Three families hire each other, the mistress of the marquisate accidentally offends the treacherous

Jiang Qingyue paused as she stretched out her hand:

"A post from the Imperial Concubine in the palace?"

"Yes, ma'am?"

Jiang Qingyue took the post, opened it and read it.

Then I gave the post to Luhuan.

"Madam, the Imperial Concubine invites you to attend the palace banquet on the fifth day of next month?"

"Ah."

"This is very strange. Madam has never had any contact with the palace. Why would she be asked to attend the palace banquet?

"In the past, there were palace banquets in the palace, but no invitations were ever sent to the Marquis' Mansion."

Jiang Qingyue closed her eyes and took a nap: "Maybe it's because the prince is back. After all, this is a marquis's mansion. Although the prince has not yet taken office, this marquis's mansion cannot be ignored."

"So that's the case, madam. I'll go down and prepare.

"There are still five days before the palace banquet. I'm afraid there won't be enough time to make a dress. Madam, please ask me to go to Yunyifang to buy a set of ready-made clothes."

Jiang Qingyue: "No need. Since it's a palace banquet, there will be many people attending. Just find a decent dress. Keep it simple so that you won't be in the crowd and won't stand out. But don't be too plain either. After all, it's a palace banquet."

"Yes."

Not long after she received the invitation, the old lady in front sent someone to invite her.

Jiang Qingyue went to Cisongyuan.

When the old lady saw her, she asked, "Did the imperial concubine in the palace send you a letter?"

"Yes."

When an invitation arrives from the palace, it will inevitably pass through the front courtyard. If the front courtyard knows about it, the old lady will naturally know about it as well.

"Why would the Imperial Concubine send you an invitation?" The old lady looked puzzled.

"Qingyue doesn't know."

The old lady looked at her and thought about it.

That’s true. Even she has never seen the Royal Concubine, so how could Jiang Qingyue know her?

She was worried, so she asked some random questions and found out that Jiang Qingyue really knew nothing. Thinking it might be a coincidence, she asked someone to find out more.

I felt relieved when I heard that many ladies had received the invitations.

Thinking of what happened in the Marquis' Mansion today, she looked at Jiang Qingyue and asked:

"General Dongling is here today."

Jiang Qingyue was shocked, and then her eyes became vague. She didn't dare to look at the old lady, and looked ashamed.

The old lady raised her hand and subconsciously covered her nose.

As if Jiang Qingyue was some dirty thing.

"Did the General's Mansion send a message for you to come over in the next few days?"

Jiang Qingyue lowered her head, her tone was as quiet as a mosquito:

"To answer the old lady, no."

"Well, has there been any letter delivered to you?"

"Replying to the old lady, no."

The old lady frowned, her tone blaming her: "But you didn't serve the general with all your heart and soul?"

Jiang Qingyue listened to these shameless words, took a deep breath and did not answer.

Which elder would ask his granddaughter-in-law whether she serves other men wholeheartedly?

She used to think that the old lady was despicable and shameless, but now she also thinks that she is unscrupulous.

When the old lady saw Jiang Qingyue didn't say anything, she snorted in her heart.

You've done everything, why are you still pretending to be a chaste and virtuous woman?

"If the general comes to see you next time, be sure to mention Mu'er's official position. This way, whether you return to the Jiang Mansion or visit other mansions, you will look good."

Jiang Qingyue raised her head and looked directly at the old lady.

The old lady felt guilty after being looked at, so she didn't say anything more and let her go back to Wutong Courtyard.

After leaving Cisongyuan, Lu Huan's face was full of accusations:

"This old lady is really... really shameless. She actually came to question Madam as if it was a matter of course."

"The Marquis' Mansion has always been like this. There is no point in saying more. What we need to pay attention to now is the palace in five days."

"Yes."

After returning to Wutong Courtyard, Jiang Qingyue first wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver it to the general's mansion.

Today he had made an appointment with her to go see the peach blossoms on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, but now she had to go to the palace on the fifth day, and the two schedules conflicted, so she definitely couldn't go.

Dong Lingyan quickly replied with only one word:

"can."

Because the Imperial Concubine's palace banquet invited many young ladies and ladies from wealthy families, the jewelry shops and clothing stores in the capital were suddenly filled with customers.

A batch of goods from Lin's Cloth Shop also became popular unknowingly.

This batch of new materials is fine and soft, with pure and bright colors and a layer of cloudy luster.

The embroidery of light-colored patterns is delicate and ethereal, while the embroidery of bright-colored patterns is dignified and elegant. Although they are expensive, they can easily become famous in the Beijing market where people are not afraid of expensive prices but ugly appearance.

