Chapter Twenty-Seven: Chibabo
"It's not expensive, but it's hard for us to get 300,000 taels for a while." Tang Wen said.
"Of course it's not expensive, if it were two years ago, Chiba Fang would have to be at least 500,000 taels to win.
Because, the location of the workshop is good, close to Jingluo Street, a prosperous area of Yanling.
The owner's surname is Li, Li Dawang.
In addition to Chibafang, there are also many shops in Yanling. Bu Feng nodded.
"The business of the Li family's shop is probably not very good, right?" Tang Wen said.
"It's still a good master, and you can guess it. That's right, the Li family's tea and some gadgets business is really not very good?
The main reason is that other people's families also have these, and the competition is very fierce, and the things in the Li family's shop are not distinctive.
Recently, I actually poured mirror perfume from Miss Li Chun'er in Piaoxiang Building and resold it.
However, that thing was originally expensive, a mirror was one tael of gold, and a mirror was resold through the Li family's shop for two taels of gold.
It's too expensive, naturally, and few people can afford it. Bu Feng said.
"Erliang, how dare he raise such a high price?" Tang Wen was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, it's doubled, how can anyone buy it?" Bu Feng nodded.
"Nope! You are mistaken. Tang Wen shook his head.
"Wrong, what's wrong?" Bu Feng asked.
"Although the price of that thing is too high to sell, it is estimated that some of it can still be sold. I was thinking that he was probably out of stock. Otherwise, they would not dare to raise such a high price. Tang Wen said.
"Could it be that Li Chun'er raised the price privately?" Bu Feng was stunned and said.
"Possibly! For example, Li Dawang took the goods in Li Chun'er's hand, and a mirror cost one or two and a half dollars of gold, so he had to raise it to two or two. Tang Wen nodded.
"This Li Chun'er, the dog is so daring, he dares to bluff you, the lord, let's not give her the next batch of goods." Bu Feng suddenly became murderous.
"Of course, this matter still needs to be understood. In this way, I'm not busy in the past two days, let's set off to Yanling County now, and take a look at Chiba Fang by the way. Tang Wen said.
So, Qiao Xiao picked a few nursing homes and personally accompanied Tang Wen to Yanling City.
After arriving at Yanling, Ge Ziyun and Bufeng sent Tang Wenzhi out to inquire about the news.
Although the cloth style is good, he doesn't know many words, and he is not as exquisite as Ge Ziyun.
Tang Wen was thinking about sending Ge Ziyun to Yanling, but the accounts on Koh Samui Island needed Ge Ziyun to manage, and he couldn't leave it for a while.
In the evening, Tang Wen took Qiao Xiao straight to Piaoxiang Building.
Seeing Tang Wenlai, Li Chun'er personally greeted him to the backyard, which was Li Chun'er's territory.
It's still an independent small courtyard, of course, it's not big, and the open space outside the courtyard is about 100 square meters.
"Yes, you're rich, aren't you? Otherwise, how could the old bustard give you a small courtyard? Tang Wen said with a smile as he walked.
"She dares not to give it, otherwise, I won't give her dividends." Li Chun'er said with a smug smile.
"The bustard has to beg you, hehe, Li Chun'er, your brain is so smart, it's a pity not to do business." Tang Wen laughed jokingly.
"After all, this is her territory, and I have to give her some money to make a little money.
For example, I have to use her men, otherwise, it's really hard to do.
Of course, these are all given to us by Tang Ye, Chun'er is grateful. Li Chun'er blessed a blessing.
"So, you have to raise the price of the goods? For example, the mirrors were sold for one or two or five dollars? Tang Wen suddenly turned on a blank face and looked at Li Chun'er.
"I didn't, sir, how dare I mess with what you confessed? Haven't you skinned me alive? Li Chun'er's face immediately turned pale and she knelt down.
"No, I heard that Li Dawang from Chiba Fang raised the price of the mirror to two taels of gold. Although you can make more money in this way, it is not good in the long run. If you ruin Benjue's business, are you guilty? Tang Wen looked at Li Chun'er coldly and said.
"I really don't have a lord, I understand what you said now.
Li Dawang didn't take the goods from me, but from other sisters.
My sisters saw that mirror lipsticks could make money, and they all took them from me.
They changed hands again, and a mirror became one or two dollars.
And Li Dawang may still be past the second or third hand, so the price is getting higher and higher.
Still, you've sold out of your goods, and I'm about to call someone to Koh Samui to report and ask the lord to come and settle the bill. Li Chun'er said.
