"How can I do that? My father has taught me since I was a child that only by being kind can I make money. These are shoes passed down from my ancestors and they will last for many years. I came here because I was in urgent need of money, otherwise I would not give them up.
You give me the number, and if it suits me, I will give you all the bags and shoes." Liu Dadao looked innocent, looking at the bags, as if he was afraid that Zhang Chaofeng at the counter would give him a bag of shoes.
It looks like the shoes have been dropped.
You are so poor! It’s just a bag of worn-out shoes. Are you so nervous? It’s true that the poor can’t live without pawnshops! However, the poor people in the past pawned pawnshops, but they also pawned waistcoats, fur coats, and other slightly valuable clothes.
It solves an urgent need, but this is the first time that a package of smelly and worn-out shoes has been sent to me!
I have been a pilgrim for more than ten years, and this package of broken shoes is the most speechless thing I have ever received as a pawned item. Let alone the valuation of this package of broken shoes, even if I put it in the pawned item, it would be too much of a nuisance.
As for the valuation, please estimate your mother! The purpose of opening a pawn shop is to make money, not for charity!
Are these shoes handed down from my ancestors?! Are you here to be funny?!
well?
etc?!
Why is this country bumpkin so nervous about just this bag of broken shoes? He shouldn't be. Could it be that there is another mystery in it? Shoes handed down from ancestors?!
Zhang Chaofeng's eyelids suddenly twitched. At this moment, he remembered the examples his master often used to teach him when he first entered the industry:
It was about 20 to 30 years after Jingnan, not long after another pawnshop called Xinglongchang on this street had just opened, a nobleman named Zhou from Beibingmasi Hutong came to pawn a painting. This week, the Zhou family was no ordinary person.
They are a family whose ancestors were hereditary uncles who were rewarded when the Ming Dynasty was founded. However, because their family was on the wrong side during the Jingnan War, their family fortunes declined after the Jingnan War, and their descendants were incompetent one after another. Only
To make ends meet by selling off property.
Xungui Zhou came to Xinglongchang Pawn Shop and asked for thirty taels of silver to pawn the painting passed down by his ancestors. The person who received Xungui Zhou at Xinglongchang Pawn Shop was an old pawn shopkeeper with good eyesight and rich experience.
After passing the painting and looking at it carefully, I found that this painting should be a painting by the old count practicing his brushwork. It is not a work by a famous artist. The structure of the painting and the painter's work look very immature. Let alone thirty taels of silver, it is not worth even ten taels of silver.
In the painting, an old man is hiding behind the woods, using a bamboo tube over his eyes to observe a prostrate leopard in the woods. The inscription on the painting is "Peering a leopard through the tube." Apart from this, there is nothing else in the painting.
, there is no signature, no time, and no poem.
A peek inside the tube?!
The old shopkeeper was very experienced, and after a few minutes of careful study, he discovered the secret of this "Peeping the Leopard in the Pipe" painting. At that time, all the courtiers in the pawn shop thought that the painting was only worth ten taels of silver, but the old shopkeeper overcame all objections and agreed to Zhou Xun's proposal.
For the thirty taels of silver that Gui asked for, a pawn was made for the thirty taels of silver, and the current period was set to three months.
This is a live pawn, a three-month pawn, which means that within three months you can redeem the painting as long as you pay thirty taels of principal and three hundred and two cents of interest. But if you don't redeem it after the expiration date,
The painting belongs to the pawnshop.
On the night after the transaction was completed, after the pawn shop closed, the old shopkeeper took out the painting alone. He lit the oil lamp, carefully observed the painting, and groped around the painting with his hands, and finally discovered the hidden meaning in the painting.
secret.
Generally, the scroll part of a painting is made of solid jujube wood or pear wood, but the scroll part of this painting is made of fine Xiaoxiang bamboo. When you knock it with your hand, there is an echo inside, and it is hollow.
of.
The old shopkeeper showed a smile when he found out. Then after groping for a moment at the scroll, he found that the scroll was made of two sections of bamboo. If you rotate your hand in a clockwise direction, you can pull out one of the sections. After pulling out,
I found a piece of silk exposed at the other end, carefully pulled the silk out, and then discovered a string of 13 rare Laokeng glass jadeite bracelets.
The old shopkeeper has a deep understanding of jade. This string of 13 jadeite jadeite beads is round and uniform in color. It should be from the same stone and is priceless.
It is estimated that the ancestor of Zhou Xungui captured it and kept it privately when he joined the army in conquering the southern barbarians in Burma. The reason why it was hidden in the painting is to keep it secret. "Peeping the leopard in the tube" is the secret language for hiding treasures, and the essence is "peeping in the tube".
Feedback, legacy. - "Guangya"
Treasures are given in the tubes, that is, there are treasures left in the bamboo tubes.
The Zhou family's financial decline, coupled with the fact that they were on the wrong side during the Jingnan Campaign and were suppressed and purged, probably led to the interruption of this secret that was passed down by word of mouth.
The old shopkeeper calmly wrapped the bracelet in silk and put it back into the bamboo tube. Then he reassembled the scroll and put it back in its original state.
This is a well-known thing. The Zhou family relies on selling off their property to make a living, so there is no possibility of redemption. As expected, Zhou Xungui quickly spent all his money and lost the thirty taels of silver, and did not redeem the pledged items on time.
