The old shopkeeper of Yishun Teahouse is not a dead shaft. When he figured out that it was the Ninth Master who came to find the ballast, he immediately looked up to the sky and laughed and said: "Liu Tiezui, this kid is really like a god, saying that I have the joy of the Black Master's arch this year!" Immediately ordered someone to set a table for the ninth master's subordinates in the backyard, and complimented him with tea and then wine: "The ninth master went to my small teahouse to enjoy his face, which is my creation." It's also yours and I. There is no other filial piety, I will give each of you a bamboo brand. In the future, you will drink tea with this water brand, and you won't take a penny! Before leaving, one person gave a pound of good incense tablets, and even Yang Xin was rewarded with four hangings of rice money. In the evening, the ninth master came back and asked a few people how the teahouse ended. The subordinates added oil and vinegar, said that a hundred sheep were terrible, smashed the pots and bowls of the teahouse, lifted the tables and chairs, and even flattened the stove in the back kitchen. When the old shopkeeper heard that it was the Ninth Master, he kowtowed to the north again and again, and Xie Jiuye taught him a lesson. When the ninth master heard this, he straightened his stomach and sniffed two pinches of snuff comfortably and said, "Then spare him!" If he doesn't give in, tomorrow I will drive another 200 sheep for three days in a row, and tell him to eat rhubarb! The servant said, "My lord, will you go tomorrow?" Is his teahouse open for ten days and eight days? The ninth master thought about it and laughed again. When the servant saw that the fire was coming, he said, "Master Shengming, you are out of breath." The shopkeeper is also relented, and your heart is happy, the broken fellow, I guess you want to reward him with a lot of money. ”

The ninth master asked: "Are you the roundworm in my stomach?" ”

The subordinate said: "Who in the whole city of Beijing does not know that our lord's wealth is great and powerful, and he does not take silver as a rarity?" ”

The ninth master scolded twice and took out a bill. The subordinates deducted half of it and took half of it to compensate the pots and bowls in the teahouse. The shopkeeper of this teahouse actually turned evil into good fortune. The ninth master first paid for the tea of a hundred sheep, which is the income of two hundred guests, which is the income of two days of the teahouse. How much are a few teapots and bowls worth? What's more, some saws can still be used. I also earned a few more in the general ledger. What's even more rare is that after this joke spread, it became news for a while, and there were discussions on the streets and alleys, who doesn't want to listen to the shopkeeper himself talk about this adventure? Hundreds of more bowls of tea were sold in a few days. But this can only happen to buyers and sellers, because they talk about making money in harmony and acting on the spot, but craftsmen don't have this ability. Craftsmen rely on their own skills, earn food with their abilities, are serious and stubborn in everything, and have stronger self-esteem. When encountering something like the Ninth Master, it would rather be bent than bend, which is a different ending.

Nie Xiaoxuan was in trouble right now.

That morning, the ninth master was going to let him go as a joke. The ninth master went to the Su Wangfu to discuss how to give gifts to the Japanese royal family. It just so happened that Xu Huanzhang also came. Since beating Gengzi, Xu Huanzhang has risen steadily and become a frequent visitor to Suwangfu. He gave the prince an idea and said that when giving gifts to Orientals, they should be delicate and not expensive. When the coalition army entered the city, they grabbed the door of the Han official's house, and they didn't want the famous paintings of the Fati, but they wanted women's bow shoes; When they go to the full house, they don't want gem bonsai and black jade mountains, and they prefer to grab cigarette lamps and smoking guns, and they love to be dexterous and rare. As soon as he heard this, the Ninth Master remembered his Hu Ji Eighteen Beat Smoke Bottle again, and he asked someone to take it for King Su and Xu Huanzhang to see. Xu Huanzhang looked at it and praised it repeatedly: "If you take out this set of things, you can suppress all other people's gifts." King Su said: "Lao Jiu is like this, won't he flash us?" The ninth master hurriedly said: "As long as the prince appreciates his face, the minion will call the prince." The prince asked, "What about you?" The ninth master said: "The slave wants it, just ask this person to burn a set." The prince picked up the cigarette bottle and looked at the bottom, and saw that the mark was "Guangxu Sihai". Then he smiled: "No wonder the pattern is so new, I said I haven't seen it before!" Why then, why should I take away your love, and if you ask the man to burn another set for me, it will be over? Xu Huanzhang has been playing with this smoking bottle, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately joked and said: "If the prince wants to burn, it is better to let him change the painting, which is not the same as the ninth master's, but also fresh, and it is best to be a painting that should be ordered." The prince said, "You think well." What should I change to? Xu Huanzhang said: "Slaves always return with foreigners and know their habits." Wouldn't it be good to let the servants find a few sets of foreign paintings for the prince to choose from, and let them copy them to the blank and burn them? The prince was very happy to hear this, so he asked the ninth master and the craftsman to make the rules, prepare first, and start work when Xu Huanzhang's painting was obtained.

Jiu Ye returned to the small mansion outside the front door, and without waiting to sit down, he called someone to pass on Nie Xiaoxuan. Nie Xiaoxuan was so worried that he hadn't eaten all day, he was even more haggard than when he was in prison, and when he saw the Ninth Master, he grabbed it and knelt down, then stood aside and bowed his head silently.

The Ninth Master smiled and asked, "Have you thought about it, should you sell this hand alone, or sell it together with others?" ”

Nie Xiaoxuan made a thousand, lowered his head and did not speak.

The Ninth Master said, "What's the matter? Are you reluctant to sell both? ”

Nie Xiaoxuan called another thousand, but still didn't speak.

The ninth master laughed loudly: "Okay, see that your beard is unshaven, give you a clear way." If you are reluctant to sell your hands, and people are reluctant to sell them, you can sell me another set of 'Gu Yuexuan' gadgets! ”

"Huh?"

Nie Xiaoxuan didn't believe that such a big problem of life and death could be done so easily, and he stared at him and didn't know how to deal with it. The butler shouted from the sidelines, "Stupid? Back to my grandfather's words! ”

"Whoa, whoa!" Nie Xiaoxuan nodded again and again, "I will get you whatever you want, and I will burn it if you don't have it." ”

"Burn me another set of smoking bottles."

"Huh!"

"How many days?"

"I don't dare to say, it depends on whether the blank can be bought or not. That set of eighteen beats of blanks was left by my ancestors, and it was all used. This thing is a ...... from Shandong."

"I can't take care of it, I'll wait to use it."

"Otherwise, I'll scrape off the burned painting and burn another one for you."

"How many days does that take?"

"Three months. Scraping the glaze is also on fire! ”

"I don't care! Two-month time limit! I'll send you after the limit! ”

"I'll do it for you with all my might!"

The ninth master didn't want to wait for others to decide to draw the sample, so he said, "You burn a sample for me first." I feel that I can send you a fixed amount of money and ask you to start work. You've been out for a long time, so go back and have a look. ”

Nie Xiaoxuan thanked him and left the house, drenched in cold sweat.