Especially since the cloth shop puts up a set of colorful ready-made clothes every day, the business of the cloth shop is getting better and better.

However, the goods in the cloth shops are becoming increasingly scarce.

At the back, you almost have to queue up to buy it.

On the first day of April, early in the morning, Jiang Qingyue sat by the window, reading the letter from her uncle Lin Ge.

The letter described everything that had happened in the past few days, and was written in extra detail for fear that Jiang Qingyue might not understand.

Jiang Qingyue felt very happy after reading it.

Just as she expected.

Lu Huan was sorting the cloth sent by the Lin family.

"Madam, this silk is really beautiful. I heard it's very expensive and hard to buy. It's limited each day. But Master Lin sent so much at once. Master Lin is really good to you.

"We have every color here. I think they all suit my lady. Madam, please ask a tailor to come to your house. Now is the time to make spring clothes."

"No rush. Go to the Lin residence first and tell your uncle that you can start raising the price when the store opens today."

"Price increase? How much?"

"One to five times."

"Ah, five times, isn't that too much? If so, won't the reputation of the Lin Family Cloth Shop be affected in the future?"

Jiang Qingyue smiled and said, "It's not appropriate to raise the price directly. We need to use some methods."

As she spoke, she whispered a few words to Lu Huan. After hearing this, Lu Huan's eyes lit up and she clapped her hands in applause:

"My lady is smart."

"If it doubles like this, it will be about five times as much, that's good."

She had anticipated today's result, and this batch of silk would surely sell well.

So I told my uncle Lin Ge in advance that there was no need to stock too many goods the first time, just fill up the shelves.

Once sold out, limited quantities will begin.

Now there are a lot of goods in stock. Once all the goods are sold out, according to this method, the value of this batch of silk can be maximized without affecting the Lin family's shop.

However, she didn't know what the situation would be like at the beginning, so she didn't say much about many things. She had already "foreseen" many things, so she kept the rest hidden as much as possible.

Besides, it’s not too late to talk about these little things now.

"Also, tell my uncle not to accept this kind of silk again. This business should only be done this once."

Lu Huan was puzzled: "Why? This silk is so profitable, we should take advantage of the situation and buy more to sell."

Jiang Qingyue shook her head: "This silk and satin can make money, but the money is only considered money if it is in your own pocket."

This silk is so popular in the capital, other merchants will definitely be eyeing it.

The Lin family is not strong enough now, so it is not appropriate for them to compete with those businessmen with big backgrounds and foundations.

It would be better to just release it and let other companies that want to do it compete with each other. They can just take advantage of the first-mover advantage and make so much money.

Doing business requires skills, luck, vision, and effort, all of which are related to yourself. There is another very important point in doing business: your opponent.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

When doing business, you must not only know how to stop losses in time, but more importantly, you must also know how to stop profits in time.

You can give it a try, but you have to choose the right timing, just like the silk business they saw first.

But once you realize that something is not right, you should stop in time.

You can't just dive in when you see the huge profits, hoping to get ten or a hundred times the returns.

Because behind those tenfold or a hundredfold gains, there will also be tenfold or a hundredfold crises.

There are so many cloth merchants in the capital.

This batch of goods is in short supply. Now that the Lin family has done it first, they are the first to take the lead. If others want to do it, they will have to deal with the Lin family first.

But if the Lin family gave up and did something else, then other people who wanted to do the silk business would turn their guns on them, snatching the supply and bargaining on the price. In this way, the Lin family would be safe.

What she needs to do is to maximize the profits of this batch of silk.

According to her idea, the money earned from selling out this batch of silk would be enough to provide the Lin family with food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Lu Huan listened with deep emotion, and looked at his wife with great admiration. He wrote down every word carefully, and then took the letter from his wife and went straight to the Lin Mansion with Da Wu.

There was already a long line in front of the Lin Family Cloth Shop before it opened.

Everyone was discussing how much they could buy today and how much the owners liked this batch of goods.

The shopkeeper of Lin's Cloth Shop stepped forward and said to the crowd:

"Today, due to supply constraints, we can only release some cloth. First come, first served. If you can buy one, congratulations. If not, the store has other types of cloth for you to choose from."

"Ah, how come there are only twenty? There were fifty yesterday."

The people queuing below looked at each other in bewilderment. Before they could react, someone saw the door open and rushed in.

By the time those behind realized what was happening and caught up, the space in the front was so crowded that no one could move in.

In less than a blink of an eye, all twenty rolls of silk were sold out.

Those who failed to buy anything could only cry out to the sky and complain to the shopkeeper, saying how they had been queuing for a long time but still couldn't buy anything, and asked the shopkeeper to stock more stock tomorrow.

