I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 228
Because of Liu Hefeng's funeral in Huai'an Mansion, even though the inns in the city were almost unable to accommodate them, apart from the inns and wine shops, the incense shop also made a lot of money, which is commonly known as making money from death.

Of course, the biggest loss is the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, which was closed directly, so that some dudes came to the brothel to drink and find beauties. Home, it's better to close the door and earn less money if you earn less money.

"Shopkeeper, there are customers here." The clerk shouted quickly, there were too few customers, and the shopkeeper dozed off in his spare time.

The fat shopkeeper's eyes lit up, especially when he saw that Zhan Feiyu's clothes turned out to be brocade, he was as excited as seeing the God of Wealth, "Miss, please, worry about the threshold, go make tea... no, make some tea A pot of black tea, and then serve the fruit plate and pastries."

Green tea is cold in nature and hurts the spleen and stomach. A little girl like Zhan Feiyu should not drink too much. Black tea is more suitable for warm nature. The fat shopkeeper knows so much.

Zhan Feiyu was frightened by the enthusiasm of the fat shopkeeper, and felt sorry if he didn't buy something, "I want to visit an elder, Gu Yan is fine."

Since the inkstone can be sent, it must be a male elder, and he is also a scholar. The door of the shopkeeper is clear, "Miss, please go upstairs. I have prepared some good things a few days ago. There are also ancient calligraphy, painting and ancient books, as well as a lot of gold, stone and jade."

The second floor is generally used to receive distinguished guests, and the minimum items sold are hundreds of taels.

"Miss, sit down for a while, I'll lay out all the things right now." The fat shopkeeper smiled very attentively, and greeted Zhan Feiyu and He Nuan to sit down, and went to get things behind the counter in a hurry. If you take it out, you can afford brocade, so it looks like it's not bad for money.

But while he was busy, the shopkeeper secretly glanced at Zhan Feiyu. He was full of bookishness, but it was a pity that he wasn't those dudes, otherwise he could have slaughtered him severely.

"Ah Nuan, can you tell the truth from the fake?" Zhan Feiyu lowered his voice. Fortunately, He Nuan is a trainer with good hearing.

He Nuan froze for a moment, looked at the cautious Zhan Feiyu, and then remembered that the lady came from a poor family. Although she was good at reading and smart, she grew up in the countryside after all, and she had never learned to identify antique calligraphy and paintings. , a real layman.

"I understand a little bit." He Nuan also learned it in the Forbidden Dragon Guard.

If he hadn't been sent to Zhan Feiyu's side, He Nuan would have gone to the backyard of the deep house to inquire about the news, so the maidservant should know a little about her.

Zhan Feiyu's eyes lit up, and he patted He Nuan's arm, "I'll leave it to you to verify the authenticity, and I'll be in charge of bargaining!"

The counter was already full of brocade boxes, and Zhan Feiyu came over in a serious manner, and took a meaningful look at the smiling fat shopkeeper. He planned not to open for three years, but to eat for three years after opening.

"Miss, please look, this is the mutton fat jade ribbon ring." The shopkeeper gently took out the jade ribbon ring from the brocade box, "This jade ring is white in fat, without any impurities, delicate, bright, and moist. It is definitely the finest suet jade."

One of Gu Qingzhou and Yin Wuyan is a close minister of the emperor, and the other is the commander of the Forbidden Dragon Guard. Neither of them was married. Before they met Zhan Feiyu, all kinds of rare treasures were basically thrown in the warehouse, saying it was a waste of money. Not too much.

After that, the things were sent to Shangsi County in boxes and boxes. For the top-grade suet jade, Zhan Feiyu had three sets of suet jade heads. As for the accessories, there were even more. It is the finest suet white jade, which seems to be slightly light blue in color.

Zhan Feiyu took the jade ribbon ring and looked at the sunlight from the window. The luster was soft and slightly yellowed, indeed like creamy fat, but when he looked carefully, he could still see some stone flowers, which meant that there was a flaw. Not classy.

Zhan Feiyu's mutton fat jade is white and almost flawless, like freshly cut mutton fat, and its luster is more like condensed fat.

