Appreciation of treasures

Chapter 719 Splendid Antique Market
"Really? Thank you so much! I'm in Baochang Pavilion near the Jinxiu Antique Market, so I'm really sorry to trouble you."

Chen Ziqi's voice was full of surprise, she never expected that Zhao Gang would agree so readily.

"Okay, I'll call you when I get there!"

After Zhao Gang hung up the phone, he hailed a car and rushed towards the Jinxiu Antique Market.

The Splendid Antique Market is on the other side of the urban area, and its scale is not too small.

Linshui is an ancient city, close to Jinling, which was once used as the capital during the Southern Song Dynasty.

With a strong historical and cultural atmosphere, coupled with the proximity to the coast, trade is convenient and the economy develops rapidly.

With a large number of wealthy people, Linshui has become a holy place for antique business.

Splendid Antique Market is more like a street full of antique shops than a market.

There are no small vendors with stalls around, only a few decorated antique shops.

There are all kinds of old objects inside, mostly knockoffs or cheap ones.

Looking along the way, Zhao Gang couldn't help shaking his head secretly. Nine out of ten items in the passing shops were fakes.

The quality of the stores in Detai Market is too different.

This place is close to the West Lake, and there are not a few tourists who come to visit it.

After the shop owners learned how to get money from tourists, they stopped doing business seriously.

Even the imitations are not carefully made, and they look fake at first glance.

Zhao Gang sighed, and found Baochang Pavilion by the name of the store. Zhao Gang couldn't help frowning when he saw the decoration outside the door of Baochang Pavilion.

Its gate is made of pure copper, with two grinning tiger heads engraved on it.

A bronze gossip mirror hangs on the door frame, with an eye tattooed with cinnabar in the middle.

Dragons and phoenixes are carved around the door frame, which is full of momentum at first glance.

"Bullshit!"

The golden sha white tiger is engraved on the door panel, and the yin and yang mirror hanging on the frame has also opened the eyes of the sky.

The dragon, phoenix and auspiciousness are engraved on both sides, which shows that it is a feng shui bureau that gathers money and kills!

"Guest officer, please come inside!"

Seeing that Zhao Gang intends to come in, a salesperson in ancient costume showed a professional smirk.

Zhao Gang didn't even look at him, he just walked in, the further he walked in, the tighter his frown became.

"Hey! Zhao Gang, this way!"

While he was thinking, a gentle female voice sounded in his ears.

When he came back to his senses, he saw Chen Ziqi sitting by the counter, greeting him with a smile on his face.

Today Chen Ziqi wore a yellow dress, which just set off the waistline.

With her beautiful hair draped behind her shoulders, and her bright and attractive growth, she looked extraordinarily sunny and energetic.

Standing next to her was a middle-aged man of about forty years old.

The man had a fleshy face and a ferocious appearance. He held a string of small leaf red sandalwood bracelets in his right hand and kept twirling his fingers.

In his left hand, he kept rubbing a square jade pendant, and around his neck hung a two-point jade chain.

Wearing a Tang suit mandarin jacket, the standard attire of a local rich man.

"Miss, I've been telling you for so long, do you want to buy it or not?"

The man crackled for a while, feeling a little impatient in his heart.

Chen Ziqi turned around and said apologetically, "I'm sorry boss, I'll buy it. I just went to greet my friend."

When the man heard that she wanted to buy it, he immediately changed his expression.

He smiled and said happily: "I knew that Miss is a straightforward person, so I'll go and pack your things right away!"

After all, the man picked up the things on the counter and found a box under the counter to pack it for her.

"Miss Chen, are you collecting things here?" Zhao Gang walked over with a smile on his face.

Chen Ziqi nodded, pointing to the busy boss behind the counter.

He smiled and said: "Buy an antique for my grandfather, he likes this the most, and bringing it back will definitely make his old man happy!"

Seeing Chen Ziqi's innocent look, Zhao Gang couldn't help feeling a little funny.

"Also, don't call me Ms. Chen from now on, just call me Ziqi. If you're not used to being called me, you can call me by my name." Chen Ziqi said with a smile.

"Okay." Zhao Gang replied.

After finishing speaking, the two fell into a cold silence, Zhao Gang really wouldn't talk to strange girls.

Chen Ziqi has been with boys since she was a child, and she has never found a topic by herself.

For a moment, neither of them knew what to say.

"Okay! A total of 88! Welcome to our store next time."

Just when the two were extremely embarrassed, the boss came out from behind the counter with a pear wood box.

"Okay, swipe the card..."

Chen Ziqi took out her wallet from her bag and was about to swipe her card when Zhao Gang suddenly grabbed her hand.

"Wait! Let me see things first!"

Chen Ziqi could only feel the heat coming from the hand holding her wrist.

Her cheeks were flushed, her heart was pounding, and even her white-walled arms were a little red.

Growing up so big, this was the first time she had such intimate contact with a man.

"I'm in business, I don't care about your shit, what qualifications do you have for me to show you?!"

Seeing that he was about to collect the money soon, but someone stepped in, the boss couldn't help being annoyed.

Zhao Gang sneered: "The rules of antique trading are to inspect the goods when giving money!"

"It's not for you! What are you doing?" The boss stared with a fierce look on his face.

Seeing that the two had an argument, Chen Ziqi quickly said, "Zhao Gang is my friend, the boss, and he will inspect the goods for me!"

After hearing what the seller said, the boss couldn't stop being unreasonable, so he had to open the pear wood box with an impatient look and push it to Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang raised his hand to catch it, and he looked into the box, a pot-shaped utensil was placed in the center, with square ears and round feet, deep belly and flattened bottom.

The pattern on the body of the pot is covered by green patina, and only a row of cloud and thunder patterns can be seen on the mouth of the pot.

"You just took this thing out of the cesspit two days ago, and you dare to sell it without using nitric acid to deodorize it!"

Zhao Gang's cold voice echoed throughout the hall.

There are many ways to counterfeit bronze wares, because bronze oxidizes extremely quickly when it encounters urea.

Therefore, most counterfeiters will directly submerge them in the cesspit, and then pick them up after half a year.

Although this bronze was cleaned with essence, the smell of urea still couldn't hide from Zhao Gang's nose.

The three or three tourists around who were shopping in the store all poked their heads to this side curiously.

The boss slapped the table angrily when he saw that there were so many tourists who came to watch.

He said sharply: "Shit! This is obviously a bronze vessel from the Western Zhou Dynasty! You know that!"

Zhao Gang sneered again and again, and he pushed the Tongyou in front of the boss.

Pointing to the copper you, he said, "Look carefully for yourself! The urea crystals haven't been cleaned! It's a shame to sell them!"

"The so-called You is a wine vessel from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it was used to hold fragrant wine during sacrifices!"

"Because its neck is slightly bunched, its belly is rounded, and it has lifting beams, it is also called the lifting beam! This imitation of yours only cares about the bottom and not the top! You even made holes for the lifting beams, so you have the nerve to say it is a lifting beam!"

(End of this chapter)