The servant learned her purpose and said quickly, "Madam Su, I can't make the decision on matters concerning the shop. How about this: you leave me your address and I'll go back and ask our housekeeper to talk to you?"
He was only responsible for watching the shop to see if anyone came to buy anything. If someone came to ask, he would just leave the other party's contact address with Butler Liu, and he was not responsible for anything else.
Mansion, which means that the owner of this shop is an official or an official's family member.
In the Great Jin State, the residences of ordinary people could only be called houses, not mansions.
"Okay." Su Li quickly left his address and asked, "Are those two adjacent rooms also in your house?"
"Yes, do you want to buy all three?"
"right."
"Then I will convey your message..."
"Thank you..."
After coming out of the shop, she walked back.
She calculated that at the end of the day, she had bought thirty-nine shops, including thirty-one small shops and eight large shops.
She didn't expect to buy so many shops so smoothly, and she was quite satisfied with the prices, so she decided to buy all the shops on the entire long street.
There are still more than a dozen small shops on this long street. One has to find the landlord according to the contact information on the poster to discuss the sale. The remaining three large shops are waiting for the other party to contact her.
As long as she bought all of these, she would be the sole owner of all the shops on this long street.
Wow! I’m excited just thinking about it.
As for the short street at the corner, she had no intention of buying it, and in fact she couldn't buy it.
In the original novel, all the shops on the short street of Jinxiu Street belong to the Mansion of Duke Ji. The Mansion of Duke Ji is not short of that little money, and most of the shops on the short street sell rice, flour, grain and other things, so the business is not so bad that it cannot make ends meet. Therefore, the shops on the short street are at most sublet, and none of them are for sale.
It was almost dark. Su Li hadn't eaten for a whole day and was already very hungry. He walked to the street corner and hired a carriage to go back to Jufu Inn.
The next morning, after Su Li had breakfast and was about to go out, the person in charge of the three shops in the north of the city came to find her.
It seems that the shops there are really in a hurry to sell.
Yes, for many years, the entire street was not prosperous, and all the shop owners were eager to sell their shops. Who would have thought that a few months later, this place would become as lively as Changming Street?
The visitor was a middle-aged man, dressed in very noble clothes. He spoke in a condescending tone, "You must be Madam Su, right? I am the chief steward of the Duke of Ji's mansion and the person in charge of the three large shops at the end of Jinxiu Street."
Duke Ji’s Mansion?
Su Li was surprised. She knew that the owner of the three big shops was an official, but she didn't expect it to be the Duke of Ji's Mansion.
What? Doesn't the Duke of Ji's Mansion only have a shop on Short Street? How come they have one on Long Street as well? And are they planning to sell it?
"Butler Liu, please come in." Su Li invited the person into the small reception hall of the guest courtyard.
He brewed some tea, poured it for Butler Liu and himself, and said politely, "Butler Liu, please have some tea."
"No, I can't get used to the tea here, it's too bad." He looked very arrogant.
Su Li was almost pissed off and laughed. Where did this guy get his sense of superiority from? He was still pretending to be rich even after selling the shop. And he wasn't the real owner of the shop. Even if he was the head steward of the Duke of Ji's mansion, so what?
She smiled, took a sip of tea, and said calmly, "Butler Liu said he was the butler of Duke Ji's mansion. But I heard that the butler of Duke Ji's mansion is not named Liu. Did I hear it wrong? Or are you a fake?"
"Ahem!" Butler Liu's face flushed. "Who said I was a fake? Although I'm not the head butler of Duke Ji's mansion, I'm also the butler in charge of purchasing matters..."
He wanted to be the chief steward. How much power does a chief steward have? What a great reputation it brings. And there's also the lucrative benefits. Who knows how much he can earn in a month.
The purchasing manager named Liu?
Su Li seemed to be lost in thought.
It was mentioned in the original novel that the backyard of the Duke of Ji's Mansion was managed by the wife of Prince Ji, and assisted by his concubines. Prince Ji's concubine's surname was Liu, and she also had a trusted housekeeper named Liu. I don't know if the shop had anything to do with her.
Su Li nodded and pretended to understand: "Oh, it turns out that it's not the head butler, but the housekeeper..."
"Ahem! Madam Su, let's not talk about irrelevant things. Let's talk about the shop..." Afraid that Su Li would keep harping on this topic, Butler Liu quickly got to the point and his attitude was not as arrogant as before.
After all, they were here to discuss business. Seeing that the other party had become much more honest, Su Li decided to withdraw while he was ahead. He nodded and said, "Your servant should have conveyed my intention. I want all three shops..."
"Yes, those three shops occupy the same area, but one is three-story and two are two-story. My wife offered 7,000 for the three-story one and 5,000 for the two-story one."
"Butler Liu, to be honest, I asked you to buy the two shops next to yours, but their offer, whether it's three stories or two stories, is five hundred less than yours..."
In fact, it was three hundred lower than his price. Su Li deliberately lowered the price so that he would have room to maneuver.
"This, this is too low. My wife has told me not to sell it for any lower price..."
After some negotiation, she finally bought the three big shops for 16,000 silver pieces, which was exactly what she expected and she was very satisfied.
When signing the new house deed, Su Li also found out who the original owners of the three large shops were.
Liu Furong is the concubine of Prince Ji. In other words, the three large shops do not really belong to the Duke's Mansion, but are Liu Furong's personal property.
After seeing off Butler Liu, it was almost noon, so Su Li decided to go have lunch first.
In the afternoon, she went to a furniture store first. There was no ready-made wheelchair in the store, so she ordered one directly. She wanted Su Er to teach Xiao Sanzi and others to read, so a wheelchair would be necessary. Su Er couldn't teach them while lying in bed.
And even if that wasn't the case, she was still planning to buy him one just to be a good person.
The wheelchair would take at least three days to make, so Su Li bought five sets of desks and a bookcase, and left the rental address with the furniture shop, asking them to deliver the wheelchairs to the rental house where Xiao Sanzi and his friends lived after they were made.
Afterwards, he took the shop posters on the long street to look for the owner of the small shop.
For three consecutive days, she went to many places to find the owners of more than a dozen small shops. After negotiations, she finally bought all the small shops.
From then on, she was the only big boss on the long street of Jinxiu Street!
After the shop is rented out, she will have a very substantial and stable source of income every month.
The sky was clear early in the morning.
Su Li took the new deeds of all the shops to the relevant government offices to pay the deed tax.
Only after the deed tax is paid and the deed is stamped, confirmed and retained by the government, can it be considered a legal certificate with real legal effect.
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