"Yes, people who know him call him Taobao Zhang. He runs a fairly large scrap collection station in Yanshi. He can often get some old items in his hands, so many people who follow our industry are willing to go to him.
I’m looking for some old stuff to sell there!”
After listening to Boss Qian's explanation, Liu nodded with understanding.
Antiques, antiques, in the eyes of people who don’t know the goods, they are indeed rags, just like the first people in Sijiu City who made a fortune from antiques, they all collected rags in the beginning!
"Look at the door being closed. Is he at home?" Liu Dong asked.
"She should be at home. I usually come here to see him mainly in the afternoon!" After saying that, Boss Qian stepped forward and slammed the door, "Is anyone at home...?"
"Who is it?" After Boss Qian shouted several times, a slightly hoarse male voice came from inside.
"I, Lao Zhang, I am the old moneyman from Yu Zhen Tang in Zhengzhou!"
"Boss Qian? Wait a minute, I'll open the door for you!" Immediately, accompanied by the sound of footsteps coming from far and near, and the slightly harsh sound of the iron door vibrating, a man walked out from behind the two opened doors.
A middle-aged man wearing a green coat, slightly unshaven, and with a thin face.
When the man saw the situation outside the door, he was obviously stunned for a moment. After quickly sizing up Liu Dong and Shen Ning behind him, his eyes focused on Boss Qian standing in the front.
"Boss Qian, why do you have time to come to my place?"
"Haha, Lao Zhang, isn't this someone's entrustment?"
"Entrusted by someone?"
"That's right!" After a pause, "This is not the place to talk. Can we go in and talk?"
"Okay!" After a slight hesitation, Zhang Zhengwang got out of the way. After watching Boss Qian and Liu Dong walk in, he closed the door.
After entering the door, Liu Dong briefly looked around the yard.
It was not as messy as he had imagined. Instead, there were flowers, plants and trees scattered in every corner of the yard, which looked a bit leisurely. It did not look like the yard of an ordinary person collecting rags, but rather like a place for literati to relax. In this regard
It actually made him a little impressed.
It is often said that a person's status can be known from the way he dresses. Similarly, a person's temperament can be understood from his living environment.
This can't help but make Liu Dong somewhat interested in this "rag Zhang" as boss Qian calls him.
Under the guidance of Zhang Zhengwang, several people entered the room. After the guests and hosts were seated, Liu Dong briefly looked at the retro furnishings in the room and the antique artworks placed on the ancient shelves next to him. He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang also likes it."
collect?"
"Who is this……?"
"Oh, let me introduce, this is Mr. Liu from the capital. He also likes to collect! I came here specifically because I want to buy some more of those jade pieces with patterns!"
"Jade pieces? Didn't I tell you on the phone that I don't have any anymore?" Zhang Zhengwang frowned.
"I know, but...!"
"Let me tell you!" After interrupting Boss Qian, Liu Dong looked directly at Zhang Zhengwang and said, "Mr. Zhang, I am very interested in these jade pieces. If you still have them, I am willing to pay a high price for them!"
"I never tell lies. If it's gone, it's gone!" Zhang Zhengwang shook his head without hesitation.
"Then let me ask another question! Where did Boss Zhang collect these jade pieces? I think this is not a difficult question to answer, right?" Liu Dong continued.
"Of course not! But I am very curious why Mr. Liu is so interested in these jade pieces. As far as I know, they are just some broken jade with strange patterns. Although they may have existed for a long time, the jade quality is too poor.
It has no collection value at all.”
It can be heard that Zhang Zhengwang still has some research on jade. He knows that in the current ancient jade market, ancient jade is not necessarily more valuable than new jade. The key depends on the material of the jade.
The value of new jade with good material is far higher than that of ancient jade with good craftsmanship but rough texture.
"Whether those ancient jades have any collection value is a matter of opinion. Just like Mr. Zhang, doesn't he also have a special liking for the collection of ancient weapons? This is an unpopular thing among all current collection categories!" Liu Dong glanced
After taking a look at the swords, fire guns and other ancient weapons placed on the ancient shelves, he smiled.
"That's true!"
Zhang Zhengwang nodded.
There is a saying, "You can't buy it with money, but I like it." This is what antique collecting is like! Those who really like antique collecting will not hesitate to go bankrupt when they encounter a favorite collection. In the eyes of others, this kind of thing may be very strange.
Crazy, but in the eyes of collectors, it is very common.
"In this case, I wonder if Mr. Zhang can tell the truth?" Liu Dong asked.
Perhaps it was a good feeling derived from the common interests and hobbies between collectors. Zhang Zhengwang glanced at Liu Dong and nodded: "Since Mr. Liu likes ancient jade collection so much, I won't hide anything."
.Those pieces of jade were collected when I went to the countryside to 'shovel land'!"
"Shoveling the land?...I don't know where it is?" Liu Dong asked immediately.
