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Xu Ai has never been so nervous, and it feels very bad to be poached in person for the first time.

Although Li Mao joined the Xu Family Chamber of Commerce for a short time, he is strong in martial arts, very principled, does not bully the weak, and has a generous and tolerant personality, which makes people who get along with him feel very comfortable.

Soon, Li Mao won the trust of the Xu family chamber of commerce, Xu Ai felt that Li Mao was like his own eldest brother, as long as he was not busy, Xu Ai would pester him and let him take him shopping.

But what Mr. Huang Qian said just now is also extremely reasonable, a capable person like Li Mao definitely wants to make a career, and it is easier to realize such a dream in the army.

And the conditions offered by the government are very attractive, and it is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Li Mao, although Li Mao promised to escort Xu Ai's family back to Yuezhou, but in this case, it is understandable to choose to join the army again.

Xu Ai's face was flushed, and he felt that his breathing was short, on the one hand, he thought that Brother Li Mao could accompany his family back to Yuezhou, but on the other hand, he didn't want to delay Brother Li Mao's future.

Li Mao seemed very calm, he poured a cup of tea for Xu Ai first, and then poured a cup of tea for himself, slowly picked up his teacup and took a sip and said: "Brother Huang, I won't tell you, before coming to Dunhuang Mansion, I did have the intention of joining the army, but on the way here, I have promised Xu Lao's family to escort them back to Yuezhou, I can't easily break my promise, and I hope you understand." ”

Mr. Huang Qian looked sideways at Xu Ai, who looked really sweet and cute, and said with a long sigh: "Brother Li, my brother knows your thoughts, since you have made up your mind, it is inconvenient for me to entangle, so I will go back and report to the garrison." I also hope that my brothers will remember that in the face of warmth, don't forget to serve the country, Tang really needs talents like you. ”

Li Mao knew that Huang Qian had a misunderstanding about him, but he didn't want to explain: "Brother Huang, thank you for your concern and help all the time, brother, I am here to toast you with tea instead of wine." ”

Mr. Huang Qian picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all, and was ready to get up and leave.

Li Mao hurriedly said: "Brother Huang, please return to the garrison, Li Mao will not leave until the day the city gate opens next year, so this winter, the military is driven, and Li will not shirk."

In addition, I also ask the eldest brother to remind the garrison that the snow disaster is serious this year, and the Western Regions and Mengyuan will inevitably come to attack, so please prepare early. ”

Mr. Huang Qian arched his hand and said, "Thank you, brother, I will definitely bring these words to the garrison." ”

After Mr. Huang Qian left, Xu Ai felt very happy, and immediately ordered a large table of dishes to prepare to treat Li Mao.

Li Mao asked a little strangely: "Xiao Ai, why do you order so many dishes?

Xu Ai smiled sweetly and said: "Happy today, eat more!" Brother Li, you are really an honest gentleman, the border army has given you such good conditions, you are not tempted, today's meal can be regarded as my father's thank you." ”

Li Mao blurted out: "To be a man and establish the world, we must be honest, if there is no integrity, how can we be a person, this is what a brother should do." ”

After speaking, Li Mao's body stiffened a little, why is this a little familiar? Could it be that he used to say this a lot?

Li Mao thought about it for a long time, but he didn't think of anything, he shook his head, and threw those distracting thoughts out of his head, since he couldn't remember, he still had to live the moment.

After finishing the meal, Li Mao rushed to settle the account and did not let Xu Ai pay for it.

In fact, Li Mao was not short of money at all, he chased and killed horse thieves for several months, and gained a lot, and the homeless people rarely had a place to use gold and silver, and hoarded a lot.

When Li Mao decided to go to Dunhuang Mansion, his brothers gave most of the gold to the boss, and Li Mao did not refuse, after all, it would be much more convenient to go to a strange place and have money in his hands.

After eating and resting, Xu Airen didn't want to go home, but he didn't know where to go, Li Mao said: "Xiao Ai, then let's just go to Chengdongfang City to have a look, isn't Uncle Nine worried about bringing some goods to Yuezhou? Let's help Uncle Nine to take a look at the selection, maybe there is something suitable." ”

Li Mao called a carriage to send the two to Chengdongfang City, the city is too big, and it is also a matter of physical strength to run from the north of the city to the east of the city without a carriage.

In the east of the city, there is the largest Fang City in Dunhuang Prefecture, and the scale of the Fang City in the east of the city is not many times larger than that of Guazhou Fufang City, where Xu Ai lived before.

