"Your father knows your character, so he plans your future development path for you, and we will not harm you, you can rest assured. Since you have the heart to cultivate martial arts, this is a great thing. Did you know that we will arrange two people for you to accompany you...... I don't think you understand this intention by now?!" Tan Kah Kee asked.

"As you say, I really get it. That is to say, I am on the mountain, a dedicated martial arts cultivator, and my two younger brothers can help me do other things?!"

That's pretty much what it means. Chen Zhong lives with you in the mountains, can take care of you along the way, and can help you do a lot. Chen Fangguo followed me, not only saving you a thousand taels of silver, but also helping you earn money here......"

"Help me earn money, what money?!"

"Don't forget, we are a academy, and there are many ways to make money. For example, help someone write a petition, help someone write a family letter, or even help someone write a love letter...... These are the things that come in quickly. ”

"Brother Chen, my strengths are actually not in these areas. Chen Fangguo hurriedly interrupted Chen Jiageng's words.

"Little brother, I don't really know much about your strengths, but you can talk about it, see where you can make money?!"

"Brother Chen, young master. In fact, I had an idea before I came here, and it has not been fully formed, but now after coming to this place, since you say that you can take the initiative to start a business, then I might as well say it, my idea may not be very comprehensive, you can help me, it can be regarded as throwing bricks and stones. ”

"Well, okay. Chen Xuan nodded and said.

"I want to ...... I want to open an auction house......"

"What are you talking about?!" Chen Xuan blinked his eyes twice, feeling very incredible, and asked.

"Listen to me slowly...... That's the case, our Xunyang City, although the scale of the city itself is very small, but there are two major mansions here, Xunyang Martial Academy and Xunyang Academy, and the total population of the three places together is probably more than sixty or seventy thousand people. Among these 60,000 or 70,000 people, the combined personnel of martial arts and civil cultivation are three-quarters, or even a little more. Think about it, these tens of thousands of people, in addition to the daily firewood, rice, oil and salt, there should be many people who need to buy the four treasures of the study every day, and they need to buy weapons and treasures...... Isn't that a big business?!"

"Wonderful, it's really wonderful......" Chen Zhong slapped his thigh and said.

"No, no, no. I still don't feel right?!" Chen Xuan pondered for a moment and said.

"What's wrong, young master, please point it out, didn't I just say it, our idea is just throwing bricks and attracting jade......" Chen Fangguo said with some embarrassment.

"I think you might as well open an auction house as well as a grocery store...... If you really want to open a grocery store, we can take a stake in it...... Help you prop up this façade. But you're going to open an auction house, I don't know if you have any deep meaning in doing this?!" Chen Xuan said with some doubts.

Hearing him say this, Chen Fangguo was very excited, took a sip of tea violently, and then stood up and said: "Don't hide it from you, I originally wanted to open a grocery store, but if this kind of grocery store is opened, there will be a lot of trouble, I'm afraid I don't have much energy, and there is no way to open this kind of grocery store." ”

"What do you mean by that?!" Chen Jiageng asked.

"Actually, you can make money by opening a grocery store?!" Ji Ruohua also felt very puzzled and asked.

"County Lord, Brother Chen, Young Master. Come to think of it, if I really want to open a grocery store, I'm going to have to stay here all day and can't go anywhere...... I'm studying here, and I actually want to take a walk, such as going to the mountains to see how our young master is doing. ”

"I said you, Chen Fangguo, I don't know what you're thinking?! When you go to the mountain, are you really looking at our young master? Who are you lying to? You actually want to see more of those ......?"

"Alright, alright, Chen Zhong, can you give your brother a little face. People also have a grand plan in their hearts, and this alone is much stronger than you, right?!" Chen Xuan hurriedly stopped Chen Zhong and said.

