Although he is a businessman, Liu Jiaodong has a silk coat, a lupine scarf, elegant conversation, and extraordinary knowledge, after a tentative conversation, Du Shiyi knows in her heart that this rich businessman who can unite various wealthy businessmen in Chang'an East and West City every three years to organize a treasure fighting conference is by no means an ordinary person. Therefore, seeing that the heat was almost over, he said straightforwardly: "Does Liu Gong know why I invited you here today?" ”

Liu Jiaodong had a lot of dealings with dignitaries, especially those young and different temperaments. At this moment, he almost did not hesitate to squeeze the handle of the feather fan, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then said with a smile: "Du Langjun has a great business to entrust to me." ”

"Not bad."

"It's not the Luo Shatan pipa that Deng Lao, who made countless treasures, called it priceless, but the Duanxi stone inkstone and Wangwu pine smoke ink that Du Langjun mentioned in the Thousand Treasure Pavilion, so it's a good point?"

"Liu Gong is right again."

Seeing Du Shiyi sitting steadily, Liu Jiaodong counted a moment in his heart, and immediately said categorically: "If Du Langjun can trust me, I am willing to collect your inventory at a price of 50,000 yuan per inkstone and 10,000 yuan per ingot of ink." ”

"It seems that Gong Liu misunderstood what I meant." Du Shiyi looked at Liu Jiaodong with blazing eyes, and said with a smile, "I'm not short of money." ”

Although he had inquired about Du Shiyi's origin, in Liu Jiaodong's heart, it was naturally the first proposal that was more in line with his criteria for dealing with people as a businessman, but when he got such a rejected answer at this moment, he was not discouraged, but his eyes lit up slightly. The business is getting bigger and bigger, the momentum is getting higher and higher, and there is naturally no lack of interests of wealthy families behind him, but for those ministers and ministers who do not spit out their bones, he is not far away in his heart, and he has not carefully invested in some scholars who have entered Beijing to take the exam over the years. But after many years, this investment did not pay much off, and most people could hardly achieve it, even if some people were selected as jinshi, but after three years of guarding, they were awarded the county lieutenant in a remote place, and then there was no news at all.

Therefore, he is very interested in Du Shiyi, who has a clear family path and is in the middle, but has a great relationship with prominent wealthy families such as the Cui family, and knows how to build momentum. At this moment, he simply asked bluntly: "What does Du Langjun mean?" ”

"Gong Liu knows, during the ten days I stayed in the Dou Mansion, I specially went to the Cui Mansion in Pingkangfang to buy Duanxi Stone Yan, how many people are there in the Wangwu Songyan?" Du Shiyi paused slightly, and then said calmly, "More than a dozen before and after, this is still a well-informed person who knows that I live in Cui Mansion in Pingkangfang." As for those who don't know but are curious, I think there will be more. There are a lot of people who love calligraphy in the capital, and they can get the ink inkstone that Zhang Shenjun in the eastern capital will exchange for a priceless Luo Shatan pipa, what kind of treasure is it, and there are a lot of people who are interested in it, Liu Gong thinks yes or no? ”

Now that he has come to the door, Liu Jiaodong is ready to lose the initiative. Du Shiyi said such a thing in a hurry, he didn't know that the other party had made up his mind, so he only weighed one or two in his stomach, and finally said happily: "It turns out that Du Langjun has thought it through so thoroughly, so to speak, but Du Langjun plans to borrow the place of the Thousand Treasures Pavilion to display those treasures?" ”

"Yes, in addition, there is a picture of Zhang joining the army in the eastern capital."

As she spoke, Du Shiyi picked up the scroll she had brought when she just entered the house and handed it to Liu Jiaodong. Seeing it carefully unfold it, and then look at the strange light, he couldn't help but smile slightly. Zhang Xu's cursive writing is the best in the world, but he is good at drinking and perverse, but it is not completely difficult to find words. However, this character was written by Zhang Xu Haohao and willingly splashed ink, and the charm between those strokes, the strength between the beginning and the end, are all the best choices. Therefore, when Liu Jiaodong gently read out the eight words "Duanxi Shiyan Wangwu Songyan" on it, he said with a smile: "Naturally, I really want to take advantage of the east wind of this Doubao Conference. If Liu Gong is willing, the final proceeds from the sale of these stone inkstone pine smoke ink will be yours, how about it? ”

