Chapter 329: Filial Piety to the Strange Stone
Fan Ning lowered his head and walked a few steps, turned back to Fan Tiege and said: "Second uncle's approach is completely correct, you can't desperately ship because Tian Huangshi has become a treasure, that will only ruin the market, after all, Tian Huangshi is not a consumable like tea, it is just a plaything for the powerful and rich, we must go a long time, but I still recommend putting two or three pieces of Tian Huangshi on the counter, what does the second uncle think?" ”
Fan Tiege nodded, and took out two pieces of Shangpintian Huangshi with a base from a box, the size of a goose egg, and placed them under the most eye-catching lamp, like solidified honey, golden and thorough, without a trace of impurities.
"Although they are all frozen stones, it is still Tianhuang stone that is more pleasing to the eye." Fanning praised from the bottom of his heart.
"This is the color of the royal family, so it is precious, and now the private seal of every minister of the imperial court is made of Tianhuangshi, but unfortunately it is not sold by us here."
Speaking of this, Fan Tiege sighed again, with a look of regret in his eyes, "Since the imperial court monopolized the source of Tian Huangshi, every jewelry shop has Tian Huangshi for sale, and our business here has faded a lot, and only people who really know how to do it will come to our store." ”
Fan Ning smiled and comforted the second uncle: "Second uncle, Tian Huangshi is just a treasure, not an antique, antiques pay attention to loneliness, but Tian Huangshi is the opposite, if it does not become the guest of most powerful and wealthy guests, after a long time, everyone will forget it, besides, Tian Huangshi has always been monopolized by us, and it will be hated by people, the second uncle said yes?" ”
"You're right, I'm too obsessed!"
Fan Tiege is also a person who can do big business, of course he also understands these truths, but he takes Tian Huangshi too seriously, so he has a heavy sense of loss, and his nephew's words made him finally come out of the mentality of suffering from gains and losses.
At this time, Fan Ning found a strange thing, he didn't see a single work of Zhu Zhe from downstairs to upstairs, and he asked strangely: "Second uncle, why are there no stone statues carved by Zhu Zhe?" ”
Fan Tiege smiled: "Since two years ago, he has not carved small things. ”
"Why?"
Fanning suddenly had a bad feeling, could it be Apei's parents......
"Did his parents stop him from carving stone statues for us?"
"That's not it, his mother is still very happy that he has become a famous carver, because he has been carving a large jade carving for the past two years, so he doesn't have time to carve a small stone statue for us."
"What is he carving?" Fanning asked curiously.
"Ah Ning still remembers the Tianhuang Nine Dragon incense burner you carved in Tuoyulang in Changzhou County?"
Fanning nodded, of course he remembered that the incense burner was still in the imperial study of the Son of Heaven, and he saw it in the imperial study yesterday.
"Two years ago, Donghai County mined a piece of white jade weighing 3,000 catties, into the imperial court, just the lack of a sacrificial Ding furnace in the temple, the Son of Heaven likes the jade furnace, so he wants to carve this piece of 3,000 catties of white jade into a nine dragon jade incense burner, but Yulang has passed away, his son can not take this job, the Son of Heaven entrusted this incense burner to Zhu Zhe, these two years, Zhu Zhe has been carving this nine dragon white jade incense burner, not only to carve out nine dragons, but also to carve Wu Daozi's "Eighty-seven Immortals" on the furnace body, this is the first big vessel carved by Zhu ZheIf he can succeed, he will advance from the carving master to the carving master, so far, this Nine Dragons white jade incense burner has only completed seventy percent, which shows the difficulty of carving. ”
"Don't you have any statues in stock?"
"Yes! There are more than a hundred pieces. ”
Fan Tiege's chubby round face showed a hint of an honest smile, "I'll wait for his Nine Dragons incense burner to be carved successfully before I take it out and sell it, and the price will definitely be different at that time." ”
Fanning rolled his eyes, this second uncle, he has become good at business, no wonder he can give birth to those two sons who are about to fly in the sky.
"Second uncle, second aunt is okay!"
"She's so good! But you'd better not see her for the next two days. ”
"Why?" Fanning was stunned.
"Aren't you about to get married? This incident stimulated your second aunt, her two precious sons ran overseas to escape marriage, so that she was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and she didn't hide it from her nephew, your second uncle I didn't dare to go home for two days. Fan Tiege said with a pitiful face.
Fan Ning couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed out loud, and after a while, he stopped laughing and said: "Second uncle, Mingren Mingli is not an escape from marriage, but a gold panning, the two of them have made a fortune now, do you know how much gold Mingren brought back this time?" ”
Fan Ning whispered a few words in the second uncle's ear, Fan Tiege's face swelled into the color of pig liver in an instant, and he stared at Fan Ning incredulously, "A-Ning, you didn't coax me!" ”
"Second uncle, I'm also a dignified governor of Kunzhou, what should I coax you to do?"
Fan Tiege couldn't believe that his son actually brought back 60,000 taels of gold, which was 600,000 taels when converted into silver!
He suddenly became extremely worried, "Aning, how many people know about this?" ”
Fan Tiege knew very well in his heart that his wealth would not be revealed, and if this matter was spread, it would bring death to his two sons.