There are a variety of commodities, there are all kinds of items produced in the Tang Kingdom, the Western Regions, the Mengyuan Dynasty, the Western Fan and other countries, and many commodities are good things that are difficult to see in Guanzhong and the Central Plains.

Xu Ai saw so many good things, which made her dizzy, and she was excited to exclaim, so she took a look at this store, asked about that store, and felt that everything was very rare.

Many gadgets make Xu Ai can't put it down, especially after seeing good things, Xu Ai will show them to Li Mao, everything Li Mao said was good, she had to buy it, she was worthy of being a rich girl, and she was very generous, in fact, she had no concept of money.

Of course, Xu Ai didn't bring any money when he went out, all the money was paid by Li Mao, Li Mao didn't get angry, just smiled and helped Xu Ai settle all the accounts.

Li Mao is not idle, he mainly pays attention to some jewelry and jade shops, jewelry and jade are light in weight and high value, which are relatively rare in Guanzhong, Central Plains and Jingchu, if you can bring a batch over and sell it, not only can you make up for the loss of selling the Xu Family Chamber of Commerce, but you may even make a lot of money.

When the capital is available, who says that the Xujia Chamber of Commerce will not be able to reopen in Yuezhou?

Li Mao took Xu Ai to many jewelry stores, and also figured out the prices and markets of various types of jewelry and jade, and reported to Xu Jiu after he went back, and finally finalized what goods to buy, and Xu Jiu had to decide by himself.

Soon, Li Mao and Xu Ai searched around more than 20 jewelry stores in Chengdongfang City, and found that there were still some shops selling antique calligraphy and paintings on the street in front of them, and the things here also met the characteristics of light weight and high value.

So Li Mao took Xu Ai to walk into the largest of the antique calligraphy and painting shops in this row - "Xianyi Building".

As soon as Li Mao and the others walked into Xianyi Building, a cleanly dressed and shrewd-looking guy greeted them, and said with a smile on his face: "This big official, do you take the little lady out for a spin? Our Xianyi Building is the largest antique calligraphy and painting shop in Dunhuang Mansion, as long as you can think of something, we can get it for you in the store, do you have any antique calligraphy and painting that you are particularly interested in? I can take you to see it." ”

Xu Ai is now fifteen years and eight months old, and she is relatively mature, and many girls at this age have already married into wives, so it is normal for her to be mistaken for a little lady by her guys.

However, this little lady called Xu Ai's face red, she peeked at Li Mao, and found that Li Mao did not react much, so she was relieved to follow Li Mao into the store.

Li Mao looked around the interior of Xianyi Building, and sure enough, there were a variety of goods, and the shelves in the room were divided into categories, and there were no less than a thousand pieces of various antiques.

Li Mao said: "This little brother is not polite, I am not a big official, I passed by your store today, I want to see if there are antique calligraphy and paintings of high quality, conducive to transportation, and have the value of maintaining and appreciating value, my ninth uncle recently wants to purchase a batch of such things." ”

The man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said more respectfully: "Dare to ask the big official, which big family in the city is the ninth uncle you are talking about?"

"Chengbei Xujia Chamber of Commerce, Xu Jiuye. ”

The guy's eyes immediately widened, and he exclaimed exaggeratedly: "It turns out that you are Xu Jiuye's virtuous nephew! No, Xu Jiuye only has one daughter, and I haven't heard that he has a nephew."

Oh, by the way, I see! You're the hero Li Mao, right? The little one is really eyeless, unwelcome, sluggish, lazy, you wait a while, I'll go and ask us to be in charge. ”

As soon as Li Mao wanted to say no, the guy had already run into the back hall and soon invited a thin shopkeeper in his forties.

As soon as the shopkeeper of Xianyi Building stepped into the front hall, he immediately walked quickly, arching his hand as he walked: "Li Yingying, it is really an honor for me to be able to set foot in Xianyi Building!

Li Mao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Shopkeeper, you are too polite, I am not a hero, I am just an ordinary customer, don't let the guy be busy." ”

The shopkeeper of Xianyilou hurriedly took his hand down and said: "Li Yingying, you don't know how popular you are in Dunhuang Mansion now! Horse thieves in the Western Regions are wreaking havoc near Dunhuang Mansion all year round, and our Tang people have many casualties under their hands every year, and the border army will go out to encircle and suppress every year, but with little success, causing the border people to complain and their confidence to be greatly frustrated.

But your beheading of 100 horse thieves in the Western Regions this time is really a bad breath for our border people, and everyone is grateful to you.

