Chapter 1276 Master Miao Agreed
However, Shu Yu smiled and shook her head, "Sorry, I can't do it."
Master Miao frowned sharply. "So, our negotiations have broken down?"
"No, not at all," Shu Yu denied. "I'm not from the Taoist temple, so I can't make decisions about moving the eternal lamp. If I could do it, Dongqing Temple would be in chaos. Besides, our conditions aren't equal. We want the black market's hilltop and manor, but if we try and fail, there's nothing we can do; we can just find another place. But moving the eternal lamp to the patriarch's seat is something Master Miao has longed for for many years. So, in this respect, we're at a disadvantage."
Master Miao clicked his tongue inwardly; this young girl really didn't seem like a woman who had just come of age.
They're calculating every penny, making sure they don't lose out at all.
Master Miao was a man who had seen a lot in life. Because he ran a brothel, he had an imposing presence that would frighten most young men and women.
This little girl, still smiling, truly befits someone who has been exiled.
Master Miao asked, "Then what can you do?"
“I can introduce my master to Master Miao.”
Mr. Miao, “…” So he has to go and negotiate himself?
"Of course, if Master Miao helps us, I will put in a good word for him with my master. You've heard it yourself, my master dotes on me, so my words carry some weight."
Mr. Miao felt that she was just making empty promises to him.
But he couldn't help but be tempted by this pie, after all, meeting the abbot of Dongqing Temple was indeed too difficult.
"Moreover," Meng Yunzheng added, "we won't ask Master Miao to give away that manor for free. Master Miao can buy it at a low price, and we'll buy it back at the original price of 30,000 taels. So, in this way, Master Miao won't lose out."
Mr. Miao was considering it; as a businessman, he certainly didn't want to do a losing business.
After a long while, he looked at Shu Yu and asked, "When will Abbot Dongqing return?"
Shu Yu shook her head. "I don't know." Before Master Miao could express his displeasure, she quickly added, "But Master Miao has waited for so many years, surely another year or two won't matter. Have someone keep an eye on Dongqing Temple. Once the abbot returns, come find me, and I'll go see my master immediately, okay?"
To be honest, such words are too vague. We don't know when the abbot of Dongqing Temple will return, or whether he can confirm that the ever-burning lamp will be moved. They are just empty words, and Master Miao is unlikely to believe them so easily.
He frowned, and after a long while spoke, “I can agree to your request, but I can’t just wait idly. Let’s sign a contract. I’ll give you two years. If the Abbess of Dongqing Temple doesn’t return after two years, or if she does return but Lord Lu Xiang can’t keep his promise, you will have to compensate me with 70,000 taels of silver.”
Seventy thousand taels of silver, plus the thirty thousand taels used to buy the manor this time, that's a total of one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Master Miao is truly ruthless.
But Meng Yunzheng agreed without hesitation, "Okay."
He should be able to raise 100,000 taels by painting more pictures another day.
“Alright! Young Master Meng is a decisive person, then it’s decided then.”
Master Miao was in a great mood, and Shu Yu immediately asked Auntie for pen, ink, paper and inkstone. The group signed the contract on the spot.
Meng Yunzheng folded and put away his copy of the contract, then stood up and said, "It's getting late, let's go back to the city. I imagine the people from the black market are getting impatient waiting outside the Miao residence."
(End of this chapter)
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