Hu Chuyuan was happy when he heard Wang Yirong's name.

This person, he knows, the discoverer and the earliest researcher of the oracle bone inscription, it can be said that the foundation of Chinese oracle bone research was established by this person, and it is said that his status in the Chinese academic circle is very high.

He was puzzled again and asked, "This person didn't get into the Jinshi?" ”

Yan Shizhang said: "There is also a problem of luck in the Jinshi examination, he has already fallen twice, but I think his talent is far from being comparable to the ordinary Jinshi." It's also that he is too knowledgeable, he learns everything, and he is actually a very smart and powerful person, but he is studying in the wrong direction. There's no way, the children of the eunuchs, that's all these things to play! ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "Then you let him come, I want to organize a Jiangnan Chinese Academy here, and I can hire him to come." As long as he wants, the salary is easy to say...... He's probably not short of money either. ”

Yan Shizhang smiled bitterly and said, "Qian ...... Who doesn't lack money, don't you also lack money? He is not very lacking, but it is always good to have a high salary, and the key is whether there is a position that he thinks is suitable! ”

Hu Chuyuan thought about it again and again, such talents must be recruited.

Not to mention anything else, just ask such people to help identify cultural relics and antiques, but everything that can be handed down will be collected, and it will accumulate over time, and when he is gone, the treasure house left to his descendants is enough to open a Forbidden City Museum.

Such a person must tempt him with a good thing.

Hu Chuyuan asked, "Where are the others?" ”

Yan Shizhang said: "I am still working in the household department of the capital, my father and I are from the same imperial examination, and we are fellow villagers, and the relationship is very good, so I asked him if he wanted to come to Hangzhou to play for a few months, and I paid for the funds, and he said that he wanted to play in Jiangnan, but he couldn't take a holiday." I said, even if you quit to play, you can just take the Jinshi exam in the future. He agreed, but it will take some time to resign, and it will take about half a month to arrive! ”

Hu Chuyuan was very happy, as if he had seen that he was about to be able to collect hundreds of Yuan blue and white flowers at home, and said, "Okay, then you go and do something for me...... Forget it, I'll do it myself, you stay here and help me write a letter of recommendation! ”

"Okay, easy to say!"

Yan Shizhang was very happy, touched the mahogany table in front of him, and exclaimed: "Among the mahogany, Tianzhu Rosewood is the king of the best, but it is a pity that ten sandalwood and nine emptiness are not suitable for making large furniture." In addition, there are black branches, red branches and white branches, and Yunnan chicken wings, Hainan yellow pear, among the five kinds, the black branch is the most precious, the price is comparable to red sandalwood, this table uses a whole piece of black branch wood, I am afraid that it is to be made of old logs of a thousand years. Thousands of years old, the essence of the transformation, there is only such a table. The owner, I envy, if you can calligraphy and paint on such a table, how happy your life is! ”

"This ......!" Hu Chuyuan thought about it, but still felt that this desk could not be sent, and it had to be kept for generations.

He had visited the Hu family's compound before, and many of the Hu family's furniture had been sold by their descendants, only two mahogany tables had been preserved, one was the big table in the Hu family and the music hall, which was a round mahogany table for the family to eat, with a diameter of two meters, and the other was the desk in front of him.

Until the 21st century, these two tables are still the largest old mahogany tables in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and they can be called royal royal standards in terms of materials, lacquer and handiwork.

Talking about lacquer and lacquer art, lacquer is Fujian's Fujian red lacquer, lacquer art is a master invited from Beijing, the technology used is called "old deep lacquer", more than 40 layers of paint before and after, the effect is like the piano paint of Europe and the United States, but even after hundreds of years will not fade the paint.

The mahogany dining table is a traditional Qing style, and this desk is because Hu Xueyan has been dealing with foreigners all year round, so it softens the style of foreigners, and Hu Chuyuan likes it very much.

If he remembered correctly, this table was later used to hold the inscriptions of General Secretary Jiang, ** and others.

To be honest, this kind of table is not something he can get if he has money, let alone build it with money, it depends on luck.

The thousand-year-old black branch tree is difficult to find even in the current Philippines, and it will be even more difficult to find it in the future.

