But when Xia Zixuan found out that there were thousands of boxes of potpourri in the powder hall and the shopkeeper was willing to give him the secret recipe of potpourri, Xia Zixuan was moved.
He just sold all the potpourri in the warehouse. Not only did he get back all the capital he had invested, but there was also a balance.
To ask for the secret recipe of potpourri is to have a hen that lays golden eggs.
But is there really such a cheap thing in the world?
Just when Xia Zixuan went to the shopkeeper of Zhenfentang to discuss the purchase of Zhenfentang in detail, he expressed this question.
"Shopkeeper Li's business is so prosperous, wouldn't it be a pity to sell it out?"
Li Shichang smiled and said, "Mr. Xia is joking, there is nothing to regret. As people get older, their hearts grow smaller. Those ambitions are only suitable for you young people."
Li Shichang has made hundreds of thousands of taels of silver by relying on the scent of flowers.
To put it bluntly, everything is enough.
The problem of Baihuaxiang has come out, and Li Shichang knows that he no longer has a foothold in Kyoto.
Otherwise, it would be too easy for those officials to kill a commoner like him just because they bought potpourri from his place and harmed them.
Regardless of whether the powder hall can be sold or not, Li Shichang is ready to leave Kyoto within half a month.
Therefore, it would be even better if I could sell it and earn another hundred thousand taels.
Because of this, Li Shichang does not look like a wretched person who is about to donate money and abscond. Instead, he has an extraordinary bearing.
Therefore, Xia Zixuan could not see anything wrong with Li Shichang on the surface.
Just when Xia Zixuan was about to have a further conversation with Li Shichang, another man wearing brocade clothes came into the store.
"I'd like to ask, you are shopkeeper Li, are you willing to sell makeup and powder hall?"
Xia Zixuan was naturally very unhappy when he saw someone interfering, but after all, he had not reached an agreement with Li Shichang, so he couldn't show anything even if he was unhappy.
"Yes, but it costs one hundred thousand taels. I won't sell it for even one tael less."
Li Shichang is a relatively experienced liar. Compared with the secret recipe, the one hundred thousand taels offered are cheap, but compared with other stores, it is expensive.
But Li Shichang ate up the one hundred thousand taels of silver and refused to cut off even one tael.
Once this attitude appears, it is difficult for people to suspect that there is something wrong with this makeup hall.
The middle-aged man who had just arrived, together with Xia Zixuan, asked Li Shichang about the situation of Zhenfentang. The questions were very detailed. It could be seen at a glance that he was very determined to win Zifentang.
Xia Zixuan was anxious after leaving the Zhenfen Hall with the middle-aged man. If this hen that could only lay golden eggs was bought by someone else, Xia Zixuan would only regret it!
"Auntie, I want one hundred thousand taels, is there any way you can help me get it together?"
If it weren't for the middle-aged man, Xia Zixuan wouldn't be so anxious, but if someone robbed him, Xia Zixuan was afraid that he would be a step too late.
"What, one hundred thousand taels?"
Aunt Qiu was shocked, "What can you do with so much money?"
Xia Zixuan quickly told Aunt Qiu everything about Zhenfentang, hoping to get Aunt Qiu's support and get the one hundred thousand taels of silver.
"Zixuan, my aunt saw this matter and decided to forget it."
Aunt Qiu thought about it for a long time and felt that it was not easy to take down the makeup hall.
"Why aunt?"
Xia Zixuan was anxious.
"Auntie, you should know that although we are both concubines, dad prefers the second brother. I can't rely on dad, I can only rely on myself!"