Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 49
Fan Ning lived relatively poorly in his two lifetimes, and his desire for money has been deeply imprinted in his heart.

Although there is a golden house in the book, it refers to the various treatment after being a high-ranking official, but since Fan Ning witnessed Ouyang Xiu who became a high-ranking official, he couldn't afford a house.

Fanning did not expect to make a fortune by being an official in the future.

Money is a good thing. With money, his grandmother can live to be more than eighty years old, and grow some side dishes she likes in her spare time.

With money, my parents can also live in a mansion with a garden like Zhu's. My father doesn't have to run around day and night like a cow, and my mother can send clothes to the laundry shop, so I don't have to worry about making a living.

Fanning never forgot his mother's red hands.

There were many ways to make money in the Song Dynasty, but there were not many opportunities to make a lot of money and be a literati without the stink of copper.

But Fan Ning knew in his previous life that there are two such opportunities, one is publishing, and the other is literary play.

The road of ornamental stones was introduced by Zhou Lin.

Fan Ning once estimated Zhou Lin's wealth. If nearly a thousand of his fine ornamental stones were transported to the capital for auction, they would fetch at least 30 pieces.

Who would have imagined that the gentle and elegant Zhou Lin would have such a huge fortune in the collection of stones, and the capital he spent was only [-] guan.

After entering the door, Fan Ning finally deeply understood that the enthusiasm of the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty for ornamental stones had reached an unbelievable level.

Even the things that the emperor gave him casually were a string of precious stones, Song Huizong Zhao Ji wanted to dig all the Taihu stones into his palace.

The scholar-bureaucrats were crazy about chasing stones, addicted to watching and playing with stones, and wealthy businessmen followed suit. The Song Dynasty literati and great merchants' love for strange stones has reached a certain level.

Fan Ning has 1000 years more knowledge than people in the Song Dynasty, and he believes that he can find a new way to make a fortune in ornamental stones.

Go your own way, so that future generations have no way to go.

However, Fan Ning also knew that this matter should not be rushed and had to be taken slowly.

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At this time, Fan Ning was walking through Qishi Lane. He was very familiar with this two-mile-long alley, and many street vendors also knew him. This little guy has some knowledge and good luck.

Fan Ning is familiar with Qishi Lane, and also finds it too difficult to find good things here. Most of the Taihu stones here are of medium and low quality, and even he doesn't like them, let alone the old man Zhou Lin.

There are very few high-grade ones, and even rarer high-quality ones. As for the best grades, like the thousand-hole stone last time, it is the best grade, which is really rare but hard to find.

Occasionally, one or two top-grade items will be quickly intercepted by big stores.

There are not many high-quality goods in large stores, mainly above-mentioned products. Although the quantity is quite large, the prices are frustrating.

Fan Ning can't afford it, and even if he can afford it, there is no profit at all.

After all, the big stores like Qishiguan have been in business for decades, and the source of goods and customers are controlled by them.

Fan Ning only has Zhou Lin as a high-end customer and has no source of goods, so he can only play as an amateur.

"Uncle Li, is there any good stuff in the bag?"

Fan Ning walked up to a fat black street vendor, grinning and flipping through his bag.

This black fat vendor is the one who received the top-quality Thousand Cave Stones last time. He is from Jiangdun, Guangfu Township. His name is Li Amao. He is a stone vendor. price difference.

Fan Ning told him that last time he sold the Taihu Stone for ten pennies, Li Amao was not angry at all. He bought the stone for fifty Wen and sold it to the scholar for two pennies, making forty times .

Fan Ning usually buys back money from scholars, and sells it for ten dollars, and it is normal to double it ten times.

If the stone is real, it is worth ten guan qian.

As for selling 200 taels of silver, that is beyond the imagination of low-level people like him.

The last time Fan Ning found a high-grade Lingbi stone from him and gave it to Zhu Pei, the stinky girl refused to recognize it and refused to return it to herself, which really annoyed Fan Ning.

Li Amao quickly covered his bag, "Go! Go! Go! I don't have any good things here. Last time I sold the Lingbi stone at a loss. You have to pay me another five hundred Wen."

Fan Ning, however, had quick eyesight and quick hands, and pulled out a round stone the size of a grapefruit.

"What kind of stone is this?"

Li Amao glanced at the stone, and said casually: "This! This is the Shoushan Stone, which is used for engraving seals. If you want it, I will sell it to you at a low price."

Fan Ning had an urge to beat up Li Amao severely. What he got in his hands was clearly a piece of top-quality Tian Huangshi, and he actually wanted to sell it to him at a lower price.

