Chapter 1105 Brother Yu Was Deceived (2)

?Brother You took the painting and came to the door of the biggest pawnshop in the capital. Standing at the door, Brother Yu hesitated for a while, and finally walked in.

The shopkeeper in the pawn shop is an old man in his fifties, who looks shrewd.

The shopkeeper's surname is Chen, and his eyes are particularly sharp, and he can roughly know the identity of the other party with a glance. This meeting only took one look at Brother Yu, and knew that this must be the child of a rich family.

Shopkeeper Chen asked blankly: "I don't know what you want to be a guest officer?" Such a small pawnshop pawn shop, I am afraid that the family has already declined.

Hearing this, Brother You took off the twisted silk three-ring blessing and longevity jade pendant hanging from his waist, and handed it over from the counter: "Be this jade pendant."

Shopkeeper Chen took it with both hands, and looked it over carefully. The workmanship was exquisite, and it was also made of suet jade.

Gently put down the jade pendant, shopkeeper Chen asked: "Best friend or alive?"

"Live pawn." Brother Yu had inquired about the rules of this pawn shop before coming here, so he naturally knew that there was more money for dead pawns, but less money for live pawns. However, he originally needed a sum of money to turn around, so he was not prepared to die.

Shopkeeper Chen said, "How long?"

Brother You did some calculations and said, "Half a year." In half a year, there should be enough money to come back and redeem it.

"Two hundred taels of silver, is it worth it?" The voice was as peaceful as ever.

When Brother Yu heard this, he almost jumped up: "What are you talking about? Two hundred taels of silver? This is made of suet jade, and it is made internally. How could it be worth only two hundred taels of silver?"

Shopkeeper Chen's expression didn't fluctuate at all, and he said, "If you die, you can pay five hundred taels of silver."

I heard before that the pawn shop is very dark, but now Brother Yu has a deep understanding. Such a piece of jade pendant, both in terms of workmanship and materials, would start at a price of one thousand taels in jewelry shops.

Brother Yu endured the fire and said, "It's worth five hundred taels."

Shopkeeper Chen didn't refuse, but just said: "Three hundred taels." When he arrived at the pawnshop, he was desperate to lower the price.

Brother Yu felt that he had suffered a great loss: "Five hundred taels, if you want to give it, you can take it, if you don't want to give it, forget it." At worst, go to borrow money again. Losing face is better than being slaughtered.

Shopkeeper Chen is the best at reading people, seeing Brother Yu's expression, he knew what he was thinking: "Okay, five hundred taels."

After finishing speaking, shopkeeper Chen took it and said: "Three cents of interest per month, ninety taels of half-year interest, I will give you four hundred and ten taels of silver."

Brother Yu is still very good at arithmetic, after hearing shopkeeper Chen's words, he immediately yelled, "Why don't you grab the 36% annual interest?"

Shopkeeper Chen took a second look at Brother Yu. This young master is not an ignorant man: "Anyone who has been to a pawn shop knows that this is the pawn shop's rules."

Brother Yu really wanted to leave, but he finally endured it because he wanted to make a profit without losing money.

He took the painting out of the box and handed it over, saying, "This is Li Sixun's "Jiangfan Pavilion Picture". It's worth five thousand taels."

Shopkeeper Chen was not familiar with the calligraphy and painting, so he took a look at it and said, "Come on, please invite this guest officer to sit inside!" Generally, only big customers are eligible to enter the room for negotiation.

The boy came over and asked Brother Yu to go to the private room. This small private room is very elegantly furnished,

There are tea pastries in it.

Brother Yu took a mouthful and spat it out: "This is too unpalatable."

The servant said bluntly: "Objectively, this is a pastry from Piaoxiangju. We just bought it." The pastries made by Piaoxiangju are still very famous in the capital.

"So what about Piaoxiangju? It's far worse than that made by my pastry chef!" In fact, the taste of this pastry is still very good, but compared with the top chef in the palace, it is naturally much worse. Not only the cooking skills, but also the materials used are incomparable.

The servant didn't dare to reply, but he despised Brother Yu in his heart. Even if you have a cook in your family who makes delicious pastries, that is a thing of the past. Now I haven't ended up living as a thing, so I still drag it.

From the point of view of normal people, they would not pawn things at pawnshops if they were not unable to survive.

After a while, shopkeeper Chen took the painting into the box and said, "Guest officer, we can only give you one thousand taels of silver for this painting."

Brother You said with a cold face: "There are not many works of Li Sixun surviving in the world, and this "Jiangfan Pavilion" is even more representative. One thousand taels, you really dare to open your mouth."

