The shopkeeper saw that Zhao Qiang didn't look like a rich man, so he didn't take him seriously at all. When the other party heard the price, he was dumbfounded and his nose trembled: You thought this was a street stall at the front door, and you could buy it for a few bucks.
Should the New Year paintings be returned?
"If you think the price is too high, don't buy it. I don't think a few of them are from the capital. They must be from out of town. If you are not familiar with the capital, I can point you to a good place. Please give me some advice.
But go and look there. Things there are much cheaper than here. If you look around, you might be able to buy what you want.【】uu”
The backend owner of this shop is Prince Li's Mansion, so the shopkeeper's words are very arrogant and harsh. Zhao Qiang knew what he meant as soon as he heard it, but Ge Feihu is an honest man, and he seems to be talking to the commander-in-chief.
It was too expensive, so the shopkeeper pointed out a good place. He nodded gratefully and asked, "Where is the place the shopkeeper mentioned? Is it far from here? If it's not far, we'll go there right now."
"Turn left when you go out, and walk straight ahead until you reach the street where there are piles of flowers begging for food." The waiter who was wiping the porcelain on the side pointed out the door with a smile on his face, with a look of gloating on his face. He had been with the shopkeeper for a long time.
, he has also become a little snob, knowing that these three rough guys can't bring out so much money, and the shopkeeper deliberately entertains them, just for fun. Don't even pee on your virtue, look at how poor you are.
So, can you come to this store?
After listening to the guy's instructions, both Ge Feihu and Deqiu were stunned. Deqiu's mind was spinning quickly and he immediately understood what the guy was talking about, but Ge Feihu was confused and didn't understand the meaning of this beggar.
What's the connection to where they're going?
"The shopkeeper accepts his kindness..."
Zhao Qiang turned a blind eye to the glares from the shopkeeper and the waiter, and only snorted secretly in his heart. Deqiu stopped his angry look and calmly said to the shopkeeper: "But I really like this picture. I wonder if the shopkeeper can make some concessions."
The price? Two thousand taels is really a bit high, and I can’t afford it.”
"This painting is a painting by the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River. Not to mention two thousand taels, even five thousand taels are not expensive!" The shopkeeper saw that Zhao Qiang insisted on staying here, and he looked like he was going to beg for mercy. He thought to you,
Don’t worry about how much you weigh, can you afford this great talent’s calligraphy and painting?
The seller of this painting has said that he won't sell it for less than two thousand taels, so the shopkeeper definitely can't lower the price. Besides, the three people in front of him don't seem to have money. Don't come to the store to cause trouble in a hurry.
If that's the case, hey, I'm really too impatient to start a new life! The shopkeeper thought this and said sharply:
"Do the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River know? It's a priceless treasure! Let me tell you the truth, this was stored here for sale. If it weren't for the lack of money, the owner wouldn't have taken out this treasure.
A thousand taels is a bargain for you. Come on, there’s no point in telling you more. If you really want to buy it, it’s not even a tael less for this price! If you can’t get this amount, please leave as soon as possible without delay.
This is our shop’s business.” Finally, he added in a long voice: “Also, our shop operates on a small scale and does not owe any credit. We pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand. The goods and money are cleared, and there are no returns after leaving the house. How are you guys?
Do you have any money? If you can't come up with the money, I'd better advise you to leave quickly, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to eat and walk away."
No matter how honest Ge Feihu was, he still felt that the shopkeeper was ridiculing them. He couldn't help but said angrily: "How can you, the shopkeeper, talk? Are we like people who owe money?"
"I don't know about this."
The shopkeeper squinted his eyes and looked at Zhao Qiang in front of him, and said calmly: "It's only two thousand taels of silver, hehe, I'm afraid..." He didn't say the words completely, but anyone could hear what he wanted to say.
It means that Zhao Qiang and the others simply cannot afford two thousand taels of silver.
After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Zhao Qiang was not angry. After he finished speaking, he felt a little embarrassed: "Shopkeeper, to tell you the truth, I really can't afford two thousand taels of silver..."
Before he finished speaking, the shopkeeper's face changed: "How can you buy paintings if you don't have money? Isn't this a waste of time? What's the matter, did you guys come to our store to have fun? If that's what you really mean,
Then you are really in the wrong place, and you don’t want to know who the owner of this store is! Since this store opened, no one has dared to cause trouble here! What, do you want to do this for the first time?
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Zhao Qiang shook his head and said with a grimace: "Shopkeeper, don't worry, can you just let me finish what I'm saying?"
"Okay, I'll let you finish." The corner of the shopkeeper's mouth was raised. With Prince Youli as his background, how could he be afraid of these three rough guys? If he was here to have fun, he would have called Shuntian Mansion.
Take them and give them a meal to show them how powerful you are!
"I don't have any money, but is this thing from the shopkeeper worth the money?" Zhao Qiang said as he took out a cloth bag from his arms, gently opened the mouth of the bag, and handed it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper looked at the bag curiously: "What?" As soon as he finished speaking, there was another "Eh!" and he took a breath and said in surprise: "Beads?"
"These are not ordinary beads, these are the first-class Dongzhu." Zhao Qiang pinched out an Dongzhu from the bag, and saw that it was dazzling, radiant, and warm in color. It was a rare Dongzhu.
The shopkeeper's eyes widened and he said in disbelief: Is this all in this bag?"
Zhao Qiang smiled softly: "It's all."
These Dongzhu were snatched from Russian hands, but there were only a dozen of them, because Dongzhu is a precious treasure and a rare treasure. It is a kind of pearl taken from the freshwater pearl mussels produced in the rivers of the Heilongjiang Basin.
