Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Originally, when Gu Yanshu heard that Yuncizhai wanted to compete with Tao Ranju on price.

The first idea is to find the owner behind Yuncizhai first, to see if there is any misunderstanding between Tao Ranju and him.

If the two sides can speak up calmly, negotiate peacefully, and resolve the issue, everyone will be happy.

However, after hearing about the relationship between Yuncizhai and the First Prince, Gu Yanshu immediately changed his mind——

This move of Yuncizhai is obviously intended to squeeze Tao Ranju until it closes, so why negotiate?

Gu Yanshu has never been a person who was slapped on the left cheek by others and wants to send the right cheek to others.

What he will do is to withdraw the slap with his backhand, and take half of the opponent's life by the way.

So on the afternoon of hearing Baishu's report, Gu Yanshu went to Tao Ranju.

"I have seen the princess, why did the princess come here in person?"

The moment he saw Gu Yanshu, shopkeeper Tang's face was slightly panicked.

Especially when he saw Zhi Ge following behind Gu Yanshu, the expression on his face became more cautious.

Facing shopkeeper Tang's cautious appearance, Gu Yanshu was very casual:

"I've already heard about what happened in Yuncizhai, so I don't have anything to do today, so I want to come and have a look. Shopkeeper Tang doesn't need to be polite."

While speaking, Gu Yanshu directly stepped into the gate of Tao Ranju.

Although Gu Yanshu had never been to Tao Ranju before, but before coming here today, Gu Yanshu had dug out Tao Ranju's account book and read it again.

Now it takes only a cup of tea to enter the door, so Gu Yanshu can combine the contents of the account book to find out the situation of Tao Ranju.

Tao Ranju's goal is to produce mid-to-high-end porcelain, and its customers are all middle-class and rich families above the well-off.

This point can also be seen from the situation of this shop in Tao Ranju.

The location of Tao Ranju is very good. Although it is not in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital, it is usually very lively with people coming and going.

The facade has two floors in total.

The first layer is mostly ordinary gadgets like bowls, spoons and plates. Although the workmanship is good, it is not very sophisticated.

On the second floor, there are more delicate things such as vases and decorations. From the glaze and color, it can also be seen that the things on the first floor are of a higher grade.

But whether it's the first floor

These gadgets that are not top-notch in workmanship, or the delicate objects on the second floor, are not affordable by ordinary people.

After looking over the entire store's upper and lower floors, Gu Yanshu probably has a bottom line in his mind:

"It seems that the price reduction of Yuncizhai this time has indeed had a great impact on Tao Ranju."

Among other things, let's just say that it has gradually entered the peak season of porcelain shops, and there will be more customers than usual anyway.

When Gu Yanshu went out, he specially chose the time of day when the traffic volume was the largest.

But even so, Tao Ran's house is still deserted at this time, and there is not even a single person wandering in, which is enough to explain the problem.

Shopkeeper Tang also had a bitter and helpless look on his face:

"Wangfei Mingjian, since the price reduction of the Yuncizhai a few days ago, the number of customers in our Taoran Juzhong has been decreasing day by day. Today's situation is the most serious, and it has not yet opened."

If it weren't for this, shopkeeper Tang wouldn't be so impatient.

However, Gu Yanshu didn't seem to hear Shopkeeper Tang's anxiety, and asked another question:

"There should be a lot of inventory in the store now, right?"

Although he was asking, but from the determination in Gu Yanshu's tone, it can be known that he already has the answer in his heart.

Shopkeeper Tang naturally dare not hide anything from Gu Yanshu now:

"Yes, and not only in the store, but also in the kiln, there is a lot of inventory now."

For this, shopkeeper Tang really cannot be blamed.

After all, before this, shopkeeper Tang didn't know that Yuncizhai would make so many moths.

In order to be fully prepared to meet the peak season, as early as half a month ago, shopkeeper Tang had already started to work overtime in the kiln to increase production according to the experience of previous years.

As a result, the inventory over there hadn't been shipped yet, and shopkeeper Tang here received the bad news that Yuncizhai had cut prices.

The most embarrassing thing for Shopkeeper Tang was the custom of resigning from the old and welcoming the new to replace the porcelain on this day. Porcelain was replaced frequently, and the colors on the porcelain naturally changed rapidly.

In this Tianqi, the styles of porcelain that are popular almost every year are different.

More than ten years ago, everyone still liked colored porcelain with complicated patterns and festive colors. Such a complex blue and white porcelain with many patterns.

Apart from other things, [-]% of the porcelain in Tao Ranju's backlog is now blue and white porcelain.

If next year, everyone's preferences and tastes change, then these blue and white porcelains will be directly thrown into Tao Ranju's hands, and in the end, they will be worthless.

Gu Yanshu was also aware of this, and raised his eyes to look at the full shelves in Tao Ran's house:

"Now add up the inventory in the store and on the kiln, how much is there in total?"

"There are about 3 taels of goods in total."

