After lunch, Qianqian went to the big shop with two maids to buy bedding and curtains. Li Weizheng took Gu Ying to find Guo Guan'er, the intermediary last time. Gu Ying brought 300 taels of gold to Beijing this time and was preparing to buy a good store in the city as the base for Gu Ji Pastry to start a business in Beijing.

Different shops are different from residential buildings. A residential building usually finds a quiet location without being noisy. The more lively the store, the better it is. The most lively and busiest location in the capital is Fudong Street near Yingtianfu, and the Huashi Street in Jiangning County. However, in terms of grades, Fudong Street almost concentrates all the famous and old stores in the capital, while Huashi Street is a distribution center for medium and low-end goods.

What Li Wei was thinking about was naturally Fudong Street. In the teahouse last time, he successfully found the intermediary Guo Guan'er. When Guo Guan'er heard that Li Weizheng wanted to buy a property again, he couldn't help but be shocked, and of course he felt extremely happy.

"Mr. Li is a little unlucky. If it were a few months earlier, shops on Fudong Street would be available everywhere, and the prices would be good. Now it is not possible. In a few months, the prices of shops in that area would double and it would be difficult to buy."

"What you said is because of the relaxation of business registration?" Li Weizheng asked.

Guo Guan'er nodded, "It's precisely this reason. A few months ago, I still had five or six stores on Fudong Street to sell, but now there are not ones. In fact, Zhuque Street is not bad, but I have a few stores in my hands."

Li Weizheng knew that although Zhuque Street was the main road parallel to Fudong Street, the lively level was far less than that of Fudong Street. He pondered for a while and said, "Can you think of a solution? We are willing to buy a store at a high price."

Of course, Guo Guan'er was willing to do this business, but he really had no housing supply. He was about to shake his head and expressed regret, but suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, I know a store once wanted to sell it. Now there is no news for a long time. Why don't I take two of you to take a look."

The three of them hired two carriages and headed towards Fudong Street.

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Fudong Street is named after it is located on the east side of Yingtian Prefecture. It runs through the central axis of Shangyuan County and Jiangning County. The most prosperous area is about a thousand steps long and bustling every day. People come and go. Hundreds of famous big shops gathered along the route, such as Qian Taixiang, Hanji North and South Grocery Collection, Huirentang Pharmacy, Xilinmen Restaurant, Wanjia Light Inn, brothel Bai Fengchun, etc. It was very lively before the business registration was launched this year. However, since the court officially implemented the business registration in April, the business of the Ming Dynasty was like the grassland after the first spring rain, and it was full of vitality. The past hiddenness was no longer visible. The major stores seemed to have tear off new products that protected the shells. Various signs and flags were flying over Fudong Street, and every family had their own characteristics.

The shop that Guo Guan'er took them to was a silk shop called Wufu Silk Shop. Its owner was Shen Mao, the second son of a famous businessman in Zhouzhuang. Since Shen Wansan was convicted and sent to Yunnan in the sixth year of Hongwu, the Shen family suffered repeated hardships and declined again and again. In the 19th year of Hongwu, the Shen family was killed by the whole family due to the land tax incident. Later, some of the family members were released with Zhu Yuanzhang's pardon Guo Heng case, and most of the family property was consumed. However, Shen Wansan, who was 83 years old at this time, was successful in doing business on the ancient Tea-Horse Road in Yunnan. At the same time, he also obtained political protection because his granddaughter Yu Hui had just married Mu Ying's eldest son Mu Chun as a concubine. This is exactly the same as blessing and wealth, and life and death are neighbors.

Chen Wansan became a wealthy man in business in Yunnan. At this time, he realized that the third disaster of the Shen family was not far away, so he began to quietly arrange the Shen family's retreat, including begging Mu Ying to hide some of the family's children in Tianlongtun Castle, Guizhou. Against this background, Shen Mao began to quietly sell his property. This Wufu Silk and Satin Shop, located on the most prosperous section of Fudong Street, is one of them.

The owner of the shop that currently takes care of the 70% land is Shen Mao's second son Chen Bin. He is a middle-aged man about 40 years old. He received his father's secret order to sell the silk shop as soon as possible. Although his father was urging him in a hurry, Chen Bin refused to sell it at a low price. In the past month, seven or eight groups of merchants have come to contact him, all of which have given up because the price has not been agreed upon.

That afternoon, the famous house in the capital brought two young men, one man and one woman, and wanted to buy his shop.

"Please sit down by Mr. Li!" Chen Bin politely invited Li Weizheng to the back hall to sit down.

The store stopped purchasing goods half a month ago. After selling the inventory in the store, the Shen family decided to close the store. The inventory in the store was basically empty, and the whole store seemed empty. Li Wei was sitting down with Gu Ying. He looked at the messy store and smiled slightly and said, "This time, the sister from Suzhou came to Beijing, wanting to buy a good store in the city. I heard that Mr. Chen was interested in selling this shop, so we will talk."

Chen Bin glanced at Gu Ying, then asked curiously: "I just heard from the accent of the lady, it seems that we are fellow villagers."

Although he knew that the owner of this shop was named Chen, Li Weizheng and Gu Ying did not know that he was the property of the famous Chen Wansan. Gu Ying immediately smiled and said, "I heard that the uncle's accent is from Wujiang County! Have you ever heard of Gu's cakes?"

"How could I not know? When I was a child, I always had to buy some of them when I went to Gusu City with my father. At that time, the Gu family cakes were very famous, but unfortunately they fell into decline later."

Speaking of this, Chen Bin suddenly pointed at Gu Ying in surprise and said, "Can you be......"

Gu Ying stood up and bowed like a man, "I am the daughter of the Gu family. The only name is Ying. This is my cousin, Mr. Li."

