"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for the meal.

All of my old friends are good at craftsmanship, but this kind of ancient architecture is no longer popular now.

Their craftsmanship is no longer popular, and they are hungry and full, but they have nowhere to go." Old Yang said a little sadly.

"I was born at the wrong time! It's a pity that they have good craftsmanship." Zhang Junping also sighed slightly.

Among the craftsmen in front of me, the youngest is already in his forties, almost fifty years old.

Due to the pressure of life, all of them look like people in their sixties.

As Zhang Junping said, this group of craftsmen were born at the wrong time.

Many people may have caught up with the war just after they left the army.

During the war, who would spend money to repair their houses?

In the thirty years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country has basically not undertaken many large-scale infrastructure projects.

Just relying on some tinkering to survive.

"Yes! We were born at the wrong time!" Lao Yang said with a sigh.

"It will be great if you join the company in the future! Help the company cultivate more craftsmen and pass on the skills. In the future, the company will support them in their retirement years." Zhang Junping promised with a smile.

"Really?" Lao Yang said excitedly.

"Of course it's true! It's a pity that their craftsmanship has been lost.

Especially your Lao Yang's craftsmanship cannot be lost. Help me train a few more apprentices.

You can choose your own apprentices, whether it is your son, grandson, or someone else. In short, you can train a few more apprentices." Zhang Junping nodded with certainty.

"If I train my son, does my grandson count?" Lao Yang was stunned.

After all, Lao Yang came from the old society and had serious traditional craftsman concepts in his heart.

That is, art is not passed on lightly.

Just like style thunder, for hundreds of years, craftsmanship has been passed down from male to female.

It was also by chance that he achieved what he has achieved today by relying on his gift of photographic memory.

Ninety percent of his skills were learned secretly, and the remaining 10% was learned from Lei Xiancai.

Therefore, Lao Yang was somewhat resistant to Zhang Junping's suggestion to pass on his skills.

It was only because Zhang Junping was now his bread and butter that he did not directly refute.

However, he did not expect that Zhang Junping would actually say that if he passed on his skills to his son and grandson, he would also be considered as passing on his skills.

"Lao Yang, I know that you old craftsmen all have a concept, that is, skills are not passed down lightly, even from men to women.

Therefore, I respect your ideas. All I want is for you to pass on your skills. It doesn’t matter who you pass them on to.

Instead of taking hundreds of years of accumulated craftsmanship to the grave like Shi Lei," Zhang Junping said with a smile.

Of course it doesn’t matter who you pass it on to, what’s important is that your heirs should also serve me.

After chatting with Lao Yang for a few more words, Zhang Junping said goodbye and left Baylor Mansion.

There's nothing to see here. The carpenters took advantage of the fact that they couldn't build walls and bricks in the winter, so they were busy processing beams, overhangs, columns, doors and windows.

Back to Dashilar, just in time for lunch.

Today is white flour steamed buns, and the dish is stewed mutton with radish vermicelli.

Even those in extra-large state-owned factories can't keep up with such food.

In the past, they often came out to do private work for others.

In this era, small carpenters are more popular than big carpenters.

Carpenters are divided into big carpenters and little carpenters. Big carpenters build houses, while little carpenters make furniture.

The group of carpenters led by Lao Yang in Baylor Mansion are the big carpenters.

Lao Ma and his group are young carpenters.

Lao Ma and the others have never encountered such a generous host.

I thought that being able to feed them Sanhe noodles and Erhe noodles steamed buns would be considered generous.

Some hosts even feed them steamed buns directly.

It’s not that we don’t want to give them good food, it’s actually that in this day and age, everyone is short of food.

Zhang Junping also served himself a bowl of mutton stewed with radish vermicelli, took two large white flour steamed buns, came to Lao Ma's side, and asked with a smile: "Old Ma, is the food okay? If you are not satisfied with anything, please mention it. come out.

I promised you, Director Yang, that I must keep you well fed."

"Master Zhang, if any of us says anything bad about your food, we will be struck by lightning." Old Ma grinned, showing his big yellow teeth, and said to Zhang Junping with a smile.

