Jiang Michia and his party quickly found an ox cart on East Street and wandered toward the county seat.

There were quite a few people walking towards the county town, and people stopped the cars one after another on the road. At first, there were only three people from Jiang Mixia and others on the ox cart, but by the time they were halfway through, the number had doubled.

Naturally, the bullock cart seemed a bit crowded, so I had to sit as far to the side as possible, with my legs hanging down on the edge of the cart.

After more than two hours of driving with almost no stops, Jiang Michia's feet were numb when they arrived at the county seat.

Jiang Youcheng and Song Jingyun were not much better. When they got out of the car, their feet were slightly bent.

Jiang Youcheng had not been to the county town twice and was not familiar with the road. After asking around, he found the most prosperous Dongcheng District in the county town.

There is a lot of traffic and people coming and going here. There are many shops on both sides of the street. Many people come in and out, and the waiters in the shops welcome and drop off. It can be said that it is quite lively.

The three of them arrived at the entrance of the Zhenbaozhai they had heard about.

"This shop is really grand." Jiang Youcheng looked at the tall and exquisite door of Zhenbaozhai and the gilded plaque hanging on it. He clicked his tongue repeatedly and secretly pulled Jiang Michia to talk, "Such a grand shop,

You must have money, and you shouldn’t be pushy when it comes to taking action.”

These two things are not necessarily necessarily connected.

Jiang Michia said, "Let's try it first."

As they spoke, the three of them walked into the shop.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? Rushing in in a hurry?"

The waiter at the door stretched out his hand to stop the three of them, and then looked them up and down.

They were all wearing coarse cloth shorts and looked like ordinary farmers. On Jiang Youcheng's body, he also carried a string of sewing baskets strung with hemp rope.

The whole body smells like mud legs!

The waiter made no secret of his disdain and disgust and rolled his eyes, "This is Zhenbaozhai, a shop that sells gold, silver, jade, and various jewelry. Are you afraid that you have gone to the wrong door?"

"You're right, we're just here." Jiang Youcheng smiled with a smile on his face.

The guy crossed his arms and said, "What are you doing here?"

"The mussels fished out of the river have produced pearls. They are of decent size. I just want to see if we can collect them here." Jiang Youcheng replied.

Let's just say, I'm definitely not here to buy anything.

Zhenbaozhai is well-known and recognized by many people, especially farmers. People who want to sell their old jewelry, people who find jade in the mountains, people who find pearls in the river, all come here, hoping to sell them.

Good price.

There are quite a few people like this, and the clerk is used to it, "Then take it out and let me take a look first?"

Jiang Youcheng stretched out his hand to pull the small cloth bag.

Jiang Michia stopped and said to the guy, "There are so many people on the street, so I'm afraid it's inappropriate. Pearls are not big objects. If they fall or are snatched away by someone, it's hard to tell."

Already."

"Since our Zhenbaozhai is such a big shop, we also collect these things on weekdays. There should be someone who specializes in estimating the price. Could you please take us to see him?"

The clerk originally thought that a few mud-legged guys from farmers must have never seen the world. With a little fooling around, he could buy them at a low price from these people and then sell them to the shop to make a profit on the price difference.

It turns out that these people are quite shrewd.

Seeing that he couldn't be fooled, the waiter curled his lips and said reluctantly, "Okay, come with me."

After that, he led Jiang Michia and the three of them around from the alley next to the shop to the back of Zhenbaozhai, entered a courtyard through a corner door, and then entered a house in the corner of the courtyard.

The light in the room was a bit dark, and behind a large table sat an old man with a long beard who was slowly drinking tea. When he saw someone coming, he raised his eyelids and asked, "Selling something?"

"It's said that pearls came out of the river clams, and they wanted to come here to sell them for some money." The waiter nodded and bowed, with a smile on his face, and then turned to Jiang Michia and the others, "This is the treasurer of our Zhenbaozhai."

"Hello, shopkeeper Qian." Jiang Michia greeted.

Shopkeeper Qian nodded slightly as a response, then stroked his beard, glanced at Jiang Michia and the others, and then slowly put down the tea cup in his hand.

"The river water here is shallow, and wild clams are not very big. Generally, they cannot grow pearls. It is really rare that you can grow pearls."

"But again, wild river mussels, even if they produce pearls, are not in good quality and cannot be sold at a good price."

"Just like that ginseng, the price depends on the year. It doesn't mean that you can sell it at a high price just because you have the word "ginseng" in it. Let me warn you first, don't say that the price given by Zhenbaozhai is unreasonable."

"It depends on the price of the goods. Of course we understand this principle, but I would like to trouble the shopkeeper to give me a fair price."

After Jiang Michia said that, she and Jiang Youcheng pulled off the small cloth bag on the collar and chest, took out the three pearls inside, and placed them on the table.

"Shopkeeper Qian, take a look, how much can you give for these three pearls?"

Shopkeeper Qian took a look at the pearls one by one, then looked at Jiang Michia and the others, and thought for a moment, "These three pearls are not in good quality, they are not big, not round enough, and they have many flaws.

If you really want to sell it, I can give you three taels of silver."

Three taels of silver?

Not as much as he earns from weaving baskets for tea gardens?

Jiang Youcheng was immediately disappointed, and blurted out his words, "They say pearls are not cheap even if they are used in medicine. If three pearls are given to three taels, isn't it too little?"

"Isn't this too little? Then go to the pawn shop and see how much they are willing to give you. Even if you pawn to death, I guess giving you two or two to five dollars is enough."

The waiter on the side was full of anger, "Our Zhenbaozhai is a place where the products are always genuine and honest. The prices we give are also the most reasonable. If you don't believe in our Zhenbaozhai, go somewhere else."

As he spoke, the waiter started to drive the three of them out, Jiang Michia.

Shopkeeper Qian raised his hand to signal the clerk not to do this, but he also looked at Jiang Michia and the others, "My clerk is an upright person, so don't take it to heart, but the price of pearls is just like this, and it really can't be high."

"Seeing that it's not easy for you to come to the county seat, I'm not very ruthless when it comes to things, so I'll give you another two hundred dollars. If you want more, it won't work."

Seeing that Shopkeeper Qian and the clerk were a little impatient at this time, Jiang Michia reached out and picked up the pearls again and put them into a small cloth bag. "If you bother Shopkeeper Qian, let's go and ask about the price. If it really can't be sold,

If you pay a high price, we'll come back."

"Sure." Shopkeeper Qian nodded, but added, "But let's talk about this for now. If you sell it now, you can get an extra two hundred yuan. If you finish asking about the price next to it, come back to me.

If so, I can only give you three taels of silver."

"Thank you, shopkeeper Qian, for reminding me and take my leave."

Jiang Michia collected the pearls, gave the money shopkeeper a blessing, and went out.
Chapter completed!