"Although Hangzhou City is not as prosperous as Bianjing, it is also very lively." Zhao Ji, who was dressed in civilian clothes, danced lightly, and looked at the noisy streets of Hangzhou with great interest, followed by a personal eunuch dressed as a small servant.

The weather in Hangzhou in May is still a little cool, like Zhao Ji is a lot of young talents holding folding fans, there are some lines, and the next will be effective.

Seeing many "literati" on the streets of Hangzhou wearing Confucian shirts and folding fans, talking and laughing, Zhao Ji suddenly felt in a good mood, feeling that this was the work of education, the luck of the society, and his contribution to governing the country.

"I often hear that there are many talented people in Jiangnan, especially in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and today I see that it is really better than Bianjing, although Bianjing is prosperous, it lacks the elegance of Hangzhou City, and it is full of copper smell."

As a young man, Zhao Ji obviously prefers a poetic and elegant place like Jiangnan.

After listening to Zhao Ji's words, the little eunuch behind him hurriedly smiled: "This is not all the work of the official family's education, if you want to talk about literary skills, the official family is unparalleled in ancient and modern times." ”

"Haha, it's a bit of an exaggeration to crown the ancient and modern." Zhao Ji laughed, he was still very happy in his heart, he didn't dare to say anything about his ability to govern the country, but when it came to literary skills, he was still very confident in himself.

"By the way, how many days is Cai Xiang's birthday banquet?"

The little eunuch pursed his lips and smiled, and replied: "There are still four days, and Cai Xiang will be flattered if he knows that the official family will come to Hangzhou to attend his birthday banquet. ”

Zhao Ji was also amused when he thought about Cai Jing's surprise when he saw him, and waved his folding fan and said, "Don't inform him first, let's go around Hangzhou City in the past few days, and then go to Cai's Mansion on the day of the birthday banquet." ”

The little eunuch nodded.

"I haven't been to Hangzhou for a long time, and I don't know what's interesting about Hangzhou."

For Zhao Ji's temporary trip, the little eunuch had already done his homework in advance, and replied: "The most prosperous in Hangzhou is Jinhui Street, and the most interesting is Baohua Street, which is the most ...... The most interesting cough is Yongcheng Street. ”

After listening to the introduction of the small conditions, Zhao Ji said without thinking about it: "Then go to Baohua Street first." ”

The little eunuch obviously knew that Zhao Ji would make such a decision, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, leading Zhao Ji to walk in the direction of Baohua Street, the two did not take the carriage, they looked at it all the way, Zhao Ji was very interested, and when he saw something interesting in the roadside stalls, he would always come forward to ask one or two, and let the little eunuch buy it when he touched the one he liked.

"Official, in front of it is Wanbaolou, the largest treasure store in Hangzhou."

"Oh?" A flash of surprise flashed in Zhao Ji's eyes, "Is it Wanbao Tower, which is rumored to be bigger than Jinzun Tower?" ”

"It's that Wanbao Building, if it is said to be bigger than the Jinzun Building in Bianjing, it is not necessarily, but the treasures and exotic toys of the Wanbao Building are indeed no less than the Jinzun Building."

"Shhh Zhao Ji couldn't help but take a breath, he couldn't be more familiar with the Jinzun Building in Bianjing City, the Jinzun Building is the property of one of Cui Guifei's brothers, and even he, the genius, can't put it down, the little eunuch actually said that the rare and exotic things in the Wanbao Building are not less than the Jinzun Building, how can this not surprise him, "Could it be that the owner of this Wanbao Building is not simple?" ”

The little eunuch said with a smile: "The previous owner of Wanbaolou was the richest man in Hangzhou City, known as Fang Bancheng, and was born as a craftsman. ”

Zhao Ji sighed: "The craftsman can open such a Wanbao Building, this person also has some ability." ”

The little eunuch continued: "This is also all dependent on the official family, but this person relies on the official family to make the square half of Hangzhou City, but he is not dedicated to doing things for the official family, and this Wanbao Building changed owners a while ago." ”

Zhao Ji looked puzzled when he heard this, he had never met the richest man in Hangzhou City, and he had never heard of his name, so why did he rely on himself, and he was also confused about the change of owner of Wanbaolou.

Seeing that Zhao Ji didn't know why, the little eunuch hurriedly explained: "This Fang Shicheng was originally a craftsman, because the good craftsmanship of carving stones was favored by Master Tong, so he handed over the procurement and trading of the Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau to him, so he made the square half of Hangzhou City." ”

The Bureau of Creation is a procurement agency set up by Zhao Ji on a whim, so Fang Shicheng can really rely on himself to make a fortune.

"Then what's going on with Wanbaolou changing owners?"

"I think that Fang Shicheng has a huge family business, and he is no longer as dedicated to the official family as before, and he has not been able to complete the procurement task for several months, and the new Ying Fengguan has raided his shop in Hangzhou City."

"I see." Zhao Ji nodded and didn't ask any more, he was more interested in the curiosities and exotic toys in Wanbao Building than these trivial things.

Although the two were dressed in casual clothes, Zhao Ji's dress looked like the son of a wealthy family, and as soon as he walked into Wanbaolou, a guy greeted him warmly and introduced them around.

"The service of this Wanbao Building is considerate." Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction, and motioned to the little eunuch to reward the guy who led the way, and the guy was even more enthusiastic after receiving the reward.

Zhao Ji quietly came out of the palace to Hangzhou this time thinking that no one knew, and wanted to surprise him at Cai Jing's birthday banquet, but he didn't know that he left the palace on the front foot, and Cai Jing immediately got the news, not only Cai Jing knew, but even Lu Yong, the magistrate of Hangzhou, and Zhu Mian, the official of Yingfeng, also got the news.

When Zhao Ji first arrived in Hangzhou, there were many people arranged by Lu Yong around him to secretly protect him, but Zhao Ji didn't know it, as for Wanbaolou's extremely enthusiastic guys, it was naturally Zhu Mian's arrangement.

Zhao Ji's temporary decision to come to Hangzhou was both a bit sudden and an opportunity for Zhu Mian.

The guy who received Zhao Ji only knew that he was receiving a distinguished guest, and he didn't know Zhao Ji's true identity, but Zhu Mian told him that as long as this distinguished guest was satisfied, his benefits would be indispensable, and if he was not satisfied, he wouldn't have to do it in Wanbaolou, and he wouldn't even stay in Hangzhou City, so how dare the guy not be enthusiastic.

Besides, this distinguished guest was generous, and the benefits promised by Zhu Mian have not been obtained, and the rewards given by this distinguished guest are already worth most of his salary for half a year.

Because Fang Shicheng was born as a stone carving craftsman, there are many natural stones and exquisite stone carvings in Wanbao Tower, which are much more exquisite than the strange stone treasures that Zhao Ji saw in Jinzun Building.

"This jade rabbit holding the moon is a natural strange stone?" Zhao Ji pointed to a strange stone in the shape of a jade rabbit holding the moon and asked.

"It's the work of a master stone carver."

Zhao Ji picked up the strange stone with a surprised face and observed it carefully, in his opinion, this strange stone was natural, and there were no traces of carving at all.

"Which stone carver is this strange stone from?"

"This ......" the guy didn't know how to answer, this strange stone of the jade rabbit holding the moon is the treasure of the town store of Wanbaolou, and it was carved by Fang Shicheng with the flawless lake stone, after the Wanbao Building was taken over by Zhu Mian, this strange stone was still left in the Wanbao Building as the treasure of the town store, but with the relationship between Fang Shicheng and his own boss, the guy didn't know how to introduce the origin of this strange stone.