"Not bad." Zhan Feiyu nodded. Since he wanted to ask the prefect of Chu for advice, this mutton fat jade ribbon ring is also suitable as a gift.

The shopkeeper smiled triumphantly. This is the best piece of jade, and he took it out for the purpose of suppressing the market. "Miss, look here again. This is a very good Duan inkstone."

When it comes to jewelry and jade, Zhan Feiyu can only make a rough judgment, but she knows a little about the inkstone used every day. This Duan inkstone has beautiful texture and fine stone quality. It is made by a master. The green bamboo carved on the inkstone forehead is generous .

The fat shopkeeper was even more sure that Zhan Feiyu came from a scholarly family, and his attitude was also very respectful, "This square inkstone grinds silently, does not consume water, is greasy but not slippery, and does not damage the ink. It is definitely suitable for elders."

"It's like a small piece of gold that can be light, and Huirun will melt into amethyst. Graphite is ground into a phoenix tail, and half a teaspoon of cold spring is a dragon's eye." Zhan Feiyu nodded in agreement, and suddenly glanced away from the corner of his eye, "That's a purple stone inkstone ?”

"Yes, Miss has good eyesight." The fat shopkeeper hastily brought over the brocade box from the other side. Although the Duan inkstone is also precious, it is inferior to the Zijin stone inkstone which is the most famous inkstone.

"This, this, and this..." Zhan Feiyu said quickly. She wanted two inkstones and a suet jade ribbon ring. She didn't understand calligraphy, painting, and ancient books, but she fell in love with an iron-sharpening knife. dagger.

He Nuan silently stood aside and looked at Zhan Feiyu, who bought a lot of money. He didn't need to verify the authenticity by himself. The young lady thought she was going to buy the shop if she didn't know her lavish posture.

However, thinking that Liu Hefeng had given Zhan Feiyu all his property under his name, it was a full 50 taels, which was enough to support the young lady's wealth.

"Okay, these are the things I want, shopkeeper, calculate how much money you have." Zhan Feiyu stopped, and the fat shopkeeper beside him flicked the beads of the abacus.

"Miss, the total is 650 taels, and the miss will give you 600 taels." The fat shopkeeper's eyes were closed with a smile. Although he sold seven treasures of the store at once, the money is still a lot.

Zhan Feiyu stretched out three fat fingers, "3000 taels."

"Ah?" The fat shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, almost thinking that he heard it wrong.

The fat shopkeeper saw Zhan Feiyu shaking his three fleshy fingers, and repeated, "I bought all 3000 taels."

She didn't expect Zhan Feiyu to counter-offer at all, and she didn't expect her to bargain so hard that she killed half of it directly. This is clearly a murder!
In an instant, the fat shopkeeper took out his shrewd and naughty business skills for many years, "Miss, these are all genuine products, there is not a single fake, look at this inkstone, this suet jade, any one is worth thousands of taels, miss, what do you think?" Alright, the seven pieces I picked are the best in our shop, five thousand six hundred taels is actually not worth much money for me, and I have to add seven boxes."

The shopkeeper picked up one of the wooden boxes and introduced it with a painful face, "This is not an ordinary wooden box. The lady who has read poetry and books must know the allusion of buying a box and returning pearls. These are all boxes of huanghuali. Please ask the master to carve it." Yes, each box is worth a hundred taels."

Zhan Feiyu smiled and looked at the fat shopkeeper who was selling miserably, "Okay, I'll add another 500 taels, shopkeeper, this suet jade is rare, but one piece of jade can at least sell six or seven things, and the price of the rough stone is not expensive , and this is just a jade ribbon ring, there is no carving, you are not kind, the shopkeeper!"

"As for the two inkstones, the shopkeeper, it's not that I don't know the goods, but someone who knows the goods probably wouldn't be willing to spend so much money." Zhan Feiyu pointed at the two inkstones.

She decided to give the Duan inkstone to Lord Chu, and the Zijin stone inkstone to the capital for Xueshi Gu, "Although the inkstone is expensive, it is not an ancient inkstone after all. It will be dusty in the store. Why don't you sell it and use the money to prepare some goods? Maybe It has already earned several times the money."

