Feng Bangning heard that Yao Hongmo had given up, and secretly laughed in his heart that the official couldn't help but be scared. Just one sentence that was neither salty nor bland, the attitude of the two people was completely different. The two chatted for a while, then Feng Bangning presented the gift list and resigned. The gifts written on Mr. Yao's gift list were ordinary and not worth a hundred taels in total.
Although he felt unhappy, he didn't dare to act like a monster anymore. He agreed with Feng Bangning and told him that several troublemaking supervisors in the Imperial College would all have their honors and titles expelled. After hearing this, Feng Bangning hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed a few more times. The smiling look made Yao Hongmo feel angry, but he didn't dare to show it on his face.
Feng Bangning left the Imperial College and visited two business partners. When he returned to Qingliu Yin Shufang, it was already dark. After being busy with the printing shop, he told the shopkeeper to be careful with the candle, and then he rode back to his home in Sanyuan Lane.
After returning home, the servant was busy letting him wash up. Because the housewife stayed in her hometown to take care of her parents, Feng Bangning's concubine named Jin Baoer in Xina, Nanjing, served food in the inner hall. Feng Bangning sat down and asked her, "Is the master in the house today?"
Jin Baoer said delicately: "The master has not been out of the house. He sent dinner to the study. Today, I met more than a dozen guests." Feng Bangning hurriedly took a few mouthfuls, stood up, rinsed his mouth, and went to the study.
Entering the study room, I saw Feng Bao sitting behind the big case, almost invisible due to the pile of various manuscripts on the case. Two newly purchased glass oil lamps were lit in the study, illuminating it as brightly as daylight.
Seeing him coming, Feng Bao nodded and said, "You sit down first, I'll finish this." After Feng Bangning changed two cups of tea, he put down his pen.
When Feng Bangning saw him standing up and feeling relaxed, he also stood up and bowed and said: "Uncle, I went to Yao Hongmo's office today. The matter with the Imperial College has been settled."
Feng Bao listened and nodded absently. Feng Bangning walked up behind him and massaged his shoulders. Feng Bao smiled and said: "How is the bookstore's income now?"
Feng Bangning smacked his tongue and said, "My nephew never thought that this bookstore could make so much money. If I had known it, my nephew would have started working in Beijing!" He stretched out two fingers and said, "In three months, I can make a net profit of two thousand." Two. According to my nephew, if you double the price of the book, there will not be many fewer people buying it, so you can make more money."
After hearing this, Feng Bao smiled fondly and said, "Haha, you are a frog in a well, how much have you seen? Do you know how much the six stores in the South make in one day?"
Feng Bangning tried his best to guess: "One thousand taels a day?" Feng Bao said with a smile: "At this time, I knew that there were many rich people in the Ming Dynasty. I did the math, and in February it was already 4,500 taels a day. Not many people know about this. It is estimated that by June and July this year, it will be very difficult for these six stores to make 10,000 taels a day."
Feng Bangning was stunned and shouted: "In this year, won't it be more than three million?" Feng Bao nodded in agreement. Then he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Who would have thought of this?"
After Feng Bangning heard this, he put his small bookstore with a daily income of forty taels into the cold palace. He begged with a shy face: "How about you give your nephew a manager of the 'Rishenglong' store?"
Feng Bao smiled and shook his head: "You can't manage that kind of store. I almost died from exhaustion just looking for these shopkeepers."
After these few months of experience, Feng Bangning feels that he is not bad at anything. After hearing what Feng Bao said, I felt dissatisfied.
After resigning and returning to the bedroom, Feng Bangning said to his concubine Jin Baoer: "I have been tired these past few days. If it is sunny tomorrow, I will take you to Rishenglong for a stroll and buy some snacks to treat you." Jin Baoer was overjoyed after hearing this and prayed at the same time. The weather was fine, and while Feng Bangning was using some tricks, he was so busy that he broke into a smelly sweat.
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Rishenglong's name is well-known, but Feng Bangning only heard about it and never went there because he was too busy. After asking the housekeeper, I found out that the store is not far from Qingliu Bookstore. It is on a section of street between Jiezi Bridge and Neiqiao. One street behind it is Nanjing Martial Arts School, and two streets opposite is Yingtianfu Yamen. It is Nanjing at this time. The busiest area.
Feng Bangning arranged for two people to carry the sedan early in the morning and let Jin Baoer sit on it. He took his personal entourage, led a horse, walked as a chariot, and came towards the rising sun.
Both ends of Rishenglongmen Street have been blocked by Shangyuan County with stone piles, and neither sedans nor horses are allowed to pass. Jin Bao'er got off the sedan and saw a row of horse-tying stones on both sides of the street. People who came to go shopping had their horse-drawn carriages and mule-drawn carriages tied here, and were taken care of by servants. On the street, the government officials and policemen were walking around in groups carrying sticks and iron rulers.
At this time, the time was just right, and the long street in front of the sun was already full of people coming and going. Businessmen and scholars who had passed by the Qinhuai River last night came in droves with their respective interests.
Jin Baoer was afraid of seeing an acquaintance, so she quickly put down the gauze on her head to cover her face. Feng Bangning chuckled next to him, and Jin Baoer was so angry that he twisted him twice.
Putting aside the excitement of the long street, when the two of them walked to the door of Rishenglong Store, they took a breath of cold air at the same time.
