Chapter 242 Who is behind the scenes
The people of the Song Dynasty were far less brave and fond of martial arts than those of the Tang Dynasty. Influenced by the court's emphasis on literature and suppression of martial arts, the people's customs were also weak, and even the most popular weapons changed from swords to whistle sticks.
On the streets of the Song Dynasty, there are few vicious incidents. There are few cases of disagreement and drawing swords at each other. There are not many cases of forcing the robbery of the common people and bullying men and dominating women.
But it is not that the Song Dynasty did not bully good or bully others with its power. It is just that this aspect of the Song Dynasty would be reflected in another way. If you want to deal with a person, you often don’t ask for a killer, but a rogue.
There are especially many rogues on the streets of Beijing. If they are given money, they will use various rogue means to deal with their targets.
What Fan Ning saw was a rogue who came to disturb trouble. He saw a rogue with a short head and a gray short dress sitting in front of the gate of the Shipotian Stone Museum. He brought more than 20 big stones of all sizes, which just blocked the door of the shop. He crossed his arms and hugged his chest, raised his head, looking like a dead pig, and looked like he was not afraid of boiling water. The shopkeeper Fan Tiege was politely persuading him to leave, but he ignored it.
On a stone, there was a sign saying, "Super-class Tian Baishi is for sale!"
Fanning immediately understood that this was obviously aimed at Tian Huangshi.
Someone asked loudly: "What are you doing when you block someone's store? Be careful that someone sues the official and arrests you!"
The ruffian raised his brow and snorted, "I don't steal or rob, and I'm selling stones on the street. What's wrong with it?"
People around him laughed and said, "How much is your stone worth?"
"My stone is called Tian Baishi, it is a rare strange stone. One pound of silver will not be bargained."
Fan Ning was furious and was about to come forward to scold him, but he felt someone patting his shoulder. When he turned around, he saw Xu Qing standing behind him. Seeing that he gave him a wink, Fan Ning walked out of the crowd and came to the side door of Daxiangguo Temple. Zhu Pei was already waiting here.
"Who is this rogue?" Fanning asked.
"This man is named Yang Can'er. He is a famous rogue in the Daxiangguo Temple. It's easy to deal with him, but I want to find out who the person behind him is, and who made him come here to make trouble?"
A hint of anger flashed in Zhu Pei's eyes and asked, "Are you found any clues?"
Xu Qing glanced at the upper left corner, "Did the little master see the middle-aged man wearing a light purple brocade robe?"
Fanning and Zhu Pei looked at the same time and saw a slightly fat middle-aged man with a small nose and eyes, wearing a light purple brocade robe, a gauze hat, standing behind a wooden pillar and looking at the ruffian with a very focused expression.
Zhu Pei frowned, "Who is he?"
"He is the shopkeeper Yang Da of the Mingzhu Stone Museum in front. He has been standing there since the morning and has never been back. It seems that watching the fun is more important than doing business."
Fanning pondered for a moment and asked, "By this, can you be sure that he was behind the scenes?"
"No, but I will ask this Yang Jianer tonight, who asked him to come to the strange stone hall to make trouble!"
Zhu Pei couldn't tolerate this thug causing trouble here, so she turned to Jian Meizi and said, "Sister Jian, go and drive him away."
Jian Meizi nodded, walked forward and separated everyone, and pulled out the long sword behind him. This was the first time Fan Ning saw Jian Meizi's long sword unsheathed. It turned out to be painted pure iron, blunt and round without a sharp edge, and there was no blade.
When Robbie Yang Jianer saw a woman who was extremely tall and walked forward with a sword, he was shocked and jumped up and shouted: "Langlang Qiankun, do you want to kill someone?"
Jian Meizi didn't say a word, and slashed at the stone on the ground. With a loud "bang!", a stone of forty or fifty kilograms was chopped into powder by her sword. People around her exclaimed and retreated one after another. Everyone was shocked. What a great strength this was.
Yang Jian'er was stunned and couldn't speak. He saw Jian Meizi with one sword, and in just a moment, he smashed all twenty stones to pieces.
Fan Ning's eyes stared at the shopkeeper Yang of the Mingzhu Stone Museum. He saw his face change drastically, and he turned around and hurried towards his shop. Fan Ning snorted softly, and most of the people behind the scenes were this person.
At this time, a warm applause and cheer sounded around him. Yang Jianer was so scared that she trembled all over. He touched his head, and suddenly turned around and rolled and fled southward. Without Zhu Pei's instructions, Xu Qing had quickly followed.
Jian Meizi had already put her sword back into the sheath. She didn't want to be noticed, so she quickly walked into the store. People around her whispered and dispersed. Fanning and Zhu Pei also walked into the store.
"Miss Sword, thanks to you today!"
Fan Tiege was thanking Jian Meizi. He knew Jian Meizi and knew that Zhu Pei was here. When he turned around and saw Fan Ning, he was surprised and said, "Aning, when did you come back?"
"Uncle Second, I just arrived yesterday morning and I came to the store to take a look today."
Fan Tiego sighed, "I know there will be this day, but I didn't expect them to come so quickly? If I can't compete with me, I will use such despicable means to deal with us."
"Does the second uncle know who did it?"
"Let's go to the second floor to talk."
