Chapter 029: Doubao Conference
Yan Yuqing told the master who signed the death deed in the Golden Building about the production method, which was also the reason why Yan Yuqing came to Xiao Yan this time. The master can stay here, but the apprentice who can take charge of himself must be left to her! The shopkeeper can keep this, but the helpers who have been following him must also be left to her!
Yan Yuqing was so cheeky, chattering, and Xiao Yan finished these words in one go.
Seeing that she was fierce and inward-looking, putting on an attitude that she was humble enough, if you don't agree, you are unreasonable, Xiao Yan squinted her eyes and smiled at her and said, "Qing'er will come to me to ask for things when she grows up." Yes, yes, it's up to you! ”
The new store opened in Yizhou, a place she was not familiar with, and she did not know much about the prices there and the situation of the cleaning shops there. She sent a letter to Yan Jingxing, who was still in Xiangyang, asking him to go to Yizhou first.
When Yan Jingxing opened the letterhead from the flying pigeon, the rows of beautiful hairpins on it read: The green pine mine is basically stable now, and it is enough to arrange a competent person to be there and monitor it at any time. I plan to open a gold shop in Yizhou, I don't know if Yan's has any property over there? Please ask Brother Yan to help me inquire about the famous jewelry shops over there, how much is the approximate amount of something, and what has been popular recently. Also, is there a shop in the downtown area that needs to be transferred? Qing'er respects.
Yan Jingxing finished reading Yan Yuqing's letterhead, not only was he shocked by her good use of knowledge, but also inquired about the situation in detail, Rao is he, who often takes care of housework, may not be able to think so carefully for a while.
The day before Yan Yuqing's departure, he received a reply from Yan Jingxing. It reads: Our Yan family has a restaurant and salt mine business in Yizhou. The jewelry shops in Yizhou are led by Shi's Jinfengxiang Golden Building, Zhou's Saturday Fujin Shop, and Xuanyuan's Xie Ruilin. It is beautiful and rich, full of flowers, and now it is popular to gilt jewelry, although the style is not as novel as in Beijing, but the price is two points higher. If the shop is opened in a prosperous area, the operation is properly managed and the profit is secure.
Yan Yuqing sat on the stone bench with a letterhead, the breeze was gentle, dancing with the pomegranate flowers all over the courtyard, like fire and branches, like a beautiful mantle's head, and her mood at this time was the same, it was inexhaustible comfort. She closed her eyes and felt the fragrance of the garden, the birds and beasts chirping, and suddenly felt as quiet as ever.
The next day, on the eve of dawn, the stars sank, and the gate of King Yun's mansion opened. There was a little guy who was shocked by the huge tribulation formation outside the door. Counting, there are about 5,000 people, neatly arranged at the gate of King Yun's mansion, startling the little guy who is opening the door, and also frightening the pedestrians on the road.
These are all Zihuan's subordinates, not counting his secret guards. The group plus Yan Yuqing's 2,000 parts and Wu Xifeng's 1,000 parts, the whole team has as many as 10,000 people.
This is almost better than the marching team, but fortunately, they all have their own clan leaders, which are managed by Yin Feng, and they will not be too difficult.
With the previous experience of going to Xiangyang, Yan Yuqing felt that this trip was not too painful.
Eight days later, they arrived in Yizhou.
Wang Jingxing had already led the Wang clansmen in Yizhou to greet him and arranged to stay in a Wang mansion in Yizhou. This is a three-entry courtyard, the size is just right for their group. The east wing room lives Yan Yuqing, Wu Xifeng and the handmaid who is close. The west wing room arranged Ziheng, Yan Jingxing, Xue Yun and others. The front inverted room was given to rough maids and servants, and at the end of the back room was squeezed into a part of the part.
Although the sparrows are small, they have all kinds of organs, and they are still very comfortable to live in.
The key is that it is facing the street, and it is in the most lively and prosperous area of Yizhou, so it is more convenient to pick up the shop at that time.
When everything was settled, Yan Jingxing handed Yan Yuqing a request Jane, saying that it was sent by Yan Xiang, the uncle of the same clan and the owner of Xiangmanlou.
Let's take a look, tomorrow is the annual Doubao Conference in Yizhou, please come and cheer for all friends. The top three treasures can get a generous bonus.
"How much money did you award in previous years?" Yan Yuqing's eyes were shining.
"One thousand gold for the first place, five hundred gold for the second place, and two hundred gold for the third place." Yan Jingxing looked at Yan Yuqing, who was grinding his fists and rubbing his palms, and said, "The girl can also try." As long as the grade of the treasure meets the specified requirements of the conference, you can participate. ”
The Treasure Fighting Conference, as the name suggests, is a competition for rare treasures. In previous years, the first place was all Shi Xie's family sat in turn, so the Doubao Conference slowly became the Dou Jewelry Conference, and occasionally calligraphy and painting emerged, but in the end, they all ended up because the ranking was not high.
Yan Yuqing looked at the jewelry information of the first place in previous years and found that this conference prefers jewelry with ingenious designs and rare varieties. I began to wonder in my heart, what will I compete with tomorrow?
In fact, whether it is a watermelon tourmaline head or a Tianhe stone drinking utensils, they are rare things in the pearl, but there is no guarantee that they will not surpass them.
Yan Yuqing's mind turned, and he went to find Ziheng, who was eating the three-layer jade belt cake in Pinyizhou. Although he is young, he has seen a lot of good things, and it should be safer for him to give ideas.
