newbobooks Chapter 113 12 Can't Buy
Chapter 113 12 Can't Buy
"No need, go home and take care of the children." Xia Zhaofeng put the reviewed document into the drawer, and took another unreviewed document from the side of the table. He remembered something, so he ordered, "Remember to keep the name of the buyer who purchased the package confidential." This can effectively prevent the scholar from getting into trouble in the future.
"Sir, only the three of us who handle the matter know his name. Censor Luo and the others only know that there is such a person. I have not yet told them the name of the buyer. We have been handling transfer documents for so many years, and we all know the rules." These transfer privacy matters will only be reviewed by the government as evidence when there is a dispute between the parties.
"Well, I'm glad you understand. I was the one who promoted you. I may retire soon, and then I will recommend you to act as the prefect. I hope you will not forget your original intention and work for the welfare of the people." Xia Zhaofeng looked at Cao Tongpan in front of him. At the age of 33, he was a mainstay in the officialdom.
"Sir!..." Judge Cao choked a little. He knew that Xia Zhaofeng had made up his mind not to become the emperor's relative. This move might anger the royal family and bring disaster to the Xia family.
"Alright, why are you acting like a woman?" Seeing him crying like this when he heard that he was going to retire, it seemed that his state of mind still needed to be tempered. Xia Zhaofeng stood up, patted his back, and said kindly, "It's late at night, go home quickly."
"Master, come this way!" Shen Chuan, who was familiar with the event, brought Yang Biao to participate in the last jade exhibition of the year. Qin Xiaoran also accompanied them, and she was followed by Ding Yan and Gu Yuan.
"Wow, the jade wares here are so exquisite?" Looking at the dazzling array of jade wares, jade pieces, etc. displayed at the exhibition, Qin Xiaoran felt that her eyes were not enough.
"My grandfather would be very happy if I gave him this white jade incense burner." Qin Xiaoran pointed at one of the exhibits and ran to tell Yang Biao excitedly, but then his eyes dimmed.
Yang Biao knew that she was thinking about her family's absence, so he stroked her hair and comforted her, "Well, if you like it, buy it and place it in front of your grandfather's spirit. It can be regarded as a gift to him."
He took out a thousand taels of silver from his sleeve pocket and gave it to Shen Chuan, wanting him to help Xiao Ran buy it. "Can you buy it for a thousand taels?"
"Master, this is mutton-fat white jade, which cannot be bought with one thousand taels of silver." Shen Chuan looked at the banknote in his hand with embarrassment. If it is made of mutton-fat white jade, it will cost at least ten thousand taels of silver.
"Oh, it's so expensive? I won't buy it, I won't buy it!" Qin Xiaoran hurriedly snatched the one thousand taels of silver and put it in her arms, for fear that Yang Biao would buy it.
So everyone continued to walk around the booths of various jade merchants and couldn't help but discuss these jade products.
"Shen Chuan, isn't it said to be a jade exhibition?" Yang Biao frowned. He had seen everything in the exhibition, and all he saw were finished carved jade products. This was not the purpose of his coming here.
"It's a jade exhibition. If I want to buy raw jade, I have to go to the third floor." Shen Chuan explained with a smile. The first floor of the exhibition is full of products sold by various jade merchants. "Next year, we can also bring our own jade products to exhibit and sell here."
"Let's go to the third floor first." Yang Biao was curious about what the raw jade looked like and suggested going to see the raw stone.
"The raw jade has so many colors!" When Qin Xiaoran reached the third floor, she was amazed by the rich and colorful colors of the raw jade, from light green to dark green, white, yellow, red, etc.
"Sir, this is water-skin stone, it's jade raw material, it doesn't feel sandy when you touch it." Shen Chuan introduced it to Yang Biao, who picked it up to look at it. The outer skin was smooth, with traces of water on the surface. The skin of this water-skin stone was thin, and you could see through it to see two colors, light green and bright green.
"Sir, this is sandstone. It has coarse grains and feels like sand. It's cheaper than waterstone." Shen Chuan asked Yang Biao to look at the raw stones on display at another store and continued to introduce, "Sandstone is also called white sandstone, black sandstone, yellow sandstone, and iron sandstone according to its color."
The flaws in jade raw stones are also key points in identification. Naturally, the fewer flaws the better, but some flaws are the key to identifying jade.
"How do I buy this?" Yang Biao wanted to buy it quickly and leave. There were too many people at the scene, and the air was filled with various smells, which made him uncomfortable.
"It will be very lively later. The owner of the jade stone will offer a price for the buyer to grab it. The highest bidder wins!"
Isn't this a modern auction? He wanted to endure the discomfort and stay until the purchase. Hearing that the highest bidder wins, Yang Biao immediately lost interest in staying here and handed all the banknotes to Shen Chuan. "Buy some water skin stones later. The smell here is too bad. I'm going to go out for some fresh air."
"Xiao Ran, it's rare for you to see these things, so stay and learn from Shen Chuan." Seeing that Qin Xiaoran was about to follow him, he hurriedly stopped her.
"Well, okay!" Qin Xiaoran thought that he wanted her to learn how to identify the quality of jade raw stones and buy them, so she agreed immediately.
After Yang Biao came out, he walked aimlessly on the street and saw a house with a signboard that said "Xia Mansion". It felt a little familiar in his memory, so he stopped and looked at the house number. Well, isn't that the eleven-room mansion that he bought next to it?
He wanted to go in and take a look at the largest house he had ever bought. He had originally chosen the one with six rooms and five courtyards, but after sorting out the transfer documents he found out that there was this one with eleven courtyards.
"Master, do you want to go in?" Jiang Sheng, who had been following him, saw him lingering at the door and guessed that Yang Biao might not have brought his key, so he suggested, "Master, our door lock is old, let's get a new one."
"Yes," Yes, we can break the lock to get in, and then we can buy a new lock, and we don't have to go back to Xingning Street to get the key. "Break the lock, ask Xue San to bring Lin Chenhao to live here, and buy a lock when you come back."
"Yes, sir!" Jiang Sheng asked him to step back a little, picked up a stone from the ground and smashed the lock three or four times, "Sir, the door is open!"
"Well, go ahead!" Yang Biao went in by himself. Many trees and precious flowers were planted in each courtyard. Although no one lived in the courtyard, it did not look deserted. The eleven courtyards were like eleven courtyards. It was estimated that at least thousands of people could live here.
"This place can be used to make wine," Yang Biao said to himself. All the people from each village can be sent here. With such a large area, the other half can be used as a dyeing workshop. Qin Xiaoran lives in Xingning Street and is in charge of the previous cloth shop. Let Dongpi be in charge of this place and set up a shop to do silk business.
The real estate he bought included a forest with many trees. Yang Biao saw that mulberry trees were the most numerous, so he asked Fugui to buy a lot of silkworms to raise. Now the silkworms are about to start spinning silk. Peach and pear trees are the next most numerous, and there are also oak trees, with many oak silkworms clinging to their leaves. Of course, there are some trees he doesn't recognize.
"Hey, why is the door of the house next to us open?" Xia Weiwei came back from Shuili County with a bumpy ride. When she was almost home, she felt stuffy and lifted a corner of the car curtain. Hongling followed her line of sight and inadvertently glanced outside the car and found that the door of the neighbor's house was wide open.
"It should be the buyer." Xia Weiwei lowered the car curtain. She was not interested in the buyer and didn't care who the new neighbor was.
The news that Censor Luo and his men had packaged the real estate of Zhang and Ji's families and bought it by one person was not leaked. Six people knew about this, three of whom knew Yang Biao, while the two censors and Xia Zhaofeng did not know their specific names.