Daming Junior Scholar

He Jia'an has already learned this ability in his previous life, and he is not unaccustomed to using it now. He cupped his hands and said, "Brother Jiang, long time no see."

Hearing He Jiaan's words, Jiang Mubai felt more confident, stretched out his hand generously, pointed to the private room upstairs and said, "The wine and dishes have already been prepared, please."

"Please." The enthusiasm in the scene is not like that of the two people who were facing each other a few days ago. He Jiaan and Chen Yueying were in front, but just when Jiang Mubai was about to follow up, he and the two of them came in again A person, although not tall, but his movements

But it was very fast. When he walked over, he glanced coldly, and Jiang Mubai paused for a moment with that sharp look.Such great kung fu, don't look at Jiang Mubai's kung fu is not high, but there are people with advanced kung fu in the Cao Gang, just now the young man's eyes are just like theirs, it's nothing like normal, it's just that his eyes are brighter than others, but really to mess with him

When we were there, those eyes were no different from those of beasts.

It seems that He Jiaan came prepared this time, but he didn't know where he found this powerful young man, why couldn't he find a powerful person to protect him.

When they arrived in the private room, the three of them sat down directly, but Tang Qing gave Tang Lin a few words when they came, but this time he finally didn't intend to sit down, and stood behind He Jia'an like a book boy.Since he wanted something from others, he had to show his sincerity. Jiang Mubai stood up as soon as he sat down, brought a brocade box beside him to the table, and then smiled awkwardly at He Jiaan, explained: "The rest of my

Personally, I am not very quick by nature, but sometimes I am a bit impatient and do things a little unscrupulously. Last time, I was reckless and offended my sister-in-law. This humble gift is not a respect. Bar. "

He Jiaan glanced at the brocade box, then at Jiang Mubai, suddenly smiled and said, "Why, Mr. Jiang has also learned to play the trick of giving courtesy first and then fighting. I want to see what your gift is." The box was pulled in front of him, and when he opened it, He Jiaan deliberately slowed down. He was also afraid that something like a short arrow would suddenly appear inside, but he thought too much, and there was nothing strange after opening a crack. Symptomatic

, He Jiaan opened it with confidence, and when he saw what was inside, even the well-informed himself couldn't help being stunned.

For 5000 years in China, no matter which dynasty this gold is a hard currency, the jewelry made of gold is even more enduring, and there is a whole set of gold jewelry in this brocade box, from the head crown to the anklet. There are ten of them.Since the brocade box was taken by He Jiaan, Jiang Mubai has been staring at the expression on He Jiaan's face. When he saw his surprised face, Jiang Mubai knew that this set of things was not prepared for nothing, so he said with a smile: " Mr. He, this set of accessories

I begged Lao Fengxiang’s shopkeeper to make it for my sister-in-law personally. Some of them may not be suitable. I also ask my sister-in-law to visit Lao Fengxiang when she is free, and just change it. "The Chen family is not short of money, but Chen Yueying is a woman. As long as she is a woman, she can't move away from this kind of jewelry. At this time, Chen Yueying has already forgotten the past festivals. Said: "This gift

Is it too heavy? "

"Sister-in-law, where is this? I think that only you in Suzhou City are worthy of this gift. You must accept it."

"This..." Chen Yueying hesitated for a moment, but did not dare to answer the question, but looked up at He Jiaan.

He Jia'an thought for a while, nodded and said, "Since this is brother Jiang's accompaniment, then you can accept it, but there is one thing that I want to explain to you."

"Please tell me, Mr. He."

"You and I both know the purpose of inviting me here, isn't it just for the roast duck business." He Jiaan said straight to the point. "Mr. He is right. I have tasted your roast duck, and it is indeed better than mine. I think so, you should stop attracting business. You set a price for the roast duck, and then hand over the roast duck to me every day. , if I can’t sell it for you.”

Chapter 186

The more humble Jiang Mubai was, the more confused Chen Yueying became.Caobang is as big as Ziyiju, which stands in front of their own shop, and their main specialty is roast duck. Why do they have to be ashamed and groveling to join their own shop?And no matter what harsh conditions He Jiaan put forward, Jiang Mubai would answer them all.

After agreeing, even the 5000 taels of silver were handed over without any loss.

