Chapter 41 People are poor and short-sighted
"One hundred and eighty taels! Ambassador Liu, are you and I Gua Wazi? ”
"Don't be a fool when you are, I said Xiao Si'er, if it weren't for the sake of giving it to others, let alone one hundred and eighty taels, even if I gave two hundred taels, I wouldn't sell it!"
"Ambassador Liu, although Chongqing Mansion is not comparable to Chengdu Mansion and even more incomparable to Beijing, there are many big and small masters. I, Han Si, have been in the yamen for so many years, and I have already inquired about the market of official uniforms, and I have even inquired about the market in the capital. You are asking for a sky-high price, you don't treat me Han Si as your own. ”
"What do you know about a little Qingshu, in this case, you wait here first."
"What are you waiting for?"
"I'll show you later."
Ambassador Cang seemed to be in a hurry, and said that he would take it.
Pan Er thought that this was the Daotai Yamen where he got on the horse to manage the army and the people on the horse, and he was a little scared, so he couldn't help asking: "Fourth brother, will he be there to call people, the hero will not suffer the loss in front of him, or we will leave quickly while he is not there." ”
"What did he call someone to do, why did we leave?" Han Xiufeng was not worried at all, he sat on the Taishi chair with a big grin, picked up a pear and wiped it, and nibbled on it as if no one was around.
Pan Er was nervous, hiding behind him and looking outside.
After waiting for the little half-burnt incense, Ambassador Cang came back with his official uniform and hat, and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Little Si'er, come and take a look." I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, I'm afraid of comparing the goods, you take a closer look, touch carefully, my official uniform is not the same as what you saw before! ”
"Okay, I'll take a look."
"Go wash your hands first, wash your hands before touching them, can you afford to touch my official uniform dirty!"
"My hands are clean, not dirty." Han Xiufeng didn't bother to look for water to wash his hands, so he wiped it on Pan Er's body, took the official uniform and muttered while looking at it: "Ambassador Liu, I look at the same, what's the difference?" ”
"Touch the complement!" Ambassador Cang reminded.
"It's pretty much the same."
"Say that you kid doesn't know the goods," Ambassador Cang was anxious, grabbed the official uniform and asked Han Xiufeng to touch the complement on it, and said angrily: "Touch it well, touch it carefully, isn't the texture very hard?" If you touch the one I'm wearing, isn't it as soft as ordinary cloth? ”
Bargaining is bargaining, but you can't talk nonsense with your eyes open.
Han Xiufeng touched it and agreed: "It turns out that the complement on this body is quite hard to the touch." ”
Ambassador Cang felt much more comfortable, and reminded: "Do you look at the embroidery thread again?" ”
"The embroidery thread is different?"
"It's not the same!" Ambassador Cang spread the original official uniform on the official case, and said with his eyebrows flying as if appreciating antiques: "This patch is embroidered by the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and the color thread of the embroidered patch is all wrapped with a thin layer of silver, which is often said to be flat gold embroidery, so it feels hard to the touch; The patch on my body is much worse, and it uses embroidery thread, which is often called colored embroidery, so it feels soft to the touch. You see, I've only been wearing this piece for a few days, and it's starting to fall off and fall off. ”
It turned out that it was not a sky-high asking price, Han Xiufeng muttered: "Ambassador Liu, I didn't know just now, but now I know, your official uniform is really good, it is really worth one hundred and eighty taels." ”
"Now I know, you kid don't want to think about who I am Liu Daquan, the dignified ambassador of Jiaqipin Zhixian County, as for the little bit of silver that you kid?"
"It's, it's, how can you look at this bit of silver."
