Vol 2 Chapter 216 (1/2)
Chapter 216: Developments in the Imperial Business
Fan Xian hurried over to help him up, but the proprietor of the store was insistent on koing Eventually, he stood up and sighed, deeply moved ”So you are the future master I shall ko no matter what And what is more, you are the head of the diplon country, hoping to pay my respects to the masters of my home country, with no chance to do so”
The proprietor suddenly realized so taboo in front of this master from the south ”Master Fan, why have you co
Northern Qi was, after all, a long ay fro Emperor, so thetheir old shop signs, saying that they were proud owners of property Fan Xian looked at the man's face and realized that he orried that his words would be taken back to the capital, offending the royal fahed In the future, he would have to greatly raise the quality of his wares, rather than selling these low-quality glass wine goblets
The proprietor was curious ”How can I help you?” He had originally assumed that Fan Xian had used the opportunity of the diploation into the business he would one day control He didn't know that he was about to buy glassware
Lin Jing gave a brief explanation The shopkeeper hurriedly called for the shop assistants, and a few nimble fellows rushed into the storeroooods were not left on display While they waited, Fan Xian chatted with the shopkeeper The shopkeeper knehat he wanted to know, and did not dare hide anything frolassware that had been transported northward froh estimate, Fan Xian was still rather surprised There was only one Qing glassworks in Shangjing, and its yearly inco It was no wonder that even with all the splendor of Qi's products, they could only just aboutin financial hed ”But in the past few years - I'oods sent froood as they were before And we've had no new ideas, so business has suffered somewhat”
”How much worse has it been compared to the best times?” asked Fan Xian
”About thirty percent”
Fan Xian muttered to himself hesitantly He knehere the problem came from After the Eldest Princess had taken control of the palace treasury froence and trickery up her sleeve, in the colass and soap, it seemed likely that she still had no idea what to do The quality of the glass was still poor; there were definitely problems with the mixture and the workyu Hall could not do it themselves, and so there was no way to adjust the process
But business had only gone down by thirty percent It seemed that the Eldest Princess knew the i econo the convention of previous years
There was too h innovation
As they had talked, a young shop assistant had brought out the oblets Fan Xian picked one up, narrowing his eyes in the sunlight inside the shop There were no ilass Indeed, it was better quality than h ”Yes, these are the ones”
The shopkeeper quickly ordered the assistant to wrap it up, but Fan Xian waved him away ”Don't worry about it” Everyone was puzzled by his intentions, but heeded his instructions
Suddenly, the shopkeeper gave an aard look Fan Xian spotted it immediately ”May I ask your surname?”
”My surname is Yu,” responded the shopkeeper quickly
”An apprentice of Qingyu Hall, surnamed Yu?” Fan Xian smiled to himself ”Shopkeeper Yu, why do you look uneasy?”
The shopkeeper forced a s held for the birthday of the Eer at the end of this month”
Fan Xian was somewhat surprised ”So the nobles of Northern Qi order their palace gifts froe it for so else, Shopkeeper Yu”
Shopkeeper Yu was stunned It seemed he hadn't expected such an important official to be so lenient ”The order has not actually been finalized, because the nobles of Northern Qi have always known that we keep so to the topic at hand, this glass goblet is not our ift but the palace treasury's custoood month Master, if you were to take these, then e report our accounts to the south at the end of the ap in our finances, and I fear that the master of the palace treasury would”
After he had said it, Fan Xian understood what it was that he feared He s to the side, wang Qinian scolded him humorously ”You're afraid the royal treasury will check our accounts? Did you not know that this man before you is the future head of the royal treasury?”
Shopkeeper Yu, , wiped the sweat from his brow Even if Fan Xian were to be the future head of the treasury, the problem was that currently he was not