Chapter 134: A Moment to Witness a Miracle
Chapter 134: A Moment of Witnessing a Miracle
When the sun rose in the east, when the first rays of sunlight in early spring sprinkled on the streets of Kyoto, Zhao Xian also arrived at the door of Wanbaolou.
The headquarters of Wanbaolou is naturally much more luxurious than the branch in Jiangnan, with magnificent eaves and large tiles, and the gilded signboard shining brightly in the early sun.
Although the door had just opened, the helpers inside got up early and stood neatly around the door of the store, and a few people came out to greet the arrival of the two young ladies.
An Birou lifted her long skirt and took small steps, and walked slowly to the store, her face was very calm, and the clerks in the store looked at her respectfully.
Zhao Xian saw that she was not smiling, and was as serious as the teaching director, so he couldn't help but smile: "Miss An, who has provoked you?" A calm face is like killing someone, and a woman needs to smile more to nourish her face and skin. "
An Birou was slightly stunned, she learned to do business since she was a child, and she had more contact with people in the world, in order to make herself look more mature, she had always had such an expression in the store, and over time she developed a habit, seeing Zhao Xian joking, she didn't care, and entered the store by herself.
"She's always been like this, leave her alone." Yijun jumped out of the carriage, patted her skirt and stood still, pointed at Wanbaolou with her eyes and said: "I'll take you in to take a look, you are now the young master of the An family, and this will be your industry from now on, don't push everything on our heads, you have to learn to run it yourself." β
My industry, Zhao Xian was slightly stunned, and even if he reacted, this Anjia's thing is naturally his thing, such a large chain gold store all over the country suddenly became his own thing, Zhao Xian felt like winning the lottery, but since he became An Li'er, this kind of thing has happened every day, and he is not surprised.
Following Yijun into the store, the clerks working here around him looked at him curiously, they had already heard about yesterday's incident, and they all understood that this tall man wearing the uniform of the forbidden army was the future Guogong, and his expression was more respectful than the other, which made Zhao Xian embarrassed.
With An Birou's pace, Zhao Xian came to a room behind Wanbao Building, which was an earthen embryo room, in which several large stoves were burned red, and the temperature in the room had risen a lot, perhaps because he was afraid that a fire would endanger other places, and the high-rise buildings in front were separated.
Amber didn't dare to approach the stove, but stood at the door and called the craftsman in charge over and said something.
Zhao Xian took a closer look, this scene and his blacksmith shop were very imaginary, but it was obviously much more luxurious and clean, and the tools were relatively small objects, which seemed to be a workshop used to melt gold and silver to make jewelry.
At this time, there was a short and fat craftsman, who looked honest and friendly, and the skin on his hands was dry and rough by the flames all the year round, but his fingers were very dexterous, and he didn't seem to notice anyone, and was concentrating on melting silver ingots in the fire with iron tongs, and there were several molds next to him.
The room was hot and the temperature was unpleasant, Yijun took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, frowned and said: "Zhao Xian, you used to work in this kind of place for more than ten years, how did you survive, in my opinion, you can be roasted for half a day here." β
Zhao Xian, who was dressed thickly and wiped his forehead, chuckled: "I can't stand it at first, I will get used to it after a long time, in fact, it is no different from a sauna." β
"What is a sauna?" Yijun turned his head and asked curiously.
"This." Zhao Xian showed a meaningful smile: "Sauna is a health method, which is very effective for skin care and beauty, why don't we try it together next time?" β
Laughing so badly, I don't fall for you, Yijun was teased by Zhao Xian, and he didn't ask any more, and looked away with a light snort.
After a while, An Birou asked the helper to bring a wooden plate covered with a red cloth, put it on the stone platform of the room, and sighed faintly: "Zhao Xian, this golden Buddha was built by Li Bo himself a few days ago. β
After that, the red cloth was lifted, revealing a golden Maitreya Buddha inside, the texture was extremely exquisite, and you could even see the lines on the lotus seat below.
