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Chapter 53: Trip to the State City (3) Gifts

 After a night of consideration, Yang Zhen revised her original plan. She did not go out the next morning, but stayed in the Wang family.

He was like the Grandma Liu who broke into the Grand View Garden, and was curious about everything. He went to see what classes the children took, and then asked two maids to take him to the garden. When he met those concubines yesterday, he was still dragged and asked questions, and he also took the opportunity to inquire about a lot of things with them.

He is a child and a guest, so the Wang family doesn't care what he does.

It was almost noon when he found Wang Shaohe and asked him to take him to Chen Fuzhen's residence to have lunch with Chen Fuzhen, who was at Xiumu and his family.

Afterwards, Chen Fuzhen took him and several others to accompany him to find a yard. After some field investigation and selection, he fell in love with a two-entry yard in a relatively remote and quiet place in the city. He asked Aunt Fu to rent it in the name of Dexingtang Trading Company and paid the rent for one year in advance, totaling fifty gold coins.

In the evening, Chen Fuzhen invited the manager who was working in the Ju Wang Mansion. Together with the Chen family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the five of them had a supper in a rather luxurious restaurant in Zhoucheng.

This man's surname is Gong, in his forties, and is an old man from the Ju Palace. He is very clear about many things in the palace. He was fooled by the name of the shopkeeper of Dexingtang, and thought the Chen family was doing a big business. When he saw that it was a furious child like Yang Zhen, he was originally disdainful to talk to him. However, Yang Zhen had a few years of experience in his previous life and had a little bit of the ability to talk to others and speak lies to ghosts, which flattered him very comfortably, which made him talk loudly and revealed a lot of inside stories about the palace.

This person is an old man and likes to brag very much. When it comes to specific things, it is full of clouds and fog around. Yang Zhen also took a lot of effort to get the information he needed.

Wang Shaohe was not interested in participating in the two meals at noon and evening. He found a place nearby to rest. He stayed with Yang Zhen at other times. He didn't talk much, and he knew everything he asked, and was a very good guest.

When I returned to the Wang family in the evening, I told the story to the aunts, ladies and young masters as usual, before Yang Zhen returned to her room to rest.

...

That night, in the stone space, Yang Zhen took out paper and pen and began to record and analyze the information obtained on that day.

Space is the safest place, and you don’t worry about being seen by writing anything.

It seemed like he was back in his previous life when he ran a project, he wrote:

Project Evaluation

【Task】Sold 10,000 Xuanyang woods, if possible, establish long-term cooperation with the other party.

【Target Customer】Juwang Mansion

【reason】

1. Safety. Due to the reasons for avoiding suspicion, the Zi Mansion and even most of the foundation-building families that have been passed down for a long time avoid direct contact with the royal mansion. The wood was sold to the royal mansion and the Wang family discovered it.

2. Strength. There are troops under the Ju Wang Mansion, various industries, shops, and some small immortal cultivators affected and controlled by it. These are all combined, and they have enough ability and demand to eat this batch of goods.

Therefore, selling it to the Ju Wang Mansion is the best choice, and there is a possibility of long-term cooperation.

【Key Character】Mr. Cui

This person is the general manager in charge of purchasing the royal family. He must obtain approval from this person for purchasing Xuanyang wood in large quantities.

【Our own advantages】

1. Price. Xuanyang Wood costs 45 copper coins, and the purchase price of Zhoucheng is around 330 copper coins. Because it saves the most critical freight, you can completely afford a lower purchase price.

2. Stable. From the origin of Xuanyang wood, it can be supplied for a long time at a preferential price.

【Disadvantages】

1. Age. It is too young to be trusted.

2. Qualifications. Xingdetang is newly established. Although it has endorsed by the Zhao family of Zifu, it has no achievements in the prefecture city.

3. Safety. As a mortal child, you must beware of the other party's covetousness and even endanger your life.

【Other resources available】

1. Wang family. As a large clan of Qing'an County, Yunzhou, the Wang family has four Yuanying, three of whom are in the sect, and are the top three families in Yunzhou (the Zhao family can rank in the top ten), with huge power.

Wang Rui, the head of the Wang family in Zhoucheng, was in the sect for many years and had a wide range of friends. He is a well-known figure in the immortal cultivation world of Zhoucheng.

2. Wang Shaohe. The direct descendant of the Wang family, in his forties, has four spiritual roots, and is ranked sixteen among his peers in the late stage of Qi training. He is calm and not good at talking.

3. Chen Fuzhen was conscripted from Xuyang County to work in the King of Ju Palace, and through him, he had already met the head of the King of the Prince Gong.

As these situations were analyzed one by one, Yang Zhen gradually had a plan to take shape in her mind...

...

The next morning, he found Wang Shaohe.

"Uncle Sixteenth," Yang Zhen smiled and said hello. After a day of hard work yesterday, Wang Shaohe had no choice but to accept the title of Uncle Sixteenth.

"I heard that there are many treasures from the mortal world in the mansion. Can you give me a long experience with my nephew?"

"What are some ordinary things that look good? Are you going to trade ordinary things?"

Although Wang Shaohe answered this way, he still took him to a yard. There were various calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, mortal crafts, etc.

"These are gifts given to the fifth elder (Wang Rui) by each family in the state. The fifth elder does not like these common things. However, they are all given by people with identity in the state, and it is not easy to discard or sell them, so they are placed here. If you like it, you might as well choose two. With the friendship between the fifth elder and Taoist Master He Jing, these common things are nothing."

"Then I'll be disrespectful." Yang Zhen was overjoyed. This was his purpose.

Wang Shaohe then called a maid in and asked her to introduce the origin, characteristics, who gave them to Yang Zhen, etc. He found a place in the yard and closed his eyes and meditated.

Yang Zhen quickly chose a landscape picture and a set of teapots.

"Young man has a good vision," the maid flattered him: "These two things were given to the fourth elders by the Prince Ju Palace. Especially this calligraphy and painting was made by Master Dong Chang. Master Dong is good at landscape paintings. Look at this painting, the brushwork is beautiful and neutral, and the ink is pure and graceful. The whole painting is as close as a thousand miles away. It can be called a masterpiece of Master Dong's paintings..."

The maid's endless introduction was obviously a female literary girl who was obsessed with art.

Yang Zhen listened with a smile and remembered it silently in her heart. At the end, she couldn't help but ask:

"How much is this painting worth?"

The maid suddenly showed a look of disgust. She must have regarded him as a ignorant young master, but she still answered honestly: "This painting is a work by Master Huang in recent years. It is probably worth a hundred gold coins."

Yang Zhen smiled brightly and pointed at the teapot again: "Where is this?"

The maid had no interest in explaining and replied casually: "This is a few dozen gold coins."

Yang Zhen was very satisfied and chose these two works of art very appropriately.

After walking out of the yard with Wang Shaohe, he made his request:

"Can I borrow flowers to offer these two things to someone else?"

"This," Wang Shaohe hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "It's just some ordinary things. Since it has already belonged to you, let's do it at your disposal!"
Chapter completed!
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