Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 234 New Ideas
Of course, Zhang Sanniang fully supports her son in buying a house in Beijing. She is satisfied with her current life. For her, the more than 1 yuan is the money left for her son, and she just keeps it for him temporarily.

So when Zhang Sanniang heard her son said that she wanted to buy a house in the capital, she took out two deposit certificates from Zhu's Money Shop without hesitation.

"This is a deposit note for [-] guan. It was given to me first, and this one is for [-] guan. Later, there was a deposit note for [-] guan. It was taken by your father to buy land. .”

Zhang Sanniang sighed, took out another half of the jade pendant and handed it to her son, "You can withdraw money with this half jade pendant, you can take all the money and buy a better house."

Fan Ning returned the [-] guan money to his mother, and said with a smile: "Four thousand guan money is enough, and this ten thousand guan money is my mother's private money."

Zhang Sanniang reached out and tapped her son on the head, "You little devil, what are you talking about? What is mother's private money? If you don't use it for the time being, mother will save it for you. When you marry a wife, you can use this money to pay him back." You have a splendid wedding."

"Mom, I really don't need it, just keep it! Don't worry if you have some money in your hand."

Fan Ning took out a few land deeds from his pocket and handed them to his mother, "This is [-] mu of farmland, which is already in my name and can be exempted from taxation. The land is regarded as the son's filial piety to his mother."

Zhang Sanniang took over the land deed happily. This was a reward for her son's admission to Jinshi. How could she not want her son to honor her.

"I want this, and I will leave it to my mother for the elderly."

At this time, Zhang Sanniang remembered something again, and said quickly: "Early this morning, Mr. Zhu sent an invitation card, inviting you to have a light meal."

Fan Ning was startled, "To Wujiang?"

"It doesn't seem to be, it's in Mudu Town!"

Fan Ning was overjoyed immediately, Mr. Zhu came to block, which is great, save himself another trip to Wujiang.

"Why don't you go over now! See if there is anything you need to help others."

Mrs. Zhang San is very enthusiastic about Mr. Zhu's affairs now. You must know that Zhu Pei is Mr. Zhu's granddaughter, and it is possible that Zhu Pei will become his daughter-in-law. How could she not be enthusiastic.

"Mother! Mr. Zhu doesn't need my help with anything, but I can go and see him now."

Seeing that it was still early, Fan Ning took a boat to Mudu Town to visit Zhu Yuanfu who lived in the town.

Zhu Yuanfu's mansion in Mudu Town was not abandoned. At the foot of Lingyan Mountain, there was a tomb of his mother's clothes, and he would come here to pay respects from time to time.

Hearing that Fan Ning came to visit, Zhu Yuanfu went to the gate to greet him in person.

"Congratulations to Fan Shaolang High School Jinshi No.4!"

Fan Ning quickly stepped forward to salute, "If it wasn't for the care of the old man for many years, I would not have the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination. The younger generation would like to thank the old man for his love for many years."

Hearing that Fan Ning was grateful to him, Zhu Yuanfu was very relieved, and said with a smile, "You still have to rely on yourself. If you don't work hard, no one can help you."

"The right time, the right place, and the harmony between people are indispensable. The old man is my harmony."

Zhu Yuanfu laughed loudly and patted Fan Ning on the shoulder, "Let's go! Let's go to the warehouse first."

The warehouse Zhu Yuanfu mentioned is Tian Huangshi's warehouse. Currently, Zhu Yuanfu's strange stone warehouse is borrowed. The warehouse is located in the northeast corner of the mansion. There is an iron gate outside that can directly enter the mansion. The gate leading to this warehouse in the mansion is locked all the year round. In fact, it is a warehouse directly to the outside world.

Zhu Yuanfu's strange stone warehouse is mainly used to store the Taihu stones he has collected for many years. Since he moved back to Wujiang County, most of the rare Taihu stones have also been moved away. There are only a small amount of top-grade Taihu stones left here.