"I can't talk about big plans, I mainly think about whether it's feasible or not. Anyway, I can't open a grocery store. But if it's an auction house, it's very comfortable. ”

Chen Jiageng felt very interested, so he asked Chen Fangguodao: "Brother Chen, there are several grocery stores in Xunyang City that you mentioned, and if you really open another one, the business may not be done." But if you talk about opening an auction house, there is no one in our Xunyang City. Whether this can be done or not, and how you can do it, we would like to hear your thoughts...... Don't worry, if it works, everyone will find a way to help you make up the money. ”

After Chen Fangguo thanked him, he continued: "I think it is absolutely feasible to open an auction house. There are several reasons for this...... First, I don't have to stay in the store all day to open an auction house, which I can use in my spare time...... Go to the academy to study hard, and then sometimes go to the mountains to find the young master and Chen Zhong. Second, the business model of an auction house is different from that of a grocery store, which means that the price of the same item sold in an auction house is very different from the price sold in a grocery store......

"Slowly, slowly...... When you open an auction house, you usually auction some very rare, or very valuable items, this, do we have these things in this small place......" Chen Xuan asked with some confusion.

"Brother Chen, it seems that you are really going out for the first time. In our place, it is really a place where the north and the south meet, and there are treasures in many places in the east, west, north and south. The Great Yue Empire in the south, the Great Chu Empire in the west, the Great Zhou Empire in the north, the Great Qi Empire in the east, plus our country. In the entire Tianwu Continent, the products are abundant, and the annual trading volume is very large...... In addition, overseas, there are many Fanbang items, all of which are constantly passing through our place. Therefore, it goes without saying that even I will not doubt whether those rare treasures can be obtained......

Hearing Chen Jiageng say this, Chen Xuan's eyes lit up and said, "Don't those ordinary grocery stores know how to buy and sell these precious items?!"

"It depends on a mouth, if you can say it, that is, you know how to trade with others, then the price of my tofu may be sold at the price of gold......," Tan Kah Kee said with some pride.

Chen Xuan nodded and said with a smile: "I believe that your kid has the ability to do this." I can also remind you that in our Xunyang Martial Academy, there are four or five thousand disciples, large and small, and there is a large demand for weapons and treasures every day, such as buying spirit stones, buying swords, and buying armor...... Also upgrade...... These are all silver taels of white flowers. ”

"Yes, yes, I run an auction house, and of course all of that has to be taken into account. Chen Fangguo said.

"If that's the case, then we can all join in, what do you say, County Lord?!" Chen Jiageng asked.

Ji Ruhua smiled and said, "I don't think you all want to contribute, you calculate how much you want in total, I will calculate it alone, and then divide the profit fifty-fifty percent......"

"It's really good, the little one thanked the county lord here......"

Chen Fangguo was so excited that he knelt on the ground with a plop and knocked his head a few times.

"Hurry up, hurry up, along the way, we know that you people have very good character, so we are relieved to support you boldly. Otherwise, no matter what you ask us, we won't be fooled. ”

Chen Xuan felt that Ji Ruohua's words had something to say, but he was embarrassed to provoke Ji Ruohua, so as not to hurt each other's harmony.

is even more worried that it will block Chen Fangguo's financial path, and when the time comes, I am afraid that he will not even be able to make up his own tuition and miscellaneous fees, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

"Okay, I tentatively agreed to support you......" Chen Jiageng smiled.

"Your eldest brother doesn't need you to bother, I know that you are a teacher, and my monthly income is probably not too much......"

Chen Jiageng shook his head again and again: "I didn't mean that, I mean I can provide the venue......"

"Brother Chen, how big do you mean you can provide me with a place?!"

"This is it, what do you think?!"

"Here?!"

Everyone present was surprised, because this place can be regarded as Chen Jiageng's study, and it is newly renovated, so it must have cost a lot of money.

"This floor is already huge, there are twenty or thirty rooms in total. If that's not enough, I can apply to our hospital and provide some more. It's just that if you want extra space, I'm afraid you'll have to pay some rent at that time. My study is free to use and does not require rent. ”

"You don't need so many Brother Chen, it's enough to give me ten. ”

"Then it's a word, I'll spare ten of this study for you. Chen Jiageng nodded and said.

