The old shopkeeper took it and looked at it, and he couldn't help but secretly gasp in his heart.

So big, so pure beads.

The bull's eye is the same big, pure blue-green glass beads, without a little impurity, slightly heavy, this bead, I'm afraid it can not be worth a thousand eight hundred taels.

The old shopkeeper took the beads in front of his eyes, looked at them carefully, and looked at them as if he was about to stuff them into his eyes.

The old shopkeeper is the owner of the Xinglong pawnshop, who was invited from Jinling at a high price.

The old shopkeeper who came from Jinling, the capital of the city, is naturally well-informed, but even in Jinling City, which is like a treasure of things, such beads are rare.

Holding the beads in his hand, the old shopkeeper looked at Xu Chen, who was dressed in white and plump as jade: "Haven't you asked your son's surname yet?" ”

"Whispering Afternoon"

Allow?

The old shopkeeper secretly thought to himself, who is surnamed Xu in this Ming prince?

Among the more than 50 people who made meritorious contributions to the founding of the country, there is no one surnamed Xu.

Among the more than 20 heroes of Taizong's martyrdom, there is no one surnamed Xu.

"Dare to ask where Childe is from?"

Xu Chen smiled: "If I say where it came from, how much can the value of this bead rise?" ”

"Childe laughed"

The old shopkeeper's heart has a total of more or less, the person in front of him has been talking for ten years, wearing gorgeous clothes, and has an extraordinary temperament, ordinary people naturally can't give birth to it, and they can't raise such a teenager.

"Then let's get down to business, I don't know where this orb comes from?"

Derivation?

Xu Chen opened his mouth and came: "This glazed jewel is the essence of the South China Sea Sea Eye extracted by Ao Yan, the Dragon King of the West Sea, and refined by the Dragon King of the North Sea Ao Shun in 7749 days.

Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, was offered on his millennium birthday.

Later, Ao Guang gave it to the little dragon girl, and the little dragon girl fell in love with the mortal Yang Guo, so she took this pearl to the sea and lived with Yang Guo at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

I didn't think that the second brother of the little dragon girl, Ao Bing, knew about it, so he pressed the little dragon girl who violated the rules of heaven under the lotus peak of Huashan, and this jewel has been in the mortal world since then, and finally I got it."

After Xu Chen finished speaking, the old shopkeeper was dumbfounded, and only felt that if he believed him, the past fifty years would be in vain.

I don't believe it, but I just said that I have a nose and eyes, and I have all my identity, address, and name.

Especially the black and reckless servant, looking at his expression, it seemed as if he was completely serious.

Coughing lightly, coming back to his senses, the old shopkeeper no longer thought about what Xu Chen had just said, and said:

"Xu Gongzi, do you want to live or die?"

"How should life be, and what should death say?"

"There should be a period of life, and there should be no regrets when you die"

"Then I will die, I don't know what the price is?"

Dead?

The old shopkeeper didn't expect that this jewel was rare, and he thought that Brother Gongzi was just a temporary lack of money, but he didn't expect it to be unwanted.

What kind of family background is this, such a jewel, if you say don't want it, you don't want it?

The old shopkeeper pressed his thoughts, and immediately said: "Even if you die, make a price... 80 taels of silver"

Eighty taels?

Xu Chen almost didn't pick it up and pointed at the old man and scolded his mother, bullying people can't be bullied like this.

"Old man, is it bullying my son-in-law from outside?" Ding Da Niu shouted.

The old shopkeeper smiled: "I really don't mean that, eighty taels is already a lot, and a good horse is just this price, the old man is sincere."

"One thousand taels!"

Xu Chen raised his right index finger and said, "What did you sell for eighty taels?" Ben Gongzi fell and listened to the sound, and he could still be happy for a long time."

The old shopkeeper smiled and said: "Xu Gongzi has spoken, the old man must give face, in this way, one hundred and sixty taels, the owner will ask the old man to bear it."

