Seeing that Gao Yu was leaving, Wu Haogu did not leave a guest, but personally sent him away. When I returned to the painting house, those who watched the excitement also dispersed. Only Liu Wuji is helping Wu Haowen Zhang Luo shop to open. Seeing Wu Haogu coming back, Wu Haowen said a little complainingly: "Big brother, why did you agree to Zhao Sanhei's 7,200?" ”

"Three sunspots" is Zhao Tieniu's nickname, which means black face, black heart, and black hands.

"You know he's a three-sunspot and still ask this?" Wu Haogu sneered, "Besides, seven thousand two hundred yuan is not a lot of money, there is always a way to raise it." ”

Seven thousand two hundred yuan is indeed not a lot of money, but it is for the martial arts before the disaster. Now don't talk about 7,200 yuan, even 720 yuan is not so easy to get.

"You're right!"

Wu Haowen glared at his brother, although he and Haogu were brothers, they were not born to the same mother, and they were not very close in the past.

And Wu Haowen is a Confucianist, don't look at the only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he has already entered the Kaifeng Mansion, not to mention the imperial examination and the first in the future, it is still possible to enter the Taixue. Nowadays, the Great Song Dynasty implements the parallel path of "three rounding scholars" (that is, taking scholars from Taixue) and "taking scholars from the imperial examination". As long as you can enter the Taixue, there will probably be a civil official who can do it in the future. Therefore, Wu Erlang, who has a bright future, will not look down on Wu Dalang, who can only be a calligraphy and painting merchant.

After all, now everything is inferior, and only the Great Song Dynasty has a high level of reading!

"Erlang, the people of the Horse King Thorn History have all come forward." Liu Wuji saw that the two brothers were a little unhappy, so he wanted to leave, but he couldn't help but mention it again before leaving.

Wu Haowen asked, "Can that tall official help us?" ”

Hearing this, Wu Haogu and Liu Wuji both shook their heads. Although the Confucianism of this martial artist Erlang is good, his life experience is too insufficient, and he still doesn't know what the martial artist has done.

"Tall officials? Which tall official? ”

As soon as Wu Haowen's words fell, he heard a crisp and pleasant woman's voice outside, and then the door opened, the fragrance was fragrant, accompanied by the skirt shaking, ringing softly, and walking into a bright and moving beautiful woman.

"Ah, mother."

"Erniang.

"Mowgli has seen Mrs. Wu."

The three people in the room all saluted to this woman, and Wu Haogu and Wu Haowen also called her "Niangqin" and "Erniang" respectively.

It turned out that this woman was the wife of the martial official of Wucheng who was detained in Kaifeng Mansion, called Feng Erniang. However, the "Erniang" in Wu Haogu's mouth is not Feng Erniang's nickname, but the meaning of "little mother".

This woman is not Wu Haogu's own mother, but Wu Chengzhi's eighteen years ago from the Qinglou pawned out of the beautiful trick (is a trick and not a prostitute), at first a concubine, and later gave birth to Wu Haowen, and then Wu Haogu's own mother Wen died, she was supported by Wu Cheng. However, Wu Haogu still calls her "Erniang" instead of "Mother".

Today, Feng Erniang looked a little anxious, and hurriedly asked her own son: "Second brother, did you just say that you are a tall official?" Who is he? ”

She called her son "Second Brother", which sounded very strange in later generations, but that's how the Song people called it.

"Ah Niang," Wu Haowen replied, "the tall official claims to be a minor official in the palace of the Horse King. ”

"The king and the horse also intervened?" Feng Erniang frowned and thought about it, and then said to Liu Wuji with a smile, "Brother Xiaoyi, please take Haowen out to find some food." ”

"Ah Niang......" Wu Haowen showed his dissatisfaction when he heard that his father was going to send him out, and said, "Just now Zhao Sanhei came to blackmail, saying that he wanted to return the painting, and the eldest brother allowed him 7,200 yuan, and asked a tall official to guarantee ......"

"Go, go, seven thousand two hundred yuan is not enough for your brother." Feng Erniang waved her hand, "Just bring me and my eldest brother some food later." ”

……

sent Wu Haowen and Liu Wuji away, and only Feng Erniang and Wu Haogu "mother and son" were left in the Wujia Painting Zhai.

Wu Haogu closed the doors and windows, carefully lit two sticks of white ash, and then sat opposite the store with "little mother" Feng Erniang.

Although the martial family's calligraphy and painting business does not involve Wu Haowen much, Wu Haowen's own mother Feng Erniang has been helping her husband in the calligraphy and painting mall. This is because the Northern Song Dynasty has not yet flourished, and the atmosphere is far less conservative than in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there is a place for women in the calligraphy, painting, and literary play market.

