Wei Bao and the Wu family, the ancestral family, the Jin merchants, and other merchants in the customs are different in their concepts, which Wei Bao believes is difficult to make up.

With different concepts and different paths, capitalism is definitely much more advanced than the feudal system!

When Wei Bao has not yet developed, Wei Bao's system will look like a duckling, similar to other ducklings, but one day in the future, it will eventually become a swan.

When Wei Bao's world will become a huge swan, it is strange that the other ducks do not contradict the swan.

One day, Wei Bao will part ways with this era.

Of course, this includes people in this era.

President Wei is in Jingshi's mansion, in an alley behind Shiwangfu Street.

This is a very large mansion, although it can't catch up with the president's mansion in Seoul, let alone the president's mansion in Weijiazhuang, but this Jingshi's mansion, although there is no door plaque, is also a quasi-first-class mansion.

That day, Wei Bao read a book all afternoon and prepared to rest early.

"Xiaobao, you don't work so hard, do you? I've been waiting all afternoon, where are I going to go for a walk in the evening? "Wu Sanfu came to find Wei Bao.

"The president is not going anywhere, if you want to go, you can go yourself." Wu Xuexia knew that Wu Sanfu didn't have any good places to go, so she must have wanted to go to the Qinglou to drink flower wine again.

"What's the fun of me going alone? This time, I didn't invite my classmates to come along. Wu Sanfu smiled: "Let's go, Xiaobao, I'll be the East today!" ”

Wei Bao smiled: "It's not who does the East thing, where do you want to play?" ”

"Just take a walk." Wu Sanfu glanced at Wu Xuexia and swallowed back the words "Go to Qinglou".

"The president is going to ask to see Grandpa Wei tomorrow morning, are you going?" Wu Xuexia asked Wu Sanfu: "If you want to see such a big person, you have to hurry up, and you have to go to bed early if you get up early." And, I'm going to try it soon! You have to go to bed early and get up early every day to take the exam, otherwise how can you cope with the scientific examination? ”

Wu Sanfu heard Wu Xuexia say this, so he said: "Don't go to the Qinglou, just walk around, on the way just now, how many students from all over the world did you see?" And the Jingshi is not as good as Liaoxi, it's good to go shopping on the street and come back, what time is it? ”

Wu Xuexia heard Wu Sanfu say this and looked at Wei Bao.

Wei Bao smiled: "Then let's take a walk over there in the pen pipe alley?" I seem to have heard that most of the students who come to Beijing to take the exam live there. ”

Pen Tube Hutong, as the name suggests, is a street where pen and paper are sold, and there are also carp alleys and donkey hooves alleys next to them, which are all places for candidates to stay.

Liyu Hutong was originally a small alley. Most of the candidates who entered Beijing were rich, and most of them rode donkeys into Beijing and lived in Donkey Hoof Hutong.

Legend has it that during the examination, a poor candidate rushed to the exam day and night with two legs step by step because he had no money and his family was poor.

Because he came late, the residence was overcrowded, and an old man who lived in the old man's alley near the Gongyuan took him in. Three days before the imperial examination, it suddenly rained heavily.

A thunderclap startled, and then a golden white carp burst out of the clouds and landed on the street where the candidates in Henan temporarily lived; After a while, the thunder rose again, and the carp soared into the air and flew straight towards the examination room of the Gongyuan Society.

So an old man said that this is a carp jumping over the dragon gate.

The exam started three days later, and the poor candidates really went to high school.

This candidate is very conscientious, and the first thing he did after the list was released was to visit the old man who helped him, and set up a big archway for the old man.

Since then, this carp alley has become famous.

Therefore, during each examination, the people from all over the country gather in Liyu Hutong. In order to please the lottery.

"Well, that's okay, anyway, as long as it's not a place with fireworks, it's okay, go early and come back early." Wu Xuexia smiled, in fact, Wu Xuexia also wanted to go out for a walk, she didn't think that Wei Bao would have any great effect on grinding guns in the courtyard at this time, after all, it would take less than three days to start the exam.

When Wu Sanfu heard this, he was very bored.

