I have a two world clock

Chapter 12 Marbles for Yards

The gongs and drums on the street were loud and bragging, and Mr. Zhang was welcomed back to Zhang's mansion.

Pedestrians along the street pointed to Mr. Zhang with envious expressions on their faces.

"Zhang Yuanzheng brags every day, saying that his son is the reincarnation of Wen Quxing. I didn't expect his son to be really up to date. It seems that he is really going to shake up this time!"

"Our Qinghe County has another Master Juren!"

"Let's go, let's go to ask for a happy money together, so that we can get a taste of culture!"

"Go together, go together!"

Many people followed the band and walked towards Zhang's mansion, preparing to go to Zhang's mansion to ask for some rewards, and at the same time to get a little bit of culture.

In this world of the Great Yin Dynasty, which is a bit similar to the Great Ming Dynasty, the best way for ordinary people to get promoted is the imperial examination.

Ten years of hard study and no one asked, once the title of the gold list is known to the world.

Once you pass the exam, you will distance yourself from ordinary people and jump to another class.

In the Great Yin Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the country. If they passed the Juren examination, they became a member of the scholar-officials. At worst, they could be exempted from corvee, and they could receive support from the court without worrying about eating and drinking.

More importantly, the improvement of status, if you win the Juren, you are eligible to participate in the local county government. Although you can't become an official immediately, you can be regarded as half a foot in the officialdom, and you don't need to salute when you see local officials.

As long as you don't rebel, just breaking the law, Juren's identity can save you from death.

No wonder Zhang Yuanwai made such a high profile after he learned that his son had been elected.

Li Mu stood on the street and watched the excitement. After seeing Mr. Zhang walking away, he continued to wander around the city. But for some reason, the pale face of the woman in the carriage just now kept reappearing in his mind, which made him feel a little faint. Uneasy: "That woman has a lifeless face, she is definitely not a kind person!"

Now his intuition is astonishing, he only glanced at the woman in the carriage, and then firmly remembered her face. At this time, recalling various details in his mind, he became more and more sure that the woman was not a good person.

It's just that he and that young master are neither related nor related, so it's not easy to speak rashly and express his doubts to others.

If he really spoke, he might end up being beaten with a stick.

Li Mu wandered around the city for a while, and finally found a front house that was going to be resold, and immediately chatted with the store owner, first asking about the price, and second about the reason for reselling.

The store owner was an honest man, and he didn't hide the reason for selling the store from Li Mu, so he told it happily.

This store originally sold rouge and gouache, but recently there was a plague in several counties, and the supply of goods was cut off. The two guys he bought were also infected with the plague, one was still taking medicine, and the other had died.

The shopkeeper of this shop was frightened, so he wanted to resell the shop, so that he could quickly seek refuge with his relatives in Zhongjing to avoid the epidemic.

"Little brother, I won't hide it from you. More and more people have come to Qinghe County recently, and many of them have suffered from the plague. After a long time, the plague will definitely spread in the city."

The owner of this store is Shi Qiancheng, who spoke very frankly: "Even though the plague is not spreading in the city, the number of victims continues to increase, and these refugees will riot sooner or later. If you listen to me, pack up your things quickly and run for your life. If you bought it in a store, it probably won’t be of much use.”

Li Mu was amazed, he had never met such a businessman, the seller was afraid that the other party would not buy it, it would be good if the stone was dry, as if he was afraid that Li Mu would buy it.

However, Li Mu didn't really care if the plague was not a plague. Hearing what his little fox maid said, he seemed to have a body of pure yang.

Although the plague was terrible, it didn't seem to have any effect on Li Mu.

He looked at Shi Qiancheng amusedly: "Master Shi, I know your intentions are good, but who can see the future clearly when you are alive? You said that there will be a plague in the city. This is just a guess, and it may not really happen. As for the refugees The riot, that is just your speculation, I don't really agree with it."

