Now that we have the candidates to go to Shaanxi, the next step is to rush to various places to buy pictures.
This is much more difficult than going to Chang'an to find out about Lu Chuduan.
To find out Lu Chuduuan's whereabouts, all you need is legs and a mouth, but you must be literate to buy pictures.
Just being literate is not enough, you also need to have a relatively deep cultural accomplishment to be able to distinguish authenticity.
From this perspective, Chang'an Town, which has nearly 1,500 people, can count all the qualified people on one hand.
The fifth place is counted as one, Zhao Yun, who was born in Juren, is counted as one, the scholar Yan Wen is counted as one, and the full dozen are counted as three.
Among the other candidates, Xu Youliang from Wulong Mountain is counted as one, and Chen Zhili and Deng Huaiwen, who were unsuccessful scholars, are also counted as one. In total, there are only six candidates.
Five of the seventeen Qi Jiajun brought by Xu Le were literate. Regardless of their level of education, if they were entrusted with the task of purchasing calligraphy and paintings, the risk would be greater.
As the saying goes, "You know people but don't know their hearts." These people, including Zhao Yun and Xu Youliang, are all alone and single. If you give them a lot of money, God knows if they will have other ideas?
After all, human nature is greedy.
No matter how nice the words are now, when the free money comes into hand, no one can guarantee that these people will never come back?
Everyone knows this truth, but it has not been put on the table.
"The matter of collecting pictures has to fall to the fifth brother."
Zhu Renxia turned the tea cup with one hand and made a decision calmly: "In addition to you, Chen Zhili, Yan Wen, and Deng Huaiwen can also be entrusted with important responsibilities. You will split up and rush to different cities. Visit famous local antique shops and collect pictures.”
"I think it's okay."
The fifth one nodded tacitly.
Except for himself, Chen Zhili, Yan Wen, and Deng Huaiwen all had children in Chang'an Town, and it was unlikely that they would run away for three to four hundred taels of silver.
Of course, people's hearts are separated from each other, and three or four hundred taels of silver is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for ordinary people.
In another place, you can buy a house, marry a lovely wife, and live comfortably for the rest of your life.
No one can guarantee that these three people will not have this idea, but at present, no one is more suitable than these three. If this kind of thing really happens, then you can only consider yourself unlucky.
However, Zhu Renxia quickly thought of a safer method.
That is to assign two bodyguards to everyone except the fifth person, and then deposit the money in the bank. The three people will supervise each other and no one will touch the money.
After finding a suitable picture and agreeing on the price, you can take the money out of the bank and hand it over to the seller. This is the safest way.
After hearing Zhu Renxia's idea, the fifth person clapped his hands and agreed: "This is the best way. Brother, I also carry the banknote with me to prevent me from running away with the money."
"Haha... Fifth brother, stop making trouble!"
Zhu Renxia picked up the teapot and filled it for the fifth person, "Let's put it this way, even if I give you all the money in the warehouse, you won't run away. The love you have for your sister-in-law and niece is priceless."
"Brother, what you said makes your fifth brother feel comfortable!"
The fifth man shook his folding fan and said with a smile, "I can't bear to part with my son and daughter. As for your sister-in-law, I don't mind getting another one."
"Hmph... no conscience!"
Jin Zhu rolled her eyes, "Sister-in-law Zhou and Sister-in-law Cuihua are both pregnant. You will have two more cubs next spring. You have the nerve to say this."
Jiang Guanjun pinched his angular jaw and joked: "Fifth Master is a thief but not a thief. I heard rumors from his neighbors that he is notoriously henpecked in the whole alley."
"Third brother, please don't say this nonsense. Whoever said it will see if I don't deduct his work points!"
The fifth person slapped the table and pretended to be angry, "I give you five taels of silver per month, and I will give you two taels to sister-in-law Zhou and two taels to sister-in-law Han. The remaining two taels will be used to supplement the family income. I can have at least three hundred yuan of private money left. !”
Jin Zhu covered her mouth and sneered: "That's pretty much it!"
Zhu Renxia brought the topic back on track: "Fifth Brother rushed to Guiyang with his brother Gongfu with two thousand taels of silver, exchanged the silver for banknotes, and gave each of Yan Wen, Chen Zhili, and Deng Huaiwen four hundred taels, and rushed to different places respectively. We are looking for ancient paintings that contain the homophonic pronunciation of 'Phoenix Nirvana'."
