Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 91, Appraisal Conference and Gemologists

After the Confucian meeting, the paper began to be officially sold on the second day. To Ziyou’s expectation, the paper was completely scrambled in just an hour. It exceeded Ziyou's expectation, so there were still some people who didn't get the paper and were still waiting at the door of the store, wanting to know when the next sale of paper would be.

At this time, Zheri had been waiting for him for a long time, and when he saw Ziyou arrived, Zheri saluted and said

"Sir, enough paper has been made."

"Since this is the case, let people list it on the shop. The sale will start tomorrow. You send someone to escort one horse to Xianyang. It will be divided into three parts, one for Wen Xinhou, one for the king, and one for Shangqing Yao Jia." Ziyou said that letters from Lu Buwei, Ying Zheng and Yao Jia arrived one after another yesterday.

Lu Buwei asked Ziyou if he could borrow Ziyou's story and wanted some high-quality paper. At the same time, he sent five Ye Mingzhu as a deposit. Ziyou also knew that Lu Buwei was writing a book and said that paper was indispensable, and so did Ziyou. agree to come down.

Ying Zheng talked about some recent major events in the court. Among them, Lai Ai Qishi had some friction with Lu Buwei recently, and Qin Mo wanted to visit Ziyou, and he had already sent someone on the way. Finally, he wanted to represent Qin Guo. They wanted to buy some paper, and Yao Jia wanted to buy some paper on behalf of the Confucianism in Qin State.

Ziyou didn't expect that Lao Ai would find trouble with Lu Buwei now. If Lu Buwei wasn't for the old friendship and Zhao Ji's identity, Lai Ai would not know how to die now.

"It's sir." Jie Ri followed Zi You's order and left.

At this moment, Xuenv, Concubine Yan and Jingxi are looking at the night pearl sent by Lu Buwei. Women are naturally interested in some shiny things. What a treat.

"Wen Xinhou is indeed a well-known giant merchant in the Seven Kingdoms. Ye Mingzhus of this quality are rare, but this is five." Concubine Yan said while fondling a Ye Mingzhu.

"It's really rare, but Wen Xinhou also exchanged some papers and the story of Zi Gong's redemption from the husband, no matter how you look at it, he is not at a loss." Xue Nu said.

In these days, apart from practicing martial arts with Concubine Yan and Jingxiu, she spends most of her time reading books. Anyway, there is a Confucian stronghold like Xiaoshengxianzhuang, where she borrows books that ordinary people only want to read once. watch.

As she read more, Xuenv's vision and pattern were opened up, and she naturally knew the content of the stories Ziyou told.

The startled salamander didn't speak but took away the night pearl that Ji Yan was gnawing on. After the startled salamander took it away, Ji Yan screamed angrily. Seeing this scene, Xue Nu and Concubine Yan also lowered their heads and hugged Ji Yan. , grabbing Ji Yan's soft face with a maternal smile.

"If you like it, you can take it away. It's useless for me to keep it." Ziyou yawned and said, he really doesn't need Ye Mingzhu, and he doesn't dislike it. In his opinion, it is no different from the light bulbs of later generations. Only worth more.

Just when Ziyou was about to go back to his study to continue writing, Xuenv suddenly said
"Sir, someone sent a letter this morning, saying that it was sent by the farmer, and that it was the Qianlongtang's Treasure Appreciation Conference. I hope you can participate."

"Show me the invitation, the treasure appraising meeting in Qianlongtang? Interesting." Ziyou said while rubbing his chin.

In addition to the six halls, the farmhouse also owns two properties, Qianlongtang and Zuimenglou. One of these two properties is a treasure exchange and the other is a brothel. Two branches, one in Sinjeong, South Korea, and the other in Songhai.

Qianlongtang will hold an Yibao conference every month on two days of "Suo and Wang", and issue invitations to the proposed guests. Even if the number of participants is full this time, it will be arranged for the next time. Anyone with strength and status, Qianlongtang will not refuse.

And the dignitaries have searched the world for rare and precious treasures, and they are not satisfied. They always feel that what others have in their hands looks better, and naturally they also cater to this transaction.

Here, beauty and rare treasures are all goods. As long as they can get it and someone wants it, they can exchange it. Qianlongtang is only responsible for hosting the Yibao conference and escorting the safety of these guests. The specific transaction matters are up to the guests themselves. After negotiating with each other, Qianlongtang will charge a large commission to both parties after the transaction is successful, which is also its way of survival.

