On the surface, this eunuch came out to buy silk for the ladies in the palace, but in fact, he came to inspect the property management purchased by his godfather in the city.
Although those shops were his godfather's property, he and many eunuchs he knew well had invested in them and could get money every month, so they were naturally very interested in them.
The document he just took out was the contract for a new shop he had placed for his godfather. He was just waiting for his godfather to agree before he could officially buy it.
This is a pawn shop. Not only can you make a profit by running the shop, but you can also sell some unmarked and inconspicuous ordinary objects in the palace, if they are reported damaged, through the pawn shop channel.
"It only cost less than one hundred taels to get the shop. No matter how you look at it, it's all a credit." Feeling satisfied that there were no mistakes or omissions, he put the document in his arms.
"Squeak--" A sudden sound came from the door, startling the eunuch.
"Who?" The startled eunuch put the documents aside and cautiously opened the door and walked out. There was a corridor in front of the room. Looking left and right, there was no one there, but there seemed to be a small white shadow flashing past at the end.
"It turns out to be a cat." The eunuch suddenly realized, sneered, and went back to get the documents he had left in a hurry.
As soon as he lowered his head, he saw a flash of silver light, and his footsteps suddenly stopped.
"Who dropped the silver?" He bent down to pick up the silver on the ground and weighed it. It was quite heavy. No one had noticed this silver ingot before?
"When I came in, there didn't seem to be this piece of silver at the door. Could it be that someone just passed by and dropped it?"
Although he was thinking this, the eunuch stuffed the money into his sleeves without hesitation.
Once he sees it, it is him.
It seems that I will have good fortune when I leave the palace this time. This is a good sign!
After returning to the room, he picked up the documents he had left behind, rolled them up, and put them into his arms. The eunuch suddenly felt a little upset. He couldn't think of any reason, so he simply went out to see if the boss of Buzhuang had come back.
As soon as I went out, I saw the owner of the cloth shop coming in. When I saw him, I immediately went up to him with a smile and said hello.
"Boss Li, it's a coincidence that you came back." The eunuch said with a smile.
The eunuch had a strange temper and was easily angered. The owner of the cloth store knew the inside story and hurriedly explained: "I just went to another shop to handle some matters. If I had known that you would come, I would never have gone out today. You are our shop."
As a distinguished guest here, I have to finish your business first, right?"
"Okay, take our family to see your new silk." The eunuch was impatient to hear this and said directly.
The owner of the cloth shop took him to the warehouse where the silk was stored and said: "They are all good silk. This time we also brought in large and small cloud silks. The big silk is five feet long and two feet five inches wide. The small silk is three feet long and wide.
One foot and seven inches."
"Including the existing brocades, there are sixty pieces in total."
"Look, these twelve pieces of brocade, with this color and this pattern, are of the finest silk. The queen in the palace will definitely like them when she sees them."
"The remaining forty-eight pieces, in addition to large and small cloud silks, also have Liuyun gauze, which is soft and soft. In two months, they will be wearing light clothes. Now is a good time to buy Liuyun gauze."
Don't look down upon the fact that there are only sixty pieces of fine silk, which is not a small amount.
This batch of silk has been decided and will be sent to the palace for the ladies to choose from, not for ordinary palace people.
The brocade weaving process is complex, extremely gorgeous, and expensive. In fact, only concubines in the harem who are favored can enjoy it.
The godfather of this eunuch is responsible for some procurement matters for the harem. Throughout the year, all the concubines will have silk quotas that meet the grade. These are not rewards from the emperor, but only the master has them. There are regulations on quality and price. The eunuchs
If you want to offend your own concubines who are not favored and have offended you, the most you can do is to send some old-fashioned silk and satin, but since there is no problem with the quality and category, these concubines often have troubles that they cannot tell.
There is a lot of money to be made in this business, not to mention the profits made in terms of price inside and outside. Since the establishment of the Zheng Dynasty, the threshold for imperial merchants has also been raised. Only those who pay tribute to long-term bulk goods can qualify as imperial merchants. This kind of small business can be replaced at any time.
The purchase of goods does not involve the status of an imperial merchant. In order to maintain business, it is common for eunuchs who are not very high-ranking to go out.
It’s just for word of mouth, for publicity, and also to expand your network of contacts.
Once you get to know the people in the palace, you might be able to use it at some point.
Of course, there are also people with ulterior motives.
After introducing these high-quality silks, the boss introduced the second-class silks. While talking, he took out a red envelope from his sleeve and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand, and asked in a low voice: "Is everything okay in the palace?"
This is not a big deal that cannot be discussed. The eunuch replied casually: "It's okay."
Just after he finished speaking, for some reason, his mouth suddenly seemed to be someone other than his own, and he whispered five more words: "Xue Gui, Da Huan Dan."
The sound of these five words was very low, but it was like a thunder, which startled Boss Li.
This thing is indeed scary. I didn't ask, but the eunuch suddenly said these five words. Could it be that he was expressing some hidden meaning to me?
He kept these five words firmly in mind, but with curiosity on his face, he asked: "What did you say?"
When the eunuch spoke, he was actually surprised, and he was only a little more surprised than the boss of Buzhuang.
Anyone who finds himself suddenly saying something that he doesn't even know what he means, in this world, would probably have the first reaction of being surprised and wondering whether he has been possessed.
After the boss asked, the eunuch didn't even want to open his mouth. He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would say something terrible again, so he simply kept silent and turned away.
This departure made the owner of Buzhuang even more uneasy.
"It seems like he was really hinting at me." Feeling that the eunuch was revealing some terrible news to him, the owner of Buzhuang quickly left Buzhuang after the eunuch left.
After getting on the bullock cart, I asked the driver to hurry up. The moon was high in the sky. When I arrived at Prince Qi's Mansion, I whispered a few words to the gatekeeper and was let in directly.
"You came here suddenly. Do you have any news to report?"
When King Qi learned that the owner of Li Ji Buzhuang, who was one of his own, came to see him, he took a sip of tea and asked without any greetings.
The owner of Cloth Shop can open a shop in the capital, and has branches in the capital and various places, doing high-quality silk business. There is no one behind him, and the backstage is the King of Qi.
"I don't have anything important to do. How dare you cause trouble to the prince? It's Eunuch Zhang from the palace who is here." The boss of Li Ji Buzhuang met the King of Qi. He smiled apologetically and immediately told the five words the eunuch said to the King of Qi.
Reported.
"What?" King Qi was originally careless. Eunuch Zhang was not of high rank and was not considered a core member of his secret team. He was just a peripheral person, spreading some insignificant news.
But after getting on the boat, it might be useful in a critical situation in the future, just a casual chess game. Now that I heard these five words, I didn't turn around at first, and then I stood up in awe: "Xue Gui, Da Huan Dan?"