flstandardbreds Chapter 137 This matter has nothing to do with you, you don't have to blame yourself
Chapter 137 This matter has nothing to do with you, you don't have to blame yourself
If the price is right, there is no harm in buying 10,000 more pieces. After all, cloth is a consumable. There are so many people in her village, and there must be many children born every year. These can then be given as rewards to the villagers.
Several bosses looked at each other, and one of them, Boss Li, took the lead and said to Shen Ruolan, "Madam Shen, we have already discussed it on the way. If you can consume all our cloth by yourself, the price of each piece of cloth will be around 90 coins."
When Shen Ruolan heard that a piece of cloth cost 90 wen, she estimated in her mind that 70,000 pieces of cloth would cost more than 60,000 taels of silver. She was silent for a moment and said to the bosses, "Bosses, to be honest, your asking price exceeds my budget. I don't have that much silver."
After Shen Ruolan finished speaking, she paused and continued, "If your price is a little cheaper, I can consider buying them all."
When several bosses heard that Shen Ruolan didn't have that much money, their expressions turned unhappy, but it was only a flash of anger. After all, they were all experienced in the business world, and Shen Ruolan's so-called lack of money was probably just a way of bargaining.
Several people lowered their heads and whispered to each other for a while, then said to Shen Ruolan, "Madam Shen, it's okay if you can't buy that much. We will sell as much as you want."
Shen Ruolan listened to what they said. She had already prepared a response. She shook her head helplessly and said, "I'm afraid this won't work, because..."
When one of the bosses heard Shen Ruolan say no, he quickly interrupted her and asked, "Madam Shen, why?"
Shen Ruolan said, "Because everyone is working with me, I can't be partial and let some people be cold while others are warm. We must be fair."
When the bosses heard Shen Ruolan mention refugees again, they lowered their heads and discussed for a while, and said to Shen Ruolan: "Madam Shen, since you are buying cloth to give to refugees, we will also help you within our ability. How about giving ten cents for each piece of cloth?"
Shen Ruolan bargained, "Eighty cents per horse, seventy thousand horses, I'll take them all."
"This..." Several bosses were instantly embarrassed.
Since a piece of cloth cost eighty cents, they could only earn four cents at most for each piece, which was a bit too little.
Boss Chen said to Shen Ruolan, "Eighty cents is too little, eighty-five cents."
Shen Ruolan looked at Boss Chen and smiled, "Boss Chen, eighty cents is already a lot. You know, the disasters in recent years have been severe. How many ordinary people can afford to buy cloth?"
Shen Ruolan paused and continued, "Although the profit from selling to me is a little less, you can make a small profit but a large turnover. My purchase once will be enough for you to sell for at least half a year. What's more, we are a long-term business, and we can continue to cooperate in the future."
It must be said that after Shen Ruolan's words, several bosses were really moved. After thinking for a while, they said to Shen Ruolan: "Okay, but we have to sign a contract. In the future, if Madam Shen needs cloth or something, the three of us must supply it together, and the interests of any party cannot be harmed."
"Deal," Shen Ruolan said.
After saying that, she asked Ji Ning to bring over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write the contract. After it was finished, she handed it to several bosses and said, "Bosses, please take a look first and see if there is anything that needs to be changed."
Several bosses carefully looked at the contract, and when they were sure there were no problems, they said to Shen Ruolan, "No."
Shen Ruolan heard that no one had any objections, so she handed the pen to everyone and said, "Since there is no problem, everyone please sign your name on it."
After Shen Ruolan and the others signed their names, she took out a 10,000 tael silver note and handed it to the bosses, saying, "This is a 10,000 tael silver note as a deposit. Please keep it."
Boss Li, the leader, accepted the banknote and stood up and said to Shen Ruolan, "Okay, we'll go back and deliver the cloth to Madam Shen."
Shen Ruolan bowed to them and said, "Thank you for your hard work, bosses."
"It's my duty." After the bosses finished speaking, they bowed to Shen Ruolan and said, "Madam Shen, goodbye."
"Goodbye, bosses." Shen Ruolan followed behind them and said goodbye to them.
After the bosses left, Ji Ning came back to her senses from the shock. She looked at her master and said, "Master, isn't it too much to buy 70,000 pieces of cloth?"
Seventy thousand pieces of cloth might not mean much to ordinary people, but she knew it very well. Her family used to be in business, and ten thousand pieces of cloth would take up a large warehouse, let alone seventy thousand pieces of cloth. Adding the reed catkins that had just been harvested, they were afraid that even ten yards would not be able to hold so many things.
After Shen Ruolan heard Ji Ning's words, she withdrew her gaze and said to her, "Not much."
With more than 10,000 refugees, big and small, and an average of two sets of winter clothes per person, plus bedding, there was not much of the 70,000 pieces of cloth left.
"Okay." Ji Ning didn't want to hear much, so she stopped talking.
Shen Ruolan said to her, "Ji Ning, go inform Village Chief Wu and ask him to find ten families to store my things. Each family will pay fifty cents per month for rent during the storage period."
"Yes, master." After Ji Ning finished speaking, he turned and walked out the door.
Shen Ruolan looked at her from behind and said, "Tell Village Chief Wu to try to find a clean family. Otherwise, if there is any loss of cloth, you will need to pay compensation."
"Yes," Ji Ning replied.
After Shen Ruolan arranged the storage of the cloth, she hurried into the house and took the children from Aunt Liu's hands. She said with a distressed look on her face, "My babies, don't cry. Mother will come and feed you now, okay?"
Just now when she was signing contracts with several bosses, she heard the children crying, but because there were guests around, she couldn't come to see them.
Aunt Liu said to Shen Ruolan, "Master, I think you should hire two wet nurses, so that you can have an easier time."
After Shen Ruolan heard what Aunt Liu said, she paused for a moment, undressed and said to Aunt Liu: "My milk is enough for them at the moment, there is no need to find a wet nurse."
It’s not that she was reluctant to spend the money, but she didn’t want her child to drink someone else’s milk. This always made her feel uncomfortable. Maybe she was not used to the thinking at that time.
Aunt Liu only made a small suggestion, and seeing that her master was unwilling, she did not force it.
The next day, Ji Han returned with a large group of people. Seeing that Shen Ruolan had given birth and it was a full month, and that she was born by someone else, he looked at her with a guilty face and said, "Master, I'm sorry. It's all because of my incompetence that I failed to protect you and the young master."
Shen Ruolan shook her head and said, "This has nothing to do with you. You don't have to blame yourself."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Ji Han and asked, "It has been raining heavily for a month. How is it going in Nanshan?"
Ji Han said: "Fortunately, the master arranged food for us this month, along with wild vegetables. Otherwise, this month's rainy season would be very difficult."