Compared with ordinary pearls, they are crystal clear, round and huge, and more noble. Therefore, they have been necessary tributes for dynasties since ancient times. The rulers of the Qing Dynasty regarded Dongzhu as a treasure and used it to inlay in the pearls to express rights and
The honorable crown jewels show the preciousness of Dongzhu. But now the output of Dongzhu is getting less and less, and beads as big as chicken pebbles like the bag in Zhao Qiang's hand are even rarer. I'm afraid they can only be used.
The treasures of the imperial palace can only be seen in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Zhao Qiang despised the shopkeeper's eyes and expression when he saw these beads from the bottom of his heart, and any bead in this bag would not be worth less than two thousand taels of silver. But for Gao Shiqi, Zhao Qiang didn't care.
He hasn't found a way to sell these treasures yet. If you don't sell the things, you can't exchange them for money. What do you want him to use to buy this Zhengming painting? Yask has stolen a lot of gold and silver in the past, but who would carry a few
Having traveled a thousand miles with a thousand taels of silver, I could only bring some scraps of silver to spend, and the rest had to be sold off.
"I wonder if this bead is worth the paintings of the four great talents from the south of the Yangtze River?"
"It's worth it, it's worth it, it's worth it, it's absolutely worth it!" The shopkeeper couldn't help nodding, his eyes never left the bead for a moment, and he almost swallowed it in one mouthful. He has been in this business for decades, and his eyesight is naturally sophisticated, and he knows this
The rough man was right, these beads are indeed the most awaited pearls.
"Since it's worth it, I'll trade these beads with the shopkeeper's for these calligraphy and paintings. I wonder if the shopkeeper is willing?" Zhao Qiang's expression was very calm, without any fear or secret joy of carrying a treasure. He was so calm that the shopkeeper couldn't help but start to re-examine it.
Here comes this rough guy.
"Easy to say, easy to say."
Such a big bead would cost three to four thousand taels of silver on the market, so how could it not be worth the price of a painting? However, the shopkeeper did not intend to give this bead away, but wanted to quickly donate it to Prince Li so that the prince could
I was so happy. Thinking of the prince's joy after seeing the beads, the shopkeeper's heart was broken.
He politely greeted Zhao Qiang and the others to sit on the chairs in the hall: "Guests, please sit down for a moment." The waiter rolled his eyes and said, "I haven't given tea to the three guests yet! You know the Yuqian Longjing that the prince rewarded for the second time?
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"Hey!" The waiter still seemed to be in a dream until now. It wasn't until the shopkeeper scolded him again that he woke up and went to the back to get tea.
"No need, please install this painting for me and take it away with me. If I have something else to do, I won't nag the shopkeeper." In Zhao Qiang's eyes, the shopkeeper's changes reminded him of an old monk he once had.
The etiquette of hospitality, the two sentences "tea, tea, good tea" and "sit, sit, please sit" are the best expressions of the harsh world. He has seen so many snobs that Zhao Qiang has no intention of arguing with him. He is in a hurry
After giving this painting to Gao Shiqi, he no longer wanted to stay in this shop. Besides, facing such a snobbish shopkeeper and waiter, could he be in the mood to enjoy tea quietly?
When the shopkeeper saw that Zhao Qiang was unwilling to sit down, he hurriedly said: "Okay, sir, please wait a moment. I will get the painting for you right away." After a while, he carefully wrapped Zheng Ming's calligraphy and painting and put it into a bamboo tube.
He held it up to Zhao Qiang with a smile on his face. When Zhao Qiang stretched out his hand to pick it up, he saw the shopkeeper said cautiously, "I wonder if you can sell all the beads in your bag to our store?"
Hey, it’s true that people are so incompetent, you’ve already gotten a big deal out of a bead, what? Do you still want to swallow it all? I’m not afraid of killing you! Zhao Qiang smiled and took the painting from the shopkeeper, and handed it to De on the side.
Qiu said embarrassedly: "I disappoint the shopkeeper. There is a buyer for these beads, but they can no longer be sold to the shopkeeper."
"Have you got a master?" After hearing this, the shopkeeper's face darkened, with a look of disappointment on his face, and he asked with some reluctance: "I wonder which house is so generous that it can eat so many beads at once?" He wanted to sell them.
I bought all the dongzhu in that bag to present to Prince Li. It would be best if I could buy them at the same low price as before. If not, fair trade is not impossible, but if I have a customer, it is a bit troublesome, but you can also rely on it.
Then he bought it from the customer with the prince's name on it. In this capital, except for the emperor, who could not give the prince his face?
"We already have customers, why are you asking so many questions?" Ge Feihu was annoyed that the shopkeeper was a snob before, so he said to him: "Even if there are no customers, I won't sell to you! I'll slander you!"
When the cabinet heard this, he felt a little embarrassed.
Zhao Qiang hurriedly said: "Don't let the shopkeeper know that someone really bought these beads. It's not that I don't want to sell them to the shopkeeper. Please forgive me, shopkeeper."
"In this case, it's really hard for me to force myself." Seeing that the shopkeeper couldn't get it out of the way, the other party insisted not to sell it. He rolled his eyes and stopped asking.
"Guest, please go slowly. There will be good things next time. Please come to our store first to discuss." The shopkeeper was very polite and sent Zhao Qiang and the others out of the door with smiles on their faces. He didn't want to see Zhao Qiang and the others before their backs left his sight.
, the young boy just now followed the shopkeeper secretly.