Delicate Flower Chapter 123: Message
Yu Yuan’s money was indeed worth it. When the tea doctor came over with the ordered music list, he was more than a little enthusiastic towards them. "It has been arranged. After the song is finished, it will be your order." After saying that, he brought in a plate of fresh fruit from outside and said, "This is my tribute to you. Eat it slowly and use it slowly. I will stand outside the door. If anything happens, just call me."
This Dr. Tea should be rewarded.
Yu Tang guessed, feeling more confident about what he wanted to do.
She picked the biggest plum and gave the two peaches to Dr. Cha. She smiled and said, "Don't leave yet. I want to ask you something."
The tea doctor immediately came over, stopped seven or eight steps away from her in a very polite manner, lowered his head and said respectfully, "What do you want to ask? As long as I know, I will answer whatever you ask. If I were If you don’t know, I’ll go and find out for you.” Very astute.
This may be the reason why this teahouse can become one of the most expensive teahouses.
Yu Tang thought about it in his mind and asked him with a smile, "When I came here, I saw many big ships on the Suzhou River. I heard that these ships came from Ningbo and contained imported goods. Do you know where they are? Is there anyone selling imported goods?"
Dr. Tea became more energetic after hearing this, and said hurriedly, "If you ask me this, you are asking the right person. There is no shop in Suzhou city that I don't know about. When you came here, you saw this street in front of our tea house. Is it right? It's called Suhe Street. This street has the most teahouses, restaurants and restaurants. When you go out from our teahouse and turn left, there is an alley. In this alley, they also sell snacks and fruits. Just keep walking forward until you finish this alley, and you will find another street, and on that street, all the goods sold are imported goods..."
He talked eloquently, and it was obvious that he was really familiar with Suzhou City.
Yu Tang also kept saying one thing after another, and soon found out where those doing business at sea liked to stay, and how they released news when the fleet went to sea.
Xiangshi listened and couldn't help but nodded secretly.
Yu Yuan praised Yu Tang for being smart and capable before, but she didn't take it seriously. After all, based on her experience, she has seen too many capable women, such as Mrs. Wei, her stepmother, and the in-laws from her stepmother's family. Maybe it's really rare to do something like Yutang's.
Now Yu Tang is no longer just good at managing a farm and keeping accounts, but like a man, he knows how to deal with people outside and how to ask for what he wants calmly.
Not to mention Xiangshi, even Xia Pinggui and Xia Lian were also very surprised.
Xia Pinggui thought, no wonder the second master of the boss wants to marry the eldest lady. The eldest lady is someone who can keep the family business. As for Xia Lian, she was glad that Xiangshi had such a sister-in-law. Not only would this sister-in-law not hinder Xiangshi in the future, she would also be able to give her advice and help her when something happened.
The two of them became more respectful to Yu Tang after that. Of course, this is something to say later.
After Yu Tang got the news he needed, he rewarded Dr. Cha with a handful of copper coins. After sending Dr. Cha out, he smiled bitterly and said to Yu Yuan, "It seems we have gone to the wrong place."
According to Dr. Tea, those who do maritime business or ship to Ningbo to pull goods all like to rest in another wine shop called Ping An on the pier. They usually exchange news there.
Yu Yuan was generous and said with a smile, "If we hadn't come to this teahouse, we wouldn't have found out the news. Besides, that Ping'an wine shop sounds like a place where coolies drink. I can't take you two women with me. Let’s go to a restaurant for dinner?”
Most of the women who come in and out of that kind of place are women from the gangs or brothels, and others won't respect them when they see them.
Xiangshi nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "Brother, you are right. Although we went to the wrong place, we still saw a lot. After we go back, we will tell it to my mother-in-law and aunt. If there is a chance, let them also Come and take a look."
Yu Tang felt that their stay was too short, and he was afraid that they would not find a chance to talk to Jiang Ling.
However, I can’t eat hot glutinous rice **** in a hurry, so I have to do everything step by step. Since I’m here to listen to music, I’d better listen to it.
Yu Tang, Xiangshi and Yu Yuan spent the morning in the teahouse, and got some news about the Song family from Dr. Tea.
It turns out that the Song family started building ships in Taihu Lake when they returned to Suzhou City. For this reason, the Song family sold two mulberry forests in Huzhou.
The Song family was founded on silk in the early years. This was the time to plant mulberry and raise silkworms. This could be said to have shaken the foundation of the Song family and paid a heavy price.
Yu Yuan was stunned and asked Dr. Cha, "Then, do the older generations of their family also agree?"
The Dr. Tea sighed and said, "What can I do if I don't agree? I think you are from out of town before I tell you. The Song family is no longer the Song family it used to be. Last year, their family was enshrined in the inner court. Bai Juan almost didn't get selected, but she managed to get through by following the path of a relative of theirs. You don't know, the business in the inner court is not that easy. They have to be re-elected every three years. This time they I found the right person, and I got away with it. What about next time? Will they still be willing to help? Will the person who helped me be able to speak? It’s hard to say!"
