Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 87 Zhu Mansion Birthday ([-])

What Zhu Yuanfeng wanted was not only the formula, but also the exclusive formula. He looked at Zhu Pei, then at Fan Ning, and sighed in his heart.

He pondered for a long time, and finally said slowly: "I will give you two things, one is the store you want, and the other is the commission for this bottle of wine. For every bottle of wine made with your wine-making technology, I will give you a Half of your price increase."

How to understand this sentence?That is, the original wine was twenty cents a bottle. After using Fanning's purification technology, the price of the wine can be increased. For example, if it becomes a hundred cents a bottle, the price increase will be eighty cents.

The semi-achievement of the price increase is 5.00%, and Fanning can get four pennies for selling a bottle of wine.

The commission of 5.00% is not low. Considering the cost and the big money taken away by the court and the government, Zhu Yuanfeng is still very sincere.

Fan Ning said with a smile: "The old man is worried that I will become the favorite of all wine merchants!"

Zhu Yuanfeng stroked his beard and smiled, "Of course!"

In fact, Fan Ning didn't want his commission, he just got the shop, and he knew very well that this distillation technique was relatively simple, and it wouldn't last long as a secret, and it would soon spread.

There's no point in taking a commission.

However, in order to eliminate Zhu Yuanfeng's concerns, Fan Ning decided to agree.

"Okay! Since the old man is so sincere, I will not be disrespectful. I can promise not to leak the technology."

Zhu Yuanfeng hesitated for a moment, a promise is not enough, a non-disclosure agreement has to be signed.

At this time, Zhu Pei suddenly said: "Grandpa, I can be a guarantor for Fan Ning!"

Zhu Yuanfeng suddenly burst out laughing, "Forget it! Forget it! What do I care about with you kids, Brother Fan, I accept your promise, we will settle this matter!"

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After reaching an agreement, Zhu Yuanfeng was of course eager to cash it out immediately, but today is his brother's birthday after all, so he made an appointment with Fan Ning to deal at night.

Zhu Yuanfeng returned to the front hall to greet the guests.

"Dumb, are you really going to do the stone business?" Jupe asked after a moment of thought.

Fan Ning sighed, "You can't understand the hardships of the low-level people. I am not in charge of the stone business, but I want to find a way for my second uncle to make a living. His store is about to go bankrupt, and he still has to support his two sons. To support the family, I have to help him."

"But that store is still yours, isn't it?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "I want to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination, so I have to save some money!"

Jupe was angry and funny, "You glib guy, I'm telling you something serious!"

"You say, I listen!"

Jupe was sitting on a large chair, a pair of light green embroidered shoes were shaking slightly, she seemed to be thinking about something.

For a moment, she raised her eyebrows, and a smile appeared in her beautiful eyes, "I have decided to invest 3000 taels of silver in your store."

Fan Ning was taken aback immediately, he also planned to sell the Xishan Traveling Stone for 500 taels of silver as the capital for opening the shop!
But Zhu Pei actually wanted to invest money in his own store, and Fan Ning immediately beamed with joy, "Are you serious?"

"Do you think I'm joking?"

Zhu Pei said with a serious face: "First, if you invest 3000 taels of silver, I want [-]% of the store; second, you must reimburse me every month; third, your shares are not allowed to be transferred For others, I must agree."

Fan Ning scratched his head. The first condition was not too harsh. The 3000 taels only accounted for [-]% of the shares. In fact, he still took advantage of it. He could accept the third condition, anyway, he would not easily transfer the shares.

But the second condition made him feel difficult. He had to pay her every month, and he had to go to school. How could he have time?
Zhu Pei seemed to know Fan Ning's embarrassment, she said lightly: "I didn't say that you must pay the account in person, and you can also pay the account by letter."

This is a good idea, and Fan Ning readily agreed, "Then we'll make a deal!"

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Jupe's investment intention disrupted Fanning's carefully planned plan. Of course, it is a good thing that Jupe invested in Kistler Museum.

Almost all the rich and powerful families in the Jiangnan area came to Zhu Yuanfu's birthday. Once the shop of the little lady of the Zhu family opens, will they not give the Zhu family face when they come to Mudu Town to buy stones?

Fan Ning stood in front of the waterside pavilion and pondered. Before he knew it, his eyes fell on the hill. Zhu Pei’s younger brother Zhu Zhe was still sitting in the pavilion, like an old monk who had not gotten up for a long time. Could it be that he all like this?

At this time, a middle-aged woman stepped forward and said something to Zhu Zhe, but Zhu Zhe got up and went with her, which made Fan Ning a little strange, who is this woman?

Although she was wearing a good beige, her temperament was very ordinary. She should not be Zhu Pei's mother, but a wet nurse.

As soon as he thought about it, Fan Ning immediately realized that this woman should be the servant who was responsible for taking care of Zhu Zhe, so Zhu Zhe listened to her and followed her away.

