Hearing Li Shu's question about when she had been taken advantage of, Qin'er couldn't help coughing, and said in a low voice with a bitter look on her face: "Miss, you have never been taken advantage of before, but that was before, you are not doing it now." Are you taking advantage of me? Zizilou is only worth six or seven hundred taels of silver, but the lady has to spend one thousand taels to buy it; the barren slope behind it is only worth ten taels of silver, but it costs the lady one hundred taels of silver. Miss, tell me, if this is the case If it’s not being taken advantage of, then what is being taken advantage of?”
"Giggle." Li Shu couldn't help but laugh when she saw Qin'er's heartbroken look, and then waved her pink hand, causing the unrelated girls and ladies to temporarily avoid them, leaving only Qin'er and a few confidants in front of her.
"This is a bargain." Li Shu smiled slightly and said seriously.
"Getting a bargain???" Qin'er expressed serious doubts. This was all a loss to her grandma's family, so how could she call it a bargain?
Although I don't study well, you can't deceive me, miss. Qin'er looked at Li Shu with a suspicious look on her face.
"The current market value of Zi Zai Building is 700 taels of silver. However, this is only the current market value. However, in as short as two to three years and as long as five or six years, the price of Zi Zai Building will at least quadruple." Li Shu said with a confident smile. road.
"Ah? It has to be at least quadrupled?" Qin'er heard this and the boss opened his mouth in surprise. After the surprise, he became seriously suspicious. He looked at Li Shu with a look of disbelief and questioned deeply, "Miss, how can it be doubled?" Twice?"
"Just rely on the south city wall." Li Shu said with a smile.
"South City Wall?" Qin'er looked confused. She didn't know what the price increase of Zizai Building had to do with the South City Wall.
"Giggle. I think you're not much smarter than Hua'er." Li Shu couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing when she saw Qin'er's confused look.
"Miss, I just don't understand. What does the South City Wall have to do with the price increase of Zizai Building?"
Qin'er asked with a grimace.
"Let me ask you, which one is more expensive, a restaurant in the city or a restaurant outside the city?" Li Shu did not reply directly, but asked Qin'er a question.
"Of course the restaurants in the city are expensive. The restaurants in the city can buy several restaurants outside the city."
Qin'er replied without thinking.
"Isn't that what it is? The Zi Zai Tower was originally outside the city. Last month, Mr. Nie Bao presided over the construction of the outer city outside the inner city, and then the south city wall was built. The imperial court's finances could no longer afford it, so Mr. Nie had to build two walls. The north-south city wall connecting the inner and outer city was just completed three days ago, and the original "kou" shape in our capital city has been changed into a "convex" shape. Dajue Temple and Zizai Tower were originally outside the city, but now they are all enclosed Inside the city wall, it is already located in the outer city. The outer city is also a city, and it is within the protection scope of the city wall. In a few years, the outer city will definitely develop rapidly, and the land price in the outer city will definitely rise. Therefore, the value of Zizai Building will also increase. . Especially with the development of the outer city, the value of the Zizi Building will continue to appreciate. The more prosperous the outer city is, the more the Zizi Building will appreciate in value. The same is true for the barren slope behind it. After leveling, ten acres of land can be obtained. After a few years, in terms of value, the price of these ten acres of land is not inferior to that of Zizailou. If you buy it, you will make a profit. If you spend 1,100 taels of silver to buy it now, if you sell it in the future, you can make at least twice as much. "
Li Shu smiled like a little fox that had stolen a chicken, with a pair of shining black eyes.
"Ah, so that's it."
After listening to Li Shu's words, Qin'er suddenly understood and looked at Li Shu with eyes full of admiration.
At this moment, Qin'er's admiration for her young lady was almost overwhelming.
"Do you still think I was taken advantage of?" Li Shuxiao asked.
"Of course not, Miss." Qin'er shook her head firmly, and then became nervous again, "Miss, the outer city was repaired three days ago. Will Miss Six and Grandma also realize that the price of Zizai Building will rise? Price, will you regret it or disagree?"
Qin'er is now afraid that Miss Six and the others will go back on their word and worry that they will not agree to sell the free building and the desolate slope behind it.
"Don't worry, they all look smart, but in fact they are short-sighted. They only focus on the one-third of an acre of land in the house. They only know how to fight in the house. How can they look outside the house, let alone the outer city." Li Shu mentioned the Sixth Miss and the others with disdain, and was not worried at all that the Sixth Miss and the others would regret it.
