Chapter 342: Applying for a Scholars Order
Entering Xuzhou City, everyone got off the carriage. Naturally, people from the trading firm had come to pick up the goods. Yuruo handed the account book to a middle-aged man dressed like a scholar, and then he and Yuxue led Brother Ji to
Walk to the bustling area of Xuzhou City.
Xuzhou City, also known as Xudu, is the capital of the Southern Yan Kingdom. The Royal City and Xuzhou City are only separated by a river, and the large gold-tiled palace in the east is where the Royal City is located.
Xuzhou City is home to many ministers and wealthy businessmen of the Southern Yan Kingdom. It is the most prosperous place. Zhezhou Commercial Bank made its fortune in the early years and later moved its headquarters to Xuzhou. This is evident from the attractiveness of this place.
The population of Xuzhou City is about three million, of which there are half a million soldiers. Walking on the streets, Brother Ji almost feels like he is not included in the sea of people. In the middle of winter, there is no cool atmosphere at all on the streets. Instead, people are selling their clothes.
Extremely noisy.
"There are so many people!" Ping'er has never been out of the mountains, and the place where she has seen the most people is probably Dayu County. At this time, her little face was flushed and she looked very excited.
Brother Ji is from a big city. Binjiang City is a famous metropolis all over the world. It has a population of tens of millions. What does it mean to be a sea of people? He has seen a lot, so he doesn't look like a country bumpkin.
"Brother Murong, Xuzhou City is quite prosperous, isn't it?" Yu Ruo asked lightly.
Brother Chicken nodded, "It's just so...hehe!"
"Oh!" Yu Ruo felt a little disappointed when she saw Brother Ji was absent-minded.
"Where to go now?"
"Of course you're going back to our Xiao Mansion!"
"Okay, lead the way!"
The four of them walked and stopped along the way. When they saw something interesting, Yuxue and Ping'er would run over and have fun hand in hand. Yuruo was very ladylike and just looked at it with a smile and did not do anything else.
After passing this street, Yuruo took Brother Ji and the others around a corner. There were many fewer pedestrians on the street in front of them, and it was not so exaggerated. After asking Brother Ji, he realized that the place in front of him was a small market.
Many people make a living there every day.
After walking for about ten minutes, Brother Chicken felt extremely sore in his balls. Why was he walking all the time even if he didn't sit in the carriage?
"Brother Murong, should we go in and take a look? Yuruo has been away from home for a long time. I bought some small things to take back to my father. How about you help me choose?" Yuruo pointed to the jade shop opposite and asked softly.
Brother Ji suddenly realized, no wonder, no wonder, this girl wants to pick out a gift for daddy! It just so happened that I was embarrassed to come to the door empty-handed, so we picked it up together and took it to him!
"Well, let's go and have a look!" He greeted Ping'er and Yuxue who were playing nearby, and the four of them entered the jade shop together.
The owner of the jade shop knew Yu Ruo and Yu Xue. When he saw the other party coming in, he immediately went to greet them, "I have met the eldest and second young ladies of the Xiao family. Are you here to choose jade today?"
"Well? Eldest Miss, Second Miss?" Brother Ji was stunned for a moment, then nodded clearly.
These two girls used to have an elder brother, but unfortunately he died young. Now naturally he becomes the eldest lady and the second lady! Only the servants at home will call them the second lady and the third lady as before.
"We are just going to pick out some gifts for my father. Shopkeeper, are there any new products recently?" Yuruo asked calmly.
"Yes, yes, we have recently collected some blood jade corals in the store. The carvings are very good. I will go get them for the two ladies right now!" With that, the shopkeeper walked to the back hall.
Brother Ji was strolling around the store, and Ping'er followed him obediently, looking at him curiously.
"Hey, this jade bracelet is good!" Brother Ji took a bracelet in his hand, reached out and grabbed Ping'er's little hand, "Here, put it on!"
Ping'er was immediately overjoyed and was not polite to Brother Ji. She put the jade bracelet on her hand and said, "Thank you, brother!"
"Haha, it's easy to talk about!" Brother Ji took a look around, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly stepped forward and took down a small jade sword the size of a palm.
Hiss... Such strong spiritual power. Oh my god, this is a high-level magic weapon?! You can also find treasures in this place?!
The weapons of immortal cultivators are also divided into high and low levels, which are spiritual weapons, magic weapons, treasure weapons, magic weapons, and heaven-reaching spiritual treasures. It is extraordinary for an ordinary monk in the Qi training period to have a few magic weapons in his hand.
The items in Brother Chicken's Storage Jade Perry are all too high-end, and the most rubbish ones are magic weapons. That thing consumes too much spiritual power, and the gain outweighs the loss when using it. I am worried that I don't have low-level things around me. Who knows,
He actually found a magic weapon for him in a jade shop in the mortal world!
Tsk tsk, I want this jade sword! Haha.
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After a while, the shopkeeper came out holding a small alley, placed it on the counter with a smile, and asked Yu Ruo to take a look. I have to say that this blood jade coral jade is good, the size is suitable, and the carving is outstanding. Yu Ruo is very fond of it.
