Gu Jin'an saw through the housekeeper's intentions at a glance.
As Xiao Yu said, nobles like Zheng Ying and Shangguan Zhuo might forgo some small profits, but it's the servants of the rich families who are the most troublesome. If they're short-sighted, they want to take advantage of everything.
His smile appeared warm and elegant, but the words that came out of his mouth slapped the housekeeper's face like slaps.
He said, "Housekeeper Shangguan, are you hinting that you want the soy sauce recipe? To be honest, I don't mind giving away the recipe. But now that the workshop is a joint venture of three families and will be built on the Shangguan family's manor, the Shangguan family must know the soy sauce recipe, then what about the Zheng Family? Shouldn't they also know the recipe to be fair?"
"But then, what was originally known only to one family will be known to three, and in the future, it could be thirty families. It would become widespread. How would we still make money?"
