Su Wan did not say anything when she heard her eldest uncle asking the innkeeper about the price of booking the entire inn, she looked around the inn as soon as she stepped inside and sure enough, she saw many gloomy and shady-looking people, even though they were dressed in coarse clothes and were not wearing any silk or any other expensive clothes when compared to the men who were dressed in rags and torn clothes, they still looked richer and more influential.
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And what was more Lord Fang and Headmaster Yuan who followed behind them to eat the delicacies that Su Wan was going to come up with in the Great Ocean territory had auras that were hard to hide causing many men who looked like thugs to look in the direction of the two men as they started to whisper among themselves.
It would be rather unfortunate if they were to get into trouble in the middle of the night, even though they will be attracting some unwanted attention to themselves, it was better to book the entire inn for their family at least that way they will have a little protection.
The innkeeper was stunned when he saw that there was someone willing to book the inn for an entire night, his eyes widened in surprise but when he saw the aura of the men who were standing in front of him, he knew that they were not here to joke with him, he smiled and then said while rubbing his hands together in a greasy voice, "It is only a silver tael, my inn is old and shabby but it can provide you warmth and safety if master thinks that it is worthy to spend the night here then —— just one tael, and I will clear the inn for you."
Shen Junxi frowned when he heard the man say that he wanted to book this shabby inn for a tael, as far as he knew that the inn was too old and looked like it could be blown away in just a single storm, he dared to ask for a tael to book such an inn? Even the high-class inn in which he stayed with his brother would ask for four to five taels to book for a night.
The innkeeper however was confident that he will get the price that he wanted because this inn of his was the only one in this small town with no other inn at least twenty-five kilometres away from here, if Shen Junxi and the others did not want to drive for another two to three hours, he would have to accept the price that he had given to them.
Shen Junxi too thought the same as well and just as he was going to agree to the price, Old Madam Shen who was standing behind him stepped forward with a fierce look on her face as she looked at the shopkeeper and asked, " Does your inn has silk bedsheets? Is there any maid who can help my pregnant grand-niece? Servants to serve? Will you be adding meals to the plan?"
The innkeeper was stunned when he heard the forceful voice of the old woman but then he snapped out of his daze and smiled awkwardly before saying, " How can there be maids and servants? And a meal for your group there is no way that can be involved in just one tael."
"That's right, you are not going to give us a meal and nor will you give us any servants to look after our comfort, we only need your shabby inn for six hours and you think that we will pay a tael for it? I will offer five hundred copper coins and throw in another to handle such crooks like this innkeeper very easily.
" Madam you are making things difficult for me, I accept that the hundred if you provide us with warm water to bath, if not then forget it," Old Madam Shen was a heroine who once started her business with nothing but thirty coins in her hands, she knew how to handle such crooks like this innkeeper very easily.
" Madam you are making things difficult for me, I accept that the inn is old but its the only one——"
" Aha, are you taking advantage of the fact that your inn is the only one in this small town? Do you believe me if I say that I will spread the word about your selfish actions in the town where I live and the towns around this one? I can even join hands with another collaborator and build another inn right in this town if you dare offend me, think twice before you try to go against me, my last name is Shen and my husband's first name was Yue, you would rather think twice," Old Madam hissed the last words such that no one else but the innkeeper will be the one who will hear it.
When the innkeeper heard the word of Old Madam Shen, he wanted to cry. What kind of bandit woman was this? But in the end, he still agreed, five hundred coins along with an additional hundred coins was already good enough for a shabby inn like his. He was only trying to make some extra profit but now that his plan had failed there was no need for him to push his luck anymore.
At least now he could earn a decent sum from the travellers but if this old lady was to really build another inn then he would lose all his business! After all, who did not hear about Shen Yue? He was the royal merchant who was treasured by the previous emperor so much that he would not buy anything unless it was brought by Shen Yue! Everyone in the town and cities of this country knew about that late royal merchant.
The innkeeper did not dare to play any more games with Old Lady Shen just for the sake of four hundred coins. It was all right, he will be able to fool someone else after these honourable guests of his leaves!
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