Chapter 13: The Mirror of High Prices

After arriving in Batavia, Zhao De's expression became a little nervous, and he looked at the people around him with vigilant eyes from time to time, which made his crew very puzzled, and they didn't know what was wrong with the shipowner. Isn't it something evil, the crew muttered to themselves.

Of course, they would not know the reason for Zhao De's vigilance, and if it were replaced by any of them, a mirror worth ten thousand taels of silver would definitely be the same.

Zhao De entered Hu Xijing's room and talked to her, the crew didn't know anything, they only knew that the owner suddenly gave up returning to Daming, but was going to Batavia to buy a batch of materials to transport to Manchester City, and they didn't know what the owner thought, why did they give up going back, but as a crew member, they couldn't object to the decision made by the shipowner.

"Zhao San, you and I go, let the other brothers find a restaurant to eat first." Zhao De instructed a seventeen or eighteen-year-old guy beside him, this Zhao San is his nephew and the most trustworthy person, there should be no problem with him.

"Uncle, where are we going, why don't you eat with the other uncles today." After walking out of the road for a while, Zhao San asked Zhao De beside him.

"You'll know later, little third son, go to that pawnshop and have a look." A mysterious smile appeared on Zhao De's face, and he walked towards a pawnshop.

"Man, do you just sell it as a thing or do you also sell it, and if there is something good to sell to you, will you accept it?"

"Collect, guest officer, look at your dress should come out of Daming, our pawnshop can be sold on consignment and as a thing, if you have any items to sell, we will definitely give you the fairest price." When the guy saw Zhao De asking, he casually introduced it.

"That's very good, you have an inner room here, and it's not convenient for me to take out this treasure here."

"Yes, yes, guest officer, please come with me," Xiao Er guided the two of them towards the back hall: "I don't know if you two have any treasures that need to be consigned, can you take them out and let me have a look at them." ”

"Well, okay, I'll show you first, but you have to hold it safe." After hesitating for a moment, Zhao De took out a small piece of Fang Juan's wrapped items from his arms and opened them layer by layer.

I saw a bright light stabbing the guy's eyes, and he suddenly covered his mouth and whispered: "This is the mirror, the two guest officers will wait for me to call the shopkeeper out." ”

Not long after the guy entered, a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper walked out: "It's you two guest officers who want to sell mirrors, and Zhuo Dehou is the shopkeeper of this pawnshop." I don't know how the two of them got these treasures. ”

Zhuo Dehou did not rush to ask Zhao De how much the mirror would sell for, but inquired about the origin of the mirror, seemingly casually inquiring, if it is an inexperienced person, it is likely to say, but as an old Jianghu Zhao De of course knows that the origin of this mirror can not be said, not only the origin of the mirror can not be said, but the route to the Manchester City base can not be known, this is their own exclusive deal, those Australians do not have a ship to go to sea now, if they can always monopolize this maritime trade in the future, will there be less silver!

"This mirror was given by a Dutchman to thank me for saving him, and if it weren't for the small amount of silver he brought in Xiaba, there was really no way and it would not have been sold." Zhao De casually made up a lie to deal with Zhuo Dehou, his face was not red and his heart was not beating, and there was sadness and reluctance in his eyes, giving people the feeling that he was not lying.

"I see, but if the two of you really want to sell, Zhuo can help you contact the rich in the city."

"Very good, shopkeeper Zhuo, this mirror was worth ten thousand taels of silver when the Dutch gave it to me, and if you can sell it, you will definitely have your share. You see, if you can sell it within two days, you will make a profit of 10%. ”

"This." Zhuo Dehou was a little embarrassed, but his heart was already happy, this is an income of several thousand taels, although he is not sure whether he can get this treasure now, he has to go home and ask his father to be sure, but as long as he contacts the rich merchants in the city, he can easily earn a few thousand taels is not a good thing.

After the two negotiated, Zhao De left the mirror in the pawnshop with confidence, and then left the pawnshop with Zhao San.

"Uncle, why did you leave the mirror, what if the greedy ink surnamed Zhuo, this treasure is worth tens of thousands of taels, and it is inevitable that you can't afford to be greedy." Zhao San said in a hurry.

"Hehe, San'er, this, you can rest assured, this Zhuo family is quite powerful in Bacheng, and moving here to do business in the early years is based on integrity, and will never do such a thing, let's go back and wait for the good news."

"Uncle, aren't we going to buy supplies? If I go back, how will I explain to Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhao. Zhao San asked with a puzzled expression.

"Don't buy it yet, we'll get these things delivered one day."

Not long after Zhao De's uncle and nephew left, Zhuo Dehou informed the man to close the business and prepare a car to go to the Zhuo family's mansion in the suburbs.

In the courtyard of the Zhuo family's mansion outside the city, Zhuo Dehou took out a mirror and introduced Zhuo Wenxiong, the head of the Zhuo family sitting in the hall: "Dad, how do you look at this thing, this is the consignment of two Ming merchants in the pawnshop today." ”

Zhuo Wenxiong took the mirror, looked carefully in his hand, and finally gave an evaluation.

"This mirror is as smooth as jade, both in color and workmanship are better than the mirror of the Fran machine, the mirror of the size of the Fran machine is worth 10,000 taels of silver, and I look at this mirror, at least 20,000 taels of silver."

"In this case, the child bought this mirror for 20,000 taels, and what did Dad think, he was selling it at a high price."

"If the seller has an agreed reserve price, it is not impossible, it is not a fraud, you can do it yourself, in short, you can't let people say that my Zhuo family is suspected of fraud afterwards, the reputation accumulated over the past few decades is priceless compared to such treasures," Zhuo Wenxiong finally admonished.

"Yes, the child knows, and the child will leave first."

Zhuo Dehou left Zhuo's house and took a carriage straight to the dock to find Zhao De to negotiate the matter of the mirror.

"Brother Zhuo is here, does anyone already care about my mirror?" Zhao Dexiang Zhuo Dehou asked in the cabin. "Brother Zhao, I won't hide it from you, I am very satisfied with this mirror, what do you think if I want to buy it?"

"Brother Zhuo likes it, then you can make a price, as long as it is suitable to sell to you and sell to others, it will be a matter of a while."

"How about 20,000 taels, the Frankies have a mirror of the same size as yours that costs 10,000 taels of silver, but the color and luster are not as good as yours."

Hearing Zhuo Dehou's offer, Zhao De was shocked, he didn't think that this mirror was really explosive, it seems that this trek is really right.

"Since Shopkeeper Zhuo likes it so much, then I will be an adult, 20,000 taels of silver will be sold to you, but I also want to buy a batch of items in Bacheng, this is a list, see if you can help me buy these items on this, then you give me a list, just give me the excess silver."

"Okay, no problem. The items on this, Zhuo will definitely let you buy them at the lowest price. Zhuo Dehou was overjoyed, but he didn't expect Zhao De to actually not ask for cash, but chose to use a part of the goods as collateral, if so, then the price of his real purchase of this mirror would be less than 20,000 taels.

"So thank you to the shopkeeper, and it saves me a lot of trouble." Zhao De thanked him, and the smile on his face showed that the two were satisfied with the cooperation transaction.