Mingshi

Chapter 26 Financial Resources
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"Can you draw the Chinese zodiac?"

"meeting!"

"Then draw the head of the zodiac first."

Lu Tingjiang took out a piece of paper and spread it on the desk, but Luo Xin looked at Steward Lu.Butler Lu smiled and said:
"Brother Xin needs charcoal to paint!"

He went out to give some orders, and after a while, a young servant came in with a pot of charcoal.There are two little tails behind him, one is the slightly smaller Dai'er, and the other is the slightly larger Juan'er.

"Brother Luo!" Dai'er greeted Luo Xin very politely, but Juan'er raised her chin and put on a haughty look.

"Hello, Miss Dai'er!" Luo Xin showed a bright smile to Dai'er, ignoring Juan'er at the side.A trace of anger flashed in Juan'er's eyes.It's just that in Lu Tingfang's study, he didn't dare to make a sound.

"Why is Dai'er here?" A loving smile appeared on Lu Tingfang's face. He has three sons and a daughter. Dai'er was his daughter in his later years, and he loves her so much.

"I heard that Luo's elder brother came to paint again, so I wanted to come and have a look." Dai'er lowered her eyebrows, pointing her fingers with her two small hands in front of her, as if she had made a mistake.

Lu Tingfang laughed dumbly and said, "Just watch it if you want."

"Daddy is the best!" Dai'er immediately jumped up, looked at Luo Xin and asked, "Brother Luo, what are you going to draw today?"

At this time, Luo Xin was squatting down and picked out a charcoal stick, thinking while grinding it on the ground.

The head of the zodiac is the rat. What kind of rat can be drawn to be different from this era?Make the eyes of people of this era brighten?
Cute animal images appeared in Luo Xin's mind, and the image of Mickey Mouse flashed vividly before his eyes.

"That's it!"

Seeing Luo Xin's thoughtful look, Lu Tingjiang said, "Brother Xin is drawing a mouse today."

"Ah!" Dai'er opened her eyes wide, covering her mouth with a chubby little hand, with a look of fear in her eyes.Juan'er on the side showed a trace of disgust in her eyes, and secretly said in her heart:

"It's really someone who draws something."

Luo made a decision in his heart. At this time, he had already ground the charcoal stick. When he came to the desk, his hands were like the wind. In a few breaths, a cute Mickey Mouse appeared on the paper.

"Wow..." Dai'er lying on the desk all of a sudden, opened her eyes wide and exclaimed, "It's so cute!"

Juan'er looked back from Mickey Mouse, and glanced at Luo Xin who was washing his hands in a corner of the room after throwing the charcoal stick into the basin, and a complicated look flashed across her eyes.

"How can this kid draw dirty mice so cute?"

At this time, Lu Tingjiang's eyes were also shining, and Lu Tingfang's eyes also showed a trace of surprise.He is also a person who has read poetry and books and has a certain understanding of painting, but he has never seen such a style of painting.

"A mouse...can be drawn so...cutely..."

Lu Tingfang thought for a long time, but finally couldn't think of a suitable word to describe the Mickey Mouse in front of her, and finally used Daier's comments.

Lu Tingjiang suddenly turned his head, looked at Luo Xin as if he saw a golden mountain, and said with a bright smile on his face:

"Brother Xin, draw again, draw a cow!"

At this time Luo Xin had already washed his hands, and he shook his head lightly upon hearing this.Lu Tingjiang's expression was stagnant, and then he pointed to the painting on the desk and said:
"I bought this painting for ten taels of silver. If you continue to paint, I will continue to buy."

Luo Xin looked calm, but his heart skipped a beat.Seeing that Lu Tingjiang is so eager to buy his paintings, if it was just a guess just now, now he is sure that his paintings have an extremely important role for Lu Tingjiang.Although he couldn't figure out what Lu Tingjiang was doing when he bought his paintings, he only needed to know that his paintings were very important to Lu Tingjiang.

"Second Master, this painting is for you."

Lu Tingjiang's expression changed again, Luo Xin closed his mouth after saying this, and the meaning was very obvious, that is, Luo Xin would not paint again.Originally, Lu Tingjiang bullied Luo Xin, who was just a child, thinking that offering a painting price of ten taels of silver would make Luo Xin dizzy, and then painted all the paintings he could paint.

but……

Looking at it now, the child in front of him is not simple, his expression has always been neither humble nor overbearing, and when he proposed a painting of ten taels of silver, there was no trace of joy on his expression, especially his eyes were full of wisdom, as if he had seen through him.

How can this be?

How could a child have such eyes?

Did he really see through his own mind?
How can this be?

How could a child have such wisdom?

These thoughts flashed through Lu Tingjiang's mind quickly, and then his expression became indifferent. What has an old businessman in his decades not seen?It's just that I was too surprised just now.In the blink of an eye, Lu Tingjiang thought about it, and looked at Luo Dao with a smile:
"Brother Xin, I heard that you want to borrow books from my elder brother..."

"Cough!" Lu Tingfang, who had been sitting on the chair all this time, coughed lightly. He knew what his second brother was going to say. Telling such scheming words to an eight-year-old child already made Lu Tingfang blush, and then How could I let my precious daughter hear it here?Now he said to Dai'er:
"Dai'er, you and Juan'er go down first."

"Oh!" Dai'er looked at the pair of Mickey Mouse reluctantly, and Luo Xin smiled and said, "Miss Dai'er, I will give this painting to you."

"Really?" Dai'er's eyes turned into two crescent moons again.

"Of course it's true." Luo Xin still kept a bright smile on his face.

"Thank you Brother Luo!"

Dai'er jumped up again, rushed to the desk, rolled up the pair of Mickey Mouse, jumped and ran out with Juan'er.Lu Tingjiang looked back with some reluctance, just about to speak again, but heard the soft cough of the elder brother, so he looked at the elder brother, the two elder brothers exchanged glances for a few moments, finally Lu Tingfang lowered his eyes, It's like I don't care.

Lu Tingjiang turned his gaze to Luo Dao: "Brother Xin, are you going to borrow books from my elder brother?"

"Yes!"

"Then it can't be borrowed for nothing, right?"

A trace of bitterness appeared in Luo's heart, but he nodded and said, "Yes!"

A gleam of joy appeared in Lu Tingjiang's eyes and he said, "How about exchanging a painting for a book?"

Sitting on the chair, Lu Tingfang's face turned red, and her slightly drooping eyelids trembled.As a scholar, he felt ashamed when he saw his second brother behave like this.

He knew what a painting by Luo Xin meant, and his second brother had explained it to him.There are two brothers in the Lu family. He entered the official career as the eldest son, while Lu Tingjiang runs the largest weaving factory in the north. Although it is not as good as embroidery in the south, it almost monopolizes the northern market.

When he first saw Luo Xin's paintings, he saw business opportunities in them.This style of painting has never appeared before. If it is presented in the form of embroidery, it will definitely become popular in the north...

Do not!
It will be popular throughout the Ming Dynasty, and countless gold and silver will roll in.

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(End of this chapter)