Chapter 112 Raven Post Office
While shops near breweries are also a good option, their clientele is limited. Besides the brewery workers, the most common customers are merchants from all over the country who come to buy beer. However, these merchants come in barrels and carts, arriving and leaving in a hurry. By mealtime, they're long gone and won't linger.
Tourists come here to drink, but they also eat in the cafeteria, so choosing the cafeteria makes it easier to attract customers. People go there to eat, and with Jasmine Chef's dishes as a backdrop, it might even stimulate sales.
Of the other three locations, except for the one in the river that was more likely to receive the crayfish brought by the beavers, which made Jiang You take a second look, the other three locations could be said to have no special features, with little traffic, small stores, and people had to prepare tables and chairs themselves.
In this way, the answer is obvious.
"Let's rent a cafeteria. How much is the rent?" asked Jiang You.
"Ten silver coins a year, including free use of the cafeteria tables and chairs," said Lolisa. "If I let Mary negotiate, I think she could get it down to eight."
This price was quite affordable. Jiang You had made quite a bit of money in the past few days, so she didn't even blink an eye when paying the rent. She said proudly, "Done! Where do I sign the contract?"
As soon as the boss gave the order, the two little witches immediately got to work. Second-generation chef Meili went to pester her mother, Jasmine, to bargain for a discount. After a while, she returned, her face beaming, and gave Jiangyou and Lolisa a thumbs-up. "Got it! Seven silver coins a year, and we can decorate as we please, and use the tables and chairs as we please! Three-year minimum lease~"
This is the difference between bringing in a capable partner and hiring an ordinary employee. The employees receive a fixed salary, and if they can do their job well without slacking off, the boss should be beaming. The partners share both profits and risks, and they utilize their own resources to the fullest. Just the rent alone, originally thirty silver coins over three years, is now only twenty-one, saving almost a year's rent!
With lower expenses, their share of profits also increased, not to mention that Meili's status gave them a green light. The busy lich wouldn't stay in the Witch Forest for long. From now on, the shop here would be primarily managed by Lolisa and Meili themselves, and Jiangyou only needed to sit back and collect the money.
"It's more like a franchise than a partnership," Jiang You thought. "It saves time, makes money, and can also build a good reputation and attract more customers. Hey! Great!"
The contract signing went smoothly as well. With Lolisa and Meili acting as middlemen, and Jasmine the cook's permission, the witches in charge had no questions or objections. They simply smiled and said, "Make more delicious food~"
They were so efficient that they had finalized the store before noon. Jiangyou paid three years' rent and stuffed the signed lease into his head with satisfaction.
"Let's go to the market next?" Lolita suggested. "Everyone should be having their final big sale now. We can see if there's anything we need to open a shop."
"Those clay pots are pretty good," Jiang You thought. "We can definitely buy a few more. I'll teach you how to make clay pots."
Clay pots are used in both clay pot rice and jelly pot. As the saying goes, "everything can be jellyed", there is nothing that cannot be put into a clay pot, whether it is flying in the sky, running on the ground or swimming in the water.
This thing has a lot of variations, tastes great, and takes a short time to cook. It's not very difficult to learn, as long as you master the steps, the heat, and the sauce. They can just buy a bunch of small clay pots for one person and serve them to customers whenever they want... There are countless such small shops on the streets of Guangdong.
"We have the stove, chopping board, knives, and iron pots, as well as the tables and chairs. We also need to prepare all the seasonings and bowls and chopsticks," Lolita's little brain raced. "We also need to ask Uncle Eric for help to renovate this warehouse."
"Uncle Eric?"
"He's the village bricklayer, so he's the right person to go to for civil engineering. Oh, and we need to start a raven service! Hey, Ayou, do you have a raven?"
"Hmm?" Jiang You's eyes flickered with curiosity. "What raven?"
"Huh?!" Lolita exclaimed in surprise, "You don't know about ravens? Then how are you going to find an alchemist to order glass bottles?"
"Actually, I did want to ask that." Jiang You smiled, as if to say, "You asked at the perfect time." She pulled out the slip of paper that Lolisa had given her earlier, which contained the contact information for the craftsmen. "At first I thought it was an address, but then I looked at it and it didn't seem to be the address."
For example, the note she received, which was supposed to contain the contact information for the glass bottle supplier, read: [Mellori City Store 224, Cage 113]
At first she thought it was the other party's address, but after thinking about it carefully, what kind of supplier would live in a cage?
"That's the Raven Cage!" Lolita said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I never thought you wouldn't know about Raven... Don't worry, I'll tell you in detail. After you activate the Raven service, you can also subscribe to mail-order delivery!"
"Huh?" Takumi's eyes sparkled with excitement. "There's already a mail-order delivery service in this day and age?"
In fact, there really was one. Five minutes later, Takumi Yuu stood in the Raven Post Office in Witch Forest Village, staring blankly at a flock of black ravens.
"Ms. Lich, this is the best raven in our store! It's a well-bred magical species that can fly 200 to 280 kilometers a day! This means it can easily reach nearby towns!" The owner is an old man with a red nose and a soft red woolen hat. Lorisa calls him 'Dad Papason'.
At this moment, Father Papason was trying his best to sell the ravens in his store to Jiangyou.
"Let's take this one!" Lorisa had already made her choice. She pointed to a large cage containing a raven hanging on the wall behind the counter and gestured to Father Papason.
"Alright!" Father Papason agreed, took the cage off, and placed it on the counter. "It's a three-silver deal, covering the raven service activation fee and a raven."
He then handed over a price list: "This is the price list for the subsequent mail-in fee service."
Lolisa pointed to the cage and said to Jiangyou, "Look, this is the raven cage. Do you see the metal plate with the number on it? That's the [Raven Cage Number], a magical beacon. As long as you know the cage number, you can mail letters and items to the other cage!"
"These messenger birds have undergone special magical training and can accurately identify and locate specific cages. If you only want to receive letters or deliver items, you only need to buy an empty cage. To send letters or items to others, you must buy a bird or use special magical skills to create a familiar."
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