Chapter 52: Selling Prey at Linjiang Tower
Gu Yan got the information he wanted, finished his noodles, and quietly took Li Wanqing away.
After walking a long way, until they were sure that the people at the noodle stall couldn't hear them talking, Li Wanqing said, "I didn't expect men could be so gossipy. I think they are no less gossipy than the gossipy women in the village."
It was also the first time that Gu Yan heard a group of grown men talking so much and gossiping.
"Well, maybe Chunfeng Tower is really not that good, otherwise why would anyone say Chunfeng Tower is good?
"It seems we'll have no choice but to go to Linjianglou tomorrow. But that's just as well, as Linjianglou is famous for its roasted venison, and our deer can fetch a good price." Gu Yan said.
Li Wanqing also felt the same way: "If the price is right, it's okay to sell them all to them. I sold one in Fuyuan County before, and now I have two eleven in my space.
Let's keep one for ourselves and sell the rest."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Gu Yan said.
The two of them returned to the inn while talking.
Nothing happened that night. The next day, they checked out of the hotel and went to the street to have breakfast. Li Wanqing released two deer.
Gu Yan drove the carriage to Linjianglou. Since it was morning, there were not many people in the restaurant. Only two waiters were cleaning.
Gu Yan still asked Li Wanqing to watch the carriage outside while he went in to negotiate with the boss.
Two waiters were talking while cleaning.
"Alas, I wonder if the shopkeeper can buy a deer today. If not, our restaurant will have no more roasted venison to sell."
"I think it's going to be tough. I just saw the shopkeeper go in empty-handed. I think those who ordered venison today will be disappointed."
"That's right. Yesterday Mr. He wanted to order two portions of roasted venison, but I only sold one. I'm afraid there won't be any left today."
The two of them sighed as they cleaned, fearing that the restaurant would have no business and the owner would deduct their wages.
It was at this time that Gu Yan came to the door: "Waiter, waiter."
The two waiters were talking so excitedly that they didn't notice the guests coming in.
"Hey, you're here. Please come in, sir." The waiter quickly put down the rag and greeted warmly.
"I don't want to eat. I'm going to find your boss." Gu Yan said.
"Well...what do you want to talk to our boss about? Please tell me clearly so that I can go in and report it." The waiter said in embarrassment.
Gu Yan had heard the conversation between the waiters just now, so he said confidently: "My brothers and I hunted a few deer. I heard that the grilled deer meat of Linjianglou is the signature dish, so I came to ask the shopkeeper if he wanted some."
The waiter didn't expect that just when they were worried that the restaurant's business would be affected by the lack of venison, the deer would be delivered to their door.
"Do you really have a deer?" the waiter asked hesitantly.
"Of course, do you want it? If not, I'll go to Chunfeng Tower." Gu Yan said deliberately.
"Yes, please wait a moment, I'll go call the boss right away." said the waiter.
"What's the matter? I heard you yelling so early in the morning." The shopkeeper who came out after hearing the noise said unhappily.
"Boss, he said he has deer, several deer." The waiter said excitedly.
"There are deer? There are really deer?" The shopkeeper's originally unhappy face changed immediately.
Gu Yan nodded calmly: "Yes, it is true."
The shopkeeper was so surprised when he heard this that he thought, "This is just what I need!" He was just worrying about running out of venison, and now someone has delivered it to his door.
"Waiter, go and make some tea. Come, little brother, sit down and let's talk." The shopkeeper said enthusiastically.
Gu Yan sat down without any hesitation. He didn't waste any words and said directly, "Boss, I won't waste any words either. How much silver can you give for an adult sika deer?"
Although the shopkeeper was still excited, he also knew that buying the sika deer was the key.
Sika deer are not easy to come by, and usually hunters in the mountains will kill them and send them to us.
But it's not available often. The chef of their restaurant is famous in the whole Changxing County for his roasted venison. As long as the guests who come to their Linjiang Tower have money, they will generally order one.
It can be said that their restaurant’s business has been so prosperous because of this roasted venison.
But the prosperity also has its difficulties, that is, venison is often out of stock.
Now the deer are delivered to his door, and there are several of them. If the price is too low, he definitely won’t accept it. But if the price is too high, he is a little reluctant to accept it.
It is difficult to grasp the right price. After considering it for a while, the shopkeeper decided to try it out at the usual price first.
"Little brother, hunters often come to my restaurant to deliver venison. Each head costs fifteen taels of silver. What do you think?"
Fifteen taels of silver was neither too high nor too low, but Gu Yan knew that Linjianglou needed venison now, and in a restaurant like Linjianglou, a plate of roasted venison would probably cost more than ten taels.
How many plates of roasted venison can be sold from one deer?
"Boss, this is not very kind of you. This plate of roasted venison must be more than fifteen taels, right?" Gu Yan said.
The shopkeeper didn't expect that Gu Yan knew this. It seems that it is impossible to get a bargain.
"My dear brother, you are a sensible person. You can see that the venison makes a lot of money, but my restaurant also has a lot of expenses.
How about twenty taels of silver per head?" said the shopkeeper.
"Fifty taels of silver per head. If it works, I have ten and I'll sell them all to Linjianglou. Besides the deer, I have some other good things that the shopkeeper will definitely be interested in." Gu Yan also stated his bottom price.
"Hiss, fifty taels of silver? That's too much. We don't usually pay this much.
Twenty-five taels, little brother, you can't ask for too much, right?" The shopkeeper tried to bargain.
“This is the lowest price, and there’s no need to make things difficult for me, shopkeeper. I was planning to go to the provincial capital anyway.
If you make things difficult for me, it will be the same if I go to the capital to sell it." Gu Yan said and stood up to leave.
The shopkeeper quickly grabbed him and said, "Hey, little brother, why are you in such a hurry? Fine, let's do as you say. Fifty taels of silver a head. I'll be frank with you, I don't want any that are too small. I want a grown one."
"That's no problem, don't worry. The ones we hunt are all adults, each weighing more than 100 pounds." Gu Yan assured.
"That's good. By the way, little brother, you said there's something good? What is it?"
We have several branches of Linjianglou, including those in the capital and the provincial capital.
Apart from anything else, don't worry about the price, it's definitely the highest," said the shopkeeper.
Gu Yan didn't expect that Linjianglou had such a great background and its head office was actually in the capital.
In this case, the remaining tigers and bears can be sold to Linjianglou, and the price offered by Linjianglou is indeed not low.
"I also have here a tiger, three bears, eighteen buffaloes, and thirty wild sheep.
That's all for now, boss, do you want them all?" Gu Yan asked.
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