The momentum created by the Zhu family this time is quite large.
After the war to suppress bandits, the Zhu family in Anlu Prefecture and even Jiangbei gained a reputation for being brave and good at fighting. In addition, Zhang Yezheng, the current governor of the state, always liked to make friends with powerful people. The status of the Zhu family's Jinyiwei Qianhu finally came into use.
Zhang Yezheng's brother-in-law Xu Han also hit it off, and both parties were ready to annex the state's business system in one fell swoop.
As the people did not fight against the officials, many businessmen had no choice but to swallow their anger, leave Anlu to develop elsewhere, or seek alliances, as long as they avoided being annexed by the Zhu family.
"...Old Madam, everything is going smoothly now. The landlord of the warehouse has reached an agreement and will directly sublet it to us after breaking the contract. At the same time, the third lady is ordered to transport all the goods within three days and vacate the warehouse...
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When Butler Liu reported to Zhu Jia, his face couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad.
He contributed a lot to this incident, but he always felt like he was being two-faced and was thankless.
No matter how diligent he was in working for the Zhu family, he could not hide the fact that he was an informant paid by Prince Xing's palace. Once someone discovered him one day, given the ruthlessness of the old lady, he would probably die without a burial place.
Zhu Jiashi said with a straight face: "Mr. Xu's family didn't come forward? Can she still transport the inventory in the warehouse?"
Butler Liu was horrified.
If you want to be ruthless, the old lady is the most ruthless. Not only does she want to occupy the warehouse where the goods are stored, but she also wants to seize the inventory inside?
"This... Old Madam, I asked Mr. Xu about it. What he meant is that the Third Madam is a chaste woman given by the imperial court. The key is that Prince Youxing's Mansion supports her, so it's not easy to attack, so..."
When orphans and widows go out to do business, everyone wants to take advantage of them.
But the problem is that he has a background, and Prince Xing's Mansion stands there like a giant beast, and you can't just do whatever you want.
Zhu Jiashi said: "Then let her run into obstacles everywhere, complaining that the sky is not responding, and that the earth and the earth are not working... When the goods on hand cannot be sold and the situation is exhausted, she will naturally come to ask for help from home. At that time, she will be happy.
The palace's business will also belong to the Zhu family, and at best she will be used as a cover..."
"Yes Yes."
Butler Liu was frightened for a while.
Is the old lady preparing to kill everyone?
I had so much grudge against the third lady before that now I resort to any means necessary!
If the old lady's idea comes true, not only will Zhu Niang's business belong to the Zhu family, Zhu Niang's mother and son will also be controlled by the Zhu family, and even the business of Prince Xing's Mansion will be controlled by the Zhu family. Then all we need to do is let Zhu Niang come out as the boss.
A puppet shopkeeper...
Butler Liu thought to himself, is this plan too smooth and perfect? In the past two years, whenever the Zhu family thought they were sure of winning, something would always go wrong, and it would end in a disastrous outcome. Why?
"It seems that letting the second child go north is the right choice." The old lady suddenly sighed with emotion.
Butler Liu was stunned.
I am still thinking about why this time went so smoothly. It turns out that the troublemaker Zhu Wanjian is not here.
It makes sense when you think about it. The root cause of every failure in relationships in the past is Zhu Wanjian's troubles? It doesn't seem to be the case. It may be that I am taking charge of the overall situation this time. Otherwise, how could the effect be so outstanding? Could it be that I am really a talent? Otherwise, why do I always feel so old?
Both my wife and Prince Xing’s palace put me in high regard?
"Old Madam, do you want to inform the Third Madam? How will she react?" Butler Liu asked for instructions.
Zhu Jiashi shook his head: "The business has been taken away, why do we need to ask her opinion? Now it's time for her to beg the Zhu family..."
The ideal is very fulfilling, but realistically...it doesn't seem to be unattainable.