This matter was really weird, Chen Yueying was afraid that He Jiaan would be fooled by Jiang Mubai, and after getting in the carriage home, Chen Yueying immediately raised her concerns with He Jiaan. "Actually, I wish he would break the contract." He Jiaan replied with a smile, and then explained: "The reason why Jiang Mubai dared to pay so much money to be an agent is actually because he tasted the sweetness of the roast duck business. From the beginning to the finished product, the cost is only six cents of silver, and Jiang Mubai's cost will be lower, but the selling price is higher. At first glance, it seems that he paid 5000 taels of silver, but according to my daily supply of five hundred taels of silver. Counting only roast duck, it is estimated that it will take less than two months

You can earn all the money back. "

"At that time, not only will he lose one competitor, but he will also be able to control the entire Suzhou market. Why not do it." After hearing He Jiaan's explanation, Chen Yueying finally understood, no wonder Jiang Mubai behaved so well today Humility, I was originally driven by profit, I thought I was good at doing business, now I compare with He Jiaan

I am really naive.

However, there was one more thing that Chen Yueying was still worried about. She leaned closer to He Jiaan, put her mouth into his ear and whispered, "What should I do with the money? It's always kept in the martial arts gym. What if..."

Calculated, He Jiaan only stayed here for a month, but he has already earned 5000-5000 taels of silver. If the [-] taels given by Jiang Mubai is added, there is no guarantee that no one will be tempted by such a large amount of wealth.He Jiaan himself knew the truth of not revealing the wealth, thought about it, and replied in a low voice: "The business of the roast duck restaurant is already on the right track, and it's useless for me to stay here. Otherwise, I'll go back to Tangjiazhuang in a few days. That landscape painting first

If you draw it, you should stay in Suzhou to see if there is a bigger garden to sell away, then you can buy it first and then wait for Tang Ning to come out of Tangjiazhuang, we Qingjiangpu and the garden in Suzhou will start construction together. "

With the money, he has confidence in his heart. It turned out that He Jiaan just wanted to build a hotel in Qingjiangpu first. Looking at it now, it is better to start construction in two places together, which also makes the word "chain" worthy of the name.

After seeing He Jiaan's ability to make money, Chen Yueying was already impressed, since He Jiaan made such an arrangement, she just followed it.

After returning to the Martial Arts Hall, Chen Yueying handed over the things she had collected in Qingjiangpu to He Jiaan, and said with some distress: "These are very precious gems, sir, you really want to use them in paintings Do you not understand..." He Jiaan picked up a piece of turquoise from the inside, put it in front of his eyes and observed it carefully, and continued to explain to Chen Yueying: "Only the color painted with this kind of stone can last thousands of years. Not fading, maybe in later generations

This painting can be regarded as a family heirloom. "

There is no way to choose such precious gemstones. After all, the conditions of this era are limited, and I can’t find those chemically synthesized pigments, so I can only use the most primitive minerals in nature instead.

Lapis lazuli, malachite, cinnabar, etc. Although it took some effort, you can find them all if you spend money, but He Jiaan looked at them for a long time and suddenly asked in doubt: "Why are there no clams?" Although He Jiaan asked, Chen Yueying searched all over Qingjiangpu and couldn't find this kind of thing, so she could only say apologetically: "Everyone has never heard of what is called a giant clam, but I heard an old gentleman say that if you want find clams

If so, I can only look south along the seashore, but I heard that there are some Japanese pirates along the coast, so..." Looking at Chen Yueying's hesitant appearance, He Jiaan also knew what she was worried about, after all, she was just a weak It's just a woman, it's impossible to go so far in person, looking at the paints in front of him, He Jiaan couldn't help but hesitate, don't look at the role of giant clam in the paint, but it is related to a painting scroll The key to whether it can change color, it replaces the white in the picture scroll, without it, maybe a picture scroll will change color after a long time

. "The matter of giant clams can be put aside for now. For the time being, we will send someone to inquire in the boundaries of Suzhou to see if we can buy giant clams. If I can't find them after I finish painting the previous ones, I will go there in person. In the south, we must get this giant clam

Can. "The matter in Suzhou has finally come to an end, and the investment promotion notice that became a laughing stock suddenly disappeared in the streets and alleys of Suzhou. Just when everyone thought that no one would take out the money, a bigger news suddenly spread. , Deyun

The roast duck was actually represented by someone, and what was even more surprising was that the one who took out the 5000 taels of silver was actually the owner of the proud house, Jiang Mubai, the young leader of the Cao Gang.It's just that these things have nothing to do with He Jiaan. The day after he finished discussing with Jiang Mubai, he returned to Tangjiazhuang. In addition, he was afraid that it would not be convenient for Chen Yueying to come and go. what should people do

, So he also kept Tang Lin to protect Chen Yueying's safety, and left himself to hang out with Tangning every day, looking at the green eyes, and finally began to draw the long-awaited ink draft.As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, and it took He Jiaan almost a month to complete the ink draft that seemed easy to draw. During this period, Chen Yueying also came back twice.

