Chapter 16: The Crystal Cup
Before the tax officer could react, Yang Yuzhou and several army boys jumped ashore first, and then walked towards the tax officer, who was still in a state of panic. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Hello sir, may we enter the city?" The standard Dutch export finally brought the port's tax officer to his senses.
"Damn, where are you from?" Perhaps in order to hide his embarrassment, Mr. Tax Officer burst out with a foul word, and then looked at Yang Yuzhou and the others with a curious expression.
These guys look very similar to the Ming and Japanese, but they are not too much dressed in the same way, and they are holding that black iron bump in their hands, is it a weapon? Looks very good.
Where are you from, Yang Yuzhou repeated the tax officer's words, and then showed a smile, We are from a distant and mysterious country, I believe you will definitely let us enter the city. As he spoke, Yang Yuzhou stuffed a gold ring into the other party's hand.
After the other party showed a pair of knowing expressions, he immediately waved his hand and let the soldiers who surrounded him let him go.
"It's as simple as that, and we entered Batavia City without any conflict." Wu Zhengdao couldn't believe it, and looked at Yang Yuzhou with a look of great surprise.
"Yes, that's right, it's as simple as that, generally speaking, the port tax officer is a fat guy, as long as you give them a little benefit, you will be allowed to go, so we should go to the pawnshop here next."
Go to the pawnshop to sell crystal cups, you can figure it out, although Wu Zhengdao doesn't know if the pawnshop will buy crystal cups, but he knows that pawnshops generally only charge things at a low price, and then try to let you die, that is, buy things at a low price and not redeem them.
The shrewd Yang Yuzhou shouldn't know about this stubble, could it be that he has another deep meaning.
"Who said we were going to a pawnshop to buy things, it was to find a partner."
Yang Yuzhou went to the pawnshop to auction the crystal cup, this thing is a good thing, but you have to find a buyer in Batavia, where you are not familiar with life, otherwise it will be a pile of broken quilts in your hand, which can only be used to drink water, and the others have no effect.
In the 17th century, there were already Chinese ferries in Southeast Asia who went out on ferries, so naturally there would be pawnshops.
"See, there is really a pawnshop, let's go in and show the things to them, so that these dirt buns can open their eyes."
Yang Yuzhou said excitedly, and then strode towards the shop with a plaque hanging in front of the door.
"Shopkeeper, do you accept crystal cups here, do you want good crystal cups?"
Yang Yuzhou's high-pitched voice listened to the shopkeeper who counted the goods in the inner shop, and immediately walked out.
The gentleman arched his luggage towards Yang Yuzhou and the others, and then asked if he had brought anything and if he could take it out.
With a wave of his hand, Yang Yuzhou put a small box on the coffee table and opened it, how about it, this thing is not bad.
When the shopkeeper of the pawnshop saw the crystal cup, his eyes were shining, and he never left, but he didn't dare to pick it up and look at it, for fear that he would accidentally knock this thing to the ground if he was excited.
"Ah Sheng hurriedly closed the door, it will be closed today, and he will serve tea to a few guest officials."
The shopkeeper's action made the guy holding the gun nervous for a while, and his hands clenched the butt of the gun, as long as the other party dared to have any bad purpose, he would definitely shoot for the first time.
But apparently he was wrong, after the shopkeeper closed the pawnshop door, he then came to the coffee table, looked around at the crystal clear glass cup, and wanted to pick it up but didn't dare to take it, for fear of breaking it.
It is said that not long ago, the governor bought a palm-sized mirror from a Spanish merchant, and it cost 50,000 silver coins, and the price of the glass cup will naturally not be less than this amount.
In addition to the crystal clear body, the thing used in the lid of the cup is a rare treasure, not jade or stone, and not glass, it is a treasure at a glance.
"I don't know how a few people are going to pawn this thing, under the surname Li, the name Taihe, is also the shopkeeper of this pawnshop, look at a few people who are not my Ming Dynasty, I don't know if you come from He."
Li shopkeeper good eyesight, we are indeed not Ming people, listen to the ancestors said, but the people of the Qin State, the order of Lord Xu to go to sea to find immortals and finally because of the sea lost in the nearby place to live, it was not long before we built a giant ship, ready to return to the homeland according to the navigation chart left by the ancestors, but we don't know that this is not the homeland in the mouth of the ancestors.
