Chapter 70: The Great Pilgrimage (2)
Zhang Yugang, the big fat man, wants to eat four turtle beads in one go, but he is obviously too greedy, this thing is not an ordinary treasure, it would be good to sell one, how can you sell them all at once, not to mention that we don't have four.
So when Liu Laodao shook his head and refused, the big fat man was obviously disappointed, and then he picked up the turtle beads, saying that he was going to test the color, and Liu Laodao also agreed.
The big fat man walked into a room, stayed for about ten minutes, and when he came out, he said, " It's a little pity, this turtle pearl year is not yet five hundred years, but it is well preserved, has not been damaged, now I give your guests two options, first, this turtle pearl by my big court to fund the purchase, the price of three million, 24 hours can be paid, second, by my big court for the sale, I can guarantee that the bid will not be less than four million, but I want to draw two percent as a reward, the time will be longer, three or five days or even ten days and half a month are possible, in between, the guest's accommodation and diet can be taken care of, how”
The big fat man's words shocked me,, three million, so much, didn't you say that it was only worth one million and eight million, why is it so much money?
Wait, I seem to be a little floating, I never have more than a thousand dollars in my pocket, why didn't I jump up when I heard this number?
"The second one, we are not in a hurry, you can sell it slowly"
Liu Laodao is very calm, quite a gesture of treating money as dung, this turtle bead is not ours, so naturally the more money, the better, the Huang family brothers are not in a good situation, the eldest Huang Wenli may be in prison, the second Huang Wenxin still has a butt of debts that cannot be sorted out, a little more money, they can easily share.
"Okay, I'll write the receipt."
The big fat man nodded, his expression became serious, he got up and got a pen and paper, and began to write receipts.
He used not a ballpoint pen, but a brush, and he had to sharpen the ink, and even the letter paper was so beautiful that when he started writing, I even smelled a scent that was refreshing.
"This is their special skill to worship the Zhang family, ink, letter paper, and even the font written, all are unique, the ink fragrance is pleasant, and it can be maintained for ten years, the IOU written in this way, as long as the Zhang family is right, it must be followed, this is the rule of the Zhang family for hundreds of years"
Liu Laodao glanced at it and said to me, let me not underestimate this detail, this kind of skill is their secret and the foundation of their foothold.
"The Taoist still knows this, it seems that you are indeed my father's old friend, what he said is right, our dynasty has a history of more than 200 years in the Zhang family, and there are countless IOUs written, no one can counterfeit them, and once my Zhang family confirms that the IOU is from the Zhang family, no matter what the situation, it will definitely be cashed..."
The big fat man glanced at Liu Laodao very unexpectedly, he didn't know much about this matter, and he really wouldn't know about it casually if he wasn't his father's friend.
After finishing speaking, the big fat man also told a story about their ancestors, saying that in a certain era, a guest once came to the door and took out an IOU, saying that he had once held a treasure in the Great Dynasty, but because of the suddenness of the matter, he didn't have time to take away the payment, and he came to ask for it after many years.
The Zhang family confirmed the authenticity of the IOU, but because of the turbulent situation in those years, their own records could no longer be found, but they still promised to cash it, and finally Zhang Jiadian sold the property to successfully cash it.
As soon as this incident came out, the credibility of the Zhang family spread on the road, which made the Zhang family famous, and the Zhang family was also proud of this matter, and since then, reputation has become the most valuable wealth of the Zhang family.
I don't know if what the big fat man said is true or not, but looking at his expression, it shouldn't be wrong, this kind of character is definitely awe-inspiring, especially in the current era, it is more precious, and Liu Laodao can't help but praise it.
Soon, the big fat man wrote the IOU, and gave it to Liu Laodao, I also went up to take a look, I couldn't see it, the big fat man's handwriting was very good, although I couldn't see anything, but it could make people feel pleasing to the eye, and it would definitely not be bad.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, by the way, you just said that you can be in charge of our food and accommodation, right?"
Liu Laodao looked at it a few times, and replied after not feeling that there was a problem.
"Yes, but we won't have any high-level hospitality, basically we can eat and live with me, I will never be biased, how"
Zhang Fatzi nodded, in fact, this rule used to have a role, that is, in order to protect guests, not everyone with treasures is a master with stunts, often ordinary people, so the Zhang family's rules can protect guests as much as possible within the scope of the transaction, as for the end of the transaction, it is none of their business.
