Chapter 228 (No subscription required) The little ant that brought down the elephant

Author: Qiye

On this day in mid-June, the wind was gentle and the sun was bright, and the sky was clear and clear.

There was a scholar named Bi Weicheng in the capital who was preparing to return to his hometown.

Before leaving, he planned to exchange the silver coins on hand for gold of better quality. The number was about dozens of taels. After the exchange, he planned to go back and leave it to his wife and concubines.

A student named Deng from the same town dissuaded him and said: "People who exchange gold in the capital are often deceived by scammers using fake gold made of copper. It's not like you don't know, and you're not in a hurry to use the gold, so why do you have to do it here?

Where to change?"

Bi Weicheng shook his head and said: "I know, but only the capital has good gold. Besides, those who were deceived are stupid. I am different from them. If any liar can deceive me,

I also accept his good tactics."

After saying that, Ben Weicheng patted Student Deng on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry."

Three days later, Ben Weicheng exchanged more than ten taels of gold, all of which were traded based on the fineness of the gold. They were all of the best gold.

Later, a young man came and brought a twelve-tael gold ingot to exchange, and said, "I heard that you want to exchange for gold, and I happen to have this."

Ben Weicheng took it over and saw that it was almost pure gold. He was overjoyed and asked the young man, "How to exchange it?"

The young man said softly: "This is what a township official paid for with his life, at a ratio of one to five."

Ben Weicheng handed it to the student Deng next to him, and said to him: "It is okay to price such gold at a ratio of 1:6. If it is exchanged at a ratio of 1:5, the price is quite fair. If it is not from an unclean background,

I’m afraid I won’t be able to take advantage of this advantageous loophole.”

Student Deng looked at it carefully again. Although he still had some doubts in his heart, seeing the excitement on Bi Weicheng's face and the secret joy in his eyes, he said: "It's really good. You can weigh this ingot of gold in person first and then take it away."

Get up, don't let that young man take over, and then give him sixty taels of silver at a ratio of one to five."

Upon hearing this, Ben Weicheng felt that what Mr. Deng said was reasonable and nodded in agreement.

He followed Student Deng's instructions and kept the gold first, and then handed him the silver.

Seeing that he had no chance to make a move, the young man had no choice but to take the money and return home.

He sat at the table with an annoyed look on his face and drank two large bowls of tea.

His father also came in at this time. When he saw his father, he reported: "Those two students are very cautious. They are so vigilant that the fake gold son cannot take action."

After his father heard this, he wanted to slap him across the face and stamp on his feet and said: "The whole family depends on this for a living. Now you have given away all your capital to others, how can they live? Go and check on this student. When will he live?"

go home!?"

Seeing this, the young man suppressed the anguish in his heart and quickly took the order and went out.

Not long after, he came back and said: "Father, I have investigated and found out, and I will leave by boat in three days."

The young man's father said: "Are you sure?"

The young man nodded, "My son has inquired about everything and confirmed it is correct."

Three days later, when the day came for Ben Weicheng and Student Deng to return home, the two of them had just sat down in the boat.

The young man's father dressed up as a Taoist priest, with neat clothes and hats, and came to ask for a ride on the boat. The boatman agreed and sat in the boat.

Ben Weicheng and Ben Weicheng did not pay attention to each other, but the old father did have two brushes. When the two came to their senses, the old father had already joined their conversation.

The old father spoke calmly and calmly. Some passengers mentioned various things about the government and people in the capital. The old father had lived in the capital and was very familiar with him.

He told those outrageous things, not to mention that he had noses and eyes, and even knew a thing or two about some private things that no one wanted to talk about, which fully satisfied everyone's desire for gossip.

After going back and forth, Ben Weicheng and others on the ship were very happy to talk to the old father.

The boat went like this for two days.

On that day, it was already dusk. The old father deliberately talked about the method of identifying pearls, jade and gemstones. After chatting for a while, they also talked about distinguishing real and fake gold. The Taoist priest said that he was the best at distinguishing real and fake gold.

After hearing this, Ben Weicheng and Mr. Deng looked at each other.

Ben Weicheng was a little ready to make a move. Student Deng knew that Ben Weicheng knew what he would do next, so he still persuaded him: "I don't know whether what this Taoist said is true or not, and we don't know if there was any manipulation."

Ben Weicheng didn't know whether he believed what Student Deng said.

He relied on his intelligence and believed that no one could deceive him. Instead, he was upset by Student Deng's persuasion.

The gold was his own, so he couldn't help but feel that Mr. Deng was taking too much control.

Student Deng could only sigh when he saw this. Just because he understood, he just said this.

