Chapter 220 Ling arrests the head and causes trouble in Jinlou [Please vote for me! 】
In the most prominent street of Dongshi, there is a dark red vermilion-painted pavilion with a wide facade and a plaque with three characters "Zhou Laofu" hanging on it.
Although the door is grand, there are not many guests. The door is often opened only once every half a day to welcome one or two well-dressed visitors. Only then can passers-by take a peek inside and see some of the splendid world.
Some stores do not rely on foot traffic to make money. One distinguished customer can earn half a year’s worth of business.
As the most famous gold shop in Dongshi, Zhou Laofu is engaged in this kind of business, specializing in custom-made gold and jade jewelry for dignitaries. Don't seek the best, just the most expensive. Now that you have become famous, being able to wear a piece of jewelry specially made by Zhou Laofu is quite a prestigious thing in the upper class circles of the capital city.
Over time, the store has also developed its own personal connections, and has gained a place among dignitaries. Even if a prince's wife comes, he does not dare to be too arrogant.
On this day, an unexpected guest came to the store.
I saw a female head catcher wearing the official uniform of the Ministry of Justice, frowning and staring, swaggering into Zhou Laofujin Building. Although this female head catcher has a bright appearance, her expression is really a bit hateful.
This person is naturally Ling Yuanbao.
“This is the catcher.” A boy immediately came to the store to greet him, “Are you here to buy goldware or do something?”
"Haha." Ling Yuanbao smiled and said, "What do you think I'm here for?"
The boy rolled his eyes and replied: "Is the head catcher here to ask questions?"
"What?" Ling Yuanbao suddenly glared, "Do I look like someone who can't afford your goods?"
"Don't dare!" The boy was frightened and hurried He took a few steps back and said repeatedly: "If you want to buy goldware, Lord Catcher, please come forward and choose. I have everything in my building..."
"Everything in your house is more expensive than the last one. I am a small Catcher with a salary." Of course I can't afford it. By asking me to choose, are you trying to insinuate me into taking bribes?" Ling Yuanbao asked again.
"Sir, you don't dare to catch me." The boy begged for mercy, but he didn't look too panicked.
When opening a store in Dongshi, they have seen a lot of the world, and there are many smart people. A head catcher really doesn't scare them.
Listening to the commotion here, a shopkeeper from the other side came over quickly. He had a small beard and a brocade dress with a copper coin pattern. He looked quite mature.
"What do you need from this head catcher?" The shopkeeper waved his hand and asked the boy to leave, and went to the battle in person to greet him.
"I really want to buy some goldware. Can you customize it?" Ling Yuanbao glanced at him and asked immediately.
"It's natural. Everything will be done according to your requirements, ensuring that the craftsmanship is the best in Longyuan City." The shopkeeper said warmly.
"Come on then." Ling Yuanbao waved his hand, "Cut ten kilograms of gold cakes for me. Each piece must weigh ten taels, without any deviation."
"Huh? "The shopkeeper was slightly surprised, "Gold cake?"
"What's the matter, you can't cut it?" Ling Yuanbao glared, "Then why do you call Jinlou the best in cutting? "
"Okay, okay." The shopkeeper nodded quickly, with a suspicious look in his eyes.
Cutting gold cakes is certainly not too difficult, but rather too simple.
What Zhou Laofu does is custom-made jewelry. It is a cumbersome job like cutting gold cakes. If you have gold, you can just find a shop and cut it. Why do you come to us?
And if everything is cut into ten kilograms, that is one hundred taels of gold.
It sounds a bit strange. Why, you made so many big pancakes, are you going to eat them for breakfast?
"But..." the shopkeeper lowered his voice, "In addition to the price of gold, our store has always charged a labor fee of two taels. Even if the craftsmanship is simple, the fee will not be reduced..."
"Money?" Ling Yuanbao snapped out a stack of banknotes, "See if you have enough."
The shopkeeper took it and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Master Catcher, please come here. We The quantity is measured and weighed in front of you, and there is absolutely no falsehood.”
Each guest has an exclusive private room with a small counter, and there are people from Jinlou behind the counter. Come over with a box of gold. The master who cut the gold was a Qi Refiner. Although his cultivation level was not high, the fact that he could hire a Qi Refiner to work on it showed the standard of this place.
After all, Qi Refiners are different from the warriors found all over the streets.
