Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 329 Filial piety to the strange stone
Fan Ning bowed his head and took a few steps, then turned to Fan Tiege and said, "Second Uncle's approach is absolutely correct. You can't sell Tian Huangshi desperately just because it has become a treasure. That will only destroy the market. After all, Tian Huangshi is not a consumable like tea, it's just a rich man. The plaything of the rich, we have to keep flowing, but I still suggest to put two or three top-grade Tianhuang stones on the counter, what does the second uncle think?"

Fan Tiege nodded, and took out two top-grade Tianhuang stones with bases, the size of goose eggs, from a box, and placed them under the most eye-catching lamp, like solidified honey, golden and transparent, without any impurities.

"Although they are all steatite, Tian Huangshi is more pleasing to the eye." Fanning praised sincerely.

"This is the color of the royal family, so it is very precious. Now the private seals of every minister in the imperial court use Tian Huangshi, but it's a pity that we didn't sell it here."

Speaking of this, Fan Tiege sighed again, with a look of regret in his eyes, "Since the imperial court monopolized the source of Tianhuang stone, every jewelry store has sold Tianhuang stone, our business here has declined a lot, and only those who really know how to do it will come to our shop .”

Fan Ning comforted his second uncle with a smile and said: "Second uncle, Tian Huangshi is just a treasure, not an antique. Antiques pay attention to loneliness and solitude, but Tian Huangshi is the opposite. If it does not become the guest of most powerful and wealthy, after a long time, everyone They will forget it, besides, Tian Huangshi has been monopolized by us all the time, and will be envied and hated by others, right?"

"You're right, I'm too obsessed!"

Fan Tiege is also a person who can do big business. Of course he also understands these principles, but he takes Tian Huangshi too seriously, so he also feels a lot of loss. What his nephew said made him finally come out of the mentality of worrying about gains and losses.

At this time, Fan Ning found a strange thing. He didn't see a single piece of Zhu Zhe's work from downstairs to upstairs. He asked strangely, "Second Uncle, why are there no stone statues carved by Zhu Zhe?"

Fan Tiege laughed and said, "Since two years ago, he hasn't carved small things."

"why?"

Fan Ning suddenly had a bad feeling, could it be Ape's parents
"Is it because his parents stopped letting him carve stone statues for us?"

"That's not true. His mother is very happy that he has become a famous sculptor. It's because he has been sculpting a large jade sculpture for the past two years, so he has no time to carve small stone statues for us."

"What is he carving?" Fanning asked curiously.

"A-Ning, do you still remember the Tian Huang Jiulong incense burner that you carved in Tuo Yulang, Changzhou County?"

Fan Ning nodded, of course he remembered that the incense burner was still in the emperor's study room, and he saw it in the study room yesterday.

"Two years ago, a piece of white jade weighing three thousand catties was mined in Donghai County and presented to the imperial court. It happened that there was a lack of a sacrificial cauldron furnace in the ancestral temple. The emperor liked jade furnaces, so he wanted to carve this three thousand catty white jade into A Jiulong jade incense burner, but Yulang has passed away, and his son can't take over the job, so the emperor entrusted this incense burner to Zhu Zhe. In the past two years, Zhu Zhe has been carving this Jiulong white jade incense burner. To produce nine dragons, Wu Daozi's "87 Immortals" should be carved on the furnace body. This is Zhu Zhe's first large vessel. If he succeeds, he will be upgraded from a master sculptor to a master sculptor. So far, only [-]% of this Jiulong white jade incense burner has been completed, which shows the difficulty of carving."

"Are there no statues in stock at all?"

"Yes! There are more than 100 more."

A simple and honest smile appeared on Fan Tiege's chubby face, "I'm waiting for his Nine Dragons Incense Burner to be successfully carved before selling it. The price will definitely be different then."

Fan Ning rolled his eyes, this second uncle has become a proficient businessman, no wonder he was able to give birth to those two sons who were about to fly in the sky.

"Second Uncle, Second Aunt, are you okay!"

"She's fine! But you'd better not see her these two days."

"Why?" Fanning was stunned.

"Aren't you going to get married soon? This incident has stimulated your second aunt. Her two precious sons have fled overseas to escape marriage, making her full of anger and nowhere to vent. To tell you the truth, your second aunt Uncle, I have been afraid to go home for two days." Fan Tiege said pitifully.

Fan Ning couldn't bear it any longer, and burst out laughing. It took him a while to stop laughing and said, "Second Uncle, Mingren Mingli is not escaping marriage, but panning for gold. The two of them have made a lot of money now. You know that this time Mingren How much gold did you bring back?"

Fan Ning whispered a few words in the ear of his second uncle, and Fan Tiege's face suddenly turned into a liver color, and he stared at Fan Ning in disbelief, "A Ning, you didn't lie to me, did you?"

"Second Uncle, I am also the dignified magistrate of Kunzhou, what should I coax you to do?"

Fan Tiege couldn't believe it, his son actually brought back 6 taels of gold, which would be 60 taels when converted into silver!

He suddenly became extremely worried again, "Ah Ning, how many people know about this matter?"

Fan Tiege knew very well in his heart that the money was not revealed, and if this matter got out, it would bring disaster to his two sons.

