After entering the city, Pi You took me and the old stonemason straight to the Ottoman Jewelry Store, and Qian Yan was overjoyed to see Pi You, "Miss, you are here." ”

"Well, I'll take the craftsman, but it's the old artist who comes to see it. You take what kind of turquoise jewelry you want to make and take some samples. ”

Qian Yan readily agreed: "Okay, you wait." ”

After a while, Qian Yan moved a wooden box, opened the wooden box, and saw that there were pieces of warm turquoise jewelry, and some were inlaid with gold and silver, which was pleasing to the eye.

Piyu said to the old stonemason, "Look, Grandpa, we are going to make such a gemstone. "Because the two of us don't understand each other's languages, I had to translate on the side.

In front of the jade, the old stonemason's eyes sparkled, he stretched out his dry hand and carefully picked up the turquoise jewels one by one, and muttered to himself: "We have good turquoise rough stones in the garden, and there is no problem with the work of the craftsmen, but the shape of these jewels that this boss wants is not the same as China's, we are all carving dragons and phoenixes, these are stars and moons, and water drops." ”

Pi You asked, "Difficult to make?" ”

The old stonemason shook his head: "It's not difficult, it's simpler than the shape required by those broad ladies and officials in China." ”

Pi You put his mind at ease and asked how much time and labor it would take to produce a piece of turquoise jewelry, and calculated them one by one.

"Do you want to make some of these turquoise jewels?" Piyu asked.

Qian Yan nodded again and again, "All of them, how many do you want?" After speaking, he stretched his neck and looked at Piyu.

Piyu sat in his chair and thought for a while, "Yes, we will deliver you a hundred pieces at the end of the month, and we will give you a hundred pieces every month in the future." ”

Qian Yan grinned, "Miss, can you go up a little more, a hundred pieces is a bit less." ”

"I can only give you these in the early stage, and I can consider adding some to you as appropriate in the future." After speaking, he covered the box and handed it to me, "I will take all these jewelry samples, and I will make them for you in this way." ”

Although Qian Yan still felt that a hundred pieces of jewelry per month was a bit less, he had no choice but to give up because of his resolute attitude.

"Let's talk about the price!" Piyu said.

Qian Yan smiled, "The price is good, how much I give others how much I give you, a gram of turquoise and a pound, how about it?" ”

I was shocked, oh my God, a gram of turquoise, the size of a corn kernel, can be sold for a pound, so if it were a turquoise pendant or bracelet, how many kangaroos would I have to fight to buy a bracelet? And my father sold the whole car of vegetables, and it was only two or three pounds.

Pi You glanced at Qian Yan, "Qian Yan, I found that you are getting more and more picky, and you are embarrassed to tell me this price." ”

Qian Yan's eyes rolled, "This price is still what you ordered at the Ottoman Jewelry Store!" ”

"That was before, and now the price has gone up."

"Don't, Miss, you're too unreasonable, it's always been the buyer's price."

"In the past, buyers set prices because I used to be buyers, but now it's different, I'm a seller now, so I have to set the price."

Qian Yan grinned, "Okay, then how much do you say?" ”

Pi You stretched out two fingers, Qian Yan was frightened, and he dug his heart and said, "Miss, you kill me, you are a sky-high price." ”

Pi You ignored Qian Yan's scolding, she took out the dragon-shaped jade pendant and shook it in front of Qian Yan, "Qian Yan, I know that you are a famous miser in the world, but I also know that you are also the best jewelry expert, and the jewelry I make is better than these things in your box." You see, how much is a gram of turquoise of such material worth? ”

Qian looked at the jade pendant, his eyes were a little confused, he gritted his teeth and said, "Deal." ”

"Okay, let's pay a 50% deposit first!" Piyu said lightly.

Qian Yan seemed to vomit blood, "Miss, let's not bully people like this." You used to only pay a 10% deposit. ”

"It was before, and now it is now."

"No, where did I get that much money?" Qian Yan finally hardened, but in a blink of an eye, he said aggrievedly: "Thirty!" Thirty percent, that's the highest. ”

Piyu muttered, "Stingy! ”

Qian Yan was happy, "Miss, that's it, I'll prepare the deposit now." So saying, he ran to the house to get the money.

Each piece of jewellery was estimated at 200 grams, and a hundred pieces of jewellery totaled 40,000 pounds, and Pieu eventually took a deposit of 12,000 pounds from Moneyeye.

I've never seen so much money in my hands.

Piyu looked at me: "Bug, where are you uncomfortable?" Do you have dementia? ”

"Nonsense, you're just Alzheimer's."

"Not yet, your saliva is pouring out, and your eyes are glowing."

The old stonemason smiled and said, "Don't talk about Young Master Shen, it's me, an old man, who has lived for such a long time, and I haven't seen so much money." ”

Only then did I realize that I was a little out of shape, "Grandpa is right, I just never saw so much money, it's just fresh." ”

Pi You pursed his lips, "Look at your little interest, you are beautiful like this with such a little money, and this is not your money?" ”

"Who's not mine?"

"It's Uncle Shen's, it's Annie's, and there's not a penny of yours in it, not only do you have no penny, but your people are mine." Pi Youle reminded me.

