Wanli Xinming

Chapter 55

Feng Bangning heard that Yao Hongmo had already given up, and secretly laughed in his heart that the official couldn't help being frightened.Just one word that is neither salty nor dull, but this attitude is different.The two chattered a few more words, Feng Bangning presented the gift list and took his leave.The gifts written on the gift list by Mrs. Yao are ordinary, and all of them are not worth 100 taels.

Although he was unhappy in his heart, he didn't dare to act like a demon anymore. He promised Feng Bangning with all his mouth, and told him that several troubled students in Guozijian would take away all their fame and fame.Feng Bangning hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed a few times.The smiling appearance caused Yao Hongmo's false fire to rise, but he did not dare to show it on his face.

Feng Bangning left Guozijian and went to two business partners. It was already dark when he returned to Qingliu Press.He was busy with the printing shop again, and instructed the shopkeeper to be careful with the candles, and Fang rode back to his home in Sanyuan Lane.

When he got home, he followed the little servant and was busy letting him wash up.Because the housewife stayed at her hometown to take care of her parents, Feng Bangning's concubine named Jinbao'er in Xinnan, Nanjing, served the meal in the inner hall.Feng Bangning sat down and asked her, "Is the lord in the mansion today?"

Jinbao'er replied tenderly, "Master has not been out of the house, and dinner has also been brought to the study. Today, I saw more than a dozen guests." Feng Bangning hurriedly took a few mouthfuls, got up and rinsed his mouth, and went to the study.

When he entered the study, he saw Feng Bao sitting behind the big case, almost invisible because of the various manuscripts piled on the case slips.In the study, two newly-bought oil-glass lamps were lit, and the light was as bright as the day.

Seeing him coming, Feng Bao nodded and said, "Sit down first, I'll finish this." Feng Bangning changed his two cups of tea before putting down his pen.

Feng Bangning saw that he got up and was slack, so he also stood up and bowed and said, "Uncle, I went to Yao Hongmo's place today, and the matter in the Imperial College has been settled."

Feng Bao listened and nodded absently.Feng Bangning walked behind him and rubbed his shoulders for him.Feng Bao smiled and said, "How is the bookstore's revenue now?"

Feng Bangning clicked his tongue and said: "My nephew would never have thought that this bookstore could make so much money. If I had known this, my nephew would have started working in Beijing!" Stretching out two fingers, he said, "Three months of hard work can make a net profit of 2000 taels." According to my nephew, if the price of the book is doubled, the number of people who buy it will not be much less, and the profit will be more.”

Feng Bao heard it and smiled dotingly: "Hehe, you frog at the bottom of the well, how big of a day have you seen? Do you know how much the six stores in the south of Rishenglong make in one day?"

Feng Bangning tried his best to guess: "1000 taels a day?" Feng Bao said with a smile: "I knew that there were many rich people in Daming. Not many people know about it. It is estimated that in June and July of this year, it is not difficult for these six stores to make 500 taels a day."

Feng Bangning was dumbfounded, and shouted: "This year, isn't it more than 300 million?" Feng Bao nodded in agreement.He shook his head and smiled wryly, "Who would have thought of that?"

Feng Bangning heard this, and put his small bookstore, which earned 40 taels a day, into limbo.Shy face begged: "How about you give my nephew a management of the 'Rishenglong' store?"

Feng Bao smiled and shook his head: "You can't manage that kind of shop. Just looking for these shopkeepers, I almost died of exhaustion a year ago."

After several months of experience, Feng Bangning felt that he was not bad.Hearing Feng Bao's words, he was dissatisfied.

After retiring and returning to the bedroom, Feng Bangning said to his concubine Jinbao'er, "I've been tired these past few days. If it's sunny tomorrow, I'll take you to Rishenglong for a stroll and buy a face and face yourself." Jinbao'er was overjoyed and prayed. Tianqing, while unleashing some means, Feng Bangning finally broke out in a stinky sweat.

Rishenglong's name is well-known, but Feng Bangning only heard that because he was too busy, he hadn't been there.After asking the housekeeper, I found out that the store is not far from Qingliu Bookstore. It is on a section of the street between Jiezi Bridge and Neiqiao. Behind it is Nanjing Martial Arts School, and opposite it is Yingtianfu Yamen. The most prosperous area.

Early in the morning, Feng Bangning arranged to hire two people to carry the sedan chair and let Jinbao sit.He brought his own personal accomplices, led a horse, walked peacefully as a chariot, and rushed to the sun.

Both ends of Rishenglongmen Front Street have been blocked by stone stakes in Shangyuan County, and neither sedan chairs nor horses can pass.Jinbao'er got out of the sedan chair, and saw a row of horse tie-stones on both sides of the street. Every family who came to the street tied their horse-drawn carts and mule-carts here, and their servants took care of them.On the street, the yamen and Zhu Kuai walked around in groups with sticks and iron rulers.

At this time, the time was not right, and the long street in front of Rishenglong Gate was already full of people.The businessmen and scholars who passed by the Qinhuai River last night came in droves with their good friends.

Jinbao'er was afraid of seeing acquaintances, so she quickly put down the veil on her head to cover her face.Feng Bangning chuckled beside him, Jinbao twisted him twice in hatred.

Not to mention the liveliness of the Long Street, when the two walked to the front of the Rishenglong store, they breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

I saw that Rishenglong's storefront can be more than 60 feet long, and there are a pair of gates facing the street every few feet.The building is three stories high, not to mention the carved beams and painted buildings, only the glass windows from top to bottom are jaw-dropping.