The business was taken away, and Zhu Niang had too many goods in her hands. She couldn't sell them and couldn't collect the money, so she had to sell her house and land to pay off the debt...
In the end, if they really can't continue to operate, they will hand over the trading channels with Prince Xing's Mansion to the Zhu family, and the Zhu family will be able to swallow up everyone, including people and business.
It seems that it should be so at present.
But in fact, with Zhu Niang’s net worth, this little twist and turn... is that a big deal?
But at this time, Zhu Niang was also wondering, how could the situation take a sudden turn for the worse?
When her son came back, she asked her doubts: "...Didn't we agree that we would hand over the business to the Zhu family? Why did the Zhu family take away the shopkeeper, the clerk and the warehouse of the collapsed house?
Oh...did Shopkeeper Ma betray you?"
Zhu Niang couldn't understand.
We agreed that we, mother and son, would take the initiative to hand over the business to the Zhu family to show our filial piety.
But nothing happened here yet. Why was all the business taken away by the Zhu family? They also ordered us to move the goods. It seems that they don't appreciate our kindness...
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Mom, you haven't noticed this? In fact, the Zhu family has joined hands with the brother-in-law in Xinzhizhou to annex local merchants, especially to monopolize the licensed channels in one fell swoop... I said before that I would hand over the business to
The Zhu family is also afraid that they will act too harshly and sacrifice their wealth to avoid disaster."
Aunt Li on the side said: "If the licensed business is not easy to do, then don't do it. Anyway, I have made a lot of money in the past six months, which is enough for our family's expenses."
Now even Aunt Li is not worried about the small gains and losses in business.
Girls are so confident when they have money!
Zhu Hao said: "Let's do business as usual, on a smaller scale...Mom, I made a batch of new cloth recently, what do you think of this material?"
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he opened a box that had been carried back by Yu San and others. It contained new cloth woven with a steam loom.
Aunt Li asked with a smile: "Is it so good? It's not a holiday, so you are bringing ingredients back?"
"Auntie, don't think too much about this cloth. It was woven in a workshop and ready to be sold... Besides, you don't lack clothes either," Zhu Hao reminded.
Aunt Li spat: "Stingy bitch."
However, he and Zhu Niang happily inspected the fabrics sent by Zhu Hao.
"Xiao Hao, the quality of these cloths is good, but the local cloth business has always been monopolized. Even if silk cloth is produced, you still need connections and connections to sell it..."
Zhu Niang had been in the weaving and embroidery business, and she knew that there was an established way to purchase folk cloth. You could not just buy it if you wanted to, or sell it if you wanted to. The cotton, spinning wheels and other raw materials for women's weaving were provided by dedicated personnel.
If you don't have a way, you won't even be able to hire a skilled weaver.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "I knitted this with a machine. It does not require skilled female workers. A half-year-old girl in the village can take up the job with a little training. The production efficiency is very high..."
Aunt Li curled her lips: "Master Hao, stop bragging, as if the cloth in other people's homes was not woven with a loom."
"It's different, it's different. My workshop requires very little labor. Just use a big iron pot to boil water and run the machine, and you can continuously produce cloth... If you don't believe me, I'll show you later..."
Zhu Hao's smile didn't look like he was joking at all.
Zhu Niang and Aunt Li looked at each other, obviously not accepting that there had just been a problem with the Xiangtanfang business here, and that the family had started to get involved in the textile business again.
"Mom, aunt, if the boss doesn't do it, then we will do the west. People can't be suffocated to death by shit... Anyway, for the licensed business, just keep the part of the transaction with Prince Xing's Mansion. Boss Su will provide us with the supply of goods, and we will pay for it ourselves.
There are ships for transportation, so what are you afraid of? This is the real guarantee of harvest in droughts and floods... Just wait and see, in less than two months, the local licensed business will still have to rely on us to clean up the mess..."
Zhu Hao is very confident.