You come to our Xianyi Building today, we don't have anything to entertain you, as long as you fancy everything in the shop, you will be 20% off, and you hope that the hero will appreciate your face, don't shirk. ”

Li Mao secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart! This shopkeeper has such a powerful mouth, he praises people very decently, and he also takes the opportunity to sell the goods in his store. He has said it to this extent, if Li Mao doesn't buy one or two pieces back, he feels sorry for the shopkeeper, and he is really a good hand in business.

Li Mao smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, you are too enthusiastic, haven't asked your surname yet?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Li Yingying, you are polite, your surname is Zhang, you are the shopkeeper and treasure connoisseur of the shop, what needs do you have in the future in antique calligraphy and painting, just come to me."

Come, Li Yingying, please go up to the second floor, the upstairs is full of fine antiques, and there is a tea room, we can enjoy antiques while tasting tea. ”

Li Mao couldn't refuse, so he walked upstairs with Xu Ai, and as soon as he reached the staircase, Li Mao seemed to be aware of it, and glanced at the row of inconspicuous shelves below the staircase, where there were a pile of broken and old bronzes.

It doesn't look very old, but the appearance is more damaged, and it is estimated that it is not of much value, so it will be placed in the shelves under the stairs.

It is true that most of these things are garbage, but there is a small bronze incense burner with a faint aura overflowing from it.

If it weren't for Li Mao's eyes that could see the energy of heaven and earth, he wouldn't have noticed the existence of this bronze incense burner, because its style was too ordinary and old.

Li Mao remained silent and continued to walk upstairs, Xu Ai also glanced at the bronzes, and saw that Li Mao did not speak, so he didn't talk much, and followed upstairs.

Shopkeeper Zhang enthusiastically recommended more than a dozen antiques for Li Mao, each of which claimed to be the treasure of their town store, but most of them were not worthy of their name.

The few antiques that Li Mao can see are either porcelain that is not suitable for transportation, or calligraphy and paintings that are easily stained by moisture, and there are no antiques that are particularly suitable for long-distance transportation.

Li Mao left a pair of bronze lion paperweights of acceptable value, and the others were put away by the shopkeeper Zhang, who saw that Li Mao knew something about antiques, so he did not induce Li Mao to buy useless things.

Li Mao pretended to watch the guy pack the pair of bronze lion paperweights, and asked casually: "Shopkeeper Zhang, my ninth uncle likes bronze antiques very much, I don't know if there are similar things in your store?"

Shopkeeper Zhang pondered for a moment: "There are more bronzes in the Western Regions, and they are generally not available at a good price, so there are fewer small shops to buy, if Li Yingying wants it, I will let the guy find it." ”

Li Mao pretended to drink tea and said, "Anyway, there is nothing to do today, so come and let me see it." ”

Sure enough, not long after, the guy found six more bronze utensils, including the bronze incense burner that Li Mao noticed before, in fact, the bronze utensils in Xianyi Building are more than these, but some of them are more damaged, and it is really difficult to take them out.

Li Mao stepped forward and rummaged through these bronze vessels, frowned and said, "These things are some years, but they are so damaged that they have to find someone to repair them, which is very troublesome." ”

This batch of bronze utensils has been in the store for many years, and has not been sold, today I finally saw that someone was interested, and the shopkeeper Zhang naturally worked hard to sell: "Li Yingying, you have a really good vision." Don't look at these bronzes broken, but each one is a genuine antique, as long as you find a master to repair it, the price can be doubled immediately, I suggest you buy them together, I can give you another discount. ”

Li Mao said with a dispensable expression: "That bronze paperweight is discounted by two thousand taels after being discounted, how much are you going to sell me for these few bits and pieces?"

The shopkeeper Zhang's heart darkened, and he shouted a high price: "Take all six pieces, count you three hundred taels of silver!"

Li Mao said with a disgusted expression: "How can these broken things be worth this price, if you stay here, you can only melt them and make them into copper kettles, forget it, don't want it." ”

Shopkeeper Zhang said sourly: "Li Yingying, if you really want it, make a price." ”

Li Mao stretched out two fingers and said, "Two hundred taels." ”

Shopkeeper Zhang gritted his teeth and said, "Two hundred and fifty taels, take them away if you want, don't let me melt them immediately!"

Li Mao said with a reluctant expression: "Okay, then two hundred and fifty taels, you pack the bag, and send it to the Xu Mansion in a while, and go there to get the silver." My little sister and I still have some things, so I won't bother and say goodbye. ”

When Li Mao and Xu Ai walked away, a fellow came to the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, are they stupid? ”

Shopkeeper Zhang picked up the six bronzes again and looked through them carefully, and after making sure that there were no treasures in them, he said: "I looked at them again, they are indeed worthless things, is this the legendary wrongdoer?"

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