Gu Shouxin had already thoroughly considered the Gu family of Fuzhou in his mind.
Well, a little one has come this time. We need to get something out of him first.
He called Gu Nian, Gu Xin, and Gu Si over and arranged jobs for the three sisters. They're family, so they can all work together to fool each other.
Gu Nian was delighted. Her father was planning to get along well with her adoptive brother from her previous life. Although she would have to call him her fifth uncle in this life, it wouldn't affect her admiration for Gu Qingyuan at all.
After being taught a few things by Gu Shouxin, the three sisters knew what to do.
Then, the next day, when Gu Chengyun came to pay his respects to Lord Gu with generous gifts, he saw the three young sons of the county magistrate.
When Gu Chengyun first saw the three Gu sisters, he felt it was a pity. If these three young men had fairer skin and were girls, how beautiful they would be!
He was a polite person; even though the other person was a young master, a bit dark-skinned, and a bit handsome, he didn't stare at him directly.
After exchanging pleasantries, Gu Chengyun brought up the construction materials for the public latrine, implying that he wanted to buy them from Young Master Gu.
Gu Shouxin smiled and told him to talk to his children directly.
From the moment Gu Nian opened her mouth, Gu Chengyun fell into a state of existential doubt.
Gu Nian, Gu Xin, and Gu Si, the three sisters, each gave a segment, explaining to Gu Chengyun from three different perspectives how difficult it was to build the outhouse.
Gu Chengyun couldn't understand at all, so he began to question the meaning of life.
Gu Xin sighed: "Brother Gu, do you not understand? It's okay if you don't understand, but you have to understand that these materials are rare. We need to spend a lot of manpower and energy. It takes the strength of all the men in the city and a year to complete just two projects!"
Gu Nian sat upright: "Third brother, why are you saying so much? You just want to say that you need a lot of silver, right? What kind of silver? Is Brother Gu short of silver? The tea produced by the Gu family in Fuzhou is a tribute."
Gu Si: "I did the math. Back when construction started, if we counted one person per square, the daily wage was three hundred coins. One person needed to build one square... Then there were the stone materials, porcelain materials, and wood. For someone like Brother Gu, it would definitely be top-quality, which would cost... and then..."
Gu Si quoted prices to Gu Chengyun one by one, offering exorbitant prices that left the young master of the largest tea merchant in the Great Zhou Dynasty completely bewildered.
After they finished speaking, the three sisters looked at Gu Chengyun as if he were a gold mine in the Goddess Kingdom.
Gu Shouxin slowly closed his eyes and drank his tea.
It took Gu Chengyun a while to process what he had just learned. He cupped his hands in greeting to the three sisters and said, "My virtuous brothers, I admire you! The price is negotiable. As long as you are willing to secretly accompany me to Fuzhou, I will certainly treat you well."
After saying that, he glanced at Gu Shouxin and, seeing that Gu Shouxin seemed genuinely unconcerned, felt relieved.
Gu Nian: “Sending someone to your house is fine. However, your family must be quite large, so it would be best if each person had their own outhouse. At the price my fifth brother mentioned, if your family has twenty or thirty people, plus the guests' expenses, it won't be a small amount of money. Are you sure you can afford it?”
Gu Chengyun raised an eyebrow. Twenty-three? Well, he didn't have enough money. But he wasn't in charge of the household, so as long as the family had money, that was fine.
He was still looking down on Gu Nian in his heart, thinking that she was really from a poor family and had no knowledge. He guessed that the Gu brothers probably didn't even know how much cash the Gu family in Fuzhou could produce!
Sigh, we all share the same surname, Gu, so why do we live such different lives?
I feel a bit sorry for Master Gu's children!
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