amaotonovel Chapter 166 Cloth Shop Rent
Chapter 166 Cloth Shop Rent
The tea shop owner planned to ask the decoration team hired by Zhao Yuanzhen to help with the decoration and repairs.
He also wanted to pay for the construction of a backyard and house like the one in the cloth shop.
Zhao Yuanzhen said that it was no problem, as long as the money was paid, everything could be discussed.
The tea shop didn’t have a kitchen either.
+3 permanent diners in own restaurant.
Not bad.
For those who dine there for a long time, Zhao Yuanzhen gave them a discount of 24 cents per person per day, and they could eat whatever the canteen prepared and they were guaranteed to be full.
Both the cloth shop and the tea shop were very satisfied. The food in the cafeteria was very good, with three dishes and one soup, as well as meat dishes. What else could they want?
Go collect the rent.
"Hello, doctor. You are back."
The shopkeeper quickly greeted him.
"Well, I've been back for a few days. I came here today to calculate the rent."
You've been back for several days, but you don't take the initiative to go, and I have to ask for it. It's really true.
"Hey, look at me, I've forgotten about this. I'll show you the account book now."
When it comes to profit distribution, it is certain that you have to look at the account books.
The shop was rented in July, and it has been more than two months now.
Zhao Yuanzhen checked the account book and found that it was full of retail records, which was not right.
I have seen several large shipments of cargo being sent across the river. This shopkeeper is playing tricks on me.
"These are all retail records, shopkeeper. I remember the cloth shop passing by with large quantities of goods."
"Uh, look at my brain, I forgot about the shipping ledger, I'll get it for you right now."
The shopkeeper, embarrassed, went to take away the account book of the bulk goods.
I originally thought that if I could fool it, I could save a lot of money.
When Zhao Yuanzhen took over the account book, she asked the system to scan the shopkeeper to see if he was cheating.
The total profit from bulk goods and retail is taels, and the 2380% rent is taels.
No wonder the shopkeeper was unwilling to show the entire account book, the rent is really quite high.
The scanning results were acceptable, and the shopkeeper did not tamper with the account book again.
"Boss, you should understand that although the rent is a bit expensive, the market is huge. If you really think it's too big, we can actually introduce other cloth shops to our ferry."
If you don't do it, others will.
"Yes, yes, the doctor is right. I just forgot to take the bulk account book. I will pay attention to it next time. I will get the rent from you right away."
He swiftly took out a silver note worth 2380 taels and handed it to Zhao Yuanzhen.
A flattering smile was always on his face.
Zhao Yuanzhen raised her eyebrows and took the banknote.
This is the first time. If it happens again, I won’t rent to him anymore.
Life at the ferry was simple. Every day he just saw patients, went to the market, and taught apprentices, and it was a boring repetition.
At the end of the month, Zhao Yuanzhen will go back to the capital as her grandson and granddaughter are going to have a full-month banquet, so she, as the grandmother, has to go back.
I replenished the stocks to each shop and wrote down all the items that needed to be delivered.
The ferry was handed over to Zhang Yu again, and Zhao Yuanzhen rode back on horseback by herself. It was better to go alone as it was more free.
When I got home, there were still two days before I would be discharged from the confinement period.
I went to see my two daughters-in-law and my second grandson and second granddaughter first.
The two little guys are chubby after eating, and they are very cute.
I teased the little guys for a while.
Zhao Yuanzhen ordered what to buy tomorrow, and wanted to go to the farm to get a pig, a sheep, and some chickens and ducks.
It will be used for the full moon banquet the day after tomorrow.
She also went to Zhuangzi.
Looking at a circle of red wolfberries, it's time to pick them.
Wolfberries were planted all over the house and the farm, and farmers were instructed to pick them.
Because they were picked and very clean, they were sent directly to the drying yard to dry.
Dry the moisture in the sun for easy preservation.
Wolfberry is a traditional Chinese medicine, and its main function is to nourish the liver and kidneys, improve the essence and improve eyesight. The price in the pharmacy is about 8.5 taels of silver per catty, which is very expensive. At this time, there are very few artificially cultivated medicinal materials, so the medicinal materials are not cheap.
When selecting varieties, Zhao Yuanzhen chose the best wolfberry trees, and each wolfberry was large and full.
There are many wolfberry trees and the trees have thorns, so it is not easy to pick the wolfberries. It will probably take more than a week to pick them.
Go to the winery to see how the wine is doing.
"Hello, madam."
"Well, how's the wine? Is it good?"
"Madam, it tastes good. I'll bring it to you to try."
Zhang Jiu quickly went to the wine cellar and got two kinds of red wine, one with less sugar and one with more sugar.
It has a slightly sour taste with less sugar, and smells good.
The ones with more sugars taste better, sour and sweet.
"Well, the winemaking was very successful. You are all really talented winemakers. Two bottles each is a welfare for you. You can choose the flavor you want."
This wine jar is a small bottle, a ceramic bottle weighing one pound.
"Thank you, ma'am. You are so generous."
"Go to Zhang Jiu to register and collect it. Remember not to drink during the day."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Zhang Shang, the cafeteria has also added new wine."
"Yes, ma'am, how much is it?"
Grapes cost more than 10 wen per pound, and two pounds of grapes can produce one pound of wine. However, a large amount of rock sugar is added to the wine, two taels of rock sugar for one pound of grapes.