I think that when Yang Zongwan put those quaint Duanxi stone inkstones on the Accord in Luoyang South City for consignment, the commission was fifty percent, so what Du Shiyi said at the moment was two percent, if Liu Jiaodong would never take it in his eyes in normal times. But at this moment, he is not facing those ruined families who sell their ancestors' treasures in the middle of ordinary families, but the children of a family who may have a bright future in the future. In this way, he can exchange for a chance to make friends without paying huge benefits, but in an instant, he smiled and said: "How can you thank you for seeing it like this, since Du Langjun is willing to entrust this matter to Qianbao Pavilion, I am naturally happy!" It must be known that although the richest man in Chang'an is the king of Liulifang, when it comes to consignment, no one in the world can match the Thousand Treasure Pavilion! ”

That being said, when Du Shiyi called someone to go, and not long after, the Kunlun slave he had seen last time came to him with a one-foot-square wooden box in both hands, Liu Jiaodong still couldn't help but feel curious and inquisitive. Especially when the lid of the box was opened, revealing the stone inkstone with a purple and blue color on the inside side and a pine crane carved on both sides according to the natural texture, his eyes suddenly widened. Nowadays, the most popular pottery inkstone on the market, whether it is porcelain inkstone, the patterns are all fired, most of them are simple, but this side of the inkstone carving is exquisite, and the color is even more tempting.

After looking at it for a long time, he carefully picked up the ink ingot next to him. Seeing the pattern on the ink ingot, three or two strokes outlined the wonderful appearance of the landscape, he looked at it again and again for a while, took it in his hand and weighed it, and believed more and more that Zhang Xu was indeed happy to see the hunt, and exchanged this set of ink inkstones with the priceless Luo Shatan pipa. So, he immediately closed the lid and held the wooden box in his hand, took the word next to it, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Du Langjun, I will arrange a good time to let everyone in Chang'an City know his name." ”

"Then there is Lao Liugong." Du Shiyi smiled and bowed, and then got up and sent it to the door of the other room. It just so happened that at this moment, a servant of the Cui family who was holding a pile of things hurriedly came and saluted respectfully in front of Du Shiyi, "Du Langjun, this is the invitation sent today." Because Du Langjun was reading in the library building at first, he didn't dare to disturb, so he delayed it until this moment before it was delivered. ”

Liu Jiaodong glanced back, and saw that there were many invitations commonly used by princes and nobles such as mud, gold and silver, and he felt more and more that today's trip was worthwhile, so he said goodbye and left as if he hadn't seen it. Seeing him leave, Du Shiyi took a pile of things from the servant's hand, remembering that Du Shisanniang had also mentioned invitations yesterday, and she couldn't help but have a plan in her heart.

In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination, whether it was divided into the county examination and the government examination, or the provincial examination, was not a transcription of a false name, and if you want to achieve a good ranking, reputation is indispensable. However, spending all your time on seeking fame can do you more harm in the long run. After all, like the Cui Zhai Library in Pingkangfang, which includes many celebrities from ancient and modern times, he may not have the opportunity to see them all in the future!

Therefore, he singled out the two Cambodian letters sent by Li Xian, the king of the Song Dynasty, and Li Fan, the king of Qi, and put them on the top, and he went straight back to the library, and after sitting down, he spread out the paper on the table, and after thinking about it carefully, he wrote down: "Worship the feet of the King of Song......

Knowing that King Ning believed in the Tao, he first tactfully stated that he had too much physical and mental consumption during the time in Bi Guogong's Dou Mansion, so he needed to raise it for a few days, and after apologizing, he copied a Taoist music score. This is the song he made according to Pei Ning's tune during the Songshan period, and he sorted out and changed the Taoist song, and he also copied a copy of the gourd to King Qi, but it was only an unfinished half song. As for the invitations of the other families, he naturally pushed them one by one, and when he ordered people to send back the books one by one, he rubbed his wrists and stood up and slowly walked to the bookshelves.

Now you can justifiably rest for a few more days, calm down and copy books for a few more days!

On the day of Doulu Guifei's birthday, the opening ceremony of the national abbot and the prince of the third division of Qi passed away together, which suddenly became the biggest event in recent times. Although there are also imperial historians who directly advise the Son of Heaven not to submit to the courtiers, the rumor soon faded. In the palace, the queen and Wang Tongjiao's eldest son, Wang Shouyi, were sad, and repeatedly asked the Son of Heaven to mourn, Li Longji also missed his old father-in-law after all, and almost all of them should be approved, even Wu Jieyu, who fought openly and secretly with the queen in the palace, although the matter of Jin Feng Concubine was temporarily postponed, but people stopped at this juncture.

