Chapter Ninety-Seven: Glass Crystal
Zhang Xianqing, as a member of the three grades, usually doesn't know how many people want to pay for him to climb his big tree, he can push and refuse, and he never wants anyone to rely on this to build relationships with him.
But today, he agreed that Li Feibai would pay him money, and it was only a hundred taels of silver, and Li Feibai didn't pay it. What do you mean, are you afraid that he won't pay it back? Is he the kind of person who borrows money and doesn't pay it back? I guess I'm underestimating him.
Zhang Xianqing couldn't help but get angry and said, "Naf, you better go home with me and get the silver!" With that, he got up and was about to leave.
Li Feibai said: "Wait! Then he smiled and said: "Uncle Zhang, don't worry, I think there are some problems here, I'm afraid that you will always be deceived, so I took a closer look at these glasses to see if I could see any flaws!" ”
Zhang Xianqing said secretly: "What flaws can I see in a pair of glasses? Isn't it an excuse that I'm afraid I won't make? Let's just hear what you can say! He sat down and said, "Can you see the flaws?" ”
Li Feibai said: "Look at it." ”
Zhang Xianqing said: "What's the flaw? ”
Li Feibai said: "There are too many flaws! He took the glasses in his hand, pointed to the glasses on the table, and asked, "Uncle Zhang, have you ever seen someone sell so many crystal glasses?" ”
Crystal is a valuable item, and it is even rarer to be able to make glasses when crystal clear. Usually someone needs to make glasses, first have to buy a good crystal without any impurities, and then find a clever jade craftsman to polish it carefully until it can be seen clearly by the person who needs glasses. Making a pair of such glasses, as little as three or five months, as much as a year and a half, are custom-made, and there is really no one who has so many glasses in their hands, carry them with them, and sell them everywhere!
Zhang Xianqing shook his head and said, "No!" ”
Li Feibai said: "Uncle Zhang, I haven't touched glasses before, I don't know how much such glasses can be sold for?" ”
Zhang Xianqing said: "If it's expensive, it can be sold for thousands of taels, and if it's cheap, it can be sold for five or six hundred taels!" ”
Li Feibai said: "But he only sells for one hundred taels? It's only a hundred taels, and you can't even buy crystals for lenses! Everything is abnormal and deceitful, so I don't think his glasses are made of crystal! ”
Although Zhang Xianqing has never studied crystals, he has seen crystals a few times. He took the glasses into his hand again, looked at them carefully, and said, "So translucent, what is it if it's not a crystal?" ”
Naf's face changed visibly. Da Ming is good at everything, and his hometown is compared with Da Ming like a hillbilly compared to a city person. But although Da Ming is good, not everything is good, 99% of the things are better than his hometown, and 1% of the things are not as good as his hometown. For example, the material he used to make glasses lenses did not exist in the Ming Dynasty. He used it to pass off as crystal, and no one in the coastal area could tell if it was crystal or not, and a child in an inland province could tell if it was not crystal.
Therefore, he felt that Li Feibai didn't see that this was not a crystal, and the reason why he said this was just a means of bargaining. Thinking of this, he said: "I sell it so cheaply for two reasons. First, I hit it off with this old gentleman at first sight, and I didn't want to make money, I just wanted to make friends. Second, the reason why crystals are sold expensively is because there are too many hands, and each hand will add a layer of profit. The crystals I make for glasses are first-hand crystals, bought directly from countries that are rich in crystals, so they are cheap. ”
He continued: "As for why I have so many crystals in my hands, it is because I have invented an advanced polishing technique, which takes a month or even two or three months for others to polish a lens, and I can polish a lens in half an hour. Since the polishing is fast, it makes sense to do more! ”
Li Feibai shook his head and smiled: "Explanation is to cover up, and cover up is to make up stories!" Even now, you still dare to quibble! ”
Seeing that Li Feibai still didn't believe it, Nafu said: "Since you insist that I am not a crystal, then you can tell me what I am." ”
Li Feibai said: "You are glass!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the other three were shocked. Zhang Xianqing and Qian Zijun have also seen glass, although that thing is not cheap, compared with crystal, it is worthless. For example, if two things of the same size, if the crystal can be sold for five hundred taels, the glass can be sold for five yuan, which is a good price. The difference in price is not the biggest difference between the two, the biggest difference between the two is the color.
