Volume 2 Zhaowu Youth Tour Chapter 6 Eight gold buys a jade-inlaid sword
Shopkeeper Hao was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile on his face: "Childe, are you sure you want this sword?"
Su nodded at the starting point: "What, this sword is not for sale?"
"Sell, sell! This sword is on the counter, and it is naturally meant to be sold. Shopkeeper Hao hurriedly walked over, took off the sword and held it in his hand, and handed it over with both hands.
Su Qi took the long sword, gently pulled the sword out of its sheath, and couldn't help but let out a "huh".
This long sword seems to be forged by a new method, although it is an iron sword, it is different from most black and swarthy iron swords, the body of the sword is silver-white, and the light can be seen. In terms of appearance, this material is similar to the sword that Su Qi was familiar with in his previous life, but Su Qi flicked the spine of the sword and immediately noticed the difference. The silver-white color on the body of this sword is not forged steel, but it is really plated with a layer of silver. Therefore, although this sword looks bright and beautiful, it will be slightly softer than other swords, which is very impractical.
There is a specially cast groove in the center of the spine of the sword, on which is inlaid with a whole long strip of extremely narrow Lantian jade, from the half of the sword body to the sword grid, and the end is tightly wrapped by the bronze sword grid, which is inlaid in the sword. Silver was not a currency in this era, but it was also a very rare precious metal, and the price of this sword inlaid with jade and silver-plated was bound to be expensive, coupled with the extremely poor practicality, it was natural that there was no buyer.
If this sword is a guard of honor, it is also a bit inappropriate. Because the scabbard was encased in a complete sea shark skin, with neither inlaid jewels nor fine gold ornamentation, the sword was inconspicuous when it was in the sheath.
Shopkeeper Hao smiled a little embarrassedly: "Childe, you are an understanding person, and I will tell you the truth." This sword was cast by a new disciple of Master Fan Long, and as you can see, this sword is inlaid with jade and silver, which is worth a lot of money, just this long strip of Lantian jade is worth ten gold. It's just that this sword, although the appearance is good-looking, but it is not very practical, if you use it as a ceremonial sword, as a plaything, it is still good. ”
Shopkeeper Hao said while breaking out in a cold sweat, saying that he was empty-hearted. This sword was cast by the new disciple of the swordsmith Fan Long, and after it was cast, the disciple was immediately scolded by the shopkeeper Hao. Because the cost of this sword has exceeded twenty gold, it is not practical, and the sharpness and toughness are not as good as the official iron sword that can be bought with dozens of sword coins. But scolding and scolding, this sword can't be thrown away, so Shopkeeper Hao still put the sword on the counter.
This sword has been on the table for more than half a month, during which many people have come to see the sword, after seeing this sword, just pinched the sword edge and put it down with a smile, Su Qi is still the first buyer to show interest in this sword. Shopkeeper Hao was worried that if Su Qi didn't buy it after hearing his words, how could it be good? But he didn't dare to cheat, for fear of ruining the reputation of his shop for many years, so he was a little entangled.
Su Qi lightly touched the blade of the sword, and a stream of silver-white true yuan climbed up the blade like a naughty silkworm, and disappeared in an instant. He stroked the long sword in his hand and asked, "How much is this sword?"
Shopkeeper Hao was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Childe, this sword is inlaid with jade and silver, you have also seen it, it is worth a lot of money." The first time you came, and it was introduced by Miss Lin'er, I will give you a cost price, thirty gold, what do you think?"
Su Qi smiled silently, and flicked the blade of the sword lightly: "Shopkeeper Hao, although this sword looks good, it can't actually be used in actual combat at all, because the sharpness and toughness can't be compared with other swords.
Shopkeeper Hao coughed dryly twice, and said a little embarrassedly: "Ahem, yes, yes, what Su Gongzi said is also reasonable." I don't know how much money Su Gongzi is willing to pay?"
"This sword is inlaid with Lantian jade, such a large piece, I think it should be about ten gold, the sword body is silver-plated, about hardware, chiseled out grooves to inlay the jade on the sword, plus silver plating and other artificial labor, about two or three gold, other leftovers are counted, about one gold. So the cost price of this sword is about twenty gold, right?" Su Qi pinched his fingers and said with a smile.
Shopkeeper Hao looked embarrassed, and coughed dryly: "Cough, Su Gongzi is generally not bad." He originally thought that Su Qi didn't understand swords, so he quoted the price inflated by ten gold, but now Su Qi broke the price with a word, so he was naturally a little embarrassed.
"But this sword has no practical value after all, if it is just used as a plaything, some gold-plated ceremonial swords are much better than it, this sword is not inlaid with sea pearls, and there is no special luminous talisman, so the decorative value is not so high, right?" Su Qi continued to play with the long sword, and said lightly.
"Ahem, this ......" Shopkeeper Hao is a little short of words.
"Also, this sword was only cast by a disciple of Master Fan Long, and naturally it has nothing to do with Master Ouye's sword-casting skills, and the craftsmanship of the sword-casting cannot be guaranteed, and I can even irresponsibly guess that there are probably some cracks or flaws in the sword itself, so it is covered with silver. If you spend a dozen dollars to buy such a defective product, I am afraid that it will damage the reputation of your 'Divine Soldier Pavilion'. Su Qi looked at the shopkeeper Hao and said with a smile.
"Master Su, if you have anything to say, just say it. Shopkeeper Hao rubbed his hands a little embarrassed, he was actually secretly guessing whether there was any flaw in this sword, but it had not been confirmed, and now listening to Su Qiyi, his heart was also a little bottomless.
"How much is this sword worth? Just quote me a price directly, as long as it's not too low, I can call the shots and sell this sword to you!"
"The value of a sword cannot be measured by the material from which it is cast, but by the level of the sword itself. Although the raw materials of this sword are more expensive, it is not practical, the ornamentality is not as good as some gold-plated pearl and jade swords of seven or eight gold, and the practicality is not as good as the precision cast iron sword of one or two gold, so I will pay ten gold at most. Su Qi said.
"Uh......" the shopkeeper grinned, if ten gold sold this sword, he would lose ten gold.
"Shopkeeper, you are a businessman, you should know that from the moment this sword was cast, the twenty gold has already left you. If the sword is always on the counter, it is worthless, but if it is sold to me, it can still be recovered for ten gold, don't you say?" Su Qi smiled slightly.
"Uh...... This ......" shopkeeper seems to be shaken.
"I'm not done yet. Considering the possible flaws on this sword, it is necessary to reduce another gold, even to prevent risks; you just said that the distinguished guests brought by Miss Lin'er will be discounted by nine, so one more gold will be reduced; I have just come to Zhaowu City, and I really don't have enough money, so I can only take out eight gold, if the shopkeeper is satisfied, he will sell me eight gold, if he is not satisfied, the matter will be stopped, how?" Su Qi smiled, waiting for Hao's shopkeeper's reply.
Shopkeeper Hao grinned, and said in his heart, where is this kid sacred? Little by little, bargaining is very accurate and straight to his psychological bottom line. He originally thought that if no one wanted this sword, it would be acceptable to sell it for ten gold, and Su Qi bargained to cut it to eight gold, although it was a bit excessive, but for Hao's shopkeeper, these two gold were barely within the range of bearing.
Thinking of this, the shopkeeper Hao gritted his teeth: "Okay! Eight gold is eight gold!"