Touring the Ming Dynasty

The next day, Duan Fei came to Yangzhou again, and he was deeply touched by Fatty Huang's words. There is a saying that goes well: gold in troubled times, jewels in prosperous times!When the world is in chaos, jewelry cannot be traded directly as currency. If jewelry worth millions is worthless if it is bumped and pressed when fleeing, gold is indestructible and difficult to counterfeit. It can be used directly, so whenever there is a war, the value of jewelry will drop sharply. If you can stock up on the situation, you can make the most profit.

Duan Fei doesn't want to make a lot of money, but he bought some when the jewelry is cheap, and he can use it when he needs to get through the customs in the future. At least he won't feel so distressed when he sends it out, because he bought it at a high price Well.

Shanshui Pavilion was still in the same position. As soon as Duan Fei sat down, Fatty Huang appeared. Duan Fei asked Xiao Er for a basket of steamed buns without even looking at him.

Fatty Huang tried to inquire about Duan Fei's background, but Duan Fei ignored him. In the end, Fatty Huang closed his mouth in embarrassment. After eating, Duan Fei stood up and left without saying a word to him, but Fatty Huang Obediently followed behind.

Shopkeeper Zhang was worrying about the lack of family, when he saw Duan Fei, his eyes lit up, he greeted Duan Fei with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Duan, long time no see, do you want to order something again today?"

Fatty Huang recognized Shopkeeper Zhang, seeing that he was so polite and familiar with this mysterious Mr. Duan, and that generally people who needed custom-made ornaments were all rich or expensive, Fatty Huang was even more surprised.

Duan Fei nodded towards the old shopkeeper, and said with a smile: "I want to order something today, and I also want to buy a batch of jewelry. I also plan to negotiate a business with you Bao Daxiang. Let's take a look at the jewelry first. After I'm done, I want to talk to Master Zhou. talk."

"No problem, Master Zhou has been free for the past two days. He was talking about you the day before yesterday. Is there something new..." Shopkeeper Zhang suddenly saw Fatty Huang hiding behind Duan Fei, and his eyes suddenly flickered. suddenly, and then stopped, and after a while, he shouted: "Come on, beat me out of this scoundrel!"

Fatty Huang poked his neck and said, "Master Zhang, Mr. Duan invited me here, otherwise I wouldn't want to step into this threshold!"

Shopkeeper Zhang was taken aback, Duan Fei looked at the two of them in surprise, and said, "Fatty Huang, you used to do it in Bao Daxiang? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Shopkeeper Zhang, I did bring him here. I don’t know much, ask him to help me check, is there any problem?”

Shopkeeper Zhang hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, Mr. Duan, please..."

Shopkeeper Zhang brought Duan Fei and Fatty Huang to the private room, and asked, "Mr. Duan, what kind of jewelry do you want to buy? What's the approximate price? Is it for your own use or as a gift?"

Duan Fei replied: "I'm planning to give it to someone as a gift. I'll pick some delicate jewelry ranging from a few hundred taels to a few thousand taels. Today I would spend tens of thousands of taels of silver at least... "

"Ah..." Fatty Huang stamped his feet in pain, and shopkeeper Zhang didn't have the heart to watch him play tricks. Finally, a big business came to his door. He couldn't care less about guessing how Duan Fei was carrying a huge sum of money from last time. He happily called for tea, good tea, then turned and went to the warehouse.

After a while, several exquisite boxes were placed in front of Duan Fei. The boxes contained pieces of jewellery. The lowest price was 300 taels, and the most expensive was a sandalwood with an asking price of 1 taels of silver. Fragrant bead chain.

"Master Zhang, these jewels can be regarded as exquisite, and the price is fair, but..." Fatty Huang began to play up his value, and he talked eloquently: "I am afraid that these jewels cost at least half a month ago." More than [-]% more expensive? Why has it fallen so much now? Shopkeeper Zhang, Bao Daxiang hasn’t done any big business for a while? According to the current situation, the war will last for an unknown amount of time!”

Shopkeeper Zhang was friendly to Duan Fei, and when he turned to face Huang Fatty, he had a dark face. He said bitterly: "What are you trying to say? If it weren't for Mr. Duan, I would have made people mess up." beat you out!"

Fatty Huang stood up, waved his hands and said, "No, no, I'm speaking for Mr. Duan. Shopkeeper Zhang, you should pay attention. When doing business, I will pay attention to your feelings. If Shopkeeper Zhang listens to me I still think it’s not right, so I’ll just slap my ass and leave, I don’t dare to accept Mr. Duan’s half a penny, if I think what I said is right... I’ll sell these jewels for an average of [-]% to Mr. Duan.”