At the same time as the official government was mourning, the events at the birthday banquet of Doulu Guifei became a topic of conversation in the capital from the dignitaries to the people of Li within a few days. In addition to the sword dance of Gongsun Auntie, Dou Shilang's ingenious Dou Hu Teng dance, and Wang Maozhong's eldest son Wang Shouzhen almost injured Jingzhao Du Jiulang, which was also rumored. As one of the parties, Dou Shilang is famous, and Wang Wei, who is already famous in Chang'an, has received invitations from various princes and princesses, and even Zhang Jian is the first time to operate, Bi Guogong Dou Xiqian met him in person, and the rest of the high-ranking books were also smooth sailing.

Only Du Shiyi excused himself for being unwell and never showed up again, but he sent two copies of the same score to the Song Wang's Mansion and the Qi Wang's Mansion, but the two music-loving princes were greatly excited.

And within this ten days, the treasure fighting meeting of Qianbao Pavilion in Chang'an West City finally officially began. Although there is a rule that high-ranking officials are not allowed to enter the East and West Markets, those children of noble institutions who have only obtained their backgrounds and have not officially become officials are naturally not among the restrictions. For example, Dou Shilang Dou Yi, who loves the rhythm of musical instruments, Mrs. Deng Guo, who loves treasures, and Dou Liulang, the son of Dou Xiqiu, the Duke of Jiguo, who likes those precious spices and collects incense recipes, these belong to relatives; For example, Yuan Qianyao's nephew Yuan Guangcheng, Jiang Jiao's son Jiang Du, these belong to Guijie; And the surnames of Guanzhong Weidu, Liuxue, and all the talents who are good at calligraphy, painting, music, rhythm, etc., all of them are present in person or let their henchmen come to watch.

It is said to be a treasure fight, but in fact, every day and every round there will be a variety of treasures of the same kind competing together. Among the more than a dozen pieces of mutton fat jade that appeared in the first round on this day, there are large and small, some are ingenious according to the natural characteristics, and there are also well-known jade craftsmen who are carefully processed, and finally a piece of flawless jade that is regarded as today's jade king, there is no flaw in the whole body, and the shape is like a birthday star, which attracted admiration for a while, and finally fell to the Dou family of the Duke of Ji with a high price of 3,000 yuan.

Seeing that at the treasure tournament in front of him, the golden and jade toys were displayed like flowing water, and more or less good buyers could be found - of course, the accompanying additions that came with the treasures also made these ministers and dignitaries satisfied. This is also the essence of the Doubao Conference, otherwise, if you really blindly raise the price and rip off customers to annoy these magnates, how will you do business in the future - Dou Ye is still thinking about Du Shiyi's Luo Shatan pipa, however, after a good encounter, Du Shiyi helped him a lot, so that he and the children of the Dou family had a showlight at the birthday banquet of Doulu Guifei a few days ago, and he couldn't go back to snatch people's hearts. Therefore, he frowned slightly, but closed his eyes, and casually instructed the servant next to him: "See if there are any good instruments to wake me up." ”

He dozed off, and when he was woken up by the servants around him, he almost couldn't figure out where he was at the moment. When he came to his senses, he sat up straight and asked, "Is it a musical instrument?" ”

"Lang Jun, just now Liu Jiaodong, the owner of Wanbao Pavilion, came to see him in person, saying that there are no rare musical instruments in today's performances." Seeing that Dou was furious, the servant hurriedly explained, "I heard that King Song and King Qi have ordered people to order, if there is a really good instrument, send it to them immediately!" ”

"Really...... It's white coming! Although the Dou family is rich and noble, how could Dou Yi not compete with the two princes, and suddenly stood up with a gloomy face, and was ready to go back like this. But he lifted the curtain in front of him and wanted to go downstairs along the corridor, and suddenly he only heard Liu Jiaodong, who had been personally presiding over today's Doubao in the field, said with a smile, "Today's Doubao Zuihou is the favorite of literati and scholars, the four treasures of the study!" It's just that, the common porcelain inkstone of Yue kiln, in addition to the pottery inkstone of Yuzhou, there is still the Duanxi stone inkstone from Duanxi in Guangdong, Jingzhao Du Jiu Lang personally drew it to make people carve, not only that, but also Du Jiu Lang picked the ancient method of the grass hall ten Zhi ink. What's even more rare is that the Dongdu Zhang family once exchanged a priceless Luosha Tan Pipa for a Duanxi stone inkstone, and a grass hall Shizhimo side. ”

"Hey, Du Jiulang is also going to get involved today? Let's see how. Dou Yi immediately changed his mind, but he didn't return to his seat, but he just watched the excitement by the railing.