Today is the day of the new moon (the first day of the lunar calendar).

Xuenv gave the invitation to Ziyou, Ziyou glanced at the invitation and said

"I won't be coming back tonight, I'm going to see the treasure appraising meeting in Qianlongtang."

Outside the city of Sanghai, Ziyou rode his horse to a mansion that looked dignified and simple, and then stopped. There was a plaque hanging directly above the house, with the words "Qianlongtang" written in gold on the ink background. When he walked to the inner house, a A sharp-edged building appeared in front of him.

At this time, a man with a duck egg face, a goatee and a mustache, white in the middle and black hair on both sides is waiting for Ziyou with a smile.He was wearing a costume from the Qianlongtang period, with the collar of his vest stretched out to both sides. The outside of the inner jacket was a green auspicious cloud pattern, and the middle of the inner jacket was a pattern of a whole black dragon on a golden background.

Looking at this man, Ziyou had a slight impression, this man was Situ Wanli from the peasant family, who would be the hall master of Siyue Hall in the future, but now he is only the deputy hall master of Qianlong Hall's stronghold of Qi State.

"Mr. Ziyou is welcome to come to Qianlongtang. It really makes our small place flourish. I don't know if I will disturb Mr. to write a book." Situ Wanli said with a smile on his face, "I am from Qianlongtang. Vice Hall Master, Situ Wanli."

"Vice Hall Master Situ, I don't dare to disturb you, but it's my first time in Qianlong Hall. I don't know the specific rules. Please forgive me if I offend you."

"Don't dare, it's the greatest honor for us at Qianlongtang to be here, sir. I wonder what treasures sir brought today?" Situ Wanli asked, looking at the concealed things in Ziyou's hand.

"Of course it's the treasure this time." Ziyou smiled, but didn't intend to open it.

"Sir, what you brought must be a treasure, sir, please give it to the maid." Situ Wanli said.

A maid with excellent looks stepped forward, carrying a tray in her hand. After Ziyou gave the things to the maid, Situ Wanli led him to a small vermilion door. The light, the pipa is half covered.

"Sir, please come inside. This is the Treasure Appraisal Conference. We will divide the venues according to the identities of the visitors and the treasures in their hands. This is the No. After it's over, if a customer doesn't get what they want, they can entrust their treasures with us, display them outside, and then choose what they want." Situ Wanli explained.

Ziyou nodded, and looked to the side first. There are indeed many small doors like this. Every guest who comes will keep a little bit of mystery. Most of them may not know who is participating until they are inside.

Seemingly interesting, Ziyou retracted his gaze with interest, walked towards the door, bypassed the screen, and his vision suddenly widened.

The screen is the back, and in the center is the sitting and lying down, the desk table, and the hanging purple yarn is combed on both sides to form a small compartment.

After Ziyou sat down casually, the maid covered the "treasure" he brought with a brocade handkerchief, and walked towards the center of the hall gracefully.

This is a peculiar hall designed with the heavenly stems and earthly branches. There is a six-sided table in the middle, and five brocade handkerchiefs are placed on it, echoing each compartment. The meaning of the dragon looks more gorgeous under the illumination of the mercury lamp on the top.

Looking left and right, the rest of the cubicles were already filled with people, but these people still had many acquaintances of Ziyou, including the six-fingered black hero of the Mo family and Jing Ke. Jing Ke greeted Ziyou with a smile and raised his hand. In order to raise the wine glass in his hand, Ziyou also raised the wine glass in response. On the right side of Ziyou is a person wearing a black cloak, making it difficult to see his face clearly. There is also a gray-haired old man, and two middle-aged people.

After a few seconds, a clear bell rang, attracting the attention of Ziyou and the others.

Standing in the center of the hall, Situ Wanli raised his hands and cupped his fists with a smile on his face, and said loudly, "Welcome everyone to the Yibao Conference in Qianlongtang. I am deeply honored."

With the end of some polite words, Situ Wanli began to introduce the treasure that the six-fingered black man brought was a famous sword. It was Ling Xu, one of the top ten famous swords on the wind beard list. It is not suitable for Ling Xu. After getting this sword, Heixia Six Fingers is going to exchange it.

The person with the cloak next to Ziyou brought two blood-red agate stones, which were intact and extremely rare, and the white-haired old man brought a meteorite, a meteorite that could be used to make famous swords. The old man also explained In his own identity, he is the head of the Kanyu family, and he wants to exchange this meteorite for money.

