A genuine handiwork of the former dynasty sage Wang Xizhi, placed among the literati and writers of the Ming Dynasty today, is indispensable to more than 10,000 taels of silver, and it is often priceless.

Although Lu Gui can't read many big characters, with his accurate vision of wealth, this calligraphy and painting sent by Cao Yongyi is seven or eight times out of ten genuine. With Cao Yongyi's ability and relationship, giving Lu Gui such a rich filial piety, I am afraid that it will also cost a lot of blood.

What's more, such a priceless and marketable antique ink is also convenient for Lu Gui to carry, and it is more than enough as an heirloom for a pair of children.

For him, an old man who is about to lose power, can still make such a return, then presumably after Cao Yongyi soars in the future, he will definitely not forget his cultivation grace Lu Gui now.

It's just that Lu Gui didn't think that this calligraphy and painting was one of the generous gifts that Wu Daofu and the others received from the Ryukyu royal family when they went to aid the Ryukyu Kingdom before. Li Tianyang couldn't imagine why the king of Shangning, the Ryukyus, would hand over a painting of a scholar to a group of brave men who were five big and three thick, but fortunately Wu Daofu still knew some words, and after getting these calligraphy and paintings, he kept them and transported them back to Jilong Port and went to Li Tianyang.

Until he entered Beijing this time, thinking that most of the teachers in Beijing were literati, Li Tianyang felt that he was afraid of losing face with dry goods such as gold and silver, and finally brought these calligraphy, paintings, and literary toys out.

It's good to die, last time I took Cao Yongyi to chat in his cabin, and Cao Yongyi, who let the goblin and goblin without paying attention, turned out this calligraphy and painting in Li Tianyang's cabin.

Cao Yongyi didn't have anything else, but although some priceless things were very studied, such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, agate, etc., as long as he glanced at them, he could always guess the approximate value of these things.

What fell into Cao Yongyi's eyes, how could Li Tianyang be embarrassed to come back, the most important thing is that this guy is too shameless, he turned his hand and took the five thousand taels of silver that Li Tianyang gave him, and wanted to buy this calligraphy and painting, saying that his backer Lu Gui likes to collect these things.

But he is not sure that Li Tianyang is embarrassed to ask him to compensate for the price difference, after all, he is trying to enter Beijing this time, and he still has a lot to rely on Cao Yongyi, where can he offend him, a person with a way, for this little thing.

In this way, Cao Yongyi used the five thousand taels of silver given to him by Li Tianyang, and bought a calligraphy painting worth more than 10,000 taels of silver, which is simply a model of a white wolf with empty gloves!

But fortunately, Li Tianyang has also been prepared, and ten thousand taels of silver can be bought to take the road of Wei Changchen, which is really worth it in Li Tianyang's opinion. If there was no Cao Yongyi's help and relationship, Li Tianyang would have spent tens of thousands of taels of silver if he wanted to take this road, not to mention that he would have spent tens of thousands of taels of silver.

But to be honest, Li Tianyang himself feels that he is the lucky general of Cao Yongyi, but whenever Cao Yongyi climbs up, there is always the shadow and credit of Li Tianyang and their team behind him. At the beginning, with Li Tianyang's help, he took the road of Gao Yu, although he has always been disgraced by the Fujian government, but he has always persevered.

In the end, his promotion was not to follow Li Tianyang and them to pick up leaks, but to share some of the exploits and achievements of attacking the pirate Yuan Laoba from Li Tianyang's hands, and finally became the Penghu garrison.

Later, the Dutch captured the Penghu Islands, and Cao Yongyi, who fled in defeat, went to find his old backer Lu Gui again, but Lu Gui finally saved him, didn't he fall in love with the white silver in Cao Yongyi's hand? More than half of the silver in Cao Yongyi's hands over the years was honored by Qixintang, so in the end, it can be said that Li Tianyang raised their credit for saving Cao Yongyi's life.

Turning his head, Li Tianyang seized Penghu Magong Island and drove the Dutch out of the South China Sea, at this time, Cao Yongyi, who had taken care of everything, did not have the sin of dereliction of duty, and in turn became a meritorious man. Anyway, the emperor ignores the world, and Fujian is far away from the mountains, and with Lu Gui's relationship, it is no problem to help Cao Yongyi hide one or two.

Cao Yongyi, who finally lost the battle, once again rose to the top because of the help of the Bengang team, and became the deputy commander of Zhenhaiwei and an official from Sanpin. Although it's just a fictitious position, it's better than him Cao Yongyi has been staying in the poor place where the birds don't in Penghu!

This time, because of Li Tianyang's help, Cao Yongyi's generous gift just hit the heart of Lu Gui, a nobleman, making him very satisfied with Cao Yongyi's gift, and finally made up his mind to spare no effort to help Cao Yongyi.

Of course, the gifts given by Li Tianyang are also expensive, and on the whole, they are around 10,000 taels of silver, but compared with Cao Yongyi, a treasure like Cao Yongyi with a high market price, a higher valuation, and easier to carry, and a little heirloom, a little gold and silver money really does not seem so elaborate.

However, Lu Gui Rongyang was also a little surprised in his heart, Li Tianyang's young face was the main reason why Lu Gui looked down on him today. No matter how powerful a young man is, the foundation that he can lay in a few years of starting his own business must not be too big in Lu Gui's opinion.

At the beginning, it was Lu Gui who helped Li Tianyang and Cao Yongyi suppress Jinyiwei's investigation, and covered up the news of the collusion between sailors and pirates in Fujian officialdom, so Lu Gui still had some impressions of Li Tianyang's past. It's just that what Lu Gui doesn't know is that in the past few years since he left his post and returned to Beijing, Li Tianyang's team has made such great things and what changes have been made.

10,000 taels of silver, maybe for a big business, or a big family, is not a big amount, that is, he Lu Gui, who has been a tax supervisor in Hong Kong for several years, also has a net worth of hundreds of thousands, so he is worried about what is behind him. But for a self-made young man, it probably took a lot of their hard work to come up with this money!

"It's also a little guy who can give me the capital, since Xiao Cao is willing to help you, then the miscellaneous family will take you with you, as for whether you can impress the old brother of the miscellaneous family in the end, it depends on your own creation!" casually took out two huge and flawless Dongzhu from the box given by Li Tianyang and played with them, Lu Gui squinted his eyes and calculated in his heart: "The miscellaneous family is thinking that there are not enough minions around Xiao Cao, so promoting this little guy also gives Xiao Cao a helper." ”

When Lu Gui was thinking in his heart, Cao Yongyi, who walked out of Lu Gui's courtyard at this time, was happy, and there was such a father-in-law who had been in the capital for many years to match him, so he must be able to soar in the future.

On the side, his expression was still calm, and he slowly followed behind the radiant Cao Yongyi, quietly listening to his showmanship.

(End of chapter)