Chapter 31: Profiteering
The next day, the sky that had not been clear for a long time showed a smiling face.
Dressed in ornate purple jade, thirty egg-sized gems are divided into two ebony boxes, cushioned with black velvet, and stuck on the bracket.
The brilliant gemstones, which are unusually bright in the dark box, make people love them at first sight.
Such a large and high-quality gemstone, even purple jade will not be seen in later generations, and its value is as high as tens of millions, which is the jewelry sought after by many powerful women.
Ziyu, who was standing at the window, looked at the treasure building diagonally opposite, and the guys were cleaning up in an orderly manner in the newly opened store.
At the doorway stood a lean man and a woman, their eagle-like eyes looking at everyone who passed by them.
Ziyu took a box of gems into the space and took out a beautiful tote bag to put in an ebony box.
With a flick of his sleeves, he swaggered downstairs, the jewel-encrusted dagger at his waist swayed with his pace, and the men who were waiting outside the door early in the morning looked straight at it.
"Childe, do you have breakfast? We can also provide luxury horse-drawn carriages for travel. ”
"No, my son wants to experience the folk customs."
Ziyu didn't give his buddy a look, and staggered out of the Full Moon Building, and went straight to the Treasure Building opposite.
The female man at the door looked at the dagger on Ziyu's waist, and her falcon-like eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile.
"Childe, please sit down in the guest room!"
Ziyu quietly glanced at the splendid decoration in the store, and the store sign facing the door was covered with gold leaf, which was unusually luxurious.
The gold jewelry in the glazed counter, the filigree inlay of lifelike flowers and birds, and the exquisite workmanship can be called a work of art in later generations.
The gold jewelry was not covered with pearls or gemstones, but the particles were as large as the broken gems she bought.
A wide-mouthed gold bracelet set with a circle of red, green, and blue broken stones.
"This bracelet is good, how do you sell it?" Ziyu stopped in front of the glass counter, her slender fingers pointing.
"Childe, this bracelet is called Rich and Rich, 888 taels.
There is only one in the whole world, and there is no similarity! ”
Ziyu listened to the advertising words of the guy similar to the later generations, and just wanted to give her a big eye.
She could buy three and a half bags of broken gems for twenty taels, and her value doubled when she changed places.
It is really an eternal truth that rich people and women make money easily.
"Hmmm! Not bad!
Call your shopkeeper out and talk to him about business! ”
Ziyu implicitly patted the delicate bag in her hand, and then glanced at the plates of jewelry on the glazed counter.
"The little one is going to please, and the son will please sit inside for a while."
The man bent down respectfully and invited the person to sit down in the guest room, and after delivering tea, snacks, and stoves one by one, he left the guest room.
Ziyu sat at the tea table, covering the tea with the tea, and soaking the Maojian tea in the cup.
"Ouch, no wonder the magpie came to the door early this morning, it turned out that there was a distinguished guest at the door."
The crisp sound of collision, accompanied by the fragrance of orchids, the elegant woman sat opposite, but did not lose the slightest shrewdness.
Ziyu took the tea cover for a moment, but she didn't expect the shopkeeper of the Treasure Building to be such an enthusiastic woman.
"The shopkeeper helps me palm my eyes!" Ziyu gets straight to the point.
As he spoke, he took out the ebony box in his handbag, opened it, and turned to the treasurer with his head full of pearls.
The sparkling gems shone brightly in the candlelight, and the shopkeeper's long nails unconsciously left a shallow scratch on the armrest of the chair.
"Fifteen of the finest gems from overseas, all the size of eggs, are colorful and hard to find."
Ziyu looked at the subtle expression of the shopkeeper in his eyes, and raised the conversation at the right time.
"How does Childe want to make a move?"
The shopkeeper's excited heart was about to jump out of her chest, as the shopkeeper of the Treasure Building, she had seen countless jewelry and treasures.
But I still saw this good and many, and the color was still full of gems at one time.
If a gem of this quality is sent to the prince's mansion, the network is far from being comparable to gold and silver.
The shopkeeper was already thinking in his heart which mansions he wanted to send these superb gems to for Mrs. and Miss to choose.
"A box of 25,000 taels of gold is not just for sale.
If the shopkeeper doesn't like it, I think the Tianxia Pavilion opposite will like it. ”
Ziyu secretly raised the price by a large margin, and also left room for bargaining for the shopkeeper.
"20,000 taels of gold, now the store is going bankrupt, the son has to leave a mouthful of food money for the slave family!"
The shopkeeper reluctantly took his eyes off the box, but the corner of his eye did not leave, for fear that a wrong eye would be dropped.
This scene was all seen by the careful Ziyu, the corners of her lips were slightly hooked, and she slowly reached out to take the box quietly.
"Childe, let's discuss again!" The shopkeeper said eagerly.
"Twenty-two thousand taels of gold, no more!"
"Deal, only collect money bills, and then give me two plates of children's gold and silver jewelry."
Sold 7,000 taels more gold than expected, Ziyu accepted it when she saw it, and took advantage of this to spend a handful in the store.
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By the time Ziyu carried a box of jewelry and was personally sent out of the Treasure Building by the shopkeeper, it was already an hour later.
Ziyu didn't go back to the inn directly, but wandered around Xiangfu Street with a box, and walked into Qiantong Qianzhuang without finding anyone following.
"The shopkeeper will exchange it for a hundred taels of gold." Ziyu auctioned a golden ticket of one hundred taels.
Inside the high counter, the shopkeeper carefully compared the words on the golden ticket and glanced at the gorgeously dressed young man.
"Wait a minute!"
When Ziyu went out with 97 taels of gold on her back, she was so distressed that she twitched when she thought of the 3 taels of handling fees that were charged.
It is true that no matter what era it is, money banks and banks are the most profitable industries.
No wonder there are so many people who don't like to bring cash, because a 3% handling fee will be charged for one entry and one exit, and no matter how rich you are, you can't bear it!
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In the following week, Ziyu went in and out of the major banks, only exchanging a few hundred taels of gold each time, and she collected a lot of them.
During this period of idleness, the price of food in Yundu has not fallen.
When I was wandering around the gambling house, I happened to hear someone talking about the best gems on the market, which were sold for 50,000 taels of silver.
"No matter how beautiful a person is, he is also a profiteer!"
Ziyu took a sip secretly, knowing that the opportunity she had been waiting for had come.
The next day, Ziyu used the same method to sell the remaining fifteen gems at the Tianxia Pavilion for 35,000 taels of gold.
Ziyu, who didn't hang out anymore, returned to the inn and leaned against the window to think about the departure, but saw a few unfamiliar faces lingering at the door of the inn.
Those few people would follow the young men who left the inn for a distance, and Ziyu's eyes flashed slightly.
"Hehe, it can't be for me!"
Ziyu thought of the 57,000 taels of gold in her hand, and it was really a touching fortune.
Changed back to Ziyu, who was dressed poorly, quietly settled the account, drove the mule cart to pull goods, and swaggered away from the back door.
The person who was squatting in front would never have thought that a rich rich man would leave through the back door as a poor man.