Chapter Fifty-Nine: A Thousand Taels of Silver
Inside the small gate, there is a separate courtyard.
In front of the courtyard, there were two middle-aged men sitting lazily, and when Yu Jiansheng and Zheng Haotian entered, their eyes glanced over in unison.
Zheng Haotian's heart suddenly beat vigorously, and the fierce eyes of those two people were simply incredible. Being stared at by them, even the skin on his body had a strong burning sensation, as if that piece of skin had been burned on the stove, which was unbearable.
Almost subconsciously, the true qi in Zheng Haotian's body began to operate, and the hunter-level true qi was far better than before, once it reached the area that was stared at by the other party, this strong feeling of discomfort suddenly disappeared.
There was a hint of surprise in the eyes of the two middle-aged men, and then, they turned their heads at the same time, ignoring Yu Jiansheng and the others who were moving forward, and no longer had any reaction.
Yu Jiansheng didn't stop, but walked directly through the courtyard and entered a house in the courtyard.
The house was fairly simple, with a table and four chairs, and nothing else. The surrounding walls were simply painted with paint. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zheng Haotian would never believe that there was such an inconspicuous room in that Wanbaoxuan, which had such a luxurious appearance.
Yu Jiansheng said softly: "Haotian, this is the place specially prepared by Wanbaoxuan for us mountain people. He sighed lightly and said, "If we mountain people dig up any treasures in the mountains, most of them will come to Wanbaoxuan to sell, so they have specially opened up such a courtyard, so that no matter what we sell, no one will know and worry about it." ”
Zheng Haotian blinked his eyes twice and said, "Uncle Yu, but the people of Wanbaoxuan know." ”
Yu Jiansheng smiled dumbly, and said: "Wanbaoxuan has been established for thousands of years, and their reputation is so good, known as the first inside and outside the city, do you think they will use the reputation of the millennium as a bet to do this murder and robbery?"
Zheng Haotian thought about it seriously, and finally opened his mouth and shook his head.
Yu Jiansheng's gaze turned again, nodded towards the door, and said, "It seems that there is no fortification in this courtyard, but the two at the door are real high-level hunters, so basically no one dares to make trouble here." ”
Zheng Haotian's eyes lit up, and he understood why the gaze of those two people was so terrifying.
There was a coughing sound outside the door, and then, the door was slowly pushed open, and an old man who was over the age of sixteen walked in slowly.
He gently closed the door and smiled, "You two, please be seated." ”
Yu Jiansheng and Zheng Haotian sat down, and the old man introduced himself: "Old Yue Kejiang, Xi is one of the stewards of Wanbaoxuan. He smiled slightly: "If the old man has not looked away, the two of you who came to our Wanbaoxuan should have found something good in the mountains." ”
This person is straight to the point, there are no detours, and with the smile on his face, there is an indescribable openness.
For Zheng Haotian and other people who are begging for a living in the mountains, such an attitude is undoubtedly the most in line with their appetite.
Yu Jiansheng nodded and said, "What the old gentleman said is right, our uncle and nephew hunted a prey in the mountains, skinned it, and wanted to make a move, so they came to your land." ”
The smile on Yue Kejiang's face remained unchanged, but he muttered secretly in his heart.
Entering the city from the mountains, there were several hunters who came to Wanbaoxuan to sell things. Although the treasures are hard to find, the Bear Wolf Mountain is too big, and there are countless treasures inside, if you are lucky, you may be able to get the benefits of making him worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life.
Of course, such characters are often rare to see in ten years, and the vast majority of ordinary people are down-to-earth, relying on their own hands and efforts in exchange for a not too comfortable life.
However, those who obtain the treasures of the mountains often dig some rare medicines and plants from the soil, and even pick up some rare and precious minerals. As for those who hunted the beasts of the mountains and wanted to sell their skins, it was a rare sight.
Although he thought about it in his heart, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he still said calmly: "Your Excellency can choose our Wanbaoxuan, this is our honor. Stretching out his hand to the table, he said, "Please take out the goods and let them be appraised by the old decay." ”
Yu Jiansheng's shoulders shrugged slightly, the package on his shoulders suddenly spread out, and the wooden box had steadily fallen on the table.
This hand is quite beautiful, if it weren't for the true qi control like an arm, then it would definitely not be able to do it so lightly and freely.
Although Yue Kejiang didn't know martial arts, his vision was good, and he immediately recognized Yu Jiansheng's identity as a hunter, and he was a little looking forward to it.
The wooden box opened, revealing a pitch-black hide.
Yue Kejiang stretched out his hand to take out the animal skin, and with a slight shake, the entire animal skin suddenly rippled like water ripples.
"Good leather. Yue Kejiang sighed lightly, unabashedly his affection.
