As the New Year is approaching, the popularity and business atmosphere of Chang'an City are becoming more and more prosperous.
After all, it is a world-famous metropolis and the capital of a country in the world. The standard of living is simply higher than other places.
Whether it is a shop or a brothel, business is booming day by day. Everyone is taking advantage of this new year to make a good fortune.
The owner of a wealthy family who spends money like water on weekdays spends all day courting friends and spending huge sums of money, which attracts everyone's applause and makes her even more grand.
However, the man who spent money like water like water in the past, the eldest man of Rongguo Mansion, Jia She Jia Enhou, did not go out to have fun with his friends, but lay at home and wailed.
It turned out that a few days ago, he couldn't bear the loneliness and invited his friends to drink wine. In the end, he accidentally dragged one of them into the room and played around with him for a while.
Originally, the legitimate son of Rongguo Mansion, a first-class general, whoring a brothel girl, was nothing.
Even if Jin Yiwei is in charge of the entire street, he can't control the affairs of Mr. Jia's house.
But in the entire Chang'an City, there are people more powerful than Jin Yiwei.
The woman in the brothel that Jia She slept with was apparently the one whom Prince Zhongshun had just favored.
What's even more frightening is that this woman actually died.
Although Shuntian Mansion quickly found out the truth and found out that the woman died due to "horse wind", it fully reflects the dragon-horse spirit of Mr. Jia.
But Prince Zhongshun quit.
The woman whom I have favored so much was killed by a rotten old man in his fifties and sixties because of the sudden wind. Doesn't this mean that Prince Zhongshun is incompetent?
I am in my forties and in my prime, but I can't compare to a bad old man when I scold Fang Qiu?
So Prince Zhongshun immediately sent a chief official to block Jia She, and blackmailed him severely. He even extorted tens of thousands of taels of silver from Jia She.
It directly plunged Jia She's finances into bankruptcy.
Naturally, Jia She and his wife took a lot of the money they spent to build the other courtyard. However, he was a serious master after all, and he had the title of an elder, so no one could say anything.
But Prince Zhongshun forced Jia She into a corner and insisted on extorting a large sum of money from him. How could Jia She dare to refuse?
But this cost Jia She his life. He had always been a man who enjoyed himself in time. He had already spent all the stolen money. Where could he find the money to quell Prince Zhongshun's anger?
After trying to beg for mercy and cheating several times, Prince Zhongshun's chief official forced him to come home and wanted to sue him to Shuntian Mansion in front of the old lady.
He said he had debts he could not repay.
Rong Guofu's face was completely humiliated by Jia She.
Jia She had no choice but to scrape together some pieces and sell some of his treasured toys to calm Prince Zhongshun.
But he himself also owed a huge debt because of this.
If someone else were in his situation, they would have no choice but to stay at home and be honest for a while. Anyway, those creditors would not dare to chase them to the Rongguo Mansion to collect their debts.
But when the New Year is approaching and everyone else is going around drinking and having fun, how can Jia She sit at home? If he doesn't go out and make some noise, he will feel uncomfortable all over!
It happened that on this day, a friend named Zhang Baichuan came over and chatted with Jia She. He said that Sun Shaozong, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, had obtained several treasures, but it was Sun Shaozu, the eldest brother who was far away in Heiliao, who got some treasures from the Yehenala tribe.
The spoils of war were given to his younger brother to enjoy.
"Humph, the Yehenala tribe is just a barbarian tribe in the white mountains and black waters. What kind of rare things can they have? Could it be Dongzhu," Jia She said with a look of disdain.
"That's all there is to it, but there is one thing that you, old man, will definitely like." Zhang Baichuan said mysteriously.
"Haha, I have seen a lot of interesting things, general. Is there anything I can like?" Jia She said with a look of disdain.
But curiosity arose in my heart.
"It's a fan. It's a peerless fan. It's said that the Yehenala tribe snatched it when they entered the country with Aixinjueluo. It has jade as the skeleton. It has the authentic calligraphy of Cai Xiang, the great calligrapher of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the former
It is the private seal of Zhang Juzheng and others. It can be said to be priceless!" Zhang Baichuan said.
