Qiao Mingjin felt a little uneasy when she saw that he only looked at her and said nothing.
She could bargain freely with the bookkeepers. After all, those bookkeepers could settle the accounts with the government after buying her things. They didn't have to pay extra themselves.
But this person is different.
This is the master of this mansion. If he thinks it's too expensive, I'm afraid he won't pay to buy one for each of the accountants in his mansion.
Zhou Yanqing saw that this woman's face finally had some cracks, and finally laughed in her heart.
I thought it was so strong, but it wasn't an iron-clad wall.
Then he said to Qiao Mingjin: "I am quite interested in the little lady's plan. If the little lady is not in a hurry, can we go to the house to talk?"
Qiao Mingjin glanced at him, nodded, and followed him into the house.
When the two young men guarding the gate saw him, they hurriedly came forward and nodded and bowed to welcome Mr. Saturday of his family into the house.
He was even more polite to Qiao Mingjin.
As soon as I took two steps into the house, I met Zhou's mother and a man who came out with Zhou's mother.
"Master Liu, are you back?"
That week's mother glanced at Master Saturday and Qiao Mingjin and asked hurriedly.
"Where are Mama Zhou and Accountant Li going back to?"
Zhou Yanqing seemed to be in a good mood and was actually interested in chatting with the servants.
That week, my mother hurriedly explained the reason.
Zhou Yanqing looked behind him again at Qiao Mingjin who had taken a step wrong, and then said: "You two go back first, I will call you if anything happens."
Mother Zhou and Accountant Li responded, turned and left. Mother Zhou even glanced at Qiao Mingjin when she left. Good novel:.
Qiao Mingjin smiled and nodded at her.
"You are quite familiar with the people in our house."
Zhou Yanqing smiled and said to Qiao Mingjin.
"Mother Zhou bought my first car of firewood."
"You still chop wood and sell it?"
Zhou Yanqing stopped and glanced at this young and pretty woman again.
Qiao Mingjin also looked back at him generously: "Why, I can't chop wood and sell it?"
Zhou Yanqing didn't expect Qiao Mingjin to be brave enough to reply to him in such a tone.
He laughed out loud...
He shook his head again, looked at her and said with a smile: "It's not that you can't chop wood and sell it. I'm just surprised. You don't look like you're doing menial work."
"Oh? What does it look like to do menial work? So what kind of work does Mr. Liu think I should do?"
Zhou Yanqing glanced at her again, not responding to her words.
Instead he asked: "Where is your man?"
Qiao Mingjin was stunned for a moment, her mind was racing.
After a pause, he said, "This doesn't seem to have anything to do with me cutting firewood and selling it."
After hearing this, Zhou Yanqing became even more curious about this woman.
It's really strange that she followed him into the house alone without saying a word, but she could still look at his face openly and respond to his words in a neither condescending nor condescending way. Ordinary women would blush and lower their heads without even glancing at him, and they would respond in a low voice, but this woman was quite different.
Different from others.
Then the banquet minister stopped talking and just led the way.
Qiao Mingjin followed behind.
The Zhou Mansion is naturally filled with flowers, pavilions, rockeries, boulders, and carvings. It is extremely luxurious.
Compared with this one, her small home in Yuejia Village was like a doghouse.
But so what? That is its warmest place in the world.
Zhou Yanqing, who was walking in front, occasionally glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that although the woman also looked at the scenery in her house, her eyes were calm and unruffled.
This kind of beautiful scenery and this kind of yard were no longer in her eyes. Not even the slightest hint of wavering in her eyes.
But it doesn’t look like she has lived in a place like this?
Zhou Yanqing was even more curious.
The two entered a flower hall.
After the servants served tea, Qiao Mingjin didn't want to waste time, so she opened the door and walked into the mountain and said, "Master Saturday is interested in this new abacus of mine? How many do you plan to buy?"
She also wanted to say a few more words and get to the main topic slowly. But the mansion was really too big. Along the way, she walked through several corridors with flower-eaves and pavilions before arriving at the flower hall.
It's already late now, and I wonder how Mingheng and the others are doing? Wan'er is alone in Green Willow Villa, and I wonder if she will cry for her mother?
Zhou Yanqing looked at Qiao Mingjin, who was a little anxious. His face was calm just now. Now he is getting anxious?
Xianxian said: "Where is your daughter?"
Qiao Mingjin was stunned for a moment and said: "Send it to someone else, other book friends are reading it..."
Zhou Yanqing nodded clearly.
He tapped his fingers on the table, then looked at Qiao Mingjin and said: "You must have heard of my Zhou Mansion in the city. Not to mention that my mansion has inner and outer tents, more than a dozen accounting rooms, and even Zhuangzi shops everywhere.
Quite a few. In addition to Qingchuan County, there are also shops of my Zhou Mansion in other places, and each shop has an accounting room. That's a lot."
Seeing that Qiao Mingjin did not lower her head, but looked at her openly and listened to him attentively, she smiled.
Then he said: "I just wonder if you have so many in stock?"
Qiao Mingjin said: "There may not be so much in stock. But I can rush the work. I was lucky today and sold some."
