In front of the small flying rainbow surrounded by water and clouds, Zhao Hao heard Wang Shimao show off:

"This garden took ten years to build and reform, and it cost no matter what. The strange peaks and rocks were purchased at high prices, famous flowers and plants were collected all over the world. The utensils in the house were made of sandals, pears, silkworms, and gold. The toys were written by the Tang steles of the Jin Dynasty and Shang Yi Xia tripods, which were unprecedented in wealthy families from all over the country. Moreover, my brother is a famous collector. Anyone with any rare calligraphy and paintings or lonely ancient books will be happy to see the hunting, and you will have to buy it for as much as you spend."

Wang Shimao said, pointing to the small building hidden by thousands of bamboos in front of him, saying, "It is called the 'Xiaoyou Pavilion', which contains more than 30,000 ancient books, which is the main part of my brother's collection of books for decades. To the east, there are more than 8,000 calligraphy and paintings from ancestors to the present, half of which are from this dynasty and half are from the previous dynasty. Next to it is a 'Jiuyouzhai', which contains more than 5,000 antiques, all of which are authentic works identified by my brother himself. There is also a 'Sutra Pavilion' in the middle of the garden, divided into two rooms, left and right. The left room is called 'Magic Treasure', used to collect Buddhist classics. The right room is called 'Xuanzhu', used to collect Taoist classics..."

Zhao Hao was stunned when he heard this. This is not about collecting, it is clearly a museum being built.

"Although my brother's collection is not as good as Xiang Molin, he is better than the quality." After Wang Shimao said that, he habitually called Wang Shizhen's old rival in the collection industry.

Xiang Molin's name is Xiang Yuanbian, and Molin is his name.

The rich men of the Ming Dynasty loved the interests of literati, and almost all the rich men had a hobby of collecting.

But there is no one who can compare with Xiang Yuanbian.

Because, first of all, no one is richer than him, and secondly, no one is more interested in collecting than him. Any antiques that Xiang Yuanbian likes will definitely offer irresistible prices, and no one can snatch him.

Since then, Wang Shizhen's good days have come to an end. The calligraphy and paintings he likes must be twice as expensive as before before he can win.

The leader of the Wang Alliance was naturally resentful. After several rounds of fighting, he was seriously injured. He was unable to fight to hide from Henan to become an official.

Therefore, the Wang brothers looked down on Xiang Yuanbian very much, and believed that he had raised the price of the collection market and was a nouveau riche who did not understand art.

"Those treasures fall into the hands of such people, they are purely throwing into the pearls and chewing peonies, which is a pity..."

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But Zhao Hao was interested in Xiang Yuanbianting.

When the two were admiring calligraphy and paintings in Erya Tower, he pointed the topic at the man:

"I heard that a while ago, Duke Yanzhou and Xiang Molin had a dispute over the authenticity of Xu Qisheng's "Seal Script Thousand Characters"."

"It's not a dispute." Wang Shimao looked at Zhao Hao in surprise and said with a smile: "There is a down-and-out son who insisted on selling his brother, but after reading it, his brother identified it as a fake, and wrote an inscription on it later as usual to warn people."

"The man was unwilling to give up, so he cut off the inscription and sold it to Xiang, and he ended up getting a hundred taels of gold." As he said, he said with a sarcastic word: "After my brother learned about it, he said, 'If there is no such person, he will starve to kill those persons', and it ended up spreading to Xiang's ears and causing him to say a lot of strange words."

Zhao Hao thought to himself, this matter is indeed because the leader of the Wang League is not kind.

At this time, the price comparison between gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty was about 1 to 6, and one hundred taels of gold was about 600 taels of silver. For Xiang Yuanbian, the richest man in Jiangnan, it was just a hair that he pulled out casually.

But Wang Shizhen's sarcastic derogation greatly affected the reputation of Xiang, and it is no wonder that Xiang Yuanbian became very angry.

After accompanying Wang Shimao for a while, Mr. Zhao said inadvertently: "By the way, I heard in Beijing that a fire broke out in Huzhou's new wharf on the first day of the first lunar month, and three or four hundred boats were burned, most of which belonged to the Xiang family?"

"Hey, that's not it." Wang Shimao said gloatingly: "The Xiang family suffered a lot of losses that time, with more than 100,000 kilograms of silk, more than 8,000 pieces of silk, and a lot of valuable goods burned all of them."

"This is quite strange." Zhao Hao smiled puzzledly and said, "Who is still doing business under the New Year? On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the goods should be put into storage. What should I do when I load them on the ship?"

"Uh..." Wang Shimao's expression turned pale when he heard this, and his eyes were obviously a little flustered. After a while, he covered up his smile and said, "I'll tell you, it seems that this is true. But who knows what others are doing?"

"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Later, I heard that the city was in chaos for a long time, and I don't know if it has anything to do with this matter."

"It probably isn't there. Isn't it said that the rumor of Your Majesty choosing a concubine?" Wang Shimao laughed dryly.

"Then this rumor is amazing." Zhao Hao sighed, "I heard that it was spread to Su Song later, and even Jiaxing and Hangzhou were in chaos for a while."

"That's not it." Wang Shimao took out a veil to wipe his sweat and said, "Hehe, this is what the common people are like, it's the wind and rain."

He felt that if Zhao Hao continued to talk, he would be suffocated.

But the other party was speechless, and Wang Shimao had no way to do it, so he had to quickly pull out the topic:

"By the way, brother, have you had any contact with the Gu family?"

"Gu family, it's not too late." Zhao Hao gently rolled up the scroll in his hand and said, "I heard that the county master wants to gain the recognition of the Gu family first?"

"No," Wang Shimao nodded and smiled, "Even the county town was built by his ancestors. Do you think the people of Kunshan don't listen to them?"

Zhao Hao nodded in agreement and thought to himself that it doesn't matter, but I will build a bigger one after another.

"But the Gu family owes Han family a favor." Wang Shimao asked with a smile: "If my brother needs it, I can write a letter and ask them to cooperate with Ling Zun more."

"That's great." Zhao Hao said with joy: "My father is worried about how to deal with those sitting tigers."

"Don't try to please them too much. It is a blessing for Kunshan to be able to serve Zhao Zhuangyuan as a magistrate. How stupid they have to be able to build a stinger with Ling Zun." When talking about this topic, Wang Shimao's expression became much more relaxed.

"But it seems that some people are not welcome." Zhao Hao chuckled and said, "Just received the news in the afternoon that the day before the ban was issued, there was a looting in the city... According to the thugs, it was someone who spread the rumors that the Dongting Chamber of Commerce had cut off the supply of Kunshan."

"I heard about this foolish brother, too." Wang Shimao nodded. "It seems that it was the reason why a vice president said."

"Don't worry, brother, we have a good relationship with the Dongting Chamber of Commerce. President Weng has not been in charge of business in the past two years. However, Vice President Xu should not sit idly by." As he said that, he said to Zhao Haokuan: "I will also write him a letter to see if I can help."

"I'm so grateful to Brother Shi." Zhao Hao couldn't help but smile happily: "I'm not familiar with the place in Suzhou, and I really rely on my friends to help you."

The traditional skill of holding the thighs cannot be lost at any time. Otherwise, why would Mr. Zhao give them so many shares?

But I can't find a thigh that is as thick and reliable as the eldest princess, so I can only make up for it by measuring it.
Chapter completed!