He took out a knife from his inner pocket and threw it to the other party. Then, he counted out another 20 or so pieces. The money and goods were cleared.
"Sirs, other than silver, if the first and second sets of RMB, red corner, green back, and green back watermarks are of good quality, help me keep an eye out. As long as the goods are good, there's no problem with the price."
The first and second sets of RMB had stopped circulating, while the three types of banknotes in the third set of RMB, the " red one corner, green back, and green back watermarks," had stopped being issued more than 10 years ago for various reasons. Although they were still in circulation, they were almost extinct in the market, which had attracted the attention of a small number of collectors and coin dealers.
"Sure, I have some good and bad ones. Let's go and prepare. When brother comes next time, there should be quite a lot.”
The one who spoke was not Old Wu, but the ticket seller Old Wang. Money wasn't the only thing that money dealers had. The ticket scalpers were also in the business.
"Alright, everyone get rich!"
He left with a bag of silver coins weighing more than four catties. He had gained something from his trip to Jiefang Road, but he was still thinking about the bronze plate.
It was very important to be clean. Otherwise, he would rather not do it! Everyone in Kuaiji Road only knew that he was a buyer from Hong Kong. He spoke Mandarin with a Hong Kong accent, so he could easily tell the truth about Hong Kong's antique world.
In his previous life, he had been in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province, so he knew what to do.
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At six o'clock in the evening, Qin Shi walked into the Shanghai train station with a backpack and a suitcase full of tea leaves.
He wanted to curse when he got the train ticket last night, but he still wanted to settle the score with those bastards at the power plant when he got home! It was a soft bedroom, but it was a lower bunk. However, they would have to transfer to Bingzhou City, the capital of Jin Province.
People who went on long journeys were afraid of changing trains. Many times, that was simply a nightmare! Qin Shi had completely ignored the fact that he and Old Leather had also changed trains when they went to Wutai last time. He wanted to curse at them!
The train station was always crowded with people. They asked the staff and walked into the soft berth waiting room with their tickets. There was no security check at all.
Now that it was quiet, there were not many people in the comfortable waiting room. Everyone looked like they were either of high rank or "high and rich". Unless they were of a rank above the deputy hall or had strong connections, you wouldn't be able to buy a ticket!
There were also two foreigners and a translator sitting opposite him. He could understand most of their conversation in American English.
She sat comfortably on the sofa with a soft back and hot tea from the waiter.
Qin Shi, who was dressed fashionably, didn't look particularly strange here. He looked like a returned overseas Chinese. Other than the color of his mountaineering bag, which was a bit of an eyesore, it also attracted a few more glances from the Americans.
Hearing the English, Zhang Nan frowned and couldn't help but say,
“quietplease！OK!”
What kind of person was this? The few people on the other side thought that they were some special forces of China. For convenience, he changed into a full jacket before leaving the hostel. He wore high-top hiking shoes that were similar to military boots. Coupled with his army green hiking bag and tall and strong figure, he was not much different from a special forces soldier commonly seen in foreign movies.
It was rare to see such a person in China.
This time, the people opposite him felt uncomfortable. They smiled awkwardly and even apologized for the misunderstanding.
He couldn't be bothered with them. After a while, the waiter informed him that he could check in and board the bus.
As soon as they entered the platform, they saw an old-fashioned green train. There were no other passengers on the platform except for the train attendant and the twenty or so people who came out of the soft berth waiting room.
The soft berths were all boarded in advance, which was considered a special treatment.
He walked into Room 5 and saw that the floor under the bunk was quite clean. He only took out a thermos flask and two bottles of Coke (bought later) and placed them on the small table. He stuffed the hiking bag and suitcase under the bunk.
After sitting for a while and seeing that no one else came in, he walked out of the private room and saw an old man standing in the aisle. He might be a retired cadre. She ignored him and saw that the platform was already crowded through the window, so she got off the bus.
The train attendant stood below the boarding door and glanced at the good-looking girl. He asked,"Excuse me, I'm in private room number five. I'm the only one here at the moment.”
The train attendant had already noticed this tall, handsome, and fashionably dressed passenger.
When he heard his standard Mandarin, he replied politely,"Yes, the train has been reserved, but only two tickets have been reserved. Do you need any more help?"
This meant that he had not sold it at all.
"No, thank you."
Looking at the dense crowd in front of the hard-seat car at the other end of the dining car, he shook his head. Decades later, it was the same. Except for high-speed trains, ordinary trains seemed to be always crowded.
