"It's not easy to decide on a wife. You two brothers will have four dollars when you come back this time. If you like any girl, tell me and I will be your matchmaker."
Xiao Kui looks about sixteen or seventeen.
However, in this era, sixteen or seventeen are already adults and can marry a wife.
"Mr. Heng, you have to keep your word. When my brother has a sweetheart in the future, you can't ignore him."
Compared to the blushing Xiao Kui, Dakui, the older brother, is much smarter.
He had heard of Zhang Heng's name a long time ago and knew that this was an old man from Nanyang. He couldn't believe that his brothers' lifelong wealth was due to this old man Heng.
"No problem, you can find me when the time comes."
Zhang Heng was also very happy.
I have only been back for a few days, and there are only five available people, Zhang Zhentian, Zhang Dadan, Zhang Zhenhu, Dakui, and Xiaokui.
Coupled with the thirty people behind him, the skeleton for building a militia group in the future is already there. It's no better than being stupid and going to a pawn shop by yourself with a box of jewelry.
There are a few simple people who can work in pawnshops.
You were lucky the first time, what about the second, third, and fourth time?
Wu Genzhi Ping was favored by several local gangsters and wanted to be manipulated by others.
Unless you are like the protagonist in some novels, when you encounter trouble, you will be helped by noble people, shocked and slapped in the face, otherwise the risk factor is too high.
It's better to rely on the clan's strength and fight steadily.
After all, in ancient times, clan was the closest relationship. It was known as a century-old dynasty or a thousand-year-old family, which relied on unity.
"Where is the largest pawn shop in the county?"
In the afternoon, everyone rushed to the county town, and the first thing Zhang Heng asked about was the pawn shop.
"East Main Street, Lifa Pawnshop."
Zhang Zhentian answered without thinking.
"How's the reputation? What's the power behind it?"
"The reputation is okay, but behind the scenes..."
Zhang Zhentian paused slightly: "It is said that the old shopkeeper of Lifa Pawnshop has a daughter who is the third aunt of Commander Qi who is stationed in Huizhou."
"The Guangdong Army newly formed the Second Army, but this Commander Qi was a bandit and was recruited into the regiment." Zhang Zhentian paused: "After Xu Zhichong established the Guangdong Army's Second Army, he gave him an official title and won over him.
It has passed, that is, it has happened in the past few months."
"The leader of an integrated bandit group is not here yet."
After Zhang Heng thought about it for a moment, he had a plan in mind and ordered: "The others are waiting at a teahouse on East Street. Hu Zi, you go ask about the weapons. Zhang Da Kui, Dakui, Xiao Kui, you come with me."
Lifa Pawnshop.”
A pawnshop these days would not be able to operate without the relationship between the military and the government.
Compared with others, Captain Qi, who was recruited by the bandits, did not scare Zhang Heng very much.
Because Commander Qi has just joined the Guangdong Army, it is time to tighten his tail. He cannot leave the station without authorization. Huizhou is also 800 miles away from Yangjiang. Who the hell cares about a bandit commander 800 miles away.
"Shopkeeper, it's bad, people with guns have surrounded our shop."
In Lifa Pawnshop, the shopkeeper was taking a nap on the table when he was woken up by the boy.
"With a gun?"
The shopkeeper panicked when he heard this: "Bandits or soldiers?"
They were pawnshop operators, so they were not afraid of gangsters, but they were afraid of armed officers, soldiers and bandits.
You have no place to reason with the former, but you can only lose money and avoid disasters with the latter.
"neither."
Open the bead curtain.
Zhang Heng led everyone into the pawn shop.
"Then you are?"
The shopkeeper was a little timid, because both Daughter and Kui were carrying guns, and they didn't look like good friends.
"My name is Zhang Heng. I come from the Zhang family in Dagou Town. I just came back from Nanyang."
"Money is a little tight now. I heard that Lifa Pawnshop has the best reputation. By chance, I have a good product on hand. Can you help me take care of it?"
With that said, Zhang Heng took out a bamboo box and put it on the table to indicate to the shopkeeper that he could take a look.
The shopkeeper is a local person, so of course he knows about the Zhang family in Dagou Town.
