Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Chapter 135 Private Visit on Weibo

Zhao Yuanzhen asked someone to send all the things to the backyard of the beauty salon.

Some silver money was given as a reward to each escort.

I asked someone to move it into the warehouse. Then I put it away. I felt more at ease keeping it in my own space.

Looking at the house deeds and land deeds, I remembered the blank contracts made by those karmic obstacles before.

I also found them out and sorted them out, ready to go to the government office to get the red deed.

Now we are not afraid of others investigating, because if they do, it is a reward from Your Majesty.

There are not many land deeds, but there are 4 houses and most of the remaining shops.

There are 9 in total.

After everything was sorted out, they went to the government office to sign the red deed. The official who signed the deed was so enthusiastic that Zhao Yuanzhen had no choice but to give him 50 taels of silver.

Looking at the shop that had become a red deed, Zhao Yuanzhen happily put the contract away.

The property has not passed the contract yet, so she wants to take a look at the house and sell it if it is not good.

Wealth +1.

+1.

I rode on horseback and visited the shops in order. Some of them were rented out, and some of them hired shopkeepers to do business.

The business is not that good. Two of them are OK, but the other two are really empty. I didn't see anyone go in for a long time.

That’s right, the eunuchs and ladies in the palace probably don’t know how to do business.

There are 5 properties that have been rented out, all of which have signed long-term contracts. The remaining terms of the contracts are one year and three months, one year and six months, one year and seven months, two years and one month, and two years and eight months respectively.

Just rent it out. You won’t need it for the time being.

There are 4 businesses that run their own business, including a tea shop, a teahouse, a grocery store, and a beverage shop.

The tea shop and teahouse business was not doing well. One needed to go to Jiangnan to purchase goods, and the other needed a good location.

Looking at these two shops, Zhao Yuanzhen was a bit troubled. Should she continue to operate them or close them?

After thinking about it, I realized that I didn't have any channels and didn't want to deal with tea. As for a teahouse, I haven't made up my mind yet. Even if I want to open one, the business model and decoration of this shop won't work, and I have to renovate it.

Just turn them all off.

As for the shopkeeper and the servant, Zhao Yuanzhen checked them when the contract was signed.

Generally, there are two ways for the buyer to transfer the property. One is to transfer it to the name of the household owner, and the other is to transfer it to the name of the real estate. Just like a manor, all the servants in the manor are settled in the manor, and they are servants of whoever is the master.

The farm that the emperor rewarded had servants.

The advantage of this is that it facilitates situations where it is difficult to buy and transfer people openly, just like the case with these two eunuch chiefs.

The downside is that if you are not careful and the house is transferred, the servants will no longer be yours.

Zhao Yuanzhen has already taken out the deeds of sale of several shops and servants in the houses, which means she has terminated the contracts with the houses and shops, and the deeds of sale have not yet been transferred.

The two shops had two shopkeepers, nine servants, two cooks, and four maids.

As for the remaining grocery store and beverage shop, we don’t plan to close them, so keep them open.

The technique of making this drink can also be discussed with your own dessert shop.

As for the grocery store, if I tidy it up and add some new and exotic goods, the business should be better. Or I can just do it this way first and then move it to the Yellow River Ferry to open one.

Just drive it first, and then think about what to do later.

There are two shopkeepers, two servants and two cooks in the grocery store and the beverage shop, and the population is relatively simple.

Zhao Yuanzhen went to the tea shop first and prepared to take over the tea shop.

Zhao Yuanzhen entered the house for a long time and found that the shopkeeper did not greet her. Now she knew the reason why the business was not good. It turned out that the boss had been in the palace all the time, and they were lazy and did not work hard.

After waiting for a while, no one came to greet her.

I am not the mountain, I am the mountain.

"Boss, where is the black tea?"

The shopkeeper looked up at her and spoke without much enthusiasm.

"It's over here. Come and see."

Zhao Yuanzhen took a look and found that the types and varieties of tea were quite complete.

It's just that the shopkeeper is pretty bad.

I didn’t buy anything and just walked out.

I went to the teahouse again and saw the same attitude.

Zhao Yuanzhen also visited the remaining two shops. The attitudes of these two were not bad, better than the previous two, so their business was better.

There are 4 more houses.

Two of the smaller ones were empty and had no one in them.

The other two places are occupied.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked the servant, and the servant said that the master did not come back often and there were only a few concubines in the mansion.

When asked if he had any children, the servant said no.

That would be easy.

Sell them all.

The house is not bad, but Zhao Yuanzhen doesn't really want it.

He took the house deeds and the indentures of the servants in the two houses, as well as the indentures of the servants in the two shops.

Went to the dental clinic.

"Madam Zhang, I haven't seen you for a few days. You seem to be getting richer and richer."

The broker quickly served tea.

"I have a few houses here, would you like to take them?"

