Scholar Xia's anger has been accumulating, and by the twelfth day of the first month, it has reached its peak, but there is nothing to be done.

Xia Ke's family returned to the old mansion in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and after keeping the New Year, the family returned to the second room of Jishui Lane.

At that time, the owner of the old mansion didn't know what Shao Yi was offering to the palace, and he didn't know that the sacrifice was related to the second room.

That's why during the New Year's meeting, he was stabbed several times by various people, including his son.

Xia Bin endured and endured, planning to endure the anger for a while, and wait until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, when the family reunites, and then ask Xia Ke and Xia Yanqing why they gave such a glorious thing as offering treasures to outsiders.

But on the fifth day of the new year, only Xia Ke and his wife and Xia Zixi came to the second room, and they didn't see Xia Yanqing and Xia Zitang at all.

The explanation given by Xia Ke: Before the fifteenth lantern festival of the first lunar month, he had to take out the glass palace lamp mentioned by His Majesty, because the time was very tight, he did not dare to delay His Majesty's instructions, and Xia Zi's cousins were doing this, so they did not come.

Xia Bin, who was choked on a word, lost his temper.

He is indeed Xia Ke's father and Xia Yanqing's grandfather, but he also has to be ranked below the king.

As for the matter of the glass workshop, Xia Ke and Xia Zixi couldn't ask the slightest bit about the situation, and the two only deduced that it was a business done by Xia Yanqing with dowry silver, and now it was receiving the attention of the saints, and their father and brother really didn't interfere too much.

Such a simple shirk, and such a powerful backer as Shengshang, made Xia Bin and his wife angry, but they didn't dare to say anything.

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By the eighth day of the first lunar month, there are sporadic shops opening in the market, and Qingyun Zhai is also among them.

Since there are not many shops that are open, there are only a few customers who come to the store.

Ordinary people and small wealthy families, the vast majority of people, do not know that there is a magical object called glass in the palace.

Even if some people know that the palace is like heaven for them, and the items in the palace are rare, isn't that how it should be?

Many of the imperial court magnates had the same idea as Mr. Bai and others, and the glass had only been dedicated to the emperor for a few days, giving him a few guts to Qingyunzhai, and he did not dare to sell the things that were offered to the palace at will at this time.

Therefore, most of the guests who enter Qingyun Zhai on the eighth day of the new year just come to stroll, and by the way, see if there is any new pottery launched after Qingyun Zhai.

Sure enough, there is, and the work is still novel and kitsch, and some customers buy one or two pieces and take them back.

The rest of the few guests knew about the glass incident, and they probably came to see what was so amazing about this shop that was qualified to pay tribute to the emperor.

After welcoming several waves of guests, one of them finally broke the silence.

A middle-aged slightly chubby customer walked around the store until there was no one in the store, and then he came to the shopkeeper Kang and asked in a low voice, "I don't know your store, but there is still glass for sale?" ”

Shopkeeper Kang's eyesight is very good, and he can see at a glance that this person is also in business, and he smiled and said: "This guest officer is very bold, aren't you afraid that if you buy such items, you will commit a royal taboo?" ”

When the guests saw him smiling easily, they also became casual, and when they spoke again, although their voices were low, they were faintly hopeful.

"The dissatisfied shopkeeper said that he is also doing business in the next place, and he knows that when he opens the furnace to fire utensils, it is inevitable that there will be foreign products. Your glass is so exquisite, and there are a lot of foreign products that you want to come to......"

He said, lowering his voice, "I heard that the emperor does not restrict the use of glass by the people, and even encourages the production of glass. Of course, you can sell your home's other foreign goods. ”

Shopkeeper Kang faced the blazing eyes of the guests and was satisfied.

When he opened the door on the eighth day of the first month, he stayed in the store and waited for someone to ask about the glass, and after spending half a day, he thought that there was no drama today.

He nodded slightly: "We have very little stock, but you are right, we do intend to sell defective glass." ”

The guest was overjoyed and asked, "I don't know how much it is worth?" ”

Shopkeeper Kang smiled and mysteriously raised two fingers.

The guest was stunned, his mind turned in an instant, and he had the courage to push the price down: "Two hundred taels of silver?" ”

Shopkeeper Kang shook his head with a smile.

The man's heart tightened: Is it really two thousand taels of silver?

"Two thousand taels of silver to decorate a window, but there is still a flaw...... Isn't this price too expensive? He looked at the face of the shopkeeper Kang and said tentatively, "Or, let's discuss it again?" ”

Shopkeeper Kang smiled: "What did you say?" How can we sell two thousand taels of silver, even two hundred taels can't be done. ”

"Huh?" The guests were a little confused.

Shopkeeper Kang said with a smile: "The villain has already told the guest officer before, this glass is flawed, naturally it cannot be sold at a high price, our selling price: twenty taels of silver." ”

The guest quickly adjusted his shock and asked urgently, "I just don't know how much stock you have here, I ...... It's all in the next place. ”

Shopkeeper Kang looked at him with a smile, this person really knows how to be cheap. Twenty taels of silver can buy a bright sky in winter, and he actually wants to wrap up a round.

Doesn't he know how to make money?

The man also felt that there was something wrong with his speech, and asked a little curtly: "Then, how do you sell this glass?" ”

Although the shopkeeper Kang hated this person's greed, such a person was the customer his aunt and grandmother wanted, so he said patiently: "Our glass is a group of two pieces, and a guest can buy two sets at most." ”

The man nodded hurriedly, that is, one person could only buy four yuan, and he sent a few more men over to buy the rest of the glass home.

Shopkeeper Kang didn't care that he was anxious, and said slowly: "We are the first batch of glass, due to the difficulty of glass manufacturing, I don't know when the next batch will be." ”

The man nodded repeatedly, and Shopkeeper Kang continued: "So, if you buy the glass of our store, you have to sign a simple agreement with us to ensure that you will not buy a second copy here. If there is a violation," Shopkeeper Kang paused and said with a smile, "We will really ask you for two thousand taels of silver for this glass." ”

Seeing that the man's face changed, he solemnly reminded: "Since you can find out the news in the palace, you also know that my family buys and sells the shares of that Uncle Shao." If he makes trouble for you, no one will be able to stop him. ”

The man immediately remembered Marquis Anping and Lord Shaohua, he couldn't even reach the dust behind these two, how dare he mess with that? Disappointed, I didn't speak for a long time.

Shopkeeper Kang smiled and asked, "Do you still want to buy glass?" I don't have it in stock here, if you want to buy it, you have to leave the address, and we will arrange for someone to send it to you. ”

Originally, twenty taels of silver could buy a piece of glass, which was already an unexpected joy.

But it was so rare and so cheap, and he could only buy four yuan. The guest felt that he was vomiting blood, what was that sentence called? It's cheap, it's not the king/eight/egg, right?

I don't know if he's a king/eight/egg, so sad.