The Kanyu family is a small sect of hundreds of families, and there are not many people. They sound like the yin and yang gentlemen who look at the feng shui and dragon veins in later generations, but in fact they don't understand these things. They are best at geological exploration and planning projects. For example, road construction, canal opening, mineral exploration, etc. are all what they are good at, but because these things are not valued by people, and because these things in this era are also called corvee, so people who study are not Not many, only two or three people in each generation.

One of the middle-aged people is the steward of the Zhang family in South Korea, that is, the Zhang family of Han Xiang for generations, that is, Zhang Liang's family, but now Zhang Liang is still a child, and they also brought a famous sword, fish intestines, The other middle-aged man brought a copper bell made of suet jade, which has something to sleep with. Soon it was time to introduce Ziyou, Situ Wanli stopped and said

"Mr. Ziyou was specially invited by us, so we didn't check his treasure, but I believe that according to Mr. Ziyou's reputation, this treasure must be a lot of money. Now everyone can exchange it by themselves."

Everyone looked at the tightly wrapped package. They were very curious about the contents, but they didn't go back to change it, because it wasn't worth it. Six Fingers Heixia changed Ziyou's things out of curiosity, and Jing Ke reminded him.

Soon everyone began to exchange treasures. The head of the Kanyu family was looking forward to the people around him, but none of the people around wanted to exchange that piece of meteorite. If there are people here who are proficient in sword refining, they will definitely choose that piece. Meteorites, but those here obviously don’t have any. The six-fingered black man and the steward of the Zhang family knew that what they wanted was the sword in each other’s hands, so the exchange was quickly completed. As for the man in the cloak and another middle-aged man After the exchange, only Ziyou and the old man were left.

Ziyou didn't take the initiative to exchange things. After the exchange was over, the head of the Kanyu family was full of disappointment. The great people appreciate them, their life has been very difficult, and now the geologists will have no money to support their research, so the old man came out and wanted to exchange things with meteorites, but he returned disappointed again.

Just when the old man was about to leave, Situ Wanli stopped the old man
"Patriarch Luo, Mr. Ziyou would like to invite you to have a talk."

"Invite me?" Luo Zhan was a little surprised. He had heard a lot about Ziyou in the past few days since he came out. , and Ziyou, as the hottest figure in the Seven Kingdoms now, he is an old man half body buried in the earth and still working in corvee.

"Mr. Ziyou invented paper, and he earns more money in one day than I do in Qianlongtang in a month, which is more than enough to support a geomancer." Situ Wanli said, as a gambler, what he is best at is trying to figure out other people's psychology The character Ziyou suddenly invited Luo Zhan, a small school like Luo Zhan, who even the peasants don't like, there must be something wrong, no matter what, let's facilitate this meeting first, and get acquainted in front of Ziyou.

After thinking for a while, Luo Zhan agreed to Ziyou's invitation, and followed Situ Wanli to a soundproof box.

Seeing Luo Zhan's arrival, Ziyou immediately got up to greet him. Luo Zhan was also surprised by Ziyou's courtesy. Seeing this scene, Situ Wanli quietly exited the box and closed the door. In the room, Luo Zhan looked at Ziyou who was drinking tea. asked directly
"I don't know what you are looking for?"

Although Luo Zhan is over half a hundred years old, his thoughts are not so serious. They are a group of very simple people who survey geography, summarize what they know, and make some money when they have no money. Accept apprentices.

"Old Mr. Luo, I know the predicament of the Kanyu family, and I am willing to help the Kanyu family, and even help the Kanyu family to expand their influence, and even let the Kanyu family no longer have to worry about money and the future." Ziyou said.

Although Kanyu School is not valued nowadays, Ziyou knows how important this school is. In future generations, their proper civil engineering experts are still very capable. Luo Zhan looks not young, looks like It was just a push away, but Ziyou could clearly feel that the strength of the old man might not be weaker than that of Xunzi.

A person who spends every day prospecting in the field is still so old, if he had no strength, he would have already fed the beasts.

"What do you need me to do?" Luo Zhan thought for a while and said cruelly. He knew that this was an opportunity for the Kanyu family. Even if they couldn't become what Ziyou said, as long as they had a relationship with Confucianism, the situation of their Kanyu family would not be like this Poor, at least I won't worry about food and clothing anymore.

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