Chapter 215 (2/2)
The handso man seemed to be very interested ”Let me try thirty centi the youth’s Southern Qing accent, the store owner rudely said, ”Oh, a fellow country to Northern Qi to buy cotton cloth? Besides, others buy it by the bundle And you want thirty centi n, he frowned ”Those characters are terribly ugly”
The store owner becanorant lad, leave now!”
The young ain and led his three subordinates to another store That young man was, of course, Fan Xian The characters which he called ugly were none other than traces left behind by hisof that letter in that chest—and just as ugly!
After strolling for a while, Fan Xian knew these shops all belonged to people froed to the Ye household Just by looking at the products, Fan Xian new his mom must havedown Xiushui Street, between signboards written by his o any further
”Sir, what are we doing here instead of going to Chang Ninghouasked worriedly
Fan Xian caifts, of course We shouldn’t show up e that, he stepped into the fanciest glass shop on the street Inside were all sorts of things beautifullyalcohol, but alsocricket boxes, various board games, and even a small oil lamp
The whole shop looked like it was covered by crystals It was dazzling A faint sense of pride rose in Fan Xian’s heart While he see by, not doing anything to shake up the world, seeing all the things his mother had left behindWhat's left for uests talking and knew they were fellow southerners He said with a s to do business with you, it’s just that buying glass in Shangjing is a bit of a rip-off”
Fan Xian sher price than back in Qing But I noticed the Northern Qi palace uses so lass; aren’t they worried about the price?”
The store owner grinned ”Who’s the dumbest customer in the world? The emperor, of course I hear the deal with the Northern Qi palace was the biggest deal back then for our master The sheer numbers stunned all other businesses senseless”
Fan Xian laughed and said, ”You sure are a bold one Being in Northern Qi, aren’t you afraid of being arrested for saying that?”
”Not at all As long as our great Qing remains the o anywhere without being harassed” Despite saying that, the store owner still lowered his voice before continuing ”As for the remark about the dumbest customer in the world… I didn’t come up with it My master told me it was said by the owner back then”
Fan Xian chuckled, suddenly asking, ”Which one of the Yes is yourYe?”
This startled the store owner He looked up at Fan Xian, having a hard ti ot to reply
Lin Jing, who had been standing on the side, spoke up with a smile, ”This is Sir Fan Xian, the head diplomat of the current diplomatic mission While you may have spent your tiround”
Sir Fan? That’s the great owner of all Ilass store oas in great shock and hurriedly bowed to Fan Xian