The sky will be bright.
Wu Lu, the newly promoted chief steward of Ningguo Mansion, hurried to Jia Rong's courtyard, and he didn't care about looking for the mother-in-law and the maid, and shouted directly from the window sill:
"Young master, it's amazing! The person we sent to buy Zhang Hua yesterday was tied to the stone lion outside the gate with his bare buttocks and fed mosquitoes all night!"
"what?!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a vicissitudes of voice from inside, and then the door creaked apart from left to right, Jia Zhen came out from inside, tying his trousers belt, and said angrily: "How could this be? Could it be that Zhang Huagan? of?!"
In his eagerness, he even wore Hu's bloomers by mistake.
Wu Lu didn't dare to look any further, so he hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "I heard that Sun Zhizhong had sent people to ambush Zhang Hua's house long ago, and our people had just come to understand, they were taken by the other party, and I heard that they also recorded a video. Confession…”
"waste!"
Jia Zhen roared angrily, turned back and scolded the room, "Didn't you say that this plan would definitely work? How could the man surnamed Sun take over instead!"
Following his scolding, Jia Rong also walked out of the room embarrassedly, holding a pair of trousers in her hand, embarrassedly said: "Dad, look at this..."
"waste!"
Jia Zhen snatched the trousers away, and hurriedly entered the inner room. After a while, he heard him on the inner bed, while panting and changing his trousers, he questioned angrily, "You came up with the idea, and now it's the surname of that surname. Sun's got the handle, if he bites back, I may not be able to protect you!"
It's really my father!
This is before the disaster is imminent, so I thought about getting rid of the relationship first.
Fortunately, Jia Rong was already used to it, and said in a condescending manner outside the door: "Father, calm down, if the surnamed Sun really wants to bite back and hand over people directly to Dali Temple, wouldn't it be more appropriate? Since he treats people After sending it back, I presumably didn't mean to completely fall out."
It was quiet for a while inside, and then saw Jia Zhen come out again with a dignified appearance, and sneered: "So, then Sun Erlang really still fears the prestige of our Ningguo Mansion?"
If you are really afraid of Ning Guofu, how dare you tie people naked in front of the door
But Jia Rong didn't dare to say this, so she just followed Jia Zhen's tone and said, "Although that Sun Erlang is already timid, we have a handle on him after all, so it's not good to intimidate him. It's too much, according to my son's opinion, it's better to let Brother Qiang go over and talk about it."
"Never mind."
Jia Zhen flicked her robe sleeves and reluctantly said, "I'll spare him this time!"
It was obvious that he was timid, and he wanted Jia Qiang to admit defeat, but it was thanks to the father and son that they could say that they wanted to let Sun Shaozong go.
Not to mention how the father and son called Jia Qiang over to explain.
But he said that Sun Shaozong got up before dawn, let Xiuju wait for a simple grooming, and then climbed the wall and passed the window back to the study.
Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, he first went to the East Cross Courtyard and mentioned to Yu Qian the matter of taking Jia Lan as a disciple.
I heard that he wanted to accept the grandson of Rong Guofu as an apprentice, and it was highly recommended by Sun Shaozong. Naturally, it was not easy for Yu Qian to refuse.
So he responded ambiguously, saying that he would wait until the Shuji Shi finished his exams and let him see the child before making a decision.
After coming out of the Dongkua courtyard, Sun Shaozong went to the backyard to visit Ruan Rong again. Seeing that she was no longer in serious trouble, he promised to take her and Xiangling to Wangjianglou to listen to the opera tomorrow.
The book does not go into details.
After breakfast, Sun Shaozong went all the way to the Xing Ming Division, called Wei Ruolan, Lin Delu and others to accompany him, and ordered all the officials and yamen under the Xing Ming Division. There were two or three hundred people standing in the courtyard. .
