The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1570 buy 3 iron mines

Chapter 1570: 1570 buy 3 iron mines

Su Qingyue tapped Yinzhu’s head with a folding fan, "When the master speaks, what business is it of yours to interject?"

Yinzhu stuck out his tongue, "I was wrong."

Jia Baoyu felt that young Master Su’s servant had no manners, but since it was someone else’s house slave, it wasn’t his place to comment, "I understand now, are you saying that you’re interested in that mountain of mine for the use of your family’s ancestral grave?"

Su Qingyue nodded, "Exactly. It’s quite a coincidence, I had actually brought a Feng Shui Master to look at a piece of mountain land next to the Liao Residence, only to have the Feng Shui Master tell me that the mountain under your name has even better Feng Shui. Therefore, I lost interest in the Liao Residence’s land and wanted to buy your mountain land instead."

Jia Baoyu wasn’t skeptical upon hearing this, because the mountain land not far from his did belong to the Liao Residence, and he himself had also had someone evaluate the Feng Shui of that land. The Feng Shui Master had said that burying ancestors there would be slightly above average at best, while his own family’s original burial site was much better. He didn’t expose this since no one would speak ill of their own land, "I see, I hadn’t planned to sell that land originally."

"Oh, so Master Jia isn’t selling," said Su Qingyue, "if it’s not for sale then let it be, I was merely asking casually. After all, the Feng Shui Master only mentioned it was slightly above average, and I happened to be in a hurry looking for a better place to bury the family ancestors since I’ve ’invited’ their remains out and temporarily placed them in the Mansion."

She was determined to get that piece of land.

In fact, the Jia Mansion had two pieces of mountain land adjacent to each other, both rich in iron mines. If anyone knew the truth, nobody would willingly sell.

Asking to buy both pieces at once would easily arouse suspicion.

Better to begin by expressing interest in just one.

Merchants of the time were generally superstitious about feudal practices, and they were quite wary of the idea of burying the dead on the mountain, fearing ill fortune. Selling one piece would make the adjacent one seem unlucky, unsuitable for any other purpose.

Jia Baoyu was actually quite reluctant to part with his stores in the capital, but upon hearing her proposition, he started calculating, "young Master Su, I might consider selling the mountain land. It’s just that I’ve planted quite a few fruit trees on that mountain, and they yield a decent harvest every year." In truth, the fruits often grew small and sometimes there was hardly any harvest at all. Selling the land would be an outright loss, and he was eager to find a buyer.

"Regarding the fruit trees, I wouldn’t want you to suffer a loss. In that case, how about we compensate you with three taels of silver for each tree?" suggested Su Qingyue.

Jia Baoyu thought it over, three taels of silver per tree could buy even better fruit trees, "I see young Master Su is forthright. The biggest issue, however, is that my mountain comes in two adjoining pieces. If you turn one into a cemetery hill, the other one won’t be good for planting fruits and vegetables. In case people learn that the fruits come from next to the cemetery hill, who would buy them? Nobody would even want them for free."

"Then I’ll buy both pieces of mountain land together," said Su Qingyue readily.

"young Master Su is indeed sincere. Let’s discuss the price," Jia Baoyu saw that young Master Su was inexperienced in worldly affairs, so he aimed high, "How about this? One piece of mountain land for thirty thousand taels, so two pieces would be sixty thousand taels."

Inside, Su Qingyue thought, this old fox is truly greedy, she had found out that he had originally bought each piece for 3000 taels, and now he had raised the price tenfold. However, even if he had raised it twentyfold, she would still buy it since developing the iron mine would bring in a rolling stream of wealth.

Though that was her thought, she pretended to be displeased on the surface, "Master Jia, this price you ask is too steep. How about less?"

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