Chapter 195: One Big and One Small Two Pearls

The commander of the gunboat Zhongxing regretfully put away the half-sail left rudder and prepared to give the firing order.

As a cook, he was arranged by the tower keeper above to take the seafood needed for the sauerkraut seafood pot on three small boats, and when he rummaged in one of the small boats, and muttered which seafood was good, the tower keeper above heard a sound that did not look like a human movement, and found that he had just faced five boats alone, and he was no longer timid and he was trembling all over.

Something was unusual, and the tower keeper looked vigilantly at the ten people around him, and took out a short gun from his waist, pulled the trigger with the thumb of his right hand, and took off the front cover with his left hand.

This is not an automatic pistol, it can only be fired once, it is a scattered bullet inside, and the rear firing device will be mounted on a small piece of flint when the trigger is pulled, and the short powder twist will be ignited, so as to ignite the gunpowder, the reaction time is not too long, the accuracy is low, the killing radius is large at close range, and the firing range is short.

"What's on your ship?" The man guarding the tower stabilized a little after a shot in his hand, and asked unceremoniously, seeing that posture was about to attack as long as there was a slight mistake.

Ten people don't know what this thing is, but when they see it in their hands, they can guess that it will cause damage to their bodies, and it is not low.

"No, nothing, maybe, it could be ......" One of the ten seemed to think of something, and as he spoke, his eyes looked at the person next to him who was still wrapped tightly in his arms.

The person holding the package also thought of something, and his face suddenly became ugly, and there was remorse, helplessness, and a hint of relief in his expression.

The defenders of the tower were equally nervous, aiming their guns at the bodies of the ten men, and each time they aimed at one person, the one made a slight evasive posture.

"Did you kill the same Datang and snatch his money and belongings into your hands?" The man guarding the tower finally set his eyes on the man who was holding the package in his arms.

"Haha! Brother Feng, come and see, there is a big shell here, judging from the traces, there should be pearls, which have been dug down, two, one large and one small, ask if it is in the hands of those ten people, this is a fortune. ”

Just when the ten people were being questioned by the tower guards, Xin Xiao dared to drag a large shell from the boat to the shore with great difficulty, and shouted to the top as he dragged it.

"Call Brother Tian, what Brother Feng, just take something and come up, well, it's good that you didn't kill anyone, I see, no wonder someone is chasing you."

The man guarding the tower above understood everything at this moment, carefully put the short gun back into place, looked at the person guarding the package again, and went to the corner and sat down.

His actions made ten people stunned, and the wealth was moving, but he didn't expect that when he heard that there was a big pearl, he was not in a hurry to ask for it, and put away the weapon that should be very powerful.

"You, you're not going to rob and get rich, big pearl, big pearl that scares people to death." The most prestigious of the ten people swallowed, but still asked a little nervously.

"I want to get rich, but I know better, after robbing it, I have a life to take it and no life to spend, let me see, how big is it?" The man guarding the tower tried to calm his agitation, and when he saw the big shell, he knew that the pearl was not small.

If it weren't for the fact that as a local of Luzhou and didn't know the Zhang family's ability, he would really not be able to control himself and grab the things, and then hide in the mountains and not come out, and wait for a few years when others can't find him and then find a way to run away and sell the pearls.

As a hunter, he doesn't worry about starving to death in the mountains, but he knows the great official too well, so he doesn't dare to do that, if he is a bystander, he may not be able to beat himself in the mountains of Luzhou, but once the great official sends out the zero team of fifty-six people, how can he hide? People are very good at saving people, and the means of killing people will not be bad.

Seeing him say this, the person holding the package carefully opened the package in his arms, revealing two pearls, one large and one small.

"So big? Fake, right? You guys, what are you doing with it? Afraid of dying fast enough? When the tower keeper saw the two pearls, he jumped up at once, stared at the pearls with wide eyes, and swallowed his saliva incessantly.

Since I was a child, I have never seen such a big pearl, I have never heard of it, the small pearl is the size of an egg, the big one is a goose egg, seven points of pearls, eight points of treasure, the world should not appear in front of such a pearl.

Look at the scene of the pearl reflection, the shadow moves with the body, such as the light wandering, as long as there is a little bit of insight to know how much two pearls can be worth, basically it is priceless, it is worth 10,000 yuan, it is not worth millions, it depends on how much the really rich people are willing to pay, ordinary people don't even think about it.

