Zhenbaoxuan is on the west side of the imperial city, in the crutch alley, two streets away from Prince Kang's mansion, which is the residence of the royal family and nobles, and it is also very convenient for people from the internal affairs office to go out to collect treasures. Jumbo Xuan occupies the largest area in the antique street, with an acre of land, and the two-story building is decorated with simple and elegant decorations.

Wei Xiaoqi was holding a cloth bag, this cloth bag was not sealed at both ends, he and a guest put a hand into the cloth bag, and the two of them talked with their fingers in the cloth bag, bargaining, not letting others know what price they were selling antiques. Antiques are something that laymen only know is valuable, and the longer they are kept, the more valuable they are, but it is not so easy when you really want to turn antiques into money. If you want to make antiques, there is no master to lead the door, and it is impossible for outsiders to understand the doorway.

Zheng Yuanchang, who was in his forties, lean and thin, with bright eyes, and a cane in his hand, limped into Maosheng Hall, followed by a tall attendant. Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu stepped forward to greet them, and Wei Xiaoliu introduced them with a smile on his face.

Looking at the tea and taking a seat, Xie Xiuzhu didn't take out the silver ticket to hang Zheng Yuan's appetite like this, and people asked her for the balance, Xie Xiuzhu said that she was not in a hurry, and there were many things to ask Boss Zheng. Li Guolou picked up the topic and played Tai Chi with Zheng Yuanchang, and the two sides were silent but not revealing around the bend, and no one admitted defeat in the words. Li Guolou asked Zheng Yuanchang if the medicinal herb business was good? Zheng Yuanchang smiled and said that it has long been a thing of the past, how many years have he not done the medicinal herb business, and now he is only in the jade business.

Li Guolou said that business is still easy to do in the south, I wonder if Boss Zheng will focus his business on the south next? Zheng Yuanchang said that he earned 10,000 taels of silver here, and the money came too easily and he was reluctant to leave. I also want to settle my home in Beijing, and it is likely to live next to Li Guolou at that time.

Li Guolou next told his righteousness, did not block the two ends of the street, leaving a way out for people, this kind of beans and beans frying each other is a joke, and the people in the rivers and lakes should know his good intentions.

Zheng Yuanchang sighed and said: "Hey, it's just that I didn't come to visit Chief Li earlier, I just thought that the second grandmother is inconvenient now, and I don't dare to come to the door to disturb easily, it's my fault for not being thoughtful, I will definitely visit the second grandmother's house during the Spring Festival." In the future, the business affairs will be entrusted to the two of you to take care of it. After speaking, Zheng Yuanchang gave Li Guolou a fist salute.

Li Guolou, Xie Xiuzhu and Zheng Yuan exchanged a few more words, Xie Xiuzhu finally took out the silver ticket, and there was a gift box underneath, and said: "This time, thanks to Boss Zheng's blessing, I got a good piece of jade, and let Boss Zheng have to go again, I really feel ashamed." Please accept this gift, although there is good jade to be sent here in the future, the business is still good to be a regular customer. ”

Zheng Yuanchang took the silver ticket and looked at it carefully, then weighed the weight of the box of deer antler velvets, and said with a smile: "Chief Li and the second grandmother are too polite, I don't know what to say, I have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and if I can see businessmen like Chief Li and the second grandmother today, I will make friends for a lifetime." Don't worry, I will live in Beijing for a long time in the future, everyone has a lot of opportunities to get along, I will be the east another day, and please enjoy the light. ”

Xie Xiuzhu was inconvenient to accompany the guests out, Li Guolou and Wei Xiaoliu personally sent Zheng Yuanchang into the carriage, only to see that Zheng Yuanchang pedaled into the carriage without any effort, and his body was as light as a swallow like a swallow in the clouds.

Li Guolou praised: "Boss Zheng, the kung fu has not been pulled down, he still has the demeanor of the year, he is still too young to see what Boss Zheng looked like when he was young, it's a pity." ”

Zheng Yuanchang bowed his head slightly and said: "Chief Li, several of my entourages were brought up by me, and I have the opportunity to let them practice for you to see, I have no chance to reproduce the style of the year." I've bothered Chief Li, and we'll see you another day. ”

Li Guolou watched the carriage go away, turned his head and asked, "Little Liuzi, is that hole still there?" I want to check it out. ”

Wei Xiaoliu smiled and said: "Godfather, how can it still be there, I have already sent someone to block it overnight, but I will draw a picture, do you want to see it?" ”

Li Guolou felt a little sorry in his heart, the first-hand information was gone, and he sighed: "Little Liuzi, just give it to me, it's better than nothing." ”

Back in the living room, the people of Jumbo Xuan talked about it, as if they had won a battle, and they were all warriors who rushed to the front line. Xie Xiuzhu praised them and promised to give the guys a double reward at the end of the year.

Wei Xiaoliu asked uneasily: "Godfather, will the thieves still fight the idea of Zhenbaoxuan?" ”

Li Guolou shook his head and said, "These people won't, maybe they will really ask me for help and get their accomplices out of prison." But you better be careful, there are many fish and dragons in the Jingshi, and not everyone will give me face. ”

Wei Xiaoliu said: "Godfather saved our Zhenbaoxuan twice, we must do a good job in Zhenbaoxuan's business, and live up to the cultivation grace of Godfather and Second Grandma." ”

The six guys began to circle around Li Guolou, and the people who did the business of opening the door, which one of them couldn't say auspicious words, Li Guolou listened to it with a big head. In addition to the double reward at the end of the year, these rabbit cubs also want Li Guolou to reward him again.

