"Of course I bought it! What do you think?"

Zhu Pei couldn't hide the pride on her face. She just wanted to surprise Fanning, and Fanning's exaggerated expression made her very satisfied.

Zhu Pei continued proudly again: "The third grandfather promised to resell it to the Stone Museum for 3,000 guan, so that the high monthly rent can be avoided!"

Although it is not the sky-high houses during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, the housing prices are already very high and are not comparable to ordinary people. Fanning estimates that the store is worth at least 10,000 yuan, and the monthly rent will not be less than 100 yuan.

Although the monthly rent of 100 cents of yuan is nothing to the huge profit-making strange stone business, having one of its own shops means that the strange stone museum has a foundation in the capital.

Fan Ning couldn't help but feel excited and ran directly to the second floor. The second floor was full of bookshelf, which was similar to the first floor, but it was even taller, at least two meters away from the roof, making the space extremely wide.

Fanning quickly walked to the rear window and looked down at the window. There was a yard behind it, about sixty or seventy square meters, with walls around it, which seemed to have not been used and covered with weeds.

Fan Ning thought to himself that a large Taihu stone could be placed here.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly ran back to the stairs and asked, "Zhu Pei, is there a water transport terminal nearby?"

"Of course there is!"

Zhu Pei said angrily, "Walk fifty steps north and you will see the Bian River. Are you satisfied!"

"That's good, I'm afraid that there will be no wharf and the large Taihu stone transport will not come in!"

Fanning walked downstairs and smiled and said, "Is this store sold it to me for 3,000 guan. Is your third grandfather at a loss?"

Zhu Pei glared at Fan Ning, "What do you mean to sell it to you? Do I have no share of this store? I accounted for 40% of it. My third grandfather actually sold it to the strange stone museum for 5,000 guan, and only charged 3,000 guan, and I will be exempted from the two thousand guan."

Fanning shook his head, "But even if it is five thousand guan, it is very cheap. I guess this store is at least worth ten thousand yuan. And your third grandfather gave up a profitable store, and his losses were too great."

"You are quite conscientious in thinking this way. In fact, the third grandfather is very guilty of you. The secret recipe revealed that he thought it was his own responsibility, but in the end he made you bear the losses. So he took the store very happily, which can be regarded as giving you a little compensation."

Fan Ning nodded. Although it had been more than half a year since the leak, he knew that Zhu Yuanzhao would not fail to give him an explanation.

It seems that Zhu Yuanzhao is also waiting for this opportunity to open a store in Beijing.

Fanning thought for a while and smiled at Zhu Pei, "When will you invite your third grandfather to have a meal again? Let's talk to him about other business opportunities."

Zhu Pei said happily: "The third grandfather happened to return to Pingjiang Mansion. When he came back, I would tell him that I believe he must be very happy!"

The two left the shop and returned to the carriage. As soon as Fan Ning got on the carriage, Zhu Zhe smiled brightly and handed Fan Ning the carriage.

Fanning took the stone carving version of "Traveling in the Mountains" and couldn't help but praise it again: "This kind of charm is probably comparable to the original painting. This is the most exciting stone carving I have ever seen."

Fan Ning took out the box containing the golden flowers again and handed it to Zhu Zhe with a smile, "Brother Zhe, this is the gift I gave you."

Zhu Zhe's eyes lit up. He took the box, looked at Fanning, and then looked at the box with a surprise smile on his face.

"Open and take a look!"

Zhu Zhe slowly opened the box, and there was a vivid golden flower inside. He touched the petals, touched the pearl in the middle, and slowly fell into deep thought.

Zhu Pei sighed, "This golden flower is probably going to be opened when he returns."

Fanning smiled and nodded, "I hope he can turn this golden flower into life. I don't know if there is no comparison. Compared with Brother Zhe's carving, this golden flower is really like a dead thing."

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In Shoushanxi, Luoyuan County, Fuzhou, Mingren and Mingli have bought 1,500 acres of land. The land is located in Luoyuan County. The two brothers received guidance from locals and did not buy all the farmlands, but first bought a tidal flat along the river, about 1,000 acres.

This mudflat contains too much sand and cannot farm. Locals mine sand and build houses here. Most of the Tianhuangshi purchased by the brothers came from this mudflat, which is the richest place in Tianhuangshi.

This sandy land belongs to several temples. Mingren and Mingli brothers bought this sandy land at a price of one per mu, and at the same time bought hundreds of acres of land on both ends of the sandy land.

