"Sanniang, congratulations!" The villagers congratulated Zhang Sanniang one after another.

The tolerance of the good news is even more congratulatory, "Since the start of the children's test, Wu County has never won the first place in the test, Ling Lang is the first person in our Wu County, congratulations to the lady!" ”

Zhang Sanniang smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth, and said continuously: "Thank you!" Thank you! ”

The housekeeper Lao Yuan reminded on the side: "Auntie, you have to give up the money to thank you!" ”

Zhang Sanniang suddenly woke up and hurriedly said: "You go to the side room and take out the money from the red box and distribute it to everyone!" ”

The money in the red box was full of thirty times, and several juniors went to help carry it out, Lao Yuan gave money to everyone, and several people who reported the good news each got a few times of money, and left happily.

For a while, everyone was happy, and the whole village was talking about the fact that Fan Ning was the first in the exam, and the boy was the first in the Fan Ning exam, which was not only the glory of the Fan family, but also the glory of Jiangwan Village.

The news spread quickly, and the entire Wu County was boiling, and countless parents came to the Fan family to ask for the secrets of the prodigy, which made the Fan family popular for a while.

Zhang Sanniang had to take the trouble to tell the story of honeysuckle bathing over and over again, which naturally led to the big sales of honeysuckle, which sold well for several years.

So much so that bathing children with honeysuckle has become a custom in Wu County, which has caused a wave of honeysuckle planting among farmers in Wu County, which is not to be mentioned later.

On the second day of the imperial examination, Fan Ning received 2,000 yuan from Guan Pudian in a low-key manner, which greatly stimulated the brothers Mingren and Mingli.

In order to make money, the two brothers have worked hard in the past few years, as long as they do profitable things, they even gave up the imperial examination, got up before dawn, could only fall asleep late at night, and dreamed about business opportunities every day.

But Fanning just made a bet, making more money than they had earned in the past two years, and the two brothers began to reflect, and they gradually realized that their little fights would not succeed in the end.

By noon, most of the scholars had already embarked on the return journey home, and the county town of Changzhou gradually returned to its old days.

At a small table by the window in Zhu Lou, Fan Ning sat opposite Mingren and Mingli.

Fan Ning picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, and said lightly: "You think it seems too easy for me to make two thousand yuan by betting casually, but have you ever thought about it, if you win two thousand yuan, will Guan Pudian give you the money?" You've figured that out, let's talk about it. ”

The two brothers are very spiritual in business, and it is easy to understand it at one point, and Mingren hurriedly said: "We know in our hearts, if you are not the first place in the boy's test, if the prefect of Dong does not greet the Yang family, Guan Pudian will definitely not admit this account, they can say that there is no bottom sheet and do not recognize this bet." ”

Mingli added: "We also know that making a lot of money is not something that everyone can do, and without enough backstage background support, we can only make a little money." ”

Fanning nodded, "This is the first thing I want to make clear to you, the background and background are the basis for making money, to put it mildly, if the county school is not in my face, it will never tolerate you doing business in the county school, you should know this very well." ”

Both Mingren and Mingli were silent, of course they were well aware of the help Fanning had given them, and last year they printed a book that sold well, and as a result, Jiangning's original bookstore traced it down to Wu County to sue the official.

When Lu Dutou heard about their relationship with Fanning, he immediately sent someone to secretly inform them, so that they could transfer the stereotype and the book in time, but in the end, the other party found nothing, and the complaint was gone.

As for the county school allowing them to do business, it was also for Zhang Ruoying's sake that Fan Ning helped bring down Zhang Yi, and turned a blind eye to them.

Of course, they know very well that making money requires a background and a backstage, and their parents are the best example, working hard to open a grocery store to earn a few small amounts of money to support their families, and after more than ten years, they were crushed by a big store with a background background in a few days.

"Aning, what do you say we should do!"

Seeing that they had understood, Fanning took out an egg-shaped Tianhuang stone the size of a grapefruit from his bookbag and placed it in front of them.