Wu Xuexia saw his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Brother, if you really want to play, when the exam is over, see if the president can wait for you for two days and let you have a good time in Jingshi, as long as you don't have an accident." ”

"It's only been two days? Is Xiaobao with me? Wu Sanfu blinked.

"Hehe, I'll accompany you." Wei Bao smiled at Wu Sanfu, and then looked at Wu Xuexia: "Do you think that in two days, if we fail the test, we will have to go back to Liaoxi immediately?" What if it's high school, don't you have to wait for the temple exam? ”

Wu Xuexia said with a smile: "I naturally hope that high school, it is naturally good to stay in Beijing for a while, it is best to take the middle school exam first, and then the middle hall test, the title of the gold list, and order a champion or something." ”

"Then score to go to the Hanlin Academy, you don't have to do anything every day, and everyone respects you, not bad, not bad." Wu Sanfu looked fascinated: "Then you can stay in Jingshi for a long time?" ’

Wu Sanfuba had to go back to Liaoxi, if he could stay in the capital, not only would no one care about him anymore, but he could also take money from his family every month, wouldn't it be happy?

The three of them chatted a few words and went out happily.

Because there were too many people, I didn't bring Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming this time.

The agents of the General Administration of Statistics and President Wei's personal guards were secretly protecting, on the surface, Wei Bao and Wu Sanfu each brought a scholar, and Wu Xuexia brought a maid, a total of six people.

The six of them are all well-dressed, and at first glance, they are the sons and daughters of rich families who go shopping, but they are not eye-catching.

Wei Bao is not a person who likes to find trouble, in fact, except for the initial stage of rebirth, there is a Zheng Zhongfei who came to trouble Wei Bao, and the other troubles are basically business matters, not people who come to trouble for no reason, nor Wei Bao who asks others for trouble for no reason.

Six people came all the way to the pen tube alley, which is really lively, crowded with people, in addition to selling the four treasures of the study, there are also some other gadgets that are liked by readers.

"Should I have come here a long time ago? A lot of people. Wu Xuexia said happily to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao smiled and said, "Are you so happy?" They all sell the four treasures of the study, and I don't lack them. ”

Wei Bao is indeed not short of these things, he has dozens of brushes alone, and other things are the same, if the president lacks office supplies, the world will still be running.

Not only is Wei Bao not lacking, but his stationery is top-notch.

For Wei Bao, after getting used to it, he felt that the ancient brush was simply too good.

The brush has a long blade with a thin rod, which is a brush style commonly used by the ancients.

In ancient times, there was no difference between the animal hair used in the ancient brushes and the present, and at most it was just a little more careful when selecting and extracting.

Therefore, the nib part must be worn.

However, the production process does have high and low, the ancients used the brush "beam" ability is very strong, which does not depend entirely on the ability of the calligrapher, a large part of it is due to the good characteristics of the brush.

With most of today's brushes, it is almost impossible to achieve the natural restraint of the ancients, especially after how many words have been written, when they are about to become old pens.

The ancients were good at doing grass, there were almost no good pens, and with the shortening of their lifespans, the pen was bald, but the elasticity and ability to gather the front were not bad at all.

Later generations of brushes can hardly do this kind of process, unless special materials and processes are used, but for writing, the feeling will be much worse.

In the history of pen making in ancient China, Hou pen (Hengshui, Hebei), Xuanbi (Xuancheng, Anhui), Hubi (Huzhou, Zhejiang), Lu pen (Changyi, Shandong), and Qi pen (Guangrao, Shandong) are the top.

The sheep's hair pen is made of the whiskers or tail of green sheep or yellow sheep. It began before the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the new pen improved by Meng Tian in the Qin Dynasty has become a pen-making material. Calligraphy is the heaviest pen force, the sheep is soft and has no edge, and the book is also "weak and boneless", so calligraphers in the past generations have rarely used it.

The writing of sheep's hair was only popular after the Southern Song Dynasty; It was widely adopted, but it was after the early Qing Dynasty. Because the Qing Dynasty paid attention to mellow and subtle, and could not show oneself, only the soft sheep's hair could meet the requirements of the time and was widely used.