"Little brother here, I thank Brother Chen. ”

Just when Chen Fangguo was about to kneel, Chen Jiageng immediately pulled him up and said to him: "Little brother, everyone is their own person, don't do anything so angry." I'm not done yet, so don't be in a hurry to be so happy. ”

"If it's a share-sharing thing, it's easy to say, just say as much as you want, because you said you don't want rent, but how can we not give it at all?!"

"I don't mean that, I mean that since we are all friends and a big family, everything must be discussed. ”

"That's for sure, I'm sure I have something important to discuss with you. ”

"Then that's what you think. If you don't mind, I'll help you find a few more helpers to take care of this auction house......"

Chen Fangguo suddenly felt very embarrassed when he thought that the academy was full of young men who were about the same age as him.

Because everyone is at the age of strong blood, if there are some things that cannot be agreed at that time, it is inevitable that there will be a fight, and it will hurt each other's harmony.

So he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Brother Chen, this is really not needed, I can handle the auction house alone, and besides, this auction house doesn't have to stay in the store all day long." As long as it opens a few times a month, it's enough......"

"You really don't want to?!"

"I really don't want it, I can do it alone, thank you Brother Chen. ”

"I'll ask again, you really don't want it?!" Chen Jiageng asked meaningfully.

"I really ......"

"Hey, you're really a fool, can't you still hear the meaning of Brother Chen's words? You big idiot?!" Chen Zhong also stood up suddenly, grabbed Chen Fangguo, and said with a smile.

"I'm the owner of an auction house to open now, can you kid be a little more respectful to me, and I'll reward you with a little food when the time comes." Chen Fangguo said triumphantly to Chen Zhong.

"Okay, I'm not going to call you a fool now, I'm going to call you a second piece. What Brother Chen means is to arrange a few beautiful clerks for you to help you take care of it, understand?

"Help me arrange a few beautiful clerks?!"

Chen Fangguo frowned and began to ponder, he looked at Chen Xuan and Chen Jiageng, the two of them, and saw that they were talking to each other, and kept snickering.

So, he immediately understood their intentions, it turned out that his master and eldest brother, worried that he would not be able to stay here, had the heart to help him find a few beautiful clerks, and then when he was bored, he could flirt with them.

Where can you find such a good thing?!

So, Chen Fangguo was full of promises.

"It seems that the hero is still sad to pass the beauty pass, Chen Fangguo, you are a very typical womanizer and beauty......" Ji Ruohua said with a smile.

"The county lord smiled, although I Chen Fangguo is not talented, but some aspects are still more prominent, such as I have excellent business acumen and eloquence ability...... Of course, there are many advantages that need to be discovered slowly. This may be a mistake, I originally thought that I would follow my master to Xunyang Martial Arts Academy to suffer, but I didn't expect to come to this place and cultivate with our brother Chen. In my spare time, I can do something that I like to do, and I can also give my master a little tuition and fees...... It's really a win-win-win ”

"Including getting a few beautiful clerks, right?!" Chen Zhong sneered.

"I see that your kid is really not right-minded, and all you think about all day long is these evil things outside the door. You have to remember that the sage once said that a gentleman is not lustful, and a lustful man is not a gentleman. ”

Seeing him say this, Chen Zhong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Although I am a rough person, I remember a sentence or two of the words of the sage, and his old man once said that the appetite is also ......."

"Okay, you two don't have to talk about it anymore, it's not too early now, I'll invite everyone to go outside tonight to eat and drink......" Chen Xuan waved his hand and said.

"Brother, you are all newcomers, and you are not familiar with Xunyang City, or I will come to the east tonight, I invite you to the largest restaurant in Xunyang City, and have a good meal of local famous food in Deyue Building, what do you think?!" Chen Jiageng asked.

"This ...... I'm afraid I'm sorry for this, we have caused you a lot of trouble along the way, Brother Chen, it's better for me to come, please rest assured, I can still afford a meal. Chen Xuan hurriedly said.

"Okay, okay, you all don't fight, tonight's things are all wrapped up in me, I'll pay for it, don't forget that my status is much higher than yours, naturally, I also have more hard currency than you......" Ji Ruohua said to them in a joking tone.