The qi refining master took out a small round golden rod from the box. It seemed that he had already prepared the shape in advance. The "gold pancake" that noble people carry with them is said to be a pancake, but in fact it is not that big. It is more like a slightly thicker and wider gold coin. Ling Yuanbao asked for a pound of pancake, which was larger than the ones used daily, and it was just a small round cake that could be held in the palm of his hand.
I saw a sharp edge gathering on his fingertips, and he carefully peeled off a layer from the gold rod. When it was peeled off here, the brocade handkerchief held it, and the shopkeeper took it over and weighed it with a small scale. The weight was not bad at all. After a while, ten gold cakes were cut.
The qi-refining master was a little unfinished and asked: "Do you need to carve a pattern?"
"If the customer doesn't ask for it, we don't need to do it." The shopkeeper After loading the gold cakes, he asked, "Are you satisfied with this head catcher?"
"Hmm... not bad." Ling Yuanbao nodded lightly, without looking too much, and said directly: "Again Cut me ten pounds of gold ingots, each weighing ten ounces, without any deviation.”
The qi refining master frowned, as if he didn't understand.
Chow Lao Fu’s labor costs are extremely high, so spending this money to do such a simple job is just a waste of money. But since the guest has a request, he can only do it.
I immediately went to get another piece of solid gold. I cut out the gold ingot with my bare hands without using a mold. As expected, the pieces were exactly the same.
“You can take a look.” The shopkeeper accepted with a smile.
"Not bad." Ling Yuanbao glanced at it again and continued: "Give me another ten kilograms and cut it into minced meat. Every strand must be of the same weight. There can be no deviation."< br>
When the qi refining master heard this, he immediately became anxious, "Cut gold cakes and gold ingots can still be used. What are you doing by chopping this gold? Are you trying to amuse me?"
"You care about me?" Ling Yuanbao glared, "I just want to take it back and use it as dumpling stuffing, can't I?"
"This catcher!" The shopkeeper finally lowered his face, "You are We all respect you if you work in the Criminal Department Yamen, but if you cause trouble in our store, our boss also knows some of your bosses..."
"Are you threatening me?" Ling Yuanbao? His eyes suddenly turned cold.
Boom——
The shopkeeper felt his eyes go dark, and the next moment, his figure appeared in the hall outside the door, sitting on the floor in a daze.
Looking at the room again, there was a large human-shaped hole in the wall. I guess it was hit when I was thrown out. Ling Yuanbao's move was also quite subtle. He threw the person and crashed through the wall, but his body was not damaged.
When the remaining Qi Refining Master in the room saw this, his eyes twitched, and he turned around and wanted to run away, but hesitated and wanted to take away the gold on the table.
Ling Yuanbao picked it up with one hand, and in the next moment, with a crashing sound, he appeared outside, side by side with the boss.
In front of Ling Yuanbao, a Qi practitioner with a low level of cultivation is no different from an ordinary person.
"How dare you call yourself the No. 1 Gold Building in the East City? You can't meet such a small request. It's not that you can't afford the money. Could it be that you look down on people?" Ling Yuanbao also walked out and said, "Then I want it today. Falling out!"
Seeing that the situation was tense, a man in a brocade robe suddenly walked out from the stairs above. He had a deep aura and looked like he was not weak in cultivation.
"This official." But he did not take action, but called out: "Our boss, please go upstairs and talk."
Ling Yuanbao snorted coldly, turned around and shouted. La followed him up the stairs until he came to a room at the end of the second floor.
Behind the spacious desk, sat a thin old man in simple clothes. He was wearing a dark brown gown and had white beard and hair. He looked quite old.
"Haha." When the old man saw her coming in, he smiled first and said, "Sorry for the poor hospitality in the shop. I just don't know which official our simple shop has offended?"
He asked very straight to the point. A catcher would definitely not dare to come here and be so arrogant. It was reasonable for him to suspect that Ling Yuanbao was being instigated.
This is indeed the case.
Ling Yuanbao looked around the old man and asked: "Can you make the decision here?"
The old man nodded and said: "Young man is not talented, he is the owner of Jinlou, here It’s all my property.”
Ling Yuanbao asked: "Are you Zhou Laofu?"
The old man smiled again and said: "My name is Zhou Dasheng."
(End of this chapter)
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