All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 94: Closing the shop and entering the academy

This jewelry shop must be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.

That Chen Ran was actually given to the little girl Xiangling!

Ping'er hadn't come to her senses until she returned to the Rongguo Mansion.

"Oh~" Wang Xifeng saw her like this and joked, "Who has taken your soul away?"

"Grandma, please don't laugh at me."

After calming down, Ping'er recounted what had happened before.

Wang Xifeng gradually frowned as she listened, "Is that shop really worth tens of thousands of taels? I just asked for a favor, isn't that a loss?"

Ping'er's heart tightened, and she hurriedly explained, "After all, it was sent by the Xue family, and it also has the face of Magistrate Jia."

"Are you really interested in him?" Wang Xifeng looked at her suspiciously. "Why are you speaking for a man who doesn't belong to you?"

"grandmother!"

Ping'er stamped her feet and simply turned around and left.

She was restless all afternoon.

In her worldview, she never thought that there would be a man who would give a woman something worth tens of thousands of dollars. It completely shattered her worldview.
Think about the masters in my family, who would turn the world upside down for a few hundred taels of silver.
As my thoughts were changing, I heard a fierce quarrel coming from the main house.

"All you do is ask for money all day long! You've squandered all the money in the house!"

"What are you arguing about! It's nothing to spend some money on social events outside!"

"I don't have any money, but I have my life!"

"I gave you face, didn't I~~~"

There is no doubt that Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian quarreled over the money again.

Ping'er stood up and planned to go over to persuade the two to calm down.

But when he reached the door, he paused, turned around and went back to the couch.

"It's none of my business if they quarrel!"

The reason why he stopped being a balanced peacemaker was naturally because Chen Ran had modified the subtitles before.

Changed "only then can they maintain the superficial relationship" to "cannot maintain the superficial relationship".

After a while, Jia Lian kicked the door and rushed out angrily.

Wang Xifeng, with her hairpins disheveled, chased after him and cried, "You heartless person, you stole my money~~~"

Somehow, seeing Wang Xifeng's miserable appearance, Ping'er's mood suddenly improved.

Xinglong Street, jewelry shop.

Chen Ran, who was sitting on a chair, was checking the account book.

He stopped from time to time, picked up a pen and circled and drew on the account book.

Having served as a military commander in the Ming Dynasty, he definitely knows everything about logistics.

Comparing with the account books here, it is not difficult to see the trick.

"Son."

Xiangling, with a blush on her pretty face, came over with a tea bowl and said, "Please have some tea."

Even Ping'er, who was a thoughtful person, was shocked by Chen Ran's act of giving away the shop, not to mention Xiangling.

Even now, she was still dizzy.

I don’t know how to repay Chen Ran, so I can only do what I can.

"No need to do this." Chen Ran motioned her to sit down and talk. "I've already told you that I'm going to take the imperial examination, and it's not appropriate to put this shop under my name. You don't have to do this."

He said a lot, but unfortunately Xiangling didn't listen at all.

There was only one thought in my mind, and that was to serve the young master well and repay him.

"That's really a punishment." Chen Ran calculated and put down the account book in his hand. "There is more than 6,000 taels missing from the account book alone. How audacious!"

"Six thousand taels?" Xiangling was shocked. "So much?"

"Look." Chen Ran flipped through the account book to explain to her, "For example, this amount of money is for a pearl necklace given to Cheng Yushi's family. It costs 108 pearls weighing two cents, and the Mid-Autumn Festival payment is 420 taels of silver."

"Just looking at it this way, don't you think there is nothing wrong with it? It's even cheaper?"

Before the emergence of artificially cultivated pearls, the color, shape and size were similar, and the weight of each pearl could reach more than five cents. One hundred and eight pearls together to make a necklace would weigh at least several thousand taels.

Even if it weighs only two fen, more than four hundred taels can be considered cheap.

Xiangling looked at Chen Ran with blinking eyes, waiting quietly for him to speak.

"If it was a fool like Xue Pan, he would be fooled at first sight, but he couldn't hide it from me."

His finger pointed at the word "pearl". "Pearls are divided by their origin. Pearls from Hepu and Deqing are definitely not the same price. It only mentioned the weight, but didn't mention the color, which is also an important factor affecting the price."

"The problem with this account is that inferior pearls of unsatisfactory origin and color were used to replace pearls that are truly worth four hundred taels, and the difference in price fell into the hands of the shopkeepers."

Xiangling exclaimed in amazement, "Sir, you are so great~~~"

"How do you know I have one... cough cough." He habitually said a few swear words, but fortunately he quickly reacted, "You stay in the shop and watch, I'm going to the county government office. The shopkeeper has to spit out whatever he swallowed!"

He knows the tricks in the government too well.

When he arrived at the yamen, the first thing he did was to deliver Jia Yucun's visiting card and meet the extremely evil county magistrate.

As for why the magistrate committed such heinous crimes, there is a reason for that.

"If you were not a good person in your previous life, you will be a county magistrate in this life. If you did evil in your previous life, you will be a county magistrate in the capital. If you have committed many evil deeds, you will be a provincial magistrate in the capital."

The magistrate of the provincial capital has already committed many crimes, and now the magistrate of Wannian County is in the capital, so of course his crimes are extremely heinous.

The capital is full of officials, all of whom are royal relatives and nobles who are not to be messed with.

Being a county magistrate here, the pain in my heart is hard to describe. "I am Chen Ran, your student, and I am honored to meet you, the county magistrate."

"Hahaha~~~ Zihou, you're welcome. Please sit down."

Although Chen Ran is a commoner, he is an aide to the Jinling prefect.

