Chapter 20 Wangpu Recycling

Jiang Jiu came to a store with a better location and first stood at the corner of the street to look around.

The first store in the alley, the door is a three-way intersection.

The main road ahead is next to the river, and there is a bridge over the river. It is very lively with people coming and going.

Going further into the alley, it is also quite lively, with mostly food stalls, restaurants, teahouses, and pharmacies.

However, if you look closely, you will find that most of the shops in this alley are owned by mainlanders.

It was quite good that Mrs. Lu left the first store to Lu Yunyang.

It's a pity that the business performance of this store is even worse than that of a grain store. It's a pity to waste such a good location.

Xia Zhi, who had been observing the flow of customers in secret, followed Jiang Jiu as soon as he saw him.

"Miss, now that you are here, would you like some snacks? The ones you buy from that store are not as good as those made by Miss Haitang, but they are much better than those from the Jiang Mansion."

Jiang Jiu chuckled and followed Xia Zhi to the tea stall by the river.

"Girl, I've been observing for two days. The snacks here and the wine there are both doing good business. Only the spice shop in the middle is not doing so well."

The places selling alcohol and snacks are all rented out by others.

This shop is the Lu family's own shop and there is no rent. However, if it is a shop in the same location, with such a large area and such a good location, the rent would be at least ten taels per month.

However, the silver given by the shopkeeper was basically four or five taels.

Xia Zhi added, "I asked around, and the family that sells snacks gets three taels of rent a month, and the family that sells wine gets two taels of rent a month. The monthly salary of this storekeeper Zhao is only one tael of rent a month. So it seems that he earns all the profit from the spices himself."

Jiang Jiu calculated: "About the same. The total amount on the books is five taels of silver, which is enough for the two families to pay the rent. Although spices are expensive, they are used in cooking, and the daily sales volume is not small."

"He certainly took advantage of the spice profits."

Xia Zhi was so angry that he pinched his waist with both hands, rolled up his sleeves and was ready to go to fight.

"Miss, this is such a naughty slave, wait for me to teach him a lesson?"

Jiang Jiu stopped Xia Zhi: "Wait, as far as I know, this shopkeeper Zhao is a relative of Madam Lu. Even if we send him to the government, it will be useless. It is better to think of a permanent solution."

Shopkeeper Zhao was already old, and it was obvious that Madam Lu had asked him to run this idle shop so that he could earn some money and take care of himself in his old age.

But she shouldn't have given this shop to Lu Yunyang.

Lu Yunyang was in urgent need of money, so he had to tidy up his unprofitable shop.

There is another possibility. Madam Lu probably doesn't know that Jiang Jiu is good at doing business. This shop is half-dead and can't generate much value, but it doesn't lose money either. She probably expected that Lu Yunyang wouldn't find out.

Jiang Jiu thought about it and decided that in order to catch a thief, he still needed evidence.

"Xia Zhi, I will go in and attract his attention. You go and steal his real account book. We can't hand this matter over to the government. We can only let the Lu family decide it themselves."

Xia Zhi rolled his eyes and understood what Jiang Jiu meant.

"Miss, do you plan to go directly to Old Madam Lu to seek justice and ask her to replace Manager Zhao?"

Jiang Jiu nodded. If she didn't replace the old shopkeeper, she would not be able to run the store properly.

The master and servant made a plan, and Jiang Jiu brought Chunxiao and Xiazhi to the store.

Although the shopkeeper Zhao is old, he is still very good at judging people.

The shop sells spices, which most poor people cannot afford. But when they see Jiang Jiu dressed elegantly, they quickly greet him with smiles.

"Madam, please come in and look at the spices."

Jiang Jiu didn't say anything. He looked around the spices, then went to the snack shop and wine shop next door to take a look.

Although Chunxiao is Jiang Liu's person, Jiang Liu has also instructed that only when Jiang Jiu has a firm foothold in the Lu family can the Jiang family benefit from the Lu family.

She is already Jiang Jiu's personal maid, and she should do her best to help Jiang Jiu in the Lu family.

Chun Xiao noticed that Jiang Jiu looked unhappy and raised his voice.

"You are so brave. This is your young master's wife. Why don't you come and greet her?"

Everyone knew that Lu Yunyang was getting married. Manager Zhao even went to the mansion to attend the wedding and met Jiang Jiu from a distance.

But he didn't expect that Jiang Jiu would come to inspect the shop so soon.

His eyes became panicked, and he quickly bowed and saluted: "Zhao Tiezhu greets the young lady."

The moment he stood up, his panicked look disappeared. He was Madam Lu's man, so why should he be afraid of a little young lady?

Jiang Jiu said coldly: "Such a good shop, why did you rent it out? Isn't it better to run it yourself?"

Zhao Tiezhu hurriedly served tea to Jiang Jiu, but Jiang Jiu refused to take it. He put the tea on the table and smiled foolishly.

"Of course the spices weren't selling well, so I rented it out only after the Madam agreed."

Chun Xiao snorted coldly: "Then you should let them go as soon as possible. This shop will belong to the young master and the young mistress from now on."

Zhao Tiezhu glanced at Jiang Jiu and started to cry: "Madam, it's not that I don't want to chase them away. It's because our spice business is not doing well and we're losing money every year. I had no choice but to think of this solution. Otherwise, even my monthly salary would be lost."

Jiang Jiu smiled calmly: "The spice business is not easy to do, you can change to other things. If you are not doing well, I can also change people. Manager Zhao, I will give you three days. After three days, if they don't leave, you leave."

Zhao Tiezhu didn't expect that Jiang Jiu, who looked weak and frail, would be so difficult to talk to.

"Madam, we have signed a contract. Even if we want to chase them away, we should at least wait until the contract expires."

Chunxiao asked: "When will it expire?"

Zhao Tiezhu: "At the end of next year, they will sign a three-year contract."

Jiang Jiu was so angry that he laughed: "The lease contract is for a maximum of one year, and the rent is collected monthly. Even if we kick them out now, we can just pay one extra month's rent. How can it be until the end of the year?"

"Since the contract is signed until the end of the year, what about the monthly rent for the past few months? The account book only shows last month's rent, nothing more."

Zhao Tiezhu had no choice but to carry Mrs. Lu out.

"I don't know about this. The contracts were all signed by the Madam."

Jiang Jiu took out the contract of the shop and said, "The Madam has already given me the shop, and the account book is also here. If you can't explain it, don't blame me for handing you over to the government for corruption. You probably also heard that County Magistrate Jiang is a relative of mine..."

Zhao Tiezhu heard that the woman Lu Yunyang married was the daughter of Jiang County Magistrate.

It seems that he has to teach her a lesson today. She should just stay at home and be a good lady. It is not so easy to do business outside.

Zhao Tiezhu suddenly started yelling at Jiang Jiu without waiting for him to leave.

"Xiao Luzi, Wang Cheng's family, stop doing business, stop doing business, our young master is going to close the shop and drive you away."

This is Zhao Tiezhu's spear

The shield is upgraded, allowing Jiang Jiu to play the villain and face the merchants directly.

Sure enough, Xiao Luzi, who sold wine, and Wang Chengjia, who sold snacks, ran over quickly.

"What's going on? Who is the young master? Why is he so unreasonable? He said we should rent it for three years..."

Zhao Tiezhu began to complain: "It's because the rent is too low and we don't plan... If you don't move out, the young master will raise the rent. One shop space... ten taels of silver..."