"Of course, it comes from the West and is very expensive." Tang Wen opened his mouth and blew out several smoke rings.
That was because Li Dawang's face lit up, and he probably cared about the way he was blowing smoke rings.
"By the way, I heard that you owe a lot of money to the craftsmen in the workshop?" Tang Wen asked.
"About a hundred thousand taels, otherwise, my workshop would not sell it at such a low price. Damn it, someone actually lowered the price to 180,000 taels. My workshop is not rubbish." Li Dawang said angrily.
"Who are they?" Tang Wen smoked another cigarette and handed it over, asking casually.
"Fang Qiang, Liu Hesen and the others," Li Dawang said.
"Although the workshop is dilapidated, the site is not small. The price of 300,000 taels is indeed not high. Shopkeeper Li is very honest," Tang Wen said.
"Of course, if you don't get rid of it in a hurry, you will need at least four to five hundred thousand taels." Li Dawang said.
"I don't want to be careless with you anymore. I want your workshop. However, I can't come up with 300,000 taels at the same time." Tang Wen said.
"Well, I need money, and I don't accept credit." Upon hearing this, Li Dawang quickly shook his head and said.
"Last time, the unruly Tang Jun brought hundreds of people around the master's house. If they were not paid, they would still cause trouble. Therefore, there is no way to get credit." The master explained.
"Commander Li, do you think this will work? I want all the workers from Qianbafang. Don't you owe them more than a hundred thousand taels? This is mine, and I will only give you the rest," Tang Wen said.
"Will they agree?" Li Dawang thought for a while and said.
"I will settle them. If they refuse, I will give you money." Tang Wen said.
"Then you have to deal with them first." Li Dawang said.
"Deal!" Tang Wen nodded, "Recruit them to Qianbafang, and I will deal with it."
"I could recruit them before, but they won't listen to me after the last siege of my house." Li Dawang shook his head.
"Okay, I'll take care of this." Tang Wen nodded and said to Ge Ziyun, "Bring the things up."
Ge Ziyun nodded, moved some mirrors, lipstick, and perfume to the table.
"Did you also buy this from Miss Lin Qian'er of Piaoxianglou?" Li Dawang blurted out.
"How much money does Lin Qian'er give you?" Tang Wen asked.
"This..." Li Dawang hesitated.
"Haha, you might be killed by her." Tang Wen said with a smile.
“This bitch, a mirror costs one or two and a half gold, and lipstick and perfume cost one or two gold.
I took a mirror back to the store and sold it for 2 taels of gold, and lipstick and perfume for 1 tael of gold. They found it too expensive.
Don’t I, Li Dawang, make money and give it to them for free?
However, they are not afraid of the price, and now it is simply out of stock." Li Dawang cursed.
"How much do you want?" Tang Wen looked at him with a smile.
"Do you still have the goods?" Li Dawang was stunned.
"Of course a mirror is expensive at 2 taels of gold a piece, and it is not easy to sell. If it were 1 2 to 5 gold a mirror, wouldn't it be much easier to sell?" Tang Wen asked.
"Of course." Li Dawang nodded.
"My mirror costs one or two cents each, and my lipstick and perfume each cost seven cents in gold. If you want anything, just ask." Tang Wen said.
"Are you really good at it?" Li Dawang's eyes suddenly widened.
"The ones that just arrived are not many. There are still some of 1,000 or 800 pieces." Tang Wen said.
"Okay, I want half." Li Dawang said.
"The gold must be paid first, and the money must be paid with one hand and delivered with the other hand." Tang Wen said.
"Okay!" Li Dawang turned to his master and said, "Ning Ping, go back and get the gold right away."
"Master, I don't know how much to take yet. Let's calculate it first and then go back to get it." Ning Ping said.
"Two hundred mirrors are 240 taels, and a total of 500 pieces of lipstick and perfume are only 300 taels. The total is 590 taels." Tang Wen helped him calculate.
"When and where will the goods be delivered?" Li Dawang asked.
"Right here, my goods are on the carriage, you can trade them right away." Tang Wen said.
"Ning Ping, go back to my wife quickly and ask for the gold." Li Dawang said.
Ning Ping nodded and left in a hurry.
After walking out of Wangjiang Tower, Tang Wen had more than five hundred taels of gold in his pocket.
Of course, the lighter and a pack of cigarettes were taken away by Li Dawang as gifts.
In the afternoon, Tang Wen arrived at the Yamen, and Yang Yun asked Team Leader Liu to take him into the cell.
