I trade in both worlds

The shopkeeper stood aside and looked at him with a smile, without saying a word.

"Boss, how much are these bracelets?" Xu Ziqi asked, pointing at the bracelets selected on the tray.

The shopkeeper pointed to the pair on the far right and said, "This pair of bracelets is rich in water and good in quality. I want five hundred and fifty taels."

Xu Ziqi raised his eyebrows and calculated silently. When he came to the capital, Xu Ziqing gave him eight thousand taels.

After deducting the travel expenses and the escort fees, he still had more than 7,600 taels left.

The most you can spend is seven thousand taels, which is seven million according to modern exchange methods. If you spend seven million to buy jadeite, you don't know if you can exchange it for seven million RMB when you return.

"What about these?" Xu Ziqi asked, pointing at the remaining pairs of bracelets.

"These pairs are a little cheaper. I can give them to you for five hundred and twenty taels," the shopkeeper replied.

Xu Ziqi calculated the price in his mind and asked, "Can it be cheaper? Please make it cheaper. I want to buy something else."

The shopkeeper wanted to continue buying when he heard this. This was a big customer: "Sir, what else do you want to buy?"

"It depends on whether the shopkeeper can give me a cheaper price." Xu Ziqi replied with a smile.

The shopkeeper looked at him suspiciously, hesitated for a while and said, "Then how about this, as long as the jade you buy is more than 5,000 taels, I will give you a 10% profit."

"One and a half percent." Xu Ziqi said.

"No, no." The shopkeeper shook his head and refused, "Only 10% at most."

Xu Ziqi saw his expression and realized that the price couldn't be lowered any further, so he said, "Then give me something else."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Young Master, choose first, and then we can talk."

"Okay, then let me see the jade pendant." Xu Ziqi said with a smile.

"Master, please come this way."

With the introduction of the shopkeeper, Xu Ziqi finally selected five pairs of jade bracelets, five jade pendants, five pairs of jade pendants, and some small and exquisite jade pendants.

After selecting the jade bracelets, Xu Ziqi did not leave the jade shop immediately. The total value of the jade bracelets he selected was just over three thousand taels.

He came to the place where the raw stones were piled and saw two palm-sized pieces of jade. The two pieces of jade had dark color and very good water content. They looked crystal clear, like two green gems.

Xu Ziqi picked up a piece of raw stone and looked at it carefully. Actually, he didn't quite understand it, but he still wanted to pretend.

After looking at it for a while, he asked, "Boss, how much are these two pieces of raw stones?"

"These two pieces of raw stone cost three thousand taels, no less. If you are willing, you can take them."

Xu Ziqi's eyes lit up as he estimated how much he could sell them for now. These were considered mid-range jade artifacts in ancient times, but they could be considered top-quality nowadays.

Xu Ziqi nodded. This price was reasonable. "Okay. These add up to more than five thousand taels. You said you would give me a 10% discount."

"No, no, what I was talking about before were bracelets, jade pendants and the like, not raw stones." The shopkeeper frowned and refused.

Xu Ziqi smiled at the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, you are wrong. You didn't say before that the raw stones were not included. Now that they have been selected, you say it is not allowed."

The shopkeeper looked at him with tears in his eyes: "It's my fault. I didn't explain clearly. The price I offered for the raw stone just now was already the lowest price. If you give me another 10%, I will lose money."

"I won't lose money, I'll just earn less." Xu Ziqi looked at the shopkeeper with a smile: "Shopkeeper, we must keep our word."

"Alas." The shopkeeper lowered his head and sighed: "Alright, it's my fault for not explaining it clearly. Young Master, remember to help me out when you want to buy jade in the future."

"Sure, sure." Xu Ziqi handed the raw stone in his hand to him.

The shopkeeper took the rough stone and said slowly, "Sir, you really know what you are talking about. The two rough jade stones you like are of excellent quality."

Hearing this, Xu Ziqi smiled and cupped his hands: "No, this is just an ordinary rough stone in your store. The real top-quality ones would not be placed here."

The shopkeeper smiled and did not deny: "Sir, is there anything else you want to buy?"

Xu Ziqi looked at the jade and raw stones he had selected on the tray and shook his head: "No, that's all, let's pay."

"Sir, please follow me." The shopkeeper took Xu Ziqi to the counter and started to check out.

Before the shopkeeper could offer a price, Xu Ziqi said, "Shopkeeper, you said you wanted to give me something."

The shopkeeper quoted the price while calculating on the abacus. Without even looking up, he took out a tray of jade earrings from under the counter: "Here, young master, pick out a few pairs of earrings."

Xu Ziqi picked up the earrings and took a look. They were all silver inlaid with jade, or silver gilt with jade. "They are just leftovers, not worth much. Give them all to me."

"Oh, that won't do." The shopkeeper quickly shook his head: "Even if it's just leftovers, it's still money. There's also labor costs. I can give you at most ten pairs."

"Ten pairs are too few. Even if you give them all to me, it won't cost much." Xu Ziqi asked.

The shopkeeper looked at him with a painful expression: "There are at least forty or fifty pairs of earrings here."

"Oh, that's enough. Give them all to me. I'll come to you to buy jade next time." Xu Ziqi swept his hand and swept the earrings on the tray into a pile.

"Okay, okay, I'll give it all to you." The shopkeeper shook his head and said helplessly, "I'm losing a lot of money on this business."

Xu Ziqi smiled without saying anything, paid the money and left.

Then he went to a calligraphy and painting shop and picked up a few paintings and calligraphy, and went to a porcelain shop to pick up a few blue and white porcelain vases and bowls.

I wonder if these paintings, calligraphy and porcelain can become antiques after being brought back to the modern era.

The next morning, Xu Ziqi left the capital with his luggage.

At this time, Xu Xu and Xu Ziqing were picking up goods at the clan leader's house.

The main reason was that Second Grandma made more than a dozen pairs of shoes of each size and wanted Xu Xu to come and see if there were any problems with the shoes or if there were any places that needed modification.

If there is a problem, correct it in time. Don't wait until all the shoes are finished to discover the problem, then you can't correct it even if you want to.

Xu Xu brought Xu Ziqing to Second Grandma's house: "Second Grandma, this is Xu Ziqing, she is the buyer of our batch of shoes."

"Oh, such a young girl." Second Grandma looked at Xu Ziqing in surprise.

Nowadays, it is rare to find young girls doing business in public.

The second grandma looked at Xu Ziqing curiously, then at Xu Xu, her mind full of gossip. She wondered where this girl came from and what her family did.

Xu Xu knew what she wanted to ask, but he didn't go out of his way to explain too much.

"Second Madam, where are the shoes? Let's take a look at them first." Xu Xu asked.

"Oh, yes, yes, let's look at the shoes." Since it was about money, Second Mistress finally had no mood to gossip, and quickly led them to the main house: "The shoes are in my room, I'll take you to see them."

Xu Xu looked at the shoes piled up on the kang, smelled the faint hemp fragrance coming from the shoes, and said in surprise: "It's only been a few days, and you've made so many?"