Although Liyang County is only under the jurisdiction of Jinshan Prefecture and one of the hundreds of local counties, it should be prosperous.

According to the standards of later generations, the population and scale of Liyang County are no less than a city, and in comparison, before the refugees poured into Jiuquan Town, the population of Jiuquan Town exceeded 100,000, so you can imagine how many people there are in Liyang County.

If there are more people, it will naturally be prosperous, and compared to other counties in the south of the Yangtze River, Liyang County may not be nothing.

But for Wang Xu, the scale of Liyang County is enough for him to fire the first shot.

"Liao Kee Pawnshop!"

After entering Liyang County and walking on the busy streets, Wang Xu found a pawn shop.

The name of the pawn shop is Liao Ji Pawn Shop, which seems to have something to do with the Liao family in the county.

The Liao family is not a wealthy family, but someone is a knife and pen official in the county.

Such an unpopular knife and pen clerk opened a three-in, three-out pawn shop on the bustling South Street of Liyang County, and he really became an official for thousands of miles just for money, not as simple as saying it.

"Young Master, is it okay here?"

The guy stopped the carriage on the side of the road and whispered to Wang Xu.

Wang Xu nodded slightly, the people who open pawnshops are all knowledgeable, and they have intersections with merchants from the south to the north, otherwise they can't do this.

Wang Xu is not sure of the actual value of the glass beads, if Liao Ji is willing to buy it for five hundred taels, it means that eight hundred taels can also be sold.

Wang Xu is a manufacturer, he doesn't have the time or energy, he opens stores all over the world, promotes his products, and the sales can only be handed over to the sellers.

Another point is that the Wang family's family background is too thin, and it is easy to choke to death if they eat alone.

Only by forming their own interest groups from top to bottom can they turn from a small plank boat into a giant ship that rides the wind and waves, and is not afraid of any wind and waves.

Why is the pearl industry in the south of the Yangtze River always controlled by the big family, and even the imperial court can't touch the interests here.

It's not because these businessmen work together, everyone has a backer behind them, so the backers are combined and become a hedgehog that no one dares to touch.

This is the case with pearls, why can't glass beads?

As long as the market is bigger, and the big families everywhere are pulled into the water, I don't believe that no one will escort him.

At that time, even if it is the imperial court, you have to pinch your nose and admit it, who wants to say that it is expensive, someone will definitely tell you the truth of expensive, just like the diamond marketing in later generations.

"Dead or alive?"

"Live."

"Fifty taels of silver."

"Shopkeeper, I have a good bear skin jacket, you look at this coat color, you look at this leather, when you bought it, it cost six hundred taels, why do you have to give one hundred taels?"

"You think it's beautiful, I'm a pawnshop here, not a charity shop, even if you die, I'll give you a maximum of eighty taels, if not, you can go to the next house."

When Wang Xu entered, there was a man with a knife, arguing with the shopkeeper about something.

From the outside, this person should be a ranger from the Northlands, or a high roller who has been to the Northlands.

The man may have been wishful for a while, but now he is down, just like Qin Qiong who sells horses, and even sells his clothes.

This is not an exaggeration, the world is prosperous, Buddhism and Taoism have to be aside, hungry and full, let alone people in the rivers and lakes.

Ordinary martial artists are at the top level, that is, to be a dart master, to be a guardian, to be appreciated by nobles, or to make a living in the county as a catcher, head catcher, etc.

More people have either become soldiers guarding the city, or they have become hunters in the countryside, this kind of person Wang Xu has seen a lot.

"Sixty taels, the long is three months, the short is half a month, I will definitely come to redeem it."

"Fifty taels, if not, go to the next one, I guarantee that you will come back."

The shopkeeper's interest was lacking, and it didn't look like he was doing business, but like charity.

The man with the knife had a red face and a thick neck, hesitated for a long time, and still left with a bearskin jacket.

"Walk slowly, this is Liao Ji on South Street, and you can find me when you come back." Before leaving, the shopkeeper's eyes were smiling, and that look made it clear that you would definitely come back.

Feeling the stunned in Wang Xu's eyes, the guy who came with him whispered: "There are dozens of pawnshops in the county, and the rules have always been a rule." When the leather jacket is returned, the shopkeeper will secretly make a mark with his fingernails in the cuffs. The man took his things and left, and went to other pawnshops, and the people over there looked at the cuffs and knew what was going on, and the price given would not exceed forty-five taels.

If the man is inappropriate and leaves, and the next one looks at it again, he will give forty taels. Unless you can really be inappropriate, the more shops you go to, the less valuable your thing will be, and if there are more than six marks on the cuffs, people will simply not accept it.