As soon as he heard the words hard currency, Chen Xuan immediately remembered the silver tickets that Yuwen Li'er gave him, so he immediately resolutely rejected Ji Ruohua's suggestion.

"County Lord, Brother Chen, and the two of you. You all have to listen to me tonight, I still have a lot of silver tickets on me...... I think it's no problem not only to give us a lot of wine tonight, but also to pay half a year's tuition and fees......"

"Young Master, why did you carry so many silver tickets?!" Chen Fangguo asked with some confusion.

"Well, I earned these silver tickets with my ability, why don't I show them to you?!"

After speaking, Chen Xuan took out the thick stack of silver tickets from his body, and then gently pulled out one, only to see that the silver ticket had "10,000 taels of silver equivalent to the value of the silver ......"

"Ahh

When he saw this silver ticket, even he himself was dumbfounded.

Because before that, when Yuwen Li'er handed over these silver tickets to him, he didn't even have himself, and he was looking at it.

That's all there is to this one, and this thick pile, think about it, there should be how many there are.

Who is this mysterious Shangguan Hong, who is he willing to spend such a large amount of money to help find this person himself?!

So, Chen Xuan hurriedly put away those silver tickets carefully and put them in the position closest to his chest.

As if he had nothing to do, he said to them, "Okay, I'll pay for everything today, what do you want to buy, what do you want to eat, what do you want to play? You can buy, play, eat...... I'm going to do it once......"

"Young master, you say that, we are really embarrassed to be small, and besides, you are our wronged boss all the way, hahaha......"

Everyone was immediately happy, and when Ji Xiaofeng came back, he immediately led them out, and then came to the longest street in Xunyang City.

Xunyang Street, on the bank of the Xunyang River, has a moon tower.

I saw the moon tower at dusk, and there was a brilliant light everywhere, and the warblers were singing and dancing.

In front of the door, there was a pair of beautiful women who saw Chen Xuan and their line, and immediately came to say hello.

"Is the prince coming......"

"Xianggong, go up and drink wine and eat meat...... There's still a good show to watch......"

Hearing their greetings, Chen Xuan and Chen Fangguo brothers were nothing, but that Chen Jiageng saw it and was particularly disgusted.

Because the appearance and tone of their greeting guests reminded him of the heyday of Yihong Courtyard in the past.

At that time, it can be said that the business of Yihong Courtyard is very prosperous, as long as it is time for dinner, the whole city can hear the sound of Yihong Courtyard's sheng songs, and thousands of beautiful prostitutes dressed up in fancy clothes have tried their best to please the men and women who come to play.

Remember, it's men and women.

Don't think that in this kind of place, it's just that men like to look for women, especially those officials and the rich.

However, the boss at that time was also so-called first-class flexible, and knew that some official wives or the wives of those businessmen either thought that their husbands were too old and useless.

Or it's her husband, who is out on business all year round, and it's hard to go home.

Therefore, Yihongyuan also gave them a chance to go out of the wall, and this business naturally started.

Later, because there was a new prefect in Xunyang City, Chen Jiageng had already forgotten what his specific name was.

After the prefect took office, the new official took office three times.

The first fire burned to this Yihong Courtyard, because before the prefect took office, the boss of the Yihong Courtyard had already taken care of all the people up and down in the mansion, so the prefect had no way to start for a while.

It feels like this Yihongyuan is like a hedgehog, and I haven't found the time to start after waiting for a long time.

However, a few months later, an old bustard in Yihongyuan killed the prostitute, which provided an excellent opportunity for the prefect to deal with this immoral tumor.

So Chen Xuan and the others all knew about the rest of the matter......

It's just that in today's world, the more upright and kind people are, the worse the consequences.

The new prefect was later dismissed after a few years of work because he offended the high-ranking officials of several major families in the imperial court, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

Thinking about it makes people feel that the world is hot and cold, and living in this world is really not interesting at all.

The later prefect should be grateful to his predecessor, under his governance, not only Xunyang City, but also the entire De'an County is much better than in previous years.

