Chapter 55 The Metropolis
Just as two goblin fleets rushed south like contestants in a racing sailing competition, preparing to search for the culprit of inciting rebellion, Luo Zhengdao, the source of the chaos in the Qiongzhou Island series, was already wandering in the Xiangjiang Port Market far away from Qiongzhou.
From the day he traveled to the new world, this peaceful and peaceful ordinary day became a luxury for Luo Zhengdao. Every minute of leisurely time without worrying is considered precious to him. If he counts with his fingers, he may not find a few days of leisurely days. No matter how strong the spirit is, the experienced warrior cannot live with his nerves for years. It is normal for Luo Zhengdao to indulge in short tranquility and happiness. Anyway, he explained to Vena Dubov with such shameless reasons.
Walking slowly on the streets of Xiangjiang, the most common shop signs are pawn shops. This industry is undoubtedly an imported product introduced by the senior time traveler to the new world.
After the development and localization process for thousands of years, except for the huge "官" character that was abstracted into a gold coin pattern at the door of the store, Luo Zhengdao really couldn't see that these magnificent stone buildings had a dime relationship with the paving shops in the old world.
Seeing Luo Zhengdao and the half-elf-like beauty pushing open the door and walking in, a pawn shop clerk was about to come forward to receive the customer. The pawn shop owner who was smoking a pot of hookah caught his eyes and saw that the two guests were dressed in extraordinary clothes. Not to mention that Luo Zhengdao was wearing a beautiful woman with a high return rate like Vena Dubov, who had a high turnaround rate, was out shopping. A three-year-old child was swaying across the market with gold in his hand. This sentence thoroughly depicts those who do not have enough power to defend their rights, regardless of whether the things they have are from the right source. Whether it is huge wealth or beautiful beauty, it will cause death. Since you can hold the root cause of trouble that will attract others to covet, it means that you have the corresponding strength to protect yourself.
Immediately, the gray-haired boss stood up and waved his hand to signal the clerk to leave. He took the initiative to greet the customer with a smile on his face and said:
"Hahaha, are you planning to pledge me when you visit our store? Or just take a walk?"
Hearing the sound, Luo Zhengdao, who was looking around, glanced at the boss lightly, narrowed his eyes and said:
"Yes, we don't need to use some items for the time being. Can we talk about it in another place?"
The business principle of pawnshops is to buy items that others are eager to sell at the lowest price. Regardless of their value, pawnshops must ensure that they can be sold at a higher price in the end.
This pawnshop owner saw many dilapidated houses running to Xiangjiang from the Mainland. In his eyes, Luo Zhengdao, who had a slightly southern accent in the common language, was nothing more than another countryside bun. He immediately showed a bright professional smile and greeted him:
"Hahahaha, of course, please invite the two guests! Come and have tea."
The so-called antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times. It is normal for a gold ring to exchange for a sesame cake to happen in war times. Although taking advantage of the situation to make disasters and wealth has always been highly condemned on the moral level, grabbing excess profits is an irresistible temptation for merchants. No one in the world would rather not make money because of the hot money.
Affected by the violent fluctuations in the outside world, in recent years, the business of the pawn shop industry in Xiangjiang has been extremely prosperous, and it can even be called a hot cooking oil. With the successive victory of the goblin army on the main continent, the human rich men who were premonitioning that the disaster was coming fled to the tiger's mouth with soft and soft waves, and waves of refugees were in full swing. Not to mention the exiles who subsequently smuggled to go overseas. In order to avoid the search of the goblin army, most people cannot carry too much cash with them when they escape from their homes, let alone those bulky houses, at most they take away the most valuable jewelry and other valuable small items from their homes.
When these refugees' escape life in Xiangjiang stabilized, the cost of food, clothing, housing and use of the whole family was considerable, and it was difficult for these gadgets to find a suitable buyer. They had no choice but to pledge these items to the pawn shop at a low price in exchange for a little cash to maintain a normal livelihood. This has become the way for many refugee families to make a living.
Sitting on the sofa in the living room with a calm expression, Luo Zhengdao turned his head to look at the cup of cool and quenching thirst. He seemed to smell the strong aroma unique to the added spices at the end of his nose.
On the four walls of this house are hung cashmere tapestries mainly based on mythological themes. These handicrafts with exquisite and luxurious weaving crafts fully demonstrate the pawnshop owner's strong economic strength and unusual social status.
The two sides chatted for a few words to soothe the atmosphere. The pawnshop owner with a twig of goatee opened his eyes wide. His thin body leaned forward, his eyes were staring at Luo Zhengdao's change in expression, and he spoke:
"What goods do the guest want to sell?"
"Please see!"
Due to his lack of clones, Luo Zhengdao failed to obtain the treasure that the goblin had plundered from the entire island of Qiongzhou, but he did not get nothing.