Inkstones can only be given to scholars, so don’t even think about those from poor families. Who would spend 700 taels of silver to buy inkstones?

The children of the aristocratic families of the prefect of Chu have collections of ancient inkstones at home, but they still don't like the inkstones in the shop.

So unless you meet the right person, this inkstone is really not easy to sell, and the silver is trapped here. In fact, business people don't like this the most. Only by mobilizing the silver can they make more money.

Zhan Feiyu glanced at the fat shopkeeper with a slumped face, took out the dagger in the box, and said in distaste: "Although this dagger cuts iron like mud, it is not very practical, and ordinary warriors will not buy it. It is inconvenient to carry and can kill people. It’s not strong enough, so it can only be placed at home to look good.”

Warriors generally wear weapons with them, most of them are swords, and some people like to carry daggers, but they are all small and can be inserted at the waist or tied to the calf with a strap, so as to catch them by surprise during the battle.

The dagger in Zhan Feiyu's hand was too big, twice as long as a normal dagger, and it was too obstructive to hold in his hand, and he couldn't hide it on his body, so it looked useless and could only be used as an utensil at home.

Unless you are someone who really likes weapons, whoever is willing to spend three to five hundred taels can find a master blacksmith to make a good weapon with this money.

Didn't it say that the scholarly family regards money as dung?This little girl is willing to buy Yunjin clothes for a hundred taels of silver, why is she so stingy!

The fat shopkeeper looked at Zhan Feiyu who was bargaining without tears, and said with a bitter face: "Three thousand and five hundred taels are too little, and I have admitted my loss, 500 taels!"

600 Two fat shopkeepers are gone, the more money you have, the more stingy you are these days!

"4000 taels!" Zhan Feiyu grinned, pointing to the seven items he had picked out, "I'll leave if I don't sell them, maybe the shopkeeper will have to wait three to five years to sell all these items, three to five Years, 4000 taels of capital can earn you tens of thousands of taels of silver back."

"Four thousand, 800 taels!" The shopkeeper also went all out. Although the treasure of the shop is good, he is worried if he can't sell it, because all the money is trapped in it.

"It's expensive." Zhan Feiyu shook his head and gritted his teeth, "How about this, 300 taels, each take a step back."

The 300 taels actually made a lot of money, but no one in business would bite their hands for too much money. The fat shopkeeper was just about to add a little more, but he heard a mocking voice.

"Where is this poor ghost who ran out? If you dare to go up to the second floor of Jinyuzhai, and even dare to bargain, don't come out without money to make a fool of yourself." A malicious laugh followed.

Zhan Feiyu turned his head to look at the stairs, but saw three people walking over.

The girl who spoke was only fourteen or fifteen years old, with a slightly dark complexion, but she wore a peony-patterned gold hairpin on her head, pomegranate-shaped gold earrings on her ears, and a shining gold bracelet on her wrist. She looked young, but The old-fashioned and vulgarity set off by this gold.

Walking in the middle was a beautiful woman. Although there was a bit of harshness in her eyes, she was dressed luxuriously but decently. Everything from clothes to jewelry matched her appearance and temperament. She was originally 40 years old, but she looked about [-] years old. Get ahead.

As for the young man walking behind the two, although he was also dressed in a brocade gown, he was dressed as a scholar, with a jade crown on his head and a sapphire pendant around his waist, but his expression showed a bit of impatience and arrogance.

Zhan Feiyu looked away, and continued to bargain with the fat shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, this shop will disappear after passing through the village."

"No, this old man will pay you back money." Although the fat shopkeeper wanted to entertain the three guests who went upstairs, Zhan Feiyu was the God of Wealth. Although the fat shopkeeper wanted to cry when he bargained down the price, it was still a business of more than 4000 taels .

The girl who spoke did not expect that the shopkeeper and Zhan Feiyu would ignore her. The feeling of being offended made her completely angry. She stepped forward and glanced contemptuously at the brocade box in front of Zhan Feiyu. Inside was A set of three amber hairpins, the whole body is clear and rosy, suitable for young women to wear.