Therefore, if one of these pawnshops in the county is counted as one, there is no one that is not profitable. The locals are better, and your accent is from outside, and they can slaughter you alive. ”

The guy who went into the city with Wang Xu was Zhou Sheng, the second housekeeper of the Wang family, and when Liu Quan was not there, he would be responsible for taking care of the top and bottom.

Zhou Sheng was originally the shopkeeper of the county restaurant, and he came back after a quarrel with the owner, in addition to entering the Wang family relatively late, his ability was also above Liu Quan.

"A small pawnshop, there are so many ways!"

Wang Xu listened quietly, isn't this just like the car repair shop below in the nineties.

At that time, automobiles were not yet popular, and there were only seven or eight repair shops in a county.

If anyone's car is broken, go to the repair shop, and after asking the price, you have to go too expensive.

Come on, it won't take five minutes, and the entire county repair shop will know about your car.

If you go to another family, either you can't fix it, or it's more expensive than that, so if you have the ability, don't fix it, or go to other places.

Otherwise, you're going to have to suffer this dumb loss.

Later, there were more and more cars, more and more repair shops, and the old drivers became doctors after a long illness, so they knew a little bit about it, and the price was fairer.

"Two, is it a pawn, or a pawn?"

After the man with the knife left, Wang Xu and Zhou Sheng passed.

Seeing that it was a pair of master and servant, Wang Xu was dressed as either expensive or rich, and the shopkeeper finally cheered up, knowing that this was a big deal.

Wang Xu didn't speak, and nodded at Zhou Sheng.

Zhou Sheng stepped forward, took out a palm-sized box, and pushed it to the shopkeeper's side: "We are from the Wang family in Jiuquan Town, the shopkeeper, help the palm." ”

"The Wang family!"

The shopkeeper's heart moved, and he asked, "But the Wang family for disaster relief?" ”

Zhou Sheng nodded in response, turned sideways to Wang Xu, and said, "This is my young master." ”

"Oh, your guest, your guest is here!"

The Wang family is now an upstart in Liyang County, and the shopkeeper has naturally heard of it, and he knows that the newly appointed Song County Commander has an unusual attitude towards the Wang family.

Although I don't know what the young master of the Wang family is doing when he comes to the pawn shop, but people of this class are by no means something that he can offend as a shopkeeper, so he hurriedly asked the guy to move the chair and asked the apprentice to make tea.

"Don't be busy, there's something here, and please ask the shopkeeper to palm."

Zhou Sheng, at Wang Xu's suggestion, pushed the box containing glass beads in front of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper looked at the box, the fine gold silk wood, not to mention the contents of the box, just the box did not have a hundred taels and could not be down.

Just glanced at it, and the shopkeeper knew that the things inside were extraordinary, and he didn't even take it directly with his hands, but first took out a handkerchief from his arms, wrapped the box with a handkerchief, and then carefully opened the box.

"Shhh

Seeing the contents inside, the shopkeeper gasped: "This is?" ”

Wang Xu opened his mouth and said: "The crystal bracelet is made of twelve colorless and flawless, natural crystal beads. ”

The shopkeeper swallowed and spitted, the twelve crystal beads in the box, each crystal clear, the size was the same, the twelve were strung into a bracelet, and the sun shone as if there was nothing, and it shone directly from the crystal beads.

It's not that the shopkeeper hasn't seen a treasure, it's not that he hasn't seen a gem, it's just that he has never seen such a pure one.

Valuation, how to estimate, looked at the crystal bracelet again and again, but it was still difficult for the shopkeeper to speak.

"Shopkeeper, how much would you be willing to pay if we sold this thing to you?" Seeing the shopkeeper's silence for a long time, Wang Xu knew that in ancient times without glass, the value of glass beads was really immeasurable, because it had no standard.

For example, the white people who brought glass beads to North America for the first time exchanged one box of glass beads for three boxes of gems from an Indian chief.

Wang Xu didn't expect one box of glass beads for three boxes of gems, but this thing couldn't be cheaper than pearls.

"Ten thousand taels!"

The shopkeeper looked at Wang Xu cautiously, this price was by no means the limit of what he could bear.

Wang Xu smiled, if there was only a string of glass beads, let alone 10,000 taels, he would dare to say 100,000 taels.

However, in his plan, glass beads like this will be released less than 10,000 a month, and the value will naturally fall a little if there are more things.

"This crystal bracelet, there are twelve crystal beads, I want five hundred taels for one crystal bead, and I want six thousand taels for a string, I don't know if this business can be done?" Wang Xu took a sip of tea as he spoke.

"Business?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the crystal bracelet in the box and said softly: "Still in stock?" ”

Wang Xu nodded lightly and said nothing else.

The shopkeeper stroked the box, looked at the crystal beads that were beautiful in the sun, and nodded heavily: "I can do it, I can definitely do it!" ”