Xu Chen put his hands behind his back and ordered: "Da Niu, take back the things, let's go"

"Hey, hey, don't worry, everything is negotiable" Ding Da Niu stepped forward to collect the beads, but the old shopkeeper didn't want to give it.

"Xu Gongzi, you can tell me another price"

"With you old thing, this son has nothing to say"

The old shopkeeper grabbed the glass beads and said hurriedly: "450 taels, sincerely, 450 taels of silver and the high-headed horse have also bought six horses."

The old shopkeeper is about to cry, if he is alive, he will not work so hard, but it is different when he dies, which is equivalent to spending money to buy.

If you can really buy it at a very low price, the owner knows that it will be less beneficial to you?

But 450 taels is really a lot, no matter how high it is, there is nothing to be gained.

The old shopkeeper was afraid that Xu Chen would not believe it, so he pointed to the man behind the ticket counter: "If you don't believe it, ask Liu Zhongwen, he has less than two taels of silver a month, and 450 taels is really not low."

Xu Chen looked at the person behind the ticket counter, then at Ding Daniu, and saw that he nodded faintly, and he had a plan in his heart.

"The sincerity of the old shopkeeper, Xu is also sincere, the price is 550 taels, and we will pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other.

To tell the truth, this thing is very popular with my old man, if he knew that I only sold 550 taels, I am afraid that I would not have to discount my legs."

The old shopkeeper straightened his waist in an instant, and shouted: "Remember"

After the ticket counter, Liu Zhongwen sat down to lift the pen, and listened to the old shopkeeper continue to shout: "Pure and flawless, green and transparent, big bull's eye, a glass pearl in the East China Sea, 550 taels of silver when you die, no regrets when the ticket is issued"

After the old shopkeeper finished singing, Liu Zhongwen handed the written and stamped ticket paper to Ding Da Niu, and Ding Da Niu handed it to Xu Chen.

Xu Chen put it away without looking at it, and then said to the old shopkeeper: "The old shopkeeper is slow, Xu has something to say."

"Xu Gongzi, but it doesn't hurt to say it"

The old shopkeeper smiled at this time, and spoke unconsciously gentle, and opened the door early in the morning to come to a big deal, how could this order make more than 100 taels.

"This lot of silver is hot to carry on your body, and it is not convenient, I wonder if it can be exchanged for gold?"

Gold has never been used as currency, but it is rare and valuable.

From the Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the ratio of silver to gold has been maintained at a ratio of 4, 5, and 6:1.

Until the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the outbreak of the Age of Discovery, Chinese mainland's trade with the West has been in surplus, resulting in a sharp increase in the amount of silver.

During this period of Hongzhi, the ratio of gold and silver exchange was about 1:8, and Xu Chen's 550 taels of silver could be exchanged for about 68 taels of gold.

The old shopkeeper is naturally aware of this.

There was gold in the pawn shop vault, but the old shopkeeper didn't want to change it.

Who doesn't want gold?

At this time, Xu Chen said again: "Nine taels of silver for one tael of gold, and I hope that the old shopkeeper will be convenient."

"Haha, it's convenient, Xu Gongzi has spoken, how can the old man refute your face, later, the old man will come when he goes"

The old shopkeeper's face is about to bloom with a smile, this middle difference, the old man will not smile politely.

Owner, you won't be surprised, will you?

Oh, you don't know!

Not long after, the old shopkeeper came out with a gold cake and a small scale.

A horizontal bar as thick as a finger, with a copper plate hanging from one end and a hand on top. From this end to that end, there are small copper ding logos arranged in equal proportions.

The old shopkeeper placed the gold cake on the brass plate and tossed the weight on the crossbar.

Then he picked up the golden cake, carefully cut off a small piece with scissors, and put it on the copper plate again.

Then he smiled and handed the golden cake to Xu Chen: "Xu Gongzi, 61 taels of gold, high"