Therefore, this rule will not be used for those who are high, how can you lack the money to eat and drink when you are out of the house.
"Of course you can, in addition, I have a small request, please Mr. Zhang agree"
"Oh, what a request, please make it clear"
"I see Mr. Zhang's calligraphy, quite a style, the old way really likes it very much, but the old way and there is a disciple who is not a weapon, illiterate, so please Mr. Zhang in our stay during this time, point him to calligraphy, the font is arbitrary, but it needs to be traditional characters"
Liu Laodao said slowly, and by the way, he also cast me a white eye, very contemptuous.
"This, haha, no problem, but say it in advance, I'm only responsible for guidance, whether it succeeds or not, but it depends on the creation of this little brother"
The big fat man was stunned for a moment and then laughed and said, this matter is not difficult for him, give him a bunch of ordinary paper and pencils, and copy them by himself.
I glared at Liu Laodao angrily,, don't you despise me so much, yes, I don't have much culture, but am I illiterate? I'm almost done with nine years of compulsory education.
On the contrary, Liu Laodao yourself, it seems that you haven't been to school seriously for a few days, and you still come to laugh at me?
"Then I'll thank Mr. Zhang, let's go back to pick up the luggage, and we'll come later"
Liu Laodao smiled and arched his hand, then got up and went out.
"Old man, do you want to look down on me so much, I can't read, can't I read?"
"Yes, can you recognize all this IOU?"
Liu Laodao raised the letter paper in his hand and said, I was speechless for a while, the big fat man didn't know what was going on, it was written in traditional Chinese, and the font was changeable, it seemed that there was a legendary cursive script, where did I recognize it.
"This is not enough, this great dynasty has been inherited for hundreds of years, the heritage is strong, just this hand of calligraphy is unbelievable, you don't think he uses several fonts is boring, which is particular, in order to prevent counterfeiting, outsiders generally can't see it, you have to learn hard, otherwise what to do in the future, you can't always let me draw it"
Liu Lao Dao taught earnestly, of course, the last sentence is his focus, but also the goal, drawing talismans requires a certain amount of calligraphy skills, not necessarily how powerful, but it can't be nothing.
"Okay, you're good"
I rolled my eyes, Liu Laodao said so, I naturally have nothing to say, the apprentices are all done, what is it to learn some skills.
Soon, we took our luggage back, and the big fat man took us to his residence, which is an old community near the antique city, which is estimated to be twenty or thirty years old, with two households on one floor and a six-story building.
However, the size of the room is not small, because the two households on the first floor are big fat people, he lives alone, and the other is used to entertain guests like us, and there is no lack of furniture in it, but it is also passable.
The big fat man is an old bachelor and has no wife, but he is not short of money, and he has hired a nanny at home, and the nanny is responsible for eating and cleaning, and he can eat with him in the future.
"I can't see it, this dead fat man is quite rich, but I heard that the housing prices in the magic capital are not cheap."
I walked around inside and out, just this floor, three or four hundred square meters, three or four hundred in the magic capital is not three or four hundred in Qinghe Town, just this house price can top Boss Chen's family property.
"You, don't say it's my apprentice when you go out in the future, it's embarrassing, look at this furniture, it's not ordinary mahogany, it should be pineapple wood, tsk, the Zhang family in the court, and it really lives up to its reputation."
Liu Laodao rubbed the furniture at home and praised it.
Pineapple wood seems to be very valuable, but I don't know how much it is worth, whatever, I can't move it anyway.
"Old man, how long do we have to stay here, it seems that we are a little against our goal when we first went out."
I asked Liu Laodao, when we first went out, we were going to seek revenge on Qin Ye, and now we are here to play no matter how the demons run.
"Don't worry, by the way, I studied the one surnamed Qin, he charges a lot of money, he will never do things for ordinary people, the people who come and go are either rich or expensive, there are a lot of rich people in this magic capital, maybe we will meet in the magic capital, in addition, you are not idle, I will find you something to do?"
"Makes sense, but old man, what do you want me to do?"
"You'll find out tomorrow"
Sure enough, when Liu Laodao announced the schedule for this period of time to me tomorrow, I was a little confused.