Chapter 3 Own Shops (2)
Suzaku Street is the center point of Chang'an City, leading directly to Suzaku Gate, 100 steps wide, and the shops of the Yu family are in the center of Suzaku Street.
Chang'an Avenue is not very far from Suzaku Street, and Yingluo arrived in half an hour by carriage. After getting off the carriage, the three floors in front of him are Huarong stores, and at the main entrance of the store, the word Huarong on the plaque looks vigorous and powerful.
Yingluo walked to the house with Zichai, and the shopkeeper Cui was in front of the counter, and when he saw Yingluo coming in, he hurriedly came out to greet Yingluo, "Young master, please on the second floor." ”
So far, everyone in the store thinks that Yingluo is the son of Master Yu, and they don't know that she is a daughter, so they are called the young master.
"Yes." Yingluo nodded and went up to the second floor. The second floor is divided into two, separated by a staircase, and is used partly for the pantry and partly for silk storage, so that guests can come in and choose fabrics to rest their feet or wait for the seating at the checkout, with a total of three cubicles and a few tables outside the hall. Because their supply is complete and the fabric is good, there is a lot of customer mobility.
The third floor is only for the purpose of receiving distinguished guests. It's not that the status is high enough, but the face is big enough.
Yingluo walked into the first cubicle and sat on a stool, Zichai poured a cup of tea for her young lady, and then stood behind Yingluo. Then, the shopkeeper Cui took the account book and went up to the second floor and entered the cubicle, without closing the door, so that it was convenient to see the situation in the store.
"Shopkeeper Cui, how is the business in the past half month?" Yingluo took a sip of tea and asked.
"This..."Shopkeeper Cui didn't know how to speak, and his face was a little abnormal.
Yingluo looked at the expression of the shopkeeper Cui, and didn't ask anything, just took the account book, turned a few pages, and then her face changed. Obviously, I just came here in the middle of last month, and the business is still good, why is it only a short half month, but it has fallen so much? Yingluo threw the account book directly on the table, and the tea was shaken and splashed with water droplets.
"Can shopkeeper Cui explain to me what's going on?" Yingluo raised her eyes and looked at the nervous expression of Shopkeeper Cui.
"The young master may not have paid attention when he came, but a new shop has opened not far away, which is also a fabric business, and, and..."
"How?" Yingluo asked impatiently.
Shopkeeper Cui glanced at Yingluo, lowered his head and said, "The quality of this batch of goods in Suzhou and Hangzhou is not as good as before. ”
People say that there is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below. The scenery of Suzhou and Hangzhou is extremely beautiful, but Suzhou and Hangzhou are also rich in silk, and the workmanship requirements for silk are very fine, and the source of the jade family is the family of flowers active in Suzhou and Hangzhou. For the Hua family, there have been hundreds of years of origin, the ancestors are dedicated to the palace to pay tribute to silk, if it is not for the old man Yu went down to the south of the Yangtze River to meet the then head of the family Hua Tianxiong, the two of them became friends of life and death by mistake, how can Yuchi Feng achieve his own silk business all over Chang'an.
There have been no problems for so many years, and now what's going on?
"Are all the goods defective?" Yingluo thought for a moment and asked.
"Mostly." Shopkeeper Cui replied in a low voice.
"Do you still have the cloth from before?" Yingluo frowned.
"There are still some that should last a few days."
"That's it, let's sell the previous goods first, and leave a few horses for me this time, and all the others will be transferred to Huaxiao and Xiaoqu. As for the new fabric business, let me think again. Yingluo thought for a moment, "Now let's find a few guys and move them all to the carriage and send them to Huaxiao and Xiaoqu, I'll wait here." ”
"Yes, the little one will do it right away." Shopkeeper Cui hurriedly left.
This time, only Zichai and Yingluo were left, and Yingluo looked at the tea in front of her.
"Miss." Yingluo called.
"What should it be called?" When Yingluo heard this, she asked rhetorically.
"Uh, Childe." Zichai hurriedly changed his words.
"Yes, let's talk about it." Yingluo nodded.
"Why do you want to sell it in a lower store? Wouldn't it be nice to sell it at a low price right here? Zichai voiced her problem.
"The people who come to Huarong don't look at the price, they don't lack that money, and the most important thing is whether the quality of the cloth is good. If you sell it at a low price here, it will affect the reputation of the store. Huarong has a threshold, and not everyone is allowed to enter. Yingluo explained.
"Then why do you want to do it in Hanaxiao and Xiaoqu? The highest price there is less than the cost price of this batch of products, wouldn't it be better to negotiate with them directly and return it to them? Zichai continued.
"Hey, you haven't learned to be smart after following me for so long, how can you follow me to fight the world for your father in the future?" Yingluo feigned disappointment.
"Don't, don't dislike me, Childe, I'll study hard." Zichai hurriedly said.
"That's good, how much I lose, I promise him to pay me double." Yingluo seemed to think of something.
After a while, the shopkeeper Cui came over with a list.
"Young master, this is the document for the goods." Shopkeeper Cui handed it to Yingluo.
"Yes, that's it for today. Keep an eye on the store and I'll come back in a few days. With that, Yingluo stood up and walked downstairs, followed by Zichai and Shopkeeper Cui.
Walking out the door, Yingluo and Zichai got into a carriage and drove towards the Huaxiao shop on Anshang Street.
When Yingluo arrived at the flower shop, the carriage loaded with silk had already arrived. The shopkeeper of the flower shop is a woman, named Yun Niang, thirty years old, although she is a, but the charm still exists.
"The young master is here, what is this for?" Yun Niang greeted her and pointed to this batch of silk.
"Yun Niang, I'll give you a good business." Yingluo smiled slightly.
"The young master thought of me this time, there must be something for me to do." Yun Niang is very smart, and she is also the shopkeeper who has followed Yuchi Peak for a few years, she is sleek and has a business mind, so the flower shop is not a worry.
"Good business indeed." Yingluo said as she walked into the house, "I have sent you fine silk, don't you want it a long time ago?" ”
Hanashi is not very small, in addition to the bottom layer, there is another layer above, and there are people with a slightly more prominent status in each place, and they will choose places that look a little more atmospheric if they don't want to lower their status.
"I saw the silk, it is indeed better than my here, but I can't sell it here for such a price, how does the young master plan to let me sell it?" Yun Niang asked.
"Yun Niang is so smart, she should know how to deal with it. But I don't need to bother you, this method of selling is that as long as a person buys five horses of cloth of second grade or above, he will sell his good horse at the lowest price. Yingluo spoke.
"The young master is really smart, five pieces of second-class cloth plus this one is good, the price is only a little higher than Huarong, and it is enough to buy several sets of clothes for the whole family, I am afraid that everyone wants to take advantage of such a bargain." Yun Niang was stunned for a moment, and then reacted again, sure enough, this young master is really a business material.
"It's good that Yun Niang understands, I still have to send someone to Xiaoqu, so I left first, and I'll come back in a few days to see Yun Niang's results." Yingluo stood up and walked out with Zichai.
On the carriage, Zichai almost threw herself on Yingluo's five bodies, but her own young lady only started to help the old man take care of the business this year, and now everything is handled in an orderly manner, no wonder the young lady said that she is stupid, and she is really not very smart.
"Well, it's almost noon, we have to hurry to Xiaoqu, and then rush back to the house, I'm a little hungry." Yingluo opened the window to look at the sun, rubbed her stomach and said.