Chapter 385 Buying the Manor (1)_1
The middleman, surnamed Jiang, is a seasoned intermediary in the capital city. Many official families and wealthy households in the capital who buy houses and properties often do it through him. Due to his renowned reputation, he does not casually meet people but is usually visited by those who require his services. This time, hearing about the fame of the Bafu Restaurant, he came out of curiosity to see for himself.
Upon meeting Jiang the middleman, Cai Wei courteously invited him to a private room on the second floor, ordered the shop assistant to keep grilling all sorts of meat skewers, and invited her father, Mu Zhongqing, to join the discussion about purchasing the manor.
When Mu Zhongqing first heard of Cai Wei’s intention to buy a manor, he was taken aback. A manor in the suburbs of the capital costs at least seven or eight thousand taels, and the best ones can cost as much as twenty to thirty thousand taels. Where would the family find such spare money to buy a manor?
Cai Wei explained that she had borrowed the silver from her master and would repay him when their business expanded in the future. She then explained the importance of the manor to the future development of their family’s business.
After hearing his daughter’s analysis, Mu Zhongqing realized her ambition. Cai Wei planned to open branches of the Bafu Restaurant and even a hotpot restaurant and a spicy hotpot restaurant. He was stunned and speechless as if he was hearing an unbelievable story, both shocked by his daughter’s unique ideas and impressed by her far-sighted vision and shrewd mind.
However, given his daughter’s previous successes, he did not doubt her decision to buy the manor. So, he gave her free rein to make the decision herself.
Cai Wei was very satisfied with her father’s progressiveness. After much consideration, she chose a large manor near the royal hunting ground. The manor had a good view, fertile land, and a reasonable price, just 18,000 taels.
Mu Zhongqing was also satisfied with this manor, so he asked Jiang the middleman for the details of the manor.