If others may not be able to tell the difference between the same amount of gold and scrap metal in this iron cat, wouldn't Liang Chuan have taken the same amount of gold? Liang Chuan has never held such a large golden cat, but he has held a similar iron lump. If the gold was smaller, he would often hold not only gold but also silver, and the weight would never be as light as the weight.
Look at those two eyeballs again. They are really beautiful and charming, and the texture is very pure. But if you take a closer look, Zhaodi and others will find it strange, because they have never seen something rare and valuable, so what do they think it is? Gems, Liang Chuan took a closer look, these are just two ordinary glass beads from the future!
Whether this thing is crystal or glass, it is absolutely worthless in Liang Chuan's opinion. Children are still interested in glass balls. Why buy those two glass balls now?
Although glass and crystal were both quite valuable in ancient times, it seems that by the Song and Yuan Dynasties, a large amount of foreign glass entered the East. By the Ming Dynasty, even glasses were no longer rare items, and the price was not what it used to be. As for crystals, although their value is not low, from Liang Chuan's point of view, there is a feeling of repulsion towards such things from the bottom of his heart.
A chill surged into Liang Chuan's heart. The people doing business around Qingyuan Port are all smart people. They have seen more of the world than anyone else. It is impossible for them not to see how precious this thing is. Moreover, the stall owner never said a word about this ironclad thing from the beginning to the end. Cats are made of gold, but Liang Chuan went into a misunderstanding when he thought he was right!
This is probably a scam!
The customer next to me interjected in a desperate manner: "I'll pay you seventy!"
Liang Chuan inadvertently took another look at this customer from the corner of his eye, and saw that he was also full of dragons and phoenixes! At first glance, it seems that they are not serious business people. The temperament of the two people is very similar. I am afraid they are not colluding to set up a trap!
After quoting the price, the tattooed man's acting skills were a bit poor. After quoting the price, the expression on his face was like taking the bait with two words written on it, setting a trap and waiting for the fish.
The two of them didn't dare to express their anger now, just waiting for Liang Chuan to raise the price again. Liang Chuan just gritted his teeth and didn't say a word!
There were people coming and going around, and many people looked at Liang Chuan and Zhaodi with a playful look, as if they were expecting something interesting to happen.
"How long have you been setting up a stall here?"
"Hey, don't mention it. If it weren't for the livelihood, I wouldn't sell it. I've been selling it here for less than half a month."
"You haven't sold it in half a month?"
The hawker was obviously a little impatient, and even the assistant on the side seemed impatient.
"Isn't this hard to sell?"
Liang Chuan felt even more convinced. This guy was clearly a professional liar. If a good thing had been on display for half a month, would Qingyuan people remain indifferent? Do you think everyone is blind? Everyone must know that these two are cheating money, and they are afraid of the revenge of the two scammers, so they dare not say anything.
After thinking about these joints and pretending to touch himself, Liang Chuan could only make a pityful gesture and said: "Hey, since you are willing to pay seventy sticks, I don't seem to have much money on me. This iron cat I’ll leave it to you.”
Now the two of them were dumbfounded. They were still waiting eagerly for Liang Chuan to raise the price. Unexpectedly, he withdrew the seventy dollars. For a while, the two of them looked at me and I looked at you, and took the piece blankly. Iron Cat didn't even know how to reply to Liang Chuan's words.
They saw that their wishful thinking was about to be completed. What was the problem? It shouldn't be. The two of them cooperated so well, specializing in deceiving foreigners who didn't know the goods. They had tried and tested and as long as they knew the goods, they would be deceived. .
The liar pretending to be a customer said: "Brother, if you really like this iron cat, I'll give it to you. I don't seem to have brought enough money when I went out today..."
A sincere smile broke out on Liang Chuan's face, he waved his hand and said: "A gentleman does not take away someone's love. I see that this iron cat has such a simple shape, and my brother is willing to pay 70 coins to invite him home. He must love you very much. No need. No need."
Liang Chuan picked up Zhaodi and left immediately. Zhaodi was confused.
Liang Chuan pulled Zhaodi into the alley at the corner of the street and said, "Pay attention to the guy setting up the stall!"
The two men looked at the cat at the entrance of the alley for a long time. When the customer saw Liang Chuan, he left without looking back. He threw the iron cat on the stall, gave him a roll of eyes, patted his butt and left.
Brother Zhao looked at it with dismay: "Hey, Third Brother, he didn't want to buy that cat, why did he just throw it away and leave?"
"Haha, I'll make a bet with you. Do you believe that this cat buyer will come back again?"
"He didn't even buy it, so why would he come back?"
"You'll know after you watch it for a while!"
Not long after, I saw the customer just now, looking around, and he returned to the stall selling iron cats. He took two pears in his hand and threw one to the stall owner. The two of them sat in front of the stall and ate the fragrant pears.
"I'm going to be scolded by the boss again when I go back. We are the ones who open up the matter, but we do this kind of deceptive thing every day!"
"You and I are not good at fighting, why don't we rely on deception to rob? We can't defeat them even if we fight!"
