When they arrived at the West Market, Butler Wang found someone from Yahang and explained his intention. The man took them to a store that had recent interest in making a sale.
In the end, Li Chengqian and Li Zexuan took a fancy to a wood carving shop called "Tiangong Pavilion".
This store is quite large. It is a two-story building. People can live in the upper part to store goods, and the lower part can be used as a store. Moreover, this store has a strategic location. It is diagonally opposite the Yunxi Building, the largest restaurant in the West Market, and it is located in the most densely populated area in the West Market.
Li Zexuan was very satisfied with the store structure and location. He quickly asked Butler Wang to negotiate the price with the owner of the store, while he, Li Chengqian and Lan'er wandered around the store.
Li Zexuan was immediately surprised when he saw the wood carvings on the shelves of this store.
On the shelves, there are all kinds of wood carvings including Zhang Guolao, Maitreya Buddha, Two Dragons Playing with Pearls, and Monkeys celebrating Birthday. Moreover, the layout of each wood carving is plump, scattered but not loose, numerous but not chaotic, with clear layers and prominent themes. The carver is really a master of knife craftsmanship, and the name of this shop is worthy of its name.
Li Chengqian was also a little surprised. Although he was young, he still had good appreciation skills. Seeing so many exquisitely carved works, he exclaimed to Li Zexuan: "Brother Zexuan, the only wood carvings in this shop are those in the palace." Only some heirloom masterpieces can compare with it.”
Li Zexuan nodded.
At this moment, Butler Wang had finished negotiating with the store owner and walked over to them.
"Master, according to what the boss said, their master was transferred to Jiangsu, so they rushed to sell this shop. The final price was 780 yuan. What do you think, master?" Wang Guanjiahui reported.
Cheap, really cheap, this was Li Zexuan's first feeling. Compared with the sky-high housing prices in the capital in later generations, the price of this store is really low now. Li Zexuan quickly nodded in agreement, and then walked to the shopkeeper in person.
He cupped his hands and said, "Shopkeeper, may I ask who the woodcarving master of this shop is?"
The shopkeeper found the buyer and was in a good mood, so he replied: "Oh? Is this gentleman also interested in wood carving? The person who carved this carving is Liu Dingyi, the famous Tiandao in Chang'an City, known as Liu Yidao. Before our shop He also paid a large price for the painting.
If Mr. Shaolang bought this shop also for the wood carving business, I suggest you find a way to keep Liu Yidao as there are many shops outside vying to hire him. "
After saying that, the shopkeeper pointed to a lean old man at the door.
When Li Zexuan heard from the shopkeeper that the old man's nickname was Liu Yidao, he couldn't help but curse in his heart, why don't you call him Yidao Niu? In his previous life, he was a Dota enthusiast, and he had played a lot of one-shot tricks. Well, this guy couldn't help but think wrong again.
However, Li Zexuan really wanted to keep this old man who was a skilled carver. Although he did not plan to open a wood carving shop, some of the rare objects he would make in the future would still require a master who was good at carving.
Li Zexuan immediately retained Liu Yidao at Tiangongge's previous salary of 1.5 times.
After handing over with the shopkeeper, they were given three days to move out.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Chengqian was about to leave. Suddenly he remembered that their shop didn't have a name yet, so he asked, "Brother Zexuan, what should the name of this shop be?"
Li Zexuan thought for a while and said: "Let's call it Qiqi Pavilion. From now on, all the strange and interesting treasures in the world will come from this pavilion, haha!"
Li Chengqian nodded in agreement and said, "This is called Great Goodness!"
Li Zexuan rolled his eyes and suddenly had an idea. He pulled Li Chengqian over and whispered:
"Gao Ming, I heard that His Majesty is very fond of calligraphy. If you can think of a way to get His Majesty to inscribe a plaque for Qiqi Pavilion, how about I give you half the share and two exciting stories like "Journey to the West"?"
Li Chengqian's expression changed when he heard this, his head immediately shook like a rattle, and he said urgently: "No, no, my father will definitely not agree."
