Volume 2 Entering the Beijing Division Chapter 77 Secret Calculation
Wang Zhen carefully took the jade bottle, unscrewed the cap and sniffed it gently, then closed his eyes and showed an intoxicated look:
"Excellent, superb! You'll love it! ”
As he spoke, Wang Zhen handed the jade bottle in his hand to Zheng Yang, and asked Hou Shigui:
"Dare to ask Childe, what is the price of such perfume?"
Hou Shigui waited for Zheng Yang to finish smelling the perfume, and then slowly stretched out two fingers.
When Wang Zhen saw it, he nodded and said:
"Although twenty taels is a lot, this is a masterpiece in the incense, and the nobles will not be stingy with this silver tael."
Hou Shigui chuckled and shook his head, and said a number that almost didn't make Wang Zhen and Zheng Yang fall off the bench:
"It's two hundred and twenty-one bottles."
Two...... Two hundred taels?
This little bottle of perfume? It was worth two hundred taels?
Seeing that the two looked shocked, Hou Shigui explained:
"Don't be impatient, listen to me, since ancient times, things are scarce and expensive, and they think that the nobles want to buy, but it's really just this perfume?"
Wang Zhen was confused, and Zheng Yang was even more puzzled:
"Is it possible...... Is this jade bottle? ”
Hou Shigui shook his head again:
"No, what the nobles want to buy is the identity that this perfume brings.
The two of them have been selling perfume in the palace for more than a year, and they should know that the inner supervisors who bought this perfume are still looking for the opportunity to serve the nobles closely.
I'm selling this perfume now, and it's the same thing.
Twenty taels of silver, although it is a bit expensive, many people can afford it by gritting their teeth.
And what I want to do is perfume that only nobles, only the powerful, and only noble people can afford!
This perfume, this fragrance, represents their identity! Their status!
Even if they are dressed in plain clothes and do not wear red makeup, as long as they have the smell of perfume on their bodies, they can let people know their supreme status!
What Hou wants to sell is not perfume, but the vanity of the nobles!
How? The two of you, are you willing to have a certain way with Hou? ”
Hou Shigui spoke impassionedly, and Wang and Zheng also listened enthusiastically.
After Hou Shigui's painting of the cake, they Fan Buddha saw that in the near future, those nobles would also come to their doors like palace supervisors to ask for perfume and identity.
How could you not want to?
"Our family is really stupid, please talk to our family about this matter!"
Wang Zhen was the first to speak, and after seeing Hou Shigui respond, he turned his head to Zheng Yang and instructed:
"You wait in the lobby, and my son and I will go to the private room to talk."
Zheng Yang only responded respectfully, but after Wang Zhen left, a trace of ruthless anger flashed in his eyes.
Secretly said: You dog, but you are a few days earlier than our family, so you rely on this advantage to dictate to our family, and use our family as a beast.
Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, let's see with you!
Wang Zhen and Hou Shigui entered the private room to talk for two or three hours, and after Wang Zhen smiled like a cactus and left with Zheng Yang.
Hou Shigui sighed faintly, and went to the tea table in the lobby to pour himself a cup of tea to moisten his mouth:
"Alas, money blinds people."
"Then you still sell it so high, two hundred taels of silver, enough for ordinary people to live a carefree life!"
Guo Lianqing, who was on the side, complained quietly.
The reason why she ran away from marriage and followed Hou Shigui to Chujing was that she heard Hou Shigui's ambition outside the house that day, and she also wanted to do something.
Let the master and the brothers know that a woman is not only a husband and a child.
But just seeing the transaction between Hou Shigui and those two internal prisoners still made this poor girl a little difficult to accept.
Her master is a foreign sect to put it mildly, but to put it honestly, it is a group of poor homeless people.
The whole family of the division was added together, and when he was the richest, he did not exceed ten taels of silver.
It is precisely because of this that Guo Lianqing is well aware of the suffering of the people and the misery of the people.
These big officials and nobles bid two hundred taels to buy a small bottle of fragrance-enhancing things!
It's just a smell of Zhumen's wine and meat.
even asked her to blame Hou Shigui, the culprit.
Hou Shigui didn't explain to her, but only said to Wang Hou:
"Mr. Wang and I will go on a trip to visit Tang Rujie, the servant of the ministry."
Before he wanted to come to Beijing, Hou Shigui naturally inquired about the situation of the officials in Beijing from Wang Zhen and Zheng Yang.
He beckoned Bao Ji and Xiang Xu to unload a box of goods from the carriage, and Hou Shigui left with the three of them.
After the three of them left, Guo Lianqing had nothing to do, so she went back to her room to rest.
However, the two brothers of the Tang family entered the capital for the first time, and they wanted to see the prosperity of the capital.
In addition, after yesterday's incident, Hou Shigui also rewarded them with a lot of money, so he asked Lu Xingan and Bao Sen:
"Xiao Lu, one-eyed, do you want to go out for a walk together?"
"Let's go!"
Pawson already likes to be lively, and as soon as he raised his buttocks, he followed the two.
Lu Xingan shook his head and said:
"No, the eyeliner arranged by the county lord of Dongyang is still outside the inn, and it is more convenient to leave two people in the inn."
Although he also wanted to see the prosperity of Chujing, he still had the ethics of a young man in his heart after all.
After the others had left, he took out his letter and began to write to the master.
After Gao Zhengyang chased Ye Leng and left in a hurry that day, there was no more news.
In the past year, he has also written many letters to Master's home to inquire about the situation, but the reply he received was that there was no whereabouts of Master.
Despite this, the boy was unwilling to give up.
He had just finished grinding here, and was about to put down the pen, but the light in front of him suddenly dimmed.
When I looked up, I saw four men wearing hats and carrying swords walking in through the gate:
"Little two! Are there still guest rooms?! ”
The first one only glanced at Lu Xing'an, and then lifted his breath and drank.
This loud shout was full of anger, and the shopkeeper was helping in the back kitchen:
"A few guest officers, I'm really sorry, the small shop is full."
"Hey, you little two, what nonsense are you talking about? How can there be any other guests in this whole inn besides this little brother?
Forget it, don't talk either, I see that this little brother is dignified, with an upright face, and he doesn't seem to be a liar, so let me ask the little brother. ”
This person immediately put Xiao Er aside, walked to Lu Xing'an's side, saluted, and exclaimed:
"I've seen this son."
Lu Xing'an's face turned red when he heard this, and he hurriedly got up and saluted back:
"Misunderstood, I'm not ......"
Before the words fell, I suddenly heard a strong wind in my ears.
The comer is not good! Lu Xingan didn't have time to think about it, and instinctively retreated.
Only then did he dodge the man's fist, and suddenly the alarm was born, and then he only heard "Knock! There was a muffled sound.
I felt that the back of my head was hit by a heavy object, and I fell to the ground as if my whole body strength had been drained in an instant.
After solving Lu Xing'an, the four people looked at Xiao Er, and before they could ask questions.
Xiao Er raised his hand and pointed to the second floor:
"That beauty is on the second floor, alone!"
Not the people of the county lord of Dongyang? Is it for Miss Guo?
Lu Xingan collapsed on the ground weakly, and could only watch the four of them quietly touch the second floor.
After a fight, there was a deathly silence......
At this moment, a familiar voice came from the gate:
"You go up and have a look, don't let those four guys get in front of the office, that girl is going to be in the house."
"Yes!"