Yongping County.
Xu Ning and Li Daniu followed the crowd and lined up at the city gate. There were soldiers at the city gate who intercepted pedestrians to check the road signs and collected fees for entering the city.
Each person was charged a penny.
Soon it was Xu Ning and Li Daniu's turn. The soldier checked Li Daniu's route, then looked at Xu Ning and asked, "Where's yours?"
"Master Jun, my family suffered a disaster and I came to settle in Yongping County..."
After saying that, he stuffed a couple of pieces of silver into it, the soldier pinched the silver and smiled on his face, "Since you are here to settle down, let's go in and go directly to the household to register."
After saying that, he put the two people in.
It's a good thing for someone to settle in the county. After naturalization, you have to pay a head tax. If you do business, you have to pay a business tax. Of course, this person looks like a scholar, so he probably doesn't know how to do business.
The two entered the county town, and a spacious avenue appeared in front of them. There were many shops on both sides of the street, and it was quite lively with people coming and going.
Xu Ning first went to the county government office to register and settle down, paid ten taels of silver, and got the household registration certificate with his name on it.
In this way, he is considered to be from Yongping County and has a formal identity in this other world. It will be more convenient for him to do business in the future.
Then they found an inn and the two of them checked in. Xu Ning smiled and said, "Uncle Daniu, you should be familiar with this county. Do you know there is a pawn shop there?"
"You know, Mr. Xu wants to be pawned?"
Xu Ning nodded. Although he now has a household registration, he still has no place to live. He still has to buy a house in the county and then buy a shop to do business.
The fastest way to make money is to pawn things.
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Zhou Ji Pawnshop.
Xu Ning and Li Daniu walked in, and a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old came up to them and said with a smile: "You two gentlemen, are you here to pawn?"
Before Xu Ning could speak, Li Daniu had already said, "My young master has a good treasure to be pawned. Please call your shopkeeper out quickly."
In Li Daniu's eyes, Xu Ning's family was extraordinary, otherwise he wouldn't be able to produce such a beautiful glass vase. Even if he was in trouble, he would definitely have a lot of treasures with him. He was already tired of the life of chopping firewood, and thought that if he could work with Xu Ning, , definitely better than him chopping wood.
Even though Li Daniu looks simple and honest, he is still very lively.
The boy's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked: "What baby?"
Xu Ning took out a lighter from his arms, pressed his finger, and heard a crisp sound, and a cluster of flames came out.
"ah!"
The boy was startled and took a step back, with a look of surprise on his face. Li Daniu on the side was also startled.
The shopkeeper sitting behind the counter also widened his eyes suddenly and walked out from behind the counter, "Two distinguished guests, please come inside, please come inside quickly!"
"Go and make some tea!"
After giving instructions to the boy, the shopkeeper said with a smile: "Sir, I wonder what kind of magical thing was making the fire just now?"
"lighter."
The shopkeeper nodded, and he lived up to his name, somewhat similar to Huo Zhezi, and said, "Can you show it to me?"
Xu Ning handed over the lighter and told how to use it. The shopkeeper pressed it and bang, flames rose.
"Good stuff! Good stuff!"
There was excitement on the shopkeeper's face, but he soon realized that something was wrong. As a pawnshop shopkeeper, he had to keep his expression straight when he saw anything, so as to frighten the customers and make them feel that their things were not very valuable.
But this lighter is really amazing. It is countless times easier to use than a fire stick. A fire stick cannot be ignited without a certain skill, but this magical thing makes fire as long as you press it. It is simply too clever.
In all my life, I have never seen anything like this.
"cough!"
The shopkeeper coughed, took a sip of tea to cover up his excitement, and said, "I don't know if the young master wants to die or live."
"If the price is right, I will pawn. If the price is not right, I will go to another pawn shop." Xu Ning said.
The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "Although this thing is ingenious, it can be replaced with a fire folding piece. It is worth at most ten taels of silver."
"Sir, let's go to another pawn shop. It's really shameful that such a sacred object is only given ten taels." Li Daniu said, his face a little angry. In his heart, this was worth at least one hundred taels.
Xu Ning felt that the price of ten taels of silver was quite appropriate. The modern price of ten taels of silver was 3,000.
A lighter worth one yuan is sold for 3,000 yuan. This is completely free prostitution.
But this lighter is just an appetizer. If he wants to buy real estate in Yongping County, what can Shiliang do? He just uses the lighter to test whether the price offered by this pawn shop is reasonable.
If it was reasonable to take out the big dishes, he didn't want to go to pawnshops one after another to bargain for the price. It would be too troublesome. Since he was satisfied with the price given by the pawnshop this week, he would just pawn it here.
He said: "Shopkeeper, how much can I get for this thing?"
After saying that, he took out another box from his arms. I have to say that there are really many things that can be hidden in this ancient costume. You know, Xu Ning also has a pistol inside his clothes, which is completely invisible from the outside.
The shopkeeper took the box and opened it. His eyes suddenly widened and his breathing became rapid. He was even more excited than when he saw the lighter just now.
Inside the box were five pendant gems of different colors, sparkling. There were also gems in other worlds, but due to limitations of craftsmanship, they could not be polished as smoothly and brightly as in modern times.
The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva, carefully took out one of the pendants, and began to examine it. The more he looked at it, the happier he felt, and he felt a strong sense of possessiveness.
The gem was absolutely beautiful, more beautiful than any gem he had ever seen, and it had no flaws.
After appraising the five gemstone pendants, the shopkeeper carefully put them down.
"Sir...Sir, are you sure you want these five gems?" The shopkeeper stuttered a bit as he spoke.
Xu Ning nodded and said, "It's the same."
Seeing the shopkeeper's shocked look, Xu Ning smiled. This was just artificial jewelry he bought online for 99 yuan.
"Huh~"
The shopkeeper took a deep breath, stretched out his palm, spread his fingers, and said: "If you want to be the master, I can provide five thousand taels."
Li Daniu on the side was completely stunned. The first time he saw the pendant, he knew it must be valuable, but he did not expect it to be worth five thousand taels.
What kind of concept is this? He can save up to five thousand yuan a year, which is 5,000 yuan.
And one thousand penny is equivalent to one tael of silver,
He had to save five thousand taels of silver for a thousand years. Li Daniu felt his head was dizzy, but Xu Ning had a smile on his face.
Five thousand taels would be equivalent to 1.5 million in modern society. This is simply crazy money. As for the cost of 99 yuan, it is completely negligible.
"Okay, deal!"
Xu Ning did not bargain. Even if his gem might fetch a higher price, he did not want to deal with it. The five thousand taels of silver had already reached his expectations.