Sun Chengye moved a Taishi chair and placed it on the steps of the main entrance. Sun Shaozong sat upright on it, so Sun Chengye asked on his behalf, "Your Excellency called you to wait today because I wanted to ask if anyone has heard of Tao Zhu Jinbei. '?!"
The officials below chatted for a while, and some of them responded, saying that they knew about it.
Sun Chengye then ordered loudly again: "Don't panic, everyone who has heard of this, please stand in front and speak!"
The phalanx of more than 200 people squirmed for a while, and finally squeezed out 30 or 40 people, including clerical officials and three classes of yamen.
Among the officials, there is actually one-sixth of the ratio? !
Sun Shaozong's heart sank, and he personally ordered: "Those who have bought and sold this thing, list them alone!"
This time, everyone stared at each other for a long time, and only four people timidly stood at the front of the team, namely a clerk and three yamen.
Fortunately, the conversion rate is not very high.
If most of the people who have heard of 'Tao Zhu Jinbei' bought this stuff, then things would really be a big deal.
Sun Shaozong was a little more relaxed now, and asked the four people, "Why do you guys want to buy and sell this thing?"
"Go back to the words of the adults."
The clerk first cupped his hands and said, "This object symbolizes good luck, and it is said that it has the benefits of prospering the family and prospering wealth, so I bought twelve of them and kept them at home."
"But I don't know how much it costs?"
"The villain bought it earlier and shared thirty-two taels of silver."
The clerk said that at this time, he was quite complacent, because now the twelve gold shells of the middle grade have risen to nearly fifty taels of silver on the market.
"My mother, it turns out that this thing is so valuable!"
A yamen next to him heard it, and couldn't help but say: "No wonder now when I go to the casino to make money, I use this thing as a bargaining chip!"
"To make chips?"
Sun Shaozong raised his brows and hurriedly asked: "Nowadays, this thing is really used as a bargaining chip in casinos?!"
The yamen exchanged glances, and the stupefied man handed over his hands and said, "If you go back to the master, it doesn't seem like this is the case in every family. It's just the casino that the little people often go to. Recently, this thing has been used to replace part of it. Bamboo chips, it is said that one piece can be worth five coins!"
Another person added: "Master, the little ones actually only used it in the casino, and didn't bring it home - in fact, there are several people like us."
As soon as he finished speaking, two scribes and four yamen immediately flashed behind him, all of them said with sincerity and fear: "Master [Master], it's not because [Little] is trying to hide it, but I really don't know how to use it as a bargaining chip. Bought this thing."
tsk~
It is not worth mentioning in the casino as a chip. After all, many casinos used bamboo chips as a chip in order to avoid the trouble of weighing money.
But if this matter is a big deal, it gives Jinbei the function of converting it into equivalent silver at any time!
Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, and then asked again: "If you bring similar golden shells by yourself, can you be a bargaining chip?"
"this… "
Several gamblers exchanged glances with each other, and shook their heads in unison: "Jinbei in the casino are all stamped with red seals on the inside - they're afraid they won't recognize Jinbei from outside."
But one of them said: "It's not that I don't recognize it. I heard that for foreign gold shells, only two can be exchanged for one stamped gold shell, but this thing can be sold directly outside for more than four dollars. Only a fool is willing. Take it and exchange it with them!"
In this way, although it is not as good as the legendary market price, it can indeed be exchanged for silver coins in the casino!
"Humph~"
At this time, the clerk who collected the golden shells suddenly sneered with disdain: "Sir, the golden shells they are talking about are just inferior and defective products. Compared with the real golden shells, their value and appearance It's far worse, let alone the top-quality 'Tao Zhu Jinbei'!"
Listening to this, he should be the one who is most familiar with this thing among the hundreds of people present.
Sun Shaozong pretended to be very interested and asked, "I don't know what is the difference between the two?"
"Return to your lord."
Then I heard the clerk say: "The real gold shell is pure white, and the gold thread that forms the coin pattern is bright and bright gold; while the inferior gold shell has mixed colors, and the gold thread that forms the coin pattern. It's even more dull, and even the patterns are blurry!"
