Shopkeeper Zhao thought for a while and said, "With these three pearls added together, I can give you at most eighteen taels of silver."
What?
The four fingers Jiang Youcheng stretched out suddenly froze, and he blurted out, "What's the price?"
The sound is like a loud bell, making people's ears buzz.
Shopkeeper Zhao only thought that the price he gave was a bit low, and looked embarrassed, "It is true that we can only give so much money. It is very troublesome to make jewelry with pearls, and because of the high price, not enough people came to buy it. It is only for the sake of giving so much." That pearl is really quite big."
"If the three of you think it's too little, I can only add two more denarii at most. I can't add more, otherwise I won't make much money, so there's no need to confiscate the pearl."
"Then just follow what Shopkeeper Zhao said, eighteen taels of silver, and sell these pearls to Shopkeeper Zhao." Jiang Michia made the decision immediately.
"It's done." Shopkeeper Zhao wrapped the pearl in a handkerchief and led Jiang Michia and the other three to get the silver.
In order to facilitate spending, when collecting the money, I took a silver ingot worth ten taels, eight taels of scattered silver, and the remaining two coins were turned into copper plates.
When Jiang Youcheng came out of Jinyin Pavilion with a heavy bag of money in his arms, he felt a little weak in his steps.
Eighteen taels of silver!
He has been making baskets for most of his life, but he has never saved so much money!
Jiang Youcheng was so excited that he wanted to cry.
When it came to Jiang Michia, he glanced at Zhenbaozhai in the distance, his eyes full of disgust, "You must never go to this kind of shop in the future. The shopkeeper has such a black heart, and the business must not be decent."
"That's right." Hearing Jiang Michia mention this treasure house, Jiang Youcheng was also full of anger, "You are a black-hearted thing, and you said it was only worth three taels of silver. It's like spitting shit!"
"And that pawn shop, it's not that big of a deal, it only gives you twenty-two-five cents..."
Jiang Youcheng suddenly stopped talking and widened his eyes, "Could this Zhenbaozhai and this pawnshop be the same group, right?"
Zhenbaozhai gave a low price, but others didn't believe it and most likely went to the pawn shop to verify it. However, when they arrived at the pawnshop, they offered less money, so they had no choice but to come to Zhenbaozhai and sell the items at a low price.
"It seems so."
If it was just a guess just now, Jiang Michia can now be sure of the tricks of these two shops.
"Things struck by lightning!" Jiang Youcheng was so angry that his mouth trembled.
Most of the people who come to sell things are people who are living a hard life. Even if they are not pitiable, they should at least be given a fair price like Jinyin Pavilion, but they only give less than 20% of the price!
"This Zhenbaozhai is also a famous big shop. Are you really afraid of damaging your own sign by doing this?"
"The store bullies customers. I guess Zhenbaozhai makes a lot of money from this." Jiang Michia said.
"Why do you want to destroy your own sign?" Song Jingyun was a little confused.
Since you are in business, why should you smash your own sign? What should you use to smash it with, an ax or a hammer?
Song Jingyun asked unclearly, but Jiang Michia understood what he said and patiently explained, "Behavior that does not care about reputation and has no bottom line in doing business is commonly known as smashing the sign."
"People like Zhenbaozhai do things in an unethical way, with prices so low, and colluding with pawn shops to buy things from other people's hands cheaply, so they say they want to destroy their own sign."
"That's it." Song Jingyun nodded thoughtfully, "Then Shopkeeper Qian has indeed smashed the sign."
"Okay, okay, don't worry about this Zhenbaozhai thing. After walking by the river for a long time, there is no one who won't get his shoes wet. Justice is in the human heart. As time goes by, they will have no good fruits to eat."
Jiang Youcheng only pulled Jiang Michia and Song Jingyun, "Let's go, dad will take you to dinner."
It was already noon, the sun was high in the sky, and it was a bit hot. The three of them had been busy all morning, and their stomachs were so hungry that their chests pressed against their backs, like drums.
"Let's go and eat." Song Jingyun followed with a smile.
Here, shopkeeper Qian waited in the shop for a long time, but did not see Jiang Michia and his party coming back again. He couldn't sit still, so he just stood up and paced back and forth.
"No, I'm supposed to have come back a long time ago. Why haven't you come back now?"
Hearing his shopkeeper muttering here, the clerk felt a little unsure and nodded, "Yes, it's supposed to be time to come back. I just saw them going to the pawn shop, so it's supposed to be time to come back."
"Could it be that they went to the jewelry shop nearby to sell pearls?"
Then you find that the price offered by the nearby shop is much higher than here?
"No." Shopkeeper Qian was very sure, "Our Zhenbaozhai has a well-known name. They all believe that we are here. We mean what we say here, and when we go to the pawn shop and give such a low price, I feel in my heart." I’ve already panicked.”
"They are just some idiots. They feel inferior to others in the county, and they are eager to sell for money. At that time, they are only thinking about selling more. How could they think of going to a third house to ask for a price?"
"If everyone had that idea, how could they be so poor? Wouldn't they have found a way to make money long ago?"
"Look, we have been doing this kind of business for so many years. How many of them can see it clearly? Didn't everyone obediently take the things back and sell them to us in the end?"
"The shopkeeper is absolutely right." The clerk nodded repeatedly.
While the two were talking, another waiter trotted over and said, "Shopkeeper, the family of three that I saw selling pearls just now came out of the Gold and Silver Pavilion. When they came out, their faces were all smiles..."
In other words, those three people sold the pearls to Jinyin Pavilion?
I really underestimated these three mud-legged people, but they really had the foresight to go to the third house to inquire!
I really underestimated you, Jin Yinge, a shop with a small door and a small face, but you were always in trouble with Zhenbaozhai, and you ruined his business several times in a row?
Shopkeeper Qian was angry and walked out.
He was going to find the man named Zhao from Jinyin Pavilion and ask him clearly. Did he have his brain caught in the door, and was he neglecting good business to interfere with other people's business?
As soon as I reached the door of Zhenbaozhai's shop, my other foot hadn't even stepped over the threshold. A plaque with three gilded characters on the door, which read "Zhenbaozhai", hit shopkeeper Qian on the head with a "swish".
"Click"!
The plaque finally fell to the ground and was snapped in half in the middle.
Shopkeeper Qian fell straight to the ground like a sack, his face and head covered with blood, and he fell unconscious on the spot.
"The shopkeeper's!"
The guys exclaimed and hurried to check the situation.
The customers of Zhenbaozhai and people walking on the street were also attracted by the commotion and stopped and watched.
"What's going on?"
"I heard that the Zhenbaozhai sign fell down and knocked the shopkeeper unconscious. The sign was broken into two pieces."
"Tsk, is there such a thing?"
"Hey, let me tell you, it's very evil to have your brand fall down and hit me on the head. Could it be that shopkeeper Qian has done something that even God can't stand?"
"Who knows, but you have to remember one thing, God's eyes are bright..."
Here, Jiang Youcheng, Jiang Michia, and Song Jingyun were looking for a place to eat.
