"You are the manager of the Astronomical Pavilion, right?”
The woman stood up and smiled gently." I'm Dongfang Qing. I've come to pay my respects to you."”
"I'm Jiang Yue, the owner of the Astronomical Pavilion.”
Jiang Yue sized up the woman and thought to herself that she was indeed beautiful. If only she could marry her and stay by her side...
Wait a minute…
No!
This woman was beautiful, but her surname was Dongfang, not Zhao.
Didn't the old master say that Old Zhao's daughter was the most beautiful in Xianyang?
She might have the chance to marry Old Zhao's daughter. Why was she in such a hurry to marry her first?
"Miss Dongfang, why are you looking for me?”
"I heard that the paper you sell is very useful and is very popular among the scholars in Xianyang…"
"Oh, are you here to buy paper?"
Jiang Yue was stunned. Could it be that she was a talented woman?
"Well, that's not true…"
Dongfang Qing laughed and continued," Sir, you should have made a few hundred thousand from yesterday's business, right?”
Huh?
When Jiang Yue heard this, she immediately sized up Dongfang Qing.
Instead of buying paper, he asked how much it cost…
What was this person doing here?
"You…"
Thinking of what the servant said, Dongfang Qing was here to deliver money, Jiang Yue immediately thought of something.
"Young lady, you can't be thinking of buying my business, right?”
Jiang Yue chuckled and asked Dongfang Qing without blinking.
"Sir, you are indeed smart."
Dongfang Qing smiled lightly." To be honest, I'm the daughter of the East Tower's shopkeeper, Dongfang Li.”
East Tower?
Jiang Yue couldn't help but laugh." Your family sells bamboo slips?”
"That's right."
Dongfang Qing smiled and said," Thank you for your knowledge. My family's bamboo slips are quite famous in Xianyang.”
"Haha, one of the two great bamboo scroll stores, of course I know.”
The East Tower and Fanhua Tower were the two major bamboo slips suppliers in Xianyang City. The bamboo slips of the two houses were of excellent quality and the styles were practical and beautiful. Therefore, they were very popular among the literati.
"Thank you for your praise."
Dongfang Qing smiled and said," Sir, I heard that you stopped selling the paper after only one day. Why?”
"Sell it later."
"It seems that you can't make so many in a short time?”
"Yes, that's one of the reasons.”
"Then, the money sold that day…shouldn't be 500,000, right?”
As Dongfang Qing spoke, her bright eyes kept staring at Jiang Yue. She said with a smile," Sir, please don't blame me. I don't have any other intentions. I'm here just to discuss business with you."”
"Are you trying to say that my paper won't be able to sell for much money if it's popular for a day? Moreover, it won't last long.”
Jiang Yue smiled and said,"So, you spent money to buy this paper business?"”
"That's right. Mister is smart. You definitely know what's more profitable for you.”
Dongfang Qing smiled and said," I don't think you can earn much even if you sell it for a year. Besides, after a long time, people won't buy paper every day. How much can you earn? I can give you 100,000 gold taels! If you can get this gold, you won't have to go through so much trouble. Isn't that great?”
"Hehe, you're very smart. You know what to say to move people.”
Jiang Yue smiled. When she saw Dongfang Qing, who was still smiling, she said indifferently," Unfortunately, I'm not stupid in this aspect!”
"What do you mean?”
Dongfang Qing said calmly," 100,000 gold taels is equivalent to 10 million. I wonder how many years it will take to sell this money…"
"That's right."
Jiang Yue smiled and said," If we only sell paper in Xianyang, the amount that these scholars can buy is very limited. I need a few years at the earliest to earn a hundred thousand taels of gold. If I deduct the cost, it will naturally take even longer.”
"Yeah, so…"
"However, this is only Xianyang. You are only talking about the scholars in Xianyang.”
Jiang Yue smiled and said," What if we look at the world?”
"Look at the world?"
Dongfang Qing's expression changed when she heard that." Sir, are you going to do business in the whole country?”
"What? Didn't you guys make up your mind?”
Jiang Yue smiled and said,"You're businessmen. Of course, you won't do a losing business." Especially big merchants like you, you have a long-term view. You are willing to fork out so much money at once just to earn more. How to earn more? The world was business! Am I right?"
"This…"
Dongfang Qing shook her head gently." Sir, you are right. However, the Dongfang family has many people. It is not particularly difficult to sell them to the world. However, if you do this, I wonder how many more people you will have to hire, how much effort you will have to put in, and how much risk you will have to take…I think that our sincerity should be enough.”
"En, your sincerity is sufficient. If I only wanted to earn some money, I would definitely not hesitate to put your hundred thousand gold taels into my pocket.”
Jiang Yue smiled." If it was a month ago, I would probably agree without hesitation. But now, I don't want to anymore.”
"Why?"
"Because, in my eyes, it's not just about making money, but it's also not about making money.”
Jiang Yue smiled and said," You took over the business of selling paper from me. I think the price you set for the paper must be very expensive. Ordinary people would probably find it difficult to afford it.”
Dongfang Qing's expression changed when she heard that.
That's right, if they dared to spend 100,000 gold taels to buy the property, they would naturally set a higher price to get back the capital as soon as possible.
"To be honest, I didn't want to set such a high price because if the price was set too high, ordinary Humble Class students wouldn't be able to afford it.”
Jiang Yue said,"I want countless people in the world, regardless of their status, to be able to use paper." Everyone in the world could read this letter! Compared to blindly making money, I think these things are more worth doing.”
"Mister has the world in his heart, I admire you.”
Dongfang Qing smiled bitterly." Unfortunately, I'm just a businessman. Naturally, I don't have such a big heart like you. In that case, I can only take my leave…"
" Sigh, Miss Dongfang, don't go yet…"
"How…"
Dongfang Qing's expression changed. She turned around in confusion." Sir, you want to sell it again? Or…do you think my 100,000 taels are not enough?”*
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