The foreign affairs housekeeper's eyes were red with excitement when Liu Haojia was explaining just now, but due to his status, it was difficult to interrupt for a while. Now when Liu Haojia finally asked him to speak, he said loudly: "Yes! Look, the shop in the front row has been rented by the Duke of Wei, okay?"
What he said scared the three princes! Duke Wei frowned and said, "Is this shop really that valuable? Do you know that buying a shop of similar size on Qipan Street only costs a few thousand taels of silver?"
The foreign affairs housekeeper blushed and said, "Master, this shop is different from the shops in the capital. This is a unique business! Master, please discuss with Uncle Wu Ning more and get more shops! I just can't use it at home." , rent it for ten thousand taels, and make a profit by renting out fifteen thousand taels! If the situation is better than what the villain guessed, it is impossible to rent out even twenty thousand taels!"
When Wei Guogong heard this, he waved his hand to the foreign affairs steward to go out irritably, and told him to keep his mouth shut! Although the housekeeper bowed and left, he still muttered to persuade Duke Wei to buy more shops.
When the housekeeper went out, the three princes looked at Liu Haojia up and down, and were very surprised by him! You know, Liu Haojia has always been known as the "Golden Touch". The success of Gu Ningbo's mansion was almost entirely due to his ability! But looking at the current drawings, I'm afraid the name "Golden Touch" is more suitable for him!
Do they know how many shops there are in the rendering just now? If Liu Haojia goes by the price, this guy will be able to save two to three million taels of silver in one year! This does not include the rent of the large warehouse behind! If you include the land costs for restaurants, inns, and brothels, this number will probably add more than 30%!
After a long while, the British Duke said with a smile: "I'm looking down on you! I'm so grateful, why don't the four of us do this business together? We'll buy into your fief together, and we'll pay for it when you take out the land!"
Without waiting for the other two people to agree, Liu Haojia simply refused and said: "Three princes, you guys don't mention this matter anymore! If you were in my position, could you let go? And I specially went to follow you first The three of you brought up this matter, isn't it because there is a lot of open space for you to develop in the surrounding area? With the money and connections of the three of you, you are not afraid that you will not be able to get the land, right?"
Liu Haojia's straightforward refusal was also expected by the three princes. Not only was it difficult to part with good wealth, but they also knew clearly that behind Liu Haojia was Emperor Wanli! Although Emperor Wanli doesn't mean what he says now, he will always grow up!
And they also understand that now Liu Haojia wants to use profits to tie the nobles to the chariot, but the nobles will not go all the way with him just because of a little money! If it does not harm one's own interests, there is no problem for the nobles to help Liu Haojia wave the flag and shout out. If it really harms one's own interests, then there is no regret in not wanting a shop anymore!
And judging from Liu Haojia's performance, he clearly saw through this! Knowing that all nobles and nobles are a group of people who can only share wealth and wealth, but cannot share hardships, that's why they refused so simply!
Thinking of this, Duke Cheng Guo suddenly said: "I have a distant niece who is currently waiting for marriage. She is about the same age as you. How about I help you match her up?"
Liu Haojia said with a smile: "My lord, please don't mention this! I have a childhood sweetheart who is already engaged!"
Duke Cheng Guo rolled his eyes and said, "I know, I know! I'm talking about a distant niece. She's not enough to be your wife, but she can be a concubine!"
Liu Haojia sneered in his heart, how could he accept such a marriage! This noble concubine has entered the house and has the support of Duke Chengguo behind her. In addition, the ladies of the noble family have learned how to manage the family and win over people's hearts. By then, my backyard may not be clean! There is no telling how many lives will be lost! Moreover, the thoughts of these ladies are unpredictable. No matter how he looks after them, Miss Zhang's family might fall into their trap!
So he still simply refused and said: "My lord, you should think about how to keep it a secret! There are so many noble people, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no leaks from the outside! If someone leaks the news, those civil servants will step in, It’s hard to say how much benefit our nobles can get!”
Liu Haojia said this
The question diverted the attention of the three people. After some discussion, the three people decided to hide the matter for the time being, and just communicated with the nobles and told them that they must support Liu Haojia when he needs support! At that time, the front and rear positions of the shop will be determined based on the strength of these people's support for Liu Haojia!
Then the three people gathered around Liu Haojia and began to interrogate how things would work. During this period, they had to ask how Liu Haojia could handle the matter of opening the sea without being blocked by civil servants, and what he and Emperor Wanli were planning?
Liu Haojia introduced the questions that needed to be answered in detail, and he did not leak out the questions that he did not want to talk about! It actually made the three princes a little angry, but also a little happy!
As they were old officials, they naturally knew that a king who was not secretive would lose his ministers, and a minister who was not secretive would lose his identity, so they quite admired Liu Haojia's style of doing things. So it’s a pity that Liu Haojia had a childhood sweetheart too early!
However, their thoughts on marrying Liu Haojia have not really been extinguished. After all, there are many members of the clan in the family, so it is not difficult at all to pick out two outstanding girls! Moreover, they themselves have three wives and four concubines, so they naturally know that men are greedy for novelty!
Now Liu Haojia can refuse marriages from other families for his childhood sweetheart, but what about the future? As time goes by, there is always a chance to tie Liu Haojia to his own chariot! What's more, Liu Haojia has an older brother. If you can't tie up Liu Haojia, you can tie up his elder brother!
Starting from the next day, the three people from the Duke's Mansion became active again! A large number of letters were sent out of the capital, and their nephews also became active one after another, playing and feasting with people of the same generation from other families. During this period, the intentions of the three princes were revealed.
The Duke of the Three Kingdoms kept the matter very vague, and just told everyone that Liu Haojia is already one of the nobles, and everyone should support him when it is time to support him! As for the opening of the sea in Tianjin, they had doubts about it, so they didn't even mention it!
After receiving the news, the nobles naturally understood it! Anyway, waving the flag and shouting is just a waste of one's own words, so naturally I am happy to be a favor! So the entire Xungui circle became lively! Today you entertain me, and tomorrow I entertain you. It’s such a harmonious atmosphere!
