Chapter 139: Selling Gems

ps: Thanks for the poor helpless tip! In addition, selling gems is the main character's source of income, so it will be described more.

Changing money is not an easy job, the main difficulty lies in the current status, slave!

A slave who takes jewelry to exchange for money can only have two ends, one is to be sent to the government, reported to steal the master's finances, and then beaten to death, and the other is to be exploited by bold black-hearted businessmen, and you doubt your life by pressing the price.

So Zhao Yu decided to dress up as an upper-class person, and his slave label was on the back of his neck, so that others would not find out if he covered it.

As for whether he can deceive a shrewd businessman, Zhao Yu is not worried about this, he is from modern society, his self-confidence and insight are not like a slave, and if he pretends to be a little more pretentious, he is a big man who is alive and well.

In addition, going out is also a problem, you can't follow the dung truck of the rice bucket every time you go out, not to mention the dirty smell, and it is easy to have accidents, so Zhao Yu and the dung bucket found the slave 'big butler' Claures.

That's right, it was the first woman who was seduced by Zhao Yu's diamond, Senatia generally didn't care much about slaves, and it was Claurels who took care of it, and Zhao Yu's way of going out was also very simple, that is, to find a job and take over the job of drying salt in the rice bucket.

When Claurels first saw the two of them talking about this, he thought that the rice bucket was bullying Zhao Yu and pushing the job to him, after all, Claurels also knew about Zhao Yu's 'illness', so he arranged the easiest stable work, which could be regarded as a reward for him to offer treasure.

This made Zhao Yu spend a lot of words to make this woman understand that he took the initiative to ask for it, and it was a good thing to do more work, plus the recommendation and guarantee of the 'old slave' rice bucket, Claurels agreed, but at the same time, he also added some work to the rice bucket.

Then, Zhao Yu, who had an excuse to go out, went to the tailor shop to buy a good cloth robe under the leadership of the rice bucket, in fact, his original set was quite good, but unfortunately the style was a big open neck, and the whole neck was exposed.

Ordinary robes are not expensive, but Zhao Yu has higher requirements, and chooses to add silk cloth and silk lining, expensive eyes, these silks are of course shipped from China through the Silk Road, China has monopolized the silk business since a long time, and porcelain is sought after by the Roman aristocracy.

For this reason, Zhao Yu paid a 100-gram gold bar, and the extremely pure gold bar made the boss happy, ensuring that the robe was completed in the fastest time and with the best craftsmanship. (Silk was really expensive in Rome, it was a luxury, and the price was the same as gold)

The next day, Zhao Yu and the rice bucket got the robe, the two found a corner where no one was, Zhao Yu changed into a robe, and then put on cloth shoes, and suddenly became a personable nobleman, Zhao Yu took out a few huge gemstone rings from the bracelet and put them on his fingers, of course, it was fake, and then he also smeared a little flower water to act as a perfume, and finally wore a cloth hat and covered part of his face with a gauze scarf.

Then Zhao Yu repeatedly warned the rice bucket again, asking him not to leak the stuffing and to treat him as a slave owner.

The rice bucket is actually very chaotic in his heart, he found that his friend is not an ordinary person at all, with his poor insight, it is completely indescribable and incomprehensible, he doesn't understand why Zhao Yu, who is so rich, is a slave, why he makes friends with him, but he understands one thing, just be obedient, and the rich Zhao Yu will not treat him badly.

Carthage, as a big city in North Africa, naturally has many jewelers, Zhao Yu chose the largest and most powerful one, the boss has a big store in the city, Zhao Yu let the rice bucket guard the door, and walked in with a swagger.

"Eh, your guest is here, please take a seat, please take a seat!" The chubby boss was shocked by Zhao Yu's outfit, and immediately lowered his posture to greet him, he has to stammer this kind of character, and if he doesn't get it right, it's a big business.

"You're welcome, I'm here today to talk to the boss about business." Zhao Yu sat in the chair in a big way, saying that you are welcome, but he didn't even look at this boss.