Li Guolou also saw the living "Yuan Dynasty great painter Zhao Mengfu" painter Cao Kesu, who was already gray-haired and entering his old age. This is the treasure of the town store of Jumbo Xuan, which has helped Jumbo Xuan make enough money, and he is still unknown.

Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu asked Cao Kesu for warmth, people like the painter Cao Kesu can no longer impress him with money, or play the emotional card and care about the living conditions of the elderly, of course, the painter Cao Kesu is very rich and does not need Li Guolou's care. During the Spring Festival, Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu had to trouble Cao Kesu and go to his house for dinner.

Li Guolou was very curious and asked, "Master Cao, I am curious about how many paintings of Zhao Mengfu do you have in your house?" He thought that at least hundreds of calligraphy and paintings would be indispensable and would be left for future generations to enjoy.

Cao Kesu laughed and said: "I don't keep a single painting, my family doesn't know that I do this, my own name is also worth twenty or thirty taels of silver, and I will also be a great painter in the future, a celebrity for future generations to admire, how can future generations know that I have done this kind of thing." Young people, when people are old, they value reputation the most, and other things don't matter, the cooperation between me and the Wei family has already produced feelings, and it is the most fun to talk about deceiving people, just like you tricked the second grandmother into bed. ”

Cao Kesu squeezed his eyebrows, and saw that he was a swinger brother when he was young.

Xie Xiuzhu was like a child in front of Cao Keliao, snorting coquettishly, and beating Cao Kesu a few times, making the old man feel like he was playing with his children and grandchildren at home.

Li Guolou pretended to be sincere and said: "The student has not been involved in the rivers and lakes for the first time, although the second grandmother looks up to me, but she is often dumped by women, and the student also wants to ask Master Cao how to get the heart of a girl?" ”

Cao Kesu laughed and said, "Xiaolou, you should be happy to be dumped by the girl's family." In another twenty years, you will regret why you raised such an ugly foreign girl in the first place, and you can't get rid of it if you want to, just thinking that she can die early and you can vacate a room. ”

Li Guolou hurriedly said: "Master Cao, don't you want me to die when you say this kind of thing?" The girl can understand Chinese, you killed me. ”

Yelia Wood was so angry that her breasts were heaving, and she rose to the ground and said, "You two nasty embryos, I will ignore you." After saying that, Yelia ran out to vent her shopping desire, and took the antiques she liked home to talk about it, the matter of money gave Li Guolou a headache, of course, he didn't forget to take a Zhao Mengfu calligraphy painting, as well as two Cao Kesu's landscape paintings.

Wei Xiaoliu said to Li Guolou: "Godfather, second grandmother, this time we are famous in the crutch alley, and the neighbors are talking about the hole. The two families next to us have been speaking ill of us in the past, and now they have come to apologize in person, and our business will definitely be better next year. ”

Li Guolou smiled slightly, and said: "Xiao Liuzi's business here will double next year, and you and Xiao Qizi will be spent in Baozhi Room during the Spring Festival, and there will be many rich people in Baozhi Fang, as long as they move their little fingers, you don't have to wipe the dust every day." ”

That is to say, the overstocked inventory of Jumbo Xuan can be sold, the rich are more foolish, and the antiques must be kept in the homes of the rich to become valuable.

Everyone was still laughing, and Li Guolou hurriedly said: "Little Liuzi, you go and print the gilded business cards of Westerners, and then take photos of antiques and make exquisite albums." Just let those stupid hats order, and I'll just press them in the urn, and I haven't had a single person in my life who hasn't given me face. ”

Wei Xiaoliu was shocked and said: "Godfather can buy antiques like this, it seems that it is not in accordance with the rules." ”

Li Guolou laughed wildly and said: "Little Liuzi, now is the era of change, any rules can be reformulated, I am the rules, from now on the rules of this game will be formulated by me." The people outside can only drink my footwashing water, and when I make money, the people outside are out of reach. ”

Looking at Li Guolou's complacent appearance, everyone became enthusiastic, looking at Li Guolou with admiration, this is their backbone, with him as a strategic mentor, there is no disadvantage. And they are the beginning of a new era, and they will also enter the highest peak of life.

Yelia said: "Mike, you are taking it and copying the opinions of our Westerners. People like you are the most hateful, there has never been a sense of copyright, we Westerners have to pay for everything first, you Orientals are too thick-skinned, and say that we Westerners copy you Orientals, now who is copying whom? ”

Xie Xiuzhu sighed: "Yelia, originally I admired Xiaolou, and the good ideas came one after another, but now I know that none of them were his own, they were all copied." He can only deceive us ordinary people, and no matter how great his ability is, he will not have any ability. ”

Li Guolou waved his hand and swaggered, and admonished: "You are all wrong, this is called improvement!" It has become the rule of our Qing Empire. It can't be said to be reform now, it is bound by the family law of the ancestors, and the court will not agree. What we are doing now is a sneaky thing, and we can't publicize it, we can only do it first and slowly affect the people around us, and others will follow suit if they think it's good. So we are reformers, and if we don't learn Western culture through and through, it's a matter of being caught in pigtails. When we succeed, we will have money and power, and we will have the right to speak. At that time, I will loudly declare that I am a reformer who is not afraid of being torn apart like Shang Ying, setting a historical precedent and bringing the Qing Empire into a prosperous tomorrow. ”

There was a sound of vomiting all around, Cao Kesu held a high-legged spittoon, exhaled heavily, and finally spit out a mouthful of thick and thick phlegm, almost suffocating one of the most well-known "great painters of the ancients".