My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 217 The Great Wisdom

Seventh satellite city.

Several farmers looked at the scribe standing opposite with disgust. The scribe had been here for several days in a row, and he couldn't be driven away no matter what.

"Father, didn't you go to call the adults of the city guards, why didn't you see anyone coming?" A young man asked curiously.

The leading middle-aged man shook his head, stared vigilantly at the scribe opposite, and said in a low voice: "Old Gao said that there is no order from above, and they can't just arrest people."

The young man said angrily: "What order do you need? This person is obviously here to secretly learn how to grow vegetables in our greenhouse. Just let Uncle Gao arrest him and torture him to extract a confession."

"Brat, it's not as simple as you think. How can you and I control what the city guards do? Do you know the military orders?"

"Then, then let him stand here to peek and learn?"

The boy was very unwilling.

The middle-aged man thought for a while, and suddenly had an idea, and said, "Come on, let's move some bricks."

"Why move bricks?" Someone was puzzled.

The middle-aged man smiled evilly, "Let's build a screen wall to block it, as long as it doesn't affect the ventilation. The screen wall can block the view from the outside, so he can't see the inside, hehe."

"Yo, yes, big families have screen walls, so let's make one for the vegetable shed."

They did what they said, and the farmers did not do it themselves. The news spread, and soon other vegetable sheds began to build screen walls.

In the past, standing outside the vegetable shed, you could secretly see the layout inside, but now you can only see the brick walls, and you can't even see a single one.

Chen Deng didn't expect this result, and in the next few days, he tried to buy some dealers.

Unfortunately, he gave too little, and the farmers were even richer than him.

Today's peasants no longer look down on copper coins. What they are rare are food stamps and cloth stamps, and they can't afford meat stamps.

But Chen Deng couldn't get anything, his relationship was in Xuzhou, not in Hedong, and he didn't have any acquaintances here.

Moreover, he still needs to be vigilant against the inspections of the city guards. Although no one deliberately made things difficult for him, what the hell is the inexplicable feeling of being unable to move an inch?
Chen Deng slumped in the corner of the Washer Hall speechlessly. It's winter now. There was a light snowfall a few days ago. The temperature has plummeted these days, and the briquettes have already been lit in Washer.

Looking at the briquette stove in front of him, Chen Deng began to size it up habitually. If the shopkeeper hadn't stared at him at the counter, Chen Deng might have dismantled the briquette stove directly to see what's inside.

"Oh, I've eaten it."

At this moment, several merchants came in hurriedly, the curtain of the straw mat was lifted, and gusts of cold wind poured in.

Someone complained: "Hurry up and close the curtains, damn it, wait a long time for us, if you are so hungry, let's eat first."

The dozen or so merchants were obviously in the same group, and their accents should be from the Guanzhong area... Chen Deng listened attentively and judged in his heart.

Someone said: "Do you know why my brothers are late... Hahaha, let's see what this is?"

"Ouch!"

"It's incredible, grandson, you can do it!"

"Long clothes and long johns, hahaha, there are still three sets. Brother Sun, how did you get them?"

The merchant surnamed Sun bought a Guanzi, drank a bowl of turbid wine, and said slowly, "I exchanged it with a stone."

"Stone?" Someone exclaimed.

Chen Deng, who was sitting in the corner, and other people in Washeri also looked at the merchant.

"Why are stones so valuable?"

"That's right, a set of autumn clothes and long trousers costs five cloth tickets, and three sets cost fifteen. Why are your stones so valuable?"

The businessman surnamed Sun glanced at the people around him, especially Chen Deng and his party in the corner who were not simply dressed.

"..."

Naturally, he would not spread the word, but only shared the information with a few of his companions who had a better relationship.

The few merchants who heard the news looked at each other, first in disbelief, then in ecstasy.

"Brother Sun, is it true, is it true?" a thin man asked flatteringly.

The businessman surnamed Sun frowned, and said pretending to be unhappy: "If you don't believe it, forget it. If you didn't know that your home is the closest to there, do you think I would draw you to make a fortune?"

The man made a haha ​​in embarrassment, hurriedly stepped forward to pour wine for everyone, covered his mouth and whispered: "Brothers, I am not afraid to tell you, there are many such stones in my family, and they are all from my childhood. It was taken out of the creek..."

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Silent night.

In a quiet alley behind Washe.

Chen Deng hid half of his face in the darkness, frowned and asked, "Have you recruited?"

The black shadow hiding in the dark remained motionless, and responded with its own voice: "It's recruited, just a few ignorant mountain people."

"What can attract Wei Zhongdao's heart?" Chen Deng went straight to the topic.

Heiying seemed to hesitate for a moment, before he said: "It should be a kind of rough stone, as expected, it should be the rough stone of Lantian Nuanyu. It is said that Wei Zhongdao just passed by and took a look, and then someone bought it at a high price."

A trace of inexplicable confusion slowly appeared on Chen Deng's brows, and he confirmed in confusion: "It's just an ordinary rough stone?"

Soi Ying hesitated again for a while before saying, "It should be."

"should?"

"Yes, my subordinates also speculated based on the descriptions of those mountain people."

Chen Deng always felt that things were not that simple. Who is Wei Cheng, who would go to such lengths for a stone?
You must know that the value of a set of autumn clothes and long trousers that Wei's just launched is comparable to five cattle. Although jade is also worth a little money, it seems that there is no practical value other than being used to make jewelry accessories. .

"Do you want to lose your mind?"

"I heard that he also collected a lot of gold and silver before..."

"No, no, he's not like that."

"Perhaps there is a purpose I don't know about?"

Chen Deng was a little confused. Whether it was gold, silver or jade, it was not worth mentioning in the few dynasties before the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Salt and iron are the most valuable nowadays, and grain and cloth are circulated in the market. Although the currency is copper coins, the value of copper coins fluctuates too much. People are still accustomed to barter, especially cloth, which is almost the most stable currency. .

If we insist on subdividing it into a standard, ordinary linen is equivalent to copper coins, better silk is silver, even better silk is gold, and Wei's latest cotton cloth is expensive diamonds.

What Wei Cheng did was equivalent to exchanging three big diamonds for one useless stone.

Do you think Chen Deng can not be confused?
"No, no, it must not be that simple!" Chen Deng said firmly.

The shadow in the dark hesitated for a moment, and said, "Could it be that he just likes to collect these useless things?"

Chen Deng frowned slightly, and said with a sneer, "What do you think?"

Heiying clasped his fists and saluted, "This subordinate is just guessing. Xiangguo once said that when all possibilities are ruled out, the remaining impossible may be the truth."

Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui, was an official to Pei Guoxiang, so it was obvious that this shadowy man was an old member of the Chen family.

"No, it must not be that simple, check again!"

Chen Deng still felt that there must be some ulterior secret behind Wei Cheng buying the rough stone at a high price.

Well, if you let Wei Cheng know, you will definitely call him 'great cleverness'.

There is indeed a secret, the jewelry company will open soon, and urgently needs some unique treasures to attract big customers.

(End of this chapter)