Baoji Silver Building is a three-story building, like most stores in this era, with blue bricks and corners, carved vermilion doors and windows, but the color of the tiles is gray, which means silver.

The Nanyang gold beads that Qian Yixiu once saw belonged to this shop, and at that time there were two in the store, and the other was sold for 5,000 taels of silver, and the remaining one was refused to be sold as a treasure of the town store.

As soon as they entered the gate, Xiao Er stepped forward to greet them, and they did not despise them because they were dressed simply.

In order to be afraid of being looked down upon, Qian Sangui specially wore the best silk gown with the bottom of the box today, and wore a piece of cloth for his sparse hair.

And the beautiful little brother and sister are still half-worn muslin clothes, and even so, the two children have attracted a lot of heads. In particular, some women kept praising after reading it. made Qian Sangui happy.

Qian Sangui said to Xiao Er, who came up, "I bought a few beads from foreigners in my early years, and now my family is anxious to use the money, so I want to sell them." ”

Xiao Er nodded and asked them to speak further, and shouted in a loud voice, "Shopkeeper Zhao, there are guest officials here who want to sell beads." ”

"Here we are." With the voice, a chubby man in his forties came down from upstairs.

He came to Qian Sangui and asked, "What beads does the guest officer want to sell to this store?" Seeing that Qian Sangui didn't speak, he quickly stretched out his hand to a room and said, "Please, let's talk in the house." ”

Qian Sangui took his little brother and sister into the house, but Wan Dazhong and Qian Hua didn't follow very interestingly.

Shopkeeper Zhao invited Qian Sangui and the three of them to sit down, and asked Xiao Er to pour tea. Fang Dao, "May I ask what kind of beads the guest officer is selling?" ”

Qian Sangui said, "When I was running darts in my early years, I bought a few good beads from foreigners, and I was reluctant to sell them. Now, the family wants to buy land, marry a daughter, and want their grandson to study and take the imperial examination, and they urgently need money, so they want to sell it. Shopkeeper Zhao, take a look, can you still afford this bead? With that, he took out the purse in his bosom and poured the beads into his hand.

Shopkeeper Zhao looked at the beads in his hand and was happy, picked up the largest one and looked at it, and his face was immediately stern. Hurriedly walked to the window to look at the sun, then lit an oil lamp, and held it next to the lamp to look at it at a different angle.

After looking at it for a while, he came to Qian Sangui and asked, "May I ask the official guest, do you know where this bead came from?" ”

Qian Sangui shook his head, and said mysteriously in a pressure voice, "I don't know, I can't understand what the foreigner is saying, the two of us are trading with gesticulation." ”

Qian Yi embroidered dark music, and the three noble grandfathers still had this side.

Shopkeeper Zhao listened, and picked up the few small beads to look at them, also by the window and under the lamp.

After that, he came over and sat down and said, "This big bead is very good, the bead is round and shiny. These small beads are also good, compared with the East Pearl, they are in good condition, but compared with some South Pearls, there is still a certain gap. After speaking, he looked at Qian Sangui and asked, "Does the guest officer think I am still loyal?" ”

Qian Sangui nodded and said, "Shopkeeper Zhao is worthy of being an expert, and what he said is very true. It's just that the most distinctive thing about this big bead is that Shopkeeper Zhao ignored it, there are a few gold threads faintly floating in this bead, and the gold threads are more dazzling in the sun or under the light. This bead is precious, and it is precious in these few strands of gold. ”

Shopkeeper Zhao's old face was a little red, and he said with a smile, "Yes, those few wisps of money have to be carefully looked at to see it." I want to buy them all, what price do you want to give? ”

Qian Sangui said, "Shopkeeper Zhao is doing this business, and we are also assured that Baoji Yinlou Tong is not bullied, so we came here." If the price given by the shopkeeper Zhao is right, we will sell it here. ”

Shopkeeper Zhao really likes this big bead too much, and he is determined to get it, but he doesn't show it on his face. After thinking for a moment, he said, "These small beads, although they are in good condition, can only be regarded as middle and upper, so I will give one hundred and two." I'll give you two thousand taels for this big bead, how about it? The price is already very fair. ”

This is far more than the price of Qian Sangui's heart. But when he came to the provincial capital, his granddaughter specially reminded him that no matter whether the price given was satisfactory to him, he could not agree or refuse immediately, and he had to think for a moment with a blank face, and then talk about the advantages of the big beads. As long as the small beads are a hundred taels, they won't say anything, and they can't afford to say the price. But the big beads had to be added three hundred taels to the price they had said.

Therefore, Grandpa Qian Sangui, who was willing to listen to his granddaughter, was not overjoyed, but thought about taking the big beads in the hands of the shopkeeper Zhao, and said, "I have bet a lot of jewelry, and I have paid close attention to it, and I have never seen pearls of this quality." Regardless of whether it is Dongzhu or Nanzhu, there is no such quality. ”

Qian Yixiu praised his grandfather in his heart, but he still didn't say a word, watching these two people play a sharp game.

Shopkeeper Zhao stretched out his hand to take the big beads again, and said, "The price I gave is not low, you have to let us make some money, don't you?" Seeing that Qian Sangui still didn't speak, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, the price is two thousand two hundred taels of silver, and it can't be higher." No matter how high I am, I can't be the master. ”

Qian Sangui, who listened to his granddaughter's words, said, "Two thousand five hundred taels." If you want it, take it. ”

As long as it is within 2,800 taels, Shopkeeper Zhao will agree. Seeing that he asked for two thousand five hundred taels, he nodded with a sad face and agreed.

So the five beads sold for two thousand nine hundred denarii. The family of three was extremely happy.

The shopkeeper Zhao, who turned his face sideways, was overjoyed. Because he guarded against Qian Sangui, but did not guard against the little girl, he was looked at by Qian Yixiu. She was beaming when she saw that the shopkeeper Zhao turned his back on his face, and intuitively felt that she was still selling at a loss.

At the request of Qian Sangui, the shopkeeper Zhao gave them five silver tickets of 500 taels and 3 silver bills of 100 taels, and another five silver ingots of 20 taels.

Qian Sangui took the silver ticket and silver, and said that he would buy a few pieces of jewelry for his daughter as a dowry.

asked their price, and the shopkeeper Zhao asked Xiao Er to bring a tray.

Qian Yixiu didn't think that she had to prepare a dowry for her little aunt now, and when she had money in the future, she would buy something better. But this time I came under this pretext, and I had to buy some to suit the occasion. So, a few people picked a set of silver heads, a gorse, a pair of pearl earrings, and a pair of gold bracelets.

These are the low-priced jewels in the silver building, and they add up to one hundred and thirty taels of silver. Shopkeeper Zhao was happy to make a good deal with them, so he automatically discounted it, wiped the fraction of four taels, and only received one hundred taels.

A few people went out, and Wan Dazhong had already picked out the jewelry, which was a jasper gold hairpin, which cost forty taels of silver.

A few people went out of Baoji Silver Building, and Qian Sangui said that he would take the two children to Yixiang Building not far away to eat the famous snack longan buns.

Qian Yixiu and Qian Yijin were excited when they heard this.

As soon as they turned the corner, two carriages came from the other side of the street and stopped in front of the Baoji Silver Tower. Two people got out of the car in front of them, one of them was Liang Jinzhao, and the other was a beautiful middle-aged man. (To be continued.) )