Zhou Wulang brought a chest into the room, opened it to show Manbao, and exclaimed with delight, "Four hundred taels, how about that, impressive right?"
Manbao, touching a large ingot of silver, asked, "Fifth Brother, I've counted, and there's a total of six hundred and twenty-five taels of silver in the house, which is more than I expected."
"Isn't it what you said, to just aim for a high price and let them bargain it down?" Zhou Wulang said, "I negotiated back and forth with the steward of the prince's mansion several times. That pot of chrysanthemums sold for two hundred and forty-five taels, and 'Chang'e Flying to the Moon' went for three hundred and eighty taels. I told them that the flowers were very rare, the only one like it in the entire Great Jin."
"The ancient early roses I took out in the afternoon were golden, and their eyes lit up when they saw them. Seeing that, I aimed for an even higher price, and by the end, it was pushed down to four hundred taels."
