In Yishan Garden, in front of the cloudy little Feihong, Zhao Hao listened to Wang Shimao's bitter boasting:

"This garden was built three times, it took ten years, and the cost was not calculated. Strange peaks and strange stones, purchased at a high price, famous flowers and plants, collected all over the world. The head utensils in the house are made of sandalwood and lacquer, and the gun is gold; The plaything is the Jin post Tang Monument, Shang Yi Xia Ding, for the rich and noble families in the north and south of the river unprecedented. Besides, my brother is a well-known collector, but if there are any treasured calligraphy and paintings, unique ancient books, all of them are happy, and they have to buy it no matter how much they spend. ”

Wang Shimao said and pointed to the small building in front of him: "It's called 'Xiaoyouguan', which contains more than 30,000 volumes of ancient books, and is the main part of my brother's collection of books for decades. To the east, there are more than 8,000 pieces of calligraphy and painting collected from the ancestors to the present, half of which are from the current dynasty and half are from the previous dynasty. There is another 'Jiuyou Zhai' next to it, which collects more than 5,000 pieces of antiques, all of which have been authentic by my brother himself. In the middle of the garden, there is also a 'scripture pavilion', which is divided into two rooms: left and right. The left room is called 'Dharma Treasure' and is used to house Buddhist scriptures. The right room is called 'Xuanzhu' and is used to collect Taoist classics ......"

Zhao Hao listened secretly, what kind of collection is this, it is obviously building a museum.

"Although the number of my brother's collection is not as good as Xiang Molin's, it is a complete victory in fine products." After Wang Shimao finished speaking, he habitually scolded Wang Shizhen's old rival in the collection world.

Xiang Molin's name is Xiang Yuanbian, and Merlin is his number.

The rich people of the Ming Dynasty loved the interests of literati, and almost all of them had a hobby of collecting.

But there is no one who can compare with the previous item.

Because firstly, no one is richer than him, and secondly, no one is more hobby-collecting than him. But any antique that Xiang Yuanbian has a fancy to will inevitably offer a price that cannot be refused, and no one can grab him at all.

Since then, Wang Shizhen's good days have come to an end. The calligraphy and painting you look at are twice as expensive as the original before you can get them.

Wang Mengzhu was naturally not angry, and the two sides fought for a few rounds, which greatly damaged his vitality, and he hid far away to Henan to be an official.

Therefore, the Wang brothers looked down on Xiang Yuanbian very much, thinking that he had inflated the price of the collection market and was an upstart who did not understand art.

"Those treasures fall into the hands of such people, they are pure pearls, cows chewing peonies, pitiful ......"

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But Zhao Hao was quite interested in Xiang Yuanbian.

When the two of them were admiring the calligraphy and paintings in the Erya Building, he turned the topic to the man again:

"I heard that a while ago, Yizhou Gong and Xiang Molin had a dispute over the authenticity of a copy of Xu Qi Province's "Seal Book Thousand Character Text".

"It's not an argument." Wang Shimao glanced at Zhao Hao quite unexpectedly, and said with a smile: "There is a down-and-out son who insists on selling his brother, but after seeing it, the brother identified it as a forgery, and inscribed it as a routine to warn the world." ”

"The man was not reconciled, so he cut off the inscription and sold it to Xiang, and the result was a hundred taels of gold." Saying that, he said mockingly: "After my brother learned about it, he said, 'If there is no such generation, starve and kill the other generation', the result reached Xiang's ears and led him to say a lot of strange things. ”

Zhao Haoxin said, this matter is indeed the unkindness of the Lord of the Wang League.

At this time, the price of gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty was about one to six, and one hundred taels of gold was about six hundred taels of silver. For Xiang Yuanbian, the richest man in Jiangnan, it is just a hair that he plucked out of his hand.

But Wang Shizhen's bitter derogation has greatly affected Xiang's reputation, and it is no wonder that Xiang Yuanbian will be greatly angry.

Accompanying Wang Shimao to laugh for a while, Zhao Gongzi said casually: "By the way, I also heard in Beijing that the fire at the new wharf in Huzhou on the first day of the first lunar month burned three or four hundred boats, most of which were from the Xiang family?" ”

"Hey, not really." Wang Shimao gloated a little and said: "The loss of the Xiang family was not small that time, hundreds of thousands of catties of silk, more than 8,000 pieces of silk, and many valuable goods, all of which were burned out. ”

"It's weird." Zhao Hao smiled puzzledly: "Who is still doing business under the root of the year?" It is said that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, all goods should be put into storage, what are you doing on the ship? ”

"Uh......" Wang Shimao's expression turned pale when he heard this, and his eyes were obviously a little flustered. After a while, Fang covered up and smiled: "Let Brother Xian say it, it seems to be true." But who knows about other people's affairs? ”

"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Later, I heard that Fucheng was really in chaos for a while, and I don't know if it has anything to do with it." ”

"It shouldn't be true, isn't it rumored that His Majesty has chosen a concubine?" Wang Shimao laughed dryly.

"Then this rumor is strong enough." Zhao Hao sighed with a sigh: "I heard that it was later spread to Su Song, and even Jiaxing and Hangzhou were in chaos for a while." ”

"Not really." Wang Shimao took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat and said: "Hehe, the common people are like this, listening to the wind is the rain." ”

He felt that if Zhao Hao continued to speak, he would be suffocated.

But the other party was unintentional, and Wang Shimao had no way to attack, so he had to quickly lead the topic away:

"By the way, Brother Xian, have you had any contact with the Gu family?"

"Gu family, it's not too late." Zhao Hao gently rolled up the scroll in his hand and said, "I heard that if the county lord wants to gain a foothold in Kunshan, he must first get the approval of the Gu family?" ”

"Not bad." Wang Shimao nodded and smiled: "Even the county seat was built by his old ancestors, do you think the people of Kunshan can not listen to them?" ”

Zhao Hao nodded in approval, and said in his heart It doesn't matter, I'll build a bigger one when I go back.

"But the Gu family owes the Han family a favor." Wang Shimao smiled and asked, "If the virtuous brother needs it, the foolish brother can repair a book and ask them to cooperate with Ling Zun." ”

"That's great." Zhao Hao said with a happy expression: "My father is worried about how to deal with those sitting tigers." ”

"Don't try to please them too much. Being able to stand up to Zhao Zhuangyuan to be the magistrate of the county is a blessing for Kunshan. How stupid do they have to be to fight with Ling Zun. Talking about this topic, Wang Shimao's demeanor was much more relaxed.

"But there seem to be people who don't welcome it." Zhao Hao chuckled and said, "I just received news in the afternoon that on the first day of the ban, there was a robbery in the city...... According to the confession of the rioters, someone spread the rumor that the Dongting Chamber of Commerce had cut off the confession of Kunshan. ”

"This foolish brother has heard about it, too." Wang Shimao nodded. "It seems to be the reason why the vice president spoke."

"Brother Xian, don't worry, we have a good relationship with the Dongting Chamber of Commerce, and President Weng has not been in charge of things in the past two years. However, Vice President Xu should not sit idly by. Saying that, he relieved Zhao Hao and said, "I will also write a letter to him to see if I can help." ”

"Thank you so much, brother." Zhao Hao couldn't help but smile happily: "I don't know the place where I came to Suzhou, I really rely on my friends to help me." ”

The traditional skill of hugging the thighs should not be lost at any time. Otherwise, why would Zhao Gongzi give them so many shares?

It's just that I can't find a thigh as thick and reliable as the eldest princess, so I can only rely on the amount to make up.

ps. Chapter 2, and one more chapter, Faha at night.