"Scourge, what are you doing with these two pearls? Where to shoot? No one is willing to use it as medicine, the husband is not guilty, he is guilty, put it away, don't look at it, the more you look at it, the more scared you are. ”

The tower keeper shook his head and sighed for the ten people, what if the things that were not able to protect were good?

Ten people are also embarrassed, if the pearls in the big shell can be smaller, more than that, it would be good, but there are two big ones, do you want to meet them? Pearls are so big that ordinary people don't dare to be greedy, then it's not a treasure, it's a terrible thing.

If the color is dull, then flatten, that's fine.

"Why don't you grind it into powder and sell it?" The man holding the pearl asked quietly.

"What's the difference between that and the usual little pearls, how much do you want to sell them for? Ask the good official for you, maybe he can have the ability to buy this thing and protect it, and you don't have to count on the others, or send it directly to the capital, and you can also get benefits for the saint. ”

The man guarding the tower had lost interest in the two large pearls, and when he first saw them, he still wanted to have them, and when he thought about it carefully, that kind of thought could no longer be born.

The most prestigious of the ten people heard his words, shook his head, and said, "The emperor said that he could see him when he saw it?" Find someone else's help, and it is estimated that ten of me and you, who know, will have their lives in danger. ”

"Don't pull me, if you want to die, you will die, I won't die, as long as I return the lighthouse to the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce, no one will dare to do anything to me, when the patrol boat comes back, I will ask them to bring a letter back, see if the good officials are willing to spend money to buy it, you can say a price."

The people guarding the tower really don't worry about their personal safety, there is one iron bucket in the entire Luzhou, outsiders can't interfere at all, and even the new officials are very honest.

"Wouldn't the patrol boat be greedy?"

"No, they are less daring than I am, because they know the good officials better." The people guarding the tower were not worried about the idea of the people on the patrol boat to shoot pearls, and there were still people from the Zhang and Wang families on it.

Without waiting for the patrol boat to come back, Xin Xiao dared to run up in a hurry, and after seeing the two big pearls, he swallowed back just about to speak, just now he had already found traces from the shell, and knew that there were large pearls, but that kind of speculation and what he saw with his own eyes now are two different things.

"Wind, Brother Wind, it...... It's so big, ah! Wait, I'm going to hang the crossbow and kill someone. After a while, Xin Xiao said in a trembling voice, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Stop, the patrol boat will be back soon, what kind of crossbow to wring, cooking, sauerkraut seafood pot, let's burn a pork rib again, see such a big pearl, celebrate, remember, call me Brother Tian in the future."

The man guarding the tower called out to the people and gave an order.

"Okay Brother Feng, I'll go and let them try the craft." Xin Xiao timidly happily left to cook, leaving eleven *** staring and waiting.

Before the meal was ready, the patrol boat escorted the people on the five boats back, and there was no need for the people on the tower to say that they already knew what was going on, and the people on the five boats were not from other countries, but from Jiaozhou, and they were carrying goods on board, and they were going to come here to trade, but on the way, they saw a large shell being fished up by the people on the three small boats.

When they saw the big pearls, the people on the five boats were moved, and the people on the three boats also found that something was wrong, so they immediately found a reason to leave and stopped talking to the people on the five boats.

At the beginning, the people on the five boats were still in a daze, waiting for the three boats to leave, and finally couldn't help the *** in their hearts, and chased after them, because there were many goods on the boat, and the speed could not be lifted for a while, and there was no way, the goods were thrown into the sea, which gradually narrowed the distance.

The first time they came here, they didn't expect that there was a lighthouse here, and the people at the lighthouse were still so responsible, and equipped with high-powered weapons, after trying to kill people and force landings failed, they found a way, and they were caught by patrol boats.

Originally, the two ships were not of the same level, and with the eight water columns, the only option was to surrender.

The patrol boat could not dock directly, so it could only stop on the sea, and sent a small boat to the lighthouse to inquire about the matter, and there were three people who came down, two of which were the inner courtyard left by the Zhang family, responsible for the experiment of new weapons.

When the three of them saw the two big pearls, the people from the inner courtyard opened their mouths in surprise, muttering that they had not lived in vain in their lives, and they had seen a lot.