The huge warehouse was empty, so when he heard that he was going to find a warehouse for Tian Huangshi in Mudu Town, he thought of his strange stone warehouse.

Zhu Yuanfu's strange stone storehouse is stronger and tighter than the money storehouse. The whole storehouse is built with large bluestones, and there are no windows around it, making it look dark and damp.

This is also the requirement of Qishiku. Most ornamental stones like dark and humid environments, like Taihu stones, which have been underwater for millions of years, especially avoiding sunlight and drying.

Even the shelves in the warehouse were made of long stones. Fan Ning followed Zhu Yuanfu into the warehouse, and the long stone shelves were filled with large and small water tanks.

The water tank is filled with all kinds of Tianhuang stones, all of which are soaked in clear water. Fan Ning roughly estimates that there are at least tens of thousands of Tianhuang stones in the warehouse.

Especially in the corner of the warehouse, Fan Ning saw a shocking scene. Dozens of yellowstones the size of water tanks were piled up together. This was the nest of yellowstones found in the mine that Mingren told him. There were a total of 43 pieces.

"Ah Ning, you take this Tian Huangshi!"

Before he knew it, Zhu Yuanfu resumed addressing Fan Ning again, calling him Fan Shaolang still seemed a little alienated, and he simply called Fan Ning by his nickname just like Principal Liu.

"What's so special about it?"

Fan Ning took over the Tianhuang stone from Zhu Yuanfu. The Tianhuang stone was as big as a fist and shaped like a potato. Because the light was too dark, the texture could not be seen clearly.

"It was given to me by Akihito. There are no radish patterns in it. It is as pure as solidified honey without impurities. It is the best Tianhuang stone they have ever seen. This Tianhuang stone is given to your grandfather for me."

Fan Ning knew that his grandfather had given the Son of Heaven the Xishan Traveling Stone last time, and he was always a little bit disappointed, and he was thinking about giving him another one.

This piece of Tian Huangshi came at the right time, Fan Ning quickly thanked, "Thank you for your concern, old man."

Zhu Yuanfu patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Let's go! I happen to have something I want to talk to you about."

The two left the warehouse and came to the back hall, where a maid served them tea.

Zhu Yuanfu took a sip of tea and said, "Your second uncle came to see me before he came to the capital. He went to Fuzhou before and got some new ideas. He wants to expand the scope and start the Shoushan Stone business. I wonder if he told you about this?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "It's probably because he was too busy opening the store, and he didn't have time to tell me about it, but the expansion of the shop into Shoushan Stone, is it because the noodle shop is too big."

Fan Ning knew that Tianhuang Stone was actually a kind of Shoushan Stone, a treasure of Shoushan Stone, but there were many varieties of Shoushan Stone. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, a large number of them were used to carve Buddha statues, and the stone Zhu Zhe usually used to carve was also Shoushan Stone.

So the second uncle wants to expand the business of Shoushan Stone, but Fan Ning feels that the value is not very great.

"Look at this rock!"

Zhu Yuanfu handed another stone to Fan Ning. The stone was not too big, it was as big as the teacup on the table, and it was milky white, just like frozen milk. It was a frozen stone.

But the difference is that this stone is covered with vermilion dots, like pieces of peach petals attached to the stone.

"This is... Peach Blossom Jelly!" Fanning suddenly remembered the name.

"Yes! That's the name. It's called the Taohua Shoushan Stone. It was brought back by your second uncle. He lives in Guangying Temple, and there are many such stones in the temple."

Zhu Yuanfu smiled and asked Fan Ning again, "Don't you think this kind of stone is very valuable for collection?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "Compared to Tian Huangshi, it's still far behind."

"Of course it can't be compared with Tian Huangshi. Tian Huangshi is a gem among stones. It is expensive and ordinary literati can't afford it. What your second uncle means is to consider the needs of ordinary literati."

Fan Ning understood a little bit, "My second uncle wants to make mid-to-low-end ornamental stones at the same time?"

