Chapter XVII: A Cart of Porcelain
Let Shopkeeper Chen sit for a while, Zhao Rui went to the ancestral hall in the backyard to open the woven bag, counted twenty mirrors, strung them with ropes, and mentioned the living room.
"Oops! Brother Zhao, I can't help it, I can't be robbed on the street like this! ”
Shopkeeper Chen was so shocked that he waved his hand again and again.
Forgetting about this stubble, Zhao Rui smiled apologetically, went to find a long cloth again, wrapped the mirror carefully, and handed it to Chen Changyuan.
Shopkeeper Chen originally thought that there were only a dozen mirrors, but these twenty mirrors were just right.
At this time, the two strong men had already used their flat poles to pick up silver from home, 40,000 taels of silver, and walked nearly ten times before they unloaded all the silver.
Zhao Rui sent Chen Changyuan to the door, and his eyes lit up when he saw the ox cart.
"Shopkeeper Chen, how about I borrow this ox cart?"
"Hey, what are you talking about, this was originally hired by me, you can use it!"
Chen Changyuan was carrying a heavy treasure, and after bidding farewell to Zhao Rui, he hurriedly went back under the escort of two strong men.
"Oh, I got your car today!"
Zhao Rui directly took out 5 taels of silver ingots and threw them to the coachman.
The coachman seldom met someone so generous, and he smiled happily.
Zhao Rui carried 5,000 taels of Jiaozi in his arms, got into the ox cart himself, took 36 domestic slaves, and walked towards the market.
The neat and uniform denim team is very eye-catching, and the people on the street thought it was the army coming, but after a closer look, they realized that it was not.
The team first came to the rented store, Zhao Rui got out of the car and looked, this location was just at the corner of the intersection, the most densely populated place.
Unlock the door, the inside is about fifty or sixty square meters, divided into two rooms, and there is a wooden staircase against the wall, leading to the second floor.
Yes, it's a duplex.
Zhao Rui went up to the second floor and took a look, it was more bright and transparent than the first floor, and it was quite good to have an office inside.
The only thing is that the upper family doesn't know what to do, and there is a lot of dust in the whole house, and there is an indescribable strange smell.
Fortunately, there were many people who came, Zhao Rui took out 20 taels of silver and gave it to Zhao Gong, asking them to clean the house, paint it with white ash, and then buy some new furniture to decorate it.
Zhao Gong arranged it here, and everyone began to get busy.
Zhao Rui got on the ox cart and went directly to the porcelain shop of the future father-in-law.
"Moo~"
The ox cart stopped at the door of the porcelain shop, and the old cow wagged its tail and pulled a large lump of cow dung.
Bad luck!
Seeing the movement at the door, the shopkeeper of the store, that is, Mr. Lin, walked out angrily.
"Whose ox cart, move it quickly!"
There is a car to buy rice and noodles, but no one really comes to the ox cart to buy porcelain, isn't this nonsense!
"Uncle Lin, it's me!"
Zhao Rui got out of the car with a smile and knew what the future daughter-in-law looked like, and this old man definitely recognized it.
"Changshun! What are you doing here? ”
Old Man Lin used to go to Zhao's house to eat and drink, so he immediately recognized Zhao Rui.
"I changed my name, and now my name is Zhao Rui."
"Oh, yes, Shizhao told me, I can't change it for a while...... By the way, I heard that you want to hire Shizhao to be the shopkeeper? ”
Master Lin saw that Zhao Rui's temperament was very different from before, and the suspicion in his heart was reduced a lot, besides, the Jiaozi in Shizhao's hand was a real thing.
"Yes, the store has just taken over, and I'm cleaning it up over there, and I have to go back to feng shui or something, and I have to help me with my staff."
"Okay, it's nothing, I know some basic rules, but that's what you're here for?"
Master Lin looked at the ox cart and asked suspiciously.
"Hehe, Uncle Lin, of course I came to you to buy porcelain!"
Zhao Rui said and walked into the store, the store was a little dim, but there were a lot of porcelain on the shelves, especially more plates and bowls on both sides of the ground.
Yes, it seems that the route is a combination of high and low.
"Uncle Lin, do you have porcelain from several famous kilns, I have it all, and then there are exquisite patterns and well-made, I want them all!"
"You kid, what a big breath, you won't be here to make me happy, do you know how much money it costs?"
Master Lin pursed his lips, obviously not believing it, and didn't make any moves, and walked directly behind the counter.
Hey! Look down on your son-in-law, right?
"I'm bringing money!"
Zhao Rui smiled, patted his chest directly, and the rustling sound of Jiaozi came from inside his robe.
Ooh! That's thick enough to hear!
Master Lin is a little serious now.
"Nephew, do you really want to buy my precious porcelain here? All of them? ”
"That's nature, didn't you see me coming with an ox cart!"
Zhao Rui's face was light, and Master Lin was shocked.
In this era, all the large-scale purchases of porcelain, in addition to the princes and nobles, are the merchants who trade with the Hu merchants, is this son really such a way?
"This vase is nice! Take it down! And this drip ......"
Zhao Rui had already started to pick up the goods, and Master Lin hurriedly grabbed him, walked to the counter, and dialed up the abacus.
"Don't worry, I'll calculate the total price for you......"
Master Lin found the account book and crackled it.
Zhao Rui smiled helplessly, so he had to wait beside him.
