Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 174
"Of course I bought it! What do you think?"

Zhu Pei couldn't hide the pride on her face, she just wanted to surprise Fan Ning, and Fan Ning's exaggerated expression made her very satisfied.

Zhu Pei continued triumphantly: "The third grandfather agreed to resell it to the Kistler Museum for three thousand yuan, so that the high monthly rent can be avoided!"

Although it is not the sky-high priced house in the Song Huizong period, the house price is already very high, and it is not comparable to ordinary people. Fan Ning estimates that this shop is worth at least [-] guan, and the monthly rent will not be less than [-] guan.

Although the monthly rent of Baiguan is nothing to the profiteering Kistler business, having a store of its own means that the Kistler Museum has a foundation in the capital.

Fan Ning couldn't bear the excitement in his heart, and ran directly to the second floor. The second floor was also full of bookshelves. The area was similar to the first floor, but higher, at least two feet away from the roof, making the space extremely spacious.

Fan Ning walked quickly to the rear window and looked under the window. There was a yard behind, about sixty or seventy square meters, surrounded by walls, which seemed to have been unused and full of weeds.

Fan Ning thought to himself that a large Taihu Lake stone could be enlarged here.

At this time, he suddenly remembered something, and hurried back to the stairs and asked, "Jupei, is there a water terminal near here?"

"Of course there is!"

Zhu Pei said in a bad mood downstairs: "Go fifty steps to the north, and you will see the Bian River, you are satisfied!"

"That's good, I'm afraid that there is no dock, and large Taihu Lake stones cannot be transported in!"

Fan Ning came down from the upstairs and said with a smile: "Sold this shop to me for three thousand coins, isn't your third grandfather really at a disadvantage?"

Zhu Pei glared at Fan Ning, "What do you mean by selling it to you? Don't tell me I don't have a share in this shop? I take [-]% of it, okay? The third grandfather actually sold it to the Kistler Museum for [-] guan, and only charged [-] guan. My two thousand pennies will be free."

Fan Ning shook his head, "But even [-] guan is very cheap. I guess this shop is worth at least [-] guan. Moreover, your third grandfather gave up another profitable store. His loss is too great."

"You still have a conscience when you think like this. In fact, the third grandfather felt very guilty towards you. He thought it was his responsibility to leak the secret recipe, but in the end he made you bear the loss too. So he took this shop very happily, which is also considered a gift. You make up for it a little bit."

Fan Ning nodded. Although more than half a year had passed since the leak, he knew that Zhu Yuanzhao would not refuse to give himself an explanation.

It seems that Zhu Yuanzhao is also waiting for this opportunity to open a store in the capital.

Fan Ning thought for a while, and smiled at Zhu Pei: "When will you treat your third grandfather to dinner again, and then have a good chat with him about other business opportunities."

Zhu Pei said happily: "Third grandfather just returned to Pingjiang Mansion, I will tell him when he comes back, I believe he will be very happy!"

The two left the shop and returned to the carriage. As soon as Fan Ning got into the carriage, Zhu Zhe handed over the completed sculpture to Fan Ning with a bright smile.

Fan Ning took the stone-carved version of "Traveling in Mountains and Streams" and couldn't help but praise again: "I am afraid that this kind of charm can only be compared with the original painting. This is the most wonderful stone sculpture I have ever seen."

Fan Ning took out the box containing the golden flowers again, and handed it to Zhu Zhe with a smile, "Brother Zhe, this is a gift from me."

Zhu Zhe's eyes lit up, he took the box, looked at Fan Ning, then at the box, with a surprised smile on his face.

"open to take a look!"

Zhu Zhe slowly opened the box, and inside was a lifelike golden flower. He touched the petals, touched the pearl in the middle, and fell into deep thought.

Zhu Pei sighed, "I think he will take this golden flower apart when he goes back."

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "I hope he can bring this golden flower to life. I don't know if there is no comparison. Compared with Brother Zhe's sculpture, this golden flower is really like a dead thing."

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In Shoushanxi, Luoyuan County, Fuzhou, Mingren and Mingli have already bought [-] acres of land. The land is located in Luoyuan County. The two brothers got advice from the locals and did not buy all the farmland, but bought a piece of land along the coast first. The river tidal flat is about [-] mu.

The sand content of this tidal flat is too large to be used for farming. The locals use sand here to build houses. Most of the Tianhuang stones purchased by the two brothers come from this tidal flat, which is the richest place for Tianhuang stones.

This sandy land belonged to several monasteries. Brothers Mingren and Mingli bought this sandy land at a price of [-] yuan per mu, and at the same time bought hundreds of acres of land on both sides of the sandy land.