Wannian County Magistrate's attitude towards him was naturally much more polite.

The two drank tea and chatted, discussing Mr. Zishan's articles, describing the teaching level of Meishan College, and emphasizing Lin Ruhai, the Imperial Censor of Salt.

After all, the source of the relationship is that Lin Ruhai has a relationship with the magistrate of Wannian County.

As for their relationship, they are in the same subject.

They talked about many things here and there, and even after the matter of the children's examination was settled, Chen Ran mentioned the matter of the jewelry store as if casually.

".The daughter of an old friend was entrusted to take care of the Xue family in Jinling, and was given to me on my own initiative. The evil slave bullied his master and swallowed up all the money and goods. Please help me, the county magistrate."

Of course, the most important thing must be mentioned: "When the students passed by Fengqiao, they saw that the bridge surface was bumpy and affected traffic. They are willing to donate 3,000 taels of silver to repair the bridge and pave the road. Please accept the donation for the sake of the people of Wannian County."

Giving money is also a science.

It's not like you can just show up with a box of silver and present it in front of someone's face.

It is only natural for the county magistrate to take the money given in the name of building bridges and roads.

Of course, no one knows how much of these three thousand taels of land can be used to build bridges and roads.

The Wannian County Magistrate knew that the shopkeeper was going to split the stolen money with him.

It is very reasonable for each person to take half of the six thousand taels.

Moreover, all other properties of the shopkeeper would belong to the government.

If the conditions are right, cooperation can be achieved immediately.

The Wannian County Magistrate smiled and agreed, "I'll go to court as soon as I get the petition," and then picked up the tea bowl.

Chen Ran took his leave and went looking for a lawyer who specialized in this kind of thing. He spent some money to buy a lawsuit and submitted it to the yamen.

The next thing was easy. The yamen had its own way to make the shopkeeper return the silver.

And in order to avoid future troubles, the shopkeeper will probably die of a sudden illness in prison soon.

Chen Ran had been in the Ming world for several years and had already figured out all these tricks.

It doesn’t matter if I spent three thousand taels, it was unplanned income.

The important thing is that this incident shocked everyone in the jewelry store.

From an apprentice doorman to a master craftsman, the people in the shop, at least for now, are very respectful to the new owner.

Even though Chen Ran arranged for Xiangling, a young girl, to manage the shop, no one dared to make sarcastic remarks, let alone make any small moves.

The trick of killing a chicken to scare the monkey is old-fashioned, but it is very effective.

In the east of the city, there is Meishan Academy.

The reason why the academy was named Meishan is not because it was built on Meishan Mountain, but because it was founded by Mr. Meishan.

Mr. Meishan once served as an aide to the founding emperor Taizu. After the founding of the country, he served as the Minister of Revenue for several years. Later, when he retired, he founded a college in Beijing.

Over the past hundred years, Meishan Academy has produced dozens of Jinshi (imperial examination candidates) and its extremely high rate of success has attracted scholars from all over the world to flock to it.

"When the student was young, he studied in a private school in Chenjia Village outside the city."

"My first teacher was Mr. Jin Xiu."

"Unexpectedly, last year's flood caused Chenjia Village to be flooded, and Mr. Jinxiu unfortunately died."

The clerk of the academy is a man in his sixties, and judging from his appearance, he is a well-read man.

After listening to Chen Ran's exaggerated story, he sighed a few words, "Jin Xiu and I have met a few times, but I never thought that we would be separated forever."

After that, he picked up the letter sent by Chen Ran and said, "Since you are recommended by Mr. Zishan, I think you are also talented and knowledgeable. Here is the entrance examination for the academy. You can take it back and do the examination. Send it back in three days. If you pass the examination, you can enter the academy."

This is similar to what is called a recommendation letter from a prestigious school in later generations.

If you have the recommendation of a celebrity and can afford the tuition, you can naturally go to a good school.

Of course, in order to avoid damaging the school's reputation, assessment of the most basic knowledge is still necessary.

After returning home, Chen Ran turned around and returned to the modern world.

Ueshima Coffee House.

Liu Ruyan sat down in front of Chen Ran and raised her hand to touch the big waves beside her ear. "Can't hold it in again? Can't you have something else to talk to me about?"

He reached out and pushed the coffee in front of the girl. "Don't talk nonsense. I have something important to talk to you about."

"Apart from the matter in my crotch, what else can you talk to me about?" Liu Ruyan took a sip of coffee and looked out the window. "My position in the company has been suspended, and my card has also been suspended."

Chen Ran's heart moved slightly. "What are your plans?"

"I sold my car and house." Liu Ruyan, whose complexion was as white as jade, said with a smile, "I also had some savings before, and I was planning to start my own company."

"You will succeed."

Chen Ran praised, "Stay at my place first, and I'll let you drive my car."

"Where did you rent the house?" Liu Ruyan looked at him again. "Can you afford a car?"

"Don't look down on people."

Chen Ran smiled and stood up, pulling her out. "I remember you said you knew a Chinese studies master. Please help introduce him to me."

When they came to the street outside, Liu Ruyan saw Chen Ran taking out the key and lighting up the Lamborghini on the side of the road. She almost broke down and asked, "How much did you rent it for?"

He opened the door, took out the blueprint from the locker and handed it to her. "You have to maintain your dignity when you run a company outside. Just use it. We have such a deep relationship, don't be polite to me."

Liu Ruyan looked at him seriously, and after a moment, she took the key and walked to the driver's seat. "The Chinese studies master also has to eat, and you have to give gifts when you visit him."

(End of this chapter)