"This topaz was bought by me in Qishi Lane three years ago, you see, it is like solidified honey, very beautiful, but it is not valuable, you can buy it for three hundred yuan, it can be said that it is raised in the deep boudoir.

If, after two or three years, it becomes a hundred times more valuable, and the literati are frantically chasing after it, and it happens that this topaz vein is in our possession, or rather, we have hoarded enough rough stones, do you think this is a way to make a lot of money? ”

Akihito picked up Tian Huangshi and looked at it for a moment, and couldn't help but exclaim: "This is simply mutton fat topaz, and it only sells for three hundred yuan?" ”

The two brothers looked at each other, and their eyes began to flicker with a fire of ambition, and Fanning pointed out a broad path to prosperity.

Mingli pondered for a moment and asked, "You also said just now that the literati don't value this topaz now, so what should be done to make it popular in the literati circle?" ”

Fan Ning smiled, "This is my business, what the two of you have to do is to join the Zhu family to buy this vein, and stock up as much as possible, go back to Wujiang and find the old man Zhu Yuanfu, I also wrote to him at the beginning of the year to say about it, the Zhu family has a silver mine in Fuzhou, and a roasting tea factory, the old man Zhu also expressed his willingness to cooperate with me, as long as you negotiate with the Zhu family, you will go to the Qishi Pavilion to withdraw 10,000 taels of silver, and rent a large cargo ship to go to Fuzhou by sea!" ”

"Wait!"

The hearts of the two brothers were a little messy, and Akihito hurriedly said: "I'm a little confused, let's go to Zhu Yuanfu, why do they believe us and talk about cooperation, so what kind of cooperation method?" How much does it cost per person? You make it clear. ”

Mingli also said: "The origin of this topaz is in Fuzhou, where is Fuzhou?" How do we find the origin? How to buy veins? A-Ning, such a big business, you let us do it, at least you have to explain it to us. ”

"So don't worry, listen to me explain things clearly."

Fan Ning said unhurriedly: "First, it's not for you to talk to the Zhu family, I've already negotiated with Old Man Zhu, just let you run errands, this matter is paid for by the Strange Stone Pavilion, and the ore veins bought also belong to the Strange Stone Pavilion.

Your father accounted for one percent of the strange stone pavilion, this time I will give you two percent, one of your two brothers, and the Zhu family and I each have forty percent;

Second, I will write a letter for you to bring to Mr. Zhu, and then he will arrange for a steward to go to Fuzhou with you, and then buy the mine specifically, without you having to come forward, the Zhu family's steward of the silver mine in Fuzhou will handle the matter;

Thirdly, what you have to do is to find this ore belt, probably at the junction of Luoyuan County and Lianjiang County in Fuzhou, where there are people selling this topaz, and it is easy to find out;

Fourth, after buying the vein, immediately recruit people to excavate, and at the same time buy a large number of them, I am afraid that after it becomes a cornucopia, the imperial court will get involved;

Fifth, rent a warehouse in Mingzhou Port and Fuzhou Port, and then continuously transport the rough stone back to Pingjiang Mansion;

Sixth ......"

Fanning explained everything clearly, and both Akihito and Mingli felt tremendous pressure, this kind of business was completely different from the petty business they did.

Fan Ning saw the pressure in their eyes, so he smiled and said: "This kind of stone is not valuable in the local area, many people still use it to build a pigsty, you have only worked hard in the past two years, in fact, there is no danger, and when it becomes popular in the future, you should sit in the Strange Stone Pavilion in the capital." ”

The great temptation of fortune was too great for the two to refuse, and the two of them nodded slowly, staring at the topaz oval on the table, and they felt that their fate had been tied to this beautiful stone.

Fanning reached out and put the stone away.

"I will hand over this stone to you when I go back, you take it to Fuzhou, now your task is to eat first, and after eating, you will go with me to do something."

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