Da'an's best son-in-law

There are many hilly landforms in Da'an Jiangnan area. Compared with vast areas such as Saibei, transportation convenience is much less.

Compared with the dry roads in northern Saibei and the desert, transportation in the Jiangnan area mainly uses waterways and canals, which are not convenient in terms of efficiency or speed.

It is this inconvenient transportation that promotes the development of the auction industry in the Jiangnan region.

There are gold diggers returning to Jinan from the north in the south of the Yangtze River. Many gold diggers who dig graves and the like often settle down in the rich Suzhou and Hangzhou areas to do business, selling underground treasures that have not yet been sold.

In short, the participants in the Jiangnan area auction can be said to be a mixed bag, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a black industry chain.

After all, although the things sold here were considered fair and square during the auction, most of the means used to obtain them were shady.

Jizhou City is located in the central thoroughfare of the Jinan region. It can be said to be the transportation fortress of the entire south of the Da'an Dynasty.

Since Jizhou's business and inn industry are relatively developed, businessmen, gold diggers, and tomb robbers traveling from north to south are also willing to rest here.

Therefore, the auction industry in Jizhou City can be regarded as one of the most prosperous even in the entire Da'an Dynasty.

When it comes to the auction industry, the only place in Jizhou City that can be famous in the entire Jinan region is the "Wanxiang Pavilion" in the center of the city.

Wanxiang Pavilion was founded in the [-]th year of Tianbao in the Da'an Dynasty. After five generations of emperors in the Da'an Dynasty, it has always stood firm.

The purpose of Wanxiang Pavilion is that no matter where your treasure comes from or by what means, no matter what kind of bloodshed or complicated relationship lies behind this treasure, Wanxiang Pavilion will accept it without fail.

It is this kind of rich wealth and boldness that makes Wanxiang Pavilion the most popular place for various hawkers and merchants in Jizhou City to sell items.

Wanxiang Pavilion in Jizhou is not a separate chamber of commerce, but just a branch of Wanxiang Pavilion in Jizhou City.

Its headquarters is in Kyoto of the Da'an Dynasty, and it does more than just business for these merchants.

When all nations came to court, there were Western merchants, hawkers from southern Xinjiang, princes, nobles, and wealthy merchants. There was no business that Wanxiang Pavilion did not dare to do.

Jizhou's annual auction event is hosted by Wanxiang Pavilion.

"Then go to the auction you mentioned."

After listening to Lian'er's description of Jizhou Wanxiang Pavilion, Ye Chen nodded.

This Wanxiang Pavilion gimmick was very loud. In the era of Da'an Dynasty, it was an auction house that was known to do business with foreigners. It really aroused his curiosity.

After the two of them washed up, Lian'er made breakfast for Ye Chen, and then headed to the auction in Jizhou under the guidance of the former.

Wanxiang Pavilion has always been very popular in Jizhou City, and coupled with the deliberate publicity in recent days, the two of them were walking on the streets of Jizhou. The closer they got to the Wanxiang Pavilion area, the more crowded the crowd became.

The streets in Jizhou can be considered crowded on weekdays, but they are even more congested at this moment. On the bustling streets, the flow of people is slowly moving towards the Wanxiang Pavilion.

Many merchants and vendors were rushing towards the auction house holding the objects in their hands. Ye Chen saw with sharp eyes that some of them still had a few old things in their hands.

"That one, this one in the old man's hand, and that uncle's." Ye Chen led Lian'er as they walked on the street, looking around and pointing out some valuable objects to the former.

Lian'er looked in the direction pointed by Ye Chen and found that the vendors pointed out by the former did have some celadon vases, glass cups and other objects in their hands, but most of them looked like they were not of high quality.

Among the merchants going to the auction, these items are at least less surprising than the items in most people's hands.

"My uncle also looks at these things?" Lian'er looked away and asked with some doubts.

Due to the development of the auction industry, each auction house has a dedicated treasure appraiser.

If you want to become a qualified treasure appraiser, you must go through the inspection and experience of countless treasures and fakes, and survive a certain age before you are qualified to be hired by the auction house.

The youngest treasure appraiser in Jizhou is Su Yu from Wanxiang Pavilion.

The former was only in his thirties, but he relied on his piercing eyes to identify countless rare and rare treasures for the auction house, as well as items in the hands of some masters of counterfeiting that could be mistaken for real ones.

When Wanxiang Pavilion participated in the auctioneers conference in Jinan region, it won the first prize with its bold identification of the Nancai Cuiyun vase, which attracted great fame to Wanxiang Pavilion in Jizhou.

Even Su Yu had to put a lot of effort into careful analysis before he could make a conclusion. Ye Chen was good at this. He pointed out three or four items to Lian'er with a casual glance.

Feeling Lian'er's questioning gaze, Ye Chen shrugged helplessly, "It's okay, I was just joking."

Ye Chen had been involved in the antique business and stone gambling industry in his previous life, but he only participated in it because the company's affairs were almost settled at that time, and he wanted to relax.

The reason for participation is also very simple. Although these industries are extremely risky, the risks contain huge profits that are simply difficult to achieve in ordinary industries.

Ye Chen raised his eyebrows and recalled the days when he went to Suzhou and Hangzhou to learn treasure appraisal when he was in Jiangsu.

The best treasure appraiser in the world at that time was called...

Gujinnan.

This old man has a very weird temper. Although he dares to be ranked first