At this moment, the short and fat craftsman standing by the stove also came over, smiled at the two young ladies innocently, and then said aggrievedly: "Eldest Miss, Second Miss, I have been doing this business for nearly ten years, and there has been no mistake under my hands, and those monks don't know where they have the courage to bully you and say that we are fake, and we are not afraid that the Buddha will clean them up." β
Miss An also smiled bitterly: "Uncle Li, you have been in the store for so many years, I can not believe you, this golden Buddha has also been called in front of them, but that group of monks is not reasonable at all, I have to say that we have done something, I... I ......"
"Miss!" Li Bo was also happy and angry on his face, so he couldn't understand what An Birou meant, seeing that An Birou seemed to want to test the authenticity of the Golden Buddha, his smile froze at the moment, and after a while, he shook his head and sighed: "That's it, since the eldest lady also believes that there is a problem with the golden Buddha I cast, let's cut it open and take a look, and it will take a month to recast the golden Buddha." But I don't do it, I offend the Buddha, and I will be punished by God. β
An Birou is very embarrassed, this Golden Buddha family spent a month carefully casting, because the guests suspect to cut it, I'm really sorry for this craftsman, the jewelry craftsman is not an outside helper to the silver can recruit people, the older the seniority, the more popular, there are many guests are named to designate some craftsmen to build by hand, of course she doesn't want to casually chill people's hearts.
Based on this, An Birou could only bow slightly and explained: "Li Bo, you are joking, I can suspect that the golden Buddha you cast is fake, this Buddha is cast, naturally it can't be cut, but that group of monks is quite unreasonable, I have no choice but to find someone, he can prove the truth without cutting the golden Buddha." β
"Oops! Miss, don't be so polite to me. Li Bo bowed flatteredly: "I am too late to be happy if someone can prove that the Golden Buddha is real, but it is not enough to identify whether there is a problem with it without cutting the Golden Buddha, it is impossible without a good craft, I don't know which master in the shop will help me with this?" β
An Birou hurriedly pointed at Zhao Xian and said, "He is the eldest young master of my An family who has been wandering for many years, and he is here to help today." β
"Oops! Grass people see adults. Seeing that Zhao Xian's armor should be a military attachΓ©, Li Bo hurriedly knelt down and prepared to pay homage, but was supported by Zhao Xian.
He glanced at Zhao Xian with a smile, and said with a slight surprise: "My lord is really a young man, I have never seen such a young general, but this gold-making craft is not good without more than ten years of experience, my lord, do you really have a way?" β
A few servants and maids in the back also crowded into the mouth, looking at the situation in the house curiously, these people are very admirable to the seniors who have advanced ten years of craftsmanship with Li Bo, and there are few people in the entire capital who are qualified to identify the things cast by Li Bo, although Zhao Xian is the young master of their owner's family, no matter how high his status is, he can't be a craftsman, and they don't believe that Zhao Xian can see the reason.
"I'm just trying, uncle, don't be weird." Zhao Xian smiled lightly, picked up the golden Buddha and looked it up and down, left and right, this big-bellied Li Lifu is really beautiful, and even the smile on his face is very clear, it can be seen that this craftsman's craftsmanship is really good.
Li Bo saw Zhao Xian touching around, and pinched it with his fingernails, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile, and said with a big belly: "My lord, you can lift me, I'm just a craftsman, how dare you say that you're not, just look at it." β
An Birou thought of the method Zhao Xian just said, and hurriedly asked the little maid to fetch two large basins full of water, and also took ten catties of gold material again and put it next to the golden Buddha.
An Birou was still a little uncertain in her heart, and said to him: "Zhao Xian, you try it here first, if this method is useless, then think of other methods, lest after calling that group of monks, they will take the opportunity to say that we deliberately shirk." β
Zhao Xian nodded, and came to the side of the two large basins of water.
Li Bo and the others, looking at the two basins of water and a large pile of gold, scratched their heads inexplicably, obviously unable to figure out how he was going to test it. Zhao Xian didn't explain, just smiled mysteriously, put the golden Buddha on the table, and said to Yijun, who was curious about the baby: "Next, it's the time to witness the miracle, keep your eyes open." β