Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 242 Who is Behind the Scenes
The folks of the Song Dynasty were far less brave and warlike than the folks of the Tang Dynasty. Influenced by the court's emphatic emphasis on literature and restraint on martial arts, the people's customs also tended to be weak, and even the most popular weapon was changed from swords to whistle sticks.

On the streets of the Song Dynasty, it is rare to see vicious incidents. It is rare to disagree with each other and draw swords at each other.

But it doesn't mean that the Song Dynasty didn't bully the good and the good, and didn't bully others with power, it's just that things in the Song Dynasty will be manifested in another way. If you want to deal with a person, you often invite not a killer, but a rascal.

There are especially many rogues on the streets of the capital. If you give them money, they will use various rogue methods to deal with their targets.

What Fan Ning saw was a rogue who came to pick quarrels and make troubles. He saw a rogue rogue wearing a short cape and a gray jacket sitting in front of the gate of the Shipotian Qishi Pavilion. A big rock just blocked the entrance of the store, with arms folded across his chest, head raised, with a face like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, the shopkeeper Fan Tiege tried his best to persuade him to leave, but he turned a deaf ear to it.

On one of the stones stands a sign that reads 'Premium Tian Baishi for sale! '

Fan Ning immediately understood that this was obviously aimed at Tian Huangshi.

Someone asked loudly: "You man, what are you doing blocking other people's shops? Be careful that someone will sue the officials and arrest you!"

Poppi raised his brows, snorted and said, "I don't steal, and I don't rob. I sell stones on the street, why not?"

The people around laughed and said, "How much is your stone worth?"

"My stone is called Tian Baishi. It is a rare and strange stone. It costs one tael of silver per catty. No bargaining will be made."

Fan Ning was furious, and was about to step forward to scold him, but felt someone patting him on the shoulder. When he turned his head, he saw Xu Qing standing behind him. Seeing him winking at him, Fan Ning walked out of the crowd and came to In front of the side gate of Daxiangguo Temple, Zhu Pei was already waiting here.

"Who is this rogue?" Fanning asked.

"This man's name is Yang Gun'er, a well-known rascal in Daxiangguo Temple. It's easy to deal with him, but I want to find out who is behind him, and who made him come here to make trouble?"

A flash of anger flashed in Zhu Pei's eyes, and he asked, "Have you found any clues?"

Xu Qing glanced at the upper left corner, "Young Master, did you see that middle-aged man in the light purple brocade robe?"

Fan Ning and Zhu Pei looked at the same time, and saw a fat middle-aged man with a small nose and small eyes, wearing a light purple brocade robe and a gauze hat, standing behind a wooden pillar and looking towards Poppi with an expression of Very focused.

Zhu Pei frowned, "Who is he?"

"He is Yang Da, the shopkeeper of the Pearl Kistler Hall in front of him. He has been standing there since the morning and has never been back. It seems that watching the excitement is more important than doing business."

Fan Ning pondered for a while and asked, "Based on this alone, you can be sure that he is behind the scenes?"

"No, but I will ask this Yang Guner tonight, who asked him to come to the Kistler Hall to make trouble!"

But Zhu Pei couldn't tolerate this rascal making trouble here, she turned her head to Jian Meizi and said, "Sister Jian, go and drive him away."

Jianmeizi nodded, stepped forward to separate the crowd, and drew out the long sword behind her. This was the first time Fan Ning saw Jianmeizi's long sword unsheathed. Cutting edge.

When Popi Yang Gun'er saw an extremely tall woman walking forward with a sword, he was startled, jumped up and shouted: "Lang Lang Qian Kun, do you want to kill someone?"

Without saying a word, Jian Meizi slashed at the rocks on the ground with his sword, only to hear 'bang! With a loud noise, a stone weighing forty to fifty kilograms was smashed into powder by her sword. The people around screamed and retreated one after another.

Yang Gun'er was so shocked that he couldn't speak, he saw Jianmeizi slashing one by one, smashing all twenty stones into pieces in just a moment.

Fan Ning's gaze was fixed on Yang Da, the shopkeeper of the Pearl Kistler Pavilion, and saw that his face changed drastically, and he turned around and hurried to his shop. Fan Ning snorted softly, and it is very likely that this person is behind the scenes .

At this time, there was a burst of enthusiastic applause and applause around, Yang Gun'er trembled with fright, he touched his head, and suddenly turned around and fled to the south without Zhu Pei's orders. Quickly followed up.

Jian Meizi had put her sword back into its sheath. She didn't want to be noticed, so she walked into the shop quickly. The people around her dispersed after whispering, and Fan Ning and Zhu Pei also walked into the shop.

"Sword girl, today is thanks to you!"

Fan Tiege was thanking Jianmeizi. He knew Jianmeizi and knew that Zhu Pei was here. When he saw Fan Ning, he was pleasantly surprised: "A'Ning, when did you come back?"

"Second Uncle, I just arrived yesterday morning, and I came to the store today to have a look."

Fan Tiege sighed, "I knew this day would come, but I didn't expect them to come so soon? They can't compete with me, so they use such despicable means to deal with us."

"Does Second Uncle know who did it?"

"Let's go to the second floor to talk."

Fan Ning went up to the second floor, but found that the furnishings on the second floor had completely changed. There were no lattice shelves against the wall, and there was only an ancient antique shelf with a few ordinary Tianhuang stones. Fan Ning was a little surprised. what happened?

