Chapter 003

"Careless!"

Coming to the time and space of the late Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie was not happy, but faintly unhappy, because he was not prepared.

It was an uncontrollable crossing, and this time he came with nothing that could be easily realized, and he didn't even buy a dagger.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, this was not a later life, but a troubled era when a person's life was as cheap as mustard.

Although he also knows part of history and knows the general historical events of the late Ming Dynasty, the problem is that fifteen years after graduation, his little knowledge of history has already been returned to his teacher.

Cheng Shijie regretted it a little, he had already checked Baidu to find out what major events had happened in Chongzhen's four years, and he vaguely remembered that there was a very famous rebellion, which happened in Dengzhou.

Cheng Shijie vaguely remembered that it was the Dongjiang Army that killed Dengzhou City and Shandong into white ground, with countless casualties......

The specific time, Cheng Shijie has no impression.

"Smack!"

Cheng Shijie patted his head and forced himself to calm down quickly.

As a member of the Crossing Army, what should I do now?

Although Cheng Shiying is not a weak scholar who is powerless, if it was ten years ago, his physical fitness would be not bad, because at that time, he graduated from a college degree in metallurgical engineering and was working as a technician in the fifth branch of Hangang Group on the front line.

But the problem is that he has been transferred to the agency for more than eight years, and his weight has increased by more than 100 pounds, but his physical fitness has seriously declined, and he is just a middle-aged fat man who has nothing to show for himself.

It is no exaggeration to say that any two adult men can clean him up.

If you have the money, you can hire a couple of guards......

Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie suddenly had an idea.

The first step is to have money.

He now hurriedly counted the things in his hands, a set of light perfume samples of second-tier light luxury brands, this kind of thing must be valuable at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but he has no sales platform and no way.

The second is the drawing board, drawing paper and pencil set bought for his son, what the value of these things was in the late Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie did not know, and he did not have a sales channel for the same problem......

The second is the crystal music box bought for the girl, this thing can be sold for dozens of taels of silver, it should not be a big problem, the middle-aged man who bought wine last time, even the white glass hotel thinks it is crystal, and he is generous, he should be a qualified buyer.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie had an idea.

Cheng Shijie opened the crystal music box, the packaging box of this music box is a slightly high-end plastic box, and took out the information such as the production date and production site on it, and he was ready to find a buyer.

He had to spend another night at the Liu Kee Inn, but he didn't have the money to pay for the room.

Soon, Cheng Shijie had a way.

"Dude!"

"What do you command?"

Cheng Shijie pointed to his things and said, "I'm going out to visit friends, will there be a problem with these things here......?"

Cheng Shijie just wanted to use the way of three hundred taels of silver here to tell the guy that he would come back, and these belongings were very valuable.

The guy immediately smiled: "Don't worry, in our Liu Ji, there will definitely be no theft of property." In case of theft, you can smash Liu Kee's signboard! ”

"What's the use of me smashing your signboards? These things are ready to be given to the nobles! ”

The guy smiled and was about to explain.

An old voice came from outside: "In case of theft, Liu Ji will repay it tenfold!" ”

"Do you have the final say?"

"The old man is Liu Ji's shopkeeper, and his words naturally count!"

Cheng Shijie got up, lifted the crystal music box and said, "That's the best." These things are not worth much, the most important thing is this ......"

Cheng Shijie opened the perfume gift box, pointed to the four bottles of perfume and said: "This is a good thing bought from the West, comparable to gold!" ”

The shopkeeper looked at the crystal bottle and knew that it was worth a lot of money, and he believed that Cheng Shijie was not a charlatan who wanted to deceive Liu Ji, after all, the liar was hungry and full, but he couldn't eat Cheng Shijie's body shape.

The proprietor of Liu Ji has more than a dozen shops such as inns, inns, and gold and silver shops, and this Liu Ji inn alone can earn more than 500 taels of silver a year, but their proprietor of Liu Ji is not a big fish and meat every day, let alone a face full of oil like Cheng Shijie.

"Although the guest officer can rest assured, Liu Ji has been open for more than 200 years, and he will definitely not smash his own signboard for dozens of taels of silver."

"See you later!"

Cheng Shijie got up and left directly, and he didn't clean up.

The shopkeeper looked at the man and said, "Send two people over, keep an eye on here, and don't get close to the living!" ”

"The villain understands!"

Cheng Shijie left Liu Ji Inn and walked directly towards the alley where he had taken shelter from the rain the day before yesterday.

After walking for more than half an hour, as if he had come to that alley, Cheng Shijie sadly found that he seemed to be lost.

