late Qing Dynasty arrest

Zhenbaoxuan is located on the west side of the imperial city, in Guaibang Hutong, two streets away from Prince Kang's Mansion. This is the residence of the royal family and nobles, and it is very convenient for people from the House of Internal Affairs to go out and search for treasures.Zhenbaoxuan occupies the largest area in the Antique Street, with a full acre of land, and the two-story building is decorated in a simple and elegant way.

Wei Xiaoqi was holding a cloth bag, which was unsealed at both ends. He and a guest put one hand into the cloth bag, and the two talked with their fingers in the cloth bag. At what price was the antique sold.Laymen only know that antiques are valuable, and the longer they are kept, the more valuable they become. But it is not so easy to turn antiques into money.It is impossible for outsiders to figure out the way of making antiques without a master leading them in.

Zheng Yuanchang, in his 40s, lean and thin, with piercing eyes and a cane in his hand, limped into the Maosheng hall, followed by a tall attendant.Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu stepped forward to greet them, and Wei Xiaoliu introduced them with a smile on his face.

Watching tea and sitting down, Xie Xiuzhu did not take out the banknotes and just kept Zheng Yuan's appetite like this. When someone asked her for the balance, Xie Xiuzhu said that she was not in a hurry, and she had to ask Boss Zheng for many things.Li Guolou picked up the topic and played Tai Chi with Zheng Yuanchang.Li Guolou asked Zheng Yuanchang how the medicinal material business was doing?Zheng Yuan smiled and said that it has long been a thing of the past. He has not been in the business of medicinal materials for many years, and now he only does business in jade.

Li Guolou also said that business is better in the south. I wonder if Boss Zheng will focus his business on the south in the future?Zheng Yuanchang said that he earned 1 taels of silver here, and the money came so easily that he was reluctant to leave.He still wants to make his home in the capital, and it is likely that he will live next to Li Guolou.

Li Guolou went on to talk about his righteousness, not blocking both ends of the street, and leaving a way for people to go out. This kind of thing of frying beans and Osmunda is a joke, people in the Jianghu should know his good intentions.

Zheng Yuanchang sighed and said, "Hey, it's my fault that I didn't visit Chief Li sooner. I just thought that Second Mistress is inconvenient now, so I dare not come to disturb you easily. It's my fault for not being considerate. During the Spring Festival, I will definitely visit Second Grandma's house." Visiting. I will entrust the two of you to take care of business matters in the future." After speaking, Zheng Yuanchang gave Li Guolou a fist-fighting salute.

Li Guolou, Xie Xiuzhu exchanged a few words with Zheng Yuanchang, Xie Xiuzhu finally took out the silver ticket with a gift box under it, and said: "Thanks to Boss Zheng, I got a good piece of jade this time. I really feel ashamed to ask Boss Zheng to make another trip. Please accept this gift. In the future, if you have good jade, you can send it here, and the business is better as a regular customer."

Mr. Zheng Yuan took the banknote and looked at it carefully, then weighed the weight of the box of velvet antler, and said with a casual smile: "Mr. Li and Second Mistress are too polite, I don't know what to say. If you can meet businessmen like Chief Li and Second Mistress, you will be friends for a lifetime. Don’t worry, I will live in the capital for a long time, and there are plenty of opportunities for everyone to get along. I will be the host someday, and I invite the two of you to honor me."

It was inconvenient for Xie Xiuzhu to go out with the guests, so Li Guolou and Wei Xiaoliu personally sent Zheng Yuanchang to the carriage, and saw Zheng Yuanchang stepping into the carriage without any effort, his body was as light as a swallow, like a swallow in the clouds.

Li Guolou exclaimed: "Boss Zheng, you haven't lost your skills, and you still have the style of the past. I'm still too young. It's a pity that I didn't see Boss Zheng when he was young."

Zheng Yuanchang lowered his head slightly and said: "Mr. Li, I brought up a few of my entourages. I have a chance to let them practice for you. I have no chance to reproduce the demeanor of the past. I have disturbed Mr. Li. Another day See you later."

Li Guolou watched the carriage go away, then turned his head and asked, "Little Six, is that hole still there? I want to go and see."

Wei Xiaoliu smirked and said, "Godfather, why is he still here? He sent people to block him overnight, but I drew a picture, do you want to see it?"

Li Guolou felt a little regretful that the first-hand information was lost like this, and sighed: "Little six, just give it to me, it's better than nothing."

Back in the living room, the people at Zhenbaoxuan started talking about it, as if they had won a battle, and they were all warriors on the front line.Xie Xiuzhu praised them and promised to give the guys double rewards at the end of the year.

Wei Xiaoliu asked worriedly: "Godfather, will the thieves still plan on Zhenbaoxuan?"

Li Guolou shook his head and said: "This group of people won't do it anymore, maybe they will really ask me for help to get their accomplice out of prison. But you should be careful, there are good and bad people in the capital, I don't want to lose face Not everyone will give it."

Wei Xiaoliu said: "Godfather saved our Zhenbaoxuan twice, we will definitely do a good job in Zhenbaoxuan's business, and we will live up to the kindness of our godfather and Second Mistress."

The six guys started to circle around Li Guolou. Anyone who opened the door couldn't speak auspicious words, and Li Guolou's head grew dizzy.In addition to the double reward at the end of the year, these bastards also want Li Guolou to reward him again.