Zhu Pei understood the situation, and explained to Fan Ning: "Now the price of Tianhuangshi has gone up. Just this kind of ordinary Tianhuangshi, the price is [-] yuan. Dongshi Tianhuangshi is even more precious. Uncle Fan decided to sell ordinary Tianhuangshi first. Dongshi Tianhuangshi Save it for later and sell it at a higher price.”

Of course, Fan Ning knew the preciousness of Tianhuangshi, but that was after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but it is still the Song Dynasty, and it was only because the emperor liked it that Luoyang paper was expensive for a while. It will take time for the whole people to recognize its preciousness, and it will not be so fast. .

This kind of interest comes and goes quickly. It can only be said that there is a reputation but no reputation. Is it appropriate to set such a high price?
Fan Tiege arranged for his men to clean the streets, and he also went up to the second floor. Seeing Fan Ning staring at the antique stand in a daze, he explained: "The business is still good now, and two pieces of Tianhuang stone can be sold almost every day. Today, being disturbed by someone is an exception. Condition."

"Is no one buying frozen Ishida yellow?"

"Of course, every customer likes Dongshi Tianhuang, but the price is expensive. The price of each piece is basically [-] to [-] guan, which is much more expensive than ordinary Tianhuang."

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and asked again: "Are there other shops selling Tian Huangshi?"

"Yes, but they all bought from us. They bought nearly 500 yuan on the first day, and they became their goods. We sold them at a low price, and we lost a lot." Fan Tiege thought of this, There was a burst of hatred in my heart.

"Then how are they selling?"

Fan Ning doesn't care who is taking advantage now, he only cares about the sales of the entire Tianhuangshi.

Fan Tiege shook his head, "What they bought were ordinary Tian Huangshi. As far as I know, almost no one buys them. Tian Huangshi is sold to customers in our store."

Fan Ning sighed softly, "In such a big capital city, with a population of more than two million and tens of thousands of rich people, it only sells two Tianhuang stones every day, which shows that everyone still doesn't recognize this strange stone, and it will take time to settle."

Fan Tiege was stunned, and asked for a while: "Then what does Ah Ning think is better?"

Fan Ning thought for a long time and said to him: "In the future, Tian Huangshi will be sold in terms of taels. Ordinary Tianhuang stones will cost one tael for ten guan, while frozen stone Tianhuang will sell for fifty guan. Five hundred guan will be added on top of the fifty guan and one tael."

Pausing for a while, Fan Ning said again: "Tian Huangshi is mainly used for seals, so button making is very important. We should put more blank seals and put them in beautiful boxes for customers to choose."

Fan Tiege nodded silently, "I understand!"

Zhu Pei smiled and said: "I will have time to talk about Tian Huangshi in the future. Let's talk about today's Rogue first. How much does Second Uncle Fan know?"

Fan Tiege asked the two to sit down, and he sighed softly: "It didn't happen today, in fact, as I expected, it still has something to do with Tian Huangshi!"

"Is it the Pearl Kistler Pavilion?" Fan Ning asked coldly.

Fan Tiege was a little surprised, he didn't expect Fan Ning to discover the clue so quickly.

Fan Tiege nodded, "Pearl Kistler Museum is the leader, but there are also other Kistler Museums."

"Second uncle, it's best to start from the beginning!"

"The thing has to start from the day when we first opened. At that time, we didn't understand the market. We sold Tian Huangshi at a price of ten yuan and one yuan. As a result, we sold it for nearly 500 yuan in one morning. As I said just now, they were all bought by various shops. .

But Akihito is very shrewd. He removed all the frozen stone Tianhuang the night before and replaced it with ordinary Tianhuang. Therefore, all the strange stone museums bought ordinary Tianhuang, which was far less moisturizing than Dongshi Tianhuang. "

Fan Ning suddenly realized that Mingren was missing, and hurriedly said, "Second Uncle, let me interject, where is Mingren?"

"He went to Fuzhou. He set off early the morning before yesterday. We want to develop other high-quality Shoushan stones, and they went to implement them."

"Second Uncle, please continue!"

Fan Tiege continued: "Later they also learned that there is better quality Dongshi Tianhuang. The day before yesterday afternoon, shopkeepers from five strange stone shops came to find me together. The leader was Yang shopkeeper from Mingzhu Stone Shop. They proposed to share the source of goods. , or I sell frozen Shitianhuang to them in large quantities at a low price.

Of course I refused this kind of unreasonable request, and the shopkeeper Yang threatened me that this kind of money-making business cannot be enjoyed by one family alone, otherwise it will be difficult for our shop to continue. things. "

"What is the background of this Pearl Kistler Pavilion, does Second Uncle know?"

"I only know that they have just changed their employer. The owner's surname is Zhang. I heard that his elder brother seems to be the head of the country!"

"Zhang Yaocheng!" Zhu Pei and Fan Ning said in unison.

Neither of them expected that Yuanjia Road was narrow, and they met Zhang Yaocheng again.

Seeing a trace of cruelty in Fan Ning's eyes, Zhu Pei asked him, "What are you going to do?"

Fan Ning said coldly: "It's not impossible to cooperate with the other four companies, but today's accounts must be settled. As for the Pearl Kistler Museum, it doesn't want to cooperate with us, but wants to monopolize Tian Huangshi exclusively."

(End of this chapter)