It is said that Zhang Fan has been home for some time since the attack on the dense forest that day. Zhang Fan planned to go to the town to sell the herbs and animal skins he had obtained a few days ago, and buy a good horse by the way.

This morning, Zhang Fan and Xue'er finished breakfast. Zhang Fan said to Xue'er: "Xue'er, we have been back for a few days. Today I plan to go to the town to sell the hides, and buy a horse to travel by the way, what do you think?" Xue'er didn't think about it, and directly agreed with her son-in-law's suggestion, and replied: "Okay, I haven't been to the town for a long time, let's go and see it today, and buy some rice and salt by the way." Then the two of them packed up their packages, loaded them with those unused herbs and beast skins below the fourth grade, and headed for Wanjia Town.

In the morning, in the Baopi Pavilion in the southwest of the Wanjia Town Market, there are guests who come to trade from time to time.

Zhang Fan took Xue'er to the front of Baopi Pavilion, looked at the shop, and then walked inside.

A guy saw a teenager walking in with a big package on his back, followed by a girl of the same age, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "The two objectively came to our store to sell wild animal skins?" Zhang Fan heard this, and said in his heart: "Aren't you talking nonsense, is there still someone who is so idle that they run around the street with a big package on their backs." Of course, he didn't talk nonsense with the guy, and said directly: "Yes, you buy the three-grade brute beast skin here?" The guy heard this, and said respectfully: "The two are objective, please upstairs." On the second floor, there are people who are responsible for identifying and purchasing hides of more than three grades. When Zhang Fan heard this, he walked to the second floor.

On the second floor of the Baopi Pavilion, the shopkeeper Wang saw a young man who looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old, carrying a large package and a black sword, and a girl of similar age walking towards the counter, and immediately greeted him, and said with a smile: "This young man has a brute animal skin to sell?"

When Zhang Fan heard this, he didn't answer, but asked, "Shopkeeper, do you have animal skins for sale here?"

When the shopkeeper heard this, he understood the young man's scruples, and said with a smile: "Young man, don't worry. Our Baopi Pavilion is the most important reputation, the animal skin identification experience is rich, the price is fair, you can rest assured. ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he knew that his careful eyes were seen through by the middle-aged shopkeeper with a good eye, and he didn't talk nonsense, and said: "Shopkeeper, I do have some good animal skins here, you can help me take a look." As he spoke, he took out all the skins from the package and put them on the counter.

The shopkeeper Wang found that the young man actually took out hundreds of first-grade to sixth-grade animal skins at once, and he was a little surprised in his heart, and said secretly: "This young man is really a ruthless and powerful person, which is really rare in this ten thousand towns." Seeing that Zhang Fan had already taken out all the animal skins, he hurriedly picked up the animal skins and examined them carefully.

After a while, the shopkeeper Wang finished identifying all the animal skins, and said with a smile to Zhang Fan: "Shaoxia, you have taken out a total of one hundred and five first-grade animal skins, ninety-eight second-grade animal skins, fifty-six third-grade animal skins, thirty-six fourth-grade animal skins, twenty fifth-grade animal skins, and nine six-grade animal skins. We calculate the price according to several criteria such as the grade of the hide, the damage rate of the hide, the area of the hide, and the type of beast. For an ordinary animal skin, the first product is worth ten taels of silver, the second is worth twenty taels of silver, the third is worth thirty taels of silver, the fourth is worth one hundred taels of silver, the fifth is worth two hundred taels of silver, and the sixth is worth three hundred taels of silver. Special animal skins, such as crocodile and tiger skins, are worth tenfold, and rare white tiger skins are worth tenfold. What do you think?"

When Zhang Fan heard this, he smiled and said, "The shopkeeper, just follow what you say." ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Young man, you have seven fourth-grade crocodile skins and one white tiger skin, worth a total of 17,000 taels of silver, or 1,700 taels of gold." Together with the skins of ordinary brute beasts, the value is fourteen thousand one hundred and ninety taels of silver, or one thousand four hundred and nineteen taels of gold. The value of all the hides amounted to three thousand one hundred and nineteen taels of gold. ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he felt satisfied in his heart, and said, "Okay, thank you for the shopkeeper." ”

Then, the shopkeeper Wang took out gold, silver tickets and some broken silver, handed them to Zhang Fan and said, "Shaoxia, this is three thousand taels of gold, a silver ticket worth one thousand taels and ninety taels of silver. ”

Zhang Fan took the gold and silver obtained from the sale of animal skins from the hands of the shopkeeper Wang, put it in his arms, and then hugged his fist to the shopkeeper Wang: "Shopkeeper, thank you, farewell!" The shopkeeper Wang returned the gift and said with a smile: "Welcome to the shop next time." Then Zhang Fan took Xue'er and walked downstairs.