"What a good thing! Don't know what jewelry you need? The boss was overjoyed: "Do you want to see the treasure of the store?" ”

Zhao Yu originally wanted to sell the goods directly, but when he heard the words "treasure of the town store", he decided to take a look at it so that he could evaluate the price and appearance of the jewelry at this time: "Take a look." ”

The boss took out a box from the inner room, opened it carefully, and a huge sapphire inside was lying quietly on the velvet cloth, which is expected to have more than 100 carats, the color is the best blue-purple, beautiful drops, the only pity is that the shape is too miserable, irregular, and the surface is also a little uneven, which can't be helped, sapphire and ruby belong to corundum, the hardness is second only to diamond, and now people can't cut it well.

Zhao Yu looked at it very hotly, such a big guy, bring it back to the origin world, and it will be a treasure with a little processing, and it is not too easy to have a few shops in the town.

However, he still had to pretend on the surface, turned his head and said: "Yes, the size and color are all first-class, what price does the boss want?" ”

"Hey, hey!" The fat boss rubbed his hands and said, "I won't tell you, I didn't plan to sell this jewelry, and I left it for my children to be heirlooms." ”

Zhao Yu knew that the boss was talking nonsense and wanted to grasp the price, so he said: "There is a price for everything, the boss will report it and listen to it, and replace it with Jin Orly, which can be passed on." ”

The boss's eyes lit up, and he said along the steps: "If you have to talk about the price, I think 8,000 gold o'clock is more suitable." ”

Zhao Yu almost scolded the street, in this world for a few days, Zhao Yu gradually figured out the purchasing power of money, 1 gold coin an ordinary worker only cares about his own life to save for a month, 8000 gold coins can be bought for more than 600 years, can buy hundreds of slaves!

Of course, you will say that the price of the origin world is higher than this, and a sapphire like this can be sold for hundreds of millions of soft sister coins, (I really can't find a price) It is not enough for ordinary people to save for a thousand years, but the problem is that the respect for gems is not as crazy as the origin world, and the value of gems is completely speculated, and it is very virtual, and the gems in this world are the original value, and they are collected by the aristocratic and wealthy merchants because they are beautiful.

Like diamonds that cannot be processed, ruby sapphires, which are extremely difficult to process, because of the appearance problem, the price at this time is not high, but nephrite can be sold for sky-high prices in ancient times, such as that piece and Shibi.

To put it simply, today's jewelry is based on the price standard of beauty and rarity, clear glass is no cheaper than diamonds, and a one-carat heart and eight arrows are definitely worth more than a hundred-carat diamond block.

Therefore, in the later generations, the price of the big sapphire that can be sold for hundreds of millions of dollars is not high, and the price of 8,000 gold coins is to slaughter the fat sheep.

"Boss, you still have to keep the heirloom, maybe it can be sold for your price in a thousand or two thousand years." Zhao Yu told the truth.

“。。 The price is negotiable. ”

"Don't worry, I'm here to sell goods this time, I don't know if the boss will accept it?"

"Close!" Collecting gems can also make a lot of money, and buying low and selling high is the businessman's business.

Zhao Yu took out a few ruby sapphires from his arms, all of which were 20 carats, with standard cuts, bright colors, no impurities and no flaws, not to mention transparency.

"How's that, how does it compare to your town treasure?" Zhao Yu took a sip of the wine brought by the boss and asked calmly.

But the boss can't hear it anymore, his face is red at this time, his eyes are straight, his whole body is trembling, his attention has been completely attracted by the treasure on the table, he has been in the business for so long, this is the most perfect gem he has ever seen, and other gems are scum compared to them!

The boss picked up a sapphire with trembling hands, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, and after looking for a long time, he didn't find any flaws, and the surface was smooth beyond the baby's skin, like a water surface without waves, clear and moving.

Zhao Yu looked at the boss's appearance and pouted secretly, his concentration was too poor, and Senatia was far worse, when that girl took a ten-carat eight hearts and eight arrows and stuffed it into her arms, it was called a breeze, as if it was really just a beautiful stone.