Crystal has many colors such as pink, blue, and pure transparency, but glass has only one green, and I have never seen any other color, let alone a completely transparent one.
The two didn't know how Li Feibai could conclude that this was glass and not crystal, and Qian Zijun was about to ask, when Nafu laughed and said, "It's just nonsense!" The glass is all green, how can it be pure and transparent! Forget it, I'm not messing around with you, you don't want it, others want it! After this village, there will be no such shop, so you will regret going! While speaking, he put all the glasses on the table into the wooden box, and put the wooden box into the baggage, and was about to leave when he lifted the baggage, when he suddenly saw Zhang Xianqing still holding a pair of glasses in his hand, and was about to open his mouth to beg for it, when he suddenly heard Li Feibai say: "Big brother, your legs and feet are inconvenient, guard the door, don't let this thief who is abducted and deceived run away, and then lend me your waist card for use!" ”
Qian Zijun also kept staring at Naf, and when he saw Nav laughing and talking, there was obvious panic in the corners of his eyes, and he knew that there was fraud in his heart. After listening to Li Feibai's words, he agreed, and moved towards the door while untying his waist card.
Nav was even more flustered and said, "What do you want to do?" ”
Li Feibai said: "What are you doing?" "Raise the waist card in your hand," "What is this?" The Guard's Troop Mobilization Token! He pointed at Zhang Xianqing and said, "Who is this?" The political envoy of the Yamen. Dare to deceive people to the heads of adults, it's just looking for death! If you don't leave, I'll send troops to take you down! You don't mean that yours is not glass but crystal, then good, let's ask a clever master, let him take a look tomorrow, whether it is crystal or not! ”
When Nav heard this, he pulled his legs and ran. Li Feibai shouted: "Don't run! Catch this thief who has been abducted. Kuaibu chased him out.
Xiao Er happened to go upstairs with a plate of vegetables and blocked Naf. Nav pushed him to the wall. The dish in the little second-hand loses its balance and splashes Nav in the face. Nav screamed crookedly from the heat, reached out to wipe the soup from his face, and did not look at the road, but stepped on the air and fell down the stairs. Fortunately, the baggage was tight enough, and the things inside did not spill. He picked up the burden and saw that Li Feibai was rushing down the stairs, and he still shouted in his mouth: "Catch this thief who is abducted and cheated!" ”
The people who ate didn't know what was going on, and they all stared blankly. A few of them had the audacity to rise up and arrest them, but Nav pulled out a scimitar from his bosom and shouted, "Sit still and don't move!" "And they all sat down with their buttocks, and stopped doing this idle thing.
The two of them went out of the restaurant one after the other!
In the private room, Zhang Xianqing was surprised and hadn't come back to his senses until Qian Zijun screamed, then pointed to the glasses in his hand and said, "This is really glass, not crystal!" ”
Qian Zijun said: "Look at Nafu's flustered look, he must be a thief, but I'm afraid that the glass is not the crystal." ”
Zhang Xianqing nodded. Today, fortunately, Li Feibai saw through Naf's deception, otherwise it would have been known that he bought a piece of glass for a hundred taels of silver, and he would not have lost face. He said: "Mrs. Na is tall and big, let's hurry up and call some people, don't let your little brother suffer!" ”
Qian Zijun was very confident in the apprentice he handed over by himself, and said: "Li Feibai has also practiced, not to mention one Nafu, two or three are not opponents!" "It's strange in my heart, Li Feibai can obviously take down Nafu in the private room, why let Nafu run out first, and then chase him out? After thinking about it, it is estimated that Li Feibai may be afraid that he will make a move in the private room, and his fists and feet will hurt Zhang Xianqing without eyes. Xin said: "This kid is not an official, and he is quite eye-catching when he becomes an official." ”