Five hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, but it is obviously nothing to the woman. She readily took out a silver note and handed it over, then stared at the wooden box.
Xuan Tianming placed the box on the table, and Feng Yuheng signaled Qingyu to open it. When the pure white jade pieces appeared in front of the woman, she immediately felt that the five hundred taels of silver were really worth it. She had never seen such beautiful jade before. Even though it had not been polished into a finished product, it was still enough to attract people's attention. The woman was also an expert, and she immediately knew that this must be a priceless treasure.
But she wanted it! The more precious it was, the more she wanted it. Even if it was priceless, she believed that she could afford it.
So he said, "I want this box of stuff, name a price!"
Qingyu glanced at Feng Yuheng, but didn't say much. She knew that Feng Yuheng was planning to sell these jades. As long as the other party could afford the price, it would be the same to sell them to anyone. But it was a bit difficult to estimate how much this thing was worth.
Feng Yuheng looked up at the woman and said with a smile, "Madam, you have a big stomach. Can you eat so many fine jades?"
The quick-talking maid immediately replied on behalf of her master: "Just name your price. It's just some silver. My wife has no shortage of silver."
"Oh." She nodded, but she was thinking in her mind, what price should she ask for?
At this time, Xuan Tianming, who had been sitting next to him without saying a word, said, "Fifty million taels."
"Fifty million taels?" The woman and the maid beside her were all shocked. Fifty million taels, that's a huge sum of money!
But Feng Yuheng glanced at him, and the meaning in her eyes was very clear: Sold it for only 50 million? But then she received a calm look from Xuan Tianming, and she knew that he also had an idea in mind, so she didn't say anything.
The other girl tried to bargain: "Your stuff is good, but it's too expensive. A box of stuff like this can't be worth that much money. In my opinion... five million taels is about right."
Qingyu felt that this girl was simply too talkative to remember the food. She was slapped, but she still had so much to say. She couldn't help but sneer, "How can you interrupt the master when he is talking?"
"you--"
"Shut up!" the woman yelled, "Shut your mouth!" After that, she turned her attention to the box of jade. The more she looked at it, the more she couldn't let it go. The more she looked at it, the more she felt that her heart had fallen into the jade and merged with it. It was as if this box of jade was her life. If someone wanted to separate them today, she would fight to the death with that person. "Fifty million is fifty million, Jixiang, go back and tell the servants to send the banknotes." She didn't look away, but only told the girl, "I must take this box of jade back."
"Madam!" Jixiang advised in a low voice, "We didn't bring too much silver notes this time. We do have 50 million taels, but I'm afraid the master may need it for other purposes. It's not easy for us to come to the capital, and we have to make arrangements. If we use all the money to buy this thing, what if the master can't take it out when he needs it?"
What the girl said actually made sense, but unfortunately, her wife had been dazzled by the beautiful jade. She didn't care whether to use it or not, or whether to pay for it or not. She just wanted to take the jade home. As for whether the money had other uses, it was no longer within her consideration.
"Just go when I tell you to. I'll take care of it if the master asks. Why are you worrying about it? Go and get the banknotes." She urged the girl, and the little girl had no choice but to turn around and leave obediently.
The woman sat on the chair brought by the waiter, and threw her whole body on the table, hugging the box of beautiful jade. It felt like a pervert hugging a beauty, and she was almost drooling over it.
She really found a treasure today. With her years of appreciation of beautiful jade, the box of jade in front of her can be called a thousand-year-old masterpiece. Fifty million taels of silver sounds like a lot, but people who know the business can see that the value of this box of jade is not just fifty million taels of silver. But as for how much higher it is, even she can't estimate it. It is precisely because of this that she did not use the silver that her master wanted to use to manage relationships to buy this box of beautiful jade.
Feng Yuheng looked at the man in front of him with eyes full of joy and greed, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking that women really have no resistance to such things? Looking at the woman's appearance, if she didn't sell the jade to her, she would be so angry that she would bleed on the spot.
But... she turned to look at Xuan Tianming again and asked silently with her mouth: "Isn't fifty million a little less?"
Xuan Tianming shook his head, "Not a few."
"But I don't think it's much. I wanted to get more value in return."
The person on the other side said, "Don't worry, I won't do business at a loss for you."
Feng Yuheng felt a little relieved, and asked someone to serve tea. After two cups of tea, the girl hurried back, followed by a guard. When she went upstairs and saw her wife, she said to the guard, "Okay, we're here, you just wait in the carriage downstairs."
The guard nodded and went downstairs. When the woman saw the maid coming back, she immediately went behind her. The little maid handed a stack of banknotes to her, but she didn't count them and handed them directly to Feng Yuheng: "You can count them yourself."
Feng Yuheng didn't answer, and Xuan Tianming didn't answer either. Qingyu looked at them both and didn't answer either.
The woman was puzzled. "The banknotes have been delivered, why don't you take them?"
Xuan Tianming then said: "Madam may have misunderstood, or may not have understood what I said."
