After coming out of Yuan's Mansion, nothing happened, so Xu Kang returned to the Mansion first.

At this time, the two sides of Xu's mansion had been renovated and two facade rooms had been built.

On the left side of the gate is a paper shop, which provides school supplies such as the Four Treasures of the Study. On the right side is a two-story building with an elegant facade. A plaque in the shape of a folding fan hangs above the door, with the three characters "Precious Fan Ju" written on it.

Both of these shops were built under Xu Kang's instructions, especially Baoshanju.

Boys who have watched costume movies must be most impressed by the two images on TV. One is a majestic hero carrying a long sword, and the other is a scholar wearing a robe and shaking a folding fan.

Xu Kang was naturally no exception. Especially after he was named a scholar of Hongdu Clan, his yearning for the folding fan became even more urgent.

However, the folding fan had not yet been invented in the Han Dynasty. At this time, the fans commonly used by the rich were feather fans, which were troublesome to make and relatively expensive. Well-off families mostly used cattail fans. The most common banana fan was known for its wide image.

Deeply rooted in people's hearts.

But Xu Kang thought that these were not as cool as shaking a folding fan. So he hired a large number of skilled carpenters to make folding fans.

After the folding fans were completed, Xu Kang naturally would not keep them for his own enjoyment. His biggest purpose was to turn these light folding fans into heavy money.

For this reason, Xu Kang thought of an excellent sales plan, which was to pay tribute.

Taking advantage of the hot summer, in the name of cooling off, Xu Kang presented thirteen folding fans of various styles and exquisite workmanship to the emperor.

Among these folding fans, there are paper fans with colorful flowers, wooden fans with hollow carvings, and iron fans with steel as the bone and silk as the surface, etc., all of which are exquisitely crafted and ingeniously designed.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed when he saw it and rewarded him with a large amount of property.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The emperor's reward and appreciation for the folding fan were secretly spread by Xu Kang, and soon the name of the folding fan spread throughout Luoyang.

Xu Kang took advantage of this trend and built ten "Bao Fan Residences" in and outside Luoyang City, which became very popular. The cost was quickly recovered.

Nowadays, as the weather gradually turns cooler, Baoshanju's business is not sluggish, because every scholar shaking a folding fan is no longer to dispel the heat, but has become a fashion. In addition, Xu Kang's timely introduction of

With its decorative wall-mounted folding fans and screen folding fans, Baoshanju has become a highly profitable brand in Xu Kang's hands.

Xu Kang also became famous for his creative invention of the folding fan.

Just when Xu Kang was looking at the Baoshan Ju that he had built with satisfaction, a carriage stopped in front of the store and two girls got off.

Xu Kang's eyes lit up, he walked up quickly and said with a smile: "It turns out it's Miss Wan and Miss Wu, please be polite."

The two people who came were none other than Xu Yuan and Wu Ran. After the Baoshan Residence outside the Xu Mansion was built, they became regular visitors here and became familiar with Xu Kang.

Wuzhen said politely: "I have met Mr. Xu."

Wu Ran didn't know if it was because of her experience in Youzhou that she had a shadow of Xu Kang. Every time she saw Xu Kang, she always had a timid expression, and it was the same now. But it was obvious that her tutor was excellent, although

I was a little scared, but I still bowed and said, "I've met Mr. Xu."

"You two are going to buy a fan. Is there anything I can do to help?"

"I'm afraid this is inconvenient." Wan Yuan declined.

Xu Kang has always been very enthusiastic about beauties. He led the way and said, "It's nothing inconvenient. I am the owner of this place after all. It's my duty to entertain the regulars. Please come in."

Seeing that they couldn't refuse, the two girls had no choice but to follow.

Baoshanju has two floors. The first floor is an ordinary store, where many men buy fans. The second floor is the women's fan department, which sells some incense fans for women.

There was a sign at the top of the stairs saying "Men Only", but Xu Kang ignored it.

When they got to the second floor, Wu Ran couldn't help but ask: "Isn't it said that men are no longer allowed here? Why can you still come up here?"

Xu Kang said with a smile: "It's the male guest who has to stop, but I'm not a guest, I'm the host, so naturally I don't have to stop."

Wu Yuan glared at him and said to Wu Ran: "Ignore him, he is just a scoundrel."

Xu Kang was not annoyed and continued to introduce the value and characteristics of various fans to them.

The people waiting on the second floor were all maids. Seeing Xu Kang coming up in person, they were naturally obedient and no one came to disturb them. Only some female guests pointed at them.

After coming here for a while, the two girls were tender-faced and couldn't stand the strange looks from others. Wrinkly Yuan had no choice but to say: "Master Xu, if you have something to do, you can go and do it first. We sisters can choose it ourselves."

Xu Kang also knew not to do too much. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Okay, since you are regular customers, I will give you a discount. Any fan here that costs less than ten taels of silver can be chosen by you. It's mine.

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Wu Ran's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Xu."

Wrinkle Yuan said angrily: "How stingy. Since you want to give it away, there shouldn't be any restrictions."

Xu Kang smiled bitterly and said: "There is no way, I am also running a small business."

After hearing Xu Kang's generosity just now, the other bold female guests immediately laughed and said, "Master Xu is really partial. We are also regular guests. Why don't you give it to us?"

Wuchuan was unable to say the words she was going to laugh at immediately, and could only feel depressed and angry at herself.

Xu Kang smiled and said, "Okay, everyone here can pick one. Count me as the guest." There weren't many guests anyway, so Xu Kang could still afford to pay the small amount.

The other female guests suddenly laughed and said, "Then we will thank this sister."

With his round and wrinkled face as red as a red cloth, he glared at Xu Kang fiercely, then turned and left.

Xu Kang couldn't be bothered anymore and was about to leave when he heard a commotion coming from the street outside the window.

Xu Kang walked to the window and looked down. He saw a young general holding a long gun and leading several servants blocking the door of his house.

Xu Kangzheng secretly wondered who this person was? But he heard a soft call from beside him, and Wuzhen greeted him: "Yan'er, look, isn't that your second brother Wu Ban?"

Wu Ran hurriedly came to the window, took one look, then retracted his head, and said anxiously: "Why is he here? Could it be that he came to arrest me on the order of his eldest brother?"

"How is that possible? We have just arrived. Brother won't know it so soon, right? Besides, you are just here to buy fans. He shouldn't send people to arrest you so blatantly."

When Wu Ran heard that it made sense, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Kang said at this time: "What are you talking about?"

Wu Yuan turned her head when she heard the words, but she exclaimed. It turned out that when she came to the window just now, she kept a distance from Xu Kang before looking down. However, in order to give Wu Ran enough space, her body naturally moved towards

Xu Kang came closer.

But how big can a window be, and how could there be room for three people to squeeze in it? The two of them were just worried about Ban Wu's intention, so they didn't pay attention. At this time, Xu Kang spoke, and Wan Yuan was shocked to realize that she was so close to him, and she exclaimed.
Chapter completed!