It was almost time. Without waiting for the train attendant to urge him, he got on the train and returned to the private room. He only hoped that the person in the same private room was not a burly man.
It was only when there were a few minutes left before the car drove off that the people in the same room arrived!
It wasn't a burly man, but a petite long-haired woman wearing a hat and sunglasses.
Qin Shi nodded politely when she entered and greeted her," Hello." The woman was also on the lower bunk. She politely helped her put a large suitcase under the bunk and heard her say,"Excuse me, is there no one else in the room?”
"Yes, the train attendant said it was reserved. Where are you going?"
"Go to the stone gate. What's your name? Where to?" Shimen was the capital of Beihe Province, and this train would pass through there. As she spoke, the woman took off her sunglasses. Before she could answer, she saw the woman's appearance and hurriedly said,
"Wait a moment."
He walked out of the box rudely and found the train attendant. He said,
"May I ask where the conductor is? I'll buy the remaining tickets to Bingzhou from box 5.”
Bingzhou was the final stop of this train. In case the conductor did not agree to it because of the ticket money, he might as well book it from start to finish. This was common in the future. Some people would buy tickets for the entire private room in order not to be disturbed. However, this was rare. These soft berth tickets were not cheap!
The train had already started. After negotiating with the conductor, he directly paid an additional 100 yuan on top of the original ticket price. It was settled!
When he returned to the private room, he saw the woman looking at him with a magazine in her hand.
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Before noon, the train finally arrived at Bingzhou City, the capital of Jin Province. As soon as Qin Shi left the train, he managed to get a transfer ticket to Wutai Station with the help of the conductor.
It was easy to get things done with money, and the conductor was also willing to help.
Qin Shi had already found out from the train that there were two trains from Bingzhou to Wutai, but the time was quite a headache. He couldn't make the train that he took in the morning, so he could only buy a ticket for the 20:30 pm train. It took more than six hours to get there, and they would only arrive at Wutai Station at around two o'clock in the middle of the night.
As for the car, he could forget about it. There was only one trip every day, and it would be difficult to buy a ticket if they left early in the morning.
We can't afford to waste that time. We'll leave overnight!
However, there was still good news. Qin Shi had bought a reserved soft berth. For this kind of long-distance train from the departure station, it was relatively easy to get a berth at the first few stations if you had acquaintances and money.
It was originally meant to be left for the station behind. The front section was sold for recycling.
The passengers in front got off the train and the train attendants behind cleaned up the place.
He stored his large luggage in the special storage area of the soft berth waiting room. There was no need to worry about the safety of his luggage here. He left the station with a purse, or else he would have been bored to death during the eight to nine hours.
Qin Shi wasn't planning to visit any scenic spots. He wanted to take a look at the provincial cultural relics store.
Relic stores had existed since the Liberation Era. To put it bluntly, they were places where the country bought and sold antiques. They were the most prosperous in the 1970s and 1980s, and played a great role in the protection of China's history, culture, and cultural relics. However, Zhang Nan felt that the losses it caused were equally huge. As long as it was a toy from the Qianlong period, other than a very small number of cultural relics, they could sell it anywhere in the cultural relics store!
What was even more infuriating was that in order to earn foreign exchange, some good things had to be bought with foreign exchange certificates, and they were even sold directly to foreigners. Some foreigners formed groups to come to China to buy goods, especially the Japanese. A group of people could pull a cart!
In addition, some of the appraisal experts in the cultural relics stores were from selling bricks. In the past few decades, countless treasures had been leaked from the cultural relics stores all over the country!
In his memory, the cultural relics store in Jin Province was also on Jiefang Road. He took a bus to the approximate location.
Sure enough, he soon found the Jin Province Cultural Relics Store located in Building 10 of Jiefang Road.
As soon as he entered, he sized it up. It looked like an old-fashioned department store. The salesperson was standing behind a row of counters, and behind them was a row of large open cabinets that were stuck to the wall. However, the items on the counter were not ordinary goods, but a dazzling array of antiques.
"Earn money! Earning money! It was still to earn money! Mine, all mine!"
He thought fiercely in his heart,'If I have money, I can drive a truck to move it!'
"If I move ten of these shops, I can easily open a private museum in 30 years!”
He casually looked around the shop, and the salesperson was also observing him. He was dressed like a foreigner, probably an overseas Chinese or something.
Qin Shi had been prepared for this-if he reached out to look at the time, he would even be wearing a Swiss gold watch!
First, he casually looked at the porcelain and calligraphy exhibition area. Most of them were ordinary, but there were also fine products. Some of the porcelain should be from the official kiln in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.
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