"It's over so soon, the second batch of goods is a lot, can Yanling City eat so many goods?" Tang Wen didn't believe it at all.
"It's not Yanling City, some time ago I met the old master hired Shen Xihe, this person is still a little famous in the provincial capital Jiangzhou, there are more than 100 shops, dealing in antiques and jade, etc.
Every time he came to Yanling, he would come to me for a night and found the mirror lipstick perfume in the room, and he immediately became curious.
Later, I took a small batch back to the provincial capital, but as a result, it was robbed in just a few days.
So, I hurriedly went to Yanling again, that is, a few days ago, he came and took away all the goods in my hand.
Therefore, Yanling City is out of stock at all. Li Chun'er said, opened the cabinet, took out the account and said to the gold, "This batch of goods sold for a total of seven hundred and eighty-five taels of gold, please take a look." ”
"Well, I'd like to know about you. If you dare to deceive me, I won't give you the next delivery. Tang Wen nodded and gave her the silver ticket of the commission, which was also thousands of taels of silver.
"Sir, you are Chun'er's nobleman, and Chun'er has also made a lot of money, how dare you deceive you. If Chun'er has half a lie, my whole family will die, and I will lose my children and grandchildren. Li Chun'er was so anxious that she knelt on the ground and swore an oath.
Recently, he has also earned more than 1,000 taels of silver from Tang Wen, which is more than the amount he earned from receiving customers.
After all, in the year of the famine, Li Chun'er's overnight fee was fifteen or sixteen taels, and the guests naturally had fewer guests, and the money earned by picking up guests was not as much as Tang Wen's commission.
Therefore, in Li Chun'er's eyes, Tang Wen is a God of Wealth.
If the next batch of goods is not given to her, the duck will fly, Li Chun'er has already tasted the sweetness, and is naturally frightened.
"Well, I'll wait until I understand it before I decide whether to continue supplying to you." Tang Wen nodded and stood up.
"Master, Chun'er is dirty, don't dare to serve Lord, Lord, you go slowly. However, the master still hurried to understand clearly. Li Chun'er said.
The next morning, Tang Wen took Qiao Xiao and accompanied by Bu Feng to Chiba Fang, and the person in charge of receiving Tang Wen was the second housekeeper of the Li family, 'Wu Nong'.
Qiao Xiao frowned suddenly, but did not speak.
Tang Wen found that this Chiba Fang is indeed large, and in addition to the dilapidated shed, there is actually a house covering an area of three acres.
Two floors, brick and wood structure, but quite dilapidated.
There are also rows of dilapidated bungalows next to it, and the ground is still covered with thick straw.
There are also some tattered bamboo mats on the straw, which are estimated to be for the workers, no less than 300 rooms.
"Steward Wu, you used to work here a lot, right?" Tang Wen asked.
"Of course, we're not just weaving, we're printing and dyeing here. There are also other workshops, for example, weaving straw mats, bamboo mats.
There were even iron-smelting workshops, and at its peak there were more than 800 craftsmen, and at that time they could produce many pieces of cloth a day.
The cloth of Chiba is not only used in this province, but also sold in the neighboring province. Wu Nong replied.
"And now what about these workers?" Tang Wen's heart moved and asked.
"Work stopped ten days ago, and after cleaning up the cloth and so on, they all dispersed." Wu Nong said.
"Dispersed, I heard that your owner still owes them a lot of wages? Don't they want it? Tang Wen asked.
"Of course, it's impossible not to, but the owner doesn't have any money now.
Therefore, he was anxious to sell the workshop to them for money.
It's just that the amount is a bit large, and it's difficult to sell it for a while.
Otherwise, the owner would not have been able to sell it for 300,000 taels. Wu Nong said.
"Hehe, I've heard that those craftsmen have made trouble and surrounded your owner's house. In the end, your host gave each of you a bucket of rice before the matter was settled. Ge Ziyun said with a smile.
"It's all a good thing done by Tang Jun! That Diao Min almost the owner to death. However, now that he has been arrested and put in prison, he is really happy. Wu Nong scolded.
"How much money do you owe to the workers?" Tang Wen asked.
"Tens of thousands of taels." Wu Nong said.
"How many workers are there now?" Tang Wen asked.
"More than five hundred." Wu Nong replied.
"Well, I'll see your boss tomorrow for a detailed discussion." Tang Wen said.
"Okay, I'll go back and report to the owner." Wu Nong nodded.
After coming out, Qiao Xiao leaned over and lowered his voice and said, "Master, there seems to be a problem." ”
"What's the problem?" Tang Wen asked.