One pound of wine is 4 taels of rock sugar.
A pound of white sugar costs about 1000 wen, while a pound of white sugar can produce 8 liang of rock sugar through the crystallization method, so the price of rock sugar is even more expensive.
It is about 1300 wen per catty. The cost of one catty of wine is 2 catties of grapes and 4 liang of rock sugar, which is about 540 wen.
"The cafeteria sells it for 550 wen per pound."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Well, send 200 jars to the wine shop and 100 jars to my home. When the transport team delivers the goods, take 200 jars to the Yellow River ferry and prepare 50 jars for me, half of each sweetness."
"Yes, ma'am."
At the wine shop, the semi-sweet type sells for 3 taels of silver, and the sweet type sells for 4 taels of silver.
I went to other workshops for a tour and the most surprising thing was the mechanical research team, who were now studying the machinery and equipment in each workshop and had even repaired one.
If we follow this approach, we will soon be able to independently develop machinery and equipment.
By then, even without the system, they would be able to slowly figure it out by explaining the structure or drawing the blueprints themselves.
As for movable type printing, Zhao Yuanzhen sent another batch of new books. The previous ones, which were published every month, are almost finished.
Zhao Yuanzhen selected four maids to be responsible for the preparation of raw materials for the desserts in the candy shop, drink shop and beauty parlor.
What needs to be made is taro, which needs to be made into taro powder or taro paste, as well as various bean pastes, matcha powder, etc.
A little maid was chosen as the person in charge and named Zhang Tian.
Responsible for timely communication with all shops that need raw materials and regular replenishment.
The soapberries at home had all been picked, so Zhang Shang was asked to bring some back and distribute some to the servants at Zhuangzi's place.
The family is going to hold a full-month banquet, and Zhao Yuanzhen is going to deliver the invitation to Zhao Yuanlan.
I also brought some chili sauce, wine, and wolfberries.
"Hello, sister-in-law."
"Hello, little sister. Are you back from the Yellow River?"
"Yes, sister-in-law, I just came back. Where is my brother?"
"He went to the military camp and hasn't come back yet."
"Okay, sister-in-law, I brought some fresh food and newly brewed wine. I'll bring some over for you to try."
"Thank you for the expense, little sister."
"We are family, there is no need to thank each other. Sister-in-law, our family will hold a full-month banquet for Ziyou and Zipei the day after tomorrow. You and big brother should remember to come and have a drink."
Then he handed over the invitation.
"Okay, we will definitely go, don't worry."
"Well, I brought double portions of everything. I'll ask my eldest brother to send some to the Queen later."
"Okay, don't worry."
"Yeah, well, I still have to go to the shop, so I'll leave first."
"Well, since you're busy, you can go first."
Yue Hongmian also knew that she had finally come back and must be very busy, so she did not try to keep her.
Zhao Yuanzhen went to check out each shop.
I went to the grocery store first and looked at the sales of chili sauce.
"Madam, this chili sauce is selling very quickly. At first, each mansion bought a few bottles to try it out, and then they came to order large quantities. Almost 1 bottles have been sold so far."
The price of a jar is 1600 wen, so 1 jars would be 1.6 taels, with a cost of more than 2000 taels.
"Not bad, a lot of sales, you are indeed a good shopkeeper, keep up the hard work, I am optimistic about you."
The shopkeeper was overjoyed and praised by his boss.
Hand him the list of goods that are missing from the grocery store at the ferry and ask him to stock them.
After inspecting several other shops, he found that the wine shop had already sent five more batches of wine to the palace.
When we arrived at the billiard hall, the owner said that a new billiard hall had opened in the capital.
"When did it open?"
"It opened this month, at the beginning of the month, and the price is much cheaper than ours."
They charge 2 taels per hour, while the new one charges taels.
“Has our business been affected?”
Zhao Yuanzhen had thought that there would be people who would follow suit, after all, everyone wanted to make money. As long as they didn't force the price down too much, she didn't care.
"Basically, there is no impact. The tables are still full every day. People only go there if they can't get a table. I sent someone to check it out. The balls there are not made well. The dyeing is not as good as ours, and the color fades quickly. Even the table is not as solid as ours."
Zhao Yuanzhen's billiards and tables are all customized with the best craftsmanship.
The imitation ball is made of stone and then dyed, but the color is not oily. It is hit and hit again and again, so the color cannot stay and often fades, which does not look very good.
"That's fine. Don't worry about him. As long as our business is not affected, it's fine. If he lowers the price too much, tell me."
We can all make money together, but it is not okay to engage in price wars and disrupt the market.
"Yes, ma'am, I understand."
"Ah."
I went to the storytelling shop again to have a look.
"Madam, you are back. Congratulations, madam. Congratulations, madam."
When the shopkeeper saw her, he began to congratulate her.
"Where does happiness come from?"
Zhao Yuanzhen was a little confused.
"Young Master won the provincial examination this time and was the top scorer."
The provincial examination, isn’t that the autumn examination? Calculating the time, it seems to be at the end of August or around September.
But Zhang Xinshu didn't tell his family the exact time. This kid is really good at keeping secrets.
"When was the list released?"
"Just a few days ago, the young master said that the imperial examination candidate's letter of recommendation would be delivered in the next two days."
I guess I will wait until the book comes out before telling my family.