Tang Jun is 1.76 meters tall, with a thin build and bright eyes. He is not very old and looks to be in his mid-twenties.
"Tang Jun, this is Earl Tang Wen." Bantou Liu introduced after opening the cell.
"Why do you, your lord count, come to this filthy and smelly prison to find the poor people?" Tang Jun asked coldly, leaning against the wooden fence and sitting on a pile of straw.
"The fact that you can lead the craftsmen to ask Li Dawang for wages shows that you have a righteous heart and are a warrior!" Tang Wen looked at him and said.
"I can't call you a warrior, I just want to get my hard-earned money back." Tang Jun snorted.
"This is what it should be!" Tang Wen nodded.
"Should we? Why am I here? Ask them, is there any place for reason in this world?" Tang Jun pointed at Bantou Liu.
"As long as you ask for wages, you can count them, but you can't lead people to besiege Yuan Li's house.
Officer Li is informing you to attack private homes and cause quarrels and troubles.
We are the chief arresters of Yanling Prefecture, so of course we have to capture you." Bantou Liu snorted.
"You are the rich man's dogs, of course you will help them." Tang Jun snorted.
"Who are you calling a dog?" Team Leader Liu suddenly became furious and raised his whip to whip the person.
"Okay." Tang Wen snorted, and Team Leader Liu's hand that raised the whip stopped in the air.
"Did you see that the Lord farts so loudly that you don't dare to do anything? If you're not their dog, what are you?" Tang Jun said sarcastically.
"I'll beat you to death, you bastard!" Liu Bantou was furious and whipped him.
However, when Tang Wen pushed him aside, he leaned to the side. Tang Wen threw him a tael of silver and said, "You go out first and wait outside."
After taking the money, Bantou Liu glared and said, "For Sir's sake, I will spare you today."
"No need! I'm not familiar with him, just beat me to death." Tang Jun sneered. Leader Liu's face turned red with anger and he raised his whip again.
"What, do you want me to call Mr. Yang over?" Tang Wen looked at it and said coldly.
Snapped!
Bantou Liu hit the wood hard with his whip and walked away angrily.
"Although you are so proud that you spared me a beating.
However, you don't have to intercede for that beast Li Dawang. I, the Tang Army, will not accept your favor.
We will die, and you can fight or kill us as you please." Tang Jun said coldly.
"It's just him! He's not worthy of my intercession." Tang Wen said coldly.
"Then what are you doing for? I, Tang Jun, have nothing but this life." Tang Jun said.
"I want to buy your life." Tang Wen said.
"Oh? Hahaha, there are actually people who want to buy my life. It's funny, so funny." Tang Jun was stunned, and then burst into laughter the next moment.
"Since you are eager for justice and want to stand up for hundreds of brothers and sisters, why do you give up halfway?" Tang Wen asked.
"Did I give up halfway? It was those beasts who caught me." Tang Jun shouted excitedly.
"Can arrogance solve the problem? Does yelling help? I think you are stupid!" Tang Wen said.
"I'm useless, but you are useful. How can you get wages back for hundreds of people?" Tang Jun said sarcastically.
"If you work for me, I will give you wages." Tang Wen said.
"What to do?" Tang Jun asked.
"Have you heard of Koh Samui?" Tang Wen asked.
"Of course, it's just a desert island. Moreover, pirates are rampant on it and it's very chaotic." Tang Jun said.
"That island is mine." Tang Wen said.
"You..." Tang Jun was suddenly stunned and looked at Tang Wen blankly.
"I now need manpower to reclaim wasteland and build water conservancy projects.
From now on, we will build Koh Samui into a place where everyone has food to eat.
Everyone has clothes to wear, and children have a happy island to study." Tang Wen said.
"Are you so kind? Haha, you just want to squeeze us into working for you." Tang Jun sneered.
"You want to be fed and clothed without working? That's a lazy man. I, Tang Wen, do not support lazy people. Happiness must be achieved with your own hands, rather than dreaming every day and hoping for pie in the sky." Tang Wen said.
"What do you want us to do?" Tang Jun was stunned, thought for a while, and asked.
"Simple, sell yourself to the Tang family. Let's build Koh Samui together and realize our dreams.
Because, I want to buy Qianbafang and take you over as well.
When the time comes, I will deduct your wages and use them to offset the cost of purchasing Qianye Fang with Li Dawang.
In this way, you can get your wages back.
However, the condition is that you must sell yourself to the Tang family and work in Koh Samui," Tang Wen said.