PNB Chapter 166: Taking over Huguang Residence
Chapter 166: Taking over Huguang Residence
"The previous masters all liked tender and delicate girls like you." Another person also said sarcastically, as if he was still holding on to what had just happened.
Before An Qiao could say anything back, Gu Qingyun spoke up, "Two shopkeepers, please keep your mouths shut, or I'll have to ask someone to take you out."
The two men did not change their bad habits and were still smiling slyly.
"I understand, I understand. Lord Shaoqing is also worried that this house cannot be sold." The man had a pointed face and a mean expression.
"Let's shut up now. We can't say anything. It's best if someone buys it. Otherwise, it will fall into the hands of your Dali Temple. We all understand." The other man put on an expression that all men understood.
Qi Tao was a little surprised. If others didn't know about this, how could her young lady not know?
"It seems that you two just want to leave this auction house." Gu Qingyun looked at the clerk beside him and signaled the clerk to ask the two shopkeepers to leave the auction house.
The two men were so stunned that they were extremely angry.
"This little girl gave Lord Shaoqing so many good things, but we don't have any."
Another person also said sarcastically, "That's right, we don't have a lot of things."
Gu Qingyun said calmly, "Kick them out. You are such a foul-mouthed person. You even dare to spread rumors about an official appointed by the imperial court. I wonder how ungrateful you are."
The place fell into silence and stillness. Everyone looked at the two people who were driven away. It turned out that Lord Shaoqing was serious.
"These two shopkeepers were rude. I have already kicked them out of the auction house. Let's continue with the auction." Gu Qingyun smiled and continued.
"Huguang Residence, fifty taels, is there anyone who wants to raise the price?"
"Fifty taels per time,
Fifty taels twice,
Fifty two or three times.
......"
"Congratulations again to Miss Anqiao from Kyoto Restaurant for winning the bid for Lake View Residence."
Although the two shopkeepers were kicked out to serve as an example to others, there were still many words of doubt and confusion that continued to reach An Qiao's ears.
"Why did this young lady take pictures of this lake house? Doesn't she know what's going on inside?"
"If you don't know, you're really at a loss."
"Alas, I guess she doesn't know that she has wasted fifty taels of silver."
"What a pity! The Dali Temple Shaoqing didn't explain clearly. It seemed like he was helping the young lady, but in fact, he also screwed her over."
"Oh, what a sin!"
An Qiao listened silently but didn't say anything.
Although fifty taels of silver is not a small amount for her now, it is not too big either. After buying it, she will find a few Feng Shui masters to see if it can be made into a place for escape room and script-killing. In that case, this Kyoto script store will make a lot of money again.
These fifty taels can be considered as the initial investment.
Even Qi Tao couldn't help but ask, "Young lady, what does this mean?"
"Of course it will be of great use. You will know when it is made." An Qiao smiled. She did not want to hide it from Qi Tao, but this matter itself had not been implemented. If it did not succeed, it would not make everyone anxious.
In fact, if it really can't be done, An Qiao can use the land to raise chickens, rabbits, and grow some vegetables.
In this way, even if the farm outside the city cannot deliver the raw materials for a while, the house can handle it for a few days.
In fact, An Qiao also wanted to buy some land close to Kyoto Prefecture, but she didn't hear anyone selling land.
Perhaps in the ancient world, this land was indeed a place where people could live and work. So even if something happened, they would not let the Dali Temple take it away easily.
Many families would rather have their only house taken away than have their land taken away.
An Qiao weighed the money she had on hand and found that there was still a lot left, so she could buy some things.
In fact, An Qiao bought three things and spent less than three hundred taels, which was much less than she expected.
Then a few more farms were auctioned off, all of which were close to Kyoto Prefecture. An Qiao did not consider it as he was already short of manpower and had not yet taken over a single farm. It might be too greedy to buy another one.
The auction was coming to an end and An Qiao almost wanted to leave early, but she felt it would be impolite and she also wanted to see what the so-called finale was.
"The next one is a famous pharmacy in Kyoto Prefecture. His two sons are fighting over the family property, and now the pharmacy has been divided into two parts, east and west.
There was no way to divide this shop because their father had registered this shop as a charity house. This meant that if any disaster occurred, whatever was sold in this shop would be provided free of charge to refugees and the court.
So, the shop was disputed back and forth, but there was no final conclusion, and no one wanted to take responsibility. "Gu Qingyun paused and continued.
“This has been going on for decades, even hundreds of years, at the Good People Hall, and there has been no final conclusion.
The two families decided to take charge of this charity house together, and indeed they did what they were supposed to do during several turmoil.
But time flies, the two sons are old, and their sons start fighting for the family property, so the house is sold to a real estate agent.
The owner of the dental shop had little experience and didn't know the twists and turns of the business. After asking around, he only knew that there was nothing wrong with the shop on the surface, so he took over the shop.
But other people who came to buy this shop knew at a glance that this was a famous charity house in Kyoto Prefecture. The pawnbroker went back to find the son who sold the house to him. However, this charity house had been circulated in Kyoto Prefecture for hundreds of years and was already in decline. Naturally, it could not pay him back the money.
The boss of the pawnbroker had no choice but to sue them in the government, but the other party could not pay the money and had no way to take responsibility. After many twists and turns, even the Shanren Hall was almost closed, and there was no result.
Finally, it was decided to sell this charity house to someone else, and give half of the money to the dental shop owner, otherwise he would lose all his money. "
Gu Qingyun finished speaking, paused and said, "This location is very good, in the city center, and at the corner, it can be seen from two streets. So the starting price is not low, two hundred taels of silver."
The shopkeepers below immediately began to whisper.
Actually, there's nothing wrong with running a charity house, except... if the situation gets bad, you'll always be fleeced.
Everyone was a little hesitant, "This...what should we do?"
Gu Qingyun probably knew everyone's concerns, so he didn't rush them and gave them time to think.
An Qiao was also thinking, she herself needed a shop to sell soap, but if this shop was used to sell soap, the profit would be needless to say, but this charity house was indeed a big problem.
Is it possible that when something happens... you can give everyone soap?
It seems a bit ridiculous, but if this place is changed into a restaurant, she will not be able to supervise two places.