Li Mu smiled at Shi Qiancheng: "The location of your store is good, let's make a price."

Shi Qiancheng said: "Since the little brother insists on buying it, then give me 50 taels of silver."

There are three facade houses in this house, facing south, and there is a small courtyard behind. If the normal market price is used, at least 80 to 50 taels of silver, but now Shi Qiancheng only needs Li Mu's [-] taels of silver, which is basically a half-sell and half-giveaway.

"Thank you Brother Shi for raising your hand."

Li Mu thanked Shi Qiancheng, "But I won't take advantage of you."

He took out a small box from his pocket and opened it gently.

Inside the box is a crystal clear glass bead, which is as transparent as water. What's even more strange is that there are three willow leaf-shaped things in red, yellow and green inside the bead. Just looking at the material and workmanship, you can tell that it is very valuable.

Shi Qiancheng looked at the glass beads in the small box, with a look of surprise on his face: "Little brother, what are you doing?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "I got this glass bead in a barren mountain. I often play with it in my hand. Now that Brother Shi is so forthright. Brother borrows flowers to present Buddha. I will give you this bead as a gift." a friend."

Shi Qiancheng reached out to take the glass bead, twirled his thumb and forefinger in front of his eyes carefully, and exclaimed, "Absolutely ingenious! Little brother, I've been cut off by you. I want your bead, and this shop belongs to you!"

Worried that Li Mu would go back on his word, he hastily fetched a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and went to find a neighbor nearby to act as a surety.

It wasn't until the whole process was over that Shi Qiancheng held the glass beads tightly in his hand, and muttered to himself: "Zhengchou went to Zhongjing to be rude, but now I'm sleepy enough to give a pillow, and this gift will arrive by itself!"

After he installed the glass beads, he gave the house deed to Li Mu, and laughed: "Little brother, all my things belong to you! With this orb, I can just leave early."

This Shi Gancheng left as soon as he said he would. At that time, he packed up his things, put on the carriage, pulled his things, and walked to Zhongjing City with a family of more than ten people.

He bought the glass marbles online for 16 yuan per kilogram, and there are about two hundred pieces per kilogram, which can be said to be extremely cheap.

So such a glass marble from modern industrial technology has easily changed a front house and a small yard in this world.

"No, you're going too fast!"

Li Mu looked at Shi Qiancheng who left with his family in a hurry, and couldn't laugh or cry: "I haven't given you the 50 taels of silver yet! This glass bead is just a bonus..."

It's a pity that Shi Qiancheng has gone far away and can't hear the words inside.

In fact, even if he heard it, he wouldn't take it seriously.

Such an ingenious glass bead is inlaid with three colors in an unknown way. It is beyond human ability. If you find someone to sell it, you will have to sell it for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. How could it be regarded as a gift? head?
Only a fool would believe it!

"Good guy, this wave of blood is worth it!"

After collecting the house deed, Li Mu gave the guarantor a penny to express his gratitude, then took out the key, and locked all the yard doors: "When the servants and maidservants at home are recruited later, I will spare a few people to run the shop."

I went out for a stroll, and exchanged glass marbles for a front house, which made both the buyer and the seller very satisfied, and Li Mu himself was also very satisfied.

"Hey, my idea of ​​opening a jewelry store is really promising!"

Li Mu was walking on the way back, and the more he thought about it, the more interesting it became that a glass bead was replaced by such a large front room with a courtyard.

If this is placed in modern society, it is completely impossible.

As he was walking, he heard a commotion in front of him.

Looking down at the moment, I saw a Taoist Huang Guan standing at the door of a mansion, and said loudly: "Everyone, everyone, what I said is true, there is a monster in this family courtyard, there must be a monster!"

A few people at the door were furious: "My young master has just won the Juren, all relatives and friends are happy, but you want to spoil the scenery, your grandma, are you trying to make trouble on purpose?"

(End of this chapter)