Chapter 33: Jade
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According to the monetary system of the Tang Dynasty at that time, 10,000 copper coins were equivalent to 10,000 taels of silver, and 10,000 taels of silver could be exchanged for 1,000 taels of gold.
Of course, if ordinary people engage in this kind of currency exchange, they still have to pay a certain handling fee and the difference in fineness, but for Wu Chengen, who has just made a lot of money, he will naturally not be so stingy and care about such a little.
So he directly ordered him to come with him, and the butler who had been guarding outside just now took care of this matter. It didn't take long for Li Anran to see that the manpower that should be similar to the nursing home sent a thousand taels of red gold cakes with the best color to him.
Ten taels of red gold cakes were a hundred pieces, and they were packed in a good mahogany box. Even if Li Anran doesn't understand this aspect, he can see that the fineness of this gold should be very good.
Based on the weights and measures units of the Tang Dynasty, one tael is about 40 grams in later generations, and this thousand taels is 40,000 grams of gold.
With the current price of gold in modern time and space, and the fact that this batch of gold has no legal origin, even if it is calculated at a minimum of two hundred yuan per gram, it can be sold for a total price of eight million.
With this money, Li Anran has the capital to develop in modern time and space.
But this amount of money seems to be a lot, but it is far from enough for Li Anran, who can travel through two time and space and is ready to develop mainly in Datang.
So after inspecting the gold, Li Anran said again: "Shopkeeper Wu, there is one more thing I hope you can help with." ”
"What's the matter, real people, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
Wu Chengen, who quickly recovered from the shock of the magic weapon before and made a decision in his heart quickly, was naturally not stupid enough to miss this kind of opportunity to pull relationships at the door.
"In addition to this gold, I also need some jade, the best jade."
Li Anran, who knew that he said a lot and made mistakes, and that a lie needed more lies to be fulfilled, did not explain what he needed for Lu, but just lightly put forward new requirements.
"Jade? The best jade? Wu Chengen, who was stunned for a moment, muttered to himself.
Just when Wu Chengen was about to agree to come down, he heard a report from the subordinate outside the house that he asked to see the shopkeeper Zheng of Fu Ji.
"This wicked guest has come at a bad time!" Wu Chengen, who had a dark face, slandered his stomach, but he couldn't turn people away, so he had to let his subordinates invite people in.
Seeing that the guy surnamed Zheng came to the door again to take advantage of the matter was a foregone conclusion, Wu Chengen's mind changed, and he opened his mouth while the person had not come in yet:
"Don't hide it from the real person, I'm not very good at jade. It just so happens that Shopkeeper Zheng is here, he is an expert in this way, why don't you leave this matter to him? ”
"Oh? It seems that the relationship between shopkeeper Wu and shopkeeper Zheng is really close, since this is the case, as shopkeeper Wu said. Knowing that the other party wanted to be a favor to Li Anran, he teased with a smile.
"Yes, the relationship between XX and Zheng's shopkeeper is very close." Wu Chengen, who couldn't see anything abnormal on his face, still looked smiling, but in his heart it was like eating a fly.
Soon, the personable and majestic Zheng Chenggong Zheng Da shopkeeper walked in. Looking at the other party's Yushu posture in the wind, Li Anran always felt that something was missing.
"I heard that the real person has settled in this county, and a certain person came to congratulate him." After saluting with an impeccable gesture, Zheng Chenggong said politely.
"There is Lao Zheng's shopkeeper, just now, I just asked for something, and the shopkeeper Wu also recommended you to me, I don't know if you can ......" Li Anran, who was originally kneeling, got up and returned the salute, and said with a smile.
"It's okay to say it." swept aside a certain fat man who was holding a teacup and was there with a teacup, Zheng Chenggong didn't mean to shirk it at all.
"I want to buy some jade, the best jade, I wonder if Shopkeeper Zheng can help?" Ignoring the eye contact between the two people, Li Anran smiled.
"A real person wants to buy jade, and a certain person obeys his fate, but I don't know what the real person wants?" Zheng Chenggong, who heard that it was just this, agreed very happily.