Although the people in the inner courtyard of the Zhang family were also surprised, they recovered quickly, and the two of them looked at each other and said at the same time: "Now the little ancestors have interesting things. ”

They really don't care about such a big pearl, they usually have more contact with the gods, what's the big deal about a pearl, if these two pearls are played with by the four little ancestors, the four little guys will be very happy, the pearls are beautiful.

"How much, let's make a price." One of the inner courtyards asked directly.

The owners of the ten pearls didn't expect each other to be so happy, and they were stunned for a while and couldn't talk about money.

Seeing that they didn't speak, another person from the inner courtyard spoke: "In this way, you will go to Luzhou first, and then tell you the price when the pearls are delivered to the master's house, or exchange them with other benefits, rest assured, the master's family will not calculate you for these two pearls, if you want to rob them, you can do it now." ”

After the two of them finished speaking, they returned to the ship and waited, leaving the ten people to choose for themselves, and the two of them had more important things, that is, collecting data and studying the application of artillery in naval warfare.

Ten people ate a meal that they didn't know what it tasted like, drank some wine, and finally decided to believe the Zhang family once in a daze, except for the Zhang family, no one else seemed to be able to treat them like this.

When the spring ploughing in Shuzhou started ahead of schedule, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan finally received two big pearls sent from Luzhou Kuaima, as well as a copy of the information about the cannon.

The two of them sent the small pearls to the four of them for them to watch, and threw the big ones into the houses of their younger brothers and sisters, so that the little ones could be used as toys.

The big pearl is good, the magnetism in such a big pearl is relatively large, it is said to be good for the body, it has the effect of calming the mind, watching the little guys hold the big pearl in their arms, and drooling so much on it, you know how much the little ones like it.

"It would be better if it was ground into powder and eaten, and it would be okay to wipe your face, what should you do with those ten people?" Wang Juan touched his tender face and asked Zhang Xiaobao.

"Give them a few hundred times to settle down first, take them to Shuzhou, and ask them what they want, two pearls, one for the family to eat, and the other for Xiaobei to play with, translucent, very good-looking."

Zhang Xiaobao really doesn't care, the big pearl now is like the diamond he used to have, the diamond is too big to divide into small points, its social practical value is not calculated according to the simple size, two tons of diamonds and one ton if not cut, in fact, there is no difference.

The same is true for pearls, and this pearl can not be cut like a diamond and continue to polish to decorate, one is ***, the other is to make medicinal materials, to give ten people a long-term way to make money to give them a large sum of money directly.

Wang Juan is satisfied with Zhang Xiaobao's arrangement, so that she has good pearl powder cosmetics, even if she doesn't use it at all now, she can wipe her hands and feel it, but she can't do it like this.

"Xiaobao, you want to stay, don't you plan to give Li Longji one? If he knew that there was such a pearl, he would definitely get sick, so that the kind of disease that needs pearls to heal, and when he is sick, looking for a big pearl will not have the same effect as giving him now. ”

"Yes, it's understandable, whoever thought that such a big pearl would be restless, and if you want to use it to suppress the shock, then give him the small one, you can't rob Xiaobei of their toys, and ask Grandpa Bi if they can do it for a while, go, see how Xiaobei is playing."

Zhang Xiaobao sighed at the benefits of being the emperor, and walked to the courtyard of his younger brothers and sisters with Wang Juan as he spoke, and said on the way: "Is artificially cultured pearls just to fish up the shells, choose the ones that can grow in the future, and then put sand in them?" Let their secretions wrap up in layers. ”

"I should also see which one secretes more, do you want to cultivate pearls?" Wang Juan didn't know it either, but he knew that the pearls at that time were not too good, they would be very cheap, not round, and small, and he could buy a bunch of them by throwing ten yuan.

"How can I let others try, in case it succeeds, there is a Taihu Lake here." Zhang Xiaobao thought of medicine, now pearls are too expensive, and they can't afford to take medicine, if they can be cultivated, then there is no need to be as embarrassed as now.

The two of them came to the courtyard of the little ones as they spoke, and before they could go in, they saw four old men standing there helplessly.

"Grandpa Bi, what's wrong with you? The face is a little bad, let's find someone to take a look. Zhang Xiaobao asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's just to see the little ones having fun there, and I'm happy." Old man Bi said with a painful face.

Following his gaze, she saw that Becky threw the big pearl into the marble floor, causing it to bounce, and she let out a happy laugh.