I saw that Rishenglong's store was more than sixty feet long, with a pair of gates opening a few feet apart facing the street. The building is three stories high, and it doesn't need to mention the carved beams and paintings. Just the glass windows from top to bottom are jaw-dropping.
There was a tourist from out of town next to him. He was so frightened that he sat down on the ground and cursed: "What a fool! I insist on asking for it. I really don't want to betray you!" This made Jin Baoer burst into laughter. Feng Bangning also smiled.
When I approached the entrance of one of the stores, I saw two rows of young men wearing the same color and style with narrow sleeves and narrow sleeves, and wearing Liuhe scarves on their heads to welcome guests at the door. Seeing Feng Bangning and other guests walking into the store, they all bent down and saluted: "Sir, please come inside!"
Feng Bangning stepped in, first raised his head and glanced at the lobby, and saw that the bay was about four feet long, two feet wide, and even one foot high. Compared with other low-rise shops, it feels refreshing.
When I looked again, I saw that there was no counter inside, just a vast open space paved with terrazzo bricks, with a circle of armchairs on the side, and some people were sitting there. There were servants walking back and forth among the guests, with towels on their shoulders and tea trays for the guests to wipe their faces and drink water.
A first-time visitor next to him asked: "Where are the sellers? Aren't they selling goods here?" One of the boys bowed and replied: "Sir, the goods are inside, please look up."
When Feng Bangning looked up, he saw that there was still a door on the inner wall of the room, but it was just ajar. On the door are some sandalwood plaques with blue background and gold inlay. There are six words on the plaques: "Home, Life, Women, Jewelry, Artifacts, and Crafts".
Feng Bangning secretly smacked his tongue. On this day, the lobby was empty and there were only one customer, leaving all the shops in the world behind. Because my concubine served well last night, I led Jin Baoer to the lady's door first.
When he approached, the door with a "Ms." plaque opened from the inside. A young woman stood in front of the door, wearing a purple and green pleated skirt. She smiled and bent down to salute: "Your Majesty, please choose something for women and come with me." Feng Bangning and Jin Baoer were stunned.
When I crossed the threshold, I was stunned again. Behind this door is not a room, but a patio. Rows of thin bamboo flowers and plants were planted inside, dividing the patio into curved corridors paved with stones. The woman led Feng Bangning and the two around several times among the flowers. When Feng Bangning heard a tinkling sound of the piano, he saw her stop and said: "Your Majesty, we are here."
Then he bent down and saluted: "Guest, please wait here. Only female guests can enter here. Do you want to wait here, or should you go shopping elsewhere?"
Feng Bangning was so shocked by Ri Shenglong's arrogance that he lost his temper. Hearing this, he looked at Jin Bao'er. Jin Baoer was here for the first time, and she looked at him eagerly, hoping that he would wait.
Feng Bangning said: "I'll just wait for a while." When the woman heard this, she smiled and said: "If you are paying the bill today, please tell me how much you can spend." After that, she took two steps back and waited.
Feng Bangning thought about it and said in a low voice: "Things here are not cheap, you can use them for fifty taels first." Jin Baoer's eyes widened with joy and he responded happily.
When the woman saw that Feng Bangning had finished explaining, she clapped her hands, and a little maid led him to sit down in an armchair blocked by screens on both sides of the corridor. There was another little maid over there offering tea and snacks. Here he led Jin Baoer and pushed the door open.
After Feng Bangning sat down, he saw a small table in front of him. On one side was a collection of timely poems, and on the other side was an illustrated version of "The Generals of the Yang Family" published by his bookstore. When he looked up, he saw a piece of gauze blocking a platform on the rockery opposite. There was a woman playing the piano faintly among the flowers behind it. Only then did Feng Bangning know where the sound of the piano came from.
After waiting for half an hour, Feng Bangning was about to fall asleep to the sound of the piano. The door opened, and the woman led Jin Baoer, who was in despair, out. Holding a receipt in his hand, he handed it to Feng Bangning and said, "Sir, my lady spent fifty-one taels in total. You can just pay and pick up the goods when you go out." Jin Baoer lowered his head and pinched the handkerchief in his hand.
Feng Bangning saw a few lines written on the receipt, which included a set of women's Suzhou embroidered underwear, four or two bottles of body lotion, and one or two bottles of perfume.
Feng Bangning squeezed his hand hard and almost broke the document. His face turned red and he said, "I want to go somewhere else to see, how do I get there?"
The woman asked him if it was his first time here. Feng Bangning responded in a low voice. The woman suggested: "Sir, it's your first time here. It's better to go to the daily necessities store first. There must be something suitable."
Seeing Feng Bangning nodding, the woman led the two of them around the courtyard a few more times, stopping at a moon gate. A boy over there followed him and led Feng Bangning into another courtyard.
When the sun set in the west, Feng Bangning and Jin Baoer, male and female, seemed to have been drained of all their energy and energy as the sun rose. Feng Bangning had a sufficient budget, bringing a total of ten taels of red gold and sixty taels of pure silver, and spent them all. The couple had more than a dozen gold-painted cloth bags on their bodies, and they didn't have the energy to speak.
After returning home, taking a bath with soap, and brushing his teeth with high-quality toothpaste and toothbrush, Feng Bangning regained his composure. When Jin Baoer was wearing women's underwear, with a jade red tassel waist chain around her waist, towering into the clouds, and serving Feng Bangning with her fragrant fragrance, Feng Bangning gritted his teeth at first, and then laughed and said: "It's worth it! It's damn worth it! "
