I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Soon shopkeeper Xu asked the clerk to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone to write the contract. The content was actually very simple. He was to buy 970 boxes of ceramics from his Xujia Ceramics. What types of ceramics were included?

Then they agreed on a time to pick up the goods tomorrow, and Liu Zheng needed to pay a deposit of [-] yuan.

If both parties breach the contract, they must compensate the other party for double the purchase price.

After signing the contract, one for each of them, shopkeeper Xu followed Liu Zheng back to his residence and used a carriage to take away the deposit of [-] yuan.

Liu Zheng looked at Shopkeeper Xu leaving and was extremely excited. If he went to Tubo with this method, he estimated that he could earn at least [-] to [-] yuan.

The price of ceramics in other countries is more than ten times more expensive than that of Tang Dynasty. If it is high-quality porcelain, it may be more than a hundred times more expensive.

Early the next morning, Liu Zheng brought hundreds of carriages to the warehouse at Weishui Pier. Shopkeeper Xu had been waiting for a long time.

"Shopkeeper Liu, the goods are all here. I'll open the box for you to take a look." After that, shopkeeper Xu casually came to a box and opened it. A box of plates was padded with wheat straw. Then shopkeeper Xu reached down and turned it over, revealing Same below.

I looked at the boxes one by one, but it was impossible to take them all out, and I couldn’t check them all in a few days.

Shopkeeper Liu just opened it and looked at the top, then touched the bottom with his hand and asked someone to carry it to the carriage.

But as he went to the back, Liu Zheng became less careful. After three hundred boxes, he simply asked a waiter to check, while he chatted with shopkeeper Xu.

Liu Zheng believes that first, shopkeeper Xu seems to be more honest through contact. Second, he has the contract in his hand. Even if there are any omissions, he can still report it to the official according to the contract.

Because it was ceramic, I had to be extremely careful when handling it, and it took me half a day to install it.

Shopkeeper Xu warmly greeted Liu Zheng and after having a meal, Liu Zheng chose to leave. He was going back to pack his bags and prepare to leave for Tubo tomorrow.

"Shopkeeper, it's not good." Early the next morning, when Liu Zheng had packed his bags and was about to set off, one of his stewards ran in in a panic.

"What's the matter?" Liu Zheng asked

"Shopkeeper, news just came from the warehouse that a clerk accidentally pulled a box off when he was checking whether the rope on the car was tight this morning." said the manager.

"How many pieces were broken? How could you be so careless?" Liu Zheng interrupted before the steward could finish speaking. However, Liu Zheng was not very distressed. After all, he had been in business for so many years and had experienced this kind of thing a lot.

"Shopkeeper, this is not the point. The point is that there are not only ceramics in the box, but also low-quality clay pottery at the bottom, probably more than half of it."

"What?" He was no longer calm now. How much does clay pottery cost? If it's more than a dozen rich people, it's only a few dozen coins.

Liu Zheng hurried to the warehouse. His warehouse was outside the city, and there was nothing he could do, even hundreds of carriages could not stop at his house.

When he arrived at the warehouse, he finally saw the box that had fallen down. Some of the ceramics had been broken.

It's just that Liu Zheng's eyes have never left the clay-yellow utensils below. These are made of clay pottery, and the color and style are inferior.

"Bang, clatter." Liu Zheng threw a clay vessel to the ground so hard that it shattered. He said angrily:

"How could it be so unreasonable? How could it be so unreasonable? He actually deceived me. He was so audacious and audacious."

Liu Zheng carefully checked each box of goods and found that only more than 300 boxes had two layers of good goods. Only the top layer of the others was good goods, and the rest were made of clay pottery.

After Liu Zheng finished the inspection, he felt dizzy and almost fell down, so the steward next to him caught him in time.

"Shopkeeper, are you okay?" The manager helped Liu Zheng into the hall and sat down, and made Liu Zheng a bowl of herbal tea.

It took a while for Liu Zheng to feel better.

"It's so abominable, let's go find him." Liu Zheng felt that it was really a shame and a great humiliation. This is the first time in so many years that I have been deceived by such a clumsy trick.

Liu Zheng and his people drove two carts of goods and arrived at Xujia Ceramics.

"Where's your shopkeeper Xu? Let him come out quickly." Liu Zheng was furious. He started yelling as soon as he entered the store.

"Hey~~ Isn't this Shopkeeper Liu? Didn't he say he was leaving today? Why are he still in Chang'an?" Shopkeeper Xu asked with a smile.

"Shopkeeper Xu, the goods you sold me are different from what you said. Look, it's all clay pottery underneath. Are you lying to me?" Liu Zheng stepped forward to argue when he saw shopkeeper Xu.

"Let me take a look," said shopkeeper Xu, opening the box and taking a closer look. "It's ceramics. Is there anything wrong with it?"

"Shopkeeper Xu, this is clay pottery, the lowest-priced clay pottery! What I want is good pottery. The price I give you is also based on the best pottery." Liu Zheng roared immediately after hearing what Shopkeeper Xu said.

"Shopkeeper Liu, what you asked for is pottery, and the pottery I gave you is also pottery, and the clay pottery is also pottery.

And we don’t sell by pieces, we sell by boxes. If you have porcelain, tricolor, or white porcelain in the box, you will still make a profit.

The ceramics you buy now are also ceramics that I give you. If you ask for porcelain from me, I'll have to pay for it with my life. "

Shopkeeper Xu dug Dao's shocked ears with his fingers and said lightly.

"You...we have a contract." He took out the contract and

"So what? Anyway, I gave you the ceramics, and the money and goods have been cleared. There is no use for you to come to me now."

Liu Zheng looked at Shopkeeper Xu, who looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and said calmly: "Okay! Just wait, I will go to the county government to sue you."

As he said that, he walked out. Shopkeeper Xu didn't even chase him. He just stretched his neck and shouted: "Shopkeeper Liu, walk slowly. Remember to come to our Xu Ji if you want to buy anything next time."

Soon Liu Zheng sued the Xu family ceramics, and shopkeeper Xu was summoned by the yamen to the county government Tang Dynasty.

In just half a day, many people in Dongshi got the news and went to the county government office. Everyone wants to see how this case involving nearly Wan Guan will develop.

"The shopkeeper of the Xu family, the businessman Liu Zheng, is suing you for fraud and selling him fake goods. You can plead guilty." The newly appointed Wannian County Magistrate is a descendant of a poor family arranged by Li Shimin. I have been assisting the prince in the past.

"Your Excellency Mingfu, I have never defrauded Shopkeeper Liu, so I ask Mingfu to take a closer look." Shopkeeper Xu was calm and composed.

"You're talking nonsense. What we originally traded was obviously high-quality pottery, but you passed it off as inferior clay pottery and only gave me [-]% of the genuine product. What are you doing if you're not defrauding me?" Liu Zheng came out immediately after hearing Shopkeeper Xu's denial. refute.

"Shopkeeper of the Xu family, Liu Zheng is telling the truth." the county magistrate asked.

"Back in the Ming Dynasty, shopkeeper Liu and I were talking about the price of a whole box of ceramics, not the high-quality ceramics he was talking about.

Otherwise, it should be calculated based on quantity. It’s just that there are good and bad in the whole box. "Shopkeeper Xu insisted that he was not talking about high-quality pottery.