Cheng Shijie was also thinking that the middle-aged man who bought his Erguotou that day should be a good drinker, who could not hesitate to spend a golden bean to buy his Erguotou, but he would not necessarily buy his crystal music box.

It's aimless nonsense again, almost like visiting a maze, and finally stopped in front of a house, Cheng Shijie looked at this house, which hung a gilt plaque with a blue background, and wrote "Left House".

Although Cheng Shijie is not an expert in history, he generally knows that ancient times are different from later generations, as long as later generations have money, they can buy an island and build a village.

However, the Ming Dynasty had strict etiquette restrictions, ordinary people called houses, honorable people called houses, this house has a door in front of it, and there are also households, which shows that the other party must be an official eunuch.

Seeing this, Cheng Shijie turned around and left.

No one in the official has good things, and when he sees the crystal music box in his hand, there is a high probability that he will not buy it, but snatch it, and this ancient government will not tell you about the human rights and legal system, and he will directly arrest you and throw you into the prison without blinking. You don't have a place to cry out.

Cheng Shijie looked at the pawnshop on the opposite street, wondering if he should pawn some money with this crystal music box first, so as to solve the rent of Liu Ji Inn, and also need to eat something, he has not eaten for at least six or seven hours since noon, and his stomach has long been hungry.

Don't look at Cheng Shijie's fatness, but he is the least hungry.

The door of the pawnshop is quite large, it is considered five rooms, and there are two men in short shirts standing at the door, and they look like Kong Wu is powerful.

The guy looked at Cheng Shijie's appearance: "Monk Tena, you want to turn your fate and go elsewhere!" ”

"I'm not a monk!"

In fact, the monks of the Ming Dynasty are far from being like in film and television dramas, their heads are shiny, and most monks actually have some hair, just like Cheng Shijie's board size is slightly shorter.

Cheng Shijie wanted to make up a lie to explain his hair, but seeing that the guy was not interested, he walked straight to the store.

"Guest officer, please!"

One of the outside was wearing tortoiseshell glasses, looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "What is it?" ”

In fact, there are only three positions in the pawnshop, the external vacancy is responsible for the reception staff, and the pawn valuation, the valuation in the industry, also known as "newspaper singing", the middle lack is responsible for writing the pawn ticket, when the lack of yin and yang strange pressure price "newspaper singing", the lack of immediately writing.

Cheng Shijie handed over the crystal music box.

The pawnshop guys are all human spirits, looking at Cheng Shijie's clothes and the fat body, he knows that this person should have good financial resources.

If you look at the fact that this person is rich and looks decent, and it is estimated that he may be able to redeem this item at that time, then the "newspaper singing" will be higher, so that the interest can also be higher and earn interest money.

If you see that this person has no money, is dressed in tatters, and looks like he sells things to make a living, then the "newspaper singing" will be very low and make a "buy low and sell high" money.

Like Bai Jingqi in the door of the mansion to pawn at the pawnshop. When he took out a brand-new leather jacket, the clerk said in a strange manner: "Insects eat rats, the bare board is hairless, and the jacket is torn!" ”

This is actually a deliberate price reduction.

Cheng Shijie's face was oily, but he didn't look like he was in good spirits, although the clothes on his body were weird, they were made of cotton, and he should be a rich man.

"Is the guest officer going to die, or is he going to live?"

"Live!"

Cheng Shijie also understands the greasy nature of this industry, if he dares to die, the other party will definitely smash the price, if he chooses to live, it can be higher, and the more money in the pawn, which means that the interest can be higher.

"How much silver does the guest want to pawn?"

"At least a thousand taels!"

"It's high, it's just a crystal, it's not worth so much ......"

"Isn't it worth it?"

Cheng Shijie stretched out his hand and pressed the electronic switch of the crystal music box, only to see that the originally ordinary crystal box suddenly emitted a lilac light, and a pleasant sound of an electronic piano came from inside.

"This ......"

"One thousand taels of silver, is it still high?"

Zhongque hurried to find the shopkeeper.

Not long after, an old shopkeeper who was over half a hundred years old walked over, looked at Cheng Shijie and asked, "How long does the guest officer want to pawn?" ”

"A month!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Take it after a month, within a month, you must not sell it, otherwise...... Hum! ”

"Well said, well said!"

At the suggestion of the shopkeeper, Zhong Que began to write bills.

The shopkeeper said: "So that the guest officer knows, our Xingping Tong Su is not bullied, a month later, you come to get it with the ticket, and the monthly interest is one cent!" ”

Black, really black.

One cent of profit a month, which means that Cheng Shijie became a thousand taels of silver, and one thousand one hundred taels after a month.

Cheng Shijie looked like he was in pain: "Okay! ”

Sign, fingerprint.