Shopkeeper Chen was a little startled, but he didn't show it on his face: "Mr. Han, there are pawnshop rules." The main reason is that they haven't been able to confirm that this thing is authentic, and they know the details of Brother Yu, so they deliberately put extremely low price

Brother Yu didn't want to talk nonsense anymore, and took the painting from shopkeeper Chen: "If you don't want to do this business, just say so, it's a waste of my time."

The shopkeeper also didn't want to lose this business: "If there is a guarantor, the price can be negotiated." Of course, the guarantor must have status and status. In this way, if something goes wrong, they can go to the guarantor.

Putting the painting away, Brother Yu said with a dark face: "By the way, I don't want that jade pendant anymore, return it to me."

Although the shopkeeper regretted such a single business, he didn't dare to take the risk: "Okay."

Brother Yu picked up the things and left angrily. Because he was walking too fast, he bumped into a person at the door. The man was knocked back two steps.

Brother Yu said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I left in a hurry and didn't see you."

The visitor saw the surprise on Brother Yu's face, but the expression flashed past: "It's okay."

After finishing speaking, the visitor took a look at the box on Brother Yu's back, and asked with a smile: "Since the young master came to the pawn shop, why didn't you pawn the things?"

"They can't afford it!" He thought he was a fool for asking for a thousand taels of silver for such an expensive painting.

The visitor smiled and said, "I am the shopkeeper of this pawnshop. If you don't mind, you can come in with me. As long as the things are good, the price is easy to negotiate."

Brother Yu glanced at him suspiciously, but he glanced at Ah San next to him, not afraid of him cheating: "Yes."

Shopkeeper Chen was a little surprised when he saw Tong Chrome: "The boss..." Here, the boss is sometimes called the big shopkeeper. When Brother Yu heard this address, he knew that this person had not lied to him.

Tong Chrome said with a smile; "This young man said he wanted to pawn something, but our pawn shop couldn't afford it. Tell me, what's going on?"

Shopkeeper Chen gave a rough account of what happened.

Tong Chrome smiled and said, "Young master, can you show me the painting?"

Brother Yu hesitated for a moment, then handed the painting to him: "Hold it carefully, don't bump it!" He still loves his things very much.

Tong Chrome took the painting into the room, followed by shopkeeper Chen. As soon as the door was closed, Shopkeeper Chen expressed his concerns: "Boss, the two gentlemen are not sure about the authenticity of this painting." The main reason is that there are too many fake paintings. If it is fake, five thousand taels of silver But it was in vain.

Tong Chrome gently placed the painting on the table next to him, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, this painting must be real?"

I didn't even look at it, but I knew it was true. Shopkeeper Chen was also a smart one, so he hurriedly asked, "Do you know this young master?"

Tong Chrome nodded and said with a smile, "Give it according to the price he said."

Shopkeeper Chen hesitated a little: "Master, what if this is fake? Five thousand taels of silver is not a small amount!" Five thousand taels of silver is almost four months' income of the pawn shop.

Tong Chrome and his brother owned 40% of the pawnshop, and Uncle Anyang owned the other 60%. And shopkeeper Chen is from Anyang Bofu.

"It can't be fake." Seeing shopkeeper Chen looking at him, Tong Chrome smiled and said: "This Young Master Han is actually His Highness the Fourth Highness. Although I don't know why he came here to pawn things, but the things he took out Definitely not fake."

Shopkeeper Chen opened his mouth, and after a while he said, "Do you want to tell Uncle about this?"

"Let me tell you! When the empress asks, the uncle will not be confused." These four highnesses are really troublesome, and they dare to take the painting from the palace. I don't know what will happen if the emperor and the queen know about it.

After a pause, Tong Chrome said, "Put this painting away, don't make any mistakes. Maybe someone will come to pick up this painting soon."

Shopkeeper Chen knew Brother Yu's identity, so he dared to object, and hurriedly said: "Okay." You know, the young master is still the companion of this little ancestor!

After receiving the money, Brother Yu left with Ah San. At the corner, Brother You stared at Ah San and said, "Don't let this matter go out." Yu Xi didn't let Xu Chengze and Ning Zhan follow him when Brother You was doing business, but instead found Ah San for him. Follow closely.

Ah San smiled and said, "Don't worry, young master, I won't tell anyone about this." That smile was indescribably shy. Looks pretty harmless. It is precisely because the outside is too deceptive, coupled with the fact that this person has high martial arts skills and a careful heart, that Yun Qing chose him to follow Brother Yu.