"I need two kinds of jade, one mutton fat white jade, one jadeite, that is, a kind of jadeite with a green and transparent color, both of which only need jade."
As early as after thinking clearly about the sale of gold to raise funds, Li Anran has thought about what kind of channels to solve this problem.
To say that there are many items of great value in modern time and space obtained from the Tang Dynasty, such as antiques from older dynasties, as well as tonic products such as ginseng.
Even, if you can get a few square meters of golden-silk nanmu such sky-high timber, as long as it changes hands, the money can be much more than selling the 1,000 taels of gold.
But from the perspective of provenance and sales, jade is the best choice. Especially jadeite, modern time and space are popular gambling stones, which is also the reason why Li Anran wants jade instead of finished products.
It's just that jadeite, a kind of jadeite, really became popular in history in the Qing Dynasty. Although it cannot be said that there is no Tang Dynasty at present, both fame and value are far less than mutton fat and white jade.
Of course, in modern time and space, under the same weight and grade, putting aside the artificial hype factor, the value of white jade is also higher than that of jadeite.
Li Anran was worried at first that Zheng Chenggong didn't know what jade was, but he didn't think that after listening to it, the other party just made some inquiries in the specific price range, and then wrote a letter for Wu Chengen's subordinates to send back to his home.
I don't know if Lu Dao thinks that he has already sold the favor of Shunshui, so he might as well sell the favor bigger. After Zheng Chenggong asked people to send the letter, Wu Chengen said with a shy face: "Real person, I don't know if the magic weapon just now can make someone open his eyes again?" ”
For this kind of thing that can consolidate his identity and status, Li Anran naturally will not refuse. At the moment, Zheng Chenggong took out his copycat mobile phone in Zheng Chenggong's slightly surprised eyes, changed to a fishing boat singing night, and pressed the play button.
When the leisurely piano sounded, Zheng Chenggong's heart couldn't help but stay on the spot. However, he soon regained his composure and listened to the mysterious music with peace of mind, at least on the surface.
Li Anran, who originally felt that it was too tiring to chat with these ancients, was naturally happy and quiet. In addition, the jade thing also takes some time, so after a fishing boat is sung at night, famous guzheng songs such as plum blossom three lanes and Liang Zhu are played.
After this series of classical songs was played, the old butler, who had been guarding outside, reported that the people from Tongfu Ji had sent things over.
With Li Anran's approval, several subordinates quickly carried several boxes of different sizes, and two people carried a large box and sent it in.
The box is full of mutton fat and white jade, which is not very large, the largest is only about the size of two fists of an adult, and the small one is only the size of a goose egg. But without exception, they are all good materials.
As for the jade in the box, it is also a coincidence that Zheng Chenggong's family happens to have certain business contacts with the country of Piao, which is the Myanmar region of later generations.
Although during this period, the value of jadeite was far less than that of white jade. But the advantage is that the color is gorgeous and rich, in addition to the green, there are also red Fei, Huang Fei, blue and so on, and many people like it.
The jade in that box is enough, but it is much more white jade than the white jade in the previous boxes. Judging from Li Anran's visual inspection, the height is at least fifty or sixty centimeters, and the thickness must be thirty or forty centimeters, a large square piece.
The most rare thing is that this piece of jadeite jade is completely green, even if it has not been processed and polished, its crystal clear characteristics can be seen, and it is definitely the best.
After seeing this piece of jade jade, Li Anran was satisfied and couldn't help but regret it. I knew that Zheng Chenggong would easily be able to take out a piece of jade jade, and he didn't have to work mutton fat and white jade.
It's a pity that the words have already been spoken, and naturally there is no reason to take it back. In the face of Zheng Chenggong's inquiry, Li Anran's heart was dripping blood, but on the surface, he quietly accepted all these jade materials as ordered, and did not even return the price.
Thanks to the crystal glass wine set and amber glass tea cans, as well as those makeup mirrors, they were sold at an excellent price. But even so, Li Anran also had a depressed feeling of working hard for many years and once returning to liberation.