Shopkeeper Tang quickly gave the answer. As he spoke, Shopkeeper Tang felt bitter in his mouth. If this batch of goods cannot be sold...

Gu Yanshu nodded slightly, and asked another question:

"Where is the kiln, can you show me?"

Tao Ranju was able to expand its porcelain business to such a large extent that it became the second porcelain shop in Beijing after Yuncizhai. Naturally, it had its own kiln.

Although shopkeeper Tang didn't understand why Gu Yanshu wanted to go to the kiln factory to check, but as a servant for more than 20 years, shopkeeper Tang already understood the truth that the master's words should not be refuted, and he should follow suit:

"It's just outside Beijing on a Zhuangzi not far from the city gate. If the princess wants to, I can take you there now."

"Okay, take it away." Gu Yanshu waved his hand without thinking about it, and motioned for shopkeeper Tang to lead the way.

The shopkeeper Tang naturally didn't dare to delay when he saw this, he casually recruited a clerk in the shop, gave a few instructions in a low voice, and went out with Gu Yanshu.

As shopkeeper Tang said, Tao Ranju's kiln factory is indeed not far from the gate of the capital.

A few people sat in a carriage and arrived in less than half an hour after leaving the city gate.

After arriving at the destination, Gu Yanshu didn't rush to see the kiln factory first, but first took a look at the surrounding environment of the kiln factory.

Like Tao Ranju, the location of the kiln is also good. It is located behind a farm, and there is a distance from the farm, so that people in the farm can not disturb each other at ordinary times.

On the other side of the kiln is a forest.

After looking at it for a while, Gu Yanshu seemed to have thought of something, and pointed to the farm near the kiln and the forest behind it:

"This farm and that forest are also mine?"

Gu Yanshu remembered that in his dowry list, he did own a farm and forest in the suburbs of Beijing.

It's just that Gu Xiaogong doesn't know much about the situation in the suburbs of Beijing, so Gu Yanshu can't be sure

What is the specific location of the property in his dowry.

"If you go back to the princess, yes."

Shopkeeper Tang knew something about this:

"Originally, this area was not included in the princess's dowry. In order to facilitate the future management of the princess, the young master specially sold the former farm and hills and bought it."

Speaking of this, shopkeeper Tang couldn't help feeling more emotional in his tone.

How the young master treats the young master, these old people who follow the young master are very clear in their hearts.

In the past, seeing the young master's attitude towards the young master as if he was an enemy, they also saw it in their eyes and were anxious in their hearts. In private, they even secretly felt unworthy for the young master.

It's just that a few days ago, I saw that the young master was in a much better mood than before, and after a bold inquiry, I found out that the relationship between the young master and the young master had actually broken the ice.

Seeing that the Eldest Young Master finally came to the end of his hardships, shopkeeper Tang was naturally also happy for him.

Hearing Gu Yanshu ask this question now, naturally he is too busy to say good things for Gu Yanli.

How could Gu Yanshu fail to understand the meaning of shopkeeper Tang's words?

Slightly nodded, expressing agreement:

"Brother has always been extremely considerate."

"Then the young one will take the princess to the kiln now?"

If shopkeeper Tang respected Gu Yanshu just now because he was afraid of his identity, but now he is a little more sincere.

This time, Gu Yanshu didn't refuse any more, he just waved his hand and signaled shopkeeper Tang to lead the way.

On the way to the kiln, Gu Yanshu did not forget to observe the situation of this farm.

It's just that although Gu Yanshu experienced the end of the world in his previous life, he never took care of the affairs in the field.

If it is autumn now, Gu Yanshu may be able to see something from the growth of the crops.

But now because of the season, the field is bare and nothing has been planted, so Gu Yanshu was blinded and couldn't see anything.

It's just that Gu Yanshu can roughly guess the situation of the ditch next to the field. I'm afraid this farm is well managed by Gu Yanli just like the shops under his hands.

While Gu Yanshu was observing the surrounding environment, shopkeeper Tang brought him to the vicinity of the kiln:

"Princess, the kiln is in front of you."

Gu Yanshu looked in the direction indicated by shopkeeper Tang, and saw the man in front of him at a glance.

The gate with the "Tao Ran" plaque hanging on it.

Entering through the gate, Gu Yanshu saw the squeezed porcelain in the mouth of shopkeeper Tang at a glance.

In addition, Gu Yanshu also found that there was no fire in the cave at this time, and there were not many workers working in the kiln.

"Now there are a lot of porcelain in the kiln and shop. The situation in Tao Ranju is not good, and the young ones don't dare to act rashly, so let the work here stop first."

Perhaps because he noticed Gu Yanshu's gaze, shopkeeper Tang explained to Gu Yanshu in a low voice.

At the same time that shopkeeper Tang was speaking, a muscular man dressed in coarse cloth and short brown came out of the cave.

As soon as the man saw shopkeeper Tang, the slightly irritable expression on his face dissipated a lot, and he hurriedly stepped forward and walked in front of shopkeeper Tang:

"Tang shopkeeper, why are you here? Is it possible for us to resume work here?"