Chapter 51 Lucky Star
"With the Jiang family?"
Yuan Xu laughed sarcastically.
Jiang You offended Prince Cheng and will soon be removed from his position as the Director of Textile Production, to be succeeded by Yuan Xu.
In recent years, Xie Qi emptied his own pockets and finally managed to get in touch with the other party, which also helped Yuan Xu a lot.
Now, it can be said that the clouds have parted and the moon has shone through.
Xie Xuchuan's decision to abandon the Shen family and marry Jiang Wansu at this time was seen as foolish by both Xie Qi and Yuan Xu.
The two were unwilling to discuss these matters further and instead brought up the Xiecuifang workshop.
Yuan Xu handed Xie Qi a delivery slip, which Xie Qi took and glanced at: "Did the manager of Xie Cui Fang go to Songjiang to rob people?"
The densely packed list of goods made Yuan Xu's eyes tinge with envy: "There's a lot of goods, but it didn't cost much money. After this, the Ye family won't be able to recover for at least twenty years."
Lightly picking up the packing slip, Xie Qi asked, "How long can you hold onto this batch of goods?"
“We would have deducted money normally, but Jiang You and I are currently at odds, and there’s no need to give him leverage over such a petty gain at this crucial moment.”
"We can only deduct the amount for a maximum of twenty days. After twenty days, the goods and invoices must be returned in their original condition."
Yuan Xu has not yet taken office as the Director of Textile Production. If he causes trouble now and displeases Prince Cheng, all their previous efforts will be in vain.
Xie Qi understood: "Twenty days is enough."
Yuan Xu asked, "What do you plan to do?"
Xie Qi casually folded the invoice into a strip and tucked it into his sleeve. He smiled faintly and said, "I've already asked the people from Jixia Manor to buy up the ticket stubs from Xiecui Workshop. More than ten days have passed now, and I'm afraid he won't be able to deliver this cloth."
Because it was sold at a low price and was a buy-first-get-collect-later transaction, the receipt stated that once sold, there would be no returns. However, it also stated that if the merchant could not deliver the goods, they would provide a three-fold compensation.
Xie Qi currently holds seven or eight thousand ticket stubs, but that's still not enough.
A bolt of cotton cloth sold for four hundred coins at Xiecuifang. Even with three times the compensation, the money he had would only amount to a little over eight thousand taels. It seemed like a lot, but ten thousand taels of silver was not enough to sway him.
After thinking for a moment, Xie Qi said, "I would like to trouble you, sir, to release the information that the low-priced cloth sold by Xiecuifang is all Songjiang shrouds, so that people in the city who have Xiecuifang ticket stubs can sell them off at low prices."
"I'll have Jixia Manor send people to secretly acquire it..."
Yuan Xu said, "You want to rip him off?"
Xie Qi shook his head: "It's not about taking a cut from him, it's about taking the whole batch of goods."
Even if we buy up all the ticket stubs sold by Xiecuifang, how much silver would we get in compensation?
This paltry sum of money isn't worth all the trouble he's gone to.
Xie Qi squeezed the invoice in his sleeve and looked at Yuan Xu: "The rumors about the shrouds in Songjiang and Suzhou are rampant, which is quite suitable as the first thing you do after taking office. Xie Cui Fang will also be of great use to you."
The Textile Bureau cannot ignore such alarmist and unsettling rumors.
A shop is not afraid of running out of money or goods; losing its reputation is the only dead end.
Xie Qi was trying to time things perfectly, forcing Xie Cui Fang to hand over its profits in exchange for clearing its reputation.
Although it was thanks to Yuan Xu's influence, Yuan Xu didn't mind at all; it was a win-win situation for everyone.
"Good method, I quite like the dirty tricks."
Yuan Xu patted Xie Qi on the shoulder and said, "I won't take a cut from this batch of goods; consider it your wedding gift."
Xie Qi didn't refuse upon hearing this. He raised his hand, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and readily agreed: "Then thank you very much, Father-in-law. I will invite you to the wedding banquet after the wedding."
Yuan Xu burst into laughter upon hearing this, and with a laugh, he cursed and chased the man out.
Stepping out of Zuixianju, Xie Qi couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
Wei Hu was right. This Shen Yuan Pearl was indeed his lucky star. After exchanging the birth chart, everything went smoothly and auspiciously.
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