Chapter 123: Dispute
"What do you want to buy? Our flower shop has it all! Seeing that Chen Ling was dressed extraordinarily, the shopkeeper stepped forward and bent down to greet him, and his tone was extremely respectful.
Chen Ling said: "I want to plant some beautiful flowers in the garden, I don't know if the shopkeeper has any recommendations?" ”
The shopkeeper immediately said: "Childe, you see that the azaleas we have here are very beautiful, if you plant a large patch, when the flower season comes, it will be really beautiful, and the azaleas planted in the backyard of the prefect are all from my home!" ”
"Lord Prefect?" The corners of Chen Ling's mouth hooked, "Then it seems that your house is the best flower shop in Zheling City?" ”
"That's it!" The shopkeeper immediately said, "Up and down in Zheling City, there is no flower shop comparable to my family!" ”
In order to verify that what he said was true, the shopkeeper added: "If the prince doesn't like azaleas, he can also choose begonias, peonies, or lilies...... If the prince thinks that only the flowers are too single, he can also plant a purple bamboo forest, a laurel tree, or a locust tree......"
Chen Ling pondered for a moment: "Prepare for me osmanthus purple bamboo forest, locust tree, peony, lily, pomegranate...... Prepare first, and when my son goes back, he will ask his subordinates to come and get things. ”
The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he quickly nodded: "Okay, good!" A deposit is required - 1,000 taels. ”
Chen Ling blinked: "Are you familiar with the prefect?" ”
The shopkeeper paused slightly, and then shook his head: "The prefect has only come to the small shop to buy things, if he is very familiar, he can't say it." After all, how can ordinary people report Buddha's feet like the prefect? ”
Hearing what he said, Chen Ling felt that it made sense, so he took out a silver ticket from his belt: "There are 10,000 taels here, if there is any leftover, I will find it back for my little servant." But if you are greedy for your son's money...... Then I'm going to report it to the government. ”
"Yes, yes! The small shop operates in good faith, how dare you do those things that lack morality! As he spoke, the shopkeeper took the silver ticket of 10,000 taels, and when he saw that it was real, he immediately showed a greedy look.
Chen Ling visited all the shops, and when he returned to the palace, the sun had already set on the mountain, and only a little afterglow was left to illuminate the road. Putting things in the lobby, Chen Ling asked people to guard them, and then returned to Xu's mansion, and happened to see a wealthy merchant on the side who thought that the rich merchant had just gotten into the carriage, and his back was similar to that of the flower shopkeeper.
Liu Jun said on the side: "How could the shopkeeper of the flower shop come here? ”
Chen Ling only said: "Have you already asked people to go to the flower shop to ask about the price?" ”
"I've already asked people to ask." Liu Jun said softly, "I can send the news over tonight." ”
"Okay, let other people go and get things tomorrow, and let the shopkeeper find money by the way." After saying that, Chen Ling saw the prefect come out of it, walked in first, and echoed his greetings.
The next day, after the waiter had finished taking all the things, he counted the account book, and after only using eight thousand taels, he asked the shopkeeper: "Son, let us settle the account and take the rest of the money back......
The shopkeeper's eyes narrowed, he took out a bill, and said with a smile to the man: "This is all the bills that your son spent today, a total of 11,000 taels." The remaining 100 taels of small money, our store will not want it, as a benefit for your son-in-law. ”
The man took the bill, walked out without saying a word, and returned to the palace to hand over the bill to Chen Ling: "Childe, this is the bill of the flower shop, saying that the shrubs and flowers we took need 11,000 taels of silver." ”
"Oh?" Chen Ling put away the bill and walked out, "Let's go, go to the yamen to tell someone!" ”
walked to the yamen and beat the drum, and when the head catcher saw that they were dressed gorgeously, he immediately went to report the Xu Shui case. As soon as Xu Shui heard this, he walked out of the back hall, and when he came to the front hall, he saw Chen Ling standing there with a cold face, as if he was angry.
Xu Shui's case immediately smiled and flattered: "Chen Gongzi, why are you here?" ”
"Your Excellency, you have to make the decisions for your subordinates." As he spoke, Chen Ling took a bill and handed it to him, "The shopkeeper of this flower shop saw that he didn't understand the market when he first came to Xia, so he raised the price of eight thousand taels of plants and flowers to one thousand taels and sold them to Zaixia, and swallowed two thousand taels of silver!" ”
Xu Shui's eyes also widened: "Two thousand taels of silver!" ”
The gift that the old man personally brought to see him yesterday was only three hundred taels! And his stroke is two thousand taels! Of course, the most important thing is that he is greedy for Chen Ling's money! And Chen Ling went to the flower shop to arrange the mansion for the king!
Xu Shui's brows furrowed, and he yelled: "Bring the shopkeeper of the Baihua Flower Shop to this official!" ”
"Yes!" The boss was unhappy, and the head catcher immediately asked people to arrest them.
The shopkeeper glanced at Chen Ling, then knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "Lord Prefect, the little one is not lying, the things he bought are a total of 11,000 taels, and Tong Su is not deceived!" ”
Chen Ling sneered: "In the past, you also sold at this price? Ten locust trees cost 1,000 taels? ”
The shopkeeper swallowed: "It's been this price these days." ”
"Good." Chen Ling stood in place, glanced at Xu Shui's case, and said coldly, "But when I inquired in the city before I went down, I heard that the best locust tree you have here only costs ten taels?" ”
The shopkeeper's eyes widened suddenly, he didn't expect that the gentleman who was stupid and had a lot of money would be so calculating, but he had a lot of relationship with the prefect, how could a newcomer like him be able to deal with it, and he stiffened his neck and said: "You must be lying because you want to slander me!" My family's locust trees are 50 taels and 1 plants, and the best plants are 100 taels! ”
The Yamen trial was open for everyone to hear, and at this time, there were already people who were idle and had nothing to do standing in several rows outside to watch the excitement, and they were stunned when they heard this.
Seeing this, Chen Ling directly shouted in a loud voice: "Fellow villagers, Lord Prefect, his family's locust tree needs one hundred and one trees!" How can anyone still patronize such a black shop? ”
When the people heard this, they also nodded one after another, and they all knew that the flower shop in Zheling City had risen to a sky-high price, and they changed stores to purchase.
The shopkeeper realized this later, but if he changed his words now, he would have fallen into his trap, and he even stretched his neck and said, "It's a hundred taels!" If the son can't afford the money, he can go to another store! So far, you must have had other intentions to sue me here! ”
One buyer and seller is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell, even if the price is high. If it were an ordinary person, this case would have been closed early.
However, Chen Ling came prepared and had already prepared everything: "What you said is good. In the next day, I went to your store to buy plants and flowers, can you agree? ”
Although the shopkeeper suspected that she was explosive, after thinking about it, he felt that she couldn't play any tricks, so he nodded.
Chen Ling raised the corners of his lips and said, "That's right!" Yesterday, I asked someone to come over to inquire, and the second child in your store personally quoted various prices, and I also asked people to write them down! ”
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