NOVEL NEXT Chapter 835 - 835: Blocking the Ox Cart Again_1
Chapter 835: Chapter 835: Blocking the Ox Cart Again_1
A hundred thousand taels!
Forty thousand taels!
Sixty thousand taels!
These three figures flashed before Shopkeeper He’s eyes, leaving him somewhat dazed.
In the past, the highest price for a recipe from Qiao Xiaomai was for mooncakes, only two thousand taels.
But this time, she started at forty thousand taels.
Jiwei Residence could earn sixty thousand taels.
This wasn’t robbery; it was people eagerly throwing their money at her door.
Following the previous commotion with the mooncakes, this was yet another big sensation!
Seeing Shopkeeper He’s stunned look, Qiao Xiaomai called out, “Shopkeeper?”
Her voice snapped Shopkeeper He back to reality, and he turned his gaze to her with a complex expression, “You truly know how to make money!”
Suddenly confronted with such a remark, Qiao Xiaomai blinked and said, “Shopkeeper, I don’t really know how to make money. I hired people to make these small parts, like these three exquisite little wheels, each costing twenty wen.”
“If you really count it, a small cart has a cost of over a hundred wen.”
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“But you can still make a lot.”
The cost is a hundred wen, but it sells for twenty taels—how many times was that markup?
With his mind somewhat in a whirl, Shopkeeper He couldn’t quite do the calculation at the moment, and he simply gave Qiao Xiaomai a thumbs-up, “Impressive, I admire you!”
Another huge profit made!
Qiao Xiaomai, looking at Shopkeeper He, chuckled, “It’s nothing much, just something Sanlang and I fiddled with.”
“I could never fiddle with something as miraculous as this,” Shopkeeper He marveled.
His gaze towards Qiao Xiaomai now carried even more respect, “I’d say, at this rate, all the silver in Daqi will end up in your purse.”
“How much there is in the world, and how much can I earn,” Qiao Xiaomai waved her hand dismissively.
The aristocratic families of all sizes in the Capital City were still out there; she was nothing in comparison.
Hearing this, Shopkeeper He smiled, and thought to himself that there was a long road ahead. He’d wait and see.
His premonition wouldn’t fail; the wealth of the world would continually flow into Qiao Xiaomai’s purse.
After discussing some finer details, Qiao Xiaomai and Tong Sanlang took Qiao Dami out for a stroll, while Shopkeeper He ordered his men to rush the little cart to the Capital City for Yu Ang to review.
It was a big deal, and once it was done…
Money would flow like water!
However, not long after they left Jiwei Residence, Shopkeeper Zhou reappeared, smiling and inviting the two to Zuixian Building for a visit.
Qiao Xiaomai “…”
Was Shopkeeper Zhou having her watched?
“Sanlang and I have something else to do, we’re planning to buy sheep or piglets, so we won’t go,” she declined politely with a smile.
“Oh, the pigs raised in my Zuixian Building just had a litter a few days ago. I can send someone to deliver one to you,” Shopkeeper Zhou said with a seemingly fortunate look, smiling even more earnestly.
He’d said before that Zuixian Building was Qiao Xiaomai’s sincerest friend. Considering this, the smile on his face became all the more heartfelt.
Qiao Xiaomai “…”
It was hard to turn down such enthusiasm.
But she had to decline, even though she knew what Shopkeeper Zhou wanted to say. This profitable venture—she wanted to keep it with Jiwei Residence.
Sighing inwardly, she spoke, “Shopkeeper, it’s not food. It’s a novel toy I want to show to Shopkeeper He.”
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Zhou’s spirits lifted instantly, “What sort of thing?”
“For Dami to play with, a small thing, not worth much. A one-hit deal, like the mooncakes—produced in one go and sold off in a single batch,” Qiao Xiaomai explained.
“Not worth much? Then all the more you should let my Zuixian Building handle it. I guarantee that Zuixian Building will make this cheap toy become very valuable,” Shopkeeper Zhou said, putting on an even more sincere smile than before.