Although she came with Li Weizheng, she was the one who bought the store. She didn't want Li Weizheng to interfere in everything. Chen Bin also smiled. He had a grandfather's commercial heritage in his bones. The condom was almost just to sell for a better price, not a discount. The store's base price was 4,000 taels of silver, and he would not sell it even if it was 3,999 taels.

"Okay! For the sake of you being a fellow villager and the daughter of the Gu family, I will give you four hundred taels of silver, five thousand six hundred taels of silver, a fixed price."

"Five,600 taels!" Li Weizheng and Gu Ying exclaimed at the same time. Gu Ying had only brought 300 taels of gold, worth 1,200 taels of silver. Li Weizheng had just used 1,500 taels of silver to buy a house with two acres of five cents of land. He thought that buying a shop with seven cents of land was enough, but unexpectedly, the other party asked for 5,600 taels of silver. This was simply a naked robbery of money.

Li Wei was looking at Guo Guan'er, but Guo Guan'er scratched his head awkwardly. He knew that the store covering an area of ​​one acre on Fudong Street was only 2,000 taels of silver at the beginning of the year, and the store occupied only 70% of the area. Even if its entrance is prosperous, it is worth at most 4,000 taels of silver. Five,600 taels of silver is a bit too much, but he cannot intervene in price negotiations. This is the rule of the middleman, and price negotiations are the business of both buyers and sellers.

However, Li Wei is his old customer, and he didn't want to do it too well. So while Chen Bin was not paying attention, Guo Guan'er secretly blinked. Li Wei was just understanding. He shook his head and said, "Uncle Shen's price is too ruthless. It's only a thousand taels of silver to buy a house. It's unheard of for this small shop to cost 5,600 taels of silver."

Chen Bin glanced at him disdainfully, "Does Mr. Li know how much my store can earn in a year? Let me tell you the truth, you can earn back your capital in just two years. Do you understand? Where can I find a store that can earn back your capital in two years?"

Gu Ying said, "Uncle, we are making cakes with small profits. I think it's good to be able to recover the money in five years. Moreover, your store is too small, so I have to buy a house to make a workshop nearby. The guys can't live all in the store. I have to pay extra money to rent a house for them, so the uncle's 5,600 taels of silver is still too expensive."

Chen Bin was silent for a while, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I'll give you one more step in the end, five thousand taels of silver, we can make a deal."

"Three thousand taels of silver!" Li Weizheng also offered his price.

Gu Ying sighed secretly. The Gu family can only give out three hundred taels of gold at the moment, which also includes the early recruitment, arrangement and making cakes. Needless to say, she also knew that Li Weizheng wanted to help again. She really didn't want to owe him too much. Before Chen Bin answered, she stood up and said to Li Weizheng: "Cousin, let's go first!"

Li Weizheng also wanted to touch the market again, so he stood up and smiled at Chen Bin and said, "My bottom line has been given, Master Chen will consider it yourself! If you are willing, you can find Guo Guan'er, he knows my house."

Chen Bin smiled without saying anything, three thousand taels of silver, dreaming!

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Not long after Li Wei and Gu Ying left, a carriage stopped in front of the Wufu Satin Shop under the escort of more than a dozen followers, and a young noble man walked out of the carriage.

A follower who was waiting here quickly met him. He pointed to the Wufu silk shop of the Shen family and said, "Little Prince, it's here. They like this shop very much, but it seems that the price cannot be negotiated."

The boy looked at the silk shop with his hands behind his back, and nodded and said, "Let the boss come to see me."

After a moment, Chen Bin was brought up. When he saw the boy, he was stunned and hurriedly knelt down and bowed, "Caomin Chen Bin, see the little prince."

When the boy saw that it was him, he couldn't help but smile and said, "It turns out that this is the Shen family's family business."

He pondered for a moment and said, "The person who just wanted to buy your store is my friend. Tell me, how much do you plan to sell this store?"

Chen Bin didn't say anything for a long time. He was thinking about another thing. Four years ago, his cousin Chen Zhuang died in the Dali Temple Prison. The ashes were always placed in the Prison Temple in the Dali Temple. He had not asked someone to make it out several times. This became a heart-wrenching problem for their Shen family. If the little prince in front of him was willing to help this. ． ． ． ．

Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "This shop is the last property of the Shen family in Beijing. If the little prince is interested, I only need a thousand taels of silver."

‘One thousand taels of silver?’ The boy shook his head and said, “This is the most prosperous area on Fudong Street. Is there a shop with a thousand taels of silver? Tell me the truth, how much is it worth?”

"The villain dares not. This store is worth 5,000 taels of silver. The reason why the villain only sells 1,000 taels of silver is that there is one thing I want to ask the little prince for help."

Although the young man is a royal family, he is underage and only has a little money every month. It is absolutely impossible to ask him to take out a few thousand taels of silver. In fact, he also wanted to use his relationship to exchange with the store owner. When he saw the store owner take the initiative to ask, he smiled and said, "You guy will seize the opportunity. Let me tell me what you have to do to ask me for help?"

"That's right..." Chen Bin told his cousin's ashes, and he kowtowed repeatedly, "If the little prince can help me, I would like to give this shop with both hands."

The boy thought about it and did not dare to agree hastily about this matter, so he nodded and said, "I will not accept the store for free, but I will ask first, and wait for my accurate letter."

He waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"

The carriage slowly started, and a follower stepped forward and asked for instructions: "Little Prince, are we going to Dali Temple first?"

"No! Go to the East Palace first."

Li Wei is the prince. Even if he wants to make friends, he needs to get the prince's consent first.

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Chapter completed!