After hearing the sound, he looked at the big and small Kui brothers, then at the four Zhang clan members standing at the door carrying guns, and whispered: "Is Mr. Zhang Dahai okay?"
"That's my father."
Zhang Zhentian cupped his hands and recognized this identity.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he felt a little relieved. Then he asked the waiter to get the copper basin and said flatteringly: "This is such a treasure. You can't handle it easily, otherwise it will be stained and wrinkled by the customers coming and going."
I won’t take it lightly.”
"Shopkeeper, the water is here."
The young boy is an apprentice, only fifteen or sixteen years old.
The shopkeeper washed his hands first, wiped them clean carefully, and then opened the box carefully.
hiss!!
As soon as the box was opened, the shopkeeper took a deep breath.
As soon as the eye catches the eye, there is a wooden box placed inside the box. Inside the box is an eight-inch-high, fine white jade Guanyin.
"What a treasure, a rare thing!"
The shopkeeper didn't dare to pick it up immediately. He first took out a magnifying glass to observe carefully and carefully touched the jade body.
Zhang Heng looked on in fear.
This jade Guanyin was a high imitation that he had custom-made in a jade shop for 30,000 yuan.
The store said it was a high imitation of Hetian mutton-fat jade. Although the jade was artificially synthesized, it was impossible to tell without modern instruments.
No matter the delicacy of the material itself or the feel after using it, it is exactly the same as the real Hetian mutton-fat jade.
The only thing that makes people think it is fake is such a large jade Guanyin. If it is a treasure, it is definitely a national treasure. Anyone with a discerning eye will know that something is wrong.
When the time comes, I will use modern instruments to check it, and I will quickly be able to tell that it is carved from a large piece of artificial mutton-fat jade, and it is a fake.
But even if it's a fake, it's still worth thirty to fifty thousand.
Just this carving, it looks like the handiwork of a master at first glance, and a machine with that kind of charm cannot carve it out.
"Good stuff!"
The shopkeeper sighed repeatedly, and then couldn't help but ask: "Where did this thing come from?"
Zhang Heng replied: "Brought back from Nanyang."
"It's a good thing, but it's a pity that the carving is not good enough and the heat is not good enough."
The shopkeeper picked up the jade Guanyin and examined it carefully in the sun: "This carving should be made by a master, but for such a beautiful jade, how can an ordinary master be good enough? You must at least hire a master jade craftsman. Please
If you don’t come to the master, don’t blindly carve it. Wait a moment. It’s worth waiting three to five years for such an important treasure! It’s a pity, it’s a pity.”
Zhang Heng listened to each sentence, and the pain hanging in his throat was relieved.
It doesn't matter if there are flaws, he is not afraid of them, as long as they don't be seen as true or false.
"Shopkeeper, you've also seen the items. If you like them, you can make an offer."
Zhang Heng sat on the chair, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
"Change the tea, go change the tea."
The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand to the young man. After the young man left, he stretched out three fingers and said, "How about this number?"
"What is this number, three hundred, three thousand, or thirty thousand?"
Zhang Heng put down the tea cup: "You won't make fun of me, will you?"
"How dare I!"
The shopkeeper looked at Jade Guanyin out of the corner of his eye and said reluctantly: "Logically speaking, if I buy you to sell, I have to belittle you to death and make you worthless, so that I can set a price."
"But this thing makes me belittle, I really can't open my mouth."
"That is to say, it is not famous. If Lafayette was still around, 80% of the time it would be able to enter the palace."
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said decisively: "Let me see, I don't have much money in my shop, only thirty thousand. How about you wait for me a little longer, and I will go find and borrow it, and I can get you fifty thousand?"
Zhang Heng didn't answer.
The shopkeeper became anxious when he saw it. The item was so good and he liked it so much that he couldn't bear to leave Zhang Heng: "If the master jade carver took action, this Guanyin would be worth a hundred thousand oceans, but it is not. The idiot ruined the treasure."
"You just think it's too little. If you go elsewhere, I'm afraid not many can get more than fifty thousand."
"As you can see, there is a war and chaos outside. What is valuable is real gold and silver. Antique jade is not very popular. Unless you meet someone you really like, you can't pay the price."