manynovel Chapter 373 Bidding for the Mountainside Inn
Chapter 373 Bidding for the Mountainside Inn
"That being said, this place is definitely a good place to look at the river. I offer seven thousand taels!"
A businessman from another place stretched out his hands. All ten fingers were adorned with big gem rings. He looked like a typical nouveau riche.
"According to what you said, seven thousand taels is definitely not enough. I am very optimistic about this piece of land. I offer ten thousand taels for five years." Sun Jin, the eldest grandfather of the Sun family, spoke.
"Twelve thousand taels!" Liu Shichuan, the head of the Liu family, suddenly spoke.
A smile flashed across the Fourth Prince's eyes when he heard this. He rubbed his hand on the outside of the tea bowl and was in a very good mood.
"This is crazy. We need to build a two-story building here, but the court allows tenants to build it themselves, and only subsidizes half of it at most. Don't we have to pay for it ourselves?"
"Yes! Who knows how much silver it will cost to build it?"
"This kind of investment is too much and not worth it! Those of us who don't have much money can only sigh and watch."
Everyone was talking about it and waiting to watch the show.
"Fifteen thousand!" Liu said.
"Tsk tsk! They are really willing to spend so much!" Everyone shook their heads. The Chen family is so wealthy? They really underestimated it before.
"Liu! This location is not available to ordinary people. It is built halfway up the mountain. If it is not well-maintained, it will collapse easily due to wind and rain. Moreover, half of the money for construction has to be paid by our family. Who knows if we can get our money back in the end? You haven't settled the matter with our Chen family yet, but you are already making a random offer. Do you think our Chen family's money was blown by the wind?"
Chen Youde thought that Liu's offer of 30,000 taels for a shop was already bleeding the Chen family.
Originally he didn't want to admit it, but he had heard of Princess Changsui, and she was the empress dowager's beloved, so he couldn't openly disobey her.
But now the Liu family simply wanted to take revenge on the Chen family, and they actually wanted to spend 15,000 taels of silver to rent such a shop. It was simply despicable and shameless.
Princess Changsui glanced over and Chen Youde immediately shut up.
"What did you say? Isn't Ping'er the head of the Chen family? Why is she always contradicted? Is this the attitude towards the head of the family?"
Princess Changsui sat below the two princes. She had a noble status and was also the elder of the princes. How dare anyone not give her face?
Jiang Youzhen glanced at Liu, but her eyes unexpectedly met those of Princess Changsui. The princess smiled at her, and then when she saw the snow-blue dress that Jiang Youzhen was wearing, disgust flashed in her eyes again.
"Your Highness, you don't know that my elder brother has divorced Liu. She shouldn't have told you, right?" Chen Youde was unwilling to accept this. If Liu came back, what would he be?
"When was she divorced? I heard that the eldest son of the Chen family was an idiot. Was there any witness when she divorced him?" Princess Changsui had a gloomy face.
How could everyone present not understand her attitude? It was obvious that she was here to support Liu, but no one knew what tricks Liu had used to get close to the princess.
Chen Youde blushed, but he endured it and said, "Several elders were present at the time."
"Elder? Who knows if he can be bribed? Besides, this is what Chen's eldest son wants? Why don't we ask Chen's eldest son whether he is willing to divorce Ping'er."
"Isn't that necessary? My eldest brother is timid and will get restless in a strange place. Besides, the capital is a day's journey away from here, and I'm afraid my eldest brother can't stand the hassle."
"Someone, go and bring Dalang from the Chen family!" Princess Changsui suddenly interrupted Chen Youde.
Everyone was shocked, and then saw two people being brought in from outside the hall.
"This? It's actually Chen Jia Dalang?" someone exclaimed.
Liu opened her mouth wide. She was not surprised to see Chen Youshan, but she could not help but feel pleasantly surprised when she saw the woman supporting Chen Youshan. She covered her mouth and almost cried out.
It’s the wet nurse!
The nurse couldn't help but burst into tears when she saw Liu. She had never thought that she would see the young lady again. She had been living a life worse than pigs and dogs after being sold, but after the man rescued her, she finally felt relieved.
She had become a housewife and had no children. She had planned to serve the young lady until she was old. But she had never expected that such a mistake would happen. If she could not return to the Chen family, she would die with regret when she thought of the young lady being isolated and helpless.
The master and servant looked at each other in silence, but everything was implied.
"Sister! Why haven't you come to see Shan'er for so long? Shan'er misses you so much!" As soon as Chen Youshan saw Liu, he immediately broke free from the wet nurse's hand, ran up and hugged Liu.
Liu's whole body froze, and she looked at the huge head pushing back and forth on her shoulders, with helplessness flashing in her eyes.
"My sister went out. Didn't she just come back?" she coaxed softly.
"Look, Chen's eldest son is so dependent on Ping'er, how could he not want her? This is simply nonsense. Could it be that someone has a dirty mind, taking advantage of Chen's eldest son being a fool, and wants to seize the family property?"
Princess Changsui sneered repeatedly, but when her eyes swept over Chen Youshan, a flash of disgust appeared in her eyes.
Liu turned to look at Jiang Youzhen, her eyes full of gratitude. She knew that it must be Jiang Youzhen who rescued the wet nurse.
Jiang Youzhen smiled slightly, gave her an encouraging look, and then lowered his head to sip his tea.
To win people's hearts, you have to see what they need most. The wet nurse was very important to Liu, and it was worth it that she owed the second prince a favor.
It is not easy to find a wet nurse, especially since she was sold to a farmer as a second wife. If you go a little later, it will be too late.
"I am still the boss of the Chen family. The Chen family will pay 15,000 taels for this shop."
Liu instantly felt confident. Although she didn't know how Jiang Youzhen had dealt with Princess Changsui, with the princess' support, she would be able to quickly gain a foothold in the Chen family.
"The eldest lady of the Chen family offered 15,000 taels. Is there any higher offer?" Qin Su didn't care about the disputes in the Chen family. He would be happy as long as someone could offer money.
Actually, this shop is a little below the halfway point of the mountain, so there are indeed problems. If it is not well built, it may collapse. It is not impossible to build it firmly, but the money required for construction is not cheap.
But the view of the river from this location is indeed great. If it were built into an inn, not only would the individual customers who come to the dock for supplies, but also the wealthy locals and those in the surrounding areas would come to stay here, so there would be no need to worry about lack of business.
"Eighteen thousand taels!" It was still Liu Shichuan.
"The head of the Liu family has 18,000 taels, and what about the eldest lady of the Chen family?" Qin Su hurriedly looked at Liu.
Liu smiled and said, "Twenty thousand taels!"
Liu Shichuan looked surprised, "Twenty-three thousand taels!"
"Twenty-eight thousand taels!" Liu was unwilling to fall behind.
Everyone exclaimed, and speculated that Liu really came here to bring down the Chen family, and was so wasteful.
Liu Shichuan gritted his teeth and decided to give up. It would be really not worth it as he had invested too much.
After Qin Su asked three times with no one answering, he finally got Liu.
Jiang Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the tea bowl.
As for the next few shops, Liu took over two more, and the rest were divided up by other merchants.
Qin Su happily asked someone to count the silver, but the two princes had different thoughts.