Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 451 Price Increase

The wine, vinegar, and soy sauce shops that were not sold in Shangjing City were all moved to Wanhua Manor. The family's fleet doubled two years ago and now has six ships.

In addition to helping the Ministry of Rites deliver books for the imperial examinations every quarter, there are more and more things on his own farm that need to be shipped out, so the number of ships is still quite tight.

I have been cooperating with the Tianzige of Katsura Jijiu family. I originally wanted to strive for three years. Unexpectedly, three years have passed and now I have signed the third contract.

This Gui Jijiu is really generous, which makes me feel embarrassed. By the way, Gui Jingan’s wife is about to give birth, so I have to remember to send a larger gift basket.

I also have some new cashmere yarn. I'll knit a few cashmere cardigans and crotchless pants for the baby who's about to be born. They'll be useful in the second half of the year. Do you want to make a wool blanket for the baby? Let's do it.

It’s up to them whether to use it or not. I can’t give them anything else. After all, the first pot of gold I made when I came to the capital was from a printing house.

In the past few years, Tian Zi Ge has received a lot of silver every quarter, and Gui Jijiu has also helped me to obtain so much steady business. I must remember this favor.

As for the winery of the Marquis' Mansion, in early April, Rong Jin delivered his share again. The silver notes were getting larger each time, and he was quite happy to receive them.

Do you want to try again and give the wine yeast recipe to Grandma Pei? At the beginning of last year, when I wanted to give the wine yeast recipe to Grandma Pei, she refused. I don’t know if she was really polite or what. Well, let’s try again.

As for Liang Xiangyi, well, I need to talk to her about the purchase price of some goods. This "profit-seeking" guy, if she doesn't mention it herself, she will play dumb and the price she gets for the goods is still the price set a few years ago.

You know, in the past two years, labor costs in the capital have become more and more expensive, and the cost of goods has increased a lot. If this continues, I will suffer a lot.

Besides, relying on the contract of delivering books for the imperial examination, she has gradually gained the initiative in the Liang family in the past few years. Not only did she bring her mother, brothers and sisters back to the Liang family, but she also took control of the Liang family's largest textile fabric workshop.

She is now the richest woman in several cities in Jiangnan. She cannot be soft-hearted. This time, the price must be raised by at least 20% to make up for the losses she has suffered in the past two years.

If she doesn't agree, well... I'll remind her that it was me who helped her obtain the right to deliver the books for the imperial examination. She said she wanted to repay me, but she never took any action, so I reminded her.

However, would this make people feel bad? Would she feel that she was petty and obsessed with her own "sacrifice"?

Besides, she had helped build their fleet, so they should think about their own gains. Forget it, I'd better not mention the shipping rights, just tell the truth, saying that the labor cost is high and the cost is high.

If it really doesn't work, then just raise the price by 15%, which can also bring back a lot of money. If it still doesn't work, 10% is also fine, she is actually doing herself a favor. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to sell so many goods to Jiangnan.

However, if Liang Xiangyi raises the price for the goods, should Uncle Zhou Ziren also raise the price? Otherwise, it would be bad to favor one over the other, right?

However, I asked Boss Yu for help last year, and the tea saplings of my own were half-sold and half-given to me by Boss Yu. When the tea trees encountered problems, I even went to him to ask for advice.

Now that the tea trees have been planted and the pests and diseases have been cured, I have raised the price. Will Mr. Yu have any thoughts? If he has any thoughts, will he stop buying from me and go to other companies?

After all, in the past two years, competition in Shangjing City has become increasingly fierce. Many workshops are imitating their own products. I heard that many of the ointments, shampoos and so on are very good, and are on par with their own ointments and shampoos.

Forget it, let’s find Liang Xiangyi first. As the richest woman in the world, I must ask her to give me a sip of soup. As for the rest, I’ll talk about it later.

No matter what, I'm making more and more money, which is great! I wonder if my wealth is about the same as Liang Xiangyi's now?

Thinking back to the past, I was not as good as her. She was a lean camel but bigger than a horse. Even though she was squeezed out by several uncles, she got more property than me.

Her starting capital was more than mine. If the two of us were worth about the same now, it would mean that my business skills were pretty good. Hua Lei was a little complacent.

After slacking off for most of the day and finishing a lot of chores at home, Hua Lei contentedly put the notebook into the drawer, which caused a meaningful smile from her colleague, Deputy Envoy Dong, who was sitting next to her.

Tsk, read the pamphlet yourself, I didn't read it. Hualei complained inwardly. Then she smiled brightly at the other party, and the other party smiled knowingly in return. Well, since it is so difficult to keep oneself clean, then let's just go along with the crowd and float with the tide.

Hualei was slacking off, but she still assigned tasks to Gao Tiedan, Xiao Yuanzi and the other two. Otherwise, no one would ask them to do anything and they would be rejected.

And he really needed them to go to the barren mountains every day to check the specific progress of land reclamation, and report to him the terrain of each basin and various data he needed.

You can also go to barren mountains that you have never been to and check whether there are any trees that need to be protected, or some treasures that have not yet been discovered, so that you can have a better idea of ​​what to look for.

When the time comes, when you get bored of fishing and want to go out for a walk and breathe some fresh air, you can go straight to the target to check, saving yourself a lot of effort.

It's good to go hiking occasionally, but it's tiring to go hiking every day. Although I'm not a delicate girl, I'm not a tomboy either.

Therefore, before leaving their shift every day, Gao Tiedan and his friends would put a stack of documents on Hualei's desk. The next day, Hualei would read and sort them while slacking off, living a leisurely life.

In the meantime, she also took time to visit Zhenzhu, who had just given birth, at the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion, attended the third-day bathing ceremony of Zhenzhu's daughter, and made a small solid gold anklet for the child as a gift.

In mid-May, Pearl gave birth to a daughter, more than ten days prematurely. When Hualei went to visit her, the baby was only three days old.