"As long as you are satisfied! I am also very satisfied with your craftsmanship. It is very delicate. Every piece is like a work of art!" Zhang Junping praised with a smile.

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Zhang! It's mainly because the furniture you designed is beautiful.

It was an eye-opener for us, we never thought that furniture could do this.

To be honest, we didn't understand why we did this at first.

After making it, I realized that your design is really clever.

Mr. Zhang, you are a man of great talent." Lao Ma gave Zhang Junping a thumbs up sincerely.

"Haha! Lao Ma, if you continue to flatter me, I won't be able to give you a salary increase.

How about I talk to your Factory Manager Yang and promote you to the position of workshop director?" Zhang Junping said with a smile.

"Master Zhang, you are joking, I have no destiny to be an official.

When it comes to technology, in the entire carpentry factory, I have never trusted anyone except Director Yang.

But my character is too straightforward, so I am not suitable for being an official.

Thank you Mr. Zhang for your kindness." Lao Ma smiled and shook his head.

"Then there's nothing we can do!" Zhang Junping laughed.

He really couldn't help with the salary increase, because Lao Ma was getting an eighth-level salary.

This is already the highest salary among workers, one hundred and four yuan a month.

There is no way to increase the salary, unless you are promoted to a leadership position and receive administrative salary.

After eating, Zhang Junping also started to do his own work.

Li Wenjuan and Xia Guoxiang didn't come, so he was left alone to finely make the rough furniture parts that had been made before.

Zhang Junping had just been working for a while when Scarface came back with a cart.

Because there were too many things, Scarface not only called all ten of his own carts, but also called ten carts from outside.

Twenty carts were fully loaded.

"Master Zhang, it's great that you are here! Where do you put these things?

Just move them all to the backyard and put them in the house." Zhang Junping simply put down what he was doing and directed everyone to unload the trucks.

Scarface called more than a hundred people to come over and work.

Hundreds of people worked together and quickly moved the contents of twenty carts into the backyard.

"Master Zhang, Master Hu asked me to ask you what your standards are for collecting old objects."

"Tell him that before the founding of the People's Republic of China, as long as there are objects with collection value and artistic value, I want them." Zhang Junping said simply.

"Okay! With your words, it will be easier to handle!"

Before, Mr. Hu didn't know your specific requirements, so he picked up old items from before the mid-Qing Dynasty."

"Tell him, I want antique calligraphy and painting, wood and bamboo root carvings, jade carvings, porcelain, bronzes and all kinds of old objects.

Not only domestic ones, I also want foreign ones." Zhang Junping thought for a while and then explained.

"Now that I know Master Zhang, please do me a favor! I promise to empty out the warehouse of the trust store for him." Scarface said with a smile.

"I'm waiting for your good news!" Zhang Junping patted Scarface hard on the shoulder.

After sending Scarface and his gang away, Zhang Junping entered the backyard room.

Looking at the room full of things, Zhang Junping resisted the urge to put everything into the museum space, and slowly looked at the old objects that Scarface had just brought back.

The largest number are those rare ancient books and twenty carts of old objects, half of which are rare ancient books.

In addition, there are some calligraphy and paintings by famous people, but they are all from the early to mid-Qing Dynasty, and there are no particularly famous works by everyone.

Zhang Junping took a look at the porcelain, and found that it was mainly from the Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng years. He only saw two pieces of porcelain from the Qianlong period.

From this point of view, the last time he went to the trust store to buy so many high-quality products from the third generation of Qing Dynasty, he was completely lucky.

I just collected my things when I caught up, but I haven't had time to send them away or they haven't been discovered by anyone.

Zhang Junping waved his hand and took two Qianlong blue and white porcelain plum vases into the museum space.

In terms of price alone, these two plum vases exceed the price of all other porcelains combined.

In addition to the two major categories of antique calligraphy and painting and porcelain, antiques are classified into jade, bronze, wood, and miscellaneous items.

Jade, especially ancient jade, is a very important category in the collection circle.

Most collectors hope to own an ancient jade with Qin.
To be continued...