Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 496 - 498 Going to Provincial City (2)_1

Chapter 496: Chapter 498 Going to Provincial City (2)_1

"Alright then... I have other matters to attend to. I wish you all the best!"

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When Song Cheng received his relocation order, he set off for the province the next day. Ye Ge, Wu Yang, and the Clerk were also due to follow him. However, the original constables and guards would remain in the county. As for Wan Jian’an and other members of the troop, they would continue to stay in the Yamen.

With Song Cheng’s departure, his wife and daughter, Song Xiaoyue, naturally followed him to the provincial city. What the fiancé of Song Xiaoyue would do was yet to be known. Presumably, her mother hadn’t expected Song Cheng to be transferred to the city when the marriage was agreed upon.

Song Cheng had been in official service for many years and had always been shuffled around. In fact, he had only served in He-Hu County for three years.

So he was used to it.

With the departure of Ye Ge, Nan Feng was urgently busy setting up a shop. She first went to the provincial city where, as Chairman Song had said, the Business Association there warmly invited her to become a member as soon as they saw her introduction letter.

After filling out the application form, the Business Association assigned a man named Chen San to take Nan Feng to select a commercial shop.

A new commercial street was built on the west side of the provincial city, filled with commercial shops. Over half of them haven’t opened yet. Chen San said the street will eventually become prosperous and he asked Nan Feng if she wanted to make a reservation now. If she did, the shop’s rent could be halved.

"This is so cheap, is there any catch?" asked Nan Feng.

Although half of the shops here have yet to open, there was a considerable amount of people strolling around.

Chen San laughed and said: "Lady Nan, don’t worry, there’s absolutely no catch. This is a commercial street jointly developed by our chairman and the Governor’s Mansion. It’s designed to encourage spending in recent years. However ..."

Nan Feng immediately asked: "However what?"

The Business Association representative said: "The tax is a little bit higher than the outer streets. But you don’t have to worry, the tax is based on the proportion of your earnings. If you make more money, you pay more tax. If you make less money, you pay less. You won’t lose out, just consider it as part of the rent."

Nan Feng was still somewhat skeptical, she was too cautious.

To alleviate her doubts, the Business Association representative showed her a handbook: "Lady Nan, take a look. These are some of our recent plans. In a few days, there will be a performance to attract customers. At the end of the month, there will be a courtesan competition, and a kite exhibition at the beginning of next month. All events are set to happen on this street with the aim of boosting business, so you don’t need to worry about customer flow."

Nan Feng found it reasonable.

Perhaps it’s true that the province is supporting commerce. Even if the province had other intentions, given the current business model, Nan Feng did not feel she would lose out.

As for the aims of the province, that’s their business. As a merchant, all she has to do is make a good profit.

To further dispel Nan Feng’s doubts, Chen San mentioned: "By the way, you’re from Ping County, aren’t you? There’s a lady with the surname Wan from your county who has started a partnership with our local Zhi Meitang. Her shop is already up and running and currently doing great. Would you like me to take you to see it?"

Nan Feng followed him there.

But she added: "We can just check it out from outside the store. I don’t know that lady well."

The branch of Xiangying Square is located at the entrance of Pedestrian Street.

Though the customer flow couldn’t be described as bustling, people did occasionally enter the shop.

With Nan Feng’s keen business sense, she saw great potential in this place.