"I want this hairpin!" Snatching the box, Miss Jin disdainfully looked at Zhan Feiyu, who was just a little higher than the counter, and mocked condescendingly, "If you can't afford it, don't go to Jinyuzhai!"

Holding the box, Miss Jin arrogantly ordered to the fat shopkeeper, "If you don't drive out such a poor man, it's unlucky for me to be in the same room with such a person!"

Zhan Feiyu is wearing plain clothes and hairpins made of agarwood wood. Compared with the shining gold ornaments, this outfit really looks "shabby".

"Then you buy it." Before the fat shopkeeper could speak, Zhan Feiyu took another brocade box containing ganoderma lucidum bamboo pattern jade hairpin, "I don't like amber, this emerald jade looks better, I want this from the shopkeeper."

Afterwards, the fat shopkeeper couldn't close his mouth when he laughed, and he looked at Zhan Feiyu like he was looking at the God of Wealth. Whatever Zhan Feiyu picked, the domineering Jin girl followed suit.

As for the seven items that Zhan Feiyu picked out earlier, they were indeed not something a little girl would like, so they were left alone.

Complacently, she glanced at Zhan Feiyu, who had puffy cheeks. Miss Jin raised her brows high, and said more arrogantly, "It's not just silver. The most important thing in our Jin family is silver. If you can't afford it, get out. Don't buy it." Come out and shame yourself!"

The fat shopkeeper flicked the beads on the abacus again. Although Miss Jin picked out a total of twelve pieces, most of them were women's jewelry, but they were not as valuable as these famous inkstones and ancient jades. "Sincerely one thousand four hundred taels of silver."

"I picked so many and it didn't cost 2000 taels. That's fine, let's just make it up." Miss Jin finally remembered the purpose of Jin Yuzhai, and glanced at the calligraphy and paintings next to her, "Choose whichever famous painting is worth 600 taels. It's 2000 taels of silver!"

Seeing that Miss Jin didn't bargain, the fat shopkeeper immediately beamed with joy, and even took a special look at Zhan Feiyu, the little girl should learn, this is rich and powerful!

The beautiful woman and the young man at the side didn't stop it, and it was obvious that 2000 taels was nothing to them.

After receiving the banknotes, he asked the clerk to help wrap up the brocade box, and the fat shopkeeper looked at the smiling Zhan Feiyu, well, he made a note of this favor, "As the lady said, the sincerity is 300 taels. "

Miss Jin, who was planning to taunt Zhan Feiyu, was taken aback for a moment, and saw that the shopkeeper had closed all the brocade boxes. Although there were only seven boxes, the price was twice what Miss Jin gave.

At this moment, the beautiful woman and the young man next to him were stunned in astonishment. It is estimated that no one thought that the ugly Zhan Feiyu was so rich. She looked like an eight or nine-year-old girl, and she paid 4000 taels of silver when she made a move. .

"I want everything she bought!" Miss Jin roared angrily, and snatched the brocade box from the fat shopkeeper's hand.

Everyone saw the shopkeeper staggering when he was pushed, and when He Nuan was about to make a move, Zhan Feiyu blocked him. With a few slaps, a stack of boxes fell to the ground, and the contents of the boxes naturally fell out.

Except for the dagger, the remaining ancient jade and inkstone were either cracked or shattered. Looking at the fat shopkeeper, his hands were still stiff in the air, and he was dumbfounded.

Zhan Feiyu picked up the dagger on the ground, luckily the eldest brother said, "Shopkeeper, this dagger costs 300 taels, I want it."

He Nuan also immediately took out the bank notes.

Four thousand and 300 taels are now only 300 taels left?The shopkeeper stared blankly at the bank notes in his hand, finally came back to his senses, wiped his face, and said to Miss Jin, "Miss, you heard it just now, the total of these things is 300 taels, and now there are still 4000 taels left. "

If the thing was dropped, the culprit must pay the money. This is a matter of course. Besides, the golden girl gave 2000 taels without blinking an eye, which is probably not short of money.

(End of this chapter)