As soon as Ziheng heard Yan Yuqing's question, he said confidently: "Do you have jewels inlaid in your steel knife?" ”
Yan Yuqing nodded and said, "There is a handful of inlays ready to be sent to my father, but unfortunately his health has not been well." I brought it to Yizhou and prepared a new store in the town. ”
"Oh?" Zihuan became interested when he heard it: "It must be unusual for you to be the thing of the town store!" Quick, take a look! ”
A small steel knife was held out by Qingzhu, twice as small as they had made before, and there was a scabbard on the blade.
Yan Yuqing smiled embarrassedly: "My father doesn't know martial arts, and I'm afraid that it won't be convenient for him to hold it, so I specially made a smaller one for him than you, which is flexible and light to use, and it is not sharp." ”
Both sides of the scabbard are inlaid with red and green gemstones, like watermelon tourmaline, but there is no transparency of watermelon tourmaline. The whole gemstone is rich and showy, smooth and shiny, and it is also a rare treasure. The handle of the knife is polished into a bead the size of a grain of rice with a red-green gemstone of the same variety, inlaid into it, and held it with your hand, which feels very comfortable, as if you can massage the acupuncture points, and it is not easy to slip your hands, and you can see that you have put a lot of thought into it everywhere.
Yan Yuqing couldn't put it down when he saw Ziheng, and said with a smile: "I don't know what the name of this gem is, let's call him Red Green Treasure first." ”
"Red and green treasures?" Ziheng listened and nodded frequently, "It's appropriate!" ”
The Doubao Conference officially began the next day, and Yan Yuqing's red and green treasure knife was also qualified. In order to prevent fraud, the conference requires participants not to disclose their products before fighting treasures.
Yan Yuqing took Wu Xifeng and others to receive a red agate medallion into the home field, and the treasures of the competition were placed on the tall red sour branch display shelf. The first is a pink crystal hibiscus flower vase, the color is delicate, and the crystals are crystal clear. The craftsmanship is typical of Yangzhou master carving, the lines are graceful and smooth, and the grace and wealth of peony flowers are portrayed vividly.
The second is the mutton fat white jade belt, a square milky white jade plate, the same size, thin and evenly inlaid on the moon-white Shu brocade, gold wire piping. Noble and gorgeous.
Yan Yuqing was discussing with Wu Xifeng and Ziheng while watching, what are the characteristics of which treasure, what are the raw materials of this, and when the discussion was about the rise, Ziheng stopped at a Pixiu wrench.
What can make Ziheng stop, Yan Yuqing is also very curious. She stepped forward to take a look, this is the Nanhong she wanted to come to Yizhou to mine before, its color is white and red, it is not very big, and the largest is like a fist.
"You like this?" Yan Yuqing pointed to the ice-floating persimmon-red Pixiu wrench and asked.
Ziheng smiled: "Although it's not a rare thing, I prefer its color." Red but not glamorous, warm and lovely. ”
"I might be able to find Nanhong, if you like it, let's look for it together. It's just that Yizhou Mountain is so steep, I'm afraid it's not easy to find. Yan Yuqing looked at Zi Heng staring at that Pixiu Dao.
"Okay, when your store is open and stable, I'll take you there." Ziheng looked at Yan Yuqing and swore an oath.
"Okay, wait for our Ziheng to take me there."
Almost halfway through, Yan Yuqing and his party were attracted by a participating treasure. After she thought she had seen something wrong and rubbed her eyes again, she was amazed by the craftsman's superb craftsmanship and unbridled imagination.
This treasure is the only one Yan Yuqing has seen in his life, and he has never seen a single similar process in the book.
This is a picture of a beautiful woman with a beautiful face and a dignified body. The woman in the painting wears a flowing skirt, wears jewels of gemstones, combs clouds and buns, and is tender and charming. The painting is exquisite, like a magic brush. However, if you look closely, you can see that some tiny particles are stuck to the paper, exuding a glittering light.
"This is made of jeweled rubble?" Wu Xifeng covered his mouth and exclaimed, looking at Yan Yuqing in surprise.
Yan Yuqing couldn't help but praise: "The vision is really good. ”
More and more people stopped in front of this painting, enveloping Yan Yuqing and his party in it, and when everyone was amazed by the ingenuity of this painting, they heard someone not far away exclaiming, "Whose knife is this?" ”
The crowd scattered in all directions, and suddenly rushed to the side of the person who had just exclaimed.
Whispers were mixed with various exclamations, and exclamations were louder and louder. I heard someone ask, "Is it tourmaline?" Why is it not transparent at all? Is the color bad? ”
Some knowledgeable people immediately replied: "Tourmaline is not like this, you look at its texture direction, it is obviously a rare gemstone." ”
In the group of people around, someone echoed: "Symbiotic stones are very rare, such as watermelon tourmaline, which is very similar to this one, but the color and crystal are obviously different." ”
Yan Yuqing listened to what the last person said, and felt that it was quite reasonable, and he wanted to go in and have a look, but he squeezed for a long time, and he didn't even see the shadow of the treasure.
She vaguely felt that everyone was talking about her red and green treasure knife, but she didn't feel at ease when she didn't see it, and when she was about to squeeze forward, the few people standing in front of the treasure threw the red agate medallion that had just entered the door into the small box next to the treasure. When he came out, he said, "I want to see what he is!" ”