Chapter 18: Buying a Shop with a Big Spend
Regarding Leng Qianqian's plan, although Yin Xu felt that surpassing Jinxiu Pavilion was not reliable, it should not be difficult to make money.
After all, didn’t Ye Qiongying also run the shop herself and make money quickly?
In Yin Xu's opinion, Leng Qianqian is much more likable than Ye Qiongying, and of course more suitable for doing business.
Therefore, he fully agreed with Leng Qianqian's decisions.
Yin Xu took out three thousand taels of the five thousand taels of silver that he had just borrowed from Ye Qiongying on an IOU and put them in the accounting office in the mansion for withdrawal, and gave the remaining two thousand taels to Leng Qianqian.
That’s quite a lot.
Leng Qianqian didn't know the story behind the silver. Seeing Yin Xu's generosity, she really thought that the Marquis' Mansion was actually quite wealthy. Account books are account books, and who doesn't have some hidden income?
She took the silver and went out happily with her maids and servants.
Before they open a shop, they have a complete plan, including how to run the business, who the target group is, what to prepare in the early stage, how much money to invest, and how much to set the price if they want to make a profit later...
Leng Qianqian didn't consider any of these questions. Her first step was to buy a shop.
She doesn't want a house that is in a remote location, a house that is small, or even a house that has a structure that is not pleasing to her eyes.
Finally I chose one.
The location is really good, not far from her biggest competitor, Jinxiu Pavilion, just on the same street!
The area is large, the house is bright and the decoration is exquisite.
But if these conditions are met, the price will naturally not be low.
A shop near the outskirts of Beijing can be bought for around 40 taels.
A better location in the center of the capital can be acquired for a few hundred taels.
but……
What is Jinxiu Pavilion? It is a shop frequented by the families of dignitaries. Like Chunfenglou, a famous tavern, it is the face of the capital!
How can this street not be valuable?
The shops here are naturally not cheap.
The minimum starting price is at least one thousand taels of silver, and it also depends on whether the other party is willing to sell it!
It is extremely lucky to find such a shop that is selling it.
When I asked the price again, it was 1,500 taels of silver! And they still refused to lower the price.
Leng Qianqian has been looking for a shop outside these days. She has already asked around and knows that if she tells the price, there will be many people willing to buy it.
So, the one who was anxious was not the shop owner, but her.
After much hesitation, Leng Qianqian gritted her teeth and bought the shop. She also hired a few maids to work, and she had less than five hundred yuan left.
In the marquis's mansion, Ye Qiongying carefully wiped the weapon in her hand and placed it on the weapon rack, then she took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off her forehead.
I have been exercising every day these days, and my previous martial arts skills have been restored to a lot. I feel that my body, which had been stiff for three years, has become flexible again.
Hearing Wen Ping's report, Ye Qiongying smiled:
"Really? She only had two thousand taels of silver, and she actually used most of it to buy a shop?"
"Really?" Wen Ping was also speechless, "Master, I think you will have to come back with an IOU in a year to collect the five thousand taels of silver."
Even Wenping, a maid, understands that there are many things to consider when doing business.
Leng Qianqian wants to sell clothes. Doesn't she need to purchase fabrics? Doesn't she need to hire more embroiderers to make clothes? And there are other miscellaneous expenses in the store. It's not as simple as running a shop.
Leng Qianqian wants to surpass Jinxiu Pavilion, so she should go for the high-end route and do business with high-ranking officials, right?
In this case, the fabric and craftsmanship must not be bad.
But good fabrics are hard to find and the prices are not cheap.
It is even harder to find a good embroiderer. Most families will train their own embroiderers, and there are very few who work outside.
Leng Qianqian spent most of the money as soon as she came up. What should she do next? She really didn't consider it at all.
"fine,"
Ye Qiongying was not in a hurry at all. She had just exercised and her cheeks were flushed with a healthy blush. She looked radiant and much more beautiful than her previous well-behaved image.
"Now that we have sold this shop to her, we have already made several hundred taels. When her business fails in the future, we go to the Marquis' Mansion to collect the debt, can't we ask Yin Xu to use the shop as collateral? This shop is a return, and we can make money for free, and we don't have to worry about running it."
That's right.
The shop that Leng Qianqian just bought at a high price was one of the ones that Ye Qiongying was going to dispose of.
Wen Ping grew up in the Ye family and didn't worry about money. She smiled when she heard this and then said:
“We have arranged for the staff to go there, and there are also our people in Leng Qianqian’s yard.
She is quite petty, but she is basically targeting the Marquis, or the pretty maids. Others... just need to flatter her to gain her favor and closeness, and it is too easy to place people there."
Ye Qiongying nodded to show that she understood, and then said:
"Well done. Next, let them coax this future marquis' wife and let her know how annoying my presence is. I am so annoying that she wants to drive me away immediately."
Ye Qiongying was not worried that the high hatred value would attract Leng Qianqian's murderous intent.
The current Leng Qianqian is not yet the new lady who has integrated into this world in a few years. She is not that courageous yet, and at the beginning she only dared to attack Ye Qiongying's reputation.
Not to mention that Ye Qiongying considered herself not a fool. She had already been on guard against those two dogs, so how could she fall for their trick?
Moreover, the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery is not nearly as powerful as it will be in the future, and the Ye family’s connections have not yet been handed over to Yin Xu!
Want her life?
Not to mention Leng Qianqian, even Lord Yin Xu would have to think twice.
If you can't kill it, you can only drive it away.
This was exactly the result Ye Qiongying wanted.
The person Wenping arranged to go there was indeed quite capable.
Leng Qianqian had just got a good shop and was feeling very proud of herself. She felt that she could defeat Jinxiu Pavilion tomorrow and stand at the top of the capital. Then she heard that the shop assistants mistook her for Ye Qiongying.
After all, she claimed to be Yin Xu's wife and directly asked others to call her Madam. She was also from the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery. In this case, wasn't that Ye Qiongying's identity?
Leng Qianqian had to ask her maid to go over and explain awkwardly that this shop had nothing to do with Ye Qiongying.
But this also reminded her.
She has no name or status now, and the money to open the shop came from the Marquis' Mansion. In order to express her love for Yin Xu and her kindness, Leng Qianqian naturally would not act as if she wanted to take the shop for herself, but instead registered it under Yin Xu's name.
Thus……
What if the shop gets bigger and bigger in the future, can Ye Qiongying also get involved in the business by relying on their status as husband and wife?
Leng Qianqian suddenly felt unwilling.
She had worked so hard to build her business, she couldn't let Ye Qiongying reap the fruits of her labor!
She was already in a bad mood. When she returned to the Marquis' Mansion and before she even entered the yard, Leng Qianqian heard some vague voices coming from nearby, but they were not very clear.
She was curious and could not help but move closer and listen carefully:
"The Marquis still cares about his wife, otherwise why would he be so unwilling to marry Miss Leng? I think that although Miss Leng is favored now, her future... is hard to say!"
Leng Qianqian frowned and was about to get angry, but then she heard another voice.