The softness of the sheep's hair is also poor, if it is properly matched with paper and ink, it can also express the plump and soft style, and it is cheap and easy to obtain, and the hairs are longer, and you can write large characters above half a foot.

The sheep's hair pen is relatively soft and absorbs a large amount of ink, which is suitable for writing round and thick dot paintings. It is more durable than the wolf pen. This kind of pen is mostly lake pens, and the price is relatively cheap. Generally, there are large block pen, Jingti (or called the pen), Lianfeng, Pingfeng, Dingfeng, Gaifeng, banner, jade shoots, magnolia rui, Jing Hawthorn and so on.

Most of the wealthy people in the era of Zeng used wolf pen, and the wolf pen was literally made of wolf pen.

The wolf is very expensive, and some people also use the "rat whisker pen" that is, the wolf pen, so the use of the wolf can be pushed to before the Jin Dynasty of Wang Xizhi, but it is not certain.

The weasel only has the tip of the tail to make a pen, and the nature is tough, second only to the rabbit and more than the sheep's hair, and it is also a healthy pen. The disadvantages are similar to Zihao, and they are not excessive.

The wolf pen is the most rat tail produced in the northeast, called the north wolf hair, Kanto Liaowei.

The wolf's pen is stronger than the sheep's pen, and it is suitable for writing and painting, but it is not as durable as the sheep's pen, and the price is more expensive than the sheep's pen.

Common varieties are orchid bamboo, freehand, landscape, flowers, leaf tendons, clothing patterns, red beans, small Seiko, deer wolf hair painting and calligraphy (wolf hair is made of deer hair), leopard wolf hair (wolf hair is made of leopard hair), special Changfeng wolf hair, super quality Changfeng wolf hair, etc.

The surface of the wolf pen is tender yellow or yellow with a slight reddish color, shiny, and each hair is firm and erect if you look closely.

The waist is stout and the base is slightly thinner. Moisten the nib and pinch it into a flat shape, you can see that its hair is translucent and light yellow.

The longest wolf tail hair is 6 cm (including 1 cm in the pen bucket) and is produced in the northeast region, which is particularly expensive.

The length of the common wolf pen is 4-5 cm.

Most of the common wolf hair pens on the market are made of yellow horse hair or yellow cow hair, and some fake wolf hair pens are dyed yellow with goat hair to make the nib, the surface is yellow-brown or reddish-brown, and the color of the root is slightly lighter or slightly gray.

The price of the fake wolf hair is less than 10% of the price of the real wolf hair, and it is almost impossible to use.

President Wei, Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia walked to the mouth of the pen tube alley, and there were many scattered shops at the mouth of the alley, not shops, but stalls with simple wooden tables.

"You're a Northeast wolf?" A man in his early thirties who looked like a scholar sniffed the hair of the wolf pen in his hand, and then asked the seller.

The seller was a thin young man in his early twenties, who looked malnourished and felt that he couldn't get enough to eat.

"It's the most authentic Northeast wolf, and all my wolves have to be plugged out." The young man said firmly.

"I think it's the rat hair of the Northwest!" The buyer's man, in his early thirties, said, throwing the brush on the table.

The young seller did not say a word, and silently hung the brush back on the bamboo pen holder.

"Brother Niu, don't do this if you don't buy it." A man who was a companion to a man in his thirties with the buyer, who was about the same age, persuaded him.

"Brother Li, this is shoddy rat hair, you see this person has nothing to say by me, right?" The man surnamed Niu smiled, and after that, he squeezed his eyebrows at the young man who sold the brush defiantly, as if he had discovered some big secret.

The young man of the seller raised his head unconvinced, glared at the man surnamed Niu, but held back and did not speak.

"What? Still not convinced? Are you justified in shoddy? Believe it or not, I flipped your table for you? The man surnamed Niu continued to tilt his head defiantly and squint at the seller.

There are onlookers who are not afraid of many things, "Most of the four treasures of this street are shoddy scholars, and they are all bullying our students from other places and want to make a lot of money." ”

Immediately, many people agreed.

