Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

Sun Xiucai took the jade pendant and went to Shi's pawnshop. The shopkeeper exclaimed as soon as he touched it: "Hetian chicken blood jade!"

Mr. Sun had never heard of such a good thing, so he asked hurriedly, "Is it valuable?"

The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said, "Of course! This thing was only available in the palace before, and it has only been seen on the market in the past two years. You can't buy it even if you have money!"

Sun Xiucai swallowed his saliva and said, "How much money can I get if I pawn it at your house?"

The shopkeeper pointed a finger and said nothing.

Sun Xiucai: "One hundred taels?"

The shopkeeper shook his head: "One thousand taels!"

Mr. Sun was shocked! It turned out that the five hundred taels Mr. Bai mentioned just now was less!

The shopkeeper asked, "Scholar, do you want to take this good thing?"

Sun Xiucai quickly put the jade pendant into his sleeve pocket and said, "How is that possible? I just asked you to help me see if it's real."

The shopkeeper stared at Sun Xiucai's sleeves reluctantly and said, "It's a pity to pawn such a good thing. You'd better keep it as a family heirloom and don't let others see it in the future. Some black-hearted people will lie to you and make it seem like the thing is worthless in order to cheat it into their hands. You'd better be careful, Xiucai!"

Sun Xiucai: "I am so smart, how can I be fooled by those tricks? Please stop talking nonsense!"

The shopkeeper immediately shut up.

The store was quiet for a moment.

Seeing Sun Zhigao lingering at the counter, the shopkeeper asked, "Do you have any other instructions, scholar?"

"Old shopkeeper, you see, I have pawned so many things in your house in the past, and you have made a lot of money from me. Can you write me a loan note for two thousand taels? I can pay it back in less than a month." Sun Zhigao endured it for a long time without saying it with a embarrassed face. When he saw the shopkeeper asking, he finally told him the purpose of his trip.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Mr. Sun, you should know that the price we offer you is already more than 10% higher than the pawnshop in the west of the city. If you hadn't come to us, your things would have been discounted even more."

Sun Xiucai: "But you guys have made a lot of money, right?"

The shopkeeper was an old hand and knew how to talk to circumvent the other party's plan. He said with a smile: "Scholar, if the chicken blood jade in your hand can be used as pawn, it can be worth one thousand taels." He did not mention the loan without capital and asked directly about the collateral.

Mr. Sun was really led astray, his eyes widened: "Who said I want to use it as collateral!" He had to take this jade pendant back to find Mr. Bai to get engaged.

The shopkeeper continued to lead the conversation off track: "What do you plan to use to pay for these two thousand taels?"

Sun Xiucai thought for a long time and found that he had nothing to take out. He said anxiously, "I am a scholar! I came to your house to pawn so many things. Are you still afraid that I will cheat you out of a mere two thousand taels?"

The shopkeeper bowed and said, "You are a nobleman, so you naturally look down on this little money, but I am just a servant who looks after the shop for my boss. Let alone two thousand taels, even two taels of silver is a huge sum for me. If you can't produce collateral, I dare not write you a receipt."

"Then call your boss out and I will talk to him in person!" He has done business with this pawnshop so many times, but has never met the boss in person. This is a good opportunity to get to know him, and by the way, he can once again use his status as a scholar to intimidate the other party and make him lend him money obediently.

"Scholar, my boss went on a long trip two days ago, and it will take at least three months for him to come back. Why don't you wait a while? You can talk about it after he comes back." Sun Zhigao's plan was shattered by the shopkeeper's words.

"Three months? I can't wait for three months!" There was a poor scholar standing at Hua Niang's door, staring at her covetously.

The shopkeeper bowed again and said, "Please forgive me, scholar. I really have no choice. You know, in recent days, the price my family has given you is much more generous than that of the pawnshop in the west of the city. I have given you all the favors I can. Now I really dare not agree to the empty IOU of two thousand taels. I beg the scholar to have mercy on us poor people!"

