"You said that when you came here, there were fifty people. You crossed the sea, experienced a lot of hardships along the way, encountered the wrath of the sea god, the turning of the earth dragon, and were almost robbed by bandits. Only the five of you survived?" The man surnamed Cui frowned and asked.
The man with messy hair had a sad look on his face. He nodded and said, "My companions are all dead. We are the only ones left."
"What foreign country is so far away that you have to drift on the sea for half a year?" The man surnamed Cui asked suspiciously, "What country did you just say you came from …"
"Great Britain …" The man looked sad and said, "Great Britain …"
He looked up at the sky and said, "Great Britain … # @ ¥%! The United Kingdom, The Great Rising Sun City … "
"All right …" The man surnamed Cui waved his hand. He didn't care about the Great Britain Kingdom. He had just identified that the colored glass was real, which was enough for him.
"Is this the only colored glass you have?" He asked with a smile on his face.
The man from Great Britain said in a trembling voice, "It's broken, it's all broken, there are only two boxes left …"
No wonder these people looked so embarrassed. It was not easy for them to have these pieces of colored glass after such a rough experience.
The man surnamed Cui showed a regretful expression on his face, but it soon disappeared. He looked at the man and said, "Ten thousand taels, I'll give you ten thousand taels. Leave these two boxes. Ten thousand taels is enough for the five of you to live happily here for ten years."
What foreign merchants liked to do the most was to use precious treasures to exchange for some cheap things. The man surnamed Cui secretly remembered the tongue-twisting country just now. This country must be rich in colored glaze. The Wang family's colored glaze might have been bought from the merchants of that country.
"Ten thousand taels?"
The man opposite shook his head and took out a small Buddha statue from the box. He said, "Ten thousand taels, this is for you. I know that colored glass is very precious here."
The man surnamed Cui was stunned for a moment, then his face sank.
These foreign merchants actually knew the trade?
Originally, he wanted to use ten thousand taels to send them away. If he sold these things, he would probably get a hundred times the profit. With such a great contribution to the family, his status in the Cui family would rise. However, he didn't expect that these foreign merchants seemed to have already figured out the market of liuli. It wasn't easy to deceive them …
A smile appeared on his face again as he said, "I don't know if you've heard of this saying, 'The rarer something is, the greater its value'. If there are too many of these colored glazes, they will naturally become worthless …"
"In that case, we'll take our leave!" The man nodded, turned around, and said a few words to those people.
"@ # ¥% … &."
After they responded, they picked up the two boxes and prepared to leave.
The smile on Mr. Cui's face froze. He cursed inwardly that these foreign merchants were so decisive. He hurriedly took two steps forward and said, "Hold on, we can discuss the money."
The foreign man said, "We don't want money."
"If you don't want silver, then what do you want?" Cui frowned slightly.
The foreign man turned around and looked around the Golden Jade Pavilion.
Mr. Cui finally realized something, and his frown deepened.
"Please sit here for a while. Let me think about this matter for a moment." Soon, a smile appeared on his face as he said, "Cui Wu, serve tea to the guests!"
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"Second Uncle, we can't eat so much colored glaze …"
In the back hall, Mr. Cui sat on the main seat. The young man looked at him and said hesitantly.
"Of course I know we can't eat it." Mr. Cui waved his hand. How could a branch of the Golden Jade Pavilion in the capital eat a million taels of business?
They couldn't come up with so much money in a short time.
Those foreign merchants proposed to barter with the treasures of the Golden Jade Pavilion for the colored glaze. Their idea was ingenious.
They probably wanted to return to their foreign countries and sell the jewelry and other things. It was said that these things were very popular in the foreign countries.
"Second Uncle, should we …" The young man pondered for a moment. He suddenly looked at him and made a gesture of slitting his neck.
"Foreign people's lives are cheap, but now we are in the shop. It's not good to do it. I will hold them for a while. You go and arrange people. Once they go out of the city …" Mr. Cui pondered for a moment and said in a low voice.
"Second Uncle, I understand!"
The young man's face lit up. He quickly walked out of the lobby and went out through the back door.
A cold smile appeared on the face of the man surnamed Cui. It was just a few foreigners. If they died, then so be it. A case without a head or tail would not be investigated by the government. As long as it was not in front of the people of the capital, even if the investigation led to the Cui family, they could easily settle it.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the man surnamed Cui walked out with his signature smile on his face. "Alright, we'll do as you say. However, before that, let's first estimate the value of these stones …"
An hour later, several people with disheveled hair and ragged clothes came out of the Golden Jade Pavilion in the capital. Each of them carried a bulging bag and soon disappeared in the crowd.
Inside the Golden Jade Pavilion, several assistants looked at the shelves around them. Just now they were full of goods, but now they were empty. They looked at the dazzling colored glaze in the two boxes. It was hard to describe their feelings.
After asking people to move the two boxes away, Mr. Cui came to the back hall and suddenly said, "Is it all arranged?"
"It's all arranged. I sent 20 good men to follow them. As long as they go out of the capital, they will be killed immediately and our goods will be taken back."
Mr. Cui nodded and sat back in the main seat. After taking a sip of tea, a strange smile appeared on his face.
At the gate of the city, several men in ragged clothes like beggars and carrying a few big bags went out of the city.
The man walking in front suddenly said, "Lao San, what's the matter with you? You almost exposed yourself just now."
At this time, he spoke fluent Chinese, which was quite different from when he was in the Golden Jade Pavilion.
The man who stuttered Chinese felt wronged and said, "Big Brother, you really can't blame me. I don't know how the Alliance Master came up with such a strange name. It's too much of a mouthful …"
Another person waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, it's good that the mission is completed. Hurry up and report back. I plan to exchange the points I earned this time for swords. There's nothing to say about the swords made by Swordforge Manor, but the weapons they make have always been for their own use. Ever since they joined our Liu Alliance, they can finally use the best weapons …"
The last person weighed the bag in his hand and said, "Say, do you think someone will run away with these glaze? If they sell all of them, what weapon can't they buy?"
The man who was called Big Brother smiled and said, "Don't you think there will be two groups of Inspectorates following them along the way? Even if someone can bribe the Inspectorates, I'm afraid they won't be able to spend it. Although the world is big, there are even more martial artists. Where can they escape to?"
"That's right, Big Brother is right. It's impossible to run away with glaze. It's only because we are in the capital that the Alliance Master trusts us. Everyone else is followed by the Inspectorates. Who would dare to be greedy? What's more, silver is nothing. If the Alliance Master is willing to give us some pointers, we can easily get on the Heavenly List. Isn't this much more important than those worldly possessions? "
"Alright, alright."
The Big Brother stopped and said, "Put these things down first. Quickly take care of those guys behind us and report back!"
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