The young man couldn't help it, and defended: 'I am a wolf pen made of wolf hair outside the plug, and each one is made by my sister herself! There is no deception. If you don't believe it, find someone who understands to take a look! ’

When the man surnamed Niu heard this, he suddenly felt that his face couldn't hold back, and he said angrily: "You mean I don't know how to do it? I haven't seen any brushes, whether it's mouse hair or wolf hair, can I tell the difference? ”

Whether this is a rat hair or a wolf's hair, President Wei really can't tell the difference.

Wu Xuexia whispered to Wei Bao: "This is indeed a wolf's hair, but it is just average, but it is more than ten times more valuable than mouse hair. ’

Wei Bao hummed softly, he rarely pouted when he saw the excitement, he was not a person who liked to be troublesome.

Disputes in buying and selling are common things, and there is nothing to make a fuss about.

"I didn't say that! It's very fair to do business, and if you see it, you can bid and take it away, and you don't have to be like this if you don't see it, right? The young man who sold was very honest and didn't want to cause trouble, and he really had no choice but to defend himself just now.

Wei Bao began to favor this young man a little bit, because he heard Wu Xuexia tell him that it was a wolf pen! Wu Xuexia understands everything, which Wei Bao admires very much, and believes in Wu Xuexia's eyesight.

Sure enough, there were also fair and eye-catching readers in the crowd, and they all whispered: "Don't argue, a little thing, the brushes on this stall are indeed wolf pens." ”

The companion of the man surnamed Niu saw that the man surnamed Niu was going to argue again, and hurriedly said: "Brother Niu, forget it, let's take a look elsewhere?" ”

"Why?" The man surnamed Niu ignored his companion and said loudly: 'Who said it was a wolf's pen?' This is just an ordinary quill pen! ’

The man surnamed Niu had a fierce face and small eyes, but he was very focused.

Most of the people here are scholars who come back, everyone listens to this man surnamed Niu with a Henan accent, I don't know his old way, and I don't want to do much, so no one speaks.

Whether it is ancient or modern, it is the same, Chinese people love to watch the excitement, but they really want to cause trouble, but few people like to quarrel with someone for no reason.

It is still possible to say that the hero saves the beauty, but there is only one young man who sells brushes here, and he is still thin and thin, if he helps this young man who sells brushes, it is estimated that he will be beaten by this surnamed Niu together.

So, no one was silent.

Seeing this, the man surnamed Niu was very proud, and said with a smile: "I said it, right? Brother Li, this is what rat hair is made of! As soon as I see this kid, it's not a good thing, accumulate some virtue in the future, don't do this shoddy thing again, didn't your father teach you? ”

Everyone in the audience felt that the surname Niu's speech was too gloomy, why did he even talk about it with his father?

The original surname Niu was about to leave, and a lively scene was about to end, and the young man who sold the brush suddenly seemed to be stimulated by something, and said angrily: "When I don't know where you come from? You must have been found by the Wang family to make trouble! My father is still in prison, and his life and death are uncertain! My sister and mother and I get up in the morning to make some brushes and make ends meet, why do you still have to work hard for each other? ”

The man surnamed Niu didn't understand what the young man was saying. I heard the second half of the paragraph, and said with a smile: "You went to prison with your father?" No wonder, good people won't do this kind of thing anymore, is it the wolf who sold the fake and was caught? Your father was taken away, and you still ate bear-hearted leopard gall and continue to sell this kind of goods? ”

The man surnamed Niu didn't understand the first half of the words of the pen seller, but his companion, a middle-aged man surnamed Li, understood, and hurriedly said: "Brother Niu, people may have misunderstood that you are here to deliberately make trouble!" Forget it, let's go, don't say it anymore, so many people are watching! ”

Wei Bao couldn't help but say: "You do seem to have a misunderstanding, besides, for a pen, you can't quarrel like this!" Wait a minute, it's going to be a trouble! ”

Wei Bao is right, this is the capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the Imperial History Mansion, the Shuntian Mansion, the East Factory, the Jinyi Guard, and the Yamen are very much, looking for trouble at the feet of the Son of Heaven, isn't it greasy to live?