There are not only women who like to collect paintings and calligraphy nobles and scholars, but also many female calligraphers and painters, the more famous Song Yanyan is known for being good at painting flowers and butterflies and insects and is good at forging fakes, even Mi Fu such a forgery and identification master can deceive Mrs. Wang (the wife of the court doctor Wang) and Li Xiaomei (Li Gongxue, Li Gonglin's sister).

With female collectors and calligraphy and painting artists, it is natural that there will be a place for female calligraphy and painting people who are convenient to deal with them.

Therefore, Feng Erniang has been involved in her husband's calligraphy and painting business since she followed Wu Cheng's martial arts officials.

"Erniang," Wu Haogu asked, "Is Daddy okay in the Kaifeng Mansion Prison?" ”

Today, Feng Erniang turned out to go to the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, and she smiled bitterly: "It's always thoughtful, it's time to make all the money, and the guards and servants of Kaifeng Mansion have got a lot."

Therefore, I didn't suffer much, but I didn't worry about my family and painting...... When I came back from Yamen, I also went to Jieshen Lane, hoping that the senior officials of Yangpan would come forward to take care of one or two. ”

Jieshen Lane is just south of Pan Lou Street, which is not too long, but its importance is not in the least than that of commercial streets such as Pan Lou Street and Ma Hang Street. Because it was the "Wall Street" of the 11th century, it was the financial center of the Great Song Dynasty.

Considering the proportion of the Great Song Dynasty economy in the world, Jieshen Lane is almost the world's financial center, and it is the real place where the predators gather!

The reason why Panlou Street can become the largest calligraphy, painting and cultural play market in Kaifeng Mansion is actually related to the existence of Jieshen Lane.

Because the trade of calligraphy, painting, literature and toys is often thousands, and it is impossible to carry out transactions of this scale through copper coins, otherwise it will be troublesome to just count the money and carry it. Therefore, high-value silver collars, gold collars, salt quotations and tea quotations are the main trading "currencies" in the calligraphy, painting, cultural and entertainment market, and to use them for trading, the exchange and delivery link is indispensable.

Therefore, the calligraphy, painting and cultural toys shop in the Panlou market is only the place where the large-scale transaction begins, and the place where the large-scale transaction is completed is usually the gold, silver, silk and silk shop in Jieshen Lane.

In addition, calligraphy, painting, and cultural toys often require a huge amount of money, and storage and credit are also indispensable.

And Pan Daguan's name is Pan Xiaoyu, who is the founder of the Northern Song Dynasty after Pan Mei, is the "Jiangmen Huzi", there is a military officer of Bingyilang who has made up for it, and he is also a big businessman.

Before Wu Cheng in order to raise funds to return to the palace, but also his own collection of two Wu Zongyuan's paintings and two Huang Juhuan's paintings, plus a Mi Fu Lin Wang Xianzhi "Mid-Autumn Festival" were pawned to the Pan family gold and silver silk silk shop attached to the quality library. After Wu Cheng and Wu Haogu were imprisoned in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, Feng Erniang went to beg Pan Daguan several times to try to rescue them.

"What did the officials of Pan say?" Wu Haogu hurriedly asked.

"I didn't see Pan Daguan, I only saw his sister who was a widow."

After listening to Feng Erniang's words, Wu Haogu immediately had a charming and delicate figure in his mind, with snow on his skin, tall and tall, a pretty and charming melon seed face, a small red mole on his white chin, and always liked a beautiful girl dressed in white.

This woman's name is Pan Qiaolian, also known as Pan Eighteen Sister (in the Pan family's generation of women), is the sister-in-law of Pan Xiao'an, a big official of Pan, only 17 years old this year, a few years ago promised to marry someone in the Zhao family's clan, but before she passed the door, her fiancé died of illness and went to see Zhao Kuangyin, so she became a "widow".

However, there are few chaste martyrs in the Northern Song Dynasty, and this Pan Qiaolian is also going to marry sooner or later, but she can't find the right person for a while - the first choice for the husband of the Northern Song Dynasty Jiangmen is the clan, Pan Qiaolian has already occupied the quota, so naturally she will not be on the turn again. Now I can only wait for Yuan Fu's three-year spring competition to catch a son-in-law under the list and marry a Jinshi master.

Oh, the Jinshi of the Northern Song Dynasty has always been the choice of the east bed of the wealthy and powerful families. Anyone who is in high school, as long as there is no chaff at home, most of them are "Golden House" and "Yan Ruyu" packed and harvested together.

Therefore, a considerable number of talents who are aspiring to the imperial examination also choose to marry later, so that they can marry Bai Fumei immediately after high school.

And Pan Qiaolian is not an ordinary Bai Fumei, she is a Bai Fumei who is very good at running a family. Since the "guard" of the widow, he followed his brother Pan Xiao'an to learn to do business, and the brother and sister took care of the gold, silver, silk and silk shops in Jieshen Lane together. Whoever wants to marry her in the future, the custodian is a virtuous helper who can run the family.