Early the next morning, Fan Ning came to Shuyuan Street, although he initially relied on strange stones to make money, but now the weight of strange stones in his life has become lighter and lighter, and his feeling for the strange stone pavilion is getting weaker and weaker.

Since the last time the strange stone hall was burned down, now it is renovated, Fan Tiege continues to expand and encroach, with a high price to buy the land behind the people, the total area of the strange stone hall has reached 20 acres, the store is five zhang wide, it is already the first strange stone museum in the capital, Zhao Zhen personally inscribed the name of the store: landscape Fan Shi.

This is the third time that the name of the store has been changed, although changing the name of the store has always been a taboo in business, but Fan Tiege's strange stone hall has not been affected at all, and business has become more and more prosperous.

When Fan Ning arrived, he happened to see the second uncle commanding his men to hang a large plaque weighing dozens of catties of gold characters at the main entrance, and a big flag was erected on the opposite side of the street, on which were the four big characters of 'Shanshui Fan Stone' written by Zhao Zhen himself.

"Second uncle, do you still want to change the name of the store?" Fanning asked quippedly.

"It's Aning back!"

Fan Tiege scratched his head and smiled: "If you don't change it, you will use the name of the store Shanshui Fan Shi, which is a gift from the Son of Heaven, and there is also our family's Fan character in it, Fan Shi, this name is good, a pun, worthy of being the Son of Heaven." ”

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Second uncle, I have something to do with you!" ”

"Go sit inside!"

The uncle and nephew came to the second floor and sat down, Fan Tiege asked people to serve tea again, Fan Ning groaned and said, "Does the second uncle want to go to Quanzhou for development?" ”

"Don't go!"

Fan Tiege flatly refused, "It's those two stinky boys who let you convince me!" You go and tell them that I won't help them open a textile workshop, I have my own business, let them find someone else! ”

Fan Ning was really a little embarrassed, he was indeed invited by Mingren and Mingli to invite Fan Tiege to go south, but he didn't expect Fan Tiege to refuse.

After a moment of silence, Fan Ning said: "The business of the two brothers is getting bigger and bigger, both of them have to go to sea, each take a route, so that Quanzhou urgently needs a trustworthy person to sit down, whether it is to manage the textile workshop or the commercial house, in fact, I also think that the second uncle is the most suitable." ”

Since it was Fan Ning who proposed it, Fan Tiege didn't want to explicitly refuse, he sighed and said: "It stands to reason that I only have these two sons, and I should help them, but I have been in the capital for more than ten years, and I have made a small strange stone pavilion step by step into the largest strange stone pavilion in the capital, and I am also the vice president of the Beijing Strange Stone Society. I'm not just doing business to make money, I'm also enjoying life, I really like this kind of life, do you want me to suddenly give up all this and consider my feelings? ”

Fan Ning can fully understand the second uncle's mood, he poured all his feelings and efforts into the Strange Stone Pavilion, it can be said that the Strange Stone Pavilion is his life, and the second son pulled his father to the store in order to find someone to look at the store, which is indeed a bit unreasonable.

Fan Ning nodded and said, "Since this is the case, the second uncle will stay in the capital and continue to operate the Strange Stone Pavilion, let Fan Mingxuan go to Quanzhou, and then let Lu Min assist the second uncle." ”

Fan Mingxuan is the eldest son of Fan Dazhi, the patriarch of the Fan clan, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, very shrewd and capable, and is currently running the Mudu Fan's Strange Stone Museum, in fact, the Mudu Fan's Strange Stone Museum is just a receiving point, it is a pity to put Fan Mingxuan there, Fan Ning originally wanted Fan Mingxuan to take over the second uncle's class, but since the second uncle refused to go to Quanzhou, let Fan Mingxuan go to sit for Mingren and Mingli.

"You asked Amin to assist me?"

Fan Tiege asked in surprise: "Didn't they work hard and take another exam?" ”

Lu Min and Zhu Qi both failed in this year's imperial examination, and it was too late for them to worship Ouyang Xiu as a teacher, but since they had the guidance of a famous teacher, they both decided to take another exam in three years.

Fan Ning smiled: "Because we are no longer in the capital, I hope Lu Min will have time to help the second uncle, and then the second uncle will take him to meet some people." ”

Fan Tiege nodded, "I understand." ”

After a deep sigh, Fan Ning said again: "In addition, mine is divided into two in the Strange Stone Pavilion, half is for Zhu Pei, and half is for Ouyang Qian, and Ouyang Qian's share will send three hundred yuan every month to her father Ouyang Xiu." ”

At present, Fan Ning has sixty percent of the Strange Stone Pavilion, which is placed in his mother's name, and Fan Tiege accounts for forty percent, once Fan Ning's share is separated, he will not care, and this property will belong to his two wives in the future.