"Of course we will. Do you want to sell it to us directly?"

"Yes, I don't want to haggle over the price every day, so I'll just sell it to you to save you the trouble."

"Thank you, Madam Zhang, for taking care of us. I wonder where this house is."

Zhao Yuanzhen took out the four houses.

The broker took the contract, looked at the house, and roughly knew its location.

"It's like this, Mrs. Zhang, we can only give you a specific price after we have seen the house."

"Well, okay, I'll go and see it later. I have a few servants here, and I want to sell them too."

"Hmm? Servant, but is there something wrong with our servant?"

"It's not yours. I bought it from somewhere else before, but I made some mistakes and decided to sell it."

"I see. What kind of servants are they?"

"There are two shopkeepers, nine servants, four servants, and two cooks."

"These people all have some skills. It's not easy to train them."

"Yes, it's not easy to cultivate."

So, I have to pay more. If I pay less, I won't do it.

"Uh, yes."

The dentist also realized that he had dug a hole for himself.

"Then let's go take a look."

"Yes. Okay, Mrs. Zhang, lead the way."

I went to a few houses first. Although two of them were smaller, they were in good locations. The other two were much bigger and had nice decorations.

In the end, the four houses and the servants were sold for 11.8 taels.

The housing prices in the capital city are really expensive. I thought that according to the price of the shop, these houses might not be sold for 12 yuan, but I didn't expect that they were sold for almost yuan. Because she remembered that the house where the original owner lived in Yanshan Mansion was bought later.

That house is better than these ones and several times bigger.

When the original owner's father bought it, it seemed to be worth only over 4 taels.

Compare this.

Zhao Yuanzhen was quite satisfied.

Sell the house and give the deed to the agent.

Pay in one hand and deliver in one hand.

He then took him to see the servants of the two shops and asked them to estimate the price.

The indenture would state the servant’s skills and whether he could read or not.

Very convenient for estimation.

The shopkeeper gave 17 taels for 120 skilled servants, but after converting the price he paid to buy them, he found that he was 20 taels short.

There is definitely a price difference between buying and selling, after all, the dental clinic also needs to make some profit.

Zhao Yuanzhen took the money and gave the contract.

These people have bad character, otherwise I could have kept them.

The shopkeeper took the indenture and went to take the person away.

Zhao Yuanzhen watched from the side as those people were led away in confusion.

Then the lock was changed and the shop was locked.

Then he went to the next shop, waited for the dentist to leave, and started looking at the account book.

Reconcile accounts, check goods, and verify items.

This group of people is pretty good. Although they are lazy, they haven't cooked the books.

Zhao Yuanzhen put away the wine and valuables in the shop, as well as the remaining ingredients and tea in the kitchen.

The remaining daily necessities, tableware, bedding.

Just put it there for now, and see if anyone needs it and come get it.

After locking the wine shop, he returned to the tea shop.

Check the account book and check the accounts. Wow, this shopkeeper also made false accounts, embezzled money, and sold tea privately.

Fortunately, the dental office took the people away directly without asking them to pack their belongings.

Zhao Yuanzhen collected all the tea and valuables, as well as the shopkeeper's personal property.

Put aside the other unwanted ones for now.

Close the shop.

He went to the grocery store and the beverage store, showed his face, showed them the property deeds, and let them all get to know their boss.

I'll find an opportunity to transfer the ownership to you later.

The shop owners of the two shops were a little frightened, but fortunately the boss seemed to be nice and didn't say much. He just inspected them and gave them a few instructions.

It was quite busy today, so Zhao Yuanzhen didn't do much. She will tidy up the two shops when she is less busy.

Back to the beauty shop.

It's already past 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

She was a little hungry.

She asked the kitchen to prepare some food and ate in the hall.

I took the patient's pulse for a while.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer customers, Li Zhijuan, Lan Ying, and Zhang Qingyan were called in.

Tell Li Zhijuan to wait until the guests leave, then keep a few smart ones and tell the rest to go to the backyard and not to come to the front without permission.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"The Queen will be here soon. She will be visiting incognito. Don't make any noise. Be careful and serve her."

"Got it, mother."

Everyone was extremely nervous, especially Zhang Qingyan.

Zhao Yuanzhen sent her to the backyard and asked her to see the newly arrived batch of silks and satins, which could be used to make clothes at home in the future.

Only then did they realize that their mother was now a third-rank official.

I was so excited that I wanted to jump up.

Zhao Yuanzhen quickly supported Li Zhijuan. She was pregnant, so how could she jump around?

Several people were excited and nervous, and began to ask people to clean the place carefully.

Replace utensils, bed sheets, etc.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the time and it was almost time to go pick up the Queen.

She drove the carriage herself.

The fewer people who know about this, the better.

When we got there, we waited for a long time but no one came out.

Are you stuck with something?

You should also send yourself a letter.

Can only wait.