Brando Feiyan is a smart man. He is a wealthy man, and he will never blindly act like a headless fly as rumored. The treasure in Haikou City is the part of the income that is prepared to be handed over to the empire. The Cape City Vault is responsible for preserving the private money in the small vault of the Redstone Brigade.
The second empire of Goblins was not rebuilt for a long time. In the past few thousand years, the sequelae caused by the division of goblin forces on the main continent could not be overcome overnight. It is an indisputable fact that the Redstone Brigade stationed in Qiongzhou was a unit formed by the Redstone Tribe who drew troops from the Redstone Tribe. Even if the goblins who value collective action and maintain consistency were much smaller than human selfishness, those who could climb to a high position on their own, even if they thought about it, they knew that they could not be the purity of the heart and desires. It was a normal move to embezzle part of their interests for their unit in private.
Recently, the Goblin army launched a large-scale economic plunder in the newly conquered areas, which can be said to be an organized and planned robbery operation. It is reasonable that the Redstone Brigade can make a vote for its small treasury.
In the Cape City, I was eating a black man with a black man. Luo Zhengdao ate a fat man in one bite. These spoils included a considerable amount of real money and silver and other valuable items that are easy to discount. In addition, there are some private treasures that are difficult for non-professionals to identify. Now, Luo Zhengdao urgently needs to cash out this batch of things. Now, with enough human resources to implement the established policy of expanding the pirate fleet in his hands, but whether the pirates receive remuneration, berthing and purchasing supplies in the middle of the journey, or ordering warships on the land of Yaling and Elves, Luo Zhengdao has to pay gold coins. Because valuation is a difficult problem, even if you know that the valuable gadgets cannot be used as cash!
At this time, watching Luo Zhengdao take out the things from the space bag one by one, and go forward to carefully check the quality of these black goods. The pawnshop owner couldn't help but smile and said:
"Six thousand gold coins!"
Hearing the sound, Luo Zhengdao immediately frowned. The number was much different from his psychological expectations. He immediately reversed:
"You are not kidding! This is too little."
It is normal for goblins who rise from remote valleys to not recognize goods. Do families that originally collected these treasures also do not recognize goods? Of course, it is a not funny joke.
No matter who makes a choice, he must have to store the most precious things in the family's treasure house. The home search goods brought by the goblins are the old foundation accumulated by the wealthy clans in Qiongzhou for thousands of years. If he hadn't been waiting for money, Luo Zhengdao would not be willing to take action so early. God knows how many priceless treasures there are. A mere 6,000 gold coins are a lot for ordinary people, and they are a huge sum of money that they can't spend all their lives on. For Luo Zhengdao, who needs to support a fleet, this little money is not enough to even put a gap in his teeth. Before that, he bought the second-hand Yaling warship, the Yangwei warship, for more than 6,000 gold coins, and spent a lot of money on the subsequent technical transformations. The pawnshop owner's bid was ridiculously low.
When he heard Luo Zhengdao’s objection, the pawnshop owner still had a professional and gentle smile and explained calmly:
"My dear friend, I cannot place these items on the counter outside to sell them, and I also have to take a lot of risks."
The sensational words failed to touch Luo Zhengdao. He shook his head with extraordinary determination and retorted:
“That’s too little.”
Bargaining is the basic skill of a business society. Although Luo Zhengdao was very dissatisfied with the merchant's behavior of suppressing prices to a bad heart, he did not turn against him, but instead kept calm and continued to talk to the other party.
After tossing and turning for a long time, he still couldn't gain the advantage of Luo Zhengdao in terms of verbal words. The pawnshop owner had to lower his posture and soften his tone and said:
"Then please tell me the price, how about it?"
"One-price, 20,000 gold coins."
This pawnshop owner said that he was a little bit disgusted by the lion's big price. When he heard this, he showed a sad expression as if he was dead. He waved his hand and said:
"No, no, I will pay up to seven thousand at most."
"Ten to eighteen thousand!"
"How do you think about 7,000-5?"
Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao completely stopped doing it, adding five hundred at a time. Is he deliberately playing with me? Immediately, he stood up and said with a dark face:
"Your Excellency is so insincere, right!"
Seeing that the negotiation was about to break down, the pawnshop owner was unwilling to give up the business. The batch of things brought by Luo Zhengdao is very valuable, and it is certain to make money after taking it. At most, it is a question of how much it earns. Then, he narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, a smile appeared on his face, and said:
"Okay! My friend, I'll offer a price. If you think you can accept it, the business will be settled."
I felt that it was really difficult for the black goods in my hand to sell at a reasonable price in Xiangjiang. Luo Zhengdao, who gradually lowered his psychological expectations, nodded and agreed. The pawnshop owner opposite reached out a finger and said:
"Ten thousand gold coins!"
Although Luo Zhengdao shook his head a little dissatisfied with the book, he knew that he didn't have much choice and said:
"Okay, ten thousand is ten thousand."
Chapter completed!