I seemed to be poured with a scoop of cold water, and my mind was clear for a moment, and then I was annoyed and angry, "Piyu, you really think that your father and Anne sold me to you." ”

Piyu looked sideways at me, "You reminded me that I have to sign a contract with Uncle and Anne when I go back." ”

I said angrily: "Do you understand what you call human trafficking? ”

"I know, if you don't remind me, I forgot, I heard that human trafficking is more profitable than jewelry stores, and I can consider doing this business in the future, and I just test the water with you today." "If you don't obey again, I'll sell you to the mines." ”

"Just go, don't you think I haven't been to the mines?"

"Oh, let's sell it to a brothel!"

"Piyu, you've gone too far!"

Piyu didn't seem to be joking with me, she said to me seriously: "Worm, money is a good thing, but don't you be fooled by it, do you understand?" ”

I looked at Piyu in a daze, and then I understood what she meant, and finally nodded slowly, "I understand." Thanks for the reminder. ”

Piyu nodded in satisfaction and walked forward.

I caught up with her, "Can I redeem myself?" ”

"No, you can't!"

"Why not?"

"Just can't!"

"You're unreasonable!"

"There is so much truth to be said in this world!"

So Piyu and I turned on the bickering mode again.

At lunch, I said to Piyu, "I have just roughly calculated that our craftsmen can have hundreds, and the old stonemason grandfather also said so, why do you only sell a hundred pieces to Qianyan?" ”

Pi You said: "How can eggs be put in one basket, if they are all sold to Qianyan, then with the virtue of Qianyan, sooner or later the price will be pushed to the limit." So, we went to find another basket after eating. ”

"Where?"

"Mr. Tanaka's martial arts hall."

"Oh, Mr. Tanaka is the owner of the martial arts hall, how could he buy our turquoise?"

"Martial arts hall is just Mr. Tanaka's personal hobby, and as far as I know, he is involved in many industries, including jewelry."

"Oh, I see."

When we arrived at the Hokkaido Martial Arts Center, Sasaki was leading his disciples in kung fu, and he was skillfully using mud steps to fight a student. Looking at his body, I feel very relieved that this kid has finally learned well. But looking at Sasaki's smug appearance, I sighed again, there is no problem with using mud steps to fight with students, and it is actually a second to meet a master.

Sasaki was very happy to see me and Piyu, and ran over to greet him. Piyu asked, "Is Mr. Tanaka here?" ”

Sasaki said, "Yes, I'll take you to Mr. Tanaka." ”

Piyu asked Sasaki to arrange for the old stonemason to rest in the gatehouse, and then they walked into the inner courtyard together.

When we walked into Mr. Tanaka's study, Mr. Tanaka was drinking tea, and he was very happy to see us coming, and asked us to sit down. He half-jokingly said: "It is a great honor for the president of Kyushu Mining and the young owner to come to me in their spare time." ”

Piyu didn't say anything, "Thank you Mr. Tanaka for rescuing me a few days ago, and I came to thank you." ”

Tanaka shook his head: "It's hard work, why worry about it." ”

A few more polite words to each other, and the conversation got to the point.

Piyu said: "Kyushu Mining is making a batch of turquoise jewelry, I don't know if Mr. Tanaka is interested, but I know Mr. Tanaka's Yamato Jewelry Company." ”

Mr. Tanaka laughed, "Of course." Piyu, let's talk to Tomoko! She can call the shots about these things. I'm going to have tea with Mr. Shen Worm and talk about my heart. ”

Piyu agreed, and went to find Tomoko.

Mr. Tanaka made me a cup of Longjing, "Shen Jun, you can invite Pi You to be the president, I really didn't expect that Pi You is an Ottoman business tycoon, and the take-off of Kyushu Mining is just around the corner." I'd love to know how much you and your father paid to get Piyu to sell him to Kyushu? ”

I felt that in the past few days, under the aura of Piyou, I have become more and more insignificant, and I let out a long sigh, "Mr. Tanaka, I want to say that I sold myself to Piyou, do you believe it?" ”

Tanaka laughed, I was helpless, "It's not funny at all, my father asked Piyu to take full charge of the garden, and Piyu's condition was for my father to sell me to her." ”

Tanaka smiled, "Well, I see, Piyu is in love with you worm." ”

I smiled and shook my head, "No way, Piyu is naturally free to love, she didn't let the princess and princess go wrong, how could she run to our house to stay, she just thought it was fun." Otherwise, how could I have offered such a brain-opening condition to my father. ”

"I think Ling Zun's conditions are very good, Pi You has been like Su Qin Zhangyi of the Warring States period these days, he has the skills to turn the tide and fall, I admire it very much."

I admit what Tanaka said, but the thought of Piyu getting more and more embarrassed in front of me by the favor of my father and Anne makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

Tanaka asked, "Have you gone to the Ottoman jewelry store in the morning?" ”

"How do you know?"

"If Pi You wants to do jewelry business, he must be looking for money!"

I nodded: "Yes, Mr. Tanaka, you pushed it accurately. ”

"Pi You has raised the price of Qian Yan, right?"

