This person didn't hesitate or consider anything before saying those words; they just blurted them out.
Su Luo couldn't help but look at his hand that slammed on the table.
There are deep calluses on the tiger's mouth, and there are stains that cannot be washed off under the fingernails.
Although dressed in fine clothes, these subtle details reveal a person's true nature.
At this moment, Su Luo sneered inwardly, finally realizing that these people were shills hired by the Qian family.
"Eleven taels per mu?" Su Luo pretended to consider.
Turning to the other two, he asked, "What about you two? Are you still interested in seizing Qingjiang Manor?"
While turning her head, Su Luo secretly glanced at the two people's shoes again.
They were all wearing coarse cloth shoes, one person's shoes, and they were covered in wood ash from the kitchen.
Clothes can be changed, but shoes that fit won't be found so quickly.
So, these people were plotting against her.
“Madam Qian, I have long coveted this estate. Why don’t you sell it to me? I’ll offer twelve taels.”
"Madam Qian, we cannot sell to them, even though the price they offered is already higher than the market price."
But their financial resources are not as good as mine. If I sell it to them, I don't know when I will be able to raise the money.
"Why not sell it to me? I can gather all the money and give it to you at once."
The person surnamed Deng has much better acting skills than the previous two, and he also knows how to act indirectly.
Madam Qian lowered her head and remained silent, seemingly unconcerned about how much silver Qingjiang Manor could fetch.
Lu Yuanzhong did all the talking.
"The highest bidder wins. As long as you offer the most silver, Qingjiang Manor will be yours."
Lu Yuanzhong had been paying close attention to Su Luo's reaction.
No matter what price his own people quoted, Su Luo was neither surprised nor frowned; his young face remained calm.
However calm she appeared on the surface, Su Luo was still just a woman.
It was just good luck that I got that Shuiqing Manor.
“I’ll offer thirteen taels per mu. Does Steward Lu agree?”
"Oh……"
Upon hearing this, Su Luo suddenly smiled, picked up the teacup, and took a small sip.
Why is Lady Su laughing?
Lu Yuanzhong asked Su Luo with a curious look.
Su Luo remained calm, ignoring Lu Yuanzhong, and directly asked Madam Qian.
"Madam Qian, what are your thoughts on the Qingjiang Manor matter?"
Madam Qian raised her eyes weakly and said, "As long as it's not lower than the market price and I can get the money in one go, I'll listen to Yuanzhong about everything else."
Su Luo could see that Madam Qian was getting restless; her annoyed expression was impossible to hide.
“Madam Su, if you are truly interested in buying Qingjiang Manor, please make an offer. If it is higher than these three gentlemen, I can persuade my sister to make a deal with you.”
After doing the math, Su Luo said, "Okay, I'll offer eight taels per mu!"
The five of them looked at Su Luo in surprise. Why was the plot not developing as they had expected?
Is this woman stupid? Everyone else is raising prices, but she's going to lower them.
What kind of business can you possibly achieve by doing things this way?
"Lady Su, are you joking?"
Lu Yuanzhong's smile vanished abruptly, and his attitude towards Su Luo diminished by half.
Madam Qian stared at Su Luo in confusion. Eight taels of silver was indeed too little. She knew that an acre of land could sell for ten taels on the market.
Su Luo wasn't annoyed, but spoke slowly.
"Madam Qian hasn't visited Qingjiang Manor in a long time, you may not know that."
A while ago, heavy rains caused the river to rise rapidly. The fields and embankments on both sides of the river near Qingjiang Village were left unrepaired and were washed away by the river.
There are a lot of stones washed into the field now. If I buy it, I'll have to hire people to rebuild the field embankment and collect the stones from at least ten acres of land.
Not only is it costly in terms of manpower and financial resources, but it's also too late to plant rice this year.
There are also ten acres of land near the two small hills in Qingjiang Village, but the mud is very shallow and cannot be considered fertile land.
"It's at best a lower-middle-class field, and a lower-middle-class field is only worth seven taels of silver, as you know."
Madam Qian frowned deeply; Qingjiang Manor was their family's largest asset.
Fields near rivers have both advantages and disadvantages; the advantage is that they are always flooded.
The downside is that if the paddy field embankments are not repaired in advance during the rainy season, they are very likely to be washed away by the river, just like the situation Su Luo described.
She wouldn't have chosen to sell the stake if her husband and son hadn't gotten sick.
“Madam Su, it’s true that the lower-grade land costs seven taels of silver, but we also have seventy mu of upper-grade land. So, when you calculate it this way, the other ten mu can be ignored.”
"Besides, if Master Deng can offer thirteen taels per mu, it's not appropriate for you to offer only eight taels."
Su Luo chuckled and turned to look at the three men who called themselves "Master".
"Did you gentlemen dare to make an offer to buy Qingjiang Manor without even having visited it?"
Do you know how many weeds grew there, and how many fields were destroyed by the flood?
"You dare to offer such a high price right off the bat; disrupting the market is not a good thing."
The group looked at each other, taken aback by Su Luo's words.
Their lines didn't match the ones they had practiced, and they didn't know how to respond.
“Madam Su, even if several acres of fields in Qingjiang Village were destroyed by the flood, it will still be a whole village when it is repaired.”
It's understandable that these gentlemen are interested. If you're also interested, a higher offer is perfectly acceptable, and we can discuss it further.
Lu Yuanzhong's words seemed to be on Su Luo's side, but Su Luo could see right through him.
"Steward Lu, Madam Qian, you can't say that. We're all here today for Qingjiang Manor, so we should compete fairly."
In business, you shouldn't favor anyone; our prices are what they are.
"That's right, the agreement was that the highest bidder wins, so why can't you treat them differently?"
"Steward Lu, Madam Qian, we cannot give this young lady special treatment just because she is a woman. We have come with sincere intentions."
"I can offer a little more silver; we absolutely cannot let Old Deng seize this estate."
The group started putting on an act again; staying with them any longer would be a waste of my time.
Su Luo stood up and patted off non-existent dust.
"Madam Qian, I have said all I need to say. Eight taels of silver per mu. You will receive the land deed in one hand and the silver in the other."
If you want to get the money quickly, and someone is interested in buying your estate,
In the entire Yongle County, no one but me has that kind of power.
Yongle County is not without people; there are wealthy merchants with assets exceeding a thousand taels of silver.
But they believed that doing business was more profitable than buying a estate, and the money would come in faster.
Since we already own a estate, we might as well invest the money we would have spent on buying it.
"Madam Qian, that's all for today. If you really want to sell but can't find a suitable buyer, you can go to Ji'an Hall and talk to the young pharmacists there. They will naturally find me."
Also, next time I come to your house, I'll only talk to you. Don't bring those actors here again.
Goodbye!
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