"Second uncle, don't worry! Now there are only four people who know, I'm afraid even Zhu Daguan doesn't know, maybe Zhu Pei will know in the future, thirty percent of this is hers, but I will tell her to keep it a secret, and the news will never get out. ”
"A-Ning, don't say anything about this! That's going to be a big deal. ”
"Don't worry! I know it in my heart. ”
Fan Ning went to the warehouse again, and then said goodbye to his second uncle, he still had to go to see his cousin Fan Zhongyan today.
Hearing that Fan Ning was going to visit Fan Zhongyan, Fan Tiege gave him Fan Zhongyan's new home address, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, and Fan Tiege really didn't know what to say.
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Fan Zhongyan has moved to the outer city, it was the house given to him by Zhao Zhen, the Son of Heaven, Fan Zhongyan's body has completely collapsed in the past few years, Zhao Zhen wants to use him again, but looking at Fan Zhongyan's physical condition, he has to give up his thoughts.
He was named a scholar of the Guanwen Temple, so that he could recuperate in the house with peace of mind.
However, although Fan Zhongyan could no longer be an official due to his health, he continued to retreat, and often wrote to criticize the Son of Heaven for ignoring the people at the bottom, criticizing the imperial court for having too many monopolies, and competing with the people for profit.
His recitals were sharp and substantial, and all kinds of evidence were very sufficient, and every time he wrote a book, it would trigger a fierce debate in the court, so much so that the court officials gave Fan Zhongyan the title of 'Hidden Imperial History'.
Fan Zhongyan's new house is near Xiwazi in Waicheng Prefecture, the place is easy to find, there is an official house there, Fan Zhongyan's new house is the innermost one, Fan Ning's carriage stopped in front of the gate steps, and saw a rickety old man in cloth clothes sweeping the floor on the steps, Fan Ning jumped out of the carriage and asked, "May I ask the old man....... Yes! It is a cousin grandfather. ”
Fan Ning didn't finish speaking, the old man raised his head, and suddenly frightened Fan Ning, this rickety old man turned out to be his cousin Fan Zhongyan, how did he become so old?
Fan Ning hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Grandson kowtows to grandfather and says goodbye!" ”
Fan Zhongyan showed a smile on his face, but when he saw the gorgeous carriage that Fan Ning was riding, the smile on his face disappeared again, and he said lightly: "Get up!" ”
Fanning felt that his grandfather's tone was a little cold, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know what was wrong with him.
"That carriage belongs to the Zhu family!" Fan Zhongyan glanced at the carriage again.
Fanning suddenly realized that this carriage was so gorgeous, how could his cousin, who had always admired simplicity, be happy?
He hurriedly explained: "Grandfather Qiqi, my grandson is riding a horse in Kunzhou, because I went to the Firearms Division outside Beicheng this morning to test the thunder, and I brought very important confidential things, weighing one hundred and fifty pounds, so I borrowed this carriage from Old Man Zhu, it is definitely not that my grandson is greedy for luxury, and my grandson will return the carriage to Old Man Zhu tonight." ”
Fan Zhongyan's face softened a little, "I'm not saying that you can't take such a carriage, the Strange Stone Pavilion is also yours, I know you have the financial resources, but having money doesn't necessarily have to be publicized, for fear that others won't know that you are a rich man, this is actually a matter of cultivation, extravagant but not flashy, implicit but not revealed, this is what a gentleman does, do you remember?" ”
"Grandfather's teachings, grandchildren's hearts!"
"Let's go! Go into the house and talk. ”
Fan Zhongyan admires this cousin the most, this treasure but he dug it out from the countryside of Wu County, but he didn't expect that it was a rare jade, but now it has become a peerless treasure, only nineteen years old to be promoted from the five-grade high-ranking official, if this momentum remains unchanged, you can worship the prime minister in your thirties.
Think about his second son, although he is also a genius, but compared to Fanning, he still has a little less ability to seize opportunities.
The two walked into the mansion, Fanning looked at the scenery in the mansion, although this mansion is not small, covering an area of at least ten acres, but it is really too simple, vegetable fields, grass houses, wild land, ponds, it is simply a field house.
"What, don't you think I'm not luxurious here?"
Fan Zhongyan joked to him: "If you sympathize with your grandfather, just move your Cuiyun Peak to me, I don't think it's luxurious at all." ”
Fan Ning's back sweat came down, he actually took a fancy to Cuiyun Peak, his cousin's eyes were poisonous!
He wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said, "It was brought by Grandpa Pei'er, and my grandson didn't dare to give it away, but I can give the green coral to my grandfather." ”
Fan Zhongyan is also a person who loves stones, but his wealth is donated to his hometown to run a school and run a Yizhuang, and he has no money to spare, so he can only look at Meishi, listening to Fan Ning's words, he is a little tempted.
He smiled and said, "That green coral is the treasure of the Strange Stone Pavilion, are you willing to give it to me?" ”
"Green coral is the grandson's thing, the grandson is willing to honor his grandfather, there is a mountain travel stone in the store, the green coral is going to be returned to the grandson, just to give it to the grandfather."
Since it is a grandson's thing, Fan Zhongyan didn't want to be polite, so he smiled and said: "I also love that green coral very much, since you are willing to do it, lend it to me to spend the twilight years!"
Fan Ning's nose was sour for a while, and he said: "The Xishan Travel Stone is also a grandson's thing, so let's put it in my grandfather's study!" ”
Fan Zhongyan laughed, "If I am greedy again, your second uncle should jump ten feet high." ”
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