"The most important thing is that compared to the current market price, I gave them at least 400 taels of silver, which makes me faint. Didn't I see that Lao Liu was so happy just now that I couldn't help it? Now they are afraid that I will regret it. Look. Go ahead, Lao Liu will come to me soon with the house deed and land deed, and won't give me a chance to 'repent'."
Li Shu smiled and said confidently.
Qin'er thought about it and realized that it was true that when Miss Six left just now, she couldn't hide the excitement on her face.
He looked like he was getting a big deal.
From this point of view, there is really no need to worry about them going back on their word. However, Qin'er still has a worry in her heart.
"Miss, as you said, it will take at least two or three years, maybe five or six years, for the outer city to develop and the value of Zizai Building to increase. What should I do with Zizai Building during this period? The business of Zizai Building is not good. Every day They are all losing money. If we wait for five or six years and keep losing money in these five or six years, it will not be a small amount." Qin'er asked worriedly, "Miss Sixth and the others will definitely see the joke. The thought of them seeing our joke , although it’s only temporary, I still feel very unhappy.”
"Haha, the reason why Zizilou has been losing money is because they don't know how to run it." Li Shu twitched her lips disdainfully.
After hearing Li Shu's comment, Qin'er couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise, "Huh? You don't know how to run a business?! Last time we went to Dajue Temple to offer incense and passed by Zizilou. I saw that the grandma and the others were very careful in running the business. , the decoration of Zi Zai Lou is elegant and exquisite. The chef is also from the imperial kitchen. His skills are very good. The waiters are also diligent, careful and enthusiastic. The ingredients are also very fresh. I feel that Zi Zai Lou has always been a good place. The loss is probably due to the desolate surroundings and low passenger flow.”
In Qin'er's view, even if they take over Zizai Building, they may not be able to do better than Granny and the others.
"The surrounding area is desolate and there is little traffic. Can't we do good business?!" Li Shu smiled slightly.
Qin'er nodded subconsciously.
"Those who don't know how to run can't do business well." Li Shu gently nodded Qin'er's head and said softly.
"How to run the business?" Qin'er's little head was filled with this question.
"Of course, we have made a good positioning. The area around Zizai Building is more desolate and the passenger flow is less. Although the outer city has been built, the area around Zizai Building will not prosper in a short time. However, Zizai Building is backed by Dajue Temple and is a large distance away. Jue Temple is very close. People who go to Dajue Temple from the inner city to offer incense will pass by on the avenue in front of Zizai Tower. The flow of people is actually not small. Many of those who go to Dajue Temple to offer incense are high-ranking officials and rich people. As long as we catch them, the business in Zizai Building will be much more prosperous than the restaurants in the city."
Li Shu analyzed softly.
"What the young lady said makes sense, but how can we catch them? Grandma and the others have invited the imperial chef here."
Qin'er had a question mark on her face.
"Simple, if we accept Zi Zai Building, we can put up a few eye-catching big signboards on the roadside outside the store to advertise: There is an open space behind Zi Zai Building specifically for diners and guests to plant blessing trees. If If you are interested, our store provides pine, cypress, osmanthus, plum, orchid and bamboo saplings that have been consecrated by the eminent monks of Dajue Temple for your guests to plant, pray for, and write inscriptions as a souvenir. A wooden plaque can be hung on the tree to engrave the name of the guest and the planting time. And prayer matters. After that, distinguished guests can come to our store to view the planted prayer trees for free at any time. Our store only charges three silver coins for the saplings." Li Shu smiled slightly and said slowly.
"It can pray for blessings, is elegant, and has commemorative significance. It will naturally attract a group of pilgrims who are not short of money to plant trees. And those pilgrims who have planted trees, once they plant a tree, will definitely never forget the blessing tree they planted with their own hands. When people offer incense at Dajue Temple, they will naturally come to see the prayer trees they planted themselves, and they will naturally become repeat customers. A batch of small trees will bring back a batch of repeat customers, and Zizai Building will naturally be filled with customers."
Li Shu squinted her eyes and smiled like a little fox.
"Miss, how did you come up with this? It's amazing." Qin'er's voice broke with excitement, and stars of admiration suddenly burst out of her eyes.
(End of chapter)