Therefore, he also wants to stay and pass it on.

What is the meaning of hand-me-down, the mahogany desk of the President of the United States was left by President Washington, and only the presidents of the United States can use it, and others do not need to talk about it.

After thinking about it, he said to Yan Shizhang: "It's rare that you like it so much, but it's a pity that I am reluctant to give it away, and I still want to keep the heirloom ......!" ”

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Yan Shizhang panicked and said: "Owner, don't misunderstand me, I like it very much, but even if you give it to me, this thing can't be kept in my house for a few years." Don't say I want it, even if the emperor and the queen mother see it, who doesn't want the governors and governors everywhere, rare treasures, there are fewer and fewer. Probably if you can keep it at home, and if you have the opportunity to get wet, write a few letters on it, and draw a few calligraphy and paintings, I will be very happy...... It's true. ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded silently, he knew that Yan Shizhang was telling the truth.

Don't underestimate this table, those who know the goods know how much it is worth at a glance.

He said: "Then so be it, I will give you according to the size and style, with Hainan Huanghuali wood for you to order a new one, the paint and the process are the same, but this has to be customized in the capital, looking for the palace master craftsman, you have to do it secretly, two years before delivery." ”

"Thank you, owner!" Yan Shizhang was overjoyed, and said with a lot of emotion: "At the beginning, I told Lord Zhongtang that I wanted to find a rich errand with you, you see, this is not just found." The table you ordered for me is worth five thousand taels of silver, and the cost of handwork alone is more than six hundred taels. ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "If you are satisfied, then I will go to do things first, you stay, if someone comes to me, you ask him to wait for me, and I will go back immediately!" ”

"Alas, the owner, you can rest assured!"

Yan Shizhang was very happy, and couldn't help touching the desk, and sighed in his heart: A masterpiece, a rare treasure!

Hu Chuyuan left immediately, he was going to Hu Qingyutang to find a medicinal herb - dragon bone.

Hu Qingyutang of the Hu family opened four stores in the city of Hangzhou, the nearest store is on Yuanbao Street, from the Hu family's compound to the east of a few hundred steps, Hu Chuyuan did not let people prepare a sedan chair, only a nursing home martial artist and two family members followed him.

Do?

Protect your master!

Who doesn't know that the Hu family is rich and rivals the country, in case a gang of lifeless robbers kidnap him, and the ransom is less than three million taels of silver, the robbers are embarrassed to speak.

Walking on the road, Hu Chuyuan pondered in his heart, Jinshi can recruit, why can't he recruit one or two shrewd and powerful family members, not more, two people are enough, proficient in writing, superb martial arts, shrewd, and young and durable.

In addition, to buy a Western carriage, it has to be an imported tall Yanma, and the speed of the sedan chair is too slow, and it can lull people to sleep.

What is a line?

This is called the line, driving a Santana out to talk about business, and there is always a difference compared to driving an Audi or a Bentley.

There is no need to speak, the wealth and status of the person are there.

Walking into Hu Qingyutang quickly, Hu Chuyuan almost bumped into a person head-on, but the man said: "Hey, Chu Yuan!" ”

Hu Chuyuan looked up and saw that it was the fourth uncle Hu Yueqiao, so he asked well: "Fourth uncle, are you also there?" ”

Hu Yueqiao smiled and said: "Yes, yes, my sister-in-law asked me to take care of the pharmacy business, how can I not come to see it often, this good thing is also thanks to you, without your consent, I can't get this pharmacy." To be honest, it has always been my long-cherished wish to run a pharmacy, but unfortunately your father's pharmacy is millions of taels of silver as soon as he invests in shares, and I can't make this money! ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "The family doesn't talk to each other, and there is really no suitable person to take care of it at the moment, so we can't let this medicine store close." Then don't think about it, you still have to ask the fourth uncle to take care of it! ”

The eldest lady Hu Jinshi suggested that Hu Yueqiao should take over Hu Qingyutang, but Hu Chuyuan did not object, so he asked Hu Yueqiao to invest 600,000 taels of silver to buy forty percent of the shares of the medicine store.