"Does the guest officer need a silver ticket, or cash?"

"Is there any gold?"

One thousand taels of silver, which is more than sixty-two catties, although Cheng Shijie can carry it, it must be very inconvenient.

"Yes, the exchange of gold and silver is one to eight. One thousand taels of silver can be exchanged for one hundred and twenty-five taels of gold! ”

One hundred and twenty-five taels of silver, only more than seven catties, is easy to carry.

Cheng Shijie exchanged one hundred and twenty-four taels of gold, and eight taels of broken silver.

After the delivery, Cheng Shijie returned directly to Liu Ji Inn with the gold.

Not long after walking out of the Xingping pawn shop, Cheng Shijie had a few more tails.

Although he was a little nervous, he walked unhurriedly towards the Liu Ji Inn.

Fortunately, there were no dangers along the way, which allowed Cheng Shijie to return to Liu Ji.

"Guest officer, please!"

"There are no meals!"

"Yes, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, we Liu Ji have everything!"

I have money in my hands, and I don't panic in my heart.

"Liu Ji's signature dish, a few dishes!"

"Wait a minute, officer!"

After a short time, the guy who ran the hall came over with the dishes and began to report the name of the dish: "Lamb belly with green onions!" ”

"Beaulieu vegetables!"

"Three things!"

It is necessary to explain here that it is made by mixing three ingredients, the hen and the pig's trotter tendon, and simmering over low heat, which can also be said to be the originator of the Buddha jumping over the wall.

A large table was full of dishes, although Cheng Shijie ate a lot of food, he only ate less than a third, and when he was about to check out, there was a shout at the door of the store.

Cheng Shijie followed the prestige and saw more than a dozen men in short shirts, beating around a man.

The man who was beaten did not fight back, but only covered his head with his hands.

Cheng Shijie frowned slightly.

That Liu Ji's guy is also a person who is good at observing words and feelings, seeing Cheng Shijie's displeasure, he hurriedly rushed out of the store and scolded more than a dozen big men who were beating people: "Wang Er, get away, you disturbed the nobles, you can't afford to be guilty!" ”

Cheng Shijie suddenly saw that the man who was beaten was a little familiar, as if it was Liu San, who had a one-sided relationship.

"Wait, you go and ask what's going on!"

"Does the guest officer have that kind of acquaintance?"

"That's right!"

Cheng Shijie saw that the guy still had some deterrent power against Wang Er, it should be Liu Ji's power, and Wang Er couldn't afford to provoke him, so he took out a piece of broken silver from his arms.

Cheng Shijie didn't have the heart to accept Liu San's call for himself, after all, Cheng Shijie really didn't want to live in the late Ming Dynasty, he wanted to go back, and the one hundred and twenty-four taels of gold was more than one million. The money for his daughter's treatment is there, and he can go to treat his daughter, he really doesn't dare to mess around at the end of the Ming Dynasty, what if he dies?

"Bring Liu San here, this is your reward!"

Man's rejoice.

Not long after, Liu San, who was covered in scars, walked into the store.

Liu San knelt down towards Cheng Shijie: "Thank you!" ”

"Get up~"

Cheng Shijie asked, "What's going on?" ”

Liu San muttered: "My mother is hungry, I didn't get any money......"

Cheng Shijie pointed to the guy and said, "Pack these leftovers and bring them back to your mother to eat." ”

Liu Sanqian left with gratitude.

Cheng Shijie gave Liu Ji half a month's advance for the house, plus food, a total of eight dollars of silver, less than one tael, which means that the purchasing power of the silver is still quite good.

This meal will be placed in the afterlife, and it will not be able to be brought down without thousands of dollars.

waited for a long time, and it was dark. Cheng Shiying hurriedly lay on the bed, opened and closed his eyes, or in the room, Cheng Shijie was suddenly anxious, why couldn't he go back?

What's going on?

Cheng Shijie was a little anxious.

His brain began to work fast, thinking about the details before and after the crossing.

For the first time, see the white light, the white light is dazzling, and then pass through the ......

The second time, close your eyes and go back.

What do they have in common......

Cheng Shijie thought about it, the first time he saw the dazzling white light, he subconsciously closed his eyes, his eyes were stimulated, and tears flowed, and the second time he went back, it was because he thought that he couldn't go back, and he shed tears.

Could it be that tears are the key element of crossing?

Try it.

Cheng Shijie began to brew emotions, thinking that he couldn't see his wife and son, tears began to emerge, and a burst of white light suddenly appeared, closing his eyes.

Cheng Shijie opened his eyes, looked around, and sure enough, the empty room on the second floor appeared.