Chapter 13 His Highness King Yan does not want to return to Beijing(1/2)
"Master, we didn't buy anything, so why..."
After looking at the discount, the price is still shocking.
Wang Lishi stammered and looked at Zhao Chongyuan.
Zhao Chongyuan glanced at Erwazi and the others who were crowded around him, and then at the two carriages with large and small bags outside Zhao's Trading Company.
Only then did he react.
It’s not that they didn’t sell anything, it’s that they sold too much.
He sold forty of the enamel clocks that could calculate time alone, and nearly a hundred of the celestial mirrors that could see far away. He planned to equip none of the important generals in Daqian's army with one when he returned.
But the problem is that even if they buy two whole carriages, they won't be able to carry four more people.
It doesn’t cost a total of 170,000 taels of silver.
How much is their tax burden after working for a year?
These 170,000 taels are worth half a county's tax for a year.
Especially the price of 170,000 taels after the 50% discount.
Without the 50% discount, the price would be more than 340,000 taels.
What's more important is that they didn't bring so much money with them this time.
After all the calculations, I only brought 70,000 taels of silver.
It's just a fraction...
"Well, we..."
Zhao Chongyuan stood there and hemmed and hawed for a long time, unable to say a word.
You say they have money, they do.
You say you don’t have money, but they really don’t.
Because the money on my body is only enough to pay a fraction...
It's not that Zhao Chongyuan is a spendthrift, it's that there are too many strange and weird things in Zhao's trading house.
Telescope.
Enamel clock!
There is also the soap that is more fragrant than the soap made by the best craftsmen in their palace, and the perfume that looks ordinary but contains a strong fragrance.
Take these things back and reward them to the concubines in his harem.
If nothing else, the resentment can be reduced by at least half in an instant.
As for those glass cups that they regarded as treasures before.
It's garbage compared to these things.
It's no wonder that the herdsmen looked at them as if they were treating the glass as a treasure and looked down on them as country bumpkins.
Compared with telescopes, enamel clocks, and perfumes, they are indeed rubbish...
But none of these questions matter right now.
What's important is that he doesn't have enough money in his pocket.
He, an emperor, went on a trip incognito and didn’t have enough money in his pocket to buy things!
Aren't you going to be laughed at if this spreads out?
Where should he put his old face, Zhao Chongyuan?
"You won't have any money in your pocket, right?"
Seeing Zhao Chongyuan hesitate to speak, the shopkeeper seemed to notice Zhao Chongyuan's embarrassment. He stepped forward and looked at Zhao Chongyuan with an unkind expression.
"big....."
Seeing this disrespectful look, Wang Lishi opened his mouth and wanted to drink loudly.
But he looked at the postures around him and the several burly men who had already walked over with maces.
The words he spoke suddenly changed. He looked at the shopkeeper with a smile on his face: "Brother, look at what you said. Our master is a businessman. How can he not carry any money when he goes out to buy things?"
"Then give me the money."
The shopkeeper stretched out his hand.
Wang Lishi immediately sneered: "Isn't it because the things in your store are so good? Our master was very happy to see them. If he couldn't bear it, he just stopped, so..."
Having said this, Wang Lishi immediately looked at the shopkeeper with a smile on his face.
“What do you mean if you don’t have money?”
The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang Lishi and Zhao Chongyuan with a playful expression.
"No, no, no, we didn't bring enough money,"
Wang Lishi shook his head repeatedly, and without waiting for the shopkeeper to say anything, he quickly took out seven banknotes from his body and handed them to the shopkeeper, saying: "My master came to Youzhou for the first time, so he didn't have much money with him.
If you think otherwise, how many goods can be sold with this money, how about you give us as many goods as we can?"
The shopkeeper glanced at the tour guide aside calmly, and saw the latter nodded.
Then he said: "I've seen a lot of out-of-towners like you. You don't have any money in your pocket, and you still buy everything indiscriminately."
Listen to what the shopkeeper said.
Wang Lishi and Zhao Chongyuan were also embarrassed.
Shame on you,
In their entire lives, this is the first time that they have been scolded like this.
When the shopkeeper saw that Zhao Chongyuan and Wang Lishi had stopped talking, he gave it up and said: "Okay, for the sake of your first time, let it go. I won't do it next time."
"Hey, eh, eh."
Wang Lishi was overjoyed and quickly handed over the banknote in his hand.
Half an hour later.
Looking at the cargo that had suddenly shrunk by more than half, I was thinking about the two full loads of weird stuff just now.
Zhao Chongyuan and Wang Lishi suddenly lost interest.
The black-hearted tour guide came over with a smile on his face: "You two gentlemen, since you have already bought your things, let me lead someone to put your two gentlemen's things on the carriage first."
"It's time to work."
Zhao Chongyuan replied in low spirits, not even bothering to raise his head.
But out of the corner of my eye, I saw the shady tour guide and several Zhao's merchants looking excited about their work, especially after the thing was loaded onto the carriage, they were eager to get up and run.
Zhao Chongyuan felt something was wrong again.
"Lux, have we been tricked again?"
How come these two characters "youyou" are so magical?
Not to mention Zhao Chongyuan was stunned, even Wang Lishi had a look of astonishment on his face.
Why are there only two "again"s?
But looking at the things on the carriage, Wang Lishi still said with a regretful expression: "Your Majesty, I think we had a lot of fun selling today. The only pity is that we didn't bring enough money, otherwise we could have brought back more. "
Wang Lishi blinked.
“Is it still a good deal?”
Zhao Chongyuan snorted: "That's a total of seventy thousand taels of silver. How much money do I have in my inner treasury?
Seventy thousand taels, that's half a year's tax for a county, a year's salary for two princes, and enough to support three thousand people for half a year. It's money that ordinary people can't earn in a lifetime.
But now, for so much money, a carriage was sold.
You actually told me it was a good deal?"
Zhao Chongyuan looked at Wang Lishi with fire in his eyes.
"Ah? So many?"
After settling the account, Wang Lishi was immediately shocked and looked at Zhao Chongyuan in astonishment.
They just left with 70,000 taels of silver?
And then you bought a truckload of stuff?
Or are they all things that look novel but are actually not very expensive?
"Your Majesty, we were given...given...by them..."
Touching his bare pocket, Wang Lishi anxiously pointed in the direction where the black-hearted tour guide was leading people to run away, and stamped his feet!
Zhao Chongyuan's face turned as dark as carbon: "This traitor doesn't care if he cheats others, but he dares to cheat me."
To be continued...