Although the conditions offered by Li Zexuan were very tempting to him, it was obvious that Li Er's power frightened him even more. Asking Li Er to inscribe a plaque on a shop was really a shame for his brother. This was simply seeking death.
Seeing that he refused very simply, Li Zexuan knew that there was no chance, so he retreated and said: "Forget it, but Gao Ming, you have to find a famous calligrapher to inscribe a plaque. The style of our Qiqi Pavilion must be as high as possible in the future. The plaque cannot be shabby."
Li Chengqian thought about it for a while, and already had some calculations in his mind, so he nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, then tomorrow I will bring that highly skilled and interesting person over to you to meet him. I see that Brother Zexuan often has some wonderful ideas." I think maybe you two can create some sparks."
This sentence seems fine to Li Chengqian, but it is very problematic to Li Zexuan, a modern man. He cursed in his heart: I don't do homosexuality.
But Li Zexuan couldn't explain anything. Instead, he was a little interested in the person Li Chengqian mentioned, so he said, "Brother, let's wait and see."
Then Li Chengqian said goodbye to him and left with his guards.
Li Zexuan took Lan'er, Yu Xi and others, hired a carriage and went to the Imperial Medical Office to pick up Tiedan.
Seeing Tiedan being wrapped into a rice dumpling, Han Yuxi felt distressed and couldn't help crying, and Lan'er also had red eyes.
Seeing that his sister and Lan'er were sad for him, Tiedan quickly comforted him: "Sister, sister Lan'er, don't worry, Tiedan is fine, the pain is gone."
It was okay if he didn't say anything, but as soon as he did, Lan'er burst into tears.
When Li Zexuan saw that Tiedan could speak and the injured parts had been bandaged, he wanted to take him home and take care of him. So a medical officer was called and asked: "How is the child's injury? Can he be taken back?"
Tiedan has no relatives or friends in Chang'an, and he was injured by Han Yuxi today. No matter what, Li Zexuan had to take him back to his home and take good care of him.
When Li Zexuan came to the Imperial Medical Office, he brought Li Chengqian's warrant. Naturally, the medical officer did not dare to offend him and replied: "The fractured part of the child's body has been reattached. He only needs to rest and rest. You can take him back." , but you must be careful.”
Li Zexuan nodded and invited several students from the Imperial Medical Office to carefully lift Tiedan onto the carriage. Naturally, several quilts had been prepared on the carriage to avoid bumps.
Li Zexuan asked Han Yuxi and Lan'er to get in the car and take care of Tiedan, and also told the man driving the carriage to walk slowly. He and Butler Wang followed on foot behind the carriage, and the group rushed towards Li's house.
When Tiedan saw that the young master was walking on his own but letting him sleep on the carriage, Tiedan was immediately moved and wanted to get up and refuse, but was severely stopped by Li Zexuan.
Tiedan suddenly felt warm in his heart, thinking that he was also a young master, why was his young master so good to country people like them, but Liu Haojian and Cao Shaoyun were so bad to country people
Tiedan saved people twice and was beaten twice. Although he was saved successfully, he was injured every time because of his efforts. He still had some desire for power in his heart. He wanted to be as powerful as the young master, or as powerful as his father. It’s okay to be powerful, so you can protect your loved ones from being bullied.
Seeing that the young master was so kind to his family, Tiedan felt a glimmer of hope in his heart. He was thinking, maybe he could ask the young master to teach him martial arts? Even if the young master is unwilling, Tiedan plans to do the next best thing and go home to ask his father to teach him two moves.
Yes, Tiedan is not stupid. He also knows that the young master's martial arts skills are better than his father's.
After experiencing so many things, Tiedan himself has understood many things, and he wants to become stronger!
Maybe I can write a separate novel for Tie Dan, and call it "Tie Dan's Counterattack". He lost his mother when he was young, and he and his sister depended on each other. When he grew up, he was injured while protecting the host's lady and his own sister, and he had a profound realization. Become a disciple of the young master of the master's family, learn a lot of skills, punch the second generation of officials, kick stinky gangsters, marry the young master of the master's family, and reach the pinnacle of life. Uh-huh, I said a bit too much.
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