The buildings and warehouses needed for mining have been built, and they have hired 500 civilians to dig and mine yellow stone in the sand at a price of 100 cents a day.

It was heard that it was the capital of the Zhu family, and the government of Luoyuan County cooperated very well. The county magistrate specially sent several yamen runners to help maintain order.

The mine was hot and red, and groups of people dug sand and gravel in the open space. All the stones were put in large baskets, including Tianhuang stone and ordinary pebbles, which were then identified by a special person.

The sand was sent to the sand piled in the distance by a trolley, and there were more than a dozen people there who were responsible for screening the sand, and even Tianhuangshi, the size of a thumb, would not let go.

At this time, the second mine in the north was in a stir, and many people put down their tools and rushed towards them.

"Go and notify the owner!" a supervisor shouted.

A young man ran towards the house a mile away.

In the house, Mingli was sing tea, while Mingren sat in front of a large basket, carefully admiring the top-quality Tianhuangshi in the basket.

They had been here for a month and quickly integrated into their roles. The two of them were extremely smart, learned local dialects, and did a lot of work. In particular, their research and experience of Tian Huangshi had surpassed Fanning.

The people in this area are tough but very simple. As long as they do not infringe on the interests of the locals, everyone gets along very well, and even if there are any difficulties, everyone will be happy to help.

The two brothers have become celebrities in the local area. Everyone can't tell the difference between them, so they both call them Xiao Fan Guanren.

During the acquisition of Tianhuangshi, the two brothers gradually divided Tianhuangshi into three levels. Not every Tianhuangshi is given the same price. One is the top frozen stone Tianhuang, which has a slightly less moisturizing degree. It is called ordinary Tianhuang, and there is also a kind of impurities such as black and gray, called black Tianhuang, which belongs to the lower-class Tianhuang.

The best frozen stone yellow is stored in a special small warehouse, while ordinary yellow and black yellow are placed in a large warehouse.

"Second, when do you say these stones will turn into gold? Just as Aning said, one liang of yellow and one liang of gold."

After Mingli finished the tea, he poured a cup of himself and Mingren each and said with a smile: "Didn't Aning say it? It takes time to promote it. First, we must open up the upper route, especially the emperor. Once the emperor likes Tianhuangshi, the powerful and nobles below will search everywhere as treasures. To be honest, I also hope that this day will come as soon as possible and let us store more stones."

"You have some reason. Once you are attracted by the emperor and the price soars, the powerful and powerful will come to mining. We can't imagine getting Tianhuangshi so cheaply."

"I'm afraid that the government will monopolize it. Just like the silver mines around it, the government occupies most of the mines, so we can only drink some soup with it."

At this time, their assistant Yang Qing ran over, "Two officials, a large mine vein was found on the No. 2 mine!"

The two looked at each other, and they didn't even bother to drink tea, so they ran away and took a few steps. Akiri came back to lock the door. The top-notch Tian Huangshi was in their room, so they had to be careful. He locked the door and asked an assistant to come to guard the door, and then rushed to chase him.

In a large mine pit in Mine No. 2, workers were carefully digging out the Tianhuangshi, the size of a water tank, from the pit. They had dug more than twenty in a row, and there were still many below.

At this time, Akihito and Mingli rushed over and looked at the round stones all over the ground. The two of them were immediately excited. This was the first time they had such a large Tianhuangshi.

Mingli walked forward and washed away one of the pieces of Tianhuang stones with water, revealing the crystal clear yellow stone. The stone was covered with fine radish patterns, which was actually the top frozen stone Tianhuang.

The two brothers were overjoyed, and Mingli immediately said to everyone loudly: "The second district is doing well, and I will be rewarded with five times the salary today! More than a hundred folks at the scene cheered immediately."

The villagers who received heavy rewards worked harder to dig. By dusk, they dug out 174 Tianhuangshi as big as a water tank from more than ten acres of sand, and more than 1,000 Tianhuangshi as big as a grapefruit, of which 90% were the best frozen stone Tianhuang.

The two brothers immediately decided to hire a ox cart overnight to send this batch of Tianhuangshi and hundreds of previous top Tianhuangshi to the warehouse in Min County, and Mingren took the boat back to Pingjiang Prefecture.

That night, Fan Mingren personally escorted dozens of ox carts with top-notch Tianhuangshi to Min County.
Chapter completed!