"Your Majesty, all the houses in Yuhua Lane have been sold. I did the math, and the total house payment is 700,000 taels. Half of the house payment was collected in advance. Just today, Mrs. Zhao received 350,000 taels."
"really?"
The emperor is rich all over the world, but he was still quite surprised when he heard that Gu Jiu earned 350,000 taels a day.
"I dare not lie to Your Majesty. The houses in Yuhua Lane are clearly priced, and there is no second price. They are only willing to give Sihai Trading Co., Ltd. a 20% discount for a year. In less than two hours, the eighty or ninety houses in Yuhua Lane have all been sold." Sold."
The emperor nodded secretly, he knew that Gu Jiu knew how to make money.
He asked again: "What about half of the house payment?"
"Because the house in Yuhua Lane has not been built yet, it will take three months to hand over the house. Therefore, only half of the house payment will be collected in advance today, and the other half will be charged when the house is handed over."
"That is to say, Gu Jiu used the white wolf to buy three hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver in one day with dozens of untouched houses."
"That's right! Your Majesty, Madam Zhao's move may make a bad start. Do you want to suppress one or two?"
"The price is clearly marked, the money is made in an upright manner, the old man is not deceitful, and he has not played any tricks in private, why should he suppress it?"
The Son of Heaven questioned.
Embroidered clothes guard Zuo Wei bowed his head and said yes.
"Ha ha… "
Immediately afterwards, the emperor was heard laughing again.
"As expected, I saw Gu Jiu right. I knew her Yuhua Lane could make money. It's just that I underestimated her. I didn't expect that a small Yuhua Lane with dozens of houses could be sold after rectification. Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver is staggering.
The wharf she built, I think it will be small in scale in the future. It's about taxation, how can it be controlled by her alone. Tomorrow, I will ask her to come to the palace and have a good talk about it. "
"Your Majesty is holy!"
"Keep watching and see what she does next."
"The humble minister obeys the order!"
…
Lee's.
Li Dalang lay on the bed half dead.
The emperor chopped it down with a knife, and added twenty court sticks, which really cost him half his life.
It is not easy to survive.
And because of the knife cut by the emperor, he hurt his muscles and bones. The imperial doctor said that even if it is well maintained, there will be sequelae.
In the future, his left arm will lose strength and will no longer be flexible.
He cursed, cried, and cursed, but nothing worked.
This is the end of the matter, he can only accept it.
Listening to the boy's report on the situation in Yuhua Lane, and hearing that Gu Jiu earned hundreds of thousands of taels a day, he was so angry that his heart ached.
He waved his fist, one fist after another, hitting the bed.
"Does God have eyes? Are those foreign merchants fools? Why would they buy such an expensive house? The house in Yuhua Lane is not worth much at all."
The young man said tremblingly, "Master, because of the Yuhua Lane Wharf, those foreign merchants don't think the houses in Yuhua Lane are expensive. Some people bought three or five houses in one go."
Li Dalang gritted his teeth, "That group of people are all idiots. How can I not know what Yuhua Lane looks like? It's just rags."
The servant cautiously reminded: "The original houses in Yuhua Lane have all been demolished. The houses for sale now are all newly renovated. The sewers and roads have been refurbished, which is different from the past."
"Shut up! Whose family are you from? Who are you speaking for?"
Li Dalang picked up the medicine bowl and threw it on the boy's head.
The boy secretly hid for a while, but was discovered by Li Dalang.
Li Dalang was furious, "Drag him down and beat him hard."
In a blink of an eye, the boy was dragged down to beat the board in the yard.
The steward appeased Li Dalang, "Master, the imperial doctor told me to avoid anxiety and dryness, which will affect the healing of the wound."
"So what if I recover? Can I still be an official? Can I still lift my hand? Get out, get out of here."
Li Dalang was furious.
What hurts more than losing to the opponent is that the opponent's life is getting more and more prosperous, and the business is getting bigger and bigger. Make yourself more miserable.
Seeing Gu Jiu get rich while he can only lie on the bed to recuperate, obviously the chance to get rich belongs to him, and Gu Jiu set up a scheme to snatch his chance to get rich from him.
