The Precious Lady – Chapter 351

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第351章 寻酒楼

“赵小将军?”温婉眉头一蹙,“你说……赵恒?”

蒋氏点头,“是他!”

温婉正纳闷赵恒怎么热络的帮她找乳娘,下一刻蒋氏一句话就成为boss直聘员工,“温掌柜,我爹从前是镖局的老师傅,我也跟着他学过一些拳脚。我看您一个女子抛头露面做生意,生意场上或有对家,兴许关键时候我能保护好小姐和少爷。”

温婉瞬间将什么赵恒、魏峥、酒楼全部抛在脑后。

异世而来的温婉知道一个好的月嫂有多么珍贵!

撬她的男人,无所畏惧。

可是挖她的月嫂,那就是血海深仇!
温婉当场下定,欢喜的命柳依依做好文书,随后才问:“赵小将军怎么知道我需要乳娘?”

这种私密闺帷之事,赵恒是如何知晓的?
呵!
叫赵恒的能是什么好人?
蒋氏摇头,“这个我不知道。”

温婉心里有气,虽说赵恒解决了她当务之急,可任谁被这样窥探隐私也会心中不快,“他人呢?”

“他说有奸人向魏大人进谗言陷害他,他困在西山大营里…清洗粪桶。”

温婉一下笑出了声,“活该!”

乳娘就位以后,温婉做事更没有束缚,她将播州城内大小酒楼都逛了个遍,还和姚老夫人一一品尝了每个酒楼的特色菜式,甚至还去城内所谓的清歌酒坊之类的风月去处也寻了个遍。

既然要做不一样的酒楼,自然要知己知彼。

陈朝酒楼同质化产品严重,大多都是酒水+菜式+歌舞的模式,装修和造型也大同小异,都是阁楼回廊辉煌大气的建筑风格。

温婉也在思索,别树一帜的酒楼…要如何才能杀出重围?
好在雷掌柜那边带来了好消息,说是靠着西城地方有个酒楼出售,除了占地面积…其他条件可谓是一条都不满足温婉的要求。

但是合适的酒楼可遇不可求,温婉便携姚老夫人等先去实地踏勘。

到了地方,雷掌柜已经先行等候,一见温婉就热切的上来打招呼,又见她身边有一陌生脸孔的妇人,而温婉言谈举止之间对她极为尊重,雷掌柜正盘算着此人身份,温婉却先笑道:“雷掌柜辛苦,这是我义母,您叫她一声姚夫人便可!”

义母?姓姚?
莫非是——

雷掌柜脸色微变,随后不动声色的请安见礼,他为人圆滑,便刻意忽视姚老夫人的身份,边走边和温婉说起这酒楼的事情,“温掌柜,这酒楼地方有些偏,生意一直做不起来。房主本想将其盘出,先前一直要价居高不下,不知怎的前两日我说起这酒楼买家是你,那人又改了口,说要请真正的东家定夺。”

“巧了。”雷掌柜一笑,这是个干练精瘦的中年男子,和珠圆玉润的猪精不同,雷掌柜双目炯炯,处事又周到,温婉和他合作省心不少,“或许此人温掌柜还认识。”

“哦?”

话音刚落,只见庭院廊下立着一素色衣裳的中年妇人,身边还跟着个管家模样的人。

温婉觉得此人面熟,加上此人虽然衣着朴素,但配色典雅,温婉认出那布料是用“三枚斜纹”织成的素锦。

一匹布料…可达百贯。

这是真正的典雅奢贵。

对方笑吟吟的自报家门,“温掌柜别来无恙?我是莫素芳,上次通判大人母亲寿辰上…我们见过一面。”

温婉一下想起此人,这是何娘子的婆母!

两人见礼后,莫夫人便领着温婉上楼,同她介绍起来这酒楼的情况,“这酒楼是当初我的发家之所,最开始从最下面的一间小铺子做豆腐生意,后来渐渐攒下这栋楼,再挣下万贯家财。”

“后来地龙翻身,这一片成为废墟。”

“我便将这地买下建起了这栋楼,只不过…这里原先的邻居们全都搬走了,此处也渐渐荒废,生意反而大不如前。”

莫夫人走在前头,她虽然已是四十岁的中年妇人,可身形纤细瘦长,皮肤白皙,整个人气质沉稳,说话间不疾不徐,是少见的让温婉一眼就生出好感之人。

温婉边走边看,莫夫人的声音徐徐传来,“这栋楼共有三层,每一层长约十五丈,宽约七长五尺,每层楼设有屏风、雅间…前头还有独立马厩。”

温婉推开窗户,看见下面有一空地,大小适中,再往后便是栅栏,用来做文娱之所十分便宜。

温婉当下心动。

“敢问温掌柜,盘下这酒楼准备做什么营生?”

