Iโm thinking that he probably doesnโt have any. Otherwise, they wouldnโt have dared to raise the price so high. โ Tang Wen said. โCould it be that Li Chun โer raised the price on her own?โ Bu Feng said, startled. โItโs possible! For example, if li Dawang took goods from Li Chun โer and a mirror cost one tael and five maces of gold, he had to raise it to two taels a mirror. โ Tang Wen nodded. โThis Li Chun โer is too gutsy. How dare she lie to you, Lord Jue. We donโt have to give her the next batch of goods.โ Bu Fengโs killing intent instantly surged. โOf course, we still have to find out more about this. How about this, Iโm not busy these two days. Letโs set off for Yanling County now and take a look at qianye workshop on the way. โ 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 โ 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 couldnโt leave for the time being. In the evening, Tang Wen brought Qiao Xiao to the wafting fragrance restaurant. Seeing Tang Wen, Li Chun โer 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. โNot bad, youโre rich, arenโt you? Otherwise, why would the brothel Madame be willing to give you a small courtyard?โ Tang Wen said with a smile as he walked. โShe dared not to give it to me. Otherwise, I wonโt give her any more.โ Li Chun โer smiled smugly. โEven the brothel keeper has to beg you. Hehe, Li Chun โer, with such a quick โ witted brain, itโll be a pity if you donโt go into business.โ Tang Wen joked. โThis 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 wonโt work. Of course, this is all given to us by you, young master Tang. Chun โer is extremely grateful. โ Li Chun โer bowed and said. โSo, you have no choice but to increase the price of the goods? For example, the mirror is sold for one tael and five coins?โ Tang Wen suddenly pulled a long face and looked at Li Chun โer. โI didn โt, Lord Jue. How would I dare to mess around with the things youโve instructed me to do? Arenโt you going to skin this servant alive?โ Li Chun โerโs face turned pale and she knelt down. โNo, 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?โ Tang Wen looked at Li Chun โer coldly and said. โI really donโt have a Lord. I understand what youโre saying now. Li Dawang didnโt 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. โ Li Chun โer said. โItโs finished so quickly. The second batch of goods is quite a lot. Can Yanling city eat so many goods?โ Tang Wen didnโt believe it at all. โNot in Yanling city. Some time ago, I met the old masterโs 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. โ Li Chun โer said. She opened the cabinet, took out the accounts and gold, and said,โthis batch of goods was sold for a total of seven hundred and eighty โ five taels of gold. Please take a look, Lord Jue.โ โYes, I want to know more about you. If you dare to lie to me, I wonโt give you the next batch of goods. โ Tang Wen nodded and gave her the silver notes, which were worth thousands of taels of silver. โLord Jue, you are Chun โerโs benefactor, and Chunโ er has also earned quite a bit, so how would I dare to deceive you? If Chun โer lies, my entire family will die, and I will have no descendants. โ Li Chun โer 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 โerโs 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 Wenโs Commission. Therefore, in Li Chun โerโs eyes, Tang Wen was a God of Fortune. If the next batch of goods wasnโt given to her, the duck that was already in her mouth would fly away. Li Chun โer had already tasted the sweetness of it, so she was naturally scared. โAlright, Iโll decide whether to continue supplying you after I understand it clearly.โ Tang Wen nodded and stood up. โMaster, Chun โer is dirty and doesnโt dare to serve you. However, I still need to quickly understand it. โ Li Chun โer 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 familyโs second Butler, Wu Nong. Qiao Xiao suddenly frowned, but he didnโt 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 โ 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. โSteward Wu, you used to have a lot of laborers here, right?โ Tang Wen asked. โOf course, we donโt 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 workshopโs cloth is not only used sparingly, but also sold to the neighboring provinces. โ Wu Nong replied. โWhere are the workers now?โ Tang Wenโs heart skipped a beat and he asked. โThey stopped work more than ten days ago. Furthermore, they dispersed after cleaning up the cloth and so on.โ Wu Nong said. โLetโs go. I heard that your boss still owes them a lot of money? Donโt they want it?โ Tang Wen asked. โOf course, itโs impossible for them to not want it. However, the owner doesnโt 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 wouldnโt have sold it for three hundred thousand taels. โ Wu Nong said. โHehe, Iโve heard that those craftsmen even caused trouble and surrounded your bossโs residence. In the end, your boss gave everyone a bucket of rice before the matter settled down. โ GE Zi Yun said with a smile. โItโs all the Tang Armyโs doing! That unruly man almost angered the boss to death. However, now that heโs been caught and thrown into prison, itโs really satisfying. โ Wu Nong cursed. โHow much money do you owe the workers?โ Tang Wen asked. โTens of thousands of taels.โ Wu Nong said. โHow many workers are there now?โ Tang Wen asked. โMore than 500 points.โ Wu Nong replied. โHow about this, I want to see your boss tomorrow and have a detailed chat.โ Tang Wen said. โAlright, Iโll go back and report to my boss.โ Wu Nong nodded. After he came out, Qiao Xiao leaned over and said in a low voice,โold master, there seems to be a problem.โ โWhatโs the problem?โ Tang Wen asked.