Chapter 346 Celebration
Song Yuntang pursed his lips and smiled.
"It's a good start. We have several distinguished guests in our shop today. Many of them came here just for the sake of those distinguished guests. The business from now on will depend on all of you to run it diligently. But generally speaking, it's much better than it was in Cile Town."
Mu Qiu nodded.
Although I don’t know the backgrounds of the guests brought into the private room by Song Yuntang today, it is obvious from their attire and temperament that they are not ordinary people.
“There is a big difference between the provincial capital and the town.”
I remember that when I opened Yujun Pavilion in Cile Town, I made less than ten taels of silver on the first day.
Song Yuntang looked around at everyone. "The reason why I asked you to calculate the amount of money you each sold is, first, to allow everyone to form a healthy competition while serving customers well, and second, our shop will adopt the principle of distribution according to work. Based on the amount of money you sell every day, for every 1,000 taels of goods sold, we will take one tael as your reward."
"That is to say, even Qiuyue, who sold the least, can get a commission of 270 coins today."
"Right now, our Yujun Pavilion has just opened its first shop in the provincial capital. When there are more shops in the future, Mudong, Second Brother, and Tushi will have to take care of the transportation of goods and the safety of the shops. Since you are not involved in the sale of goods in the shops, I will increase your wages to two taels of silver per month. For each trip, I will increase the subsidy by fifty to two hundred coins depending on the distance."
"Mu Qiu will be the shopkeeper of this shop for now. You will have to train the staff of the branch shops in the future. The monthly salary will be increased to one tael and two qian of silver. No commission will be taken from individuals. At that time, I will take out 2% of the total profit of Yujun Pavilion shop as dividends, and divide it equally among you, Mu Dong, second brother, and Tu Shi at the end of the year."
Currently, this is the only Yujun Pavilion open.
When it spreads all over Daxia in the future, not to mention 2%, even 2% will be a huge sum of money.
"When we open a branch store in the future, the shopkeeper will be selected based on his/her ability. The monthly salary will be based on the local average level, and he/she will receive a dividend of 0.03% of the branch store's total profit every year."
If a shop's total profit for a year is 10,000 taels, the shopkeeper can get 30 taels.
For those present, it was a huge sum of money.
What's more, a business like Yujun Pavilion's today can earn several thousand taels of silver a day, and the annual profit is definitely more than ten thousand taels of silver.
If the annual profit is 100,000 taels, the shopkeeper can get 300 taels!
Several maids in the shop had learned accounting from Mu Qiu. Mu Qiu's accounting method originated from Song Yuntang, so they naturally knew what 0.3% meant. As soon as Song Yuntang said this, they calculated the approximate amount of the money in their hearts and their blood immediately boiled.
If they can become shopkeepers in the future, won't they earn more than they do now?
Considering that Qiuyue was Jiang Surao's maid and would only stay in Yujun Pavilion for one day, Song Yuntang asked Mu Qiu to settle her commission and give it to her on the spot.
Nian'er will also follow her back to the county town tomorrow and will also receive a commission of 320 coins.
Her eyes were red with joy.
She thought it would take many years to earn the six taels that Song Yuntang helped her advance to the Cheng family.
Now that she had received these three hundred and twenty coins, plus the six hundred coins her cousin's wife gave her every month, and the three taels she saved from selling her body to the pawnbroker, she had accumulated a total of four taels and two cents of silver.
I only need to collect another 1 tael and 8 qian of silver to pay back the 6 taels to my cousin's wife.
Looking in her direction, Song Yuntang seemed to see through the little girl's thoughts.
But he didn't say anything.
If Nian'er is loyal to her, she will never ignore him in the future.
But if she develops a change of heart halfway through, she will not tolerate it.
The two of them haven't been in contact for long yet, so let's wait and see before making a decision.
Although the other maids did not receive any silver, they were also very excited. Originally they had received 600 coins per month as salary, and now with the added commission, when their wages were settled at the end of each month, they would get a lot of money.
Seeing that the matter had been dealt with, Song Yuntang stood up and looked at everyone.
"Today is a great start, so we won't have dinner in the store. I'll treat you, and call Sister Chen, and we'll go to the Cuiyanji restaurant across the street to celebrate."
When everyone heard this, they all stood up excitedly, and Huanyun even trotted to the backyard.
"Sister Chen, the boss wants us to go to Chuiyanji for a feast, so stop working."
Including Jiang Surao, her maid and the coachman, there were fourteen people in the group. They ordered two tables of dishes from Chuiyanji, and almost all kinds of chicken, duck, fish and meat were served.
Song Yuntang raised his glass and looked at everyone with a smile.
"Everyone, enjoy your meal and drinks today. Starting tomorrow, Yujun Pavilion will be handed over to you to manage. As long as you don't do anything sneaky or treacherous, I will not treat you unfairly in the future."
Everyone responded.
Jiang Surao has been watching Song Yuntang manage the shop over the past two days, and she felt quite emotional.
Although she was not from a merchant family, the business acumen in her mind was not inferior to those of them who came from merchant families.
Originally, he had taken half of the 2,000 taels of silver he had received from her as a shareholder as a profit, but since Song Yuntang had saved him, he wanted to buy her a favor.
Who knew that in the end he would end up getting the big bargain.
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After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Song Yuntang and Jiang Surao returned to the inn under Tu Shi's escort and slept for the night.
The next morning, I planned to go to the shop to say hello and then go back to the county town together.
But then Tu Shi came running over in a hurry.
"Madam, there is a girl in the shop. She said she is the maid of the prefect's wife and she wants you to come over."
Hearing the name of the magistrate, Song Yuntang did not dare to delay.
"Did you tell me what to do?"
Tu Shi shook his head. "No, I heard it was the prefect's man, so I didn't dare to delay and came to see you right away."
Song Yuntang looked at the little girl in the room, "Nian'er, I'll go with Tu Shi first. After you pack your luggage, check out first and wait for me in Yujun Pavilion with Wencheng."
Cheng Nian'er nodded quickly, "Yes."
The inn is not far from Yujun Pavilion.
As Tu Shi walked quickly to Yujun Pavilion, he saw a well-made carriage parked outside the shop. A maid was guarding the carriage, craning her neck to look around.
Seeing Song Yuntang, the maid ran forward and bowed.
"Doctor Song, I am Yupo, the maidservant of the prefect's wife. My wife has been suffering from abdominal pain since the third watch, and she has consulted several doctors but to no avail. Yesterday, I heard from the wife of the Anyang County magistrate that you are a great doctor, so I would like to ask you to take a look at her."
Hearing this, Song Yuntang actually felt relieved.
It turns out that they just asked her to go and get treatment, that's easy.
"Okay, I'll go with you."
Tu Shi looked at her with some concern, "Madam, do you need me to follow you?"
Song Yuntang shook his head. "No, I'll be back soon. Wencheng and Nian'er will come over later. Please tell them for me. As for Miss Jiang, if she has something urgent to go back to the county town, let her go first. If she's not in a hurry, she can wait for me here."
Seeing Tu Shi nod, she turned around and got into the prefect's carriage with Yu Apo.
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