Chapter 233 Selling at a Loss
When the workshop business is really established, the facts will be presented in front of you, which will be better than thousands of words at that time.
And now, it is indeed as Su Yujin guessed, the weaving workshop is doing good business and the wages are high, so the Hong sisters are naturally willing to do the work themselves.
Su Yujin's face was full of smiles. "I think there's no time to lose. I'll take you to find Manager Feng right now."
Seeing that Su Yujin agreed very straightforwardly, Hong Qiuyue and Hong Qiuyan stood up quickly and said, "Thank you very much, Miss Su."
They can earn more money, which will help their younger brother to gain more property in the future, and also allow their grandmother to get better medicine, so that their parents can rest more at ease in their graves.
"You're welcome, both of you."
Su Yujin brought mugwort and led the Hong sisters to the workshop.
To get from Su Yujin's home to the Yongfu weaving workshop, one has to walk along the main street of the county town for a while. The weather is warm at this time, and there are many merchants going to and leaving Beijing. Many of them stop in Qinghe, so Qinghe County is quite lively at this time.
Su Yujin and his group were walking when they were stopped by someone. "Excuse me, I want to ask about someone."
The man was about thirty years old, wearing a satin dress, short and slightly fat. There was a carriage parked next to him. He looked like a businessman. Such people were very common in Qinghe County at that time and were not very noticeable.
"Please speak." Su Yujin bowed.
"I would like to ask if there was a family nearby who was very good at weaving cloth?" Fang Dacong asked with a bow.
"There used to be many people who knew how to weave cloth around here, and their skills were excellent. There was even a weaving workshop. I wonder which one you are asking about?" Su Yujin raised her eyebrows slightly.
Fang Dacong said, "They are a pair of sisters. They used to sell cloth on the street. Their prices were cheaper than other families. I am looking for that family, but I don't know where they are or their names, so I want to find out a little bit."
Aren’t those the sisters Hong Qiuyue and Hong Qiuyan?
Su Yujin and the Hong sisters looked at each other.
The Hong sisters were quite surprised to see someone suddenly asking about them. Then they looked at the other person and they didn't know him. They were unsure for a moment and looked to Su Yujin for help.
Su Yujin understood and looked at Fang Dacong. "I don't know who you are, and why are you asking about them? To be honest, the two sisters you want to find out about are my cousins. If you are looking for them, I can lead them there, but it would be bad if my cousin asks about them. So you'd better explain it clearly and in detail."
"What a coincidence." Fang Dacong was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to Su Yujin. "My name is Fang Dacong. I am from Zeng County. My family has been in the cloth business for many years. Recently, I saw that the Yongfu silk cotton cloth produced in Qinghe County is of excellent quality, so I also wanted to do this weaving workshop business."
"I happened to hear that there is a pair of sisters in Qinghe County who weave cloth quickly and well, so I wanted to ask for their advice and see if I could ask these two girls to teach me. Of course, since I am here to learn, I will naturally give them some money and won't bother them for nothing."
It turned out that she was attracted by the weaving skills and came to learn from them. I'm afraid she also guessed that the Hong sisters might have a unique loom, so she came to inquire and see if she could buy it.
Su Yujin smiled slightly, "So it's because of this matter. It's really unfortunate. I heard from my cousin that they have already sold the looms to Yongfu Weaving Workshop and even signed a contract. If they break the contract halfway, the compensation will be too much for ordinary people to afford. I advise Shopkeeper Fang not to have this idea."
"Oh?" Fang Dacong was quite disappointed, but after hesitating for a moment, he still asked, "I wonder how much is the compensation that the young lady said is not something that ordinary people can afford?"
"I'm afraid it's impossible to calculate it." Su Yujin said with a smile, "You have to pay 15,000 taels of silver, and on top of that, you have to compensate for all the losses of the workshop."
Fifteen thousand taels!
And all the losses of the workshop!
If the first item still has a number, the second one will be a bottomless pit.
After all, loss is the most difficult thing to measure, especially for business. Should we calculate all the money invested so far, or should we also estimate the money that we don’t earn in the future?
If you estimate it a little, it must be tens of thousands of taels of silver. My God, no wonder it is said that it is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Even if you are an ordinary person, I'm afraid it won't work!
Fang Dacong was stunned for a long time, and shook his head and sighed, "Is it so many?"
"That's right." Su Yujin nodded with a smile.
"Ah..." Fang Dacong sighed again, and then continued, "If they have to pay such a large amount of money for breach of contract, I think the workshop also thought that this business would make a lot of money in the future when signing the contract, so they were afraid that someone else would snatch it away."
"If the weaving workshop gave the sisters a lot of money, it would be fine. But if it didn't give much, I'm afraid the weaving workshop is not a kind one."
Fang Dacong's eyes rolled around, and his voice became even louder. "In fact, according to my estimation, this weaving workshop should give the sisters at least 8,000 taels of silver. Giving them another 2,000 taels of silver every year is not too much..."
Since he couldn't make this business, he couldn't let the weaving workshop get by either.
The girl in front of me claimed to be the cousin of the two sisters. That was perfect. I could use her to convey these words back to the two sisters and let them know.
It was naturally impossible for the weaving workshop to pay so much silver. He estimated that if he gave fifty taels, he would probably be able to buy the loom back. When the two sisters knew that the loom was worth so much silver, they would definitely be unhappy and feel that they had lost money.
Although the contract had already been signed and the two sisters could not break it, it did not mean that they could not express their anger.
Whether it's abuse or publicity throughout the city, let others know that this weaving workshop is not authentic and has a bad reputation. Even if they can make money, they will make it uncomfortable and have headaches all day long! Su Yujin naturally saw the intention of Fang Dacong in front of her, and smiled, "Since Manager Fang said so, I think Manager Fang must be able to give 8,000 taels of silver, and give 2,000 taels of silver every year?"
Seeing that Su Yujin was not angry about the small amount of money the workshop gave her, but instead looked at him with a smile and asked him a question, Fang Dacong's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he became even more defensive. He didn't have much confidence when he spoke, "That... That's natural."
"In that case..." Su Yujin blinked, "Then Shopkeeper Fang, come with me to find the two cousins, and we will pay the money and weave the looms together."
(End of this chapter)
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