"Haha, Mr. Tanaka, I think you can be called Zhuge Liang, you can pinch it. Pi You doubled the price all at once, and I guess I'm going to feel sorry for the money. ”

"The price of jewelry does not matter how high or low, only look at the color and workmanship, good jewelry can even be called a priceless treasure, there was a king in China in the past to exchange fifteen cities for a piece of jade! It is normal for Qian Yan to get the best gems from Piyu and then sell them for ten times or even a hundred times the price. Tanaka said disapprovingly.

I finally came to understand how deep the water was in the jewelry shop.

Tanaka didn't seem to have the heart to talk about jewelry, so he picked up a stack of newspapers and handed them to me, "These are some newspapers that my friend brought from China and Japan, and they contain some news about China. Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty said in an article that if you live in a temple, you are worried about it; If you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about its people. Ling Zun is such a talent, he worries about the country and the people, and is very ancient, these news may let him know something about the situation of his homeland, you can take it to him. ”

I took the newspaper and put it in my pocket. My father was really concerned about the situation in China, and he often asked around for news from China.

At this time, Piyu and Tomoko walked in together, and Tanaka smiled: "Two eldest ladies, you can talk about it." ”

Tomoko said, "It's negotiated, two pounds of turquoise per gram." ”

Tanaka smiled and said, "Piyu, you are a lion with a big mouth today. ”

Pi You shook his head: "At first, I only needed one dollar, but Tomoko added it, and she added additional conditions." ”

Tanaka didn't ask Tomoko what conditions he added, and said to me: "I don't see you for a day, like every three autumns, today I must set up a banquet to entertain Shen Jun and Ms. Piyou, Tomoko, you can accompany you!" ”

Pi You shook his head, "Since the matter has been negotiated, we will not bother, there are still things to do, and when we finish the matter, we must invite Mr. Tanaka to sit down." ”

Tanaka was not reluctant and sent us to the door.

Piyu tossed me a bag of things, "Take it!" ”

"Why are you empty-handed, let me hold everything!"

"Because it's something you like!"

I don't know what Piyu was talking about, but when I opened it, I was shocked again, and there was a thick bag of pounds inside. "My God, Pi You, you are simply the God of Wealth, when I get home, I have to ask the old stonemason grandfather to carve a statue for you every day."

The old stonemason followed us without saying a word, but at this time he opened his mouth: "Want, want!" ”

Piyu laughed, "What's the good of making me a statue!" ”

"That way, you can enjoy the fireworks every day! O all the people! ”

"Poor mouth, you, this money is not only ours, let's send some to our caretaker first!"

What Pi You said made me a little inexplicable, "I look at the vegetable garden every day, and I haven't seen you send me money!" ”

"Cut, what kind of caretaker are you, the caretaker of Kyushu Mining is the Governor sent by the Queen of England."

I woke up at the moment, looking at these colorful tickets, about to take out almost half of them and send them to the governor, I couldn't help but feel a little painful, "This governor is really dark enough, and he will quietly divide so much of our money!" ”

Piyu also sighed: "We have no roots in Australia, no governor to sit in, and I am afraid that those rough stones on the mountain have long been taken away by others." Worm, have you ever wondered why someone would expose Uncle Shen's acceptance of the craftsmen? It's just because of these turquoise. ”

I was shocked and asked, "Who is the informant, we have done a very thorough job." ”

Pi You glanced at me disdainfully: "The people who know that your family has turquoise do not have a division, and they must have a regiment, you just think you are thorough." ”

"And guess who's telling the story?"

Pi You shook his head: "I don't know, but the truth will come out one day." ”

In the blink of an eye, we were in front of the Governor's Palace.

The head of the guard already knew us, goodbye at this time, no longer daring to be arrogant, his stature was very low, Piyu told him, let him go and report to the governor, just say that the people from Kyushu Mining are coming.

The chief doorman immediately entered the door to report the news, and soon saw the butler Ig coming out.

He led us to the Governor's office, where Pieu placed a bag of pounds in front of the Governor. The Governor smiled and said, "President Piyou, it's time for me to congratulate you on your opening!" ”

Pi You smiled, "Thank you, Lord Governor, for your help!" ”

It's all just polite words.

I sounded like chewing wax, and I was so happy that so much money was running to the governor's table before I could get it hot in my hand.

Just as he was bored, Karl suddenly ran in.

"Brother Bug, I heard that you and Piyu are here together."

I smiled and said, "It's not just the two of us, you see who this is." ”

The old stonemason had not spoken since he entered the governor's palace, but he had only looked from place to place, and felt strange everywhere he looked. Naturally, this old man who has lived all his life has never entered such a luxurious mansion.

When Carl saw the old stonemason, he exclaimed happily, "Grandpa, you are here." I've always wanted to see you, and I'm afraid to scratch you, so I miss you. ”

Tears fell as he spoke, and the old stonemason touched Carl's head, "Child, grandpa misses you too!" ”

Karl suddenly said to the governor, "Uncle, I want to go to the town with the old stonemason grandfather!" ”

The governor who received the benefits was no longer serious, and said with a smile: "Go! ”