He lowered his attitude very low, and Sun Xiucai stopped yelling at the top of his voice, and said contemptuously: "You are really ignorant the poorer you are! I am in urgent need of money now, and it is the right time for you to help me. When I become successful in the future, you can also eat meat and drink soup with me. Why don't you understand this truth?" He saw that the shopkeeper still lowered his head and didn't say anything, so he waved his sleeves and said, "When I become successful, you will regret not helping me today!"

The shopkeeper almost bent down to the ground, "I apologize to you, my husband, please be merciful. To be honest, even if the boss is here now, our shop can't take out so much money. It's because the shop has received too many things recently, and the bulk of the cash has been given out. The scattered money can't make up the amount you want. If there is anyone who can take out so much money at once, except for the pawnshop in the west of the city, the Sheng family is the only one who can come up with so much money. But the pawnshop in the west of the city deceived you so much before, I don't think you will go to them again, so the only one left is the Sheng family. Aren't you the son-in-law of the Sheng family? The Sheng family married their daughter to you, so naturally you can do whatever you want. Go to the Sheng family and talk to them!"

Sun Xiucai's eyes rolled around, thinking that although the old shopkeeper was ignorant, his words still made sense. If he wanted to get two thousand taels without any capital as quickly as possible, the Sheng family was the best place to start. It was a pity that the stupid Bai Yuanwai had to see the loan note. Otherwise, with his wisdom, it would be easy for him to get the two thousand taels of compensation from the Sheng family.

After Mr. Sun walked away, Nanny Chang came out from behind the counter.

The shopkeeper stepped forward and said, "Mammy, your guess was right. That bastard really brought the jade pendant for inspection. He is such an ignorant fool that he can't even tell the difference between real jade and fake jade."

Nanny Chang: "There are many ways to fake things in Bianjing City, including using horse meat to pretend to be venison. What's a fake bloodstone? Fortunately, Youyang is a remote place and scammers don't come here. Otherwise, he might not be so easily fooled."

The shopkeeper said: "Such a greedy and lustful fool is actually a scholar. He really brings shame to the scholars of the world."

Nanny Chang: "There are good things waiting for him. Have you packed up all the things he pawned? We have to return them to the Sheng family later."

The shopkeeper said, "I have packed them, but... these are all the things we bought from Sun Pocai with real money. I feel a little sad to give them back like this..."

Madam Chang: "Why are you panicking? If you take the money here, you will get it somewhere else. Have you brought in all the grain and rice?"

The shopkeeper was delighted when he heard about grain and rice: "It's in! I brought a batch when I came from Yangzhou, and several more batches have been received during this period. The goods are being shipped out very quickly! Originally, our family had never been involved in this kind of grain and rice business, but with the chaos in the south, many merchants dared not take the opportunity to transport grain and grass from the court, fearing that they would not be able to return. Instead, our family got the lion's share."

Matron Chang: "Then is it possible to use the money in the account to redeem the things that the Sun family pawned?"

The shopkeeper finally understood how to calculate this account and nodded hurriedly: "Of course! That Sun Pocai didn't know the market price at all. He pawned so many things at half the price. Although it cost us a lot, it is much cheaper than buying them in the market. If we can use it to offset the revenue of the grain business, we will make a lot of money!"

Nanny Chang: "That's good. The boss has a plan in mind and knows that the bandits will not be able to defeat the court. Of course, he dares to do this business with confidence. You just need to do it with peace of mind. Although the rebellion has been quelled for the time being, as long as the turmoil in Bianjing City continues, the big bandits in the south will continue to stir up trouble. There are so many people in the garrison, and there is not enough food and rice."

She lectured the shopkeeper calmly, but she was already very happy in her heart - this sixth daughter of the Sheng family is really a lucky star for the young master! Not only did she take risks to help the young master settle Zhao Tuanlian's family, but she also predicted that the young master's new shop would start a grain business! Who would have thought that so much money could be made in the remote Youyang?

No wonder the young master insisted on asking me to come all the way from Tokyo to Youyang to guard the Sixth Miss. Such a brave, resourceful, affectionate and righteous mistress cannot be snatched away by others!

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