Zhu Niang didn't understand where her son's confidence came from, and sighed: "It's not a bad thing if someone takes away your business. At least the house can be quieter, so Xiaohao can prepare for the exam. Now that you have some free time, let's think about what business to do... Right
Come on, Xiaohao, your aunt and I are discussing using our shop to open a rice paper shop, specializing in selling the four treasures of the study. There are stocks in the warehouse in the city, and your aunt can just bring them and open them. What do you think?"
Zhu Hao nodded.
It's rare that Zhu Niang and Li Niang want to go back to their old business of running a shop. Although they no longer sell official salt and grains, they switch to selling four treasures of the study... It doesn't matter whether this small business is profitable or not, the key is that the location is perfect.
The store has always been empty, and there are always people gossiping, blaming Zhu Niang for not using the resources she has, so why not return them to the Zhu family.
"Okay, I support it!"
Zhu Hao expressed his opinion.
"Okay, let's take care of it now. From now on, whatever the rice paper shop makes, whatever it makes, will belong to your aunt. Do you have any objections, Xiao Hao?" Regarding family affairs, Zhu's mother basically wants to seek Zhu Hao's opinion.
After all, Zhu Hao is the owner of this courtyard.
Essentially speaking, Zhu Niang and Aunt Li both exist dependent on Zhu Hao. In the past, Zhu Hao was a child, and Zhu Niang could be the master of the family. But now that Zhu Hao is about to gain fame, naturally he is the one who, as a child,
The scholar is in charge.
"No objection, any profit belongs to my aunt, and any loss belongs to the family... But Mom, we are a family, do we have to divide it so finely? Doesn't everything mine belong to my aunt?" Zhu Hao asked strangely.
Aunt Li was beaming with joy. On the one hand, Zhu Hao did not regard her as an outsider. On the other hand, she was about to have her own career and her life was becoming more and more promising.
Zhu Niang said: "That's what you said, but your aunt wants to do something. From now on, we have to be self-reliant and cannot rest on our laurels. Your aunt wants to rely on her own hands to save a dowry for your sister... In short, we don't want to hold you back."
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Zhu Hao nodded.
It seems that Zhu Niang and Aunt Li are very ambitious and don't want to wait for death. They don't have to separate themselves from each other, or they have to take charge of their own stall.
Nowadays, the small courtyard has many business lines, which all require dedicated personnel to take charge.
From now on, Aunt Li will be responsible for the shop business.
"By the way, ask Xiaobai to come to the front to help my aunt, and we can hire a female shopkeeper. A maid who is literate and good at arithmetic can also be used..."
Zhu Hao's little eyes were shining again, which probably meant that since he wanted to open a new business, there would definitely not be enough help at home, so he would have to hire more help.
Zhu Hao found that he was getting closer and closer to an old man who was just waiting to die and had someone to take care of him for food, clothing, and accommodation.
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Zhu Niang and Aunt Li are temporarily unable to take care of the house demolition business.
It's enough to have Shopkeeper Ma over there to support you.
Although the rumors are very tight, the current business has not been greatly affected, because local wholesalers are taboo about the alliance between Xu Han and the Zhu family. They do not want their purchase channels to be monopolized by the government. The prices of the goods provided by Zhu Niang are reasonable.
, there will never be a temporary price increase, and it also comes with insurance, warehousing, transportation and other services...
On the surface, you want to give face to the government and don't confront him, but secretly you still go to Shopkeeper Ma to purchase goods.
It's just a change from the bright side to the dark side, and outsiders don't know.
The goods are stored in the city, which makes local sales more convenient. It is obvious that the Zhu family and Xu Han are not strong enough to set up checkpoints at the city gates and streets to check the passing trucks, and the transportation of goods has not caused any major obstacles.
All because of the existence of Prince Xing's Mansion, Anlu Prefectural Government did not dare to be too presumptuous.
If it were another place, a magistrate or magistrate would be able to run rampant in the local area, but now they have to be cautious, and depending on the face of Prince Xing's Mansion, they will always restrain their actions.
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