Chapter 582 - 582 Just wait
582 Just wait
Fang Zhijun unlocked the door of his shop.
Shi Qingluo walked in and saw that there were many tables and chairs inside. There was also a counter for the shopkeeper to collect money.
This place indeed occupied a large area.
The first floor was about two to three hundred square meters.
“Your wine shop is quite big,” she said.
“This is our family’s biggest wine shop,” Fang Zhijun replied with a smile.
“Back then, Northern City had not yet become Prince Jin’s territory. Although it was a prefecture city, it was not very lively, so the price of a lane was not expensive.
“My great-grandfather bought land in Northern City and built this shop here. Later, this place gradually became the main street of Northern City.
“Ever since Prince Jin came to Northern City, this city has undergone tremendous changes. It has become more and more prosperous and lively.
“My family’s shop is also the biggest shop on the main street.”
Therefore, its current value is many times higher than when it was built.
The price of land and shops in Northern City were rising every year.
If the Tu family only wanted to suppress their distillery, then even if they stopped making wine and selling it, they could still rely on renting out a dozen distilleries to make a living.
However, the Tu family had even targeted their family’s wine shop, wanting to buy it at the price they had paid ten years ago, which was very difficult for their family to accept.
They didn’t want to sell their wineries and shops to the Tu family, even if they had to close their shops and leave them vacant.
Originally, they had also thought of renting it out if no one took over.
There were quite a few people who were interested, but every time they contacted their family, they would be targeted by the Tu family.
After that, there was no more follow-up.
They were all threatened, bribed, or intimidated by the Tu family.
It was also because they were unwilling to sell the wine shops to the Tu family that a few of his uncles had their arms and legs broken when they went out.
So he had no choice but to go to Xiao Hanzheng.
When Shi Qingluo bought their wineries and shops, their family sold them at a price 10% lower than the market price.
Even if she preferred to buy it at the market price, they wouldn’t agree.
If she hadn’t taken over, they would have to sell their wineries and shops at an even lower price.
Fang Zhijun knew that if Shi Qingluo didn’t buy them and he didn’t manage to get anyone to help their family, they would have no choice but to sell their distilleries and wine shops to the Tu family in order to pay for their family members’ treatments and set aside some travel expenses to return to their hometown.
This was also something that the Tu family had already pre-planned, so they were very daring.
“Not bad, I’m very satisfied.” Shi Qingluo was very satisfied with the size of the wine shop. The tables and chairs were also readily available.
It could be used to set up a buffet after some renovations.
Then a few of them went upstairs to take a look.
The upstairs area was the same as the downstairs, but it was not used to entertain guests in the past but to place wine jars.
There were still many wine jars on display.
“Why didn’t you sell these wines?” she asked.
“If you lower the price, there should still be people who will buy it.”
Those at the northern border were valiant people, and there were many who liked to drink.
There were also tribes from the grasslands who often came to buy wine.
If the price was lowered by a few percent, there would always be people who would buy it.
It was better than holding back the stock.
She knew that the Tu family had poached a few of the winemakers the Fang family had hired.
These masters had even taken the Fang family’s winemaking techniques with them.
After that, the Tu family found a few people to pretend that something had happened after drinking the Fang family’s wine, and even let someone die from it.
This ruined the Fang family’s winery’s reputation, and Fang Zhijun’s father was even taken to prison for a period of time.
If her young husband had not been appointed as the magistrate and released him, who knew how long his father would have been locked up?
However, when he returned, he was so angry that he fell ill.
“I was thinking of selling the rest of the wine at a low price,” Fang Zhijun said with a bitter smile.
“If we put it out for sale, many people would want to buy it, but the Tu family bribed some local ruffians to cause trouble.
“They will beat up whoever dares to buy our wine.
“I went to report it to the officials, but the former magistrate didn’t dare to care at all and played deaf and mute.
“Other than cutting off our escape route, the Tu family also wants to buy the rest of our wine at a low price.
“When the time comes, they can make a lot of money from a resale,” he continued.
If they bought the wine at a lower price and sold it at the original price, the Tu family could make a fortune without much effort.
That was why they had ruined their wine sale.
Upon hearing this, Shi Qingluo frowned.
“The Tu family is too overbearing and shameless.”
They simply didn’t give the Fang family a way out, blocking their family’s survival.
They could only choose to sell everything to the Tu family, but they would also lose the accumulated results of the family’s business over the years.
The key was that these tactics were too dark.
If the Tu family defeated the Fang family in winemaking and crushed them openly, it could only be said that the Fang family’s skills were inferior.
However, the Tu family’s wine was not much better than the Fang family’s wine.
They used their family history to dominate the largest market in the northern border, and they even suppressed others with dirty tactics.
They were really shameless.
Fang Zhijun nodded in agreement. “That’s right. I heard that the reason why the Tu family knew how to make wine was that they stole the recipe from a wine-making family in the previous dynasty.”
Otherwise, the Tu family’s wine making history wouldn’t have been as long as the Fang family’s.
Shi Qingluo’s impression of the Tu family was even worse.
“It’s alright. This time, we’ll give them a taste of their own medicine.”
Fang Zhijun nodded. “I’ll support you fully.”
After looking at the shop, Shi Qingluo asked Fang Zhijun to take her to see the distilleries and other wine shops.
After reading it, Shi Qingluo understood why the Tu family not only wanted to drive the Fang family away, but also lowered the price to buy their distilleries and wine shops.
The Fang family’s wine workshop occupied a large area.
It was in a good location in Northern City, and had a full set of equipment for brewing wine. There was even a large wine cellar.
Every wine shop was located on a busy street, and there had been a period of time with a fixed number of customers.
They could earn money once they took over the business.
Shi Qingluo was quite satisfied after seeing the wineries and the wine shop.
Then she asked someone to go to her house to get the silver notes, and she went to yamen with Fang Zhijun to handle the procedures of transferring the ownership of the distilleries and wine shops.
When they came out of the yamen, all of the the Fang family’s distilleries and wine shops belonged to Shi Qingluo.
Now that the wineries belonged to Shi Qing, it was naturally impossible for it to hang the Fang family’s plaque.
Hence, Shi Qingluo ordered someone to make a new signboard and was prepared to hang it up in a few days.
She was too lazy to think of a name for it, so she just named it “Nanxi Winery.”
The place where she came to this world was Nanxi County.
That was the place she met her young husband’s family and had a home.
She felt that it was quite memorable.
So when everyone told her to give it a new name, this was the first thing she thought of.
Shi Qingluo did not try to cover up her actions.
Hence, the moment they left the yamen, those from Prince Jin’s manor and the Tu family’s manor knew of this matter.
Tu Lihuan, who had been waiting to reap the fruits of his victory, heard the report from those who had been keeping an eye on the Fang family.
His face darkened.
“Fang Zhijun, Shi Qingluo, just wait,” he gritted his teeth.
After planning for two years, he wasn’t only going to trample over the Fang family, but also to take over the Fang family’s distilleries and wine shops.
Who would have guessed Shi Qingluo would jeopardize his chances of success? How could he not be angry?