As a result, the old shopkeeper of Xinglongchang Pawnshop made a huge fortune.
generation after generation
This allusion is regarded as a classic case to teach every new entrant to the industry to educate them to keep their eyes open, polish and polish again when making valuations.
After thinking of this, Ninja Zhang Chaofeng checked the pungent smell of the shoes again and again, carefully rummaging through every sole and insole. From the workmanship to the materials, he studied it again and again.
Then
Finally, I came to a conclusion: these are just a pack of ordinary worn-out shoes. The materials and workmanship are all featureless, and they were only made in recent years. If there is anything special about it, it is special.
Smelly!!!
"How much do you want to be?" Zhang Chaofeng asked grimly, baring his teeth.
"100 Wen, no, 1 Liang of silver, it can't be any less, this is my ancestor..."
Before Liu Dadao finished speaking, he saw a bag of smelly shoes thrown out of the window, and then Liu Dadao was kicked out by the pawn shop clerk.
"Damn, you dare to pawn a shop? You don't have any eyesight at all. What a good pair of shoes. I still don't believe it. I'll try another pawn shop." After Liu Dadao left the pawn shop, he spat hard and looked like a
I am dissatisfied.
"Ouch..."
Just when Liu Dadao was about to leave and try another pawn shop, he suddenly heard a howling like a slaughtering pig from behind, and then turned around to see a man who looked like a butler falling from the steps of the pawn shop.
Ouch, ouch, ouch
With an ouch and a movement, he connected his left foot to his right leg, held the sky with both hands, threw his face to the ground, and fell down the steps, falling right under Liu Dadao's feet.
"Everyone has seen it, you fell by yourself, don't rely on me." Liu Dadao screamed loudly to show his innocence to everyone.
"How could it be? I, Old Zheng, am not that kind of person." Butler Zheng said, holding on to Liu Dadao's legs and stood up.
"Thank you, this brave man, for helping me, otherwise I might have fallen badly." Butler Zheng stood up and thanked Liu Dadao.
Liu Dadao looked confused, I saved you so damn much, you pulled my legs up yourself.
"Hey, strong man, I see that you just came out of the pawn shop, but you encountered difficulties in life. Do you want to pawn something? The strong man saved me just now. In order to express your gratitude, strong man, don't go to the pawn shop, just give the thing to me.
, I will give a high price to the strong man." Butler Zheng looked like he was repaying his kindness.
"Which, which, yes, draw your sword to help when there is an injustice on the road. This is what my father has taught me since childhood. Is what you said about paying a high price true?" Liu Dadao still looked righteous and awe-inspiring in the first sentence, but changed in the second sentence.
Tasty.
"Of course. I, Old Zheng, am a man who knows how to repay his kindness. Is this what a strong man should do?" Butler Zheng asked seriously.
"Yeah, yeah." Liu Dadao nodded repeatedly.
"Strong man, just tell me a price. I, Old Zheng, will accept this thing." Butler Zheng patted the bundle in Liu Dadao's hand, felt the shoes in the bundle, suppressed the joy in his heart, and said seriously.
"Okay, Mr. Zheng is so cheerful, so I won't go on. This baggage shoe was handed down from my ancestors. My ancestors said that if the family is in trouble, these baggage shoes should be pawned. It doesn't cost less than twenty taels."
Sell. However, seeing how cheerful you are, Mr. Zheng, and your appetite for me, I will risk being scolded by my ancestors. I don’t want a penny more than ten taels of silver." Liu Dadao patted his chest, as if a soldier would die for his confidant.
Look.
You had to die in the pawn shop before you dared to ask for 1 tael of silver! 10 taels of silver, are your shoes made of silver thread?!
Butler Zheng almost couldn't help spitting Liu Dadao's face, but thinking of Zhao Daying's explanation, he still endured his anger, forced out an ugly smile, and reluctantly took out ten taels of silver and handed over the baggage.
Bought the smelly shoes.
After getting the baggage, Butler Zheng ran all the way back to the Zhao Mansion in Beibingmasi Hutong without saying a word, and reported the good news to Zhao Daying.
"Really got it?!" Zhao Daying, who was still at the wine table, looked happy after hearing this.
"I have to work hard to complete what the master has told me. Look, master, this is the baggage shoe." Butler Zheng presented the baggage to Zhao Daying like a treasure.
"Okay, okay, okay." Zhao Daying was so happy that he said three good words in a row. As long as he gets these shoes, it will be useless for Zhu Ping'an to catch those losers. I will find a few people to support the camp.
What evidence does Zhu Pingan have to prove that those losers are soldiers under my camp?!
Excited, Zhao Daying took the bundle, opened it, and took out a shoe.
Zhao Daying almost vomited out his overnight meal. The other civil and military officials at the banquet were also pale and their limbs were weak from the smoke.
"Fuck! These are the shoes you worked so hard to get?! Are you kidding me!"
Zhao Daying looked at the patched rag shoes in his hand, became furious, and put his hand on Butler Zheng's face, unable to take them off.
These bags of shoes are all patched and broken, none of them are the blue cloth short boots from the military camp! They have obviously been tricked. Thinking about Zhu Ping'an's meaningful smile before leaving, Zhao Daying said
Hot blood rushed to his head instantly.
"Zhu Pingan, you and I are at odds with each other!"
A few moments later, Zhao Daying's roar broke the tranquility of Beibingmasi Hutong...