"You kid, don't give me a set, I won't drill into the set, if you want this official uniform to take silver, you can't do it for one hundred and eighty taels or one cent." Ambassador Cang folded the official uniform that had just been spread out, and said, "I don't look down on this bit of silver, but this official uniform didn't fall from the sky. Since it is a business negotiation, you have to settle accounts with your brothers. ”
"Yes, you also bought it with money, I can't let you suffer." Han Xiufeng touched his chin and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Ambassador Liu, I told you about my family just now, I really can't take out so much silver now. Otherwise, I bought this official uniform, and you can keep it when the complement is removed. ”
Ambassador Cang didn't expect Han Xiufeng to come up with this idea, so he asked with a smile: "Little Si'er, I am now a seventh-rank topper, what's the use of leaving this nine-rank civil official's complement?" Besides, if you only buy official uniforms and don't buy supplements, even if you buy them, it's useless. ”
"It works." Han Xiufeng rubbed his hands and smiled: "You can keep the complement and sell it, flat gold embroidery, the texture is so good, my Han Si can't afford it doesn't mean that others can't afford it, you can always sell it if you keep it, and you can sell it at a good price." As for me, just having an official uniform, it's just as easy to do, and I can just wait until I get to the capital to buy a colorful embroidered patch and sew it on. ”
Pan Er almost burst out laughing, and couldn't help but interject: "Fourth brother, I don't think I need to wait until the capital, I guess I can buy it in Chongqing Mansion." ”
"Who are you, don't look at what kind of place this is, can you speak in this turn?" Ambassador Cang was on fire, raising his head and glaring at Pan Er.
Pan Er was startled and didn't dare to squeak again.
Han Xiufeng patted Ambassador Cang's arm, and said with a smile: "Ambassador Liu, he is not big or small, he is not knowledgeable, don't worry about him a lot, let's talk about the official uniform, don't make up for how much silver can you sell?" ”
"If you want to buy the whole piece and buy it, how can there be a reason to remove the patch and sell it."
"Hey, there's no way to go on, Ambassador Liu, it's not that I, Han Si, have to cut your price, it's that I, Han Si, really can't afford it."
Although Ambassador Cang is an official, he is a donation after all, and his grade is low, he has never been looked down upon by the Daotai, and since he took office, he can only talk to the seven-room scribe of the Provincial Administration, and Han Yucai has been a poor person in the Provincial Administration for a few years, and the relationship with the seven-room scribe is good, so the Han family's affairs Ambassador Cang has heard some from the mouths of the scribes.
Thinking that the little fox in front of him really didn't have much money, he muttered: "One hundred and fifty taels, it can't be less." ”
Han Xiufeng said without thinking: "Ambassador Liu, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I can't afford one hundred and fifty taels." ”
The official uniform is not silver, and even if the silver is stored for a long time, it will become moldy and black. And this is a nine-grade civil official uniform, there are many people who donate officials, but there are not many people who donate nine-grade sesame officials, so it can't be pressed in the box, and you can't sell it if you want to.
Ambassador Cang weighed it, stared at Han Xiufeng and asked, "Let's all hurry up, can you tell me how much silver you can give first?" ”
"Fifty taels, fifty taels at most."
"Little Si'er, I treat you as a self-sufficient person, but you make fun of me!"
Han Xiufeng let out a long sigh and said with a sad face: "Ambassador Liu, I don't dare to make fun of you if I borrow ten guts, I really don't have so much silver, and I am really poor." ”
"What kind of person is poor and short-minded, the horse is thin and the hair is long, since you are determined to go to the capital to make a confession, who will believe that you don't have a thousand children and eight hundred taels of silver in your hand?"
"Believe it or not, I really don't." Han Xiufeng didn't want to bargain with him anymore, so he clenched his fists and said: "Ambassador Liu, business is not benevolent, I will go first, and we will meet again." ”
"Wait."
"What else do you command?"
Ambassador Cang thought to himself that the official uniform could not be sold in Chongqing, instead of being moldy in the box, it was better to exchange it for dozens of taels of silver, and grabbed Han Xiufeng: "Fifty taels is fifty taels, you are cheap, you kid, when you are developed in the future, you must not forget me Liu Daquan!" ”