Chapter 1279: Eating melons and watching the fun
Fortunately, she has made a lot of good things over the years, so if she has no money, she can pawn them.
She couldn't bear to part with those beautiful jewellery, so she picked out several porcelain vases and jade ornaments and asked Zhao Zhai to pawn them for silver.
He felt distressed holding the things and scolded Zhao Shu again.
Zhao Zhai took these things to the pawnshop.
He is just like Qin, neither of them has any talent and can't recognize good things.
I don’t know if a single pair of flower-and-bird enamel porcelain vases can be pawned for at least 50,000 silver coins, and another jade mountain with pine, crane, landscape and figures can be pawned for 40,000 taels. These two items alone are enough.
The pawnshop owner and the clerks all have a pair of sharp eyes. They can not only see the quality of the goods, but also see people accurately.
After just a few words and observing his expression, I could tell that this young man was a dissolute prodigal son who knew nothing.
The playboys and prodigals are all fat sheep that come to your doorstep. It would be a shame not to kill them.
As a result, several items in Zhao Zhai's hands, which could have been pawned for at least 180,000 taels of silver, were only pawned for 80,000 taels.
After collecting the 100,000 silver coins, Zhao Zhai had to go to Sang Yuan with a sullen face to apologize, accompanied by housekeeper Zhao.
The person who received him was Uncle Qing, which made Zhao Zhai even more angry and humiliated, as if Uncle Qing was a traitorous slave.
Uncle Qing found the look in his eyes ridiculous. He was a member of the Zheng family, but had never been a servant of the Zhao family!
Zhao Zhai apologized, paid the money, and left in embarrassment.
Zhao Shu just watched the fun and had enough.
The Zhao family has been through so many incidents one after another, and has been forced to pay compensation and cut off their own flesh and blood time and time again. Their property must have been almost wiped out by half, right?
If things don't go well with the silk business this year, his wealth will shrink rapidly and his foundation will be shaken. He will forget about keeping the title of the richest man in Yangzhou and may fall into decline as quickly as a landslide.
Within two days, Zhao Shu asked Uncle Qing to send people to negotiate with the Zhao family, and declared openly and confidently that not a single silk produced by Zheng's mulberry garden would be sold to the Zhao family!
What Zheng’s Manor said is indeed reasonable - your Zhao family is so insidious and vicious that you even want to burn down other people’s mulberry gardens. Why should they still do business with you?
Zhao Mu was angry, furious and hateful, but he could not openly blame Zheng's estate.
He also wants to save face!
So he scolded Zhao Zhai severely at home, and then started looking for other families who planted mulberry trees and raised silkworms.
Zhao Mu's behavior towards his wife and son was despised by others, but he had become wealthy for so many years thanks to the Zheng family and remained the richest man in Yangzhou, which had long been envied and jealous.
Now that he is in trouble, there are many people who want to step on him hard, either openly or secretly.
Therefore, his attempt to sign the purchase contract and buy the silk first did not go so smoothly.
The price was artificially inflated, and the seller insisted on full payment.
If he is not willing to pay the full amount, then he will not sell it.
Anyway, there is no problem selling silk!
Zhao Mu was angry and resentful but there was nothing he could do. He had to grit his teeth and pay the full amount!
Anyway, it’s only this year, so he will make preparations early next year, and his own mulberry fields will produce the year after.
However, the cash flow was simply not enough. Not only was there no money left on the books, but the company was also forced to sell some of its collections.
The danger brought about by the interruption of cash flow is extremely serious. If there is any mistake, the Zhao family will be doomed.
Mountains collapsed and the earth cracked!
(End of this chapter)
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