Liu Huang and they brought a lot of embroidery, the embroidery purchased from Suzhou and Hangzhou and other places are medium and upper grade, small to handkerchiefs, as large as more than two meters long, more than one meter high large screens, with exquisite carvings with oriental characteristics of ornamentation, very attractive. In addition to embroidered handkerchiefs, purses, interstitial screens, there are also fan screens, embroidered patterns are also selected flowers, birds and beasts, landscapes, bamboo and stone and ancient maid pictures, etc., there is also a kind of embroidered flowers on the cloth, which can make a common material of silk become a high-end variety. They have been preparing for this trip for two years. Pearl was in charge of preparing the jewelry, Liu Huang and Fei Tang were preparing the tea and porcelain, and Qin Hui was the rest. Qin Ming was responsible for dredging up the relationship, and his husband was involved, and by the way, he also pulled Prince Rui and Prince Zheng, and there was also a Duanjun King, and his own brother was considered a share. and reported this matter to the emperor with a secret fold, in fact, Qin Hui had already reported it from the time when Pearl began to prepare.

Of course, Pearl felt that he had suffered a loss, but Qin Hui said that it was nothing to suffer a loss this time, and when he earned money and the emperor got the money, even if the matter of the sea ban was opened, wouldn't he be able to earn as much as he wanted? Pearl figured it out, it turned out that this guy was calculating the matter of the sea ban, but if you think about it carefully, Qin Hui's approach is right, once this matter is leaked, there will be a lot of people involved in it at that time, so he won't say anything.

Liu Huang and Fei Tang would first go to India, dump all the goods there, and then go to Sri Lanka to buy gems, this time to test the waters, and the next time, they will bring more ships and goods.

Pearl sent Liu Huang away and they arrived at the dock in Zhuozhou. This can be regarded as the second distribution center of Nanyang goods, Pearl walked around the dock wearing a hat, and then went to the nearby storefront, where Pearl saw many merchants from the South Seas, some selling medicinal herbs, some selling bird's nest, sea cucumber, crocodile meat and shark fin, and of course, there were also selling sandalwood, agarwood and other spices. There are also those who sell chocolate. Pearl bought a lot of chocolate chips, as well as spices such as agarwood. These are to be used later. Bird's nest and shark fin were also bought quite a bit. Let the little guy around him hire a few cars to transport these things back to Zhuangzi. I went on to walk around and saw that there were silver, copper, and tin products, and pearls bought many fine silver and copper products. The most bought are still tin products. Jars made of tin to preserve tea leaves are the best.

Pearl also saw gems sold in several shops in the surrounding area. The gem pearls in the two small shops are not as eye-catching as pearls, but when I came to the largest one, I saw that there were more varieties of gems here. In addition to the common ruby sapphire, there are zircon, tourmaline, garnet, topaz, beryl, quartz cat's eye and moonstone, but these are considered low-to-medium gemstones in the eyes of pearls. There are also pearls sold in the store, the largest one is 12mm, but it is slightly flawed, and the pearl is not good. Although the other beads are flawless, they are not considered perfectly round, and the perfect round and flawless ones are too small and the pearl is not good. Reluctantly looking at the past, even if it's a few cat's eyes, it's okay.

"This lady, do you have a fancy?" A middle-aged man wearing an indigo robe with slightly dark skin asked with a smile,

Pearl shook her head and said, "These gems in your store are all considered middle and lower grades, and so are pearls, which are not worth a few dollars." Only these opals are okay, but they are not good enough for me to pay for the money. ”

The shopkeeper's face is unpredictable, firstly, what the other party said is right, and secondly, it is obvious that this lady does not give face at all, but it is a little underestimating! Look at this lady wearing a hat, faintly from the white gauze can see a little clue, this must be a big beauty, and then look at her dress, a dark purple multicolored embroidered trimmed pink sprinkled flower placket, with a mutton fat jade wrong gold bracelet on the wrist, with a ring with citrine inlaid with broken diamonds on the finger, this body is not complicated, but it can be said that each piece is the best, the price is expensive, just that ring is already difficult to estimate its value, the gem has such a color, plus the surrounding sparkling diamonds, I don't know what the process is, but it can definitely be said to be the best. It makes sense to look down on these goods for yourself.

The shopkeeper bowed to the pearl and said, "I, Chen Wanfu, am the shopkeeper of this store, seeing that Mrs. is a connoisseur, compared to the noble and extraordinary, the small shop actually has some good goods, but I don't know if Mrs. can eat it?" ”

Pearl smiled and said, "If your stuff is good, 180,000 is also trivial, and if it's not good, you don't have to bother." We're all knowledgeable people, so we don't have to work each other. ”

When Chen Wanfu heard this, he was even more unlucky, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he invited Pearl to enter, followed by Liu Zi and two guards, and three people followed behind Chen Wanfu and entered the inner room. The decoration of this inner room, compared with the outside, the gap is not small, mahogany tables and chairs, fine porcelain and jade interstitial displays, the house is hung with famous calligraphy and paintings, the house is dyed with fresh fragrance, if it is not for a row of shelves in front of it, Pearl really thinks that this is a rich family's side hall.

