Chapter 654 Good things are coming
The shops in Kang'an City are concentrated in the three cities of the east and west. The size of the three cities has been determined, and the number of shops is also established. Nearly half of the shops in the three cities belong to the court, only rented but not sold. The remaining half of the shops are privately owned and can be bought and sold. This part of the shops that can be bought and sold are extremely popular resources, especially the shops that are prosperous, which can be said to have no place to buy them. Now because someone is guilty and the court is in turmoil and uneasy, someone is taking action on the shops. How can Jiang not be moved?
If you buy such a shop, you will make a profit!
Ten-year-old little Jiang Liu was still unable to go out to discuss business alone. She pulled her third uncle and Jiang Ming out together. After inquiring about the news, she grabbed the store before her competitor took action.
In the end, Jiang Huai and Jiang Liu brought Jiang Erye, who could scan his face, and then grabbed a good-place grocery store for the Jiang family, and bought a rice and grain shop and a spice shop for Jiang Liu and Jiang Muyan. Among these shops, the best location was the grocery store, which used 1,800 taels of silver from the Jiang family. Jiang Huai also bought twenty acres of fertile land outside the city at a not-so-high price. When Jiang Muzheng got married next year, this would be her dowry.
As for why we buy rice and grain shops and spice shops, Jiang Liu has his own insights. She naively explained to her brother and sister, "Because we have several farms in our hands, we can sell the food in the farms at a higher price."
She was using this title, but in fact she wanted to find out the depth of the grain store and see if she could enter this store and make a lot of money. If she could succeed, she would sell the shop back and forth, and she would not lose money.
Jiang Muyan smiled and said, "With the farm and rice shop, should we buy a mill?"
"Sister guessed right!" Jiang Liu slapped his little fat hand, "But it's not about buying a mill, but about expanding it. The small mill in our farm will be enough after it is expanded. I have sent Uncle Ya to find craftsmen. This year, the grain that has not been sold in our farm can be processed in the mill, and then placed in our rice and grain shop to sell."
Jiang Muyan also thought this was very good, so she nodded and calculated how many shops she and her sister now had and how much they were worth. The more she calculated, the higher the corners of her mouth were.
Jiang Liu discussed with Jiang Ling again, "Brother, the boxes of gold, silver and jewelry in our warehouse cannot be kept silent, so it is better to buy the property. What do you think?"
When Jiang Muyan heard this, she immediately raised her phoenix eyes and looked at Jiang Ling.
Most of the gold and silver in Jiang Ling's warehouse were brought to him by his aunt from Yingzhou at the beginning of the year, and it has been kept in the warehouse for several months. If his sister didn't mention it, Jiang Ling wouldn't even remember this. Now that his sister mentioned it, it was up to her to decide. "The account book and the keys in the warehouse are in your hands. You can buy whatever you like."
Jiang Muyan was very satisfied with Jiang Ling's answer, and then lowered her head and began to calculate the dowry of herself and her sister. Jiang Liu began to analyze for her brother what kind of shop he should buy, "Brother now has a Feng'er's medicine shop. What type of shop do you want to buy next?"
Jiang Ling had no objection to this, "What do you think sister?"
Jiang Liu guided his brother to think about the issue of buying a property, "In addition to the medicinal materials shop, the most common one is the powder shop. This time I bought the spice shop because it is the raw material for producing powder. After buying the spice shop, you can make better quality powder. Should I buy it according to the same industry? Which industry do you like?"
Jiang Ling thought for a while and said, "Buy a horse farm, can Feng Xian'an's horse farm be sold?"
Jiang Muyan, who was counting, raised her head, and Jiang Liu was also a little surprised, but she quickly said, "Feng Xian'an's horse farm occupies a lot of land and the price is not cheap. I haven't heard of anyone buying it yet, I'll ask tomorrow."
"Let Uncle Qiu go, the wind is cool outside the city, don't blow on my sister." Jiang Ling said, and continued, "In addition to the horse farm, open an inn next to the post road outside the city. What do you think of my sister?"
"Why do you want a horse farm and a blacksmith shop?" Jiang Liu asked curiously.
Jiang Ling explained, "My father wanted to take care of Desheng on the horse farm. I wanted to use the inn to collect information. If there is still some silver left after the purchase, I will buy a farm. The wheat and rice planted can be ground into noodles in our mill and then sold in the rice and grain shop."
Jiang Liu didn’t know whether he made money by horse farms, but the farm and the inn should not lose money. Jiang Liu nodded, “Okay, that’s it.”
On the second day, Jiang Liu went out with Uncle Qiu. After checking, he found that Feng Xian'an's horse farm had not yet been sold. An old saying goes: A wealthy family is not counted. Because of an epidemic or a huge price fluctuation, no matter how many livestock are, it will be empty. Moreover, operating a horse farm is more difficult than raising cattle and sheep, because the horse farm requires expert horse raising, good-bred horses and a large amount of grass, so this is a business that spends money.
Jiang Liu hesitated for a while, but helped his brother buy Feng Xian'an's horse farm, and then used the remaining money to buy three farms.
The reason why I didn’t consider the inn is that Uncle Qiu already had an inn inquiry!
After learning that his son had bought Feng Xian'an's horse farm, Mr. Jiang immediately sent his beloved Desheng into it and told the people on the horse farm to take care of it. Jiang Muyan calculated according to the money her sister told her that Jiang Ling had a family business and could not keep it together.
Seeing her sister like this, Jiang Liu guessed according to her thoughts, "Sister, can you think that it will be easier for me to marry you in the future if my brother has these family businesses?"
Jiang Muyan was not happy for Jiang Ling, but for her sister. But now it was not the time to say this. She hugged her sister and asked, "Are you tired of Liu'er?"
"Not tired." Jiang Liu prefers to go out to run, rather than writing poetry, playing the piano, and reading, which makes her feel fulfilled and more fulfilled. Speaking of going out to run, Jiang Liu suddenly remembered something, "Sister, today I found that my second uncle accompanied a woman to the Guanyin Temple in Shengdaofang, and the two were talking and laughing."
Woman? Jiang Muyan smiled, "How old is it?"
Jiang Liu described, "Looking at her appearance around thirty, she looks pretty, look at her bookish look..."
Before her sister could finish her words, Jiang Muyan asked, "Does there be a black mole the size of buckwheat on her left eyebrow?"
Jiang Liu nodded immediately, "Yes!"
Jiang Muyan sighed, "That is the second girl from the Liu family in Chunfengxiang. It seems that the good things for my second uncle are approaching."
"Who is Miss Liu Er?" Jiang Liu wondered, when such a person appeared, why did she not hear the news?
This matter is really hard to say. Jiang Muyan opened her mouth several times and couldn't even say it. Finally, she simply covered herself with a quilt and whispered in her sister's ear, "She... is considered a confidante of her second uncle. I heard my grandmother talk to her eldest aunt that before her second uncle married Meng, she had fallen in love with the second girl of the Liu family in Chunfeng Lane. After her second uncle married Meng, Miss Liu also married. Four years ago, Miss Liu's husband died. She was driven out of her husband's house and moved back to Chunfeng Lane. My eldest aunt said that she had seen...My second uncle and Miss Liu... had a private meeting."
Chapter completed!