A few days later, Zhao Shucheng was sorting out the antiques he had collected these days at home, and heard someone knocking on the door. When he opened it, he saw that it was Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan.
They came to Zhao Shucheng's house and originally thought that Zhao Shucheng's house was similar to Dajinya's shop, but after entering, they found that it was completely different.
The decoration of Zhao Shucheng's home is warm and also gives people a very cultural feeling. And although it is not clear about the value of the antiques in Zhao Shucheng's home, you can tell that they should be valuable by looking at the location and carefully maintained appearance.
"Master Hu, Brother Kaixuan, why are you here? Please sit down!"
Hu Bayi looked at the things at Zhao Shucheng's house and said, "Jin Ye said before that your family has a lot of knowledge. Now it seems that this is true. Many of the things in it are much better than the things in Jin Ye's store, right?"
Zhao Shucheng smiled after seeing this and said, "Master Hu was joking. In fact, most of the things in it look like antiques, but they are actually imitation handicrafts. After all, good things cannot be placed here so loudly. Isn't this Qing waiting to be stolen?"
As he said that, Zhao Shucheng picked up an object similar to Tang Sancai and said to Hu Bayi: "For example, this one, Tang Sancai looks real, but in fact it is based on a Tang Sancai dug out of an ancient tomb, which can be called exactly the same, and even the patterns, colors, and cracks. If you are not a person who knows how to do things, you will not be able to tell the truth or the false."
"There is also this Ru kiln, which can be said to be the most satisfying work here. Unfortunately, Ru kiln is hard to come by. This is just a fabricated product, and it is still a very different thing from the real Ru kiln."
Seeing Zhao Shucheng explaining his antiques, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan did not stop him. Instead, they listened to Zhao Shucheng's story with great enthusiasm.
It was this introduction that made Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan realize that the antique industry looks very simple, as long as there are things from the ages, but in fact the water inside is very deep, and it is not something that the two novices can easily play with.
For example, if they hadn't heard Zhao Shucheng's introduction, they thought it was ordinary porcelain at most and wouldn't know the specific value of it. Maybe they would miss it if they encountered it.
What's more, Zhao Shucheng is not just porcelain, antiques and jade, ceramics, calligraphy and paintings, jewelry and coins, etc., each has its own opinions. Maybe an inconspicuous copper coin is a good thing worth tens of thousands.
Hu Bayi was better. Wang Kaixuan's eyes were about to shine when he heard Zhao Shucheng's story, and he wanted to do something big now.
"Old Hu!"
Hu Bayi looked at Wang Kaixuan and said, "Brother Zhao, I know a place where Fatty and I went to the countryside as educated youth, called Niuxinshan. Many of them have some old items at home. They should be able to exchange them for a lot of money when they are given to the market."
"What you said is true?"
Wang Kaixuan said: "Of course it's true. Many people there pickle jars of pickled vegetables. I think they are more exquisite than the Yuan Dynasty porcelain I saw in Dajinya, and not worse than the ones here."
"What's more, when we were there, we heard that the one buried in Niuxin Mountain was Empress Xiao of the Liao Kingdom. Isn't this porcelain from the Liao Dynasty more valuable than the Yuan blue and white porcelain?"
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "This is not necessarily the case. The meaning of the Yuan blue and white porcelain represents different. Blue and white porcelain began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan Dynasty. Moreover, the mature Yuan blue and white porcelain actually refers to Jingdezhen's porcelain. It does not mean that as long as it is the Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain, it is very valuable. It is rare and has a clear visual effect, giving people a concise pleasure. With its grand and heroic spirit and artistic original spirit, blue and white painting art has been pushed to the top, with exquisite shapes, so it has high value."
"On the contrary, it is the porcelain of the Liao Dynasty. Because most of the territory of the Liao Kingdom is in the north of Yanjing, mainly Longquan Kiln, Yaozhou Kiln and Ding Kiln, Liao white porcelain is more famous as black and white porcelain. However, because the Liao Dynasty was short and the spread range was not wide, its value was similar to that of the fine porcelain of the Song Dynasty."
