novelhk Chapter 248
Chapter 248
The next morning, Qi Cheng got up early and packed up. At around eight o'clock, Zhou Lu and his cousin came to Qi Cheng and told him what they wanted to do.
"You want to go to the countryside to collect antiques?" Qi Cheng opened his mouth in surprise. This job is not something that anyone can do. At least one has to be familiar with the characteristics of cultural relics from various dynasties.
Besides, the Internet is so developed now, there are not so many loopholes to be found.
"What about your ship..."
"It's winter now, so there are fewer tourists coming here, and no one wants to go to the sea." Zhou Lu explained, "My old customers will call me when they come."
As for those who understand antiques, you have to look at cousin Zhou Lu. He is from the history department. Although identifying things is not his strong point, at least he knows a little bit.
Zhou Lu assured him that there would be no problem, that he would only be away for two days and would not have to leave the province. More importantly, they had agreed that they would not buy anything expensive.
The reason I called Qi Cheng was to watch them and stop them as soon as they got too excited.
There was nothing to do at home, so Qi Cheng decided to follow them to see what was going on.
The three of them got into Zhou Lu's car and drove on the highway for more than three hours. After getting off the highway, they drove for more than an hour and finally arrived at a town.
Here they had something to eat and rested for a while.
Daqin
When Qin Shi Huang looked at the highways built in later generations, he felt that they were a bit similar to his own Qin Straight Road. However, the level of technology in later generations was higher, and so many people did not need to perform labor service.
Therefore, if there are few people using this place, the straight road can still be built.
"Tell the people at Mohism that after the steam engine is stable, it should be used for road construction first. I want to build a straight horizontal road as soon as possible."
Tang Dynasty
Li Shimin was very envious of being able to leave the city in such a short time. It was much faster than riding a horse, but he was not very optimistic about collecting things this time.
He had seen people in their seventies and eighties watching videos on their phones before. They must know something about antiques and would not just keep them.
……
After resting for more than ten minutes, Zhou Lu continued driving forward. He said that the village he was going to this time was introduced by a friend on the Internet, who said that there were goods in this village.
Zhou Lu's cousin also nodded and said that he had checked the information and found that there was indeed a businessman in the village who was quite famous.
After arriving at the village, Zhou Lu turned on the loudspeaker and slowly walked through the village.
They had walked less than a hundred meters when an old man came out of his house and said that he had something left by an elderly person in his family and asked them to see how much it was worth.
After the old man took out the goods, Qi Cheng could tell that there was a problem, even though the painting on it was something like pastel.
Turning this small jar upside down reveals that it is an antique electric kettle. Even a man of such age can still tell lies without any shame.
Zhou Lu directly said that they didn’t want this thing.
"This was left by my grandparents. How can it not be an antique? It's decades old!" The old man pointed at the figure on the electric kettle and said, "Look how well it's painted. It's no worse than anything else..."
The three of them smiled. The old man's mental state was a bit like those of the national treasures.
Qing Dynasty
Emperor Qianlong laughed out loud when he saw this. He thought that this electric kettle might be something left behind by an old man in his family. The old man selling it must have thought that the hosts looked silly.
Although the anchor always secretly satirized the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong still hoped that they could get good things. A wealthier anchor should be able to let them see more things.
Song Dynasty
Zhao Zhen was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry. The old man selling things was really stubborn. He could tell that it was an electric kettle, but he insisted that it was something left by an old man.
The attendant whispered, "Your Majesty, perhaps this old man's parents died within the last ten years."
"You can't sell this thing as an antique..."
……
After getting rid of the old man's interference, several old ladies took out a few copper coins from their homes, saying that they were the Five Emperors' Coins as dowry, but their quality was quite ordinary.
Moreover, it is a Qing Dynasty currency with a large amount in existence.
It’s not easy to sell even if you collect it.
However, in order to keep the business going, Zhou Lu collected all the copper coins at five yuan each.
"Let's go. There's nothing good here. Let's go directly to the place that netizen recommended..."
A few minutes later, they arrived outside a dilapidated house, where an old man in a down jacket greeted them.
"Mr. Liu introduced you, right?" The old man shook hands with Zhou Lu. "If I didn't want to buy a house for my child, I wouldn't dig out my ancestors' belongings."
After entering through the door, there were five or six groups of people in his house who had similar purposes to Zhou Lu and his friends. The old man pointed inside the pigpen and said that all his family's treasures were hidden in there.
"Alas, my descendants are unfilial. My ancestors were the owners of Yuxinglong. They owned dozens of businesses. They had businesses in both Beijing and Shanghai..."
Qi Cheng laughed and gave Zhou Lu a secret look.
Hurry up and answer the alarm clock...
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Outside the sky curtain, everyone in Yuxing Longzhong was stunned for a moment. There was nothing wrong with some of what the old man said, but their boss was not from this place.
Even some small shareholders don't have people in this place.
More importantly, they did know the person he was talking about. He was the owner of another brand. No matter how confused the younger generation was, they couldn't make a mistake.
So this person might be a liar.
The shopkeeper wanted to shout at Tianmu, but Tianmu couldn't communicate with the anchor either. He could only watch anxiously...
……
Zhou Lu's cousin received a call saying that the school wanted him back to handle the paperwork. The old man kept trying to get them to stay, saying that he would leave one for them and they could come and pick it up when they were free.
It was a wasted trip and gas money.
"No, no." Qi Cheng quickly waved his hand, "Let's sell these things to others first, and we can cooperate again when there's an opportunity in the future."
The three of them drove onto the highway, and Zhou Lu quickly asked Qi Cheng what was going on.
"I know the brand he's talking about. There's no such owner." Qi Cheng laughed. "And when I heard the things were in the pigpen, I knew it was probably a scam."
"what?"
"Let me tell you, this is a very complicated situation. Mr. Liu, who introduced you here, is very likely a liar. Maybe everyone in this room today is a liar."
A bead of sweat appeared on Zhou Lu's forehead. He almost got slaughtered like a pig today.
"We can't just let this go! I'll call the police when I get home. We can't let these scammers cheat other people again!"
Qi Cheng nodded. These people should be the superiors of the National Treasure Gang.