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379 The Li family
“I don’t plan to let Madam Cheng help me sell it this year. We talked about going to the pier and the Rouge shop by ourselves. We gave them the wholesale price, and they set their own price to sell. However, the price they set was not allowed to exceed half of the price we sold them. Madam li, do you have a Rouge shop at home?” Cai Xiaolian didn’t mention anything about her family and the Cheng family, but simply said that she didn’t intend to let the Cheng family help sell it.
“There are. Our Li family’s business is involved in clothing, food, housing, and transportation, such as porcelain, cloth, restaurants, inns, and bodyguard agencies. I don’t dare to be arrogant outside of the Qingzhou government, but in the Qingzhou government, if our Li family says two, no one can say one. Of course, I’m referring to the scope of the project.” Luo Shi said confidently.
“So Madam li is from the Li family!” Cai Xiaolian asked in surprise.
She had been selling things outside for a long time, so she had naturally heard of the Li family business. She had even deliberately tried to understand it, mainly because she was particularly interested in the women of the Li family.
The Li family had been in the Qingzhou government for more than 200 years. It could be said that they had been doing business since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty. However, they did not have many children. At most, there were two boys in each generation. Moreover, they all had some problems. They either died young or were weak.
For example, the current Madam, old lady Li, had given birth to two sons after she married into the Li family. Her husband had died. Old lady Li supported the Li family business by herself, and with the pestering of a large group of clan members, she firmly held the right to speak.
Of old lady Li’s two sons, the eldest had passed away from illness a few years ago, leaving behind her eldest daughter-in-law and four granddaughters.
The second son, on the other hand, was alive and kicking, but he was just an old foppish man. In the backyard, the only child he had was the son of the first wife.
The current heads of the Li family were old Madam li and second Madam li.
With that said, Cai Xiaolian knew that the Luo in front of her was the second Madam of the Li family. She was the woman who was indifferent to her husband stuffing people into the backyard one after another and only cared about the family business.
“Yup! It should be the Li family that you know. Lady Cai, miss Gu, are you willing to cooperate with our Li family? There are two ways. First, I’ll rent a counter in the shop to you, and you’ll give me half of the profits you earn from the goods you sell every month. Second, I’ll buy goods from you, and the Li family will be responsible for all the sales. You only need to take the money, how about it?” Madam Li said.
Madam li, if we choose the second way of cooperation, can we sell the goods to merchants outside of the Qing Prefecture? ” Cai Xiaolian asked.
“Lady Cai, to put it bluntly, there’s no problem for you to sell it to an ordinary merchant, but if it’s a big shop, they’re far away. They’re likely to come to you, threaten, and bribe to buy the recipe. I heard from boss Gu that your husband is preparing to take the imperial examination. If he’s bothered by people all day, he won’t be able to calm down.” Madam Li said.
“This matter is indeed troublesome, but this is the source of our family’s income. No matter how much money you buy, we are not willing to do it. From what you’re saying, Madam Li, you’re saying that you can guarantee that these things won’t come to us after we work with you?” Cai Xiaolian asked with a smile.
“As long as it’s not the royal family, we can guarantee it!” Mrs. Li said without hesitation.
“What if it’s the imperial family?” Cai Xiaolian thought of the things that the Emperor had taken away before. The unreliable Emperor had muttered that he would have the Imperial Household Department buy them after they were done.
She really felt that one day, the Emperor would find it too troublesome and ask the Imperial Household Department to buy the prescription instead of the finished product.