Chapter 203: Appearance
In the imagination of later generations, ancient people probably did not eat pig offal. Wang Anquan has read many novels that also record that ancient people did not eat offal.

In fact, people have been eating pig offal since Sun Simiao in the Tang Dynasty proposed the concept of nourishing internal organs with internal organs.

Moreover, based on practical conditions, it was difficult for ancient people, especially the poor, to eat meat, so relatively cheap or even free pig offal became a good choice.

When Fan Jin passed the imperial examination, his father-in-law, a butcher, once visited him carrying a pair of pig intestines.

Various historical materials prove that the ancients did not avoid eating pig offal.

In ancient times, pork lard was even more popular.

The lard residue produced by boiling is not only crispy and delicious, but also can produce a lot of oil.

Even if you are just cooking some vegetarian dishes, adding a little oil will make ordinary vegetables more fragrant.

So Ergou purchases pork offal and pork fat. Although the price is indeed lower than other meats, there is still a relatively high cost.

After all, butchers also need to make money, which made Wang An think about opening a breeding farm again.

However, thinking that there were no professional veterinarians in that era, Wang An had to suppress the idea.

The next day, Wang An came to Shuntian Prefecture Yamen and went to the Yamen's household office to complete the title change of the land deed with Ya Han and the owner of the vacant lot as agreed yesterday.

The owner of the vacant lot left early because of something, leaving only the broker from the pawnbroker's shop to talk to Wang An.

The agent's name is Fan San, a local man in his early thirties.

Wang An successively bought a coal warehouse, a house, a chemical plant, and now he has bought this vacant land. He found this dealer for all the purchases and made this dealer a lot of money.

Therefore, Fan San's attitude towards Wang An was extremely respectful, and he could not help but flatter and try to get close to him during his conversation.

Although Fan San was engaged in low-class business, he was holding ivory tickets issued by the court and was in a special industry with a special franchise from the court. Wang An also claimed to be a businessman, so he got along well with Fan San.

The Wang family's dog ran away, the Zhang family had a new baby, the Liu family's wife just died, and the Yang family just took a concubine. Wang An learned a lot of gossip in the capital from all the gossips about the local people.

Wang An accidentally learned a piece of news from all this and that, that is, there was a vacant storefront on Zhengyangmen Street.

Like Wang An’s herbal medicine shop, it has a front shop and a back yard, but the area is much larger, and the original owner was generous with the materials, so the storefront is very grand.

Fan San brought up this matter not because he wanted to sell something to Wang An.

Although Wang An bought a lot of houses and land from him, he was considered a rare big customer.

But Zhengyangmen is located on the central axis of the capital. Although it is in the outer city, the location is there, and any storefront located on Zhengyangmen Street will not be cheap.

Most of the properties that Wang An bought from him were in the suburbs. The only one with a relatively high price was a two-story house on Xixie Street in the outer city. But the transaction price was less than three hundred taels, so he was by no means rich.

However, even the cheapest storefront on Zhengyangmen Street costs around a thousand taels, and based on Fan San's observation, he knows that Wang An's main business is running a herbal medicine shop.

Whether it is a herbal medicine shop or a coal shop, it is impossible to open it on Zhengyangmen Street.

The reason why this matter was brought up was because the Liu family, whose wife had just died, was originally a wealthy family in the capital. Unfortunately, the Liu man became addicted to gambling and not only squandered all his family fortune, but also angered his wife to death.

After his wife died, Liu became even more reckless and even wanted to sell the home court left at Zhengyang Gate so that he could continue to gamble. However, the speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested. Wang An asked, "How much silver does Liu want to sell it for?"

Fan San was slightly surprised and asked, "Could it be that Shopkeeper Wang is interested?"

Wang An nodded and said domineeringly: "If the price is right, it would be nice to leave some money for my children and grandchildren to settle down and make a living."

Although the ancients did not have a specific concept of investment, in the Ming Dynasty, buying houses, land, and shops as real estate could not only be used for one's own use, but also as a family business left to future generations.

Fan San was immediately excited when he heard this, and quickly replied: "The man surnamed Liu offered 1,200 taels, but Mr. Liu is addicted to gambling and is in a hurry to get the money in cash."

"If you can pay immediately, the price should be negotiable."

Wang An touched his chin and waved his hand, saying, "Come on, take us to see it."

Because the two had just come out of Shuntian Prefecture Yamen, which was located on Andingmen Street in Dongcheng District, they walked all the way south to Chang'an Street, turned right to Daming Gate, and then exited Zhengyang Gate to reach Zhengyangmen Street.

Not far in the direction of Wang Yongdingmen, we stopped at a storefront in the middle of Zhengyangmen Street.

Fan San pointed at the storefront in front of him and said, "This is the storefront Liu Jia wants to sell. It used to sell northern and southern dried goods, and the business was pretty good. It's just a pity..."

Fan San sighed twice and went forward and knocked on the door.

An old voice came from the store, "Who is it?"

Fan San replied, "It's me," and a piece of the wooden door fell off with a click, revealing an old and frail face.

When the old man saw that it was Fan San, he sighed and removed two more door panels without stopping. He glanced at Wang An behind Fan San and waved, "You are here to see the storefront. Come in."

Wang An followed Fan San into the storefront and heard the old man sighing, "Alas, this was the first storefront our grandfather bought. It has been decades, and I never thought it would be gone in my hands now."

Fan San comforted him, "Uncle Gen, don't be too sad. As the saying goes, every family has its own fortune. Although the old man suffered for most of his life, he also enjoyed half of his life, right?"

"Fortunately, he has passed away now. It doesn't matter what happens to the assets he left behind. After all, he can't see them anymore!"

Uncle Gen seems to be an old servant of the Liu family. He has worked hard with the old master of the Liu family all his life. He couldn't bear to see the property built by his old master disappear, so he felt sad.

However, when a person dies, his descendants will fail, and no one can stop that.

When Liu's daughter-in-law was still alive, she could have at least some persuasion, but now that even this daughter-in-law is dead, no one can stop the second generation from squandering his family's wealth.

Fan San comforted the old servant with a few words, then began to take Wang An to look around the shop. Judging from his appearance, this was not his first time here and he was quite familiar with every place.

After watching for about a quarter of an hour, Fan San asked with a licked face, "How is Shopkeeper Wang? Are you satisfied?"

Wang An touched his chin and nodded, "The shop is okay, but not as big as we imagined."

What Wang An said was true. Although these storefronts were expensive, it was basically because of the location. If you really want to say how big the storefronts were, they were only about half the size of his toy and herbal medicine shop.

(End of this chapter)