There was a tourist from out of town next to him, who was so frightened that he thumped and sat on the ground, scolding: "Damn, if you really want it, that sister really doesn't want to slap the shell!" Jinbao'er made a coquettish smile, Feng Bangning also smiled.

When they approached the door of one of the stores, they saw two rows of servants in the same color and style, with narrow sleeves and protective clothing, and six-height scarves on their heads to welcome guests at the door.Seeing Feng Bangning and other guests walking into the store, they all bent down and saluted: "Guest officer, please come inside!"

Feng Bangning stepped in, first glanced up at the lobby, and saw that the booth was about forty feet long, twenty feet wide, and even ten feet high.Compared with other low-rise stores, it is refreshing.

When I looked again, there was no counter inside, just an empty space paved with water-milled bricks, surrounded by armchairs, and some people were sitting at the moment.Among the guests, there are servants who shuttle back and forth, with towels on their shoulders and tea trays for the guests to wipe their faces and drink water.

A person who came here for the first time asked, "Where are the goods? Isn't this place selling goods?" One of the servants bowed and replied, "Guest officer, the goods are inside, all the guest officers look up."

When Feng Bangning looked up, he saw that there was still a door on the inner wall of the room, but it was just hidden.On the door are some sandalwood plaques on a blue background and inlaid with gold.On the plaque are written: "Home, Life, Ladies, Jewelry, Wenwan, and Smart Tools" in total.

Feng Bangning clicked his tongue secretly, the lobby of Sunrise Longguang was empty to divert customers, so he couldn't touch the shadows of all the shops in the world.Because the concubine served well last night, she led Jinbao'er to the lady's door first.

As he approached, the door with the "Ms." plaque opened from the inside.A young woman stood in front of the door, wearing a purple and green pleated skirt, smiled and bent over to salute: "Guest officer, choose something for women and come with the slaves." Feng Bangning and Jinbao'er were stunned.

When you cross the threshold, you stay again.Behind this door is not a room, but a patio.Rows of thin bamboos, flowers and plants are planted inside, dividing the patio into curved corridors paved with stones.The woman led Feng Bangning two and walked around the flowers a few times. When Feng Bangning heard a ding ding dong dong, she stopped and said, "Guest officer, here we are."

He bent down and saluted again: "The guest officer will wait here, only female guests can enter here. Do you wait here, or go shopping elsewhere?"

Feng Bangning has been shocked by Ri Shenglong's style and has no temper at all. Hearing this, he looked at Jinbao'er.Jinbao'er also came here for the first time, and looked at him eagerly, which meant that he hoped that he could wait.

Feng Bangning said, "I'll just wait for a while." The woman heard the words and said with a smile, "If it's you who pays the bill today, please tell the lady how much you can spend." After speaking, she took two steps back and waited.

Feng Bangning thought about it, and said in a low voice: "The things here are not cheap, you can use it for 50 taels first." Jin Baoer's eyes widened with joy, and she responded happily.

When the woman saw Feng Bangning's explanation, she clapped her hands, and a little maid led him to sit down in an armchair that was blocked by screens on both sides of the porch, and another little maid brought tea and snacks over there.Here he led Jinbao'er to push the door in.

After Feng Bangning sat down, he saw a small table in front of him. On one side was a collection of poems that were in season, and on the other was an illustrated version of "The General of the Yang Family" published by the bookstore.When he looked up, he saw a light gauze on the rockery on the opposite side blocking a platform, and there was a woman playing the piano in the flowers behind. Feng Bangning knew where the sound of the piano came from.

After waiting for half an hour, Feng Bangning was about to fall asleep to the sound of the piano.The door opened, and the woman led Jin Baoer, who was in a daze, out.Holding a receipt in her hand, she handed it to Feng Bangning and said, "Guest officer, the lady will spend 51 taels in total, and you can pay and pick up the goods when you go out." Jin Baoer lowered her head and kept pinching the handkerchief in her hand.

Feng Bangning saw a few lines written on the receipt. They were a set of ladies' Su embroidered underwear, a bottle of body lotion, and a bottle of perfume.

Feng Bangning tried so hard that he almost crushed the document.His face flushed, and he said, "I'm going to look elsewhere, how do I get there?"

The woman asked him if it was his first time here. Feng Bangning replied in a low voice, and the woman suggested, "Guest officer, it is your first time here, so you should go to the daily necessities store first. It must be suitable."

Seeing Feng Bangning nod, the woman led the two of them around the patio a few times, and stopped at a moon gate. A servant over there followed and led Feng Bangning into another courtyard.

When the sun was setting, Feng Bangning and Jin Baoer, the father and mother, came out of the rising sun, and their energy and energy seemed to be drained.With a full budget, Feng Bangning brought a total of ten taels of red gold and 60 taels of full silver, spending everything.The couple had more than a dozen gold-painted cloth bags on their bodies, and they didn't have the strength to speak.

When he got home, took a bath with fragrant pancreas, and brushed his teeth with high-quality toothpaste and toothbrush, Feng Bangning recovered.When Jinbao'er was wearing women's underwear, with a jade red tassel waist chain around her waist, trembling and towering into the sky, and serving Feng Bangning with a fragrant body, Feng Bangning first gritted his teeth, and then laughed: "It's worth it! It's worth it! "

　In the past few days, Lao Mo has been urged by everyone "too little, too little" in his heart. Today, he has [-] words and tried his best.I also ask for your support. Tomorrow, the history classification of the client will be strongly promoted. Lao Mo is here to pay his respects!Please promote and collect!
　　
　
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