Zhang Fan took Xue'er out of the Baopi attic, and walked north for a while, coming to Zhou Houdao's medicine hall.

Zhou Houdao, who was originally sitting on the Taishi chair to rest, saw a pair of young men and women walking into his shop, and suddenly an old cow turned over, got up from the Taishi chair, and quickly stepped forward to greet the customer. He saw that the person who came was an old acquaintance, and said with a smile: "Zhang Gongzi is here, please hurry." ”

Zhang Fan followed Shopkeeper Zhou to the counter, then took out hundreds of sandalwood boxes containing herbs from the package and put them on the counter, and then said to Shopkeeper Zhou: "Old Zhou, these are the herbs I collected this time, please help me take a look." ”

Zhou Houdao saw Zhang Fan take out hundreds of medicine boxes at a time, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Zhang Gongzi, I will definitely give you the most generous price." Then he opened hundreds of pillboxes one by one and examined them.

After a while, Zhou Houdao finished checking, and said to Zhang Fan in ecstasy: " Zhang Gongzi, you have 200 ordinary first-grade herbs, each priced at 10 taels of silver, a total of 2,000 taels of silver; 78 ordinary second-grade herbs, each priced at 20 taels of silver, a total of 1,560 taels of silver; 31 ordinary third-grade herbs, each priced at 30 taels of silver, a total of 930 taels of silver; 12 ordinary four-grade herbs, each priced at 100 taels of silver, a total of 1,200 taels of silver; 8 special fourth-grade herbs-lewd snake grass, each priced at 1,000 taels of silver, a total of 8,000 taels of silver; and 6 special four-grade herbs-water hyacinth, each priced at 1,000 taels of silver, a total of 6,000 taels of silver。 All the herbs were worth 19,690 taels of silver, or 1,000 taels of gold, 9,600 taels of silver, and 90 taels of broken silver. ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he was satisfied with the price given by Old Man Zhou, and replied: "Okay, the medicine money will be calculated according to what Old Man Zhou said." ”

Then Zhang Fan greeted Zhou Houdao, took the money from selling herbs, and took Xue'er out of the medicine hall.

Zhang Fan was carrying thousands of taels of gold at this time, and suddenly felt that he was also a rich man, so he led Xue'er all the way to Beishi and went shopping.

After a while, Zhang Fan took Xue'er to an alley street selling antique jade, and found that the entire street was lined with shops, antique shops, jewelry shops, jade shops, pottery shops, etc. In front of the shop, countless stalls are densely packed on both sides of the street. On the street, there is an endless stream of pedestrians, and the sound of Xiao Er's greeting, the voice of pedestrians, the bargaining of customers and the shouts of the stall owner are mixed together, making the market very lively. The whole alley is a street of jade antiques.

Zhang Fan and the two looked while walking, and found that there were many things on the stall, wood, pottery, bamboo, bronze, silver, jade, etc., which was dazzling.

Suddenly, a voice came from the stall in the crowd ahead. When Zhang Fan heard this, he squeezed forward with Xue'er and found an old man in gray talking to a simple-looking young man.

The old man said: "Second stunned, my jade Ruyi was worn by the prime minister of the previous dynasty when he was a child, as long as you buy it, you will definitely become as smart as the prime minister." Then a simple young man reluctantly replied: "Ma Lao, don't try to lie to me with fake things. When Ma Lao heard this, he smiled and said, "Don't you believe it? You see that the name of the prime minister is still engraved here." The second stunned man hurriedly refused: "Ma Lao, I don't want it." Ma Lao smiled and said, "It's too expensive, as long as you give me ten taels of silver, you will be smart immediately." Seeing this, the second stunned said, "This old man is going to lie to me again." Then he hurried away. Seeing this, Ma Lao hurriedly got up and persuaded: "Don't run, two stunned, as long as you have five taels of silver." However, the honest and stunned still didn't look back, and the old man said again: "Two stunned, come back quickly, two taels of silver." "It's a pity that the two stunned swaddling uh uàn Xiu off the rabbit Hui Chen tear V Xin play the bad manganese nine silk ruin saddle ィ [魄置蛔 afraid of Song forgive!

