After her husband died, her parents came to force her to remarry

Chapter 191: Opening a Branch (1)

Jiang Xiaohe stayed at home for two days and then went to town again. As soon as she arrived at the store, Chen Dafu came to her with the things he had prepared.

"Madam, these are a few shops I like in the neighboring Longshui Town. Please take a look."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded and picked up the top piece of paper.

"This shop is located in the east of Longshui Town. It has the best location and is also the most expensive. It has two floors and costs about 150 taels. I heard that it was the largest restaurant in their town before, but it was sold because it couldn't continue to operate."

One hundred and fifty taels! It was too expensive, so Jiang Xiaohe picked up the second one.

"This shop is in the west of the city, which is the direction of entering the town. Because it is at the entrance of the town, I have to pass by it when entering and leaving the town, so I chose it. Although it only has one floor, the good thing is that it occupies a large area. I roughly estimated that if we put tables of the size of our store, it can fit about 100 tables. Although it is large, the price is cheap, only about taels."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded. If there were thirty tables, the shop would be almost half the size of the current one, and the price would be only 100 taels, which was really good.

She picked up the third drawing.

Chen Dafu quickly explained, "I think the location of this shop is neither good nor bad. It's at the corner where the west and east of the city meet. But compared to the shop in the west, the area is much smaller. But that shop is very similar to ours. There is a place to live in the back, and there is a well. It is very convenient for doing business. I want one hundred and twenty taels."

"Can this shop be expanded?"

Chen Dafu shook his head: "No, I heard that the previous store owner wanted to build an additional building, but the neighbor next door didn't agree, so he wanted to sell the house. I also counted the number of tables in this shop, and there are about 20 tables, no more."

Jiang Xiaohe frowned and nodded, then looked up and asked Chen Dafu: "Which one do you think is good?" To be honest, she was just a small clerk in her previous life. The only reason she could earn her first pot of money in this strange world was because she had advanced information.

She still has a lot to learn when it comes to selecting shops and managing talent.

Chen Dafu had previously managed a restaurant in a large family and had experience. Moreover, during the period of time he had been managing the shop, the shop was indeed well organized, much better than when she had managed it before. Therefore, she was willing to learn from him and listen to his opinions.

Chen Dafu thought for a moment and said, "The reason why I chose Longshui Town was actually because it is the largest town in the vicinity except ours. In addition, there are many villages surrounding this town, so I chose it. But maybe Madam doesn't know that this town has a disadvantage. There is only one entrance to the town, unlike our town, which has two entrances on both sides."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded: "Then Manager Chen means to choose the second shop?"

Chen Dafu nodded slightly: "This second shop is passed by when entering or leaving the town. Although it is far from the wealthy area of ​​the town, the fragrance of wine can be smelled even in a remote alley. Moreover, I have also observed these days that most of the time we still do business with foreign merchants."

Jiang Xiaohe took out the second blueprint and looked at it again: "Then if you are free tomorrow, come with me and we will go to see this shop together."

Chen Dafu nodded.

The next day, after arranging the business in the shop, the two men set off for Longshui Town in a ox cart.

On the way, Jiang Xiaohe asked who Chen Dafu's previous master was.

Chen Dafu shook his head slightly: "I am now a servant of the Madam's family, so I won't mention the past."

Jiang Xiaohe smiled and said, "I have seen the ability of Shopkeeper Chen these days. You manage the shop very well, and everyone in the shop respects you very much."

Everyone should feel happy when they are praised.

"This is what an old servant should do. If I fail to do it and the Madam is not satisfied, it means that I haven't done enough and need to work harder. If the Madam is satisfied, I will keep doing it."

Jiang Xiaohe just felt that Chen Dafu was born at the wrong time. If he was born in her era, he would probably be the kind of worker that the boss likes the most with his thoughts.

We arrived at Longshui Town around noon. It happened to be the market day in Longshui Town today. When we entered the town, we saw many people leaving. I guess it was noon, so we hurried back to cook.

There are vendors on both sides of the road, selling snacks, hairpins and the like.

Chen Dafu pointed ahead and said, "That's the shop I told you about. Go wait there while I go to the market to tie up the ox cart."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded, and soon Chen Dafu tied up the ox cart and came over with a man. He introduced: "Boss He, this is my wife, her last name is Jiang."

Boss He looked Jiang Xiaohe up and down and saw that she was dressed rather plainly, not like a lady. She looked more like an ordinary farm woman. However, after doing business for so many years, he knew that one should not judge a person by his appearance, so he quickly smiled and bowed, saying, "Hello, Madam Jiang."

Jiang Xiaohe bowed slightly: "Thank you, Boss He."

"Where there!"

As he said that, he took out a bunch of keys and opened the door.

When I opened the door, I saw tables and chairs inside, but there was a lot of dust on the floor and spider webs on the beams. I guess it had been for sale for a long time and still hasn't been sold.

I looked around the entire shop and found that it was indeed as Chen Dafu said. The shop was very big, and there was a well at the back. It was covered with a bamboo hat. When I took it off, the water in the well looked clean.

Boss He introduced with a smile: "There is another room at the back, you can live there if you want."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded. She was indeed satisfied with this shop. She had wanted to go and look at the other two shops, but now she didn't want to go. This was the result of preconceived ideas...

After exchanging a glance with Chen Dafu, it was time to bargain.

"I heard from my shopkeeper Chen that Mr. He wants to sell this shop for 100 taels."

Boss He nodded with a smile, then sighed, "Madam Jiang, to be honest, if it were normal, such a big shop would be sold for more than this amount of silver in our town. It is also because this shop is too big and no one has been interested in it for a long time, so it is sold at a low price. If it were normal, such a big shop would be worth at least one hundred and twenty taels."

Jiang Xiaohe smiled slightly: "Boss He, there's no need to say those things. I've been doing business for a long time. If you say these words to deceive people who are new to business, it's okay, but if you try to fool me, I'm afraid it won't work!"

These words made Boss He look slightly embarrassed.

Shopkeeper Chen was standing by and quickly whispered, "Don't blame me, Boss He. My wife came from a farming family and made her fortune by doing business, so she speaks a little bluntly."

Hearing that she was from a farming family, that explained Jiang Xiaohe's attire. He also heard that she made her fortune through her own business. Boss He admired this woman a little. He had inquired about it. She became a widow at a young age, but managed to support a family on her own. Her family's food was well-known in the next town. If you happened to go to the market, you had to queue up.

Then he also understood that such buyers always want a cheaper price.