As for the original fertilizer workshop, it didn't stop operating; it just moved to a different location and is now selling its products.
Youqing hired farmers from Sanbo County to fertilize her flower fields. Most of them own their own land, and the effectiveness of the fertilizer has already been proven in the flower fields.
With government backing and the flower fields as advertising, she didn't sell fertilizer at a high price, but she sold so much that her income was quite substantial. Even if only 30% went into her pocket, it was still a pleasant surprise.
As the Wutong Garden and Peach Blossom Village gradually took shape, Youqing became less busy and finally wanted to take a couple of days off. At this time, Yun Jia'an, the richest man in Sanbo County, couldn't resist coming to her door.
Saying they came to visit was just a polite way of putting it. None of the Yun family's masters came; instead, a steward came, saying that their Yun family patriarch had invited him. His attitude was so arrogant that he practically held his chin to the sky. I don't know where he got his sense of superiority from.
You can tell a lot from just the attitude of a steward, not to mention that the Yun family is not exactly a friendly family in Sanbo County.
Small fortunes are made through ability, but great fortunes are made through both ability and connections.
The Yun family's ability to become the richest family in a county is naturally due to their powerful backers. Madam Yun's maternal uncle is the prefect of Anning Prefecture. With this connection, Shen Jia'an can't stand seeing the Yun family doing well in Sanbo County, but he's not sure he can actually control them.
If he really intervenes, his wife and children will likely suffer along with him.
"If your master wants to see me, he can come in person with an invitation or a visiting card. What do you mean by this? Does it mean I can't just not go today?"
Butler Yun said with a forced smile, "Young Master You, what are you saying? Our master sincerely invited you for a chat, taking time out of his busy schedule. His sincerity is beyond words." The implication was that you shouldn't be ungrateful.
Sincerity?
She didn't see that; all she saw was overwhelming oppression.
Youqing's lips twitched, as if she had heard a joke.
To take time out of his busy schedule is a bit too presumptuous; even Emperor Kangxi wasn't this shameless.
Emperor Kangxi had been too rough with her that night, and the next day she felt guilty and sent him extra gifts.
"What if I'm not available?"
The steward's smile vanished, replaced by a cold, sarcastic tone. "Young Master You, you'd better not make things difficult for me. My master insists on seeing you today, so I hope you'll give me some 'face'."
This is a threat.
Youqing had heard of this Master Yun, but that was all; she was too busy to hear so much.
But a sense of curiosity arose in my heart about what this Master Yun was planning to do.
"I'd like to know what Master Yun wants to do by inviting me over?"
Butler Yun seemed completely oblivious to the implications and said directly, "Our master recently planned to buy some land to grow flowers. The few plots he had his eye on were all bought by Young Master You. Our master just wanted to discuss the land purchase with Young Master You."
Youqing was shocked by his shameless words.
What does it mean to be blatantly brazen? What does it mean to be lawless?
She's already planted the flowers, and now she says she wants to buy her land? What a joke! Now, anyone who comes to her Wutong Garden sees it as a golden goose. Selling the goose is such a losing proposition, how dare the Yun family even think about it, say it out loud, and actually put it into action?
Shameless, utterly shameless.
"Then I'm afraid I can't comply."
She wouldn't tolerate such a person.
Finally, Butler Yun stormed off. He had never met such an ungrateful person before! Before leaving, he even uttered a harsh threat: "You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences. Just you wait and see, there will be a time when you'll be crying and begging our master."
Upon hearing this, Youqing gave a cold laugh and replied, "I will definitely wait."
She wanted to see what this "punishment" tasted like.
After Butler Yun left, Youqing summoned the head manager of Wutong Garden and asked, "Do you know what the Yun family of Sanbo County does?"
Her business is located far from the county seat of Sanbo County, and she has to find many of the people she needs from other places. She doesn't really know much about the business landscape of Sanbo County.
Logically speaking, a normal businessperson shouldn't be so "ignorant," but who made Youqing an abnormal businessperson who relies on her golden touch!
Perhaps because they were used to the peaceful life of later generations, they didn't really like the imperfect feudal system of ancient times.
"The Yun family? The boss is referring to the Yun family, the richest family in Sanbo County?"
Youqing nodded: "It's the Yun family."
As the head manager, he had previous experience as a manager and knew all the famous people in Sanbo County, as well as all sorts of other things.
These are the basics of running a business that entertains and provides pleasure for people.
As the richest family in Sanbo County, the Yun family naturally fell within the scope of the head manager's attention.
"The Yun family only became wealthy more than ten years ago. They started by selling fabrics and jewelry, and later they got involved in many other miscellaneous businesses. Master Yun was in charge of fabrics and jewelry, which were the Yun family's main businesses."
The rest was all Madam Yun's dowry, which included a cosmetics shop, an antique shop, a pastry shop... I heard privately that Madam Yun also lent money at exorbitant interest rates, causing considerable harm to many people; this matter needs further verification.
"A steward came to the Yun family today. Judging from his attitude, he doesn't seem like the kind of steward a family that can run a business for a long time would hire. What do the people of Sanbo County think of the Yun family?"
The head shopkeeper shook his head: "The common people are naturally dissatisfied with the Yun family's style. Not only are the goods in their shops of inferior quality, but the prices are also higher than those of other shops. If any other shop dares to do better than theirs, it will surely have to close down soon. The common people can't even buy things at reasonable prices. With the Yun family around, the common people have suffered terribly over the years."
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