The houses and warehouses needed for mining have been built, and they hired five hundred peasants to dig and mine Tianhuangshi in the sand at a price of one hundred yuan per day.

It was said that it was the capital of the Zhu family, and the government of Luoyuan County was very cooperative, and the county magistrate specially sent several yamen servants to help maintain order.

The mine is full of heat, and a group of peasants are digging sand and gravel in the open space. All the dug out stones are placed in a large basket. There are Tianhuang stones and ordinary pebbles in it, and then they are identified by special personnel.

The sand is sent to the distant sandpile field with a trolley, and there are more than a dozen people in charge of screening the sand, even the Tianhuangshi, which is as big as a thumb, will not be spared.

At this time, there was commotion in the second mine in the north, and many people put down their tools and rushed to this side one after another.

"Go and notify the proprietor!" shouted an overseer.

A teenager ran to the house a mile away.

In the house, Mingli was brewing tea, while Mingren was sitting in front of a big basket, carefully admiring the top-quality field yellow stones in the basket.

They have been here for a month, and they have quickly integrated into their roles. The two are extremely smart, have learned the local dialect, and have done a great job, especially their research and understanding of Tian Huangshi has surpassed Fan Ning.

The folk customs in this area are tough, but very simple. As long as the interests of the local people are not violated, everyone gets along very well, and even if there are any difficulties, everyone will be willing to help.

The two brothers have become celebrities in the local area, and everyone can't tell the two of them apart, so they call them Xiaofan Guanren.

In the process of purchasing Tianhuangshi, the two brothers gradually divided Tianhuangshi into three grades. Not every piece of Tianhuangshi is given the same price. One is the top-grade frozen stone Tianhuang, and the other is called ordinary Tianhuang with a little less moisture. Yellow, there is also a kind of black, gray and other impurities, called Heitianhuang, which belongs to the inferior Tianhuang,

The best frozen stone Tianhuang is stored in a special small warehouse, and the ordinary Tianhuang and Heitianhuang are stored in a large warehouse.

"Second brother, when do you think these stones will turn into gold? Just like what Aning said, one or two fields of gold and one or two gold."

After Mingli made the tea, he poured a cup for himself and Mingren, and said with a smile: "Didn't you say that, Ah Ning? It will take time to promote, and first we must get through the upper-level routes, especially the emperor. Once the emperor likes Shangtian Huangshi, the lower dignitaries will Search around like a treasure, to be honest, I hope that this day will come as soon as possible, let us collect more stones."

"You're right. Once the emperor takes a fancy to it, the price will skyrocket, and the dignitaries will come to mine it. Let's never get Tianhuangshi so cheap."

"I'm afraid that the government will monopolize it. Just like the surrounding silver mines, the government occupies most of the mines. We can only drink some soup."

At this time, their assistant Yang Qingfei rushed over, "You two officials, a large vein of ore has been found at the No. [-] mine!"

The two looked at each other, they didn't even care about drinking tea, and ran away. After a few steps, Ming Ren came back to lock the door. The top Tian Huangshi was in their room, so they had to be careful. He locked the door and called An assistant came to guard the gate, and then rushed to catch up.

In a large pit in the No. [-] mine, the workers are carefully digging out the Tianhuang stones that are the size of water tanks. They have dug more than [-] stones in a row, and there are still many below.

At this time, Ming Ren and Ming Li rushed over, looking at the boulders all over the ground, they became excited immediately, this was the first time they had dug such a large Tian Huangshi.

Mingli stepped forward and washed the soil on one of the Tianhuang stones with water, revealing a crystal clear and moist yellowstone with fine radish patterns distributed inside the stone, which turned out to be the top-grade frozen Tianhuang stone.

The two brothers were overjoyed, and Ming Li immediately said loudly to the crowd: "Second District did a good job, today I will be rewarded with five times the wages! The hundred or so civilians at the scene immediately cheered."

The well-rewarded folks dug harder. By dusk, a total of 170 Tianhuang stones as big as water tanks had been dug out of more than ten acres of sand, and more than 1000 grapefruit-sized Tianhuang stones were dug out, [-]% of which were The best frozen stone field yellow.

The two brothers immediately decided to hire a bullock cart overnight to send this batch of Tianhuangshi and the previous hundreds of top-quality Tianhuangshi to the warehouse in Min County, and Mingren escorted the boat back to Pingjiang Mansion.

That night, Fan Mingren personally escorted dozens of ox carts loaded with top-grade Tian Huangshi to Min County.

(End of this chapter)