Previously, when Du Shiyi brought the pipa to the Thousand Treasure Pavilion, he once said about it, although some people didn't believe it at that time, but the pipa was seen by everyone with their own eyes, and people like Dou Yi who liked musical instruments couldn't help but be lucky with his good luck. At this moment, these good things that made Zhang Xuken easy to trade treasures suddenly came out, which naturally attracted the interest of many people for a while. Seeing that the atmosphere was quite warm, Liu Jiaodong immediately lost no time in ordering someone to unfold the banner in his hand, but only to see Zhang Xu's "Duanxi Shiyan Wangwu Songyan" eight characters appeared impressively, which attracted amazement for a while.

At this moment, a young man's clear voice suddenly came from the field: "Not only has it been praised by everyone in the Eastern Capital, but also I have written this word to be famous, I don't know if it is actually worthy of the fame?" A certain Yan's Liulang, please try this ink inkstone in public, and please allow the pavilion master! ”

In a guest seat, Du Shiyi couldn't help but smile when she heard this sudden voice. He could calm down, but Du Sanniang on the side was a little uneasy, and turned his head sideways to ask Liu Mo, a member of the Cui family, "Who is this Yan Liulang?" ”

"Jingzhao Yan's Yin family, the best eight-point book, this Yan Liulang is Yan Yuan's grandson Ji Zi Yan Yaoqing, and the cursive script is all extremely extraordinary." When Liu Mo said this, seeing Du Shiyi's head bowing slightly, he simply explained in detail, "Yan Yuansun and Yan Weizhen have a total of twelve sons, and everyone is eager to learn and progress, especially calligraphy, which is unique in Jingzhao, and no one can match it." If you can make this Yan Liulang praise well, you will never lose to the praise of Dongdu Zhang! You must know that the children of the Yan family said that it is good, and the children of the Yin family will definitely think it is true, and then the children of the Jingzhao scholars will all flock to it! ”

But I don't know what kind of style the more famous Yan Zhenqing and Yan Gaoqing are! But looking at the current age of Yan Yaoqing, he doesn't know how old the two are now.

Since Liu Mo said so, Du Shiyi naturally would not hesitate. He stood up and went to the curtain and looked at Liu Jiaodong on the stage. Seeing that he really looked at him, he nodded slightly. The next moment, Liu Jiaodong, who understood it, immediately smiled and said, "Please also ask Yan Liulang to come on stage and give it a try!" ”

When Yan Yaoqing heard this, he immediately stepped forward and stepped onto the stage, and when he arrived in front of Liu Jiaodong, he unceremoniously took the ink ingot, and stared at the patterns on it for a while, and then looked at the two servants with interest and carefully touched the stone inkstone on the big case in front of him. Seeing that the stone was actually something he had never seen in his life, he couldn't help but look at it intently, until a low reminder came from the side, he suddenly woke up, but said with an unpretentious smile: "I saw God for a while, looking at its shape, it is really rare to see, but I don't know how to use it." I grind the ink myself, and I work hard to pull the paper! ”

When Liu Jiaodong ordered someone to put on the paper, Yan Yaoqing rolled up his sleeves and poured water to grind the ink himself. He was born in a family of calligraphers, since he was a child, he can distinguish the quality of ink, this time to see the ink pool in the black gradually blurred, he can't help but more and more concentrated, to zuihou to pick up the pen dipped in ink, he put the tip of the pen in front of his eyes to look at for a while, then came to the two left and right paper from the front of the servant, hanging the wrist to carry the pen and book. Liu Jiaodong, who was standing behind him, saw that the calligraphy was like an engraving, and the pen was hidden in front of the roundness, and he was immediately amazed. ”

