On a drizzly morning, a passenger ship of 500 stone sailed into the capital, and after two and a half years, Fanning returned to the capital again.

There is almost no change in the capital from more than two years ago, even the few tax collectors next to the water gate are still the same faces, and the first shop in the water gate is called Zhang Jiaoer Noodle Restaurant, and at the beginning of the red and yellow flags, I heard a roar, "Man, the old lady has shouted three times, are you deaf?" Three more bowls of noodle broth! ”

The screams of a woman still ringing in Fanning's ears as they did two years ago.

Everything was so familiar, as if he had just left the capital yesterday.

Fanning's boat slowly docked at the Bianhe Wharf north of the Great Xiangguo Temple, Fanning got off the boat, thanked the boatman, and walked towards the Strange Stone Pavilion with two saluting family members and tea boy Xiaowen.

Compared with three years ago, the façade of the Strange Stone Pavilion has been expanded, and the bookstore next door was bought by Fan Tiege last year, so that the façade of the Strange Stone Pavilion has expanded to three, connected as one, but they are independent, the middle is the Frozen Stone Pavilion, specializing in Tianhuangshi and Shoushan Frozen Stone, on the left is the Taihu Stone Pavilion, specializing in Taihu Stone and Lingbi Stone, and on the right is the newly opened store called the Jade Pavilion, selling Hetian Jade, Nanyang Jade, Crystal and Gemstones, etc.

In the middle is a huge Huanlou, which makes the shop look extraordinarily magnificent, and can be seen at the southernmost intersection, Fan Tiege has run it very well, and it took ten years to develop the store into the largest and most famous strange stone museum in Beijing.

Fanning walked into the store, there were five or six customers in the store, and the guys were introducing all kinds of high-grade strange stones to the guests, and one of the guys knew Fanning, and hurriedly shouted upstairs: "The big shopkeeper, the official is back!" ”

There was a knock upstairs, and Fan Tiege, who looked like a big winter melon, appeared at the staircase, and he asked in surprise, "A-Ning, when did you come back?" ”

"I just got off the boat, and I haven't put my luggage yet!"

"Come up and sit, put your luggage in the backyard."

Fan Tiege asked a guy to send the luggage to the backyard and beckoned to Fan Ning, Fan Ning went up to the second floor, there were no guests on the second floor, and Fan Tiege was setting up a few pieces of the best Tian Huangshi.

Since Fan Tiege had just returned to his hometown at the beginning of the year to worship his ancestors, and it had only been two or three months since he broke up with Fan Ning, he didn't have the excitement that he hadn't seen for many years. ”

"I'll come back first, and the old lady and Ju Pei will come by boat later."

Fan Ning picked up a piece of goose egg-sized frozen stone Tianhuang, the whole body is golden and delicate, like solidified honey, which is extremely loved, because the imperial court began to prepare a private mine to leave a piece of Tianhuang stone three years ago, resulting in a large increase in the number of fine stones in their hands, the store began to change its sales strategy, and began to sell high-grade and top-grade Tianhuang.

"What is the price of frozen Ishida Huang now?" Fanning asked with a smile.

"The piece in your hand, which costs three thousand taels of silver, has already been reserved." Fan Tiege glanced at Tian Huangdao in his hand.

"What about ordinary Tian Huang?"

"The price of ordinary Tianhuang remains the same, one or two Tianhuang ten taels of silver, the top-grade Tianhuang is one or two Tianhuang ten taels of gold, like the best Tianhuang in your hand, the price of each stone is one price, and the specific discussion is made."

Fan Tiege put the last few pieces of Tian Huang on the antique shelf, clapped his hands and smiled: "Sit down and have a cup of tea!" ”

A man brought tea up, Fanning picked up the teacup and strolled to the back window, where the large courtyard behind him was also bought by the Strange Stone Pavilion, and he found that the courtyard seemed to be enlarged again.

"Second Uncle bought land again?"

"Last year, three more families sold their houses, and now we have expanded to 10 acres, and I plan to build a bluestone warehouse here, and start construction in a few days."

"Then it will cost at least twenty or thirty thousand yuan!"

"You're so naïve!"

Fan Tiege sneered at Fan Ning's ignorance, "Do you think this is a wealthy mansion along the street, there are many dilapidated houses in the inner city, if they can be sold for thousands of yuan, then wouldn't everyone have made a fortune, let me tell you, the sum of the land behind this is not as expensive as a shop in front, and the land price is not expensive, the key is to follow the street, not along the street, and not into a piece, that is the price, at most 500 yuan per acre of land." ”

Fan Ning felt a little bad, the small courtyard he bought for Ouyang Qian seemed to have been really pitted, no wonder Zhu Pei kept laughing at him for buying expensive, that damn tooth man and the seller must have colluded.

