Chapter 310

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Chapter 310: Guo Jia’s Melancholy

It was proven that with Ye Qingxuan’s assistance, Luo Ji had replaced all his tea and dining ware with jade, put on a white jade thumb ring, wore his black jade carp pendant, and donned a silk robe.

After patrolling Mirror City for a few days, there was no need to say much, the promotional effect was already evident. Why?

Because anything used by him, the Emperor, would implicitly be labeled as ‘the best’ by the people!

He also didn’t forget to promote silk along the way.

On the opening day of the jade shop, a long queue formed directly outside the door.

However, for the common people, the price of jade ware was undoubtedly exorbitant, essentially unaffordable for them.

After 5 or 6 days of operation, the area outside the jade shop quickly became deserted.

But this did not mean that the jade shop’s popularity had decreased.

To be honest, discussions about jade ware were now prevalent in every street and alley, causing a series of chain reactions.

Guo Jia had been feeling very melancholic recently, extremely melancholic.

At this moment, he was carefully holding a white jade cup, idly rubbing it.

The warm, smooth feel of the white jade made him reluctant to put it down, until a voice spoke.

“That, Lord Guo, you’ve been standing in our shop for almost an entire morning. Could it be that you…”

As he spoke, the jade shop assistant smiled and extended his hand towards the white jade cup in Guo Jia’s hand.

That set of mutton-fat white jade tea ware was one of the most valuable jade pieces in their shop.

In His Majesty’s words, it was a “treasure of the shop.”

By rule, it was absolutely not allowed to be touched.

If it weren’t for Guo Jia’s identity, he would have already called in the two guards His Majesty had stationed at the jade shop entrance.

Watching the assistant’s outstretched hand, Guo Jia instinctively took half a step back.

Then, seeing the assistant’s slightly stiff smile, he realized his blunder and his expression turned awkward.

“Uh, ahem…”

Finally, after two dry coughs, he reluctantly handed over the white jade cup and, under the assistant’s smiling gaze, left the jade shop, looking back every few steps.

Sigh, so melancholic.

Guo Jia, stepping out of the jade shop, couldn’t help but look up at the sky.

After buying two months’ worth of first-grade fine tea and a set of exquisite pottery tea ware, his wallet had significantly thinned.

Although he was still quite wealthy, he simply couldn’t afford that set of white jade tea ware.

After much deliberation, he finally bit the bullet and went to see Luo Ji.

Luo Ji, who hadn’t seen Guo Jia for some time, was quite enthusiastic upon seeing him.

“Why do you suddenly have time to come to Mirror City? How is the development of West Plains City going?”

“Thanks to Your Majesty’s concern, everything is well in West Plains City.”

“That’s good.”

Luo Ji responded.

“Come, have some tea. This is first-grade high-mountain tea that just arrived this month.”

As one of the few top-tier ‘tea lovers’ within Luo Ji’s civilization, Guo Jia’s expression clearly brightened upon hearing the words ‘first-grade high-mountain tea.’

He instinctively raised his hand to accept the cup.

However, in the next second, Guo Jia’s eyes widened slightly, his gaze fixed on the cup Luo Ji offered.

“Your, Your Majesty, this is…”

“Oh, this?”

Luo Ji’s lips curved slightly, then he said in a casual tone.

“It’s a set of white jade tea ware I recently acquired. Drinking tea with this set supposedly has benefits for strengthening tendons and bones, calming the soul and nourishing the spirit, moisturizing the heart and lungs…”

Luo Ji had only just begun speaking, but Guo Jia had already completed the entire set of phrases in his mind.

He had already memorized the benefits of this white jade tea ware by heart.

However, Luo Ji continued to speak unhurriedly, finally concluding.

“Currently, there are only two sets in the entire Myriad Worlds Civilization, one is with me, and the other is at the jade shop.”

“Wait! Only two sets?!”

Guo Jia was utterly shocked, he hadn’t known this before!

Watching Guo Jia, whose voice clearly rose by several decibels when this topic was mentioned, Luo Ji inwardly chuckled, then outwardly continued to reply nonchalantly.

“Yes, only two sets. I wonder who was lucky enough to get the other set of tea ware before anyone else.”

“Only two sets, only two sets? That makes sense. For such top-tier tea ware, having two sets is already a miracle. In other words, once one is bought by someone else, then…”

At this thought, Guo Jia decisively lifted his head and spoke in a stiff, dry tone.

“Your Majesty, are there any matters you wish to instruct your humble servant on recently?”

“Matters?”

Luo Ji pretended ignorance, tilting his head.

“What matters?”

“For, for example, suppressing barbarian tribes or something…”

“Pfft- Hahaha!!”

Luo Ji burst into wild laughter in his heart, seeing Guo Jia’s twisted expression.

He quickly used the action of drinking tea to hide his face, which was about to lose its composure, behind his sleeve.

After laughing wildly behind his sleeve for a while, Luo Ji finally regained his composure and gently placed the white jade cup on the table.

Then, he seriously discussed the matter of suppressing barbarian tribes with Guo Jia.

“Suppressing barbarian tribes? Probably not necessary for now. Our Myriad Worlds Civilization just recently annexed the Great Zhou Kingdom, and now is the time to digest the population. Suppressing barbarian tribes and increasing the population at a time like this is really not a good strategy.”

“Y-You’re right…”

Guo Jia’s face flushed crimson, and he responded awkwardly, completely taken aback that he had just made such a foolish suggestion out of selfish desire.

“What’s wrong? Guo Jia, are you unwell?”

“Speaking of which, that thoughtless suggestion just now really isn’t like you.”

“Is managing West Plains City too tiring recently?”

As he spoke, Luo Ji showed an expression full of sincerity.

Luo Ji’s concern only made Guo Jia feel more ashamed.

Finally, he abruptly stood up and prostrated himself on the ground.

“Your Majesty, your humble servant has sinned! Please punish me!”

“This…”

Luo Ji was truly a bit dumbfounded now, mainly because he had not expected Guo Jia to react so dramatically.

Then, before Luo Ji could respond, Guo Jia blew his own cover, completely revealing his small selfish desire, which left Luo Ji both amused and exasperated.

Finally, he simply went along with it and replied.

“So that’s what it is. Guo Jia, if you truly like that tea set so much, I’ll put in a good word for you later. You can pay whatever you can afford, and the rest can be paid in installments.”

“R-Really, Your Majesty?”

Guo Jia looked touched.

“It’s nothing important.”

Luo Ji waved his hand.

“Guo Jia thanks Your Majesty!”

Guo Jia decisively bowed deeply to Luo Ji.

At the same moment he lowered his head, a faint curve appeared on his lips.

“I finally managed to get His Majesty to allow me to pay in installments.”

“Sigh, blowing my own cover was exhausting.”

“By the way, my expression just now must have been perfectly in place, right?”

“Hahahahaha…”

And Luo Ji, helping Guo Jia up from the ground, also had a slight smirk.

“Anyway, I intended to sell that set of white jade tea ware to you from the start.”

“The newly opened jade shop also needs someone to lead the way.”

“Besides, at that price, paying in installments will be enough to keep you poor for an entire year.”

“For the next year, I won’t have to worry about what to reward you with, hahahahaha…”