This is the way of writing, not only Du Shiyi was thoughtful when he heard this, but the rest of the people who love the way of calligraphy can't help but talk about it. At this time, Yan Yaoqing had already asked people to send this piece of writing to the four calligraphers for judgment. Although Yan Yaoqing is now less than fifteen years old, and his calligraphy has not yet been completed, most calligraphers naturally have this vision when he writes to determine the quality of ink. When it was passed on, someone had already taken the opportunity to say decisively: "Please ask Pavilion Master Liu to bring these ink inkstones to the Quartet this time to pass them around!" ”

And Yan Yaoqing had just tried it in person, so she had to ask the price immediately. And Liu Jiaodong saw that there were also a lot of rumors about Shiyan, so he was about to answer, but he didn't expect a servant around him to suddenly come up and whisper a few words. When he heard this, he looked at the audience with some suspicion, and saw that it was really Liu Mo, the servant who came with Du Shiyi, so he smiled and said to Yan Yaoqing: "Du Langjun said that if there is no Bian He in the world, there will be no harmony, although the treasure is good, the bosom friend is rare." The Gan family has a history of learning, and is especially famous for his books. Others buy it back at most and put it on the shelf, but for the children of the Yan family, it is a daily necessity, and if you like it, you can sell it at half price. Moreover, it is not the ink ingot just now, but a set of ten ink inkstones painted by Du Langjun's teacher Songshan Lu Gong. ”

"Ahh

Although Yan Yaoqing is young, she naturally knows what to do. Although the Yan family has an outstanding reputation among scholars, but his father was framed and demoted and dismissed. And today, even if you don't have yourself, this ink is delicate, and the impeccable good ink on the pen and paper will definitely win people's favor. For a while, he opened his mouth and wanted to excuse himself, but when he heard someone asking for a high price, and Liu Jiaodong replied that he would pay 200,000 yuan a piece of ink, he immediately fell into a dilemma.

"Dongdu Zhang, everyone is also trading with such treasures, how can I ......?"

"Zhang Gong didn't know that it was Luo Shatan Pipa, but said that it was something that Hu Shang gave when he asked for words, so I didn't dare to accept it at the time, but Zhang Gongyan said that he made the best use of things and made the best use of his talents, so he accepted it with shame."

Knowing that this time was obviously a great success, Du Shiyi simply came down from upstairs, and when he arrived on the sidelines, he heard Yan Yaoqing's words as if he was a little embarrassed, so he replied with a smile. Waiting for others to look at him in surprise, he arched his hand and said: "First time we met, Yan Liulang, it is Jingzhao Duling Du Nineteen." ”

"Ah, you are Du Jiulang!" Yan Yaoqing showed curiosity on her face, stared at Du Shiyi for a long time, and then reversed her youthful vigor when she first appeared on stage, and smiled a little shyly, "I got carried away when I saw good ink and good inkstone, but I didn't expect Du Jiulang to be so old-fashioned." That being the case, I am disrespectful to this kindness. If he is free to do so, he can go to Dunhuafang Yan Mansion for a while. ”

"Okay, I'll definitely visit if I have a chance!"

At the Doubao Conference, he took out the Duanxi stone inkstone and Wang Wusong smoke ink that Zhang Xu praised endlessly in the eastern capital, the inkstone was carved by Du Shiyi himself, and the ink was prepared by Du Shiyi to build the kiln himself, and several of the special treasures were the best products of Songshan Dayin Lu Hong's handwritten thatched cottage ten zhi, and Yan Yaoqing's trial admiration, for a time all the calligraphers from all parties personally waved their sleeves, to Zuihou, Du Shiyi let Liu Jiaodong bring those inkstones and ink ingots were all snapped up, and Dou Shilang, who was watching his tracks, was even more unceremonious, blocked him in front of the Thousand Treasure Pavilion, and also placed an order.

For a while, although Jingzhao Du Jiulang did not show up after the birthday banquet of Doulu Guifei, his reputation was as good as ever. In the afternoon of this day, a simple reply was sent to Du Shiyi. On the post made of jute paper, there is only one line of small print.

"Duanxi stone inkstone, Wangwu pine smoke, can be surprising, and it really deserves its name."

Seeing the supreme true three words on the payment flying white, Du Shiyi closed the post with a slight smile, knowing in her heart that the inkstone and ink ingots that she had sent to Fuxingfang Yuzhenguan had already been tried.