He has already said that this is his job, and there is nothing he can do if the other party doesn't listen.

He has done what a friend should do.

After coming out of the room and coming to the place where everyone gathered, Ben Weicheng listened for a while. Although he also found Student Deng annoying, he still listened a little bit.

Although my mind kept telling me, my heart couldn't help it.

As he listened, he couldn't help bragging to himself: "I once exchanged it for a piece of pure gold in the capital, and it was cheaper than the exchange price."

The old father felt relieved when he saw that Bi Weicheng had taken the bait, and he almost couldn't hold on any longer.

When other people present heard this, some of them felt sour in their hearts and said, "Blow it, can you still get this advantage? Are you afraid that you have been deceived and don't realize it?"

The old father couldn't help but feel excited when he saw that man.

This person can force the other party to come up with gold without even needing him to come forward.

Just as the old father expected, after hearing Bi Weicheng's rebuttal, the man said: "Then take it out and have a look! If you can't take it out, you are bragging!"

Bi Weicheng gritted his teeth and said, "Take it! I'll let you know a lot today!"

Ben Weicheng went back to his room and took out the ingot of gold he had hidden.

When the man saw it, he still didn't believe it and said, "Show me!"

You just have to see it to believe it.

Ben Weicheng didn't want to give it to everyone, but under everyone's hesitation, if he didn't give it, it would make him look stingy. In broad daylight, and under his nose, I believe that as long as he keeps a close eye, there should be no problem.

Student Deng couldn't help but pulled Bi Weicheng's hand and persuaded him, "Let's forget it."

Ben Weicheng was being held up high at the moment, and he was afraid of being embarrassed, so he passed it to everyone to see, regardless of Student Deng's dissuasion.

Everyone saw it and praised it as a piece of gold.

Ben Weicheng glanced proudly at the man who spoke sourly.

After everyone had finished reading, and the sky was gradually getting dark, the gold was handed back to Ben Weicheng. Ben Weicheng was relieved to have the gold.

He entered the room and was about to put the gold into the box when the old father's voice came from the door and said: "Master Ben, can I come and take a look?"

Without thinking much, Bi Weicheng opened the door and let his old father into the room. After listening to what his old father said, he thought, so many people were fine just now, but now this person is the only one who can change things in front of him?

Bi Weicheng was confident that nothing would go wrong, so he handed it over to his old father without much thought.

The old father took it, took a good look at it, and said, "It's really good gold!"

As he spoke, the old father casually returned it to Ben Weicheng.

At this time, the old father was not in a hurry to leave, and he discussed a new topic with Ben Weicheng.

The two chatted for another half an hour. At this time, Student Deng came over and asked Bi Weicheng to go to dinner together. After a few more words, Bi Weicheng and his old father collected the gold and went to have dinner together.

At this time, it was just time for the evening meal, so everyone dispersed to go to their own company or eat alone.

Early the next morning.

The old father paid the boat money, said goodbye to everyone on the boat, and left ashore.

After everyone parted ways, half a month later, Ben Weicheng returned to his hometown. When he returned home, he distributed the gold to his wife and concubines.

Within two days, Bi Weicheng called a goldsmith to make gold jewelry for his wife and concubines.

Ben Weicheng first took out a small ingot of gold to beat. The goldsmith held the gold in his hand and couldn't help but praise: "This gold is good and the color is really good. This is the first time I have seen gold of this color after working for so long."

Bi Weicheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing this. Sure enough, the gold in the capital was better than that in other places.

He showed off and boasted: "What does this mean? I also got one or twelve taels of large gold ingots in exchange. That's even better."

The goldsmith has been in this business for a long time, so there is naturally news about his business. When he saw this, he said: "The official paid his money in the capital?"

Ben Weicheng nodded proudly.

The goldsmith smiled and said nothing more.

Seeing the goldsmith's appearance, Ben Weicheng thought he didn't believe it, so he said directly: "Don't believe it, it really does exist!"

"You don't think I've been deceived by a liar, do you?"

Seeing this, the goldsmith had no choice but to risk not getting the business and said: "Most of the gold ingots in the capital are swindlers, made of copper."

When Bi Weicheng heard what he said, he felt a little angry and said, "I'll show it to you. Which liar can deceive me?"

The goldsmith took the big ingot of gold from Ben Weicheng and looked at it, and said with a smile: "This is fake gold made of copper."

Bi Weicheng was so surprised that he hurriedly took it over to take a look and said, "This is impossible!"

Bi Weicheng touched it again, took a closer look, and almost lost his breath. This is really...
To be continued...