Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Pledge Shop
The quality shop, in the Hokage world, is actually equivalent to the pawn shop of the Tang Dynasty.
This is also thanks to Li Chengming's previous reading of an online article written about Dongying, and he only knew this information from it.
This small shop, which is named, is located in the corner, and there are two curtains on the outside, which looks like it is unsightly and a little old.
In fact, in Dongying, this kind of quality store is really not very popular, because the people who open quality stores are generally local underworld forces, although they are doing business on the surface, but there may be some dirty things in the secret.
Li Chengming thought for a while, and then changed into a middle-aged man in a no-man's place on the corner of the street, and then lifted the curtain and walked into this quality store.
Unexpectedly, although the outside is surrounded by a cloth curtain, after entering this quality store, the lighting is still very good, and there are two small glass windows on the other two walls, so that the sunlight can enter freely.
There are a lot of wooden cabinets and glass cabinets in the store, and there are some items in them, such as watches, jade, gold and silver rings, necklaces, hand ornaments, all kinds of different wood carvings, etc., which look messy, but there is also everything.
The quality shop is not only a pawn business, in fact, it is also a second-hand shop.
There were two men in black uniforms, one was a middle-aged man who was a little fat and looked very kind, and the other was a young man with half-long hair, a pointed nose, thin lips, and long, narrow eyes, which looked a little gloomy.
"Good morning, welcome to the Meisho store, what do you need?!" The ordinary middle-aged man who saw Li Chengming's change walked in, and the kind and fat middle-aged man at the front smiled and bowed slightly.
Li Chengming glanced at the environment of the entire quality store, just nodded with a smile, and then walked to the middle-aged man in front of the counter and said, "I have something I want to exchange, you can help me take a look." ”
"Okay, guest, our store is a century-old store, and the price will definitely satisfy you." The middle-aged man laughed.
"Good!" Li Chengming smiled slightly, then pretended to reach into his trouser pocket, and when he came out, he put a gold ingot weighing ten taels on the table.
"Huh?! This is...... Gold?! Seeing the gold that Li Chengming put on the counter in front of him, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then reached over and picked it up and looked left and right.
The young man on the other side, who had not paid attention to this side, heard the exclamation of the middle-aged man, and immediately raised his head, looking at the gold ingot held by the middle-aged man in his hand, and his narrow eyes suddenly flashed a different color.
"I'm sorry, guest, I'm a little rude, it's really this piece of gold you gave is very beautiful, I am excited, please forgive me!" However, soon the middle-aged man came back to his senses and immediately bowed and apologized.
I didn't expect this middle-aged man to be so honest, Li Chengming raised the corners of his mouth, and pushed the boat down the river, "Of course, it is said that this piece of gold is the collection of a very powerful famous man in the past, it is not only a piece of gold, but also a work of art." ”
"Yes, it's beautiful!" The middle-aged man said with a smile on his face, "But, guest, can you allow me to identify it?" ”
"Yes, whatever!" Li Chengming was also generous and said with a light smile.
"Okay, guest, please wait." The middle-aged man bowed slightly, and then took out a lot of tools from a counter and began to identify them.
And the half-haired young man on the other side just now also walked over unconsciously, looking at the middle-aged man's appraisal without turning his eyes, and sometimes raised his head to look at Li Chengming's changed appearance.
After a while, the middle-aged man finished the identification, walked over and said with a smile, "Distinguished guest, it's really rude, I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Kazuo Gangmoto, I am the owner of this quality store, I don't know what to call the guest?" ”
"It turned out to be Mr. Gangmoto, you can call me Lee." Li Chengming smiled faintly, but he didn't intend to get close to this Gangmoto Kazufu, and then said, "Mr. Gangmoto, I don't know what the results of your appraisal are?" ”
"Oh, that's good, then Li Sang, let's talk about it. After my appraisal, this piece of gold of yours is indeed genuine, but the purity is a little problematic, but it is very beautiful and artistic, and this little flaw does not matter. Now the gold price of our Fire Country is 620 taels per gram, and the total weight of your piece of gold is about 373 grams (about 37.3 grams in the Tang Dynasty, not 50 grams), and the total value is 231,260 taels, I can give you 250,000 taels, what do you think? Kazuo Okamoto said with a smile with a calculator.
Li Chengming looked at Kazuo Gangmoto, smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Mr. Gangmoto, the account is not calculated like this, you must know that although I am a piece of gold, he is also a work of art, which was once collected by a powerful daimyo and exceeds its own value, I think it is worth at least one million taels!" ”
"Impossible, impossible, Li Sang, although I also admit that this is a work of art, but it is not worth a million taels, it ......"
Next, the two of them began to stand on the edge of the counter and bargain back and forth.
In fact, at the beginning, Li Chengming really just wanted to sell this ingot of gold as gold casually.
But who would have thought that this Gang Moto's husband was so upright, and he was shocked by this kind of gold that was cast into the shape of an ingot, then Li Chengming was naturally not polite, he could see that Kazuo Gangmoto liked this ingot of gold, so he would open his mouth widely, and it was a million taels when he opened his mouth.
In the end, after the two bargained, the price was determined, and Kazuo Gangmoto finally decided to buy the ingot of gold for 500,000 taels.
Li Chengming was also quite satisfied with this price, and even, to be honest, he didn't expect that gold would be worth such a high price in this world.
You know, when he first watched the Hokage, he also paid a little attention to the mission system of the Hokage World, 500,000 taels, which can go to the major ninja villages to release two or three A-level tasks.
In other words, if there are these 500,000 taels, he can ask two or three Shangnin to work for him.
"By the way, Mr. Gangmoto, I still need a map of the surrounding area, do you have one?" Suddenly, Li Chengming thought of one more thing and spoke.
"Oh, the map is there, I have a map of the entire Fire Country in my store, it's not worth much, I've got it for you, you wait. Yoshimura, you can help me get a map of the Fire Country. As he spoke, Gangben said to the young man next to him.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Gangmoto!" Li Chengming said with a smile.
After a while, the map was taken, and then Kazuo Gangmoto gave him a bag of 500,000 taels of gold, and Li Chengming did not linger long, and after saying thank you, he left the store.
Looking at the figure of Li Chengming leaving, Yoshimura, another young man who was standing at the door of the store to see off Li Chengming, flashed a look of greed in his eyes, and said to Kazuo Gangmoto, "Mr. Gangmoto, I suddenly have some stomach pain, and I want to take a leave of absence for a while, so the store will trouble you to take a look." ”
"Okay, no problem, Yoshimura, let's go rest if you're not feeling well!" Kazuo Okamoto said with concern.
"Thank you, Mr. Gangmoto!" Yoshimura bowed to Kazuo Okamoto, and then quickly walked out the back door of the store......
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