"what… "
Li Dalang roared like a vent, like a trapped animal, unable to find a way out.
The people in the yard, hearing his roar, dared not even breathe, for fear of irritating him.
The steward got angry, "Eldest young master, you can't do this. The empress told you to be prudent and not to be impatient."
Li Dalang scolded angrily, "Shut up! Your Majesty, do you know how I feel at this moment, do you know my pain? Your Majesty doesn't know anything. My Majesty only cares about her glory and wealth, and the little prince. How can she care about my situation at all?" , cared about the situation of the Li family."
"presumptuous!"
Master Li came in from the outside with a straight face.
He waved his hand, and all the servants backed out.
Master Li was furious, "Your Majesty is also the one you dare to slander, how many heads have you grown? Without Madam, you can call your servants, and you can lie on a carved nanmu bed
After only a few years of rich and noble life, I forgot the hard times back then, and forgot that you have today, all thanks to your mother. If it wasn't for your empress, you would have been killed long ago.
You don't know how to be grateful, and you dare to feel resentment. I think you were fooled by those 20 boards. "
Li Dalang was silent, his face gloomy.
Master Li snorted, "If you continue like this, you will simply be a playboy in the future, and you don't have to worry about family affairs."
Li Dalang couldn't believe it, "Father wants to take power from his son? Could it be that even the father started to dislike his son?"
Snapped!
Master Li slapped the table, causing the teacups and teapots to jump up in fright.
"Look at you now, the concubine de concubine's face has been completely humiliated by you. Just because you complain all day long, why should you delegate power to you?"
Li Dalang gritted his teeth, "My son was only stimulated, and he couldn't accept it for a while, so he became abnormal."
Master Li saw that Li Dalang was beginning to soften, and his tone softened a little.
"My father has already heard about the matter of Yuhua Lane. Yuhua Lane has changed its appearance, and it will be where it is today. I really didn't expect it in advance. When Yuhua Lane was smashed in your hands, why didn't you think about spending money to rectify it?"
Li Dalang argued: "It's a bunch of mud-legged people who live there. If you spend money on rectification, wouldn't it be cheaper for those mud-legged people?"
Master Li snorted coldly, "It can be seen that your vision is indeed not as good as the other party's. You have not been wronged this time, and you have no right to be unconvinced. But this business is by no means Gu Jiu's exclusive business, and we can do it too. Do it. I have asked someone to find the location, and tomorrow we will also repair the house and sell it."
Li Dalang regained his energy immediately, "Father intends to confront Gu Jiu?"
"What does it mean to fight against each other? It's called making money for everyone. The capital is not owned by Gu Jiu alone, so naturally it's not her turn to make money alone."
"Father is right, our Li family can also earn this money."
…
Gu Mei was worried about the children, and after confirming that the house was sold, she bid farewell to Gu Jiu and set off to return to Daihou's Mansion.
Gu Jiu was still sitting in the teahouse drinking tea.
Ma Xiaoliu will report the situation in Yuhua Lane in time.
The house was sold, the money came in, and everything went smoothly.
Although all of this has been expected, but only when the dust settles, will my heart feel at ease.
Bai Zhong will take care of the rest, and Gu Jiu is also preparing to return to the palace.
"Ma'am, there is someone below asking to see you. This is a greeting card!"
Gu Jiu wondered, how could anyone know that she was here.
"Who sent the greeting card?"
"For those who don't know, the accent sounds like they are from the south."
Gu Jiu flipped through the greeting card, "Worship the owner of Yuhua Lane" vividly appeared on the paper in bold and powerful characters.
She laughed. There are smart people everywhere.
They actually got here by following Ma Xiaoliu, and confirmed her identity.
She waved the greeting card and said to Ma Xiaoliu, "Do you know that you are being followed?"
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Ma Xiaoliu looked confused, terrified, and very uneasy, "Damn the little one."
"Damn it, be more vigilant next time. Go, invite this Mr. Zhou from the south."
A capable person followed Ma Xiaoliu without knowing it, and with a few clues, she was able to determine that she was the owner of Yuhua Lane. I have to say that this is a smart person, very smart.
