Chapter 403: Negotiation
The embroiderers at Xiucai Embroidery Workshop finally stood up for once, and Zhang Juexia was happy for them.
"I didn't expect that Liu Hong and his wife would be afraid of someone and actually pay the wages."
"I heard from Su Yan that Liu Hong can earn a lot of money from the order he took this time.
People like him definitely know which side is lighter and which side is heavier.
Besides, the embroiderers’ wages are only a few cents, so he is just being a rogue and not paying them.”
"I hope these embroiderers can learn from their mistakes and not be fooled by Liu Hong and Fang Lan again."
"Alas, no one can say anything about this. As long as we don't become the shopkeeper who cheats people, it will be fine.
Let me tell you, your Shengxia Embroidery Workshop has a very good reputation nowadays, and Aunt Wang’s place is probably packed with people every day.”
"Why is Aunt Wang's place so crowded? Don't you go to a shop to buy embroidery?"
Shopkeeper Yao pointed at Zhang Juexia's forehead and said, "Are you smart or stupid? They came to see Aunt Wang because they wanted to work as embroiderers in the embroidery workshop!"
Zhang Juexia suddenly realized, "If that's the case, then my pressure will only increase. I'll have to expand into a wider market."
Shopkeeper Yao didn't expect Zhang Juexia to answer this question in this way, and he gave Zhang Juexia a thumbs up in admiration.
The young man Zhou Qi ran in and said, "Boss, Boss Zhou is here. Would you like to see him?"
Shopkeeper Yao gave Zhang Juexia a look and said, "Well, it seems that your whereabouts have also been monitored in Jinshui Town.
The most common thing I said to Shopkeeper Zhou was that you would take the lion's share of the land purchase, and I would listen to you in everything."
"Now let me confirm with you, how many acres of land can you buy?"
"Thirty acres, maybe? That's the most. I don't have that much money."
Zhang Juexia had an idea in mind.
"Juexia, you don't want to buy it, do you? Let me tell you, I've chosen that piece of land. It's such a great place!
If you buy it now, it won’t be long before you can harvest a full season’s worth of food.”
"Manager Yao, you misunderstood. I definitely want to buy this land, but I'm afraid I can't come up with so much money at once. I just bought a farm."
Shopkeeper Yao's eyes widened. "What? In just two days since you returned to the county, you've already bought a farm?"
Oh my God, give me some time!"
Shopkeeper Yao patted his chest exaggeratedly.
Zhou Qi was also very envious. Is Mr. Zhang so domineering?
Buying a farm is as easy as having a meal for him.
No, it’s different. If he wants to have a good meal at a restaurant, he has to plan for half a day.
"Juexia, where did you buy this farm?"
"Outside Shunhe County, when I'm done, I'll take you there to see it. I've used all the cash I have to buy a farm.
All I can come up with now is about five hundred taels of silver."
“Five hundred taels of silver equals fifty acres of land. Adding my thirty acres, there are still twenty acres left.
I remember you mentioned that Ye Beixiu's brother wanted to buy the land, and he wanted to be included in the purchase."
After Manager Yao reminded her, Zhang Juexia remembered that she should go back to the village and ask Ye Beishan and Li Yiqun if they had any plans to buy land.
If you calculate it this way, there will be no problem.
Zhou Qi stood there, still listening to the conversation between Manager Yao and Zhang Juexia.
His mouth was wide open, and he was thinking to himself that he had really made a mistake. He had always thought that Mr. Zhang was not as rich as his own boss. Now it seemed that Mr. Zhang had won!
He bought a farm and could even come up with five hundred taels of silver. In the entire Jinshui Town, the Li family ranked first, and the Zhang family was probably second!
Shopkeeper Yao asked Zhang Juexia, "How is it? Do you think you have figured it out? If you have figured it out, let's meet Shopkeeper Zhou again."
"Let's go!"
Shopkeeper Yao then realized that Zhou Qi hadn't left yet, so she slapped him on the head and said, "Why are you still eavesdropping on us?
Hurry up and take Manager Zhou to the guest room. Make him a pot of good tea. We need to have a good talk with him."
Zhou Qi covered his head and said aggrievedly, "Boss, didn't I tell you not to hit my head anymore? If you do, not only will I not grow taller, but my brain will also become dull."
“There are so many strange reasons…”
Before Manager Yao's slap could land, Zhou Qi ran away.
Zhang Juexia found the interaction between Shopkeeper Yao and Zhou Qi quite amusing, and couldn't help but laugh. "Where did you get this funny guy?"
"I found it."
Shopkeeper Yao sighed, "This child is also a pitiful child. Both his parents are dead and he has nowhere to go, so he ran to me.
Speaking of which, this kid is a relative of Shopkeeper Zhou!
This is also why Manager Zhou is so polite to me."
"Then can we talk to Shopkeeper Zhou about the price? After all, Zhou Qi is your man now."
"That's a nice thought."
When the two of them came in, Manager Zhou hurriedly stood up, greeted each other, sat down, and started to get down to business.
"What do you two think about this place?"
"Can the price be lowered further? As long as the price is right, we will buy it."
Shopkeeper Zhou didn't expect Zhang Juexia to be so direct. He had a lot of nice things in mind, but now he couldn't say a word.
Shopkeeper Yao also expressed his attitude, "Shopkeeper Zhou, Juexia's opinion is also my opinion. As long as the price is right, we will buy it.
Shopkeeper Zhou, to be honest, one hundred acres of land at the price of ten taels of silver per acre would cost one thousand taels of silver.
In our town, apart from the wealthy Li family, who else can come up with so much money at once?"
Shopkeeper Zhou nodded in agreement, "Shopkeeper Yao's words make sense, otherwise I wouldn't come to bother you so often.
To be honest, among all the families in this town, I just believe that you are sincere in buying the land."
"Since Shopkeeper Zhou is so sure we will buy it, can you lower the price a little?"
Shopkeeper Zhou sighed, "Liu Da and his wife have made up their minds and don't want to live in Jinshui Town anymore.
Let me make the decision for them: nine taels of silver per acre of land.
If possible, you can pay a deposit first to finalize the matter.
If that doesn't work, I won't force it and will ask somewhere else.
I don’t believe I can’t sell this good land.”
Shopkeeper Yao gave Zhang Juexia an urgent look, and Zhang Juexia nodded.
Shopkeeper Yao was overjoyed, "If Shopkeeper Zhou had been so forthcoming earlier, I wouldn't have asked Juexia to make such a trip all the way from the county town.
Didn’t we decide on this yesterday?”
Shopkeeper Zhou endured the pain and said, "Shopkeeper Yao, to be honest, if it weren't for the fact that we are from the same village, I really don't want to sell it to you at this price.
One hundred taels of silver was enough for Liu Da to move to a new residence and build a large house, but it was gone just like that."
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