"But I'm afraid that if you don't tell me, Mother will know soon." However, even if he was scolded, he didn't regret it. As long as the business is completed, the money owed will be paid off soon.

After lunch, Yuxi knew that Brother Yu took the painting and went to the pawn shop to exchange money.

Yu Zhi said: "Your Highness, through someone, met a jade dealer named Qian. This dealer bought a batch of rough stones a few days ago."

Yun Qing just walked in from the outside, and when he heard this, he asked with a dark face: "You mean Brother Yu went to gamble with stones?" If this brat dares to gamble with stones, come back and chop him to death.

Yu Xi's face was also a little dignified.

Yu Zhi shook his head and said, "This batch of raw stones was transported to the capital and part of them was unraveled. Your Highness wants to buy this part of the unraveled jade." Same.

Yu Xi's brows stretched out: "This kid is raising money everywhere, it seems that he wants to make a fortune while the Chinese New Year is coming."

Yu Zhi nodded: "Yes, it will be the twelfth lunar month soon, and your Highness is thinking that there will be many people buying jewelry. Your Highness wants to seize this business opportunity, so he is going to buy this batch of jade and go back to make jewelry." Besides In addition, Brother Yu also hired two jade masters. Take advantage of this time to make more jade jewelry and sell them at a good price in the twelfth lunar month.

Hearing that he was buying jade, not betting on it, Yun Qing's expression softened.

Yuxi asked: "How about this merchant surnamed Qian?"

Yu Zhi said: "I sent someone to check. This merchant named Qian Xiao has been in the jade business for many years, and his reputation is still very good."

Yu Xi asked Yu Zhi to investigate this person thoroughly.

Yu Zhi nodded and said, "I have already sent someone to investigate, but it will take some time."

After Yu Zhi went down, Yun Qing asked: "Do you think there is something wrong with this person?" Otherwise, Yu Xi would not let a thorough investigation.

Yuxi nodded and said: "Brother You is not a person who listens to wind and rain, and if he can pawn things from home, it shows that he is sure that he can make money."

"You said Brother You pawned things from home? What's going on?" Yun Qing's face darkened again when he heard that a painting was taken away: "I can't say that Brother Yu is going to do business. How long has it been since he dared to steal the things at home as money. This world has grown up, and I don’t know what to do.”

Yu Xi said with a smile: "This Qiang can encourage Brother You to pawn things at home, so it can be seen that he is a deep-minded and scheming person. If he falls into the hands of such a person, Brother You will not lose." No matter how smart You are, Brother You , After all, young and inexperienced, let alone the sinister heart.

Yun Qing believed in Yu Xi's judgment: "When we find out that there is something wrong with him, we will arrest him then." How dare he plot against his son, he is really impatient.

Yu Xi shook her head and said: "As long as Brother Yu's life is not endangered, we will not interfere with the rest."

Yun Qing asked with some hesitation: "Watch Brother Yu being cheated?"

"This kid is too confident and proud, so it's good to let him get frustrated. Otherwise, he really thinks he is the second smartest person in the world." In Brother You's mind, Qi Hao is the smartest person.

It was precisely because she knew Brother Yu's shortcomings that she agreed to go out to do business with Brother Yu. Which one of these business people is not shrewd and cunning. Although Brother Yu is smart, but has little experience, how can he be the opponent of these people.

Yun Qing actually noticed that Brother Yu was very confident, but he didn't think much about it.

"There are people who are beyond others, and those who are too confident will definitely suffer. Rather than suffering later, it is better to let him be frustrated now." At least they will watch, and they will not really suffer.

Hearing this, Yun Qing never said anything to tell Brother Yu not to do business.

In addition to pawning calligraphy and painting and jade pendants, Brother You also took the store and the things in the store as collateral, and raised a total of 6,000 taels of silver.

On the way to find Qian Xiao, Ah San reminded: "Master, you are too risky to do this." Ah San's duty is to protect Brother Yu, other things are not within his scope of authority. But after following Brother Yu for such a long time, watching him work hard on business matters, he couldn't bear to remind him. Although there was nothing suspicious about Qian Xiao, but this person didn't know the identity of His Highness, so how could he send money to His Highness for no reason.

Brother You said: "How could you take risks? I didn't buy the rough stones, and I only made a profit when I bought this batch of jade back."

The authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear. There is no such thing as a good thing in this world. It's just that the little Highness was fooled by this surname Qian, and Ah San knew that it was useless to say anything, so she simply stopped talking.