"Of course, this does not mean that Liao porcelain is not valuable. The value of antiques is a very complex thing, and many factors need to be considered, such as the value of the times and history, the amount of existence, quality and technology, preservation status, market demand and fashion trends, etc.."
Hu Bayi was very interested in Zhao Shucheng's words. On the contrary, Wang Kaixuan didn't care much about these things and asked directly: "That means there is no value?"
"How could it be? It's just that different antiques have different prices, so when we collect antiques, we must first estimate them so that we won't be fooled or lose money."
Wang Kaixuan was relieved and said, "That's good, Brother Zhao, don't worry, Niu Xinshan definitely has something, we are going to go there to purchase goods this time. But you also know the situation of our brothers, there is no money, so..."
Hu Bayi glared at Wang Kaixuan, as if he blamed the other party for saying his heart without any concealment.
"It's okay. You can think of borrowing money from me. This is because you don't treat me as an outsider. Besides, if you collect good things, for the sake of this money, you will never let me get nothing."
"Don't worry about this. Then you can pick the things first and give them to others."
Zhao Shucheng said: "That's not necessary. This thing is worth the price of the higher ones. We can just follow the rules. By the way, is 10,000 yuan enough?"
Wang Kaixuan and Hu Bayi looked at each other, but they didn't expect that Zhao Shucheng would say only 10,000 yuan. They originally thought that they could borrow 1,800 yuan from Zhao Shucheng to collect travel expenses, but they didn't expect that they could get so much.
"Enough enough!"
When Wang Kaixuan saw the 10,000 yuan that Zhao Shucheng took out, he quickly put it away.
Zhao Shucheng said, "I have a heartless request here. Can you take me one this time? I will go with you so that you won't be able to miss all the good things."
"Of course it's okay, right, Lao Hu?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Hu Bayi looked at Wang Kaixuan helplessly. He said so. If he refused again, wouldn’t it make Zhao Shucheng and Wang Kaixuan embarrassed, so he could only nod.
Zhao Shucheng said: "That's good, by the way, when do you plan to set off? Then we bring more things. Maybe the fellow villagers can provide us with some convenience for the sake of the things."
"It's Boss Zhao who has to be a businessman."
The next morning, Zhao Shucheng and Hu Bayi went to buy some things they brought to their fellow villagers.
When Zhao Shucheng saw Hu Bayi even planned to buy a TV, he said to Hu Bayi: "Master Hu, are you sure you want to take this thing from afar?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"I heard you are talking about the situation in Niuxin Mountain. It is on a prairie that has not been powered on for many years before. Now it is not clear whether there is electricity. If you take it over at that time, but there is no electricity, wouldn't it be embarrassing?"
"What do you think you should do?"
"We should bring some things that they can use. After we go, we will see the situation. When we come back, we will prepare according to their lack of things."
Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan looked at each other and thought about it. They thought that what Zhao Shucheng said made sense, so they prepared the gifts as they wanted. In the afternoon, they took a green train to Niuxin Mountain in big and small bags.
Niuxinshan is not a train station store, so after the train stopped, they started to switch trains again, first with the bus and followed the ox cart, and finally arrived at Niuxinshan where Hua Bayi and their trained in line on the afternoon of the third day.
When the elderly man on Niu Xinshan was excited to see Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan.
"Xiao Hu, fat man, you are back."
"Yes, we haven't seen each other for many years, we all miss you."
The old secretary also said excitedly: "I didn't expect that I could still see you at such an old age. The children of that year are back!"
"Old Secretary, we are back, are we all okay here?"
"Okay, okay, the days are much better now than before, you don't know..."
Several people came to the old branch secretary's house while talking.
While chatting, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan got bad news. An archaeological team also appeared here, and a luxurious ancient tomb was being excavated. All the young and strong laborers in the village were hired to work.
Of course this is nothing. They don’t care if there are ancient tombs and archaeological teams. They think that they come here just to make the old objects in the village. As long as they tell the old branch secretary, whether it is a purchase by themselves or to get it to the capital to pay back the money.
Yanzi didn't notice that Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan's expressions were wrong, and asked them to hurry into the house and prepare for dinner.