Gu Jiu is happy to deal with smart people.
She also wanted to meet this Young Master Zhou to see what his background was.
Zhou Jin was invited to a private room on the second floor.
The door opened, and he walked in, shaking his folding fan.
When he saw Gu Jiu sitting at the table, he was obviously stunned, with an unnatural expression on his face.
Gu Jiu looked at the other party with a half-smile, "Master Zhou was surprised to see Mrs. Ben? Are you thinking that maybe your judgment was wrong, how could the owner of Yuhua Lane be a woman?"
In a blink of an eye, Zhou Jin returned to normal, "Caomin pays his respects to Mrs. Zhao. Before Caomin came, he really didn't expect that Yuhua Lane was Madam's property. Please forgive me for being rude."
Sure enough, he is a smart man.
"You know me?"
Gu Jiu looked him up and down, no matter how he looked at him, he was a handsome young man with a good appearance, not like a businessman.
Zhou Jin smiled and said, "Know a thing or two."
Gu Jiu smiled and invited the other party to sit down.
"You judged the identity of Mrs. Ben the first time you saw her. I'm curious, what is your basis?"
Zhou Jin and Gu Jiu sat opposite each other, "If Caomin says there is no basis, it's all based on intuition, Madam, do you believe it?"
Gu Jiu shook her head, "I believe it when it comes from someone else's mouth. My wife doesn't believe it when it comes from Mr. Zhou's mouth."
Zhou Jin smiled wryly, "Thank you Ma'am for looking up to Caomin. To tell you the truth, when I came to the capital, after hearing about the great achievements of Princess Huyang, Caomin deliberately inquired about the Palace of Princess Huyang and Prince Ning's Mansion. Caomin speculated that the events surrounding Yuhua Lane A series of things, no accident, should be operated by someone in Ning Wangfu. The grass-roots guessed a lot, but they never expected that the real owner would be Mrs. Zhao."
Gu Jiu smiled softly, "You are very perceptive. I heard that you are from the south, what kind of business do you do?"
"Do North-South business."
"A wealthy businessman?"
"Just an ordinary small businessman."
"Mr. Zhou, you don't have to be modest. You can judge the identity of my wife at a glance, and the person who can buy three houses in Yuhua Lane in one go is not an ordinary small businessman. Mr. Zhou doesn't talk about the origin, but my wife doesn't ask. I don't know. Mr. Zhou is looking for Mrs. Ben, what is the matter?"
"If Madam doesn't dislike it, Caomin wants to cooperate with Madam to do business."
This was Zhou Jin's sudden idea.
Before coming, he just planned to make a good relationship and test his judgment.
But the moment he saw Gu Jiu, for the first time in his life, he realized what it means to be nervous.
He is in the south, and he has seen many heroines who do not give up to men. It is not uncommon for women to do business, even a business ten times larger than Yuhua Lane is not uncommon.
There is no shortage of such women in the south.
However, someone as young, beautiful, extraordinary, and with such a high status as Gu Jiu, personally manages such a large business, and the way of doing business is so novel. For a moment, Zhou Jin was amazed.
After chatting a few words, he became more and more amazed.
So, he changed his mind, he wanted to cooperate with Mrs. Zhao in front of him.
Gu Jiu smiled softly, "I don't do north-south business."
"Caomin is not just doing north-south business."
Zhou Jin regretted, regretting not being honest enough at the beginning.
Gu Jiu said, "I'm not interested in cooperation right now, we'll talk about it later when we have a chance."
She serves tea to the guests.
Zhou Jin's heart was suffocated, and his heart was stuffed. In an instant, he calmed down again.
"To disturb Madam today. Cao Min Zhou Jin, a businessman, wants to formally meet Madam."
Gu Jiu looked at him with a half-smile, "We already know each other."
Zhou Jin understood, "The grassroots leave."
Crisp and neat, with excellent poise. From beginning to end, he was neither humble nor overbearing, and there was no regret or loss when he left.
Zhou Jin hurried downstairs.
When he got into the carriage, he looked back towards the second floor.
He saw a pair of bright eyes, which flashed away.
Zhou Jin laughed, got into the carriage, and left.