I found it, but there was no news about the giant clam at all. It seemed that I had to go south.On the other hand, Tangning heard that He Jiaan was actually going to the south to look for giant clams. She felt a little embarrassed, and held He Jiaan guiltily, saying, "Jia'an has been working on my Tang family's affairs. Now that the ink draft is finished, there is no need to do it for the green one." color

Difficult, that's okay. "There's no reason why something should be finished halfway through. Besides, this painting has nothing to do with your hobby. He Jia'an is now thinking that he wants to complete a work that he is satisfied with. If the material is much worse, he will not At once

Forget it, but now there is only one giant clam missing, why don't I finish it?So, after all the ink manuscripts were completed, He Jiaan went back to Suzhou again, and after meeting Chen Yueying, he took Tang Lin along in a small boat, went down the river, and headed straight to the south.

Chapter 187 The Tiger of Yongxiang

Along the Yangtze River to the east, the scenery along the way made He Jiaan feel like lingering, especially when he arrived near the mouth of the Yangtze River, He Jiaan looked at the international metropolis of the later generations, which was just a newly developed city.

When I got up to the small county town, I had a lot of emotions, but I secretly made up my mind that after returning home, I must let Chen Yueying come here to enclose a piece of land first, the bigger the better.

River boats cannot enter the sea, so when they reached the mouth of the sea, He Jiaan and Tang Lin got off the boat and stayed in Shanghai County for one night. The next day, the two of them embarked on a journey to find giant clams.Tridacna, to put it bluntly, is a larger shell, but the surface is not as smooth as ordinary shells. Even if they are caught by fishermen, they are mostly used as decorations, and the most important point is giant clams. Knocked out

The step-by-step area is not here, but close to Hainan, which is the place where giant clams appear in large quantities, and what He Jiaan wants is not freshly caught giant clams, it is best to have thousand-year-old giant clam shells is his favorite The goal.Obviously, He Jiaan couldn't go that far, and he just set a goal for himself, at most he could go to Fujian, if he didn't meet again, then he had no choice but to give up this idea and come back obediently. pay

For the green landscape, I can only leave it like this first, and wait until when I encounter giant clams, and when I will add color to it.Along the way, eating and sleeping in the open, naturally suffered a lot of crimes. He Jiaan was prepared for this, but he didn't say anything, but Tang Lin always followed him closely, eating when he had something to eat. A few pieces of dry food will do

Swallowing it into his stomach greatly changed He Jiaan's impression of him.It's been more than half a month, but I haven't seen any traces of giant clams. Even He Jiaan himself was extremely disappointed. He wanted to turn around and go back, but when he thought about the letter written by Tang Qing in his arms, I still

With tentative thoughts, I continued walking.

On this day, in the afternoon, He Jia'an finally came to this small town called 'Eternal Township'.

The small town is bigger than I imagined, but looking around, there are no high-rise buildings like Qingjiangpu and Suzhou. The whole small town doesn't even have the most basic city walls, but the small town is completely surrounded by wooden fences.

After walking for so long, even Tang Lin, who has a relatively good foundation, couldn't hold on anymore. Although he didn't say anything, his actions still showed that he was tired now and needed to rest immediately.

He Jia'an pointed to the front and said: "If the direction is correct, this should be Yongxiang. At that time, we will hand over the letter to Master Ding. If even he can't find the giant clams, we will take two days off and go straight back to Suzhou." Tang Lin's spirit was lifted at the thought of returning to Suzhou soon, and he asked worriedly while following He Jia'an, "But Brother He, we have been out for so long and haven't found the thing you mentioned, so we went back. What can I do?

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"If you can't find it, you don't have that fate. Haven't you heard that there is another saying, that is, 'There is no place to find it when you step through iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get it.' Maybe we will find it here in Yongxiang. "

Regardless of whether you can find it or not, you can go back anyway. Tang Lin lifted up the backpack on his back excitedly. The two of them were about to walk into the small town when an abnormality suddenly appeared.

On the tall trees on both sides of the road, a few figures suddenly flashed out at some point, holding a simple spear in their hands, gestured at He Jiaan, and shouted loudly: "Who is here?"

robbery?

He Jia'an was stunned for a moment, seeing that he was so close to Yongxiang, how could there be robbers appearing?My mind froze, and I froze immediately.