Zhao Shucheng looked at Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan and said, "Don't worry, we didn't come for the ancient tomb, just collect some old objects from the fellow villagers' homes."
"Yes, yes, that's it."
After a few people sat down, the old branch secretary saw Zhao Shucheng. After a careful look, he found that he was not the person he knew, nor did he look like the person who came here to go to the lineup.
"Is this comrade looking at it a little bit?"
"Old Party Secretary, this is Zhao Shucheng, who is we doing business together. This time we came with us."
"It's good to do business, we welcome it. The food is good, let's have a meal together! You came here and bought a lot of things. It seems that you have made a lot of money, right?"
Hu Bayi smiled and said, "It's okay, old branch secretary, now the conditions are better and everyone's life is getting richer, and our lives will get better and better. Of course, we both feel that we can't just live a good life by ourselves, so we want to come back and take our fellow villagers to get rich together."
"well!"
Wang Kaixuan said: "Old Secretary, I remember there are a lot of vegetable jars in your backyard, right?"
The old branch secretary asked in confusion: "What are you asking about this?"
"Old Party Secretary, did I tell you that there are all kinds of people in the capital now. We happened to meet some friends in the capital, and we like to collect these old things and old items."
The old branch secretary still said in confusion: "Then what's the use of them?"
"In your opinion, this thing is a jar of pickled pickles, but it is called a work of art. Many people like things of the ages and are willing to spend a lot of money for these things."
"Look, the old branch secretary, how much is this big jar worth in the capital?"
"How many?"
"Several hundred."
The old branch secretary said, "How many jars do you have to buy?"
Hu Bayi struck while the iron was hot and said, "Old Secretary, our brother-in-law came for this matter. He took the jars, bowls and other things from us to the capital to sell them. After selling them, we will share half of the money with the villagers."
"really?"
"Who are we? We know the truth, can we still deceive you?"
The old branch secretary sighed and said, "Oh, you two are late. The archaeological team has given food coupons last month, taken away all these things, and handed over the surrounding villages."
Wang Kaixuan said in shock: ‘Have you handed over all?’
"The old branch secretary has a high awareness and has handed over it."
Fatty Wang and Hu Bayi's faces suddenly looked a little unfavorable. I worked hard to come here and spent a lot of money to buy gifts, but in the end I couldn't get anything. Wouldn't it be a pure loss?
Zhao Shucheng did not change much, he was still smiling, and he chatted and drank with the villagers in Niuxinshan from time to time.
Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang didn't know what Zhao Shucheng was thinking. They thought they had no choice but to drink to drown their sorrows and compete with the villagers for a while, and soon they got drunk.
After Zhao Shucheng was drunk, he did not continue to drink. After settling down, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan were wandering around the village.
It is said that the archaeological team gave the food stamps and asked the villagers to hand over all the old items, but how could it be so plundered completely? Not to mention anything else, it is said that many objects are being used by others, and some people are reluctant to leave them, so they will naturally choose to stay.
However, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan were only thinking about the visible big objects yesterday, so they felt hopeless. But Zhao Shucheng knew that even if the archaeological team had seen it, some inconspicuous objects would remain, and all they had to do was to hunt gold in the sand.
I have to say that Zhao Shucheng's feeling is not wrong. Although many old items have been handed over, there are still some remaining ones, such as some ancient coins, or some inconspicuous tables, chairs, benches, or salt jars, oil jars, etc.
However, although these things are old objects, they are not works of official kilns. At most, they are antiques of the ages. Their prices are naturally not as valuable as fine porcelain, but they are much more expensive than the jars they serve as now.
To be honest, there was a Taishi chair in a villager's home, and it was from the early Ming Dynasty, but the material was not expensive wood, so the price naturally could not be too high.
Zhao Shucheng was quite satisfied with the harvest this time. Unexpectedly, there would be such a harvest in such a place. Maybe in some corners, there were lost national treasures waiting for people to discover.
The next day.
After Hu Bayi woke up early, he walked by the river outside the village.
After Wang Kaixuan woke up, he saw that Zhao Shucheng and Hu Bayi were not there, so he quickly got up and saw Hu Bayi by the river.
Chapter completed!