Chapter 121 - Chapter 121: Make every minute count (2/2)

Instead, they chose the most foolish method, appointing him as a king. Isn’t that just letting him legitimately be the king of Jingzhou? Even if he didn’t have ambitions originally, he would now have them.

No matter how he looked at it, there seemed to be a problem. There must be some unknown inside story.

While they were discussing the deeds of Jinghai King, Gu Yang suddenly stopped in front of a merchant’s house, looked up, and saw the sign — “Qian’s Merchant House”.

Finally, they were at the right place.

“Three million five hundred thousand, here I come.”

He walked into the merchant house and said to the approaching clerk, “Get your head clerk for me.”

Zhu Lin was thirty years old, the youngest head clerk in Jingzhou City. No one dared to underestimate him because he had so quickly made a newly established merchant house thrive.

He even established sales channels in the West Bank Continent.

You should know, the West Bank Continent was the most remote and dangerous shipping route. But also the most profitable, as each trip could make dozens of times profit.

The rapid success of the Qian Merchant House in Jingzhou City was because of this.

All the traders in Jingzhou City knew not to underestimate this young head clerk and his even younger female owner.

Currently, it was the busiest time of the year for the merchant house. When Zhu Lin heard that someone was looking for him, he didn’t intend to see them right away as he had a pile of work at hand.

“Head clerk, you might want to see this one.”

Zhu Lin put down what he was doing and looked up.

The person who spoke was someone he trusted dearly, someone rarely wrong due to his mature character.

“Alright.”

“May I know why you are here to see me?”

Zhu Lin met a young man in his early twenties. He was a bit puzzled but remained respectful.

“My name is Gu Yang.”

The young man took out two items.

Zhu Lin recognized the name and when he saw what the man took out, his eyes narrowed. The seal was the owner’s. She never parted with it. Why is it in this man’s hands?

Gu Yang then handed him a paper, “You will understand once you read this.”

Zhu Lin had seen his fair share of storms but once he finished reading the transfer agreement, his head buzzed. The owner was transferring the merchant house to this man?

“Is it clear?”

Zhu Lin, an extraordinary person himself, took a deep breath, stood up, and bowed, “Clear. I, Zhu Lin, head clerk of Qian’s Merchant House, greet the new owner.”

Seeing his cooperation, Gu Yang felt pleased as he had saved himself quite a bit of effort. He then asked, “I want to know, how much money can be withdrawn from the merchant house without affecting its daily operations?”

Zhu Lin’s face was somewhat gloomy. The new owner wanted to withdraw money from the merchant house right from the start. Would the merchant house be successfully operated?

Regardless, he gave a number, “Two hundred thousand taels.”

Gu Yang frowned, “That’s it?”

“Last year, the merchant house just bought four large ships and a lot of money has been used to buy bulk goods which will be shipped next month…”

“When is the next payment due?”

“At least ten months from now.”

After listening, Gu Yang gave up this idea. Ten months was too long. He was in a rush.

It seemed that the only choice was to sell this merchant house.

He said, “You know a lot of people in Jingzhou City. Do you know any merchant house that can afford to buy this place?”

“What?”

Zhu Lin changed his complexion, “You want to sell this merchant house?”