Very satisfied.
"Shopkeeper, help us pick it up, thank you for your work!" Yu Ruoying smiled and didn't ask the price.
The shopkeeper doesn't dare to raise prices randomly. The Xiao family is very powerful in Xuzhou City and started as a businessman. The people inside are well-informed. How can this little thing deceive them?
After packing the blood jade coral, the shopkeeper put it aside and said, "Miss Yuruo, three thousand taels will do."
"Yes!" Yu Ruo smiled faintly and turned to look at Brother Ji, "Brother Murong, let's settle the matter together, whatever you choose."
When Brother Ji heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly, "Don't worry, I buy the things I value myself. Just take care of your own!"
Now Brother Ji still has more than 300,000 taels, and I don’t know when he will be able to spend them. It would be better to just buy some more things and give them away.
After choosing three or four trinkets, Brother Ji chose a piece of jade camel that was about the same height as a human being, with seventy-two Arhat statues carved on it, which looked very domineering.
Brother Ji pointed to the piece of jade and asked the shopkeeper, "How much does this cost?"
The shopkeeper Shunyan looked at it and was immediately startled, "Sir, this Seventy-Two Arhat Yutang is the treasure of our store. It was only put on display yesterday. Why did you fall in love with this piece all of a sudden? Alas,
The price is too high! You...you should look at other products."
Brother Ji doesn’t know much about jade, so he just takes a quick look at it, and it’s enough. This jade camel weighs at least two to three hundred kilograms, and is clear and translucent. The seventy-two Arhats on it are all beautifully carved.
vivid.
"Don't mention it, that's it!" Brother Ji rubbed his hands and put it and a few gadgets on the counter, "Shopkeeper, just tell me how much!"
"Brother Murong, this thing is too big and it doesn't look good..." Yuruo gently pulled on Brother Ji's sleeve.
"It's okay, haha, I like this domineering attitude!" Brother Ji smiled wildly, showing off his pride, "That's it, how much does it cost?"
"Two million taels..."
"Pop!" With a sound, Brother Chicken's palms were weakly placed on the counter, and his eyes widened in disbelief, "How much?"
"Two million taels...gold!"
"Bang!" The other hand also fell.
Brother Ji stood awkwardly in front of the counter with his hair full of black lines, "I'm going to... you, you're robbing me!"
"Young Master, you don't know that although jade is not hard to find, jade of this size is rare in a hundred years. Our jade shop is a centuries-old brand and we won't lie to others!"
Although Brother Ji showed his ugly face, the shopkeeper did not look down on him so much. The price of this jade camel was really scary, and everyone would be scared. Think about it, the shopkeeper was the owner of the store at the beginning, so he knew the price of this jade camel.
After that, I was so scared that I couldn't sleep well for days and nights for fear of being stolen.
"I fainted..." Brother Ji shook his head helplessly, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Here, shopkeeper, how about you help me appreciate my set of jade articles?"
"Well, the young master is also a person who plays with jade?" The shopkeeper suddenly became energetic and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, young master, take it out and take a look!"
Brother Ji turned around with a hehe, took out a large stack of bone jade tableware from the storage ring, placed them one by one, and placed them in front of the shopkeeper.
This move shocked everyone.
Why did Chicken Brother turn around and take out seven or eight plates?!
"Brother...you..."
"Hey, have you ever seen a magic trick? I just like to tinker with these things when I have nothing to do. Over time, I will get it!" Brother Ji smiled sarcastically and made a very poor excuse.
Speaking of which, these bone jade tableware are actually some high-tech items on earth. They look like jade on the surface and have a very similar texture, but they are very difficult to break. Even if you drive over them, they may not break.
Of course, this is also a high-end product. A set of eighteen plates, one bowl, six pairs of chopsticks, and six spoons costs tens of thousands in total!
These seven or eight dishes were things that Dieyou and the others felt they had no use for, so they put them in Brother Ji's storage ring. As for a set of other dishes, they were used so frequently that they seemed to be still on the Yuling carriage!
"This... Young Master, I have never seen this kind of jade before. But I can be sure that it is as rare as the Seventy-Two Arhats Jade Hall in my shop!"
"Really?" Brother Ji laughed, took a plate at random, and smashed it on the ground while everyone looked at it in astonishment.
"Ping ping ping pong..." The jade plate came into contact with the ground, bounced a few times, and then stopped. There was no damage at all on it.
Brother Ji picked up the plate and waved it in front of the shopkeeper, "Hey, this is an unbreakable jade. It's the only one in the world and you'll never find it! Tsk, tsk, just this point alone makes you the boss of the shop.
Let’s compare the treasures!”
The shopkeeper was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses and said, "This... how is it possible?! Jade... Jade is a fragile thing, how can it not be broken?"
"You give it a try..."
"I don't dare!"
"Brother Murong, I'll come, I'll come!" Yuxue giggled, grabbed the two plates in her hands, and smashed them to the ground with all her strength. As expected, they were still the same as before, without any traces.
damaged.
At this time, the shopkeeper couldn't help but not believe what Brother Ji said.
Chapter completed!