But this is not to blame Li Amao. Although Shoushan Stone was used as a carving material as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it did not become popular until the Yuan Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, there were not many people who liked it, and it was an unpopular collection stone.

Stone dealers like Li Amao at least know that it is called Shoushan Stone, while most people only use it to repair houses.

Zhou Lin is one of the few people who like Shoushan stone, and he also knows the ornamental value of Tianhuang stone. Fan Ning has seen a top-quality Tianhuang stone the size of a water tank in his warehouse.

"How much is this stone?"

Fan Ning didn't deliberately belittle Tian Huangshi in his hand, there was no need for it, since Li Amao said he would sell it cheaply, then its price would not exceed [-] Wen.

"We are old acquaintances, I don't want too much, you take the two hundred Wen."

This stone was collected by Li Amao with ten coins, and he put it on the stall because he thought it was in good condition.

But after three days, no one cared about it, and he took back the bag in the afternoon, only to be found by Fan Ning.

"It's too expensive. All my money is scraped from between my teeth. How dare you ask me for two hundred Wen?"

"Then how much do you give?"

"Up to twenty words!"

"Go! Go! Go! Play while you're at it."

Li Amao stretched out his hand to grab the stone, but Fan Ning refused to give it to him. He suddenly found a Taihu stone on the stand that looked very familiar, so he quickly snatched it.

"Uncle, is this Taihu Stone real?"

"What are you talking about, kid! Why isn't this stone real? Someone came to buy it from the Kistler Museum just now, so I won't sell it to them. If you want it, it can't be less than three pennies."

Fan Ning looked at this Taihu stone carefully, and immediately understood why it looked familiar to him. This stone looked like Fan Kuan's "Traveling in Streams and Mountains", and there was a white line in the middle, which was the thousand-foot waterfall!If a little moss is planted on top, it will be exactly the same.

It's a pity that this Li Amao is uneducated and has never read "Traveling in Mountains and Streams", otherwise he would make a small fortune. Of course, there were only a handful of people in the Song Dynasty who had the opportunity to read "Traveling in Mountains and Streams".

But even if there is no "Traveling in Streams and Mountains", just because of the majestic shape of this Taihu stone, it is still a top-grade Taihu stone.

At this time, Fan Ning saw from a distance that the shopkeeper Li of the Kistler Hall was hurrying towards this side, walking fast and hurriedly, as if a meat ball was rolling.

He immediately took out three one-two-weight silver nudes and threw them to Li Amao, and pointed to Tian Huangshi.

"Is this piece of Shoushan Stone the head?"

"Okay, I'll give it to you!"

"Uncle, I'm in a hurry to urinate, let's go first."

Fan Ning quickly put the two stones into the cloth bag, turned around and ran away.

"This brat is rich!"

Li Amao squeezed three liang of silver, and put it in his arms with a smile on his face.

At this time, the storekeeper Li of the Kistler Museum hurried over with the waiter.

"Shopkeeper, this is it!"

Shopkeeper Li looked around the stall, but he didn't see the high-grade Taihu stone that the waiter said.

"Where is the stone?"

The buddy was also stunned, he was still here just now!

"Old Li, where's that rock just now?"

"What rocks? I'm full of rocks here."

The clerk hesitated for a long while and said, "That's the one I said was a little... a little flawed."

"sold!"

Li Amao gave him a cold look, "Since your old man said it was flawed, I'll sell it cheap!"

Shopkeeper Li was dumbfounded when he heard this, and suddenly he turned around and slapped the guy hard.

"You're an idiot who's done more than failed!"

The clerk held his head and said aggrievedly: "You taught us what to say! If there are flaws, we can buy them at a lower price."

Shopkeeper Li wished he could drag this idiot back and beat him up, but now he cared more about that piece of Taihu Stone, which was as majestic as Mount Tai, and it would definitely sell for fifty guan at a high price!

He asked with a smile on his face: "Old Li, we are also from the same family, and we can't write two characters of Li in one stroke. Can you tell me, who did you sell that stone to?"

Shopkeeper Li hoped that the buyer would buy it back by himself without knowing the product.

Li Amao didn't dare to offend the Kistler Hall too much, so he said: "My friend, I said that the stone is flawed, which made me feel disheartened. Just when Fan Xiaoguan came over, he took a fancy to the stone, so I sold it to him at a low price. .”

Shopkeeper Li stomped his feet angrily, "Why is that brat again!"

(End of this chapter)