The most convincing thing about Wan Bao Xuan is the word fairness. Anyone who brings treasures here to sell them is most worried about two things.
One is naturally for fear that the buyer will kill people and oversell the goods, and the other is for fear that the sale will be cheap, and he will suffer too much loss.
But the reputation that Wan Bao Xuan has built up with his thousands of years of practical actions has made everyone believe in them with confidence.
At this time, as long as you look at Yue Kejiang's actions, you can know that he has no intention of suppressing the price.
The old man looked at it seriously, stroked it, and after a while, his face suddenly changed slightly, and said, "White-eyed wolf king?"
Yu Jiansheng laughed and said, "Steward Yue has good eyesight. ”
Yue Kejiang gently put the wolf skin in his hand into the wooden box, and sighed lightly: "It's a pity, it's a pity." ”
Yu Jiansheng was slightly stunned and said, "Steward Yue, is there anything wrong with this wolf skin?"
Yue Kejiang shook his head again and again, and said, "Your Excellency said that you are laughing, this Wolf King skin is almost intact, it is definitely a good skin, and it should be able to exchange it for a thousand taels of silver." It's a pity that the old man is not a fierce beast. If it is the white-eyed wolf king skin of a fierce beast, even if it is slightly damaged, its value can be at least ten times more than tenfold. ”
Zheng Haotian's eyes lit up slightly, and he was almost about to tell the story that there was still a fierce beast white-eyed wolf king skin. But when the words came to his mouth, he finally swallowed them hard.
It's not that he is reckless, but the price quoted by this steward is too exciting.
The Zheng family is famous for being skilled carpenters on this land, but even with Zheng Chenglian's craftsmanship, the silver harvest will not exceed three hundred taels per year.
One thousand taels of silver, that is the Zheng family's income for three years, and ten thousand taels of silver, that is the benefit that can only be obtained after thirty years of not eating or drinking.
This is still the income that only the Zheng family can have, if it is an ordinary family, under normal circumstances, it is already quite generous to be able to get thirty taels of silver.
Even though it is Dalin Village, where a hunter is located, except for the year when more than 30 black bears were killed by luck, the income of each household in the rest of the years is about 30 taels on average. The income of the whole village is equivalent to that of Zheng Chenglian alone, which is also the biggest reason why the Zheng family has a special status in Dalin Village.
Yu Jiansheng also sighed with him, and said, "The old gentleman laughed, how strong the white-eyed wolf king of the fierce beast is, how can we hunt it with characters like us." ”
The corners of Zheng Haotian's eyes jumped slightly, it turned out that Uncle Yu was also an old man, and he didn't even blink his eyelids when he lied.
Yue Kejiang laughed noncommittally, and he didn't know whether he believed Yu Jiansheng's words.
"The old decay has been appraised, this wolf skin is worth a thousand taels of silver, I don't know if your Excellency is willing to cut your love. ”
Yu Jiansheng said in a deep voice: "Since I took out this thing, it is naturally for sale." The price of a thousand taels of silver is quite fair, and everything will be troubled by Steward Yue. ”
Yue Kejiang nodded with satisfaction and said, "Please wait, two of you." ”
He stretched out his hand and patted it, a young man walked in, Yue Kejiang whispered a few words, the man turned around and left the room, from beginning to end, he didn't look at Yu Jiansheng and Zheng Haotian, nor did he look at the goods on the table.
A moment later, the man re-entered, laid an envelope flat on the table, and then half-bowed back.
Yue Kejiang pushed the envelope in front of Yu Jiansheng and the others, Yu Jiansheng picked up the envelope and opened it, and there were ten silver tickets inside, and the amount on them was one hundred taels.
"Here are ten silver tickets of one hundred taels, which were specially exchanged by the old people, I don't know if your Excellency can be satisfied. ”
Yu Jiansheng nodded heavily and said, "There is Lao Yue's steward to bother." ”
For them, the hunters in the mountains, it is quite rare to take out a silver ticket of one hundred taels and one taels, and if it is a silver ticket of one thousand taels, it will be very troublesome to use it in the future. Yue Kejiang even thought about this little thing, Wanbaoxuan's thousand-year-old reputation was really not given in vain.
Yu Jiansheng turned around and handed the envelope in his hand to Zheng Haotian.
Zheng Haotian took it, and his heart was quite excited. This is a thousand taels of silver, and all the silver he has encountered in the past twelve years has not added up to more than a hundred taels, so he is naturally thrilled at this time.
Yue Kejiang's smiling gaze fell on Zheng Haotian's body, however, at that moment, his face changed suddenly, his gaze was tightly locked on the white ring on Zheng Haotian's finger, and his eyes were full of surprise and disbelief.