"Huh?" The other party was stunned. "What didn't you understand? What did I misunderstand?"
Xuan Tianming said: "Fifty million taels, I mean gold, not silver. Even if you give me a bank pass, you should give me a gold note."
Feng Yuheng chuckled and breathed a sigh of relief. Fifty million taels of gold was a good price. But she was happy, but the woman was dumbfounded, and the girl also opened her mouth and couldn't speak.
Fifty million taels of gold? The woman fell back into her chair, her fiery enthusiasm completely sobered up by a bucket of cold water.
She said, how could such a box of beautiful jade be bought with 50 million taels of silver? But if it was exchanged for gold, not to mention that she didn't have it now, even if she returned to Lanzhou, she couldn't get it out of the mansion. 50 million taels of gold is enough for the treasury of a small country. Are these two people... robbing money?
"You, don't go too far." The woman calmed down and looked at Xuantian Mingfeng Yuheng coldly. For the first time, she didn't need the girl to speak, but she threw cold words at them: "I have given you enough respect, don't be ungrateful. If you ask for too much, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Humph." Feng Yuheng shrugged. Who are you trying to scare?
Xuan Tianming was even more disdainful than her. He closed the jade box again while drinking tea.
The quick-tongued girl finally couldn't help it and cursed: "You are so bold and shameless. How can there be such shameless people like you in the capital!"
After she scolded him, Qingyu raised his hand to hit her again, but the girl dodged him. Qingyu was so angry that she wanted to call for help.
Feng Yuxing also spoke at this time, and said to the woman: "I advise your girl to be more careful with her mouth. Don't think that no one will scold me. I am just too lazy to solve the problem in this way. The principle we follow is to try not to make a noise if we can fight. If you continue to be disrespectful, don't cry out in pain when you get beaten."
"How dare you!" The girl was shocked: "Our wife is the eldest wife of the prefect of Lanzhou, how dare you use violence against us?"
Finally, he announced his name, but it did not shock anyone. Even Qingyu said with disdain, "How dare the family of a mere prefect of Lanzhou dare to come to the capital and make trouble?"
Feng Yuheng murmured, "Lanzhou! It sounds like a very big place. Is it in the south?"
Xuan Tianming nodded, "Yes, it's from the south."
The two of them chatted among themselves, Feng Yuheng asked first: "I heard that Lanzhou is vast and rich in resources, especially the fruits grown in Lanzhou, which are very sweet."
Xuan Tianming replied: "That's right. Lanzhou is adjacent to Ancient Shu, and the climate is hot and dry, so the fruits grown there are particularly sweet. I heard that there is a close trade relationship between Ancient Shu and Lanzhou, and merchants from the two places often travel between them. Relatively speaking, the government of Lanzhou is also richer than other prefectures."
"Oh! So the wife of the prefect of Lanzhou was quite generous. She took out 50 million taels of silver. But it is still inferior. If it were gold, it would be useless. Alas!" She sighed, "It's a pity for this box of beautiful jade. I'm afraid the lady can't take it back."
Feng Yuheng smiled evilly, and the woman wanted to tear her mouth apart. But just when her anger reached its peak, she suddenly heard Feng Yuheng say, "Oh! Madam, why didn't you tell me your name earlier? If I had known that you were the family of such a high-ranking official, I would never have given you any face."
The woman's eyes lit up. "What do you mean by that?"
Feng Yuheng said bluntly, "Fifty million taels of gold is just to bluff outsiders. Since Madam is so influential, we naturally can't ask for such a high price." She thought as she spoke, "How about this, eighty million taels of silver, what do you think?"
"Huh?" The woman was stunned, as if she couldn't believe it, "Is it true?" This is really a silver lining!
"Of course it's true." Feng Yuheng's attitude was extremely sincere, "It's 80 million taels of silver. Madam has 50 million taels, but she still lacks 30 million taels. You see..."
"I don't have it now, but I will definitely get it for you within two days." The woman also made a huge investment, and gritted her teeth as she was about to push the banknote in her hand to her. "This is the deposit, you let me take the jade first, we are staying in the inn now, and you can send someone to pick it up in two days, how about that?"
Feng Yuheng pushed the banknote back, "Since you are the wife of the prefect of Lanzhou, how can we accept the subscription money? Naturally, we trust you. You can take the jade back. I will come to your house in two days to ask for the banknote in person. Then just give me the 80 million taels."
"really?"
"really."
When the woman saw Feng Yuheng nodded, she walked forward and picked up the box without saying a word. She didn't even let the maid take it. She just nodded to Feng Yuheng and said, "Thank you." Then she hurried downstairs.
Qingyu couldn't help but worry: "Miss, aren't you afraid that she will run away? We don't even know if she is the wife of the Lanzhou prefect."
Feng Yuheng smiled and said, "The identity should be correct. Ordinary people can't come up with so many banknotes at once. But..." She smiled cunningly and said, "Two hours later, go and report to the authorities and say that Princess Ji'an lost a box of pure white jade, which is priceless."
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