"As for the top-quality 'Tao Zhu Jinbei', not only the color should be more transparent, but the coin pattern can even show some words faintly!"
As he said that, he spread his hands and said, "It's a pity that I didn't bring Jin Bei here, otherwise I can distinguish it carefully for the adults."
Unexpectedly, his voice fell, and someone suddenly shouted behind him: "You didn't bring it, I brought it!"
Just a minute to the left and right of the crowd, Qiu Yunfei came late with a cloth bag, and when he got close, he shook the cloth bag away, but saw that there was nothing else inside, only three shells.
"After the Lord's order yesterday, I sent people to find three pieces, namely, 'Tao Zhu Jinbei' worth four coins, four taels, and thirty taels of silver!"
Although this kid's contacts are a little worse, his work efficiency is okay.
Sun Shaozong raised his chin at the clerk and said, "Since the thing is already there, I'll ask you to distinguish it for the official."
The clerk didn't refuse, his eyes gleaming close to him, he carefully took the three golden shells, and quickly discarded one of the impure-colored shoes.
As for the other two, he held it in his hand and carefully distinguished it for a long time. Then he took one in one hand, and held the one in his right hand in front of Sun Shaozong, saying: "Lord, please look at this golden shell, this golden shell has a white body, and the gold lines are clear and translucent. , is very different from the gray one, you can tell it is genuine at a glance!"
Immediately, he showed another one to Sun Shaozong, and said excitedly: "As for this one, the color is delicate and transparent, like ivory, and there is a faint word 'treasure' on the left side of the money pattern, which is really rare in the world.' Tao Zhu Jinbei' ah!"
When he introduced them, Sun Shaozong also took a close look at the two shells. To be honest, they looked really good. They seemed to belong to sea shells, and the gold threads did form a faint pattern of copper coins.
but…
The so-called 'treasure' character, if it wasn't for the swearing word by the clerk, Sun Shaozong would never have seen that it was a character.
Seeing the excitement on the clerk's face, Sun Shaozong asked curiously, "How much do you think this 'Tao Zhu Jinbei' is worth?"
"Fifty... no, sixty-two!"
The clerk said firmly: "If it's the next one, as long as it is not higher than sixty taels, it will be included in the bag even if it is smashing pots and selling iron!"
"Sixty-two?"
Sun Shaozong frowned and said, "Didn't you say that the market price of this thing is about twenty-eight taels?"
"That is the price given only when there is only one vague word." The clerk said, "But the word 'treasure' on this piece can already be vaguely distinguished, and its worth is naturally far higher than the ordinary 'Tao Zhu Jinbei'. '!"
"If the word 'treasure' could be made clearer, it would not be a problem for the price to exceed a hundred taels!"
The price is more than a hundred taels
Lin Delu's eyes widened unconsciously, and he lost his voice: "This shell with a strange pattern costs a hundred taels of silver? Are you crazy?!"
"My lord, that's too bad!"
When the clerk heard someone belittling the value of 'Tao Zhu Jinbei', he didn't care about his dignity, and he raised his head and said incessantly: "The rule of treasure as treasure has existed since ancient times, and that's why it has 'Baby' talk!"
"What's more, such golden shells are only found by the Mandala Lake in the Western Regions. How difficult is it to transport them all the way to the capital?"
"That's why it's not just a villain. Today, there are many high-level people in the city, and they are highly respected!"
"For example, in the home of a member surnamed Li in Dongcheng, there is a top-quality 'Tao Zhu Jinbei', which has a clear "Zhou" on it. Willing to give up love!"
"A certain old Hanlin in the Hanlin Academy even once said, 'I would rather eat without meat than hide without shellfish'!"
"How can you get such a 'baby' in exchange for a mere hundred taels of silver?!"
Hearing him say a lot, including Lin Delu, when many people looked at the golden shell again, they really felt more golden.