Yang Yuzhou's words made Li Taihe surprised and unclear, but one thing finally understood was that these people and himself were the grandsons of Yan Huang, and the reason why they were living abroad was because they were the descendants of the people sent by Xu Fu to find the elixir of life.
It seems that this thing is true in history, but the Qin Dynasty has been more than a thousand years ago, and these people's clothing has also changed.
"I wonder how much Shopkeeper Li thinks this thing is worth?" Yang Yuzhou smiled and picked up the tea, gently stirred the tea leaves floating on it with the lid, and asked with a smile.
That is, my descendants of Yan and Huang, I will also say a real number, this thing is at least more than 10,000 taels of silver. Li Taihe really didn't know how much this thing was, so he could only say more than 10,000 taels of silver, and such a good thing, if he really wanted to sell it, I was afraid he wouldn't be able to eat it.
"If you're not in a hurry, how about I call a few people to watch the pricing together?"
Li Taihe asked for instructions, he really couldn't eat this cup, and he also saw that these pre-Qin people were not easy to fool, and the few guys with black iron bumps who had been following this Mr. Yang were not easy to mess with at first glance, and according to his observation, the black iron tower would never be a jewelry to wear, but a sharp weapon for killing.
"Don't worry, don't worry, Shopkeeper Li is still pleased, our brothers are waiting here."
Seeing that Yang Yuzhou and the others were so happy, Li Taihe asked his men to introduce a few people into the inner house, and sent someone to inform the others.
Soon after, several men who were not much different in age from the shopkeeper Li appeared.
The big guy first saw the courtesy, and then under the recommendation of the shopkeeper Li, Yang Yuzhou and others were introduced to these people, although the name has not been heard, but listening to the surname, I know that it should have some kind of connection with the Chinese family in the future.
"Today, Taihe invited a few people over, there is something I want to invite you to palm." Li Taihe said, and uncovered the crystal cup covered with red silk, so that the few people who came could see it.
"This thing, is a crystal glass cup, a good thing, a good thing, priceless, Wang once heard his grandfather say, Taizu Yuanzhang has a glass cup with a whole body, which is worth a lot, if you talk about the price, it can be sold for more than 100,000 taels of silver, and today Wang is an eye-opener."
The introduction of the businessman surnamed Wang made Yang Yuzhou and others happy, at least they knew that this cup would not be less if it was sold for more than 100,000 taels of silver.
"This thing is very good, Wang is willing to pay 150,000 taels of silver to buy it, I don't know what a few people think." The merchant surnamed Wang was really arrogant, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was 150,000 taels, but this made the others anxious.
"Wang Laocai, since you came out, can't I afford to wait, you are despising me." Another businessman surnamed Su immediately glared angrily and looked at the businessman surnamed Wang and asked.
Everyone wants good things, and although Li Taihe, who was the first to see good things, has the intention of pocketing, he has few family assets, so he can only look at it shyly, but the completion of this business is also good for him.
Seeing that a few of them were still talking and laughing just now, calling Brother Wang, and a few of them were already blushing and having thick necks, Yang Yuzhou hurriedly coughed vigorously and reminded.
"Everyone, if you like this thing very much, don't grab it, this thing is made by our ancestors, naturally not this one, there are a few here, if you like it, how about selling it to you at a price of 150,000 taels."
Hearing this, a few guys who almost started to do it finally stopped arguing and began to think about Yang Yuzhou's words.
They are all shrewd businessmen, after some thinking, after making sure that there is no problem, they agreed to make a deal, just for the convenience of trading, but also to avoid that they will not be able to raise so much money for a while, so Yang Yuzhou proposed that goods can be traded.
As for what kind of goods, food, anything, if you can, it would be better to help yourself find a few people who know how to craft and bring them back.
Of course, in order to thank Li Taihe for helping him sell crystal cups, he naturally won't let him be in vain, and he will be busy, and in the case of Yang Yuzhou's big hand, 10,000 taels of silver will go into Li Taihe's pocket.