Li Guolou also met Cao Keliao, the living painter of "Zhao Mengfu, the great painter of the Yuan Dynasty", who has white hair and head, and is in his dying years.This is the treasure of Zhenbaoxuan's town store, helping Zhenbaoxuan earn enough money, but he is still unknown.

Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu asked Cao Keliao about his health and wellbeing. People like the painter Cao Keliao could no longer use money to impress him. They should play the emotional card and care about the living conditions of the elderly. Of course the painter Cao Keliao is very rich. Need Li Guolou's care.During the Spring Festival, Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu bothered Cao Keliao and went to his house for dinner.

Li Guolou was very curious and asked: "Master Cao, I'm curious, how many paintings of Zhao Mengfu do you have in your family?" He thought in his heart that at least a hundred calligraphy and paintings are indispensable, and they will be left for future generations to enjoy.

Cao Keliao laughed, and said: "I don't keep one picture, my family doesn't know that I do this, my own name is also worth 30 taels of silver, and I will also be a great painter in the future. I know that I have done this kind of thing. Young people, people value reputation the most when they are old, and other things don’t matter. The cooperation between me and the Wei family has already produced feelings. It’s like the second grandma going to bed.”

Cao Keliao winked, seeing that he was a slut when he was young.

Xie Xiuzhu acted like a child in front of Cao Keliao, making coquettish voices, and beat Cao Keliao a few times, acting coquettishly, making the old man feel like he was playing with his children and grandchildren at home.

Li Guolou pretended to be sincere, and said: "The student has not been involved in many things when he first entered the rivers and lakes. Although the second grandmother thinks highly of me, she is often dumped by women. The student still wants to ask Master Cao how to win the hearts of girls?"

Cao Keliao laughed loudly and said, "Xiao Lou, you should be happy to be dumped by the girl's family. In another 20 years, you will regret why you raised such an ugly foreign girl, and you can't get rid of it even if you want to. So she can die early, and you can spare a room."

Li Guolou said anxiously: "Master Cao, don't you want me to die if you say this? Foreign girls can understand Chinese, you killed me."

Yelia; Wood was so angry that her breasts fluctuated, and she stood up from the ground and said, "You two bastards, I ignore you." After speaking, Yelia ran out to vent her shopping desire, and took the antiques she liked back home before talking. The matter of money caused Li Guolou a headache. Of course, he did not forget to take a calligraphy and painting by Zhao Mengfu and two landscape paintings by Cao Keliao.

Wei Xiaoliu said to Li Guolou, "Godfather, second grandma, this time we have become famous in Guaibang Hutong, and the neighbors in the neighborhood are talking about that cave. The two families next to us have always said bad things about us in the past, and now they come to apologize in person. Yes, next year our business will definitely be even better.”

Li Guolou smiled slightly, and said: "Little Six's business here will double next year. During the Spring Festival, you and Little Seven will spend time in Baozhi's room. Then there will be many rich people in Baozhi's room. As long as they move their little fingers, you will be happy." No need to wipe the dust every day."

That is to say, the overstocked inventory of Zhenbaoxuan can be sold, and the rich are even easier to fool. Antiques can only become valuable if they are placed in the rich man's home.

Everyone was still laughing, Li Guolou said anxiously: "Little six, you go to print the bronzing business cards of Westerners, and then take photos of antiques and make them into exquisite picture albums. Let those idiots order directly, and I will press them directly. In the urn, I have lived until now, and no one has given me face."

Wei Xiaoliu was shocked and said, "Godfather can buy antiques like this, it doesn't seem to be in compliance with the rules."

Li Guolou laughed wildly and said, "Little Six, now is the age of change. Any rules can be re-made. I am the rules. From now on, I will make the rules of the game. People outside can only drink my footwashing water, wait I've made money, and people outside can't match it."

Seeing Li Guolou's self-satisfied appearance, everyone became excited and looked at Li Guolou with admiration. This is their backbone, and with him as a strategic mentor, there will be no disadvantages.And they are the beginning of a new era, and they will also enter the highest peak of life.

Yelia said: "Mike, you're just borrowing ideas and plagiarizing our Western ideas. You are the worst kind of person. You have never had copyright awareness. We Westerners have to pay first for everything we do. You Easterners You are too thick-skinned and say that we Westerners copy you Easterners, who is copying whom now?"

Xie Xiuzhu sighed: "Yelia, I admired Xiaolou at first, one good idea after another, now I know, none of them are his own, they are all plagiarized. He can only deceive us Ordinary people, no matter how great their skills are, they will be gone."

Li Guolou waved his hands and warned: "You are all wrong, this is called reform! It has become the rule of our Qing Empire. We can't talk about reform now, because we will be bound by the family law of our ancestors, and the court will not agree to it." .What we are doing now is a sneaky thing. We can’t publicize it. We can only do it first and slowly affect the people around us. Others will follow suit when they think it’s good. So we are reformers, and we don’t learn Western culture outright. , that is a matter of getting caught. When we succeed, we will be rich and powerful, and we will have the right to speak. At that time, I will announce loudly that I am a reformer who is not afraid of being divided like Shang Yang. A precedent in history, bringing the Qing Empire into a prosperous and prosperous tomorrow."

Vomiting sounded all around, Cao Keliao was holding a tall spittoon, he exhaled heavily, and managed to spit out a mouthful of thick and thick phlegm, almost suffocating one of the most famous "ancient Chinese painters".