Yinzhen asked the shopkeeper, "How much is this clock?"
The shopkeeper said, "I'll give you the truth: the price is five thousand taels of silver per unit."
Two machines would cost ten thousand taels.
Yinzhen didn't lack the ten thousand taels of silver, but looking at the clock, he said, "I can buy them all, but I have one request."
When the shopkeeper heard that he had bought them all, his face lit up with a wide smile.
"You said that as long as I can do it, I will definitely meet your requirements."
Yinzhen: "I'd like to know where you got this clock from?"
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper's smile faded slightly: "Sir, the source of our goods is our livelihood, so we can't just ask about it casually. You're putting us in a difficult position."
Ten thousand taels of silver is tempting, but with a supply of goods, that means a continuous flow of silver. The shopkeeper wouldn't do business that puts the cart before the horse.
Yinzhen said calmly, "A clock like this could easily fetch tens of thousands of taels of silver if it were sold in the capital. But you're selling it in Jiangnan, and not even to regular customers. Shopkeeper, do you think that's reasonable?"
Jiangnan is never short of wealthy merchants. Few people know about clocks, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Such rare items would be in high demand if they became known, and their prices could easily multiply several times over.
However, the shopkeeper deliberately didn't sell to a regular customer from Jiangnan, but instead wanted to sell to a complete stranger. Each unit was only five thousand taels, which was quite cheap. If Yinzhen resold one of them, he could get the price of two units and still make a profit.
It was too strange; Yinzhen had reason to be curious about the origin of this clock.
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