The door behind him opened, and Zhu Pei walked in with two scrolls, "Dumb, get ready! The stone fight is about to start."

Fan Ning's spirit lifted, this was his real purpose of coming to Zhu's mansion today, he saw that the scroll in Zhu Pei's hand looked like a painting scroll, so he asked curiously: "What painting is in your hand?"

Zhu Pei smiled mysteriously, "Of course it is prepared for Doushi. Doushi is not as simple as you think. It is difficult to win by lip service. You have to be prepared."

As she said that, she carefully spread out a painting on the table. In the painting was a delicate and colorful dancing girl, dancing gracefully and very vividly, leaping above the painting, just like flying in Dunhuang. Fan Ning's eyes widened Oh, isn't this my Jinniang's dancing clothes stone?
The skirt flutters, and the charm of the dancing goddess in the painting is very similar.

Fan Ning really admired this little girl for being able to find allusions.

Fan Ning looked at the inscription again, and it turned out to be a painting by Lu Tanwei, called "Dancing Girls in the Southern Dynasties". Of course, Fan Ning knew that Lu Tanwei was a famous painter in Suzhou during the Southern Dynasties.

Zhang Yanyuan's "Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties" included many of his works, and this "Dancing Girl in the Southern Dynasties" is one of them.

"Is this the original?" Fanning asked in surprise.

"It's a facsimile, but the original is also in the hands of my grandfather."

Zhu Pei said triumphantly: "My grandfather bought it from Lu Tanwei's descendants at a cost of [-] yuan."

Fan Ning immediately became excited, "With this painting, Jinniang's dancing clothes stone has also become a top-quality Taihu stone, so I simply changed its name to the Southern Dynasties Dancing Girl Stone."

"Country girl, don't get excited, look at this picture again!"

Zhu Pei smiled and slowly unfolded another painting. Fan Ning sighed, and it was exactly what he thought. It was Fan Kuan's Traveling in Mountains and Streams, and of course it was also a copy.

But with these two paintings, his two Taihu stones can stand out among the fighting stones.

Just like an old alms bowl that was abandoned on the side of the road, if it is an alms bowl used by a master monk, it will immediately gain a soul and become a display in the cabinet.

The same is true for the Taihu stone. If there is no Fan Kuan's travel map of mountains and rivers, Fan Ning's stone is just a top-grade Taihu stone.

But it is the map of traveling in mountains and rivers that endows Taihu stone with a soul, giving it an aristocratic temperament, and its worth doubles suddenly.

However, in comparison, Shi, a dancer from the Southern Dynasties, is still a little inferior. After all, Fan Kuan's status in the Song Dynasty is extraordinary.

"With these two paintings, our Doushi today will not be left behind."

Zhu Pei rolled up the picture scroll and said with a smile: "Doushi probably has already started, let's go!"

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Fighting stones in the Song Dynasty, like fighting tea, fighting paintings, and fighting poems, is a favorite activity of literati, but the threshold for fighting stones is slightly higher, unlike tea fighting, which is less expensive and easy to popularize.

Doushi is often popular among high-end literati, but it is also more popular among wealthy businessmen who are elegant.

A famous stone can not only show one's sentimentality and satisfy one's desire to show off, but also the stone itself has collection value and the potential for appreciation, which is in line with the values ​​of wealthy businessmen.

No matter whether it is fighting tea or fighting stones, they all pay attention to circles, like like birds flock together, and people are divided into groups. Fan Tongzhong, Fan Ning's fourth uncle, often fights tea with a group of low-ranking talents. This is their circle. Maybe fight tea with Xuezheng.

The same is true for the Doushi circle. There are many stone and stone circles in Pingjiang Mansion. Most of the circles are ordinary literati who are only willing to spend a few hundred or a few pennies to buy stones. They are the main customers of Qishi Lane.

However, there are still two high-end fighting stone circles in Pingjiang Mansion. Each of these two circles has about 40 to [-] people. There are literati and businessmen.

For example, Xu Ji's grandfather, Xu Zhong, was a member of one of the circles, so the Kistler Museum he opened has high-end customers who are willing to pay collection prices for famous stones.

As the richest man in Pingjiang Mansion, Zhu Yuanfu is also fond of collecting strange stones. His love for strange stones is no less than Zhou Lin, a stone idiot. Top-grade Taihu stones can be seen everywhere in his mansion, which is not only a kind of decoration, but also shows his wealth and taste .

Today is Zhu Yuanfu's [-]th birthday, and his friends came from all over to celebrate his birthday. Since they get together, fighting stones is an indispensable entertainment for them.

Doushi is held in Pinshixuan, which is actually a big white jade pavilion. The whole pavilion is made of five complete pieces of white jade and stands on the water. It looks like a fairyland jade pavilion from a distance, very spectacular.

When Fan Ning and Zhu Pei came over, it was still a little early, and there were only about twenty people in the pavilion.

"Fan Ning!" Fan Ning had just entered the pavilion when he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

(End of this chapter)