At this time, the porcelain exports were the majority, although ordinary people could not afford to use it, but there was still no shortage of these in the slightly richer families, so the current price is not expensive anymore.
Master Lin finished counting the precious porcelain, and counted the backlog of relatively low cost performance, and while calculating, he still thought, the girls have been given to you, what is this bit of goods......
"278 pieces, a total of 4735 taels for you! Wipe a fraction, 4700! ”
Such a price frightened Mr. Lin himself, those backlogs are usually too lazy to fiddle with, but I didn't expect to count it really a lot of money.
"How? Expensive, right? Do you want to buy less? ”
Old Man Lin looked at Zhao Rui and felt that no matter how rich he was, he would never be able to take it out, the kid was very arrogant, now look at what he says!
Old Man Lin smiled proudly.
The total price is not what Zhao Rui expected, and the five thousand Jiaozi are really enough. Zhao Rui directly took out a lot of Jiaozi, took out two 100 taels and put them in his arms, and the others slapped them directly on the counter.
"Uncle Lin, I have money, I don't need to save me, this is 4,800 taels, and the extra is even if the little nephew is filial piety to you for drinking!"
Zhao Rui can still do this little thing, if he doesn't give a little favor, how can he please his father-in-law?
The thick stack of Jiaozi on the counter, the breeze gently blowing the corners.
Old Man Lin opened his mouth wide, his eyes were about to pop out, how generous is this? So much money was taken out in one go?
The purchasing power of 4,700 taels of silver wants to be 4.7 million yuan in the future, so it's no wonder that Master Lin is so surprised.
"Oh my God...... Oh, my God...... I'm not dreaming......"
It took a long time for Old Man Lin to come back to his senses.
At this time, Zhao Rui was already busy packing cars, and the packaging in this era was nothing more than straw paper and straw mats, but Zhao Rui wrapped them very carefully, these porcelains are millions in modern times, and if one is broken, it will be distressed to death.
Old Man Lin put away the handover and helped Zhao Rui load the car, and the coachman also jumped down to help, and the three of them worked hard for a while before they were properly placed.
The coachman tied it again with a large rope so that he would not fall off in the middle of it.
"Uncle Lin, you're busy, I'll send the things home first!"
Zhao Rui still remembered the side of the store and said goodbye to Old Man Lin.
"Oh, good...... The virtuous nephew has nothing to do and often comes to play at home! ”
Old Man Lin waved his hand and sent him away.
Alas, my mother-in-law's family has long hair and short knowledge, what kind of broken household is the Zhao family, it is clearly a rich businessman!
Old Man Lin lowered his head and walked back, thinking that he would have to talk to his wife when he went back tonight.
Zhao Rui went back to the house first, and asked the old housekeeper to call a few house slaves to unload the car carefully, and all of them were moved to the backyard wing, and told them to be lighter so as not to break it.
was busy unloading the car here, Zhao Rui did not delay and rushed to the shop.
Walking in the bazaar, Zhao Rui suddenly felt that there was no one around him, and when he looked up, people were running one after another, gathering at the intersection in front of him.
Isn't this exactly the door of your store? Something is wrong!
Zhao Rui strode forward.
In the crowd, Zhao Gong was confronting five or six people with a few house slaves.
Zhao Gong confronted the leader over there, wearing a green robe, very luxurious, with an arrogant expression, at a glance, it was the son of the family.
"You Kunlun slaves! If you can't do it without the king's law, get out of the way! Otherwise, let the yamen arrest you all!" ”
A middle-aged man dressed as a servant on the opposite side said viciously.
The boy looked indifferent, and didn't take these slaves in his eyes at all.
"This is my young master's shop, why should I give it to you!"
The other house slaves were a little timid, but Zhao Gong was not afraid at all, his eyes stared straight at each other, and he did not lose a single ounce in momentum.
"Made, black-skinned monkey, who gave you the courage to speak to our young master like this? You cheap minions, you actually offended our Zhou family, are you tired of living! ”
The servant of the other party was aggressive, and he was about to step forward and eat Zhao Gongsheng alive.
Young Master of the Zhou Family?
Could it be the Zhou family who cheated my father?
Zhao Rui looked at the people on the other side coldly.
"Why be angry with these sluts."
Brother Gongzi stretched out his arm, blocked the servant, and turned to Zhao Gong leisurely: "Who is your young master?" I went to him, and he begged to give it to me. ”
"I really don't have that idea!"
Zhao Rui pushed aside the crowd and walked directly in front of the other party.
"Young master, young master, you're here!"
Zhao Gong seemed to see the backbone of the main heart and shouted in surprise. It's not that Zhao Gong is afraid of the young master of the Zhou family, but he doesn't know the depth, for fear of offending people and being unfavorable to Zhao Rui.
"Zhao Changshun!"
Young Master Zhou obviously recognized himself, and directly called out Zhao Rui's original name.
"That's easy to do, Changshun, this shop is something I agreed with Steward Li a long time ago, and I want to rent it to me, maybe he forgot it, how about you return it now?"
Young Master Zhou smiled contemptuously, he had spoken, this honest Zhao Changshun would definitely hand it over in fear.
Living in a county town and being of the same age, Young Master Zhou thinks that he still knows Zhao Changshun's character well, and he is just a wreck who can't beat a fart with a stick.