Fanning walked up to the second floor, but found that the decorations on the second floor had completely changed. There were no lattice frames against the wall. There were only an antique rack with an ancient shape, and there were several ordinary pieces of Tianhuangshi. Fanning was a little surprised. What was going on?
Zhu Pei knew the situation and explained to Fan Ning: "The price of Tianhuangshi has risen now. Just this kind of ordinary Tianhuangshi costs 100% of the price, and frozen stone Tianhuangshi is even more precious. Uncle Fan decided to sell ordinary Tianhuangshi first, and frozen stone Tianhuangshi will be kept for a high price later."
Of course Fan Ning knew the preciousness of Tian Huangshi, but it was not until after the Ming and Qing dynasties, but it was still the Song Dynasty. It was just because the emperor liked it that Luoyang paper was expensive for a while. To form a consciousness that the whole people recognized its preciousness, it still took time to settle down, and it was impossible to be so fast.
This kind of interest comes and goes quickly. It can only be said that it has reputation but no reputation. Is it appropriate to have such a high price?
Fan Tiege arranged for the guy to clean the streets, and he also walked up the second floor. Seeing Fan Ning looking at the antique stand, he explained: "The business is OK now, and I can sell two pieces of Tianhuangshi every day. Today, I was disturbed, which is an exception."
"Didn't anyone buy Frozen Shita-Tianhuang?"
"Of course, every customer likes frozen stone Tianhuang, but the price is expensive, and each piece is basically between 300 and 500 guan, which is much more expensive than ordinary Tianhuang."
Fanning pondered for a moment and asked again: "Does Tianhuangshi be sold in other stores?"
"Everyone is, but they all bought it from us. On the first day, they bought nearly 500 yuan and it became their goods. We sold it at a low price and lost a lot." Fan Tiege felt a sense of hatred in his heart when he thought of this.
"How are they selling?"
Fanning doesn't care about who takes advantage now, he only cares about the sales of the entire Tianhuangshi.
Fan Tiege shook his head, "They bought ordinary Tianhuangshi. As far as I know, basically no one bought them. Tianhuangshi is sold to customers in our store."
Fan Ning sighed softly, "As a capital city with a population of more than two million and a wealthy man, he only sold two pieces of Tianhuang stone every day, which means that everyone still does not recognize this strange stone and it still takes time to settle."
Fan Tiege was stunned and asked for a while: "Why Aning thinks it's better to do it?"
Fan Ning pondered for a long time and said to him: "In the future, Tianhuangshi will be sold on two ounces. Ordinary Tianhuangshi will be sold for ten ounces of ounces of ounces of 10 ounces of ounces of 10 ounces of ounces of 10 ounces of ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 10 ounces of 50 ounces of 50 ounces of 50 ounces of 50 ounces of 50 ounces of 50 ounces of 10 ounces."
After pausing, Fanning said, "Tianhuangshi is mainly used for printing, so making buttons is very important. You should place more blank seals and place them in exquisite boxes for guests to choose."
Fan Tiego nodded silently, "I understand!"
Zhu Pei smiled and said, "I have time to talk about Tian Huangshi's affairs in the future. Let's talk about what happened today. How much does Uncle Fan know about it?"
Fan Tiege asked the two to sit down, and he sighed softly and said, "It didn't happen just today. In fact, as I expected, it was related to Tian Huangshi!"
"Is it the Pearl Stone Museum?" Fan Ning said coldly.
Fan Tiego was a little surprised. He didn't expect Fan Ning to discover the clue so soon.
Fan Tiege nodded, "The Pearl Stone Museum is the leader, but there are also several other Stone Museums."
"Uncle Second is better to start from scratch!"
"The thing has to be from the day we opened. At that time, we didn't understand the market and sold Tianhuangshi at a price of ten cents per dollar. As a result, we sold nearly five hundred yuan in one morning. As I said just now, they were all bought by various stores.
However, Akihito was very smart. The night before, he removed all the frozen stone Tianhuang and replaced them with ordinary Tianhuang stone. Therefore, the various strange stone museums bought ordinary Tianhuang, which was far less moist than frozen stone Tianhuang."
Fan Ning suddenly realized that Mingren was not seen and hurriedly said, "Second uncle, let me get a word, where is Mingren?"
"He went to Fuzhou and set off early the morning before yesterday. We were going to develop other high-quality Shoushan stones, and they went to implement them."
"Second uncle, please continue!"
Fan Tiege continued: "Later they also learned that there was a better quality frozen stone Tianhuang. The afternoon before yesterday, the shopkeepers of five strange stone museums came to find me. The person in charge was Yang, the shopkeeper of Mingzhu strange stone museum. They proposed to share the source of goods, or I would sell frozen stone Tianhuang to them at a low price.
Of course, I refused this unreasonable request at once. Manager Yang threatened me that such money-making things cannot be enjoyed exclusively by one family, otherwise it would be difficult for our store to continue. He left the sentence and then the incident of blocking the door today appeared."
"What is the background of this Mingzhu Stone Museum? Do you know the second uncle?"
"I only know that they just changed their boss. The boss's surname is Zhang. I heard that his brother seems to be the father-in-law!"
"Zhang Yaocheng!" Zhu Pei and Fan Ning said in unison.
Neither of them expected that their enemies would be narrow and they actually met Zhang Yaocheng again.
Seeing a hint of cruelty in Fanning's eyes, Zhu Pei asked him, "What are you going to do?"
Chapter completed!