Chapter 58: The Shop
The maid reported the matter to Wei Yan, and the prince smiled and did not punish her: "I was careless, I will reward you with the silver she gave, and you can go to the Evergreen Building and ask someone to come over and make a few sets of spring clothes for the two of them in a while." β
"Yes." When the maid saw that the prince had not punished and rewarded the silver, she was overjoyed, and invited the people in the Evergreen Building at noon.
After staying in the Jingnan Hou Mansion for a few days, Bai Jin wanted to go out and talk about the shop.
She pulled a little maid who was sweeping the floor in the yard and asked, "Do I need to talk to the prince if I want to go out?" β
The little maid said with a broom: "Miss Bai, if you want to go out, you just need to talk to the concierge, you don't need to report to the prince, but for your safety, someone in the house may follow you out." β
She didn't do anything to steal chickens and dogs, the people of the Hou Mansion followed if they wanted to, and the problem was not very big.
Nodding, she left the house with Bai Qi at dusk.
Although there was no need to inform Wei Yan, the moment she left the Hou Mansion, Wei Yan already knew.
"Don't keep an eye on her, just protect her thoroughly," Wei Yan said with the scroll in his hand, "What is she going out for this time?" β
"If the slave didn't guess wrong, it should be the matter of the shop opposite the Liu family's salt shop." Yunluan Road.
Turning the book to the next page, Wei Yan said, "Have you already talked to that over there?" β
Yun Luan nodded and said: "It has already been said, the shop will be sold according to the previous discussion, the slave checked the account opened by Miss Bai in the money village before, and the silver in it is enough, even if it is really sold at this price, our Hou Mansion will lose a lot." β
The shops in the center of Jingnan City are worth five or six thousand silver, and if the Hou Ye knew about it, they would be sold for one thousand taels of silver......
You must know that the old marquis loves money like life.
Wei Yan glanced at her and hooked the corners of his mouth: "Don't worry, this deal will not be lost." She promised that it would only take a year to drive the Liu family out of Jingnan City. β
What Jingnan needs is a big salt merchant not a Liu family, this position can be changed at any time, the Liu family doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth wants to argue with him, the lesson of the Hong family is the head, these families are not restrained, it seems that killing a chicken can't respect this group of monkeys.
"One year," Yun Luan smacked, "Do you believe that she will only need a year to drive the Liu family out of Jingnan City?" β
"Naturally, you don't believe it," Wei Yan shook his head, "but I want her to try." β
He remembered that day Shangyuan, the perseverance in her eyes when she sat in the pavilion and said this to him, and his heart softened.
Over the years, he has seen a lot of women, but it is the first time he has seen Bai Jin, she wants to be like a Huangshan pine, and the tenacity and fighting strength are something he has never seen from other women.
He was willing to let her try.
And behind Bai Jin is the Jingnan Hou Mansion.
Lowering his head, he unfolded the newly arrived letter, and his eyelids jumped.
When Bai Jin arrived, the shop opposite Liu's salt shop was already about to close, and when he saw Bai Jin coming to the door, the shopkeeper arched his hand and said, "This young lady, the things in our shop have been sold out, and this shop is going to be sold." β
"I'm here to buy the shop," Bai Jin lifted the curtain and said, "If the shopkeeper wants to sell, you might as well tell me the price." β
The shopkeeper blocked the way in front of her, squinted his eyes and said, "What is your surname for this young lady?" β
"Don't give your surname Bai."
"Then please come in."
The shopkeeper then got out of the way and turned into the shop, and Bai Jin also followed.
There is only an empty shell left in this shop, and Bai Jin looked at it, except for a counter, there were only empty shelves, and the shelves seemed to be stained with dust, and they did not look very clean. The shop is quite large, and in addition to the front faΓ§ade, there is a small storeroom in the back that can be used to store things.
"Shopkeeper, what did you sell in this shop before?" Bai Jin asked with some curiosity.
"What else can you sell?" The shopkeeper took out a small box of tea leaves from under the counter and said, "It's impossible for us to sell salt across the street from Liu's salt shop, just sell some antiques and other things." β
"Antiques and stuff," Bai Jin nodded and said, "All sold out?" β
The shopkeeper's hand shook, a few tea leaves fell out, he put down the things in his hand and said, "How can it be that all of them are sold out and all of them have been moved." β
"You just moved out a few days ago?" Bai Jin asked casually.
The shopkeeper nodded and said: "That's right, I know that this shop is easy to rent after the New Year, so I asked people to move all the things first, these shelves can't be moved, if you want to, I will send you." β
After thinking about it, Bai Jin said: "Since this is the case, I will ask for it, and in four days, I will send someone to send the silver ticket over, and you will give him the title deed at that time." β
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." The shopkeeper hurriedly answered.
Bai Jin chatted with the shopkeeper about the store again, and waited until it was dark before leaving.
When I was leaving, I took a look at the Liu family opposite, the Liu family had been closed for a long time, but there seemed to be a light in the house, and from the outside, there was a faint light on.
Bai Jin snorted, it should be someone who is still guarding the shop so late, this is not surprising, but there are a few carriages on both sides of her side that are led slowly by people and turn into a small alley.
Bai Jin is quite familiar with this alley, as long as he walks along this alley to the end, it is the Liu family's salt storage warehouse.
"You wait here for a while, I'll go in and see and come out immediately." Bai Jin whispered.
Bai Qian knew that once her master made a decision, she couldn't persuade her, so she could only say, "Miss, you have to come out as soon as possible." β
Bai Jin answered, and had already quietly walked into the alley with small steps.
During the day, she did not feel the height of the alley, but at night the walls on both sides covered the moon, and the whole alley began to look stiff, and she walked slowly until she saw the carriage stopped in front of her.
Sure enough, this is the Liu family's carriage.
And the Liu family invited so many carriages, so it was only possible that they planned to transport the salt out of Jingnan City.
She saw Steward Yu directing people to load bags of salt into the carriages, and Bai Jin squatted behind the stone lions of a certain family and watched several carriages fill up and leave the alley.
Bai Jin also came out and reconciled with Bai Qi outside, and then followed.
She knew that the people who were following the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion around her found one at random and asked him to go and talk to the prince and ask him to block the city gate and prevent the carriage of the Liu Mansion from going out.
It didn't take long for the guards to come over, saying that the prince had already brought someone over.