"What, such a good thing!" Jia She jumped up suddenly and shouted: "Prepare the car, prepare the car, sir, I am going to visit the home of Prime Minister Sun Tian of Shuntian Prefecture!"
Seeing how busy he was, others thought he was a forty-five-year-old boy.
Zhang Baichuan smiled apologetically, but at the same time he was happy: "This Sun Shaozong knows how to do business. If he succeeds, my trip will not be in vain!"
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An hour later.
Sun Mansion, reception room.
Mr. Jia wore gold-wired reading glasses on the bridge of his nose. His chubby body leaned forward slightly, his two fat and short arms resting on the desk. He stretched his neck like a thousand-year-old tortoise and stared at an emerald on the table.
Bone fan.
"Good stuff, really good stuff!"
After a long while, he shook his head and straightened his back, took off his glasses, put them in the box, and then like a smoke addict, he smashed his whole body into the Taishi chair, with a look of intoxication on his face like mud.
.
After sitting in the chair for a while, Mr. Jia came back to his senses from the joy that filled his body and soul. He sat on the throne with a grand gesture and said with a smile: "My dear nephew, this fan of yours is really good."
Goods, what do you think, give them to me, and treat them as your filial piety to me."
Bah!
You are an idiot and an old pervert. If you hadn't formed an alliance with Lin Zhao, I would have nothing to do with you!
You are still filial, who do you think you are?
Sun Shaozong was thinking in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he cupped his hands and said: "Uncle Shi, if this fan belongs to my nephew, as long as uncle Shi likes it, my nephew will definitely give it to me without saying a word. Even if it belongs to my elder brother,
I can also be 90% in charge, and my brother won’t say much if he finds out."
What Sun Shaozong said was quite modest. Jia She was very pleased with what he said and couldn't help but nod.
"But Uncle Shi must also understand the truth of this world. Such fans are just a spearhead. They are trophies snatched by the Hei Liao army from many tribes in Baishan and Heishui, Korea and Rakshasa barbarians, and transported to the capital for sale. This is what everyone
In terms of business, no matter how ambitious my nephew is, he would not dare to go against the generals. Therefore, not only does this fan need to be sold, but it also needs to be sold at a high price so that both parties can cooperate in the future, right?"
Although Jia She is an old dandy who only cares about pleasure, he is also extremely smart but he has never used it on the right path.
I just know that this is what it should be.
Not to mention what Sun Shaozong said, even if he didn't, Sun Shaozong would never really give it to him for free.
Now, after Sun Shaozong said these words, Jia She didn't dare to go against so many people in the Black Liao Army, so he said: "Come on, don't tell me that it's useless. Tell me, how can you use such a fan?"
How are you going to deal with it?”
"Uncle Shi Rong, this fan is so precious, and Uncle Shi is a master of connoisseurship. Only if it enters your private treasury can it be considered worthy. Let's do it this way, five thousand taels of silver, only five thousand taels
For just one silver, Uncle Shi can take this fan home!" Sun Shaozong said.
"What, five thousand taels?"
Jia She jumped up and was stunned.
When he was not in deficit, he also collected a few fans, but one fan only cost him one thousand taels of silver.
Regardless of its appearance, specifications or collection value, this fan is far higher than those other fans. It only costs 5,000 taels of silver, which is really a bit deceiving.
In fact, if it was just five thousand taels of silver on a normal day, Jia She might have taken it out as he stamped his feet and frowned.
However, he had recently been blackmailed by Prince Zhongshun, and had lost face in the palace. He had been subsidizing here and there, and was heavily in debt. He was really short of money and could not afford five thousand taels of silver.
He intended to take away the fan first and then refuse to pay.
But after thinking about it, I dare not offend the Hei Liao Army and Shuntian Fu Cheng after all.
But how can this matter trouble Mr. Jia?
He laughed and said, "My dear nephew, as the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, you are here from the Head King. You must have a lot of income. Why don't you lend me eight thousand taels of silver?"