"You said that this jade rabbit hugging the moon, this is the treasure of Wanbaolou's town store, but Wanbaolou may not have such a rare stone carving in the future." A customer also came over to look at the strange stone in Zhao Ji's hand, and sighed with a sigh on his face.

"Why is that?" Zhao Ji was puzzled.

"Because the only person in the entire Hangzhou City who can carve such a strange stone is Fang Shicheng, the former owner of Wanbaolou, that Fang Shicheng didn't know what he had done, and he was expelled from Hangzhou City by confiscating his shops."

"Is this strange stone from the hand of that Fang Shicheng?"

"It's not, who doesn't know that Fang Shicheng is the most powerful in carving stones, I heard that the strange stones he carved were all sent to the palace, and the officials liked it very much."

Zhao Ji couldn't help but think of the strange stones that Tong Guan sent to the palace in the past, each of which was exquisite and lifelike, and there were few such exquisite strange stones recently, it was because Fang Shicheng was expelled from Hangzhou City.

Zhao Ji really liked the jade rabbit in his hand and hugged the moon tightly, and asked the guy, "How much does this strange stone cost?" "Although you are the son of heaven, Zhao Ji has never been in the habit of forcibly seizing the people's property, even if he likes to collect rare and exotic toys, he also approves funds from the inner treasury, whether it is the Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau or the Suzhou Mingjin Bureau, Zhao Ji will allocate silver taels every year for procurement only, but he is not clear what the officials below will do.

Not to mention a strange stone, even if Zhao Ji fell in love with the entire Wanbaolou, Zhu Mian was willing to give it away, but Zhao Ji came to Hangzhou secretly, if he gave it away for nothing, wouldn't he have made it clear to tell Zhao Ji that he knew his identity, so he didn't plan to give it away in vain, and Zhao Ji would not lack the money for a strange stone.

The guy who can be picked out by Zhu Mian to receive Zhao Ji is naturally the smartest guy in the store, and he knows every rare and strange thing in Wanbaolou well, and after listening to Zhao Ji's inquiry, he said: "This jade rabbit holding the moon is the treasure of the town's store, and the price is eight thousand taels." ”

"Eight thousand taels!" Rao is Zhao Ji was also shocked by this price, not that he did not have eight thousand taels, but in the past, Tong Guan sent countless strange stones to the palace, although it was slightly inferior to this jade rabbit holding the moon, but it was not much different, if this strange stone was sold for eight thousand taels, then how much silver would it cost to send the strange stones to the palace.

"This young master, don't think that these eight thousand taels of silver are very expensive, the raw material of this strange stone is a flawless lake stone salvaged from the depths of the West Lake, and the raw material alone is expensive, and it is ...... Fang Shicheng's stone carving skills are the best in the whole city of Hangzhou, and he himself said that this is the most perfect stone carving he has ever made, and I am afraid that there will be no better one in the future. ”

Zhao Ji himself is a super literary young man full of artistic feelings, such a perfect stone carving in his eyes is not eight thousand taels, even eighty thousand taels he also thinks it is worth it, so after listening to the man's words, he nodded and planned to let the little eunuch pay, he really likes this strange stone too much.

Hearing that someone wants to spend 8,000 taels of silver to buy the treasure jade rabbit of the town store of Wanbaolou, the customers in the store have come over to see the excitement, the people who can enter the Wanbaolou are not ordinary people, either rich or expensive, but to spend 8,000 taels of silver to buy a stone, that is never thought of, I didn't expect that today there are really people willing to spend the 8,000 taels.

For Zhao Ji, who has to allocate hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year to purchase rare and exotic toys, eight thousand taels is really nothing.

Just when the little eunuch took out a thick stack of Jiaozi and was about to pay, a young man who joined in the fun shook his head and said: "If you want me to say that eight thousand taels to buy this piece of moon rabbit and hold the moon, it is better to go to Baizhen Building to buy that piece of gold and jade." ”

Zhao Ji asked curiously, "What is full of gold and jade?" ”

The young man explained: "Some time ago, a new Baizhen Building was opened, and it was also selling all kinds of rare and exotic toys, which was originally not very famous, but a few days ago, there were several more strange stones, each of which was exquisite, and it was not much better than this piece of moon rabbit hugging the moon, especially the piece of gold and jade, everyone who has seen it knows that it is definitely more perfect than this piece of jade rabbit hugging the moon, and the price is only five thousand taels." ”

Hearing what the young man said so surely, Zhao Ji suddenly became interested in his heart, and he was not in a hurry to buy the jade rabbit and hugged the moon, and asked with interest: "Where is the Baizhen Building you said?" ”

When the young man saw Zhao Ji's dress and the appearance of eight thousand taels without hesitation, he knew that his identity was not simple, and he could please him: "Just around the corner of Baohua Street, I'll take you there." ”

Someone is willing to lead the way, Zhao Ji naturally will not refuse, and he looked at his guy and said: "This jade rabbit hugging the moon will help me stay for the time being, and I will go to Baizhen Tower to take a look first." ”

The guy was stunned, he didn't know how to answer at all, and the boss specially instructed him to greet this distinguished guest, who knew that he would lead people away from Baizhenlou halfway.

Under the leadership of the young man, Zhao Ji came to a shop with a much smaller façade and location than Baizhen Building, but there were not many customers at all, the small shop was almost crowded with people, and the little eunuch followed Zhao Ji closely to protect him from being bumped into by others.

"This is Baizhen Building, there were no people at all when it first opened, and a few perfect stone carvings were found in the store from nowhere these days, which attracted many people at once."

Listening to the young man's explanation, Zhao Ji squeezed into the crowd, and found that everyone was watching a strange stone, which was exactly what the young man said before.

In his heart, Zhao Ji stretched out his hand and wanted to pick up the stone to observe it carefully, but was immediately stopped by the guys in the store.

"This guest, the treasures in the store can't be played with at will."

"Presumptuous!" The little eunuch suddenly shouted with a sharp voice: "Isn't it just a few stones, the treasures of the town store in Wanbaolou can be played with, why can't you take a look at the few broken stones here!" ”

The guy saw the dress of Zhao Ji and the little eunuch and knew that he couldn't afford to offend, but there were rules in the store, and he said in fear: "Two distinguished customers, the precious price in the store is expensive, if something goes wrong and you sell me, you can't afford to pay for it, I'm really sorry." ”

In fact, this is wronged Baizhenlou, not only them, the treasure shop in the entire Hangzhou City will not let the guests play the treasures in the store casually, Wanbaolou is even more impossible, the reason why Zhao Ji picked up the jade rabbit and hugged the moon when no one stopped it was Zhu Mian specially ordered, if other people want to touch the treasure of the town store, don't even think about it.

Zhao Ji didn't embarrass the man, waved his hand to signal the little eunuch not to do much, and asked with a smile: "How dare I buy such a precious strange stone if I don't see it clearly?" ”

Looking at Zhao Ji's appearance, he should be able to afford this piece of gold and jade, and it seems that he really wants to buy it, the guy hesitated for a moment and said: "Then please wait a while, I'll ask the shopkeeper." ”

"Then you go ahead and ask." Zhao Ji nodded.

The other guys took his place and came to greet the guests, and the guy went into the back hall to ask the shopkeeper, Zhao Ji was not in a hurry, and looked at the other treasures in the store with great interest, and the more he looked, the more interesting he felt.