Fan Ning had a secret hatred in his heart, but Fan Tiege understood his thoughts, and said with a smile: "If you think that the yard in the alley is expensive, I will teach you a way, you buy the land along the street outside, make it into five acres, and build a five-acre house, after ten or twenty years, the price will be really expensive, and now the safest investment is to buy a house, especially a house of more than five acres, after twenty years, it will be at least ten times the profit." ”

Fan Ning secretly admired the second uncle's vision, decades later, the housing prices in Tokyo were frighteningly expensive, a ten-acre house in the outer city would cost at least 300,000 yuan, and the inner city was even more expensive, and it was not necessarily possible to buy it, although it was sky-high, but there were still a lot of people who were willing to pay for it, this is the charm of the capital, and the rich people in the world are willing to buy an industry on the edge of the power center.

Fan Tiege smiled slyly again: "I guess you don't have time either, or I'll help you solve it!" ”

Fan Ning was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Thank you, second uncle!" ”

Fan Tiege waved his hand, "This little thing, it's a little effort!" What do you want to thank, but there is a headache that you have to solve. ”

"What's the matter?" Fanning asked, taking a sip of tea.

The smile on Fan Tiege's face disappeared, and gradually became gloomy and terrifying, and he said in a low voice for a while: "I have been opening a shop here for more than ten years, and there are many bastards who come to make trouble, but they are all petty fights.

Half a month ago, there were a few scoundrels, who opened their mouths to use three thousand yuan to take down our store, I was so angry that I immediately asked my buddy to go to the county government to report the case, Li Dutou quickly brought more than a dozen archers, but when he saw those scoundrels, he nodded in fright, turned around and left, and left me a sentence when he left, saying that this is someone I can't afford to provoke. ”

Fan Ning was a little interested, what kind of person was it, even the Zhu family's shop dared to make an idea, "Do they know the backstage of the Strange Stone Pavilion?" Fanning asked.

"Of course I know, the third old man often comes here, and everyone on this street knows that the Strange Stone Pavilion has the background of the Zhu family, but people don't care, give me a month to let me clear the warehouse and sell the goods."

Fan Ning suddenly understood, it turned out that he didn't fancy the stone, but the shop here, three shops, exactly 1,000 yuan each, which is very fine.

"I'm very interested in knowing the details of these scoundrels now, the third uncle should have inquired!"

"How could I not have inquired, the bastard at the head is called Song Yansi, the youngest son of Xiangguo Song Zhen, the other is his nephew Song Zhisuke, and the other is the son of the privy deputy envoy Zhang Qu, called Zhang Mao, these three people are famous in the capital, more scoundrels than scoundrels, they take a fancy to the three facades of my shop and the large land behind them, and want to grab it to open a big restaurant."

It turned out to be Song Zhen's nephew, Fan Ning sneered, he really didn't change his teachings, in history, Song Zhen had repeated accidents because of his lax family education, and during the Qingli period, it was because the eldest son colluded with bandits that led to Song Zhen's resignation, and later it seemed that because of his nephew's bullying and domination, he was demoted again.

Song Zhen finally made a comeback with the help of Zhang Yaozuo, and after a few years of being a peaceful minister, his nephews began to recommit vices again, and this time they actually got on their heads.

However, Fan Ning is not the first time he was a new science and technology scholar when he served as the inspector of Taixue, after years of tempering and the frustration of his father's funeral, his mind has matured, but as soon as he thought about it, he realized that things would not be so coincidental, why did Song Zhen's son and nephew just take a fancy to the Strange Stone Pavilion?

It's hard to figure out that the other party just knows the background of the Strange Stone Pavilion, so he deliberately provokes it.

"A-Ning, do you feel that the situation is wrong?" Fan Tiege asked worriedly.

Fanning nodded, "I have a feeling they are deliberately provoking!" ”

"Ahh How so? Fan Tiege was stunned for a moment.

Fan Ning had an idea in his heart, and he asked, "Second uncle, how did this store file in the government?" I mean proprietors. ”

Fan Tiege's old face turned red, and he said, "Didn't you force me to hang it in my name at the beginning?" ”

Fan Ning hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "I didn't mean that, I mean how did you and Zhu Sanye divide?" ”

"The record of the government is sixty percent for me, forty percent for Zhu Sanye, and four for us."

Of course, this is only a record for the government, and the real share structure of this store is Fan Ning fifty percent, Zhu Pei three percent, Fan Tiege one percent, and Zhao Zongshi one percent.

But Fan Ning was afraid of having an impact on himself, so he refused to put the part on himself, but handed it all over to the second uncle to go to the government for the record, after Zhu Pei and Fan Ning got married, her part was also hung on the third grandfather Zhu Yuanfeng, so that the store continued to retain the Zhu family background, as for Zhao Zongshi, because of his special identity, he also hung the part on Zhu Yuanfeng.

In fact, this store has nothing to do with Zhu Yuanfeng, just to help them file with the government, and occasionally appear a few times to let others know that they are the backstage of this store.

Now that it has been determined that the store does not have its own shadow, Fan Ning has a plan, and smiled at Fan Tiege: "I guess they are targeting Zhu Sanye, so just let them make trouble, the bigger the trouble, the better." ”

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