"Of course I want the complete set, just like yours. But since he's your friend, you have to make it cheaper, all right?" Chu Hanyu said.
"I'll speak to my friend and see whether he can give you twenty percent off," Tang Wen said with a nod.
"If 500,000 taels will cover the whole set, I want one too," Cao Lulu said.
"Seventy percent off probably won't work. That's too low. Shipping it all the way from the Western Lands would cost more than that," Tang Wen said, shaking his head.
"Just give us an insider's price: 500,000 taels for everything. If anything comes up later, come to the commandery princess and me, Cao Lulu. We'll settle it for you," Cao Lulu said.
"Here's the thing: I know for certain 500,000 taels won't cover it. We can't ask him to take a loss. He certainly wouldn't agree.
"But 600,000 taels might be negotiable. We're on good terms, so he could consider it doing you a favor for nothing.
"He'd still have to put money into it, but your families are all high officials and dignitaries, and you have plenty of friends. If you can bring him some business, he'll install it for you," Tang Wen said.
"500,000 taels, and we'll help him at that price. Never mind anything else, our circle of friends alone could buy dozens of sets," Cao Lulu said.
"If you can sell a hundred sets for him, I'll ask him to give you one free," Tang Wen said.
"At 500,000 taels a set?" Cao Lulu was sorely tempted. Getting a set for nothing would be best of all.
After all, even for Duke Cao's Residence, 500,000 was no small sum.
If Cao Lulu really wanted to get it, she would probably have to go home and