The innkeeper felt strangely guilty when Jiang Lili mentioned him. He nervously offered his own guesswork, "In my opinion, the delay in the cargo ship's arrival at the port is inevitable. We can only send lobbyists to persuade the merchants who want the cargo to lower the amount of compensation."
"Also, we must quickly find a way to bring the distinguished guests from Bai'an County overland and do our best to appease them."
The innkeeper's answer was very reliable. After hearing his response, Jiang Lili finished the whole basket of steamed chicken feet politely.
Jiang Lili nodded slightly, and then began to let everyone take turns answering, "Okay, then the next shopkeeper will speak. Each of you will talk about your own method and introduce yourself."
All the shopkeepers became nervous unconsciously, like students who were called upon by the teacher to answer a question.
They expressed their opinions one by one, which were actually very similar to what the innkeeper said, but the answers were more radical or conservative depending on the personalities of the innkeepers.
Jiang Lili ate while listening, mainly to get familiar with the faces of the store managers under her, and to infer their working styles from their words.
The twelve shopkeepers talked for nearly half an hour.
Jiang Lili had almost finished her morning tea and snacks. She rubbed her stomach covertly, feeling very full. The meeting had been going on for so long, so it should have been long enough, right?
At this moment, the innkeeper looked towards Jiang Lili with anticipation in his eyes: "Manager Jiang, who of us do you think is right?"
Jiang Lili wiped her mouth and said casually, "Everything is fine."
As soon as these three words came out, everyone had different expressions. After saying so much, Shopkeeper Jiang just said "everything is fine" to get rid of it?
The shopkeeper of the fishmongering shop frowned and muttered to the people beside him, "Shopkeeper Fan, Shopkeeper Jiang looks very impressive, but after all the talk, she still can't explain anything. Is she just trying to fool us?
A hint of dissatisfaction appeared on his dark face: "Why would He Xiuzhu ask such a useless person to take charge? I guess she's just here for fun."
Sitting next to him was a female shopkeeper named Fan Qiu, who specialized in the medicinal materials business and ran sixteen drugstores of various sizes on the north shore of Haizhou Island.
Fan Qiu was wearing an ultramarine gown, his black hair was fixed with a simple wooden hairpin, and his face was calm.
Fan Qiu shook his head. "Not necessarily. This Shopkeeper Jiang is probably trying to trick us. He wants to see how long our respectful attitude can last. The more this happens, the more we need to remain calm."
The owner of the fish shop looks rough, but he is a man of great skill. He chooses to listen to Manager Fan and wait and see.
However, of course, some people lost their patience. Just as the two of them were whispering for a while, Ma, the owner of the stone shop, offered Jiang Lili a cup of tea. While offering tea, he said something veiled in ridicule: "Manager Jiang thinks everyone here has suggested good ideas, but you can't choose a suitable solution. That means none of your suggestions are good."
Shopkeeper Ma drank the large-leaf tea in his cup in one gulp. "I wonder if you could share your insights and teach us, these clueless fellows. It's hard to convince others by being so stingy with your words now."
Not all shopkeepers are smooth in their style of doing things. There are always some who are cautious and have their own personalities. They make a living by their own abilities. Shopkeeper Ma is one of this type. Everyone here knows that Shopkeeper Ma has a unique skill in face reading. Jiang Lili also learned this from Shopkeeper Ma's self-introduction. This person is suitable for doing business by looking at faces.
The business of individual customers in the stone material shop is handled by the people under the shopkeeper Ma, while the VIP customers are received by the shopkeeper Ma based on their facial features. The shopkeeper Ma can tell the weight of the visitor by just looking at his face.
Now that Shopkeeper Ma was speaking in such a sarcastic tone, the other shopkeepers looked at each other in confusion. Could it be that Shopkeeper Ma had seen through something?
But this shopkeeper Jiang came wearing a veil, so his appearance could not be seen at all.
Seeing that Shopkeeper Ma had doubts, Jiang Lili calmly returned the toast.
"Just now during the banquet, I heard Shopkeeper Ma say that he has business dealings with the county governor. Do they have a good relationship?"
Jiang Lili remembered that the stones for many engineering projects in Haizhu County were supplied by the stone shop owned by Mr. Ma.
"Well, isn't County Magistrate Huang planning to find talented and ambitious people to control the flood?"
"Then Shopkeeper Ma will go and tell the county governor that only the He family has a way to control the flood!"
Jiang Lili's words left the aggressive shopkeeper Ma confused. Was the shopkeeper Jiang implying something or ordering him to do something?
Shopkeeper Ma probed, "Shopkeeper Jiang, do you think that building the dam to control the flood is a lucrative job and want to make a fortune from it?"
"But it's too late to build a dam now, and it's extremely dangerous! If a flood breaks through the old embankment, the workers on the embankment will be washed away, and our He family will be unable to bear the consequences."
Jiang Lili shook her head, the veil on her veil moving slightly with her movements. "No need. I have a way to restore the water level of the Haizhu River to normal and solve all the problems you are facing right from the source."
"I observed the celestial phenomena at night and calculated that the water level of the Haizhu River will recede within five days. In fact, you don't need to worry at all."
When Jiang Lili said this, everyone was shocked.
They have come into contact with many people and have heard many legends in the martial arts world. Some hermits can predict weather changes based on the stars. They did not expect that the young manager Jiang was so advanced in Taoism.
Yes, if she wasn’t a powerful person, how could she be adopted as a sister by the head of the He family?
Shopkeeper Ma didn't quite believe what Jiang Lili said, but he was curious about Jiang Lili's purpose and continued to ask, "Then how should I tell the county governor? If I just tell him that the tide will recede on its own in five days, he won't care about the flood season and will just go back to enjoying himself."
It is always a bit frustrating to have such important information but not be able to get the most value from it.
Jiang Lili smiled and said, "This is what I want all the shopkeepers to discuss. How can we take advantage of the rising waters of the Haizhu River to severely punish the county governor?"
The eyes of all the sales champions present lit up.
Making profits and earning price differences is what they are best at!
Not to mention, County Magistrate Huang squeezes a lot of money out of the managers of the He family every year, making people angry but unable to speak out.
Everyone was shocked and suspicious.
But if Jiang Lili's prediction is incorrect, then it would be terrible.
Shopkeeper Ma's tone was filled with deep doubt: "Shopkeeper Jiang, are you sure what you said is true?"
His ability in fortune-telling is so good that no one in Haizhou Island can surpass him. Can this parachuted-in shopkeeper Jiang also predict celestial phenomena?
Jiang Lili spread her hands: "Why would I deceive everyone with something like this? What good would it do me?"
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