Shopkeeper Zhang calmed down, and put on a fighting posture of listening attentively. Fatty Huang picked up the string of sandalwood beads and said casually: "Most sandalwood beads are produced in Nanyang, and such large ones flow into Daming at most two dendrobiums every year through exploration and cooperation trade." , the price... According to the starting price at the end of last year, one piece should be around 500 taels, and each bead in this string is round and uniform, obviously selected, even if it is 600 taels, there are 24 sandalwood beads in this string. Beads, which should mean 24 solar terms, the cost of the beads alone is 400 taels. It is not uncommon for Bao Daxiang’s brand to sell for 3 taels on weekdays, but now it only sells for 2000 taels... ...It seems that Bao Daxiang has lost a lot..."

Shopkeeper Zhang's face turned pale, and he explained: "Didn't you just say that? At this time, the jewelry can't be sold at a price. In order to recover the funds to deal with the situation, we have no choice but to lower the price and sell the goods. Even if we lose some money, there is no other way. "

"It's not that simple?" Fatty Huang turned a blind eye to shopkeeper Zhang's murderous gaze, picked up another jade pendant, and said with a smile: "The cost of this pendant should not be expensive, at most 50 taels of silver. Look at this fine jade pendant." Finely crafted handicrafts... 500 taels is not expensive, the craftsmanship is more valuable, but... Bao Daxiang's head office is opened in Yingtianfu? Seeing that Yingtian is about to fight, I don't know Bao Daxiang. Did Master Yin, the proprietor of Daxiang, think about the possibility of Yingtian being captured..."

"What exactly do you want to say?" Duan Fei watched with a smile as Fatty Huang was showing off his words. Seeing him dragging his voice, he interjected in a timely manner.

Fatty Huang said with a smile: "I mean that Bao Daxiang should be in urgent need of a large amount of silver recently. I wonder if I guessed it right?"

Fatty Huang approached shopkeeper Zhang, and said in a low voice, "As for the origin of those sandalwood beads, I don't need to reveal them? Shopkeeper, the current situation is unclear, and the future price of jewelry is hard to judge? I advise you to get rid of all the jewelry at a cheaper price." Yes, gold and silver are real!"

"You scoundrel!" Shopkeeper Zhang gritted his teeth and said a few words from his mouth: "The price just now will be reduced by [-]%, and there is no less."

"Deal!" Fatty Huang clapped his two fat hands, turned around and smiled at Duan Fei, "Master Duan, the price has been negotiated, you can pick whatever you want, Bao Daxiang's jewelry is still pretty good."

Under Zhang Zhang's distressed eyes, Duan Fei picked out more than a hundred pieces of jewelry, including the string of valuable sandalwood beads.

Reckoning that even if he wanted to use silver all the way to open the way, it would be enough to bribe dozens of high-ranking officials, Duan Fei finally stopped, the money that fell from the sky was not a pain to spend, and the jewels he selected included jewels under 1000 taels 35 1000 pieces of jewelry ranging from 5000 taels to 24 taels, and three pieces of jewelry worth more than 5000 taels, including the string of sandalwood beads, are worth more than 10 taels in total. [-] taels, a deal!

Duan Fei doesn't understand jewelry, but his vision comes from hundreds of years later, and the things he picks out are definitely fashionable and novel. When he saw the jewelry he picked out, Fatty Huang nodded his head repeatedly, and shopkeeper Zhang couldn't help but sigh secretly: "This Duan Fei The young master is also an expert..."

Duan Fei handed over a 1000 tael bank note to Fatty Huang, and Fatty Huang kissed the bank note with a smile on his face, knowing that he should leave after finishing his work, he was about to turn around and leave when Duan Fei said, "Fatty Huang, you What's your full name? Where do you hang out on weekdays?"

Fatty Huang's heart moved, and he said: "Mr. Duan, is there still room for a villain? The villain's name is Huang Suliang. He is simple and good. Although his reputation is not good, he is actually an honest person. Be smart when doing business, and you are often bullied."

Duan Fei smiled and said: "Huang Suliang, Huang Suliang, it's hard not to misunderstand your name, okay, I remember you, if I have something to trouble you later, I will naturally go to you, you can do it yourself. "

Huang Suliang bowed to him, turned around and backed out. Shopkeeper Zhang was still gnashing his teeth just now, but after going out for a circle, he came back with a smile on his face. He said to Duan Fei: "Mr. Duan, Master Zhou is here."