Chapter 35: The First Step
The Protector General's Mansion is famous and powerful, but what does not match the reputation of Nuo University is the desertion of the mansion.
The return of housekeeper Agui and second young master Ye Xiaochen finally made the cold Ye Mansion a little more angry.
Originally, before Qin Xianghua left last time, he had dismissed a lot of maids and housekeepers, but now with the return of the housekeeper Agui, while Ye Xiaochen was wandering around Kyoto, he recruited a few maids and housekeepers to come back.
After all, the second young master's daily life still needs some manpower to take care of it.
The sun was setting in the west, it was past noon, and after lunch, Ye Xiaochen found the housekeeper Agui who was constantly stretching his legs.
"Uncle Gui, what kind of property does my Ye family have in Kyoto?" Ye Xiaochen looked at Uncle Gui.
"Second young master, my Ye Mansion originally didn't have much industry, and Kyoto has not sent anyone to stay, so there is no industry left in Kyoto, and there are not many places in Changlong." The housekeeper Agui couldn't understand why the second young master was interested in this.
"Uncle Gui, how much money do you have at your disposal at the moment? How much does my mother allow me to dispose of? Ye Xiaochen pondered for a moment, stared at the housekeeper's eyes, and said slowly.
"Uh..." The housekeeper Ah Gui was stunned for a moment, a little unclear what the second young master meant, or what his intentions were.
"Uncle Gui doesn't have to think about it, I just want to know, I have some plans." Ye Xiaochen seemed to see Uncle Gui's worry.
"Madame gave me twenty taels of gold when she came, and as for you, Second Young Master, there are still thirty taels of silver left at your disposal." Ah Gui was a little surprised, the previous second young master didn't think about this, but he still told Ye Xiaochen truthfully.
"There are thirty taels left, which means that my mother let me use fifty taels at will, and my mother really loves me!" Ye Xiaochen didn't expect Qin Xianghua to give him so much freedom, no wonder he asked the housekeeper to give money to the "boss" Liu Quansheng before, and he didn't frown.
The housekeeper Agui still has one hundred and eighty taels of silver left, but for his plan, it is still a drop in the bucket.
It seems that there is a way to get some money! There is still some time.
"Uncle Gui, get me ten taels of silver first." Ye Xiaochen said to the housekeeper Agui.
The housekeeper Ah Gui looked at the second young master carefully, and then took ten taels of silver from the money bag and gave it to Ye Xiaochen.
After Ye Xiaochen thanked the housekeeper, he turned around and walked towards the outside of Ye's mansion.
Yuanlai Inn, this is a place chosen by Ye Xiaochen, firstly, the location here is not very remote, and it is very close to the south gate of Kyoto, and secondly, Ye Xiaochen went in to feel it, this inn business is not very good!
A man in a gorgeous dress wearing a hat walked into the Yuanlai Inn.
"Honored guests, please!" Some old shopkeepers, whose eyes were not dazzling, and their voices were still loud, frightened the innkeeper who was napping, and hurriedly stood up.
The shopkeeper looked at the shopkeeper in charge of the reception a little embarrassed, and felt very uncomfortable, the shopkeeper said that the business is not good, you can't rob me of my work.
The guy completely forgot about the saliva that he had forgotten to wipe off his chin, and the red mark that had been squeezed out.
"Childe, do you stay there?" The old shopkeeper had a gentle face.
Ye Xiaochen looked at the pen that the old shopkeeper had stopped, as well as the half-written words, and also smiled at the old shopkeeper, but he shook his head.
"Son, are you here to eat?" The old shopkeeper was a little disappointed, most of the rooms in his inn had been vacant for a month.
However, the old shopkeeper's expectant eyes only changed to Ye Xiaochen's shaking his head again.
"Old man, you misunderstood!" Ye Xiaochen finally spoke, before the anger in the old shopkeeper's eyes was not magnified.
"Are you the owner of this inn?" Ye Xiaochen looked at the old man who was already this age, but was still struggling.
"Uh...... Decay is exactly. I wonder what happened to Childe? The old shopkeeper replied with some doubts.
Ye Xiaochen smiled mysteriously at the old shopkeeper, and this time he didn't answer.
"Shopkeeper, your inn business is not very good, right?" Ye Xiaochen changed the topic.
"Uh... How can it be, it's just that there are few people coming now, and our guests here are often full at night. The old shopkeeper blushed and emphasized.
"You don't have to be wary of me." Ye Xiaochen looked at the old shopkeeper with burning eyes, "I want to buy this inn of yours!" ”
When the old shopkeeper heard Ye Xiaochen say this, his eyes lit up.
If this young man really wants to buy his own inn, then he finally transfers this hot potato, which is already very good.
"Oh? I don't know what price Childe is going to ......," the old shopkeeper said with a deliberate pause.
Ye Xiaochen quietly looked at the old shopkeeper with hope in his eyes, and the index fingers of his hands made a "cross" in the air.
The old shopkeeper frowned, "Ten? "Is it ten taels of gold, then I will be too much of a loss, I spent four hundred taels of silver on this inn at the beginning, plus the messy decoration and the like, at least more than five hundred silver was invested.
As for the possibility that this "ten" may be other numbers, the old shopkeeper did not think about it.
"Young man, your sincerity is obviously insufficient, only ten taels of gold, but it is less than one-fifth of the cost of my inn." The old shopkeeper's tone was a little contemptuous.
"Shopkeeper, you're wrong, the cross I'm comparing is not ten taels of gold." Ye Xiaochen corrected the innkeeper's wrong idea.
"Not ten taels of gold? That's a lot, it's not ten taels of silver! The innkeeper also didn't have an answer in his heart, so he said it casually.
"Smack!" Ye Xiaochen snapped his fingers when the old shopkeeper finished speaking, making the old shopkeeper who had just finished speaking stunned.
"The old shopkeeper is right, it's ten taels of silver!" Ye Xiaochen replied very seriously.
Then Ye Xiaochen enjoyed a scene like a chameleon, what was constantly changing was the face and expression of the old shopkeeper.
"Xiaohu, what are you still doing in a daze, sending off guests!" After all, he is an old man with deep experience, and he is stunned to tie the rope to his anger.
Because Ye Xiaochen's clothes are extraordinary, and because of Ye Xiaochen's calm look.
The innkeeper next to him, who had been in a fugue state, was woken up by the old shopkeeper's voice, and hurriedly came to Ye Xiaochen, and was about to reach out to lead him.
Ye Xiaochen looked at the blackened old shopkeeper whose face was already a little suffocated, and he couldn't bear it.
"Why, can I bring this half-dead inn back to life, and the old shopkeeper doesn't need it?" Ye Xiaochen calmly looked at the innkeeper's hand stretched out to him.
"Xiaohu, stand down!" The old shopkeeper's eyes flashed.
"Is that true?" The old shopkeeper looked at Ye Xiaochen carefully, word by word.
"Naturally, it's true!" Ye Xiaochen smiled proudly.
When the old shopkeeper heard this, his eyes still never left Ye Xiaochen, especially his eyes and demeanor, which did not seem to be fake, it was a kind of confidence in the wisdom bead in his hand! He couldn't help but believe it!