Hearing Li Shu ask when she had been an ingrate, Qin’er coughed and spoke in a small voice with a bitter face: “Miss, you have never been an ingrate before, but that was before, aren’t you being an ingrate now? The building is worth only six or seven hundred silver, but the lady wants to spend one thousand taels to buy it; the barren slope behind it is worth only ten silver, but the lady wants to spend one hundred taels …….Miss you say, if this is not considered a wrongdoer, then what is a wrongdoer ah?”
“Lol ……”When Li Shu saw Qin’er’s pained little appearance, she couldn’t help but laugh, then waved her pink little hand, making the irrelevant maids and mums temporarily evade, only leaving Qin’er and several other beloved maids and mums in front of her.
“This is picking up a bargain.”Li Shu smiled slightly and said in a serious manner.
“Picking up bargains???”Qin’er expressed serious doubts, this is losing money to grandma’s house, how can it be called picking up bargains.
Although I read less, but Miss you can’t fool me either, Qin’er looked at Li Shu with a sceptical face.
“Self-contained building is now the market value of seven hundred taels of silver, however, this is only the current market value, but in a short period of two or three years, and a long period of five or six years, the price of Self-contained building will at least quadruple.”Li Shu said with a confident smile.
“Ah? At least quadruple?”When Qin’er heard this, her small mouth opened in surprise, and after the surprise came serious doubt, looking at Li Shu with an unbelieving face, deeply questioning, “Miss, how can it possibly quadruple?”
“Just by the south city wall.”Li Shu smiled.
“South City Wall?”Qin’er was at a loss, not knowing what the price increase of Zi Zi Lou had to do with the South City Wall.
“Lol ……I see that you are not much smarter than Painter.”Seeing Qin’er’s bewildered look, Li Shu couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh.
“Miss, I just don’t understand it, what does the Southern City Wall have to do with the price increase of Ziyi House?”
Qin’er asked with a bitter face.
“Let me ask you, which is more expensive, the restaurants in the city, or the restaurants outside the city?”Li Shu did not reply directly, but asked Qin’er a question.
“Of course it’s the city’s restaurants that are expensive, a restaurant in the city can buy several restaurants outside the city.”
Qin’er returned without thinking.
“That’s just it. From the building originally outside the city, last month Nie Bao Nie adults presided over the inner city to repair the outer city, only to repair the southern wall, the court’s finances can not afford it, Nie adults had to repair the two north-south connecting the inner and outer walls, three days ago, just finished, the capital of the city on the original ‘mouth’ zig-zag shape into ‘convex’ zig-zag shape.The city’s original ‘mouth’ shape has become a ‘convex’ shape. Dajue Temple and Ziyou Building were originally outside the city, but now they are all encased in the city wall, already located in the outer city. The outer city is also a city, ah, within the protection of the city walls, in a few years, the outer city will certainly develop rapidly, the outer city land prices will certainly rise, so ah, the Self-contained Building will also certainly appreciate in value. Especially with the development of the outer city, this building will continue to rise in value, the more prosperous the outer city, the more the building will rise in value. The same applies to the barren slope behind it, after levelling it can be ten acres of land. After a number of years, in terms of value, this ten acres of land price is no less than in the building, buy is to earn. If you spend eleven hundred taels of silver to buy it now, you can make at least twice as much if you sell it in the future.”
Li Shu smiled like a little fox that had stolen a chicken, a pair of dark as ink eyes shining brightly.
“Ah ……So that’s how it is.”
When Qin’er heard Li Shu’s words, she suddenly came to a realisation and looked at Li Shu with a pair of eyes filled with stars of admiration.
At this moment, Qin’er’s admiration for her own young lady was practically bursting at the seams.
“Do you still think I’m an ingrate?”Li Shu asked with a smile.
“Of course Miss is not.”Qin’er firmly shook her head, then got nervous, “Miss, the outer city was repaired three days ago, will Sixth Miss and Great Grandma and the girls also realise that the price of Zi Zi Lou will increase ah, will they back out and disagree?”
Qin’er is now afraid that the Sixth Miss will back out, worrying that they won’t agree to sell Zi Zai Lou and the deserted slopes behind it.
“Don’t worry, they all seem to be smart, but in reality, they only stare at their own land, they only know about the house fights, where will they look outside the house, let alone the outer city.”Li Shu mentioned the Sixth Misses and the girls, not without contempt, not at all worried that the Sixth Misses and the girls would backtrack.
