Monday 13 November 2023

WLAEF 115




Chapter 115

The next day, Shen Feng Ming brought a box to Jiang Yun Zhu.

Jiang Yun Zhu opened the box and saw that it was neatly filled with bank notes. The bank notes of Jinheng Bank, the largest bank in the capital. It could be exchanged anywhere.

"This?" Jiang Yun Zhu took a rough look. The bank notes were probably worth 200,000 liang. Shen Feng Ming handed it to her just like that?

"If you want to buy goods, you need money. As for Yang Sheng's money, let him collect it slowly. Spend this first." Shen Feng Ming stated. He spoke casually and only explained the matter of Yang Sheng's money. It was as if he had never considered whether it was appropriate to hand over so much money to Jiang Yun Zhu.

Looking at those bank notes, Jiang Yun Zhu felt mixed feelings in her heart. She seemed to want to ask Shen Feng Ming a lot, but also felt that it was pointless to ask.

"Okay." She responded. Since he trusted her so much, she accepted it.

Yesterday, the three of them had already discussed the division of labor and cooperation. Shen Feng Ming was in charge of purchasing the fleet, Jiang Yun Zhu was in charge of purchasing the goods to be sold, and Yang Sheng was in charge of manpower.

In the afternoon, after tidying up, Jiang Yun Zhu went out and went straight to the Risheng Chamber of Commerce.

For those who wanted to buy large quantities of goods like Jiang Yun Zhu, they couldn't go to the market to buy them. The Risheng Chamber of Commerce in the capital was a place for bulk goods transactions. The decoration was luxurious and the environment was elegant. It seemed that there wasn't a single piece of goods here, but the goods traded here every day account for more than half of the total transaction volume in the capital.

Turning to the left, it was the place where the Risheng Chamber of Commerce was sitting. Though there were people coming and going here, it wasn't noisy!

The people who came and went here were all wealthy people. It wasn't like a market.

Jiang Yun Zhu got out of the carriage and was about to go in when three people came out.

"Miss Jiang, what a coincidence." Lin Ting An exclaimed in surprise when he saw Jiang Yun Zhu.

However, Jiang Yun Zhu felt that if she didn't check the almanac when she went out today. She could meet him like this?

Actually, it wasn't a coincidence. These days, Lin Ting An often comes to the Risheng Chamber of Commerce. If Jiang Yun Zhu came, she would meet him sooner or later.

Since Jiang Yun Zhu’s agenda today was to meet customers today, she wore a light purple crepe dress with exquisite workmanship. The pearl tassel hairpin on her head and white jade bracelet on her hand made her look even more glamorous.

Standing behind Lin Ting An, Jiang Yun Xiu, seeing Jiang Yun Zhu like this, suddenly seemed to see the young lady of Marquis Anping Fu in her dream. At that time, she was so radiant, but she was ashamed.

Jiang Yun Xiu clenched her teeth tightly and stared at Jiang Yun Zhu.

Jiang Yun Zhu felt her gaze, but didn't look at her. She ignored Lin Ting An and walked straight to the chamber of commerce.

"Miss Jiang!" Lin Ting An said in a deep voice.

Jiang Yun Zhu pretended not to hear.

Lin Ting An’s expression turned cold and reached out to grab her wrist.

At this time, Shi Liu blocked in front of Jiang Yun Zhu at an incredible speed. With a pair of round eyes and pupils slightly erect, he stared at Lin Ting An like a wild beast. At the same time, she grasped something around her waist with her hand. As long as Lin Ting An dared to step forward again, she wouldn’t hold back against him.

Lin Ting An sensed something amiss, stopped his hands, and looked at Shi Liu.

Lin Qing behind him immediately stood in front of him and confronted Shi Liu.

The two sides were at war with each other.

Jiang Yun Zhu was already walking away.

Lin Ting An knew that Jiang Yun Zhu had made up her mind to ignore him. He withdrew his hand and watched her back with a cold expression.