Zhang Fan was aroused by the old man's words just now, so he squatted in front of the stall and looked through the items on the stall. Xue'er, who was standing on the side, saw that her son was looking through the objects on the stall with great interest, and she also kept looking at the strange things on the stall like her own son.

The old man found that someone was patronizing his stall, and hurriedly introduced: "Childe, these antique jade artifacts of mine are all utensils used by dignitaries hundreds of years ago, which are not only beautiful in appearance, but also priceless. If you are lucky enough to find a secret about the treasure of the ancients in an antique, then you have made a fortune. In addition, some antiques have been used by ancient masters, and slowly absorb the good luck of the ancients, once someone buys this kind of antique, then he will quickly rise to the top and make a fortune, and the scenery is infinite"

Zhang Fan was a little annoyed when he heard the old man's chattering words, and said to the old man: "Boss, don't boast about it first, let's just see it ourselves." ”

When the old man heard this, he smiled at Zhang Fan and said, "Okay, son, you can choose as much as you like." He knew that the young man didn't like what he praised him exaggeratedly, so he turned his gaze to Xue'er and said with a smile: "Miss, these hostas of mine were worn by the current queen when she was three years old, as long as you"

Xue'er saw that the old man had fooled his son-in-law, and he came to fool himself again, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Grandpa, I know that your hosta origin is very extraordinary, but I want to see for myself, don't talk, okay?"

When the old man heard that the girl was also disgusted with him, his old face turned red, and he replied embarrassedly: "Okay, although the young lady is picky, I won't talk about the old decay." ”

However, I don't know if it's because the old man has developed a habit or has a bad memory, although several customers who came to his stall to pick up objects were annoyed by him, but he still likes to praise his own things. This made Zhang Fan, who was picking things on the side, cry and laugh.

Zhang Fan picked up the stall for a long time, and found that most of the objects on the stall were either worthless ordinary things, old fakes, or some inferior products, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. However, just as he was about to leave the stall, he found that an ugly jade piece the size of a palm used to press the cloth gave him a peculiar feeling, so he pretended to pick and choose on the stall for a while, and finally picked out a white hosta with green markings and a piece of white jade Ruyi that was a little turbid, and said to the old man: "Boss, look at it, how much do these two things cost?"

The old man saw that the young man had selected two inferior jade products, and said with a smile: "Childe, you really have a vision, this hosta and jade Ruyi are"

Zhang Fan was already tired of his nagging, and reminded again: "Boss, how much silver are these two things?"

The old man smiled embarrassedly when he heard this: "Old man, I don't shout high prices, the two things are the best products in the stall, a total of twenty taels of silver, how about it?"

When Zhang Fan heard this, his face was a little embarrassed, a little painful, and a little reluctant, and said: "Boss, two inferior jade pieces are too expensive to sell for twenty taels, do you want me to pick two more pieces at the stall, a total of twenty taels, how about it?"

"Young man, for the sake of your friendship with me, I will let you choose two. The old man smiled and said nonchalantly, "But there is no shortage of silver." ”

Zhang Fan hurriedly replied, "Okay." Then he looked through a few items at random, and finally slowly picked up the jade piece and another red-spotted and white hosta, and said to the old man, "Boss, just these two pieces." ”

The old man smiled and said, "Okay, the young man has a good eye, but the jade piece is"

Zhang Fan didn't dare to stay here any longer, so he quickly took out the silver to settle the account, and then ran away.

When the old man saw this, he was also very helpless, but his heart was happy, because he had money for wine again tonight.

Zhang Fan took the maid around the jade antique street a few times, bought a few cheap pieces of jewelry and left. Then they went to buy a few more clothes, ordered some rice and salt, and finally went to the beast market.