It's just that under the current environment of internal and external troubles in the Great Chu Empire, it is already a great thing that they can barely maintain the situation.

"Call your boss down, and say that Mr. Chen from Xunyang Academy is looking for him......" Chen Jiageng stopped the woman, stretched his face, and said to them.

Seeing this, the two women knew that the person in front of them should be an acquaintance of their boss, so they hurriedly said a blessing to Chen Jiageng and said, "Mr. Chen, please wait a while, we will go and invite our boss down." Why don't you sit down at this café now?!"

"No need, let's wait for him here, when he comes, I naturally have something to ask her, you don't have to worry about so much, just help me call him." ”

Chen Jiageng's tone was cold and resolute, and the two women were bored, turned around and went in.

Chen Xuan felt very puzzled and asked: "Brother Chen, people are just doing business, we are here to be guests, if you are a guest, you should be a guest, why did you just say so bluntly to them?! You must know that these days, I know a little bit about your character, and it is still very good to us......

Chen Xuan's implication was that Chen Jiageng was too cold to them and very unreasonable.

Chen Jiageng shook his head and said, "I really won't tell you, Brother Chen, if she had led us in just now, then we probably wouldn't have been able to get out easily today......

"How do you understand this? Could it be that this Deyue Tower is a black shop?!"

Chen Jiageng's words reminded Chen Xuan again, starting from his hometown Yimen Chen, the Xingzi Post Station on the way was an out-and-out black shop, although those who did the black hands were Yuwen Li'er's subordinates, those mountain monsters and wild boars.

"It's really hard to say, it can be said that it's hard to say, to tell you the truth, the owner of this Deyue Building and I have some friendship, he was a former student of our academy, and then he opened this restaurant after he came out. ”

"Dare to ask Brother Chen's student his name, how can he have such a ability to open such a big restaurant......" Chen Xuan was very surprised, so he hurriedly asked.

Chen Jiageng sighed softly and said: "It's really a pity, it's a pity that a good student with a good character, I didn't expect it to be like this now, this is really my biggest failure as a teacher." You know, I've been a teacher for more than 10 years, and my students have gone out not thousands, but hundreds. There are many students who have done very successfully, they have entered the officialdom, and some have gone to the frontier to serve the country. I think he was the most unsuccessful student, even though he was quite successful in opening a restaurant......"

"I still don't understand, Brother Chen......" Ji Xiaofeng asked with some curiosity.

"Of course you people don't understand, because the people you deal with all day long are different from us. Tan Kah Kee said.

"What's the difference?!"

"The people around you like to talk good about you, and they will definitely not tell you the real situation in society, so if you don't come out in person this time, you will definitely have no way to understand what the current Great Chu Empire has become. ”

"So we have to come out in person to observe the people's feelings, and by the way, help Yimen Chen tide over the difficulties. Ji Ruohua nodded and said.

"Brother Chen, I don't think it's a bit unkind for you to say that, after all, they are from the royal family. Living in the depths of the boudoir, with very little contact with the outside world, it is not easy for them to be able to do this. I'm curious to know, and I'm interested, what do you think is going on with students?!"

"My student's name is Wang Cai, and when he was studying at the academy, he followed me for three or four years, and finally won the first place in the written test. I originally thought he was going to take the annual imperial examination of the imperial court...... With his brilliant intellect and quick mind, there is no problem at all in the exam. If he really did what I asked, maybe he would already be the emperor's son-in-law of the Great Chu Empire by now......"

"You mean that he has the qualifications to be a concubine?!" Chen Xuan glanced at Ji Ruohua and asked Chen Jiageng.

"Yes, I think he is fully qualified, it's really a pity that he turned out ......"

"Actually, it's not bad to open such a big restaurant, because after all, it feeds a lot of people...... From this scale, he is optimistic about a restaurant with several floors, and there are hundreds of his subordinates alone, if you think about it, it is really not easy to feed a few hundred people. ”

Chen Xuan remembered that if he hadn't been from that windfall, then he might really have to worry about his monthly tuition and fees.

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