The fifth person nodded: "I do have to bring more, because I still have to worry about the brothel."
"Tch...you care more about brothels than anyone else. You wouldn't use public funds to visit brothels, would you?" Jin Zhu immediately sneered.
The fifth was so angry that he blew his beard and stared: "My old friend has not deceived me. It is really difficult to raise a villain and a woman! I, the fifth, am aboveboard. How can I be a hypocrite who is not what I am? If you continue to slander my reputation, I will Not going anywhere!”
Jin Zhu quickly apologized: "My fifth master, please don't go. If you go on strike, the sun might not rise tomorrow."
"Ahem...be serious."
Zhu Renxia cleared his throat and reminded Jinzhu not to make any jokes, "Fifth brother, in addition to looking for pictures this time you go out, you also need to contact merchants from various places and ask them to come to our Chang'an town to purchase goods. Tianzun thinks that we The speed of making money is slow, so let’s go to more big cities and expand our sales channels.”
"With Tianzun here, our supply of goods is inexhaustible. It is really too slow to rely solely on Liu Zhaoguang's sales."
The fifth person expressed deep agreement, "Then I will go to Nanjing after returning from Guiyang. There are many merchants there, so I won't worry about lack of sales. Let Chen Zhili go to Changsha, Deng Huaiwen to Nanchang, and Yan Wen to Guangxi to open up as many sales channels as possible." "
"Okay, the fifth brother will make the specific arrangements for this matter."
Zhu Renxia stood up and announced the adjournment of the meeting, "Everyone go home and pack your bags to prepare for departure tomorrow."
Early next morning.
Liu Gongfu took Cao Wan and Sun Quan and selected twenty elites.
The fifth one took three people, Chen Zhili, Yan Wen, and Deng Huaiwen, and selected eight elites, four people from Wulong Mountain and four people from Qi Jiajun, to go to Guiyang together with Liu Gongfu.
After half a year of development, Chang'an Town already has more than fifty horses, one for each person, which is more than enough.
However, the total weight of the four thousand taels of silver was two hundred and fifty kilograms, and it needed to be pulled by a carriage.
"Change the carriage. I am not used to riding a horse."
The fifth person took advantage of the situation and changed his mount into a carriage.
Zhu Renxia, Jiang Guanjun, and Jin Zhu were sent to a place more than ten miles west of the city, and then they waved goodbye: "Brother Gongfu, Fifth Master, take care along the way. I'm looking forward to your good news."
After the fifth person left, all the trivial matters in the town fell on Zhu Renxia, such as counting work points, distributing benefits, arranging chores, purchasing supplies, etc.
But Zhu Renxia was really too busy, so he had to promote Zhao Yun to temporarily take charge of the town committee.
"Brother Zilong is from Juren. If the Fifth Master is not here, you will have to worry more about things in the town."
Zhao Yun said cheerfully: "Thanks to the mayor's respect, how dare I, Zhao Zilong, not do my best. During the time when the fifth master is away, the government affairs will be entrusted to me. I will ensure that our Chang'an town does not pick up lost items on the road and does not close our doors at night."
"Haha...it's up to you!"
Zhu Renxia smiled and patted Zhao Yun's shoulder meaningfully.
In such a large town, Zhao Yun alone was clearly too busy, so Zhu Renxia promoted Chen Huang, the former head of Chenjia Village, to the town committee to assist in the work.
After all, the old man has also been a village chief. Although he cannot be said to have read poetry and books, he can still coordinate and settle accounts.
Chen Zhili left, and there were only two teachers in the school, Xu Youliang and Qi Lingwei, who were too busy. Zhu Renxia promoted a new scholar named Zhang to be a teacher to keep the school running normally.
On this day, Zhu Renxia had just had lunch when Ding Xiao hurriedly broke into his home: "Mayor... Wang San and Xiang Si who you left in Wulong Mountain are back."
"Oh... have you ever waited for Jay Chou?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Renxia hurriedly put down his chopsticks and asked impatiently.
Chang'an Tianzun is determined to win the "Tiger and Dragon Pantu". Whether he can complete the task is crucial to Fang Jielun, the warrior in white.
