The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

In front of Cen Dachuan were three long tables put together, on which were placed a wide variety of imported goods.

There were three plates filled with various colored gemstones alone.

It can be said to be the most eye-catching stall on this street.

If Pan Yun hadn't been warmly received by so many people along the way, he would have come here long ago.

She walked forward and lowered her head to select the gems of different sizes and colors.

Unpolished gems don’t look very good. The largest one in their hands is only the size of a thumb. After removing the corners and polishing...

Pan Jun's eyes lit up slightly. They were quite big.

Pan Jun couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile on his face.

Tao Yanbai and the other two also grinned. In addition to gaining people, they also gained some money on this trip. Not bad, not bad.

Cen Dachuan had been paying attention to the expressions of the few people. Seeing that the four of them looked satisfied, he couldn't help but smile and glanced at Qu Le who was looking around beside him.

Cen Dachuan frowned slightly. He was indeed a scoundrel. His eyes were wandering even when he was buying something. It was obvious that he was not sincere.

In comparison, although his aunt was spoiled, she had a firm gaze and it was obvious that she had a bad temper, but her character was not bad.

Cen Dachuan looked at Pan Yun with a little more kindness, thinking that girls needed gemstones for their dowry, so he pushed the three plates forward and said, "Miss, you can pick one. If you are not satisfied, I have better ones here."

"Brother Dachuan..." Cen Yuan couldn't help but call out in a low voice. How could he reveal his cards so quickly?

Pan Jun didn't seem to care. She picked the gems on the plate and urged, "Take them out so I can see them. If they're good, I want all of them."

Cen Dachuan took out a cloth bag from his arms, picked up an empty bowl, and poured out the gems in the bag.

Seven or eight red and blue gems were mixed together and filled a bowl.

Pan Jun raised his eyebrows. This was a good thing. Just one of them was worth more than all the other things in this pile combined.

Miaozhen and Miaohe also came over.

Pan Yun quickly glanced at Qu Le, took out eight gems and laid them out in a row, and said after just one glance: "You name your price."

Seeing her so straightforward, Cen Dachuan also said straightforwardly: "Eighty taels per piece."

Pan Yun: “Deal!”

The people behind Cen Dachuan widened their eyes, and the villagers who had gathered to watch the fun couldn't help but come forward, looking excited.

Pan Jun made a circle with his fingers, pointed at the small gems on three plates and asked, "What about these?"

Cen Dachuan said, "If these ladies like it, I'll give you one hundred coins for the smallest plate, one tael of silver for this plate, and two taels of silver for the bigger ones."

"Okay," Pan Yun nodded, "I'll take them all."

Unlike bargaining with others before, Pan Yun was very generous when he spoke personally.

Miaozhen and Miaohe, who followed behind her, did not bargain either, but just walked forward silently and counted the gems on the plate.

After ordering, Miaozhen took out a handful of silver bills from her pocket to pay.

Qu Le couldn't help but look over, this was his money!!!

Cen Dachuan and others also looked at the money in Miaozhen's hand with sharp eyes.

Miaozhen handed the money to Cen Dachuan.

After Cen Dachuan counted it and found it correct, he handed it to Cen Yuan.

Cen Yuan took a look and confirmed that it was a real banknote, and it was a banknote from a big bank. He immediately smiled and said, "Brother Dachuan, it's real."

Cen Dachuan smiled. Cen Sheng was right. This was indeed a big customer. Seeing Qu Le, Cen Dachuan frowned again. It was a pity that he had a nephew who was a club.

Miaozhen Miaohe took out a few bags and packed the gems one by one. Pan Yun took the opportunity to talk to Cen Dachuan: "Are these all the gems? Do you have any better ones? Or the same eight as these will do."

When Qu Le heard this, he immediately stepped forward and advised: "Auntie, you have bought a lot. Didn't you say you wanted to lend me a thousand taels for business?"

"I have to borrow your money. I'm getting married soon. What's wrong with wanting to buy some more gemstones for jewelry?"

"Isn't this enough for you to make jewelry?" Qu Le counted on his fingers and said, "You still have to buy silk, wood, gold and silver jewelry with the remaining money. You can't just buy gems all of it."

"I just like gems!" Pan Yun said, "Besides, I can't use them all, and my daughter can still use them in the future. Gems won't break."

"You might as well buy gold. This kind of imported gem is hard to cash in..."

"Do I need to cash it in?" Pan Yun said proudly, "If I don't have money, I can just ask my father for it. The family won't be short of money for me to buy jewelry."

She was so domineering that even Cen Dachuan looked at Qu Le with sympathy.

One has enough money to buy jewelry, while the other lacks capital even to start a business.

Pan Yun raised his chin and asked Cen Dachuan: "Do you still have this kind of big gem for sale?"

Before Cen Dachuan could say anything, Cen Yuan said, "Yes!"

Cen Dachuan glanced at him.

Cen Yuan leaned over to his ear and said, "Brother, it's rare for a big customer to come. Why don't you sell the gems from Fanjiazhuang as well? If they lower the price a bit, how about making a profit from the difference?"

Cen Dachuan frowned.

Cen Yuan whispered, "The villagers are about to pay their summer taxes. After June, there might be strong winds. Families need to prepare more drinking water and medicinal materials..."

Cen Dachuan thought of the strong winds that blew every year, and his expression softened. He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before saying to Pan Yun, "There is another bag of gems, but it will take two days to get them."

Pan Yun waved her round fan and said disdainfully, "It's so dirty here. I don't want to live here anymore. How does that gem compare to those eight?"

“It won’t be worse than them.”

"Okay," Pan Yun said, "I'm leaving today and will stay in the county for two days. I can wait for you until the day after tomorrow at most. You can bring the gems to the Ping'an Inn in the county to find me. As long as your gems are good, the price I give you will not be low."

When Cen Dachuan heard that he had to go to the county town to trade, he was not happy: "I won't go into the city."

Pan Jun frowned, as if she was annoyed by his troubles.

Qu Le immediately said, "Aunt, Aunt, I can run errands for you."

He said, "I will come to get the gemstones for you the day after tomorrow, and bring some more goods back. The one thousand taels..."

"I see. I'll lend it to you. Then come and help me get the gemstone the day after tomorrow."

Only then did Cen Dachuan put down his guard and smiled again, "Okay, let's do the transaction at the Cen family the day after tomorrow."

If the transaction takes place the day after tomorrow, then they have to get the gems back before the day after tomorrow.

In order to be more relaxed, as soon as Pan Yun turned around and left, Cen Dachuan handed the stall to his subordinates and took Cen Yuan out of the village directly.

"We just had a quarrel with Fanjiazhuang last time. We have to have a drink today. Let's take the gems and come back tomorrow." Cen Dachuan calculated the time while walking and said to Cen Yuan, "You are smart. When the time comes, be alert and don't forget to remind me the time and price."

Cen Yuan agreed immediately.

As soon as they left the village, Qu Le came back and said, "They left the village."

Pan Yun immediately put down the bowl and said softly, "Pack your things, we'll leave now." (End of this chapter)