"Elder Sister." Jiang Yun Xiu suddenly uttered at this moment. She hated Jiang Yun Zhu, but she knew that if she could stop her at this time, Lin Ting An would definitely look at her highly.

Jiang Yun Zhu heard her call, but didn't stop at all. She went straight into the chamber of commerce.

Jiang Yun Xiu's face twisted together.

Shi Liu followed Jiang Yun Zhu. Only Lin Ting An trio were left in place. All of them had ugly expressions.

At this time, a carriage came from the other side of the street. The curtain of the carriage was lifted. Xiao Li Yu's eyes were red, as if she had cried.

"Go back to the palace." She directed to Lin Ting An.

Today she left the palace with Lin Ting An. On the surface, the two went to the White Horse Temple to offer incense. Actually, Xiao Li Yu went to the Division. Lin Ting An knew about it, but he didn't care. He came to the Risheng Chamber of Commerce by himself.

The two agreed to meet here before returning to the palace together and acted as if they went to the White Horse Temple today.

Seeing Xiao Li Yu like this, one knew that her side definitely didn’t go well. As for Lin Ting An, wasn’t it the same.

Lin Ting An nodded, and then returned to the palace with Xiao Li Yu. Neither of them spoke.

Jiang Yun Xiu followed behind, recalling Jiang Yun Zhu's radiant appearance now. Then she stared at Xiao Li Yu's luxurious carriage for a while, feeling extremely resentful in her heart.

What happened now was a small hiccup for Jiang Yun Zhu. At this moment, she had put it aside and concentrated on chatting with those merchants, asking them about the condition and price of the goods in their hands.

Soon, she had a certain understanding of the current market situation.

Just then, "Boss Jiang?" 

A male voice asked in surprise.

Jiang Yun Zhu turned around and saw that it was Boss Luo.

"It's Boss Jiang. I thought I saw it wrong now." Boss Luo said. Without certain strength,  one couldn't get into this Risheng Chamber of Commerce. Although the restaurant opened by Jiang Yun Zhu was booming, it didn't seem to be qualified enough. He was surprised to see Jiang Yun Zhu here.

Jiang Yun Zhu brought Shen Feng Ming's two hundred thousand liang silver note with her. So she was naturally qualified to come in.

Jiang Yun Zhu smiled, "Boss Luo." 

She was about to find him.

"This is my friend, Boss Du, who is in the tea business." Boss Luo introduced Boss Du to Jiang Yun Zhu. Then he introduced Jiang Yun Zhu to Boss Du, "Boss Jiang, the owner of Shiguang Private Restaurant."

"It turns out to be Boss Jiang. I heard of you for a long time." Boss Du said.

"Boss Du, you’re flattering me." Jiang Yun Zhu replied.

"Oh, no one in the capital doesn’t know about your restaurant. It's delicious. It's a pity that I can’t get into the queue even if I want to eat there." Boss Du half-truthfully said.

"Next time I'll book a seat, I'll bring you along." Boss Luo joked.

The three of them smiled. They were considered acquaintanced.

The three of them chatted for a while. Jiang Yun Zhu asked about Boss Luo's colored glaze glass products and seemed to intend to buy colored glaze glass products from him.

"If Boss Jiang wants it, I'll give you some." Boss Luo thought that Jiang Yun Zhu was only using them for the restaurants and he generously offered.

Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to step to the side and speak with Boss Luo.

When the two came to one side, Jiang Yun Zhu expressed her thoughts. She wanted to buy a large number of glazed glass products. As for the purpose, she didn't hide it from him, she planned to build a fleet to sell those glazed glass products overseas.

But Boss Luo could rest assured that the place her fleet was going to was some new land and would definitely not affect Boss Luo's business.

Boss Luo was skeptical. According to what she said, this was a good business delivered to the door. But Jiang Yun Zhu was getting a fleet and going to new land to sell?