The shopkeeper smiled, but when he talked about the goods, his face showed bitterness:

"You may not know that this batch of materials was brought here from Shu by my employer. Because of the production process, they were transported back in truckloads.

“Originally there were several vehicles, but they were stuck on the road due to heavy rain for several days.

“Two truckloads came today, but many were soaked and couldn’t be sold, so we only picked out the good ones.

"It's not that we don't want to sell it. Who doesn't want to make money? We really can't sell it. We don't have any left. Our boss said that we must guarantee the quality no matter what. We can't destroy the reputation of the Lin Family Cloth Shop."

After listening to the discussion below:

"Your shop is responsible, but you also need to let people buy it."

"That's right. Will it be available tomorrow? I'll pay a deposit first."

"Yes, yes, me too. I'll pay the deposit first too."

"I can pay more, but you must leave five for me."

"Hey, how can you be like this? I've seen merchants raise prices, but I've never seen customers asking merchants to raise prices."

The shopkeeper motioned for everyone to be quiet and replied with a smile:

“We won’t take the deposit, it’s not fair to other buyers. Line up tomorrow morning, first come first served, we will definitely sell as many as we can.

“As for the price, our boss said that our products are indeed good, but we can’t just sell them at a random price. The initial selling price is the price.

“Everyone, rest assured, we at Lin’s Cloth Shop do business with integrity and will never raise prices arbitrarily or arbitrarily.

"Everyone, I'm really sorry, we didn't mean to do this either."

When everyone heard the shopkeeper say this, they didn't know what to say.

I just want to come earlier tomorrow.

Some other customers, seeing that the silk they wanted was not available, went in to look around, and seeing that other styles of materials were also nice, they picked some at random.

At the same time, some vendors appeared in the alleys around Lin’s Cloth Shop.

Seeing the man coming out of the Lin Family Cloth Shop and shaking his head helplessly, he went up to him and asked:

"Master, do you want to buy silk? The silk in Lin's shop is not easy to buy, but my wife happened to buy a piece yesterday. If you want it, I can give it to you."

The material is expensive, and his wife would never buy that kind of material. However, someone offered ten coins and asked them to sell it at three times the price. If they couldn't sell it, they would get ten, and if they could sell it, they would get ten more.

Who would refuse such a good thing?

He doesn't care who wants to make the money, or whether it's a maid or servant who stole it and sold it, as long as he is given the hard-earned money.

The butler naturally didn't believe it, but when he saw the man opening the box and letting him inspect the goods while he was talking, he stopped.

When the housekeeper saw this, he was overjoyed. Yesterday, his servants bought some cloth from Lin's, and the mistress of the mansion liked it very much.

Someone came to buy it again today, but he didn't buy it.

The mistress was still unwilling to give up, so she asked him to come again, but he still couldn't buy it.

But unexpectedly, I would encounter such a good thing.

But the butler was also a shrewd man. Seeing him reselling, he must want to make a profit, so he asked:

"How much do you want to sell it for? Let me tell you first, I don't want it if it's too expensive. If the owner brings it up, I'll just say I don't have it."

The vendor said, "Of course, of course. But look at this. My wife bought it yesterday. If I sell it to you, I'll risk getting beaten. Selling it three times is not too much, right?"

"Three times, why don't you go and rob it."

"That can't be helped. I'll sell it for three times the price. If you want it, take it. If not, I'll find someone else."

The housekeeper was about to leave when he saw another person who looked like a maid holding a piece of cloth.

Cursing, "It's increased five times, why don't you go grab it? If my young lady wasn't in a hurry to make spring clothes, she would never buy it."

Hearing this, the two looked at each other.

The butler snatched the cloth and quickly took out a few silver coins from his purse. He was afraid that the vendor would regret raising the price and would not take it even if he gave a little more. He turned around and ran away with the cloth.

The butler bought one and took it back. The mistress of the mansion really liked it and wanted to pick a few for her own daughter, so she asked him to buy some too.

The housekeeper brought a few people and went straight to the alley. On the way, he instructed the servants that if they found anyone reselling the goods, they should buy them directly at less than five times the price.

When the group arrived, they discovered that there were indeed quite a few people acting suspiciously in the alley not far away, and many of them looked like buyers.

In just a short period of time, so many people came to look for material, which shows that the material is in short supply.

Now is the time to make spring clothes, and the young ladies always have a competitive spirit. When such good materials appear, everyone wants to get a piece of spring.

At his command, everyone took action.

Finally they bought the material. Although it cost a lot of money, the mistress didn't care about the price. They all received rewards from the mistress and everyone was happy.