Zhou Yanqing nodded and said: "Your abacus is not difficult to make. Anyone who has seen it once can figure it out. I don't think it's far away, just say in these two days, I'm afraid you will be there."
Such abacus is for sale.”
Qiao Mingjin just listened and said nothing.
She also knows that this situation cannot be avoided. There will be so many copycats in future generations with patent protection, let alone here?
Besides, they don’t live in the city, and they don’t have enough information about the city. I’m afraid that by the time they finish their work, all the speculations about the low prices in the city and the good work they did will be all over the place.
Zhou Yanqing looked at the woman in front of him who was frowning, with a little worry between her brows, and felt a little pity in her heart for no reason.
Then he said: "What do you think about letting my family run this abacus? I spent five hundred taels to buy your abacus, and you can no longer sell it. I arranged for the shop under my family to make it, and others will imitate it.
I'm afraid it won't be as good as our Zhou family."
Qiao Mingjin smiled and said, "I sold one thousand two hundred taels at Xie's Mansion this morning. Mr. Saturday's five hundred taels doesn't seem to be very sincere."
Qiao Mingjin felt that there was nothing wrong with letting this new and improved abacus be run by the Saturday man in front of her. Her family was indeed not familiar with the city, and they could not match the speed of imitation in the city.
It's just that the five hundred taels is too low. Not to mention this abacus, no one had thought about this kind of improvement at the time. It's just that their family has only traveled a little bit of the city today.
Zhou Yanqing was not angry. He still looked at the woman with a smile.
He is quite courageous and dares to bargain with Mr. Saturday.
Then he added: "Besides Xie's Mansion, I wonder how many orders the young lady has received elsewhere, and where are they sold to?"
Qiao Mingjin didn't intend to hide it from him, so she said: "In addition to me selling to everyone's big households, several of my brothers and sisters are also selling in shops on the street, as well as in academies and private schools in the city."
Zhou Yanqing sat up straight.
The young lady in front of me is not to be underestimated. She is very thoughtful.
As a result, I am afraid that many people have received the news about this abacus. It must be done as soon as possible.
Zhou Yanqing thought for a while and then said: "One thousand taels."
"You also know that starting from tomorrow, your abacus will be hard to sell for even a hundred cents, let alone a tael of silver. If you are brave enough, replace this abacus with other materials, such as ink jade or porcelain.
or something else, your abacus can only treat it as low-grade goods. Low-grade goods are not as cheap as others. What are you going to do? Take them back and use them as firewood."
How could Qiao Mingjin not know this?
But she couldn't avoid this situation.
People are all profit-seeking. Should they still buy one or two of hers if there are cheaper ones?
Who cares who made the abacus first, invented it first, and the big families who are interested in it, see that there is a better one, and still want them to rush into it with a little rough work?
When Qiao Mingjin was sitting there thinking, Zhou Yanqing didn't interrupt her.
One thousand taels is quite a lot, and I'm afraid they won't be able to sell it for that amount. As time goes by, there will only be more, better and cheaper abacus on the market.
It was great that she was able to take advantage of this day. Thanks to her having such a good mind, she thought of selling not only to the mansion, but also to shops in the market, academies and schools.
He didn't even think about the academy just now.
This academy is a great place.
In addition to Qingchuan County, how many academies are there outside? If Zhou Yanqing manages it well, it is not impossible to gain not only money but also fame and fortune.
Qiao Mingjin thought for a while and then said: "Two hundred and two hundred taels. Give us three more days before you can start selling in Qingchuan City. I can't control anything else. In addition, if we finish it but don't sell it,
Abacus. You buy them all back at the market price."
Zhou Yanqing thought about the fame and fortune he had just imagined, and became impatient to bargain with the woman in front of him. If it was not two hundred taels, but eleven thousand taels, how could he ever take it seriously?
The woman in front of him can't sell it for one thousand two hundred taels. It doesn't mean that he can't sell the abacus elsewhere and sell it for a higher price.
After the two reached an agreement, Qiao Mingjin asked to review the contract.
Zhou Yanqing also readily agreed.
The servants quickly brought pens and ink, and the two of them worked out a simple contract. Qiao Mingjin accepted the one thousand two hundred taels of silver notes handed over by Zhou Yanqing, and was about to leave.
"Little uncle, little uncle..."
Qiao Mingjin watched as a flesh bomb rushed in.
"How unbecoming! Didn't you see any guests here?"
The meat bomb quickly stood up and looked at his uncle, daring not to speak.
Qiao Mingjin smiled and said, "Master Thursday."
Then Zhou Wenxuan raised his head: "Ah, it's you again!"
"How do you talk?"
weeks
Did it come out? Many classmates in the college bought it. But it was out of stock. Fortunately, I grabbed a handful! Uncle, look!"
Zhou Yanqing glared at him.
Qiao Mingjin looked at it and smiled, not wanting to say more, so she left.
Zhou Yanqing watched her leave, ignoring Zhou Wenxuan who was screaming next to her, and hurriedly summoned people from all over to discuss...
Qiao Mingjin left Zhou Mansion and did not intend to go to other mansions. It was already Shen Zheng, and the sky was about to get dark.
She still went to the bank, deposited the money, and went to look for her younger siblings. She didn't know if Wan'er had woken up or if she was crying to find her.
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