Did she have that much silver? Besides, the sea was extremely dangerous and going to a new place was extremely dangerous. Even if one had money, it was useless.

Jiang Yun Zhu didn't explain too much, but said, "Boss Luo only needs to sell the things to me. As for how to sell them off, that's up to me. We can write a contract and I won't steal your current business."

Boss Luo was very moved, however he let out a long sigh.

"Are there any difficulties for Boss Luo?" Jiang Yun Zhu noticed a clue and asked.

Boss Luo hesitated to speak, but finally said that he’ll contemplate it.

Jiang Yun Zhu didn't insist on buying Boss Luo's colored glaze glass. She thought that his colored glaze was better made and should be easier to sell after buying it. Since he said this, she wouldn't force him. She said goodbye and left.

After she left, Boss Du came over and asked Boss Luo what was going on.

Boss Luo hesitated and revealed a bit.

Boss Du was quite surprised that Jiang Yun Zhu suddenly wanted to buy so much colored glaze glass, "It's a good business, but our workshop might have to change its surname. How could we sell things to her?"

Speaking of this, Boss Luo was quite vexed.

Lin Ting An planted so many mulberry trees in Wuling County. After he came to the capital, he wanted to build his own fleet. However, he didn't have Qilin Guards and General Yang's soldiers as crew members. He didn't want to go through the rush of opening up new waterways. He planned to directly buy the business of Boss Luo, Boss Du, and others. This included the workshop, people and ships. Then make the business big. Easy and fast.

Now the prospect of maritime trade was very good. Of course, Boss Luo and Boss Du didn't want to sell it, because they spent countless efforts to get it.

But if they don’t sell… Lin Ting An was the eldest gentleman of the Marquis Anping and it was rumored that he had contact with Sixth Prince. They were ordinary people who suddenly made some money in business. Even those long established businessmen look down on them. So let’s not talk about Lin Ting An.

It was precisely because they have no backing that Lin Ting An dared to do this!

He seemed to have gone to those old wealthy businessmen, but he cooperated with them. For them, it was acquisition.

It was clearly bullying them! This made Boss Luo and Boss Du fume.

But it was useless to be angry. Ordinary people don't fight with officials.

"Brother Luo, did you mention it to Censor Zhang last time?" Boss Du asked suddenly. Their group was actively looking for protection. Censor Zhang was one of them and there seems to be a chance.

"He opened his mouth and demanded one hundred thousand liang. Besides, he is only a censor. Do you think he would offend Lin Ting An for us?" Boss Luo snorted.

Hearing what he said, Boss Du was discouraged.

The two were silent for a while. Could it be that they have to give up the good business to Lin Ting An?

Suddenly, Boss Luo spoke out, "Say, can Boss Jiang help us?"

Boss Du didn't know where this came from. Jiang Yun Zhu, a restaurant owner? Could she help them?

Boss Luo's eyes brightened, "There are some things I didn't tell you now. Boss Jiang told me now that she is going to open up a new channel.

I don't quite believe it.

But what if it’s true? Think about it, what kind of power dares to open up new waterways on the sea! "Boss Luo became more and more excited as he talked. He wished he could find Jiang Yun Zhu immediately.

As long as she could help them, they were willing to sell things to her cheaply.

Or, cooperate with her. Or give her a share in their business. As long as she didn't want to annex them like Lin Ting An.

Hearing what he said, Boss Du felt that it made sense.

"Brother Luo, take me with you." He hurriedly said. Boss Luo didn't take him with him last time. It made him regret it for a long time. He couldn't be left behind this time.

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3 comments:

  1. I'm really pissed that Lin Ting An didn't face any consequences for kidnapping MC. He is still Scot free causing mayhem. I worry about the many ways he has to subdue her.

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  2. I'm really pissed that Lin Ting An didn't face any consequences for kidnapping MC. He is still Scot free causing mayhem. I worry about the many ways he has to subdue her.

    ReplyDelete