Chapter 8 Section 26 The Pawnshop Owner (1)

  This pawnshop, called Yuantong Pawnshop, has an old shopkeeper and a clerk. The master of the house is named Liu Yuan, also known as Zi Heng. Seeing the great business opportunities in Xuchang, he moved most of his industries here. The Liu family is also a big family with a large business, besides this pawnshop, they also have wine houses, tea shops, cloth shops and so on in Xuchang, covering various industries.

  Liu Yuan was a shrewd businessman, and compared to the cunning of Old Hu, who wouldn't let go of even the smallest profit, Liu Yuan's vision seemed much longer. When he picked up the jade pendant for a closer look, he immediately determined that this piece of jade was extremely rare blood jade. Legend had it that blood jade was obtained by Zhang Qian during his diplomatic missions to the Western Regions during the Han Wu Emperor's reign, and only a few pieces existed. After Zhang Qian returned to China, he presented these few pieces of blood jade as tribute to the imperial palace. Therefore, those who possessed this jade were either royalty or nobility. Looking at Liu Xie's entourage - a young servant, two burly bodyguards, and a beautiful woman - Liu Yuan became even more convinced of his idea.

  It's hard to do business since ancient times. After arriving in Xuchang for more than a month, the local powerful families have already begun to squeeze out Liu Yuan. This forced him to have a strong enough background to survive, so he wanted to win over Liu Xie, this big fish. Giving the pawnshop to Liu Xie was just a way of contact. Later, he would send out more benefits continuously, which is called investment. As an Eastern Han merchant, Liu Yuan already deeply understood the benefits of investment. It seems that this is indeed a necessary condition for business development.

  At this moment, shopkeeper Old Hu handed over the listed rules to Liu Xie. Liu Xie roughly read through them once, although he understood most of it, but after all, there were some characters that he didn't recognize. So he handed the rules back to Empress Fu. Empress Fu was meticulous and almost went through each character one by one. After finishing reading, she handed it back to Liu Xie indicating no problem.

  Liu Xie stamped his handprint and returned it to Liu Yuan, who also stamped his handprint. The two lists were a total of two copies, each person took one copy, which was considered the completion of the handover ceremony. As the big boss, Liu Xie naturally had all the decision-making power over the pawnshop, so he said to Old Hu: "First take out 1,000 yuan from the counter for me!"

  Lao Hu didn't dare to slack off, fearing that this new boss would be unhappy and fire him. He hastily went to the accounting room, withdrew 1,000 yuan, and handed it over to Li Chen.

  Liu Xie took over the pawnshop and had money to spend, so his mood naturally improved. He patted Old Hu's shoulder and said: "Actually, you're not bad! You know how to do business, as long as you work hard, I'll raise your salary!"