Sure enough, Wei Bao's words worked, and when the man surnamed Niu heard this, he glared at the pen seller fiercely and did not say anything more.

Wei Bao smiled at the young man who was selling pens: "You may have misunderstood, this person is not like the person sent by the royal family as you said!" He just really admits that it is true, and thinks that your brush is not made of wolf hair, but rat hair! ”

"This brother, I don't admit death, it's made of rat hair! Are you this person? The man surnamed Niu was not happy when he heard this, and immediately glared at Wei Bao.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "Do you see my dress like a pen seller?" ”

Wei Bao is dressed in gorgeous clothes, as long as his eyes are not blind, he should be able to see Wei Bao's body up and down, even if it is not a jewelry, just the clothes, at least dozens of taels of silver!

The man surnamed Niu didn't feel like it, but he refused to lose face, and muttered, "Then who knows?" Scammers have a good business, and the business is getting bigger and bigger, so in order to buy and sell, isn't it normal to buy a little more good business? ”

Wei Bao was laughed angrily by the surnamed Niu, "Okay, I didn't want to meddle in things, since I've already taken care of it, then let's take care of it to the end, otherwise, my brother's mouth won't stop, and besides, I will have to trouble this little brother in the future!" Let's find a place to have a cup of tea, I'll ask someone you trust to come and see if this little brother is selling a wolf pen, and you can talk again, okay? ”

The crowd of onlookers all said that it was good, especially many people who had seen that the water sold on the stalls of thin young people was a wolf pen, and it was not shoddy, and the mouse quill pen was passed off as a wolf pen.

"Don't bother so much, Brother Niu, let's go!" The companion who came with the surname Niu was obviously a person who did not like to do much, and kept urging the surname Niu to go.

The surnamed Niu refused, still trying to save face: "Brother Li, don't be busy, go with this person, you're afraid that he won't succeed?" ”

The surnamed Niu said, and said to Wei Bao: "Look like you are a person with silver, so let's do it, I will bet a hundred taels with you, and the pen I just took is a mouse quill, do you dare to bet?" ”

Wei Bao almost laughed angrily again, why did he find him for all good things? Although Wei Bao's current net worth, one hundred taels may not even be worth a copper plate, but why don't you want the silver for nothing?

"One hundred taels is too little, right? If you have the ability, you can bet 10,000 taels of silver, right? Wei Bao said, smiling and closing the folding fan in his hand and patting it into the palm of his hand.

Wu Sanfu kept holding back and didn't speak, and when he saw everyone watching, he couldn't help shouting: "Yes, the road is uneven, and others shovel it, young master, I'll take care of this idle matter today!" According to Wei Gongzi's, bet 10,000 taels of silver, do you dare? ”

If the surname Niu heard the other party say 1,000 taels of silver, he might still be afraid, and when he heard the other party open his mouth, it was 10,000 taels of silver, and he secretly thought, hum, the person who can take out 10,000 taels of silver, is he still here?

It has to be the prince's brother, right?

"It's really blown! Can you take out 10,000 taels to take a look? If you can take 10,000 taels, I'll give you the head!" "The surname is the cow.

"What's the use of me asking for your head?" Wei Bao was not angry, "How much can you come up with?" Let's make a note first! In black and white, those who save red mouths and white teeth do not speak well. ”

People who watch the excitement are not afraid of big things, especially when they see that the two sides don't seem to quarrel or fight, and if they change to fighting, then nothing will happen.

So everyone was very energetic.

"Let's make a note! If you can't take it out, you will be a slave to the other party! ”

"Yes, if you can't get it, you will give it to the other party as a slave, and if you want to play, you can play bigger, so as not to say that others are shoddy."

"Do you dare to bet?"

The crowd roared one after another.

The surname Niu looked like a yin owl, but he was the most admitted, and he had the best face, so he was angry at the time, and said loudly: "Okay!" Bet on it! ”

When the crowd heard this, they applauded loudly.

Everyone is afraid that this excitement will be interrupted halfway.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, he was an expert in writing notes, and immediately asked, "Brother Tai, is it you who write the notes, or do I write the notes?" In duplicate, there are so many people witnessing that Tong Suo is not deceived. ”