温婉笑着半吐半露,“做酒楼,但要做和别人不一样的酒楼。”

“怎么个不一样法?”

“想做一个妇人们专用的酒楼。细节不方便透露,因为我也还没想好。”

莫夫人笑道:“我曾经也有和温掌柜同样的想法,只不过当时生意上出了一些意外,没有机会尝试。这地方偏僻了一些,若做寻常酒楼或许不合适,可你既然要做妇人们专用酒楼,那偏僻清幽或许是个好处。”

莫夫人不亏从商多年,瞬间将这酒楼劣势转为优势,“再者,这妇人生意好做,也不好做。酒楼面对的都是权贵家中的娘子,这些娘子们最重隐私,出入都有马车,城内有独立马厩的酒楼…可不多。温掌柜的选择自然也不多。”

“莫掌柜说得在理。”温婉拍手一笑,“不过实话实说,您这酒楼确实符合我心意。您诚心的开个价格吧。”

莫掌柜盯着她的眼睛。

播州城内不乏白手起家广为流传的优秀女企业家的故事,元老夫人算一个,而其中最成功的却是眼前这位莫夫人。

且,都是寡妇。

不得不说,男人只会影响女人拔刀的速度!

莫老夫人是典型的丹凤眼,不笑时自有威严,笑时如沐春风,谈判间不动声色却能掌握整个节奏,这样的气度温婉从前只在甲方爸爸大领导身上见过。

莫夫人却笑吟吟的将问题抛回给温婉:“温掌柜觉得这酒楼值多少银子?”

温婉笑,“我并不清楚播州城内的地价。”

她当然清楚。

播州的大小酒楼被她逛了个遍,酒楼规格、环境、改造预算,她只肖瞥一眼就能知晓大概。

这时候,考验捧哏的默契来了。

温婉瞥向雷泽信。

The Precious Lady

The Precious Lady

万金娘子
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The text is as follows: "【The Merchant Lady vs. The Cunning Power Lord】 It is said that the Wen family in Ping County has a fortune made of gold and jewels, even the bowls for eating are made of gold. Unfortunately, Old Master Wen has difficulty producing heirs, with only two daughters. With Old Master Wen gravely ill, the Wen family is about to be stripped bare by relatives. The newly arrived Wen Wan is quite anxious. She desperately needs a well-behaved and docile son-in-law—just as Wei Zheng, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was sent to Jiangnan to investigate a case, is ambushed and left in critical condition, he is knocked unconscious and urgently delivered to Wen Wan’s bed. The amnesiac Wei Zheng becomes the Wen family's son-in-law Zhao Heng. His hand that once wielded a sword turns into one that cooks soup. Finally, Wen Wan diagnoses a pregnancy and without hesitation throws the drugged Wei Zheng into the snow-capped mountains five hundred miles away, leaving him to fend for himself. Meanwhile, she dons a white flower on her head and black gauze on her arm, throwing a banquet to bid farewell to her "suddenly deceased" husband. When the citizens of Ping County mention the merchant lady, they all sigh: This young woman is suffering! Her man is dead, leaving her to live with her old father and two children. Don’t let her wealth fool you; she must be in immense pain. Wen Wan wipes her tears with a handkerchief, repeatedly agreeing, fearing others might see her secretly delighted heart. Later, as the Wen family's fortunes attract envy, Wen Wan is thrown into prison. The one handling the case is none other than the renowned Marquis of Huai'an. The Wen family exhausts all their wealth in efforts, but the case makes no progress. In the prison, a cold-eyed man in a blue shirt asks her, “Merchant Wen, I’ve heard that you once vowed to remain faithful to your deceased husband for life?” Wen Wan trembles: Brother, I was being honest, please let me go."

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