Instead of going back to the inn, he went directly to the alley.
Walking into the dilapidated small courtyard in the alley, Zhou Jin bowed to the person in front of him, "See Uncle Shi."
Zhou Shi'an looked up at Zhou Jin, his eyes were unfamiliar and scrutinized.
Zhou Shi'an, the cynical and down-and-out poor scholar in the ruined temple in the northwest, was stimulated by Gu Jiu's words and decided to fight again. So I came to the capital and studied hard behind closed doors.
The little beggar who was with him back then has disappeared since the temple was destroyed.
He didn't know that the little beggar had already entered the palace and changed his name to Zhou Miao, and he was already an inmate of the Shangshan Supervisor. In the harem, everything was going well.
"Uncle Shi, I am Zhou Jin from the Huai'an Zhou family. My father told me that I must come to greet you when I arrive in the capital."
Zhou Shian had a serious face, "I know you, pirate leader. The reputation of the Zhou family has all been lost in your hands."
Zhou Jin smiled slightly, "Uncle Shi really thinks too highly of my nephew. If I were a pirate leader, if I could appear at the emperor's feet, wouldn't I be afraid that the embroidered clothes guards would come and arrest me?"
Zhou Shi'an raised his eyebrows and smiled mockingly, "Don't coax me with the words of coaxing a three-year-old child. I know exactly who you are. Tell me, why did you come to see me?"
"The Zhou family in the south of the Yangtze River is originally the same ancestor. Why should the uncle reject his nephew thousands of miles away?"
"The same ancestors are not of the same clan. Your Zhou family in Huai'an and our Zhou family in Chuzhou have already made five uniforms. Don't meet a Zhou with the surname of Zhou and make random references to relatives."
Zhou Jin smiled indifferently when he heard the words, "Uncle Shi is right. This time when I come to Beijing, besides delivering a batch of goods, I also want to add makeup for my eldest sister. I heard that my eldest sister is about to marry into Pingnan Hou's mansion as the eldest daughter-in-law. It's all about Zhou Jin. The descendants of the family, it’s fine if you don’t catch up, but if you catch up, of course you have to express your gratitude.”
Zhou Shi'an said, "It's useless for you to tell me. I have already divorced the people over there. I am a descendant of the Zhou family in Chuzhou, but not a descendant of the Zhou family in Chuzhou. Don't ask about marriages and funerals." I."
Zhou Jin said earnestly: "Uncle Shi and his family are unhappy, and my nephew has heard about it a little bit. It's just that after so many years, Uncle Shi should also think about it. Since he can pick up the books again, why can't the goods be with the emperor's family? Make peace with the family?"
Zhou Shi'an smiled sarcastically, "It's not your turn to make irresponsible remarks about me. If there's nothing else, you can go away."
Zhou Jin bowed slightly, "I'm chattering today, my nephew has prepared a little courtesy, please accept it with a smile."
Zhou Shi'an didn't give face at all, "No matter what gift, take it away."
Zhou Jin clapped his hands without saying a word, and two servants and two maids filed in.
"From now on, these four people will take care of Uncle Shi's daily life and do errands. You don't have to worry about the wages, Uncle Shi, my nephew has already thought of everything for you. Uncle Shi is busy, so my nephew will leave now."
"I don't want these four people, take them all away."
"The people have been given to Uncle Shi. If you want to beat or kill, Uncle Shi is free to do so. The only thing is that you can't return them to your nephew."
Zhou Jin spoke concisely, and simply got up and left.
Don't give Zhou Shi'an a chance to retire at all.
Zhou Shi'an walked slowly, and by the time he chased him out, Zhou Jin had long since disappeared. Zhou Shi'an was so angry that he scolded Zhou Jin for a quarter of an hour, without repeating anything.
He said to the four servant girls, "Get out, I don't need anyone to wait on me here."
The four servant girls knelt on the ground together, "Please forgive me, master."
"roll!"
Zhou Shi'an closed the door, completely ignoring the four of them. If you want to kneel, just kneel, if you want to walk, just walk, no matter what.
As a result, these four people have been kneeling outside for a whole day and night, without any rice.
Zhou Shi'an was furious.