Chapter 1280 Silk
Zhao Shu had been watching closely from the sidelines, and he obviously would not let go of such an opportunity.
The decline of the Zhao family was almost inevitable.
Sure enough, when silk began to be put on the market, more than half of the families who had signed sales contracts with Zhao Mu regretted it.
She would rather pay him double the deposit than sell him the silk again.
Zhao Mu was angry and anxious, but there were too many people who regretted their decision, at least sixteen or seventeen families, and they would rather pay double the deposit. What else could Zhao Mu do?
Can he still go to the government to sue them?
It’s not impossible.
However, a case involving so many families was not easy to judge, and the prefect would never side with him. It took many days to decide the case.
Furthermore, if he dared to tell others, would anyone be willing to cooperate with him in the future? Everyone would have to think twice!
After much deliberation, Zhao Mu had to order the manager of the weaving workshop to find Uncle Qing and want to buy silk from Zheng's mulberry garden.
It's really infuriating! The mulberry leaves in Zheng's mulberry garden are growing very well this year. They are abundant, fresh and lush!
The silkworms raised were white and plump, and seemed to be a circle bigger than in previous years. They produced a lot of silk. The cocoons were snow-white and flawless, and each one was so big that an expert in silk could tell at a glance that they were all top-quality.
The silk production of Zheng's Mulberry Garden this year will probably be about 30% more than last year.
After deducting all the corresponding costs from 30%, that’s more than 200,000 taels of silver!
It is extremely rare to earn more than 200,000 silver coins a year.
Zhao Mu felt aggrieved and depressed.
When Qin found out, she felt as if her heart was being torn out, because this money should have belonged to her and her son!
"It's our family who has taken care of the mulberry garden all these years, otherwise how could the mulberry trees grow so well? This silver should belong to our family, we have to take it back, we can't let them get it for free!"
Zhao Ye was speechless.
Sometimes he would even think that there was something wrong with his mother's brain. Otherwise, why would she always say such ridiculous things?
The mulberry orchard already belongs to someone else. Whether it is good or bad, it has nothing to do with his family. He was very angry, but so what?
Go ask for it from others? That's not enough to make people laugh!
People from the Zhao family came to the door, and Zhao Shu, who had traveled to Hangzhou, Yangzhou and Huzhou, readily agreed to sell it to them, but he wanted a 30% increase on the market price and would not accept partial payment in advance. He wanted the full amount to be paid in one go, otherwise there would be no deal.
Zhao Mu was furious!
Curse and bully others for going too far!
Zhao Ye and Zhao Zhai were also very angry and scolded Zhao Shu for being ungrateful.
Zhao Ye then suggested going to Hangzhou, Huzhou, Suzhou and other places to purchase silk, as he did not believe that he would not be able to get any.
Zhao Zhai immediately said that he could go as well.
Zhao Mu thought this was a possible way, so he agreed.
He had no choice but to sell off some of his treasures and gave each of his sons 100,000 silver coins, asking them to go to Suzhou and Huzhou respectively to buy silk.
He stayed in Yangzhou to look after the weaving workshop, and had to quickly buy back the silk from the silkworm farmers who had not changed their minds so that the weaving workshop could resume operations.
The two sons had to work quickly, otherwise the silk would not be able to keep up and the weaving workshop would not be able to start working.
If we can't start production, how can we deliver the silk orders we placed last year? If we can't deliver the goods, the entire Zhao family will probably lose everything!
(End of this chapter)
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