Qianlong finally said that he was thirsty, and after drinking a large sip of hot tea, he asked Hao Jun seriously: "I don't know how much silver Mr. Qin's previous Night Pearl was sold for?"

"Seven thousand taels each. ”

Qianlong nodded, revealing a meaningful smile, "High quality and low price!" It seems that Mr. Qin knows that these night pearls are not born to grow, so he is embarrassed to ask for tens of thousands of taels of silver. ”

"You're talking about retail prices, I'm talking about bulk shipments. ”

Qianlong reacted, "I see, that can be regarded as a fair price." How much silver does Mr. Qin plan to sell me for the rest of these night pearls?"

Qianlong deliberately bit the "rest" very hard, obviously to pick up a bargain.

"The emperor's words are ambiguous, what do you mean by the remaining night pearls? I am classified and specially reserved for you, okay? Why, don't you plan to give back to me according to the price of the offering?"

Qianlong said unabashedly: "Mr. Qin, there are one hundred and seventy-nine night pearls here, plus the previous seven, a total of one hundred and eighty-six. If it is only calculated according to 7,000 taels, it will already be 1.3 million! If you give back the value-added value, it will cost two or three million! At present, it is really a bit stretched, and it is not good to take Mr. Qin's for nothing, it is really a little difficult. ”

Of course, Hao Jun doesn't agree to play a white strip, exchanging a trip is equivalent to a trip here, and he may not come again in this life, what's the use of taking a white strip?

Hao Jun said strangely: "This is the auspicious rui of the country, you can use the funds of the treasury, right?"

However, there are too many to use this reason, and it would be easy to say that there were only the previous seven. Moreover, in the past few years, there have been many droughts in the north, and a lot of silver taels have been allocated for disaster relief. Floods in many places in the south have strengthened many embankments. East China Sea"

Hao Jun listened with black lines on his head, and quickly interrupted Qianlong's words, "You have to get it, doesn't the emperor just say that the silver is not enough? ”

Qianlong was overjoyed, "Take less, how much can you take less, how about 300,000 taels?"

Hao Jun pouted, "You old man can really bargain, take a fraction of what you take?"

Qianlong was a little embarrassed, "What does Mr. Qin mean?"

Hao Jun didn't even look at him, "Since the emperor doesn't plan to spend more money, let's take less night pearls." ”

Qianlong hurriedly moved all the night pearls to his side as if he was protecting food, "Mr. Qin, don't say such things, since I have seen them all, how can you take them away? ”

"How do you discuss? The emperor will talk about it, and I will listen to it. ”

"These night pearls of yours weren't worth so much silver, right? What's more, there are so many of them, who doesn't know that scarcity is expensive? Even if it's really alchemy, there's no need for seven thousand taels of silver, right? The Nine Turns Soul Rejuvenation Pill can pull the newly dead person back from Lord Yama, and it's only eight hundred taels of silver. ”

Hao Jun said with a smile: "You ignore the fact that 7,000 taels of silver was originally the price of bulk shipments, and it was the price of buying 100 pieces at once! Not the retail price! In addition, what is the real income from alchemy? Could it be that you have a more reasonable explanation?"

Qianlong picked up a small ornament covered with resin dripping glue and shook it, and said slyly: "Don't tell me, this is also made in the alchemy furnace." ”

Hao Jun really convinced the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, who said that the traverser can beat everything? Who said that the ancients were as easy to fool as dirt buns? The one who said this has never crossed over!

But Hao Jun is not a vegetarian either, and immediately found a lie: "Can't you see that it is the scum produced by alchemy?" The night pearl has a crystal clear feeling, but the colors on these gadgets are different, that is because they are reluctant to throw away the dregs, but they can't show the scorched state, so they can only mix the colors to cover up. The emperor is well-informed, so he can't even see this, right?"

Qianlong took a closer look and felt that what Hao Jun said seemed to make sense.

Although Hao Jun once again grasped the initiative, the original plan of a series of encounters with Qianlong had to be rewritten, and the idea of standing side by side to direct the country was completely shattered, because getting along with such a wise emperor day and night is too brain-consuming! You have to speak carefully at all times, and if you are not careful, you have to rack your brains to lie!

But think about it, Qianlong has been able to stabilize the Qing Dynasty for so many years, and has seen countless deceits, how can he be so easy to fool?

Hao Jun decided to look at the money in everything, just get the valuable things in his hands, and don't consider the dream of being a senior official.

Hao Jun directly proposed bartering according to the original idea, and Qianlong could exchange the collection he liked enough with himself.

Qianlong made a decision immediately, it's completely possible!

Hao Jun then made further requests, as long as jade, and only Hetian jade.

Qianlong hesitated, he was obsessed with jade, and other collections were easy to say, only this jade was worth discussing, not to mention that it was his favorite Hetian jade!

But Hao Jun is very confident!

According to the information he made up, under the advocacy of Qianlong, the craftsmanship, the number of types, the wide use, and the quantity of jade in the Qing Dynasty were unmatched by any dynasty in history. The court concentrated the country's outstanding jade carving designers and craftsmen, Qianlong also controlled the source of jade, the court is equivalent to mastering high-quality jade materials, grinding out a large number of exquisite jade.

In addition to the jade workshop of the palace office and the Ruyi Pavilion to undertake the task of making jade for the court, a huge palace jade production network has also been formed in other places.

Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, Zhou Su has always been the leader of popular fashion. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhousu's jade craftsmanship has been recognized as the leading in the country, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was the country's premier jade center.

Qianlong knew very well about the situation of the jade craftsmen and jade shops in Zhousu, and was also very confident in the production level of the jade craftsmen there, believing that the jade craftsmen in the alleys of Zhousu Zhuzhu were a group with considerable creative strength. Therefore, in the jade work made by the Qianlong faction, sometimes there are no samples, which can leave a larger creative space for the craftsmen.

However, after the middle of the Qianlong Dynasty, the Zhousu jade industry one-sidedly pursued skills and ignored artistic taste, often accommodating the original shape of the material in order to reduce the loss of jade. Qianlong felt unbearable and deeply felt that this was a disaster for jade.

However, if the jade that has already been formed is remade, it will not only lose a lot of jade material, but also easily cause irreversible damage to the jade material when pondering back and forth. Therefore, Qianlong thought about it, and could only stuff those unpleasant tribute jade into the corner of the warehouse.

After that, Qianlong, who couldn't bear it, no longer let the jade craftsmen of Zhou Su play freely, and the Yangxin Palace Office under the Ministry of Internal Affairs cooperated with the Ruyi Pavilion of the Inner Court to design, and then sent the wax samples and jade materials over, and strictly required the jade craftsmen to make them according to the formula, or clearly instructed not to make new samples......

Hao Jun hit the idea of those jade objects in the corner of the warehouse!

Qianlong's many and trivial delicate crafts that are not pleasing to the eye have a wide audience in modern society, and Hao Jun definitely does not worry about selling!