"It's in Zhangjiatan Village, Lianfeng Town!"
"Zhangjiatan Village, Lianfeng Town?"
"That's right!"
Liu Dong nodded clearly and stood up, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for telling the truth. We'll take our leave!"
"You're welcome! It's not a big deal to begin with! ...But, Mr. Liu is going to Lianfeng Town right away?"
"That's right! I came here just for those jade pieces. Now that I know the address where it appeared, I naturally have to go there immediately!" Liu Dong nodded.
"If Mr. Liu doesn't mind, why don't I go with you? I believe that I can help you find the place faster!"
"Let's go together?" Liu Dong looked surprised.
"Yes, wouldn't Mr. Liu welcome you?"
"Haha, of course not. I can't help but have a local like Mr. Zhang who is familiar with the situation help me!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
No matter what Zhang Zhengwang had in mind, Liu Dong, who was prepared in his heart and had the relic Yuanguang to back him up, didn't care at all.
What he likes cannot be taken away by others.
After leaving Zhang's house, the team increased to four people, still sitting in Liu Dong's Land Rover. Under the guidance of Zhang Zhengwang, they drove along the highway towards the countryside of Yanshi.
About half an hour later, the Land Rover entered a quiet small village surrounded by green trees.
According to Liu Dong's original intention, as long as he knew the approximate origin of these jade pieces, he would use the search range of the 13-kilometer radius of the relic Yuanguang to find the true origin of these jade pieces. However, if he could pinpoint the farmland of which farmhouse,
He is also willing to save some trouble!
Therefore, Liu Dong later discovered that bringing Zhang Zhengwang with him was indeed the right choice.
With him as an acquaintance coming forward, it was relatively easy to win the trust of the farmer named Zhao who dug out the jade pieces from his own land. Although this man did not have the jade pieces Liu Dong needed at home, at his request, this Zhao
The farmer named Liu Dong still took Liu Dong to his own land.
After taking a look at the surrounding environment, Liu Dong pointed to the clear mountain shadow in the distance and said, "What kind of mountain is that?"
"Shouyang Mountain, if Mr. Liu is interested, we can go there and visit!" Zhang Zhengwang said with a smile.
"If I gained something today, I would still be interested, but now...!" Liu Dong shook his head and lowered his head slightly.
Anyone who didn't know would probably believe his words when they saw his actions at this moment. Only Liu Dong knew in his heart that he was suppressing the strong joy in his heart.
"Collecting antiques is not a business. When the opportunity comes, you will naturally gain something. If you don't have the opportunity, you may not necessarily gain anything from your efforts! A normal mind is the most important!"
"Mr. Zhang is right!" After nodding, Liu Dong turned around and greeted: "It's getting late now, let's go!... It just so happens that I will be hosting dinner for you two tonight, and I would like to thank you for your help today.
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"Easy to say!"
"Haha, Mr. Liu is too polite!"
After Zhang Zhengwang and Boss Qian exchanged a few polite words, they agreed one after another. They have never been stingy about getting to know Liu Dong, a wealthy businessman in the industry!
Finally, after looking out of the car window at the green wheat waves in the fields in the distance, Liu Dong asked Shen Ning to drive and returned to Yanshi County again.
After finding a local high-end restaurant for a banquet with Zhang Zhengwang and Boss Qian, Liu Dong booked three rooms, one for Shen Ning, one for Boss Qian who could not meet Zheng*zhou after the night, and the last one for him.
Own.
The nightlife in Yanshi on a spring night is far less colorful than that in big cities. After ten o'clock, there are basically no people on the streets. But at this moment, Liu Dong was standing in front of the window with his arms folded, his brows tightly knitted together, his eyes
Looking in the direction of Zhangjiatan Village, there was a strong look of struggle on his face.
Logically speaking, he should have been happy after making a big discovery. But in fact, Liu Dong was not only not happy at all at this moment, but also full of hesitation.
Through the relic Yuanguang, Liu Dong basically determined that there were indeed a large number of works of art buried under the farmland of the farmer named Zhao in Zhangjiatan Village, and even underground for dozens of miles around. If Liu Dong guessed correctly, that was the ancient capital of the Xia Dynasty.
The real place of '斟鄩'.
Its scale is at least four times larger than the current Erlitou Cultural Site.
What's more important is that there are at least tens of thousands of jade pieces of the kind Liu Dong saw. There are also countless other works of art such as stoneware, pottery, jade, bronze, bone and hornware, and clam ware.
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It was precisely because of such rich funerary objects and the great or unique historical significance of this large-scale 'Zhenba' site to ancient Chinese history if it were discovered that Liu Dong was extremely hesitant.
He asked himself that he was not a good person, especially that he was far more greedy for ancient artworks than ordinary people, but at this moment he could not really make up his mind to monopolize this precious historical relic.