"I don't have an opinion on this, you assign it yourself!"

Fan Tiege took out a bag from his arms, poured out half a jade pendant from it, put it on the table and pushed it to Fan Ning, "Your dividends have been here for more than ten years, a total of 20,000 taels of gold, I exchanged it from Mingren, stored in your own Zhu family's money shop, the password is the dog raised by your grandmother, Da Heizi, I am ashamed, I have spent a lot of money to buy mines and shops over the years, and I could have had a little more......"

Fan Ning pushed the jade pendant back, "I don't need it for the time being, just put it here with the second uncle, I have something to discuss with the second uncle." ”

"What's the matter?"

Fan Ning scratched his head and smiled: "I'm a little embarrassed to speak, I want to take the Tian Huangshi from the lipstick box in the Mudu warehouse." ”

Fan Tiege's face changed, and his eyes widened and asked, "You take them all?" ”

Fanning nodded, "Anyway, it's not much, it's only eighty-one in total,"

"What do you mean it's not much anyway, the eighty-one pieces of Tianhuangshi are carefully selected by me from tens of thousands of Tianhuangshi for a month, and they are the best of the best, do you want me to live."

"Second uncle, it's the same if you sell other stones, and I want to keep the eighty-one Tianhuang stones myself."

"Are you sure you won't give it away?" Fan Tiege stared at Fan Ning with fierce eyes.

"Occasionally, I will send two pieces, like my father-in-law, as well as the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven, and a few Xiangguo, I will not send others."

Fan Tiege's heart was like a knife, and he put forward the conditions again, "Your Xishan Travel Stone, Green Coral and Cuiyun Peak are all sent to my store as the treasure of my town hall, in addition, give me another thirty catties of your phoenix tea, I am addicted to it, and the market can't buy it." ”

Fan Ning laughed, "I'll give the second uncle a set of Ru porcelain official kiln tea sets, and use the official kiln to drink phoenix tea, then they complement each other." ”

Fan Tiege's face softened slightly, and he pushed the jade pendant to Fan Ning again, "Tian Huangshi is originally yours, and it is beyond reproach for you to take it, I am just reluctant in my heart, this 20,000 taels of gold is what you deserve, you also take it, didn't you say last time that you wanted to buy an island from the imperial court?" Just use it to buy it, and if it's not enough, I'll give you my share too. ”

Fanning waved his hand, "Don't worry about buying the island, Second Uncle, it's not something that can be achieved in a year or two, try not to mention it in the future." ”

Fan Tiege knew that he had lost his words, so he stopped mentioning the matter, and changed the topic: "Last month, your third uncle wrote a letter to the capital, asking me to tell you that he wants to sow the seeds you gave him, he has no bottom in his heart, you had better go back and see, and your grandmother also misses you, you also go to visit her." ”

Fanning's grandmother, Yang, is a long-lived person, she is already seventy years old, but her body is still very healthy, and the entire Mudu Town and her contemporaries are basically gone, and she is still alive and well.

Fanning really wants to go back to his hometown, visit his grandmother, then sweep his father's grave, and then take Fan Mingxuan to Quanzhou.

"Does the second uncle have anything else to explain?"

"There is nothing else, tell me about those two stinky boys, have more sons and go to sea less, this is what I ask of them!"

.........

Coming out of the strange stone shop, Fan Ning came to Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion again, it was not easy for him to come back, he had to meet these people who were closely related to him.

Hearing that Fan Ning was coming, Zhu Yuanfeng personally greeted him out of the gate, "I know you're coming to the capital, just wait for when you come to see my old bone?" ”

Fan Ning saw that he was very healthy and full of energy, so he smiled and said: "If the third grandfather can go to Quanzhou to start a business, I am very welcome!" ”

"It's free to go to Quanzhou, but I really have some ideas to talk to you."

The two walked into the guest hall, Zhu Yuanfeng invited Fan Ning to sit down, and asked the maid to serve tea, Fan Ning took a sip of hot tea and asked with a smile: "Did the third grandfather find a business opportunity?" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng nodded, "I heard that Mingren and Mingli have built a large workshop of 3,000 looms in Quanzhou, do you think it has a future?" ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "Calculate the account for the third grandfather, a fine cloth in the market is 1,200 yuan, and the coarse cloth is 800 yuan, if you go to the countryside to buy it, each horse can be about 300 yuan cheaper, but once Mingren and Mingli's textile workshops are operational, the cost of each fine cloth is only 400 Wen, and the cost of coarse cloth is only 200 Wen, if it is invested in the Great Song market, all the small workshops will go bankrupt, but he is currently only selling overseas, and the Great Song market will not be touched for the time being, does the third uncle understand what I mean?" ”