“Most importantly, compared to the current market price, I have raised at least four hundred taels of silver for them, profit makes you dizzy. Didn’t you see that Old Six was so happy that he couldn’t hold back? It’s almost as if they’re afraid that I’ll renege now. Just watch, soon Lao Liu will come to me with the deed to the house and land, not giving me the chance to ‘renege’.”
Li Shu smiled and said with a confident expression.
Qin’er thought back, it was true, when Miss Sixth left just now, the excitement on her face could not be hidden.
A look of having picked up a great bargain.
In this way, it seems that there is really no need to worry that they will renege. However, Qin’er had another worry in her heart.
“Miss, like you said, when the outer city develops and Zi Zi Lou appreciates in value, it will take at least two or three years, maybe even five or six years. During this period of time, what about Self-contained Building, Self-contained Building’s business is not good, it is losing money every day. If we wait for five or six years, if we keep losing money for these five or six years, that’s not a small amount.”Qin’er asked worriedly, “Sixth Miss and the others will definitely look at the joke, the thought of them looking at us as a joke, even though it’s only temporary, it’s still unpleasant in the heart.”
“Hehe, the reason why Zi Zi Lou has been losing money is that they don’t know how to run a business.”Li Shu pulled her small mouth in disdain.
When Qin’er heard Li Shu’s comment, she couldn’t help but open her small mouth in surprise, “Ah? Can’t run a business? The last time we went to Da Jue Temple to pray for incense, we passed by Zi Zai Lou, and I saw that Great Grandma and the girls were very dedicated to running the restaurant. The decorations of Zi Zai Lou are elegant and delicate, and the chef is also the imperial chef from the Imperial Catering House, which is quite good; the shop assistants are also hardworking, careful and enthusiastic, and the ingredients are all very fresh. ……I think the reason why Zi Zi Lou has been losing money is because the neighbourhood is desolate and the customer flow is low.”
In Qin’er’s opinion, even if they took over Zi Zai Lou, they wouldn’t necessarily be able to do better than Great Grandma and her girls.
“Can’t you do good business when the neighbourhood is desolate and the customer flow is low?!”Li Shu smiled slightly.
Qin’er subconsciously nodded.
“It’s only those who can’t run a business that can’t do well.”Li Shu gently nudged Qin’er’s head and said softly.
“Then how to run a business?”Qin’er’s little head was filled with this question.
“Naturally, it’s a good positioning. The perimeter of Zi Zi Lou is a bit more desolate, with less customer traffic, and even though the outer city has been built, the perimeter of Zi Zi Lou won’t be able to prosper in a short period of time. However, Zi Zi Lou’s back is against Da Jue Temple, it is very close to Da Jue Temple, people who go to Da Jue Temple from the inner city to pay incense will pass by the avenue in front of Zi Zi Lou, the flow of people is actually not that small, many of these people who go to Da Jue Temple to pay incense are dignitaries and wealthy families, as long as they are captured, the Zi Zi Lou’s business is even much more red hot than the city’s pubs.”
Li Shu softly analysed.
“What Miss said makes sense, but how to catch them ah, Great Grandma and the girls have invited the Imperial Chef here ……”
Qin’er had a question mark on her face.
“Simple, if we accept Zi Zi Lou, just outside the shop on the side of the road, tree a few conspicuous and eye-catching large signboards, widely announced: behind Zi Zi Lou there is an open space dedicated to diners, residents planting praying for blessing trees. If you are interested, we will provide you with saplings of pine, cypress, osmanthus, plum, orchid and bamboo, etc., which have been blessed by the monks of Dajue Temple, so that you can plant them with your own hands for praying and inscribing, and on the trees, you can hang a wooden plaque engraved with your name, the time of planting, and the matters of praying for blessing. After that, you can come to our shop at any time for free to see the planted trees. Our shop only charges three silver coins for the sapling fee.”Li Shu smiled slightly and said slowly.
“Being able to pray for blessings, elegant, and commemorative, it will naturally attract a group of not-so-bad incense burners to come and plant the trees. And which planted a tree of incense, once planted a tree, will certainly not forget the hand-planted tree of blessing, and then go to Da Jue Temple incense, will naturally come to visit their hand-planted tree of blessing, and naturally become a repeat customer. A batch of small trees brings back a batch of repeat customers, and Zi Zi Lou will naturally be full of customers ……”
Li Shu narrowed her eyes and smiled like a little fox.
“Miss how did you think of this, it’s too powerful ……”Qin’er’s voice broke with excitement, and all of a sudden, her eyes spewed outward adoring stars.