"It's better to be Brother Dong's cousin. You see how united they are. Now in our Qingyuantang, his cousin is the most prosperous. The younger brother below follows Brother Dong and eats wine and meat every day. It's our Tang. Mouth, it’s getting worse every day!”
"Forget it, stop complaining, Brother Dong will probably be able to pull Boss Tang down soon based on his attitude!"
Brother Zhao was stunned.
"Did you find something?"
Zhaodi murmured: "Uh..."
"Come on, let's go shopping again. It's always good to go out more."
Brother Zhao was a little silent. He looked at Liang Chuan and hesitated to speak.
"If you have something to say, just say it."
"When I first saw the iron cat, I thought the cat's two eyes were very valuable. I was thinking, if the eyes are so valuable, might this cat be special? At that time, I also wanted to advise you to buy the cat. Come down, third brother, luckily you are so good, how did you tell that these two people are liars?"
Liang Chuan thought to himself that I had seen a lot of deceptions when I was doing surgery, and these two were quite good at deceiving people today. They were greedy for cheap, quick and clever, and they used all the key points of deception.
Everyone who is deceived thinks they are a little smart. Even Zhaodi thought that the cat must be valuable. Once everyone's little mentality is tricked, it is basically a sure thing.
"You have to pick up bargains on the road. Unless you are very lucky or you have great trust in your own vision, never believe that good things will happen to you. Do you think these people on the road are all blind? Everyone in Qingyuan is doing this. Business people, can’t they see the value of this cat? It’s our turn to pick up the slack after such a good thing?”
"That's true..."
"You didn't see the expressions of the passers-by just now. They are all waiting to see our joke. According to me, this person must have been cheating here for a long time, otherwise they would not just sit idly by and watch the fun."
"Let's go to the police to catch them. Hehe, I almost asked you to buy a bunch of scrap metal." "I don't know if it's scrap metal, but it's definitely not good to report to the police."
"Why? They are cheating on the street. If we don't suffer losses, others will suffer losses in the future. Such people should go to jail!"
"Everything must be based on evidence. If you saw them cheating with your eyes, how could they cheat?"
The cleverness of this scam is that the price is clearly marked from beginning to end, just to make you think you have bought a valuable treasure. There is no coercion or fraud, it is completely voluntary.
Zhaodi's face turned red. It was really like this. Ming looked at the two of them carefree and continued to guard the shabby stall to cheat, but there was nothing he could do.
"I learned something from Third Brother today. I will never like to deal with people in the future, just because some people always want to harm and deceive others. Why are these good people so bad?"
"You must be on guard against others, and you must have the intention of harming others. This is the creed of others, but we cannot. Retribution for harming others will come sooner or later. It is a matter of time."
"Yes, I took note of it."
There are many shops on East Street, with a wide variety of goods. Liang Chuan searched for a long time before he found a shop selling scented wax paper.
The business of this store is quite large, and there are only a few clerks who are busy with work. When Liang Chuan's business came to the door, he didn't come to say hello, and let Liang Chuan choose by himself.
The shop owner was holding an account book and was checking the accounts, and he cursed: "I'm stunned, how come you can't reconcile the accounts I asked you to collect outside? Did your kid steal money from the store again?"
The owner of the store had a bad look on his face, and he always scolded anyone he caught. Poor these guys, they were reluctant to work. They were scolded for bad things and scolded for good things. They were all as weak as eggplants beaten by frost. , looked at Liang Chuan with an expression that showed he was not waiting for you.
Liang Chuan walked into the store and asked the boss, "Boss, may I ask you something?"
The boss was furious and snorted to Liang Chuan as if speaking from his nose, making it unclear whether he agreed or disagreed.
Liang Chuan smacked his lips and said, "Don't you know where you get these scented oil candles?"
The shop owner was already in a bad mood, but his eyebrows almost burned when he heard Liang Chuan's words.
"Oh no, what do I mean by that? Is this something you can ask about? I want to tell you where I buy my goods. Then is my store going to close down? Where do the savages dare to come to my place? Come and be wild, go and go!”
The shop owner called some waiters and tried to drive Liang Chuan away. Seeing that the waiters were going to do these thankless things again, they quickly pretended not to hear and tilted their heads to one side, pretending to be working.
Liang Chuan didn't want to be too ugly, as long as the other party didn't tell him, he wouldn't bother him. The two people exited the store.
Zhaodi asked: "Third brother, why are you asking about this? Do you also want to buy and sell these scented oil candles?"
Liang Chuan said: "Have you noticed that the Yuetai Temple next door is crowded with people every day, all of them are pilgrims, but most people only remember to put some fragrant oil and candles on the Buddha when they arrive, and have to go elsewhere. If you go to other places to buy them, let’s start selling them directly in the store, and the business will come, right?”
Brother Zhao's eyes lit up: "Isn't that right? The pilgrims in my store come in every day and ask if there are any incense candles for sale. From now on, the better the incense in Yuetai Temple is, the better our business will be!"
"The problem now is where these goods come from. We don't know, and the boss refuses to tell us. It's a headache."
While the two were talking, they heard a loud commotion in the store, and then the waiter rushed out aggrievedly, cursing: "You old bastard..."
