Chapter 300: Ten Thousand Taels of Silver
Song Yuntang got off the mule cart, and Baosheng, who had been waiting at the door by Yao's orders, hurried forward and bowed.
"Miss Song, Madam is already waiting for you in the courtyard. I will lead you there."
Song Yuntang nodded, "Please lead the way, Miss Baosheng."
She took a gift box from the mule cart, asked Xu Wencheng to find a place to wait for her, and then followed Baosheng into the Zhu Mansion.
"I heard a few days ago that you came to the county town and united more than 40 households in Cile Town to overthrow the evil landlord Huang. I thought you would come to see me after you finished that big thing, but I didn't expect you to come at this time."
As soon as I stepped into Yao's yard, I heard her sour voice.
Yao was sitting in the pavilion where she played mahjong with her last time. When she saw her coming, she waved and motioned for her to come over.
"It's my fault for coming a little late." Song Yuntang came closer and bowed slightly, "Meet Madam Zhu."
"Why are you being so polite to me? Come and sit down." Yao pushed the mahjong in front of her, "You haven't played for so long, do you still remember it? Let's have a try first?"
Song Yuntang smiled.
"It is better to obey than to be respectful."
Yao looked at the two girls, Baosheng and Baozhu, standing beside her.
"You guys sit down too and play two rounds with us."
Baozhu took a step back, his face full of fear.
"We lost so much last time, how can we afford to waste Madam's money?"
Last time, she lost twenty taels of silver to her wife.
As the lady's maid, her monthly salary was only two taels of silver, and it would take her nearly a year to save up twenty taels.
Song Yuntang also felt that it was not appropriate to use silver as a bet, whether winning or losing.
"Mrs. Zhu, how about we try a different game today?"
Yao looked at her with interest.
"What's the game?"
Looking closely, I felt that Miss Song had delicate features, red lips, white teeth, and skin as smooth as a baby's. She was very pretty.
I couldn't help but look in her direction twice more.
Song Yuntang smiled and said, "The loser will have a note stuck on his face."
When Yao heard this, she thought that it was an entertainment after all and it didn't necessarily require money. Posting a note would also be nice, so she told Baosheng to prepare it.
Since they didn't have to lose money today, Baosheng and Baozhu were not as nervous as last time. They played normally and made fewer mistakes while playing.
After a few laps.
The four fought evenly.
There were notes on everyone's face.
Yao smiled happily, even happier than when she won the silver.
"Tang'er, you came here today not just to play mahjong with me, right?"
Song Yuntang handed the gift box she brought in the direction of Yao.
"I'm mainly here to give Madam a gift, and by the way, I'd like to ask Madam to do me a favor."
Yao had a smile on her face.
"you say."
Song Yuntang looked at her and said, "Last time, Madam told me about opening a clinic. I don't want the ladies in the county to spend money, but I have a business and I want to make money with everyone."
Hearing that there was a profitable business, Yao became interested.
"What business?"
"It's all in this box." Song Yuntang said, patting the gift box on the table. "I've prepared twenty of the same gifts. I hope Madam can give them to the ladies who wanted to invest money in my clinic last time. It will be my apology to you all."
"Oh, it's no big deal." Yao waved her hand and said, "We just mentioned it last time when we were playing mahjong together. Our purpose was just to help you settle down in the county town so that you would have a place to go when you want to see a doctor in the future. Now that you are willing to come to the county town, it is up to you to decide whether you want us to get involved or not. We will not have any objection."
Song Yuntang smiled.
"That's true, but I'm new here, and I'd feel uneasy if I didn't express my feelings. What's more, I'm looking forward to working with those ladies and making money together."
Yao looked at her with a smile.
"The little girl is quite smart. Now she has an excuse to give gifts. If the ladies think your gifts are good, they will probably rush to find you."
She opened the gift box at hand and looked at the items inside one by one.
"Putting aside your box of rouge, it seems that all the pills in here are available in Wan Qingsi in the county."
Things that make up the hair are not cheap.
One piece costs two or three taels, and some even cost more than ten taels, but they are still in great demand.
"How are the sales of Wan Qingsi's pills?" Song Yuntang asked.
Yao thought about it.
"It was selling so-so before, but it seems to have been improved recently. Everyone has been rushing to buy it these days. I heard people say it was amazing, so I asked Bao Sheng to buy a blood-nourishing pill for my old lady to take. I have to say, the effect is really good. The old lady's complexion has become much rosier in recent days, and she has become more energetic."
The girl arched her brows.
"To be honest, Madam, the pills that Wan Qingsi improved came from me."
"really?"
"Of course it's true." Song Yuntang said, "If you don't believe it, you will know after you use my things."
Yao found a blood-nourishing pill from the box and handed it to Baosheng.
"Baosheng, take this to the old lady."
"yes."
Bao Sheng took the bottle, stood up and left the yard.
Yao tore off two pieces of paper that were blocking her vision on her face, then took out the box of rouge from the box and looked at it.
Seeing this, Song Yuntang hurriedly tore off the note on his cheek.
"This is the rouge I used on my face today. What do you think, Madam?"
"Very good." Yao smiled and said, "I thought your skin was particularly delicate today, it turns out you used this good thing."
She has been in the circle of ladies and young ladies for many years, so she naturally knows that it is easy to make money from women, especially from rouge and powder.
Sometimes women are willing to pay any price for their face.
"I wonder how you plan to run this business?"
Song Yuntang expressed his thoughts.
"Anyang County already has Wan Qingsi. I want to open the first shop in the nearby Yingshan City and then in every city in Daxia. I will keep 55% of the dividends from the shop for myself, and the remaining 45% will be 5% for every 2,000 taels of silver. The operation and decision-making power of the shop will be in my hands, and I will also develop and launch the products. You don't need to do anything. The dividends for the year will be settled on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month every year."
Yao thought for a moment and looked at Baozhu beside her.
"Go and get the ten thousand taels of silver in my storehouse."
"yes."
As Baozhu said this, he quickly took the key and went to the warehouse. After a while, he took out a thick stack of silver notes worth 10,000 taels. It was the first time that Song Yuntang had seen so much silver.
I couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
She knew that the county magistrate's wife had some background, but she didn't know that she had so much money that she could easily take out ten thousand taels of cash.
Or maybe she is very good at business.
Or maybe it was the confidence given by her parents.
However, judging from Yao's personality, she should be someone who can make a living outside.
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