Looking for help from relatives?
Are you looking for the Pei family?
As Yu Tang was thinking about it, he heard Dr. Cha continue, "The people of the Song family don't look for their own reasons. They just say that someone is making things difficult for their family. They plan to stop doing business after finishing the business for the past three years and change it." Doing maritime business. I think if the Song family continues like this, I'm afraid they will fail!"
I didn’t expect Dr. Tea to have such knowledge!
Yu Tang was in awe.
The Song family seems to have slowly declined like this.
Yu Yuan didn’t know, and thought Dr. Cha was being alarmist and asked, “How do you say this?”
The doctor frowned and said, "There are many people doing inner court business in Suzhou, but which one is making money? It's not enough to serve the eunuchs who serve the twenty-four yamen of the inner court, let alone water transport. There are a lot of yamen including the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry. But being an imperial merchant has a reputation and style. Everyone knows that you can deal with people in the palace. When you go out, ordinary people will give you some face. This is Can money buy it? And since your things can be paid tribute, they must be the best things in the world. Don’t everyone come to your house to buy something? If you lose this business, wouldn’t that mean Others, your family is in trouble, no one in the imperial court is supporting your family, your family is outdated, and everyone still needs to push down the wall. Only those who push back three times and two times, the family business is undefeated is the devil!
There is no reason why the Song family doesn't know the truth that even Dr. Tea knows.
Then the Song family can make such a choice, is there any hidden secret?
Is it related to the incident in the Pei family?
However, before the Pei brothers became officials, the Song family had already started doing business in the inner court. They should have their own way, right?
Yu Tang was puzzled, so he didn’t think about it, and tentatively asked Dr. Cha, "I heard that there is a family named Jiang in Suzhou City who wants to do maritime business and recruit people to buy shares. Is this family reliable?" Reliable?"
Dr. Tea curled his lips and said, "So you guys know it too! Their family used to be a boat dealer, running imported goods from Ningbo to Suzhou. They may have made some money in the past few years, but they don't know how high the world is. I want to make a big fortune. We Suzhou people are all waiting to see their jokes!"
Yu Tang was at a loss.
In her previous life, she had heard from Mrs. Lin that as long as the Jiang family wanted to take the boat, everyone would join in the fight.
It can be seen that this is another thing that is exaggerated after it is successful.
Wouldn't it be very simple for them to buy shares at this time?
Yutang's mind suddenly became more active.
She asked Dr. Tea, "Do you know where the Jiang family lives?"
Dr. Tea glanced at Yu Tang quickly, and then said to Yu Yuan, "Their family lives in Dongjiang Lane not far from here. However, this person is really unreliable, vulgar and stingy, and has a nice temperament." People who have dealt with him say he is an 'Iron Rooster'. If you really want to do business with them, you have to keep your eyes open and be careful not to be deceived by him."
Although Yu Yuan didn't know how Yu Tang knew about the Jiang family, at this time, he had to speak for Yu Tang no matter what. He smiled and explained to Yu Tang, "We also heard someone say it on the road. We were a little curious, so we asked."
Dr. Tea breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The reputation of the Jiang family is not very good, so you should be careful."
Yu Yuan thanked him. It happened that the Pingtan they ordered had finished singing, and Dr. Cha was about to bring the famous actor up to ask for a reward from them. The topic was dropped and no one mentioned it again.
After coming out of the teahouse, Yu Yuan found a famous restaurant for lunch, and Yu Tang decided to visit Jiang's house.
She told Yu Yuan, "I heard it from the waiter at the inn yesterday. Besides, everything is 'hearing is false, seeing is believing'. Anyway, we are here to inquire about these things, no matter what others say, Go and take a look first, nothing can be accomplished in one go."
Both Yu Yuan and Xiang agreed~IndoMTL.com~ Yu Yuan also said, "You are just lucky. You are also staying in a hotel. No one of us paid attention to this yesterday."
Yu Tang was ashamed and guiltily pulled Yu Yuan to change the subject, "Should we inquire more carefully about the Jiang family's stock raising? How much is a share? Is it just money or can we invest in things? What are their families preparing? When is the time to go to sea? Who should I invite to the ship?"
"Yes, yes!" Yu Yuan said hurriedly.
Xiangshi covered his lips and smiled, saying, "Mei, you are really a woman. You see the same thing. Your brother doesn't know anything, but you can find out clearly." When I came here before, I was still thinking that since you want to do this business, I should accompany you to see the world. Now it seems that you may really be able to do this. If Amei doesn't see anyone else, she can count me in. One share."
What can make Xiangshi claim to own a share is probably her own money!
Yu Tang was very surprised. She was grateful for Xiangshi's trust in her, but also worried that the Jiang family's failure this time would drag down Xiangshi.
After all, the news she heard in her previous life seemed not to be so accurate now.