"Second Uncle, don't worry! Now only four people know about it, and I'm afraid even Zhu Daguan doesn't know about it. Perhaps Zhu Pei will find out in the future that [-]% of this is hers, but I will tell her to keep it a secret and never let the news out. "

"A'Ning, this matter must not be spoken out! It will cause disaster."

"Don't worry! I understand it in my heart."

Fan Ning went to the warehouse for a while, and then said goodbye to his second uncle. He still has to visit his great-grandfather Fan Zhongyan today.

Hearing that Fan Ning was going to visit Fan Zhongyan, Fan Tiege gave him the address of Fan Zhongyan's new home, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. Fan Tiege really didn't know what to say.

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Fan Zhongyan had already moved to the outer city, the house given to him by Emperor Zhao Zhen. Fan Zhongyan's health had completely collapsed in the past few years. Zhao Zhen wanted to use him again, but seeing Fan Zhongyan's physical condition, he had no choice but to give up.

Seal him as a Grand Master of Guanwendian, and let him recuperate in the mansion with peace of mind.

However, although Fan Zhongyan could no longer be an official because of his health, he retired endlessly. He often wrote to criticize the emperor for ignoring the people at the bottom, criticizing the imperial court for too much monopoly and competing for profits with the people.

His memorials are sharp, meaningful, and full of evidence. Every time he writes a letter, it will trigger fierce debates at the court meeting, so that court officials gave Fan Zhongyan the title of "hidden censor".

Fan Zhongyan's new house is near Xiwazi, Outer City Prefecture. The place is easy to find. There is an official house over there, and Fan Zhongyan's new house is the innermost one. Sweeping the floor on the steps, Fan Ning jumped out of the carriage and asked, "Excuse me, old man! It's my great-grandfather."

Before Fan Ning could finish his sentence, the old man raised his head, and Fan Ning was startled. This rickety old man turned out to be his cousin Fan Zhongyan. How did he become so old?
Fan Ning quickly knelt down and saluted, "Grandson kowtows to grandfather!"

There was a smile on Fan Zhongyan's face, but when he saw the gorgeous carriage that Fan Ning was riding in, the smile on his face disappeared again, and he said lightly: "Get up!"

Fan Ning felt that his grandfather's tone was a bit cold, and he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy, not knowing what was wrong with him.

"That carriage belongs to the Zhu family!" Fan Zhongyan glanced at the carriage again.

Fan Ning suddenly realized that this carriage was too gorgeous, how could his great-grandfather, who had always advocated simplicity, be happy?
He quickly explained: "Grandpa, my grandson is riding a horse in Kunzhou, because I went to the firearms department outside the North City to test mines this morning, and I brought a very important confidential item, weighing 150 catties, so I borrowed it from Mr. Zhu." This carriage is by no means grandson's desire for luxury, so grandson will return the carriage to Mr. Zhu tonight."

Fan Zhongyan's face softened a little, "I'm not saying that you can't ride in such a carriage, the Kistler Museum is also yours, I know you have the financial resources, but you don't have to make a show of being rich, for fear that others will not know that you are a rich man , This is actually a matter of self-cultivation, extravagance but not luxury, concealment but not revealing, this is what a gentleman does, do you remember?"

"Grandfather taught, grandson will remember in heart!"

"Come on! Go into the house and talk."

Fan Zhongyan admired this grandson the most. This treasure was dug out from the countryside of Wu County. He didn't expect that it was a rare and beautiful jade, but now it has become a peerless treasure. He was promoted to a high-ranking official at the age of 19. If this momentum If it remains the same, you will be able to pay homage to your prime minister in your thirties.

Think about his second son, although he is also a genius, but compared to Fan Ning, he is still a little less able to seize opportunities.

The two walked into the mansion, and Fan Ning looked at the scenery in the mansion. Although the mansion is not small, covering an area of ​​at least ten acres, it is really too simple. The vegetable plots, thatched huts, wild fields, and ponds are simply farm houses.

"Why, do you think my place is not luxurious enough?"

Fan Zhongyan joked with him: "If you sympathize with your grandfather, move your Cuiyun Peak to my place. I don't think it's luxurious at all."

Fan Ning's back was dripping with sweat, and he actually fell in love with Cuiyun Peak. Grandfather's eyes are poisonous!

He wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said: "It was given by Pei'er's grandfather, and my grandson dare not give it away, but I can give the green coral to my grandfather."

Fan Zhongyan is also a stone lover, but he donates all his wealth to his hometown to run schools and charity villages. He has no money left, so he can only look at beautiful stones. After hearing what Fan Ning said, he was a little tempted.

He smiled and said: "That blue coral is the treasure of the Qishi Pavilion, are you willing to give it to me?"

"The green coral belongs to my grandson, and my grandson is willing to give it to my grandfather as a filial piety. There are travel stones in the shop, and the green coral will be returned to my grandson. It just happens to be given to my grandfather."

Since it belonged to his grandson, Fan Zhongyan didn't want to be polite, so he smiled and said: "I also like that blue coral very much, since you are willing, please lend it to me to spend my old age!

Fan Ning's nose felt sore for a while, and he said again: "Xishan Traveling Stone is also a grandson's property, so let's put it in grandfather's study too!"

Fan Zhongyan laughed loudly, "If I am more greedy, your second uncle should jump ten feet high."

(End of this chapter)