Chen Wanfu sat down with the pearl, then instructed his subordinates to serve tea, and then walked to the shelf, took out two one-and-a-half-foot-long and half-foot-high flower-drawing boxes from the bottom lattice, placed them on the table beside the pearl, and opened one of the boxes. At the same time as the box opened, I suddenly felt the pearl shining, the pearl did not expect, there is such a large yellow pearl here, this pearl has golden yellow, some light yellow, according to the size, divided into two grids, there are quail egg size pearls occupy a grid, there are about ten beads in it, there are six golden ones. The pearls in the other box are about 12mm to 15mm in diameter, and the light yellow pearls are the majority. There are about 30 pearls in this grid.

At this time, Chen Wanfu saw that the pearl was combed with a Lingyun bun on his head, and the five-tailed golden phoenix hairpin with gold silk inlaid with colorful gems on his head, you must know that the Liang Dynasty has strict regulations on clothing and accessories, and the woman can only bring the five-tailed golden phoenix hairpin above the second grade, Chen Wanfu put away his careful thoughts, and looked at the pearl and picked up the pearl in the box to check it carefully, and did not show the surprise that seemed to be, it can be seen that he is used to seeing these treasures.

In fact, this golden pearl is really entangled, because the pearl is golden, and only the Huang family can use it, but generally if you make a necklace, it will cost 200,000 yuan, and the officials who are generally below the third grade can't afford it, and they don't dare to give it away if they can afford it, which is equivalent to telling the emperor and political enemies that they are corrupt. Even the magnates don't dare to buy it, and if they buy it, they will give it to the emperor, and the value of this pearl is more than 200,000 taels! Even if you send a bracelet, you will get more than 100,000 yuan, although the magnates have a noble status, but in fact, the expenses are also very large, and you can't take out so much silver. The pearls bought with a lot of money can be regarded as smashing in his hands, but looking at this lady carefully, Chen Wanfu began to be calm. peeked at this lady, thinking in his heart, so young, with such a noble identity, it is natural to be so good-looking, and it is nothing more than that!

Pearl felt that this pearl was really dispensable, because there were a lot of golden pearls in his own space, and at that time, he bought more than a dozen boxes of cultured pearls from modern times! They are all perfect and flawless. Seeing the attitude of pearls, Chen Wanfu hurriedly opened another box, which was also pearls, the size of these pearls was about 8mm-12mm, these pearls can attract pearls is their color and luster, such as red pearls, there are red, jujube red, magenta, orange red and cherry red, etc., as well as purple, lilac purple, purple red, etc., pearls also see blue and green, there are also dark colors, such as dark green, brown, brown red and so on. It is estimated that there are more than 200 pearls in this box, and a few pearls are checked, but they are indeed perfectly round, most of them are flawless, and a small number of them are slightly flawed.

Pearl said to Chen Wanfu, "Boss, make a price!" ”

"These two boxes of pearls, two million taels of silver." Chen Wanfu said that this is what he thought when he first got these pearls.

Pearl smiled and said to Chen Wanfu, "This yellow pearl must be offered to gold, Boss Chen should know it very well, I have bought it now, and Boss Chen has solved the big problem in my heart." Besides, these scattered pearls, although they are not bad, but they have flaws, and the price is much cheaper than flawless pearls. Besides, I have pearls, so why spend so much money to buy them? ”

Chen Wanfu found that Pearl was really not lying, so he said, "How much silver is the lady willing to pay?" ”

"Two hundred thousand taels of silver, this is still for the sake of the pearl of yours, your pearl is a pearl of saltwater, right? Presumably from the sea. ”

"Madame is really an expert, but 200,000 is too little." When he bought it in his hometown, he spent this price, and selling it for twenty taels was simply the cost price, and even the travel expenses were covered. Chen Wanfu said with a bitter face,

"Madame, so be it! I won't be skewed with you, how about 300,000 taels? ”

"Two hundred and ten thousand taels, if it exceeds this number, I won't buy it, anyway, it's all things that can be bought or not." Pearl picked up the teacup on the other table and drank it.

Although Chen Wanfu couldn't think of a way to sell the golden pearls, there were still many people who wanted other pearls, but he was a foreigner, who came here to open a shop and sell good things to make money, he also wanted to! But if you are not careful, not only will these treasures that have been collected for more than ten years be taken away, but you may also be killed! Thinking of this, I could only agree with a calm face.

It's not easy for pearls to look at this Boss Chen, don't look at him with a painful look, but in fact, he won't lose money at all, because let people catch these pearls from the sea, and these merchants have kept the price very low, and the real grievances should be those fishermen who fish for pearls.

Now I am still young, maybe I should continue to cultivate pearls, this time I will directly cultivate seawater pearls, the technology is ready-made, coupled with the experience of the previous life, I believe that there can also be a lot of harvest, pearls do not want to do cultured pearls, because they are worried that there are more pearls, the price will be very low, but since you can go to sea now, then a large number of pearls will be sold. (To be continued......)