"Boss Zuo, let's go look at the stones." Qiao Lian'er stood up.
Boss Zuo beamed and gestured for him to proceed.
For convenience, Qiao Lian'er put on a veil. There were about a hundred stones on the stall. She scanned them with her spatial instrument and immediately identified seven good ones.
As agreed beforehand, she pretended to select the stones, using different finger gestures to imply their varying values.
There was an unremarkable little stone that turned out to be worth eight thousand taels of silver. When it was opened, it was found to be full of top-quality jadeite.
Boss Zuo understood the situation and invited Qiao Lian'er into the warehouse.
There were still three hundred coins in the warehouse. Qiao Lian'er picked out seventeen of them, each worth more than a thousand taels.
The boss wanted to test Qiao Lian'er's abilities, so he had someone cut open a large stone that she claimed was worth 15,000 taels of silver.
As soon as the stone was opened, the boss's eyes lit up. He quickly looked outside the door and then immediately closed the stone again.
He whispered to Qiao Lian'er, "Miss Chen, of those stones we just looked at, those under three thousand taels are for the guests. For those over three thousand taels, keep one for four thousand taels, one for seven thousand taels, and the rest we'll divide among ourselves."
“Let’s meet at the teahouse we just left. After the stone is cut and confirmed to be genuine tomorrow after noon, I will send you the money.”
Cutting stones is a quick process, and fearing that the other party might misunderstand, Boss Zuo said, "With so many customers during the day, it's not appropriate for me to remove stones right under their noses. It's better to do it at night, cough cough."
“Okay, let’s cooperate for the long term. Everyone just needs to follow the established rules,” Qiao Lian’er said.
She did the math in her head: of the twenty-four stones, ten were worth less than three thousand taels each, and of the remaining fourteen, if she deducted the two worth four thousand and seven thousand taels each, the average price would be six thousand taels, and she could probably get thirty-six thousand taels.
Earning so much income just by talking, without any pressure.
Although the supplies in this space are sold all over the world, apart from the royal families of various countries having a high demand for durians and lychees and not minding the high price, the profits of other supplies are made by accumulating quantity.
Earning over 30,000 taels at once like this is already one of the major sources of profit.
That's why Qiao Lian'er was willing to get into the jade gambling business.
The next day at noon, when we arrived at the agreed location, Boss Zuo was already there waiting, with tea and snacks prepared.
As soon as Qiao Lian'er appeared, he pushed a box in front of him.
“Miss Chen, please count it. It’s a little over forty thousand taels in total. There’s also a detailed breakdown in the box.”
It was several thousand taels more than expected.
This amount indicated there wouldn't be any problems. Qiao Lian'er simply glanced at the details and then put the box away.
The boss pulled out another slip of paper from his sleeve: "The team is about to set off. This is the address where we're going to buy goods. Miss Chen, I have to remind you that these places are not very safe. Either the mountains have been dug too much and there is a risk of collapse, or someone has seen the good goods and wants to steal them. In such lucrative places, all sorts of monsters and scoundrels can be found. Tell your friend to be careful."
"I understand, thank you for reminding me, boss." Qiao Lian'er put the note away and silently adjusted its location in her space. There was such a place, which was barren and desolate due to over-mining, but it contained a wealth of raw stones.
Since she's going, she naturally has to earn some extra money herself.
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