"Use mid-grade Shoushan stone to set off the preciousness of Tianhuang stone."

Fan Ning smiled slightly and praised: "This idea is not bad. He knows that there are many Shoushan stones with high ornamental value, such as the peach blossom steatite in his hand, and the hibiscus steatite, chicken blood steatite, sky blue steatite, and fish steatite. Brain steatite and so on, these stones are also extremely beautiful, second only to Tianhuang steatite, if these stones are developed and valuable, it will even more set off the king of stones, the preciousness of Tianhuang steatite."

Thinking of this, Fan Ning nodded happily, "Since the second uncle is going to do it, I have no objection, but in this case, we must expand our investment in the Shoushan area."

Zhu Yuanfu nodded, "I also think that your second uncle's idea is very good, but you have to be mentally prepared. Once you start the Dashoushan stone business, I don't think the Kistler Museum will consider profit distribution within five years."

Fan Ning smiled wryly. He planned to buy a house with a few thousand taels of silver from the Kistler Museum, but this plan fell through.

Zhu Yuanfu saw the disappointment in Fan Ning's eyes, so he smiled slightly and said, "For the rich and powerful in the capital, the money earned by the Qishi Pavilion is just a small amount of money. The real big money is beyond your imagination, and that is also the foundation of the Zhu family's fortune."

"What's that?" Fanning asked curiously.

Zhu Yuanfu smiled and said: "I won't say it now, when you go back to the capital, you go to Pei'er's third grandfather, tell me that I arranged it, let him take you to do it once, and you will understand."

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In the next few days, Fan Ning went to Changzhou County to visit Zhao Xiuwen, the governor of Dong Zhifu and Pingjiang Prefecture, and attended the foundation stone laying ceremony for the expansion of Yanying Academy at the invitation of Dean Liu.

Later, under the leadership of his father, he visited the Fan family and offered incense to the ancestors in the family temple.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was time for Fanning to leave for the north again.

Fan Ning's starting point is still Mudu Town, and he still takes the same clipper boat that he came here. They had an agreement before that the clipper boat made a deal to go to Hangzhou, and then rushed back, just in time to pick up the boat that was going to the north. Homecoming Fanning.

Zhang Sanniang also rushed to Mudu and sent her son to the north with her husband Fan Tiezhou. Although she was used to the separation of her son going out to study, this time was different. She didn't know when she would be able to reunite with her son. Zhang Sanniang was full of reluctance.

"Mother, when the child buys a house in the capital, you take Ado to the capital to celebrate the New Year. Anyway, it's by boat, and the journey is not hard."

"I really want to go. I haven't been to the capital in my life! I don't know if your father has time?"

Zhang Sanniang glanced at her husband, hoping that he would make a statement.

Fan Tiezhou thought for a while and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if I go for ten days and half a month. I leave a little more medicine, and the doctors in the shop can deal with some minor problems."

Zhang Sanniang was overjoyed immediately, it would be great if the whole family could celebrate the New Year in the capital.

Fan Ning also smiled and said: "Then make a preliminary decision. I will ask Li Dashou's father to arrange a boat. Their family has a special passenger boat to the capital."

"Leave this matter alone."

Fan Tiezhou smiled and said: "We will arrange the matter of entering Beijing, so you don't have to worry about it. You study hard by yourself, and you can't relax yourself just because you are admitted to Jinshi. In short, both your mother and I hope to hear better things from you." information."

Fan Ning nodded, "Dad, don't worry, I understand it in my heart!"

Zhang Sanniang hugged her son tightly, and then let him board the boat. At this time, the headmaster Liu and the squires from Mudu Town came to the pier to see him off.

Fan Ning stood at the bow and waved goodbye to everyone. The boat left the pier and headed towards Xujiang, gradually disappearing into the distance.

In April of the second year of Huangyou, Fan Ning once again left his hometown and went to Beijing to start his official career.

(End of this chapter)