Fanning has lived a relatively poor life for two lives, and the desire for money has been deeply imprinted in his heart.

Although there is a golden house in the book, it refers to the various treatments after becoming a high-ranking official, but since Fan Ning witnessed Ouyang Xiu, who became a high-ranking official, he couldn't afford to buy a house.

Fanning did not expect to make a fortune by becoming an official in the future.

Money is a good thing, and with money, his grandmother can live to be more than eighty years old and grow her own side dishes in her spare time.

With money, his parents can also live in a garden mansion like the Zhu family, his father does not have to run around day and night like a cow, and his mother can also send clothes to the laundry, so she no longer has to worry about her livelihood.

There were many ways to make money in the Song Dynasty, but there were not many opportunities to make a lot of money and become a literati without getting stained with the smell of copper.

But Fanning knew in his previous life that there were two such opportunities, one was publishing, and the other was literary play.

The ornamental stone road is Zhou Liang took him to the entrance.

Fan Ning once estimated Zhou Liang's wealth, if his nearly 1,000 ornamental stone products were transported to the capital for auction, it would be at least more than 300,000 yuan.

Who would have thought that the gentle Zhou Liang had such a huge wealth just by collecting stones, and the capital he spent was only 15,000.

After entering the door, Fanning finally deeply understood that the Great Song Doctor's enthusiasm for ornamental stones had reached an unrequited level.

Even the things that the Son of Heaven gave him casually were also a string of gems, and Zhao Ji of Song Huizong was even more eager to dig all the Taihu stones into his palace.

Scholars chase stones fanatically, indulge in appreciating stones and playing with stones, rich businessmen also follow the elegance, Song Dynasty literati and ink writers and giant businessmen love for strange stones has reached a realm.

Fanning had a thousand years of more knowledge than the Song Dynasty, and he believed that he could make a fortune in ornamental stones.

Go your own way, so that future generations have no way out.

However, Fanning also knew that this matter really couldn't be rushed, and it had to be done slowly.

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At this time, Fanning was walking through the strange stone alley, this two-mile alley he was already familiar with, and many street vendors also knew him, this little guy was a little knowledgeable and lucky.

Fan Ning was familiar with Qishi Lane, and also found that it was too difficult to find some good things here, most of the Taihu Lake stones here were of middle and lower quality, and even he couldn't look down on them, let alone the old man Zhou Scale.

There are very few high-quality products, and high-quality products are even rarer, as for the best, like the last time the thousand cave stone is the best, it is really rare to meet and not to seek.

Occasionally, one or two high-quality products will be quickly intercepted by large stores.

There are not many high-quality products in the big stores, mainly the top products, although the quantity is a lot, but the price is frustrating.

At every turn, fifty or sixty times, Fanning can't afford it, and even if he can, there is no profit at all.

After all, these big shops have been in business for decades, and they control the source of goods and customers.

Fanning only has one high-end customer, Zhou Yan, and there is no supply, so he can only play amateurly.

"Uncle Li, is there any good stuff in the bag?"

Fanning walked up to a fat black vendor and grinned as he rummaged through his bag.

This black fat vendor is the last time he received the best thousand cave stones, Jiang Dun from Guangfu Township, named Li Amao, he is a stone dealer, who buys Taihu stones from farmers around Taihu Lake all year round, and then comes to set up stalls to make the difference.

Fan Ning told him that last time he sold the Taihu stone for ten yuan, Li Amao was not angry, he bought the stone for fifty yuan, and sold it to the scholar for two yuan, making forty times the money.

Fan Ning has always bought back money from scholars, and it is normal for ten times to sell it for ten times.

If the stone is real, it's worth ten dollars.

As for selling for two hundred taels of silver, it is not something that a low-level person like him can imagine.

Last time, Fan Ning found a high-grade Lingbi stone here and gave it to Zhu Pei, but the stinky girl didn't recognize it and refused to return it to herself, which really annoyed Fan Ning.

Li Amao hurriedly covered his bag, "Go!" Go! Go! I don't have any good things here, I sold that Lingbi stone at a loss last time, you have to make up another 500 yuan for me. ”

Fanning, however, was quick and pulled out a round stone the size of a grapefruit.

"What kind of stone is this?"

Li Amao glanced at the stone and said casually: "This! This is Shoushan stone, which is used to engrave seals, and if you want it, it will be sold to you cheaply. ”

Fan Ning had an urge to beat this Li Amao hard in his heart, what he got in his hand was clearly a piece of the best Tianhuang Stone, and he actually had to sell it to himself cheaply.

However, this is not to blame Li Amao, although Shoushan stone was used as a carving material as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but it did not become popular until the Yuan Dynasty, as for Tian Huangshi, it will not be worth tens of millions of times until the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In the Song Dynasty, there were not many people who liked it, and it belonged to the unpopular collection of stones.

Stone dealers like Li Amao at least know that it is called Shoushan Stone, and ordinary people will only use it to repair houses.

Zhou Liang is one of the few people who like Shoushan stone, and he also knows the ornamental value of Tian Huang stone, and Fan Ning saw a piece of excellent Tian Huang stone with the size of a water tank in his warehouse.

"How much does this stone cost?"

Fan Ning did not deliberately belittle Tian Huangshi in his hand, there was no need, since Li Amao said that he would sell it to himself cheaply, then its price would not exceed three hundred yuan.

"We are old acquaintances, I don't want much, you can take the two hundred yuan."

This stone was received by Li Amao for ten cents, and he thought it was in good condition before putting it on the stall.

But no one cared about it for three days, and he only took back the bag in the afternoon, but it was turned out by Fanning.

"It's too expensive, my money is scraped from between my teeth, are you embarrassed to ask me for two hundred yuan?"

"And how much do you give?"

"Twenty at most!"

"Go! Go! Go! While playing. ”

Li Amao stretched out his hand to grab the stone, but Fan Ning didn't give it to him, he suddenly found that there was a Taihu Lake stone on the stall that was unusually familiar, and hurriedly grabbed it.

"Uncle, is this Taihu Lake stone real?"

"How can you speak, you child! How is this stone not real? Just now, someone from the Strange Stone Pavilion came to buy it, so I won't sell it to them, if you want it, you can't pay less than three times. ”

Fan Ning looked at this Taihu Lake stone carefully, and immediately understood why he felt familiar, this stone looks like Fan Kuan's "Traveling Map of Streams and Mountains", and there is actually a white line in the middle, which is a thousand-foot waterfall! If you plant a little moss on it, it's exactly the same.

It's a pity that this Li Amao is uneducated and hasn't seen "Xishan Travel Map", otherwise he would have made a small fortune, of course, there are only a handful of people in the Song Dynasty who can have the opportunity to see "Xishan Travel Map".

However, even if there is no "Journey to the Mountains and Streams", just by virtue of the majestic shape of this Taihu Lake stone, it is also a high-grade Taihu Lake stone.

At this time, Fan Ning saw from a distance that the shopkeeper Li of the Strange Stone Pavilion was hurrying towards this side.

He immediately took out three silver nudes weighing one or two and threw them to Li Amao, and pointed to Tian Huangshi.

"This Shoushan stone should be used as a head?"

"Yes, I'll give it to you!"

"Uncle, I'm in a hurry, go first."

Fanning quickly put the two stones into the cloth bag, turned and ran away.

"This stinky boy is rich!"

Li Amao pinched three taels of silver, and smiled into his arms.

At this time, Shopkeeper Li of the Strange Stone Pavilion hurriedly followed the guy.

"Shopkeeper, this is it!"

Shopkeeper Li looked around the stall, but he didn't see the high-grade Taihu Lake stone that the guy said.

"Where's the stone?"

The guy was also stunned, he was still here just now!

"Old Li Tou, where was the stone just now?"

"What stone? I've got all the stones here. ”

The guy said after a while: "That's what I said a little.... It's a bit of a flawed piece. ”

"Sold!"

Li Amao glared at him coldly, "Since your old man said that there is a flaw, I will sell it cheaply!" ”

Shopkeeper Li was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he suddenly turned around and slapped the guy hard.

"You fool who can't do enough to do more than lose!"

The guy hugged his head and said aggrievedly: "You taught us what you said!" If you want to say that there are flaws, it is good to buy at a lower price. ”

Shopkeeper Li couldn't wait to drag this idiot guy back and beat him up, but now he cares more about that Taihu Lake stone, which is as majestic as Mount Tai, and it can definitely be sold for a high price of fifty yuan!

He asked with a smiling face: "Lao Li, we are also our family, we can't write two Li characters in one stroke, can you tell me, who did you sell that stone to?" ”

Shopkeeper Li hoped that the buyer would not know the goods and buy it back himself.

Li Amao didn't dare to offend the Strange Stone Pavilion too much, so he said: "You guy, I said that the stone was flawed, which made me disheartened, and it happened that Fan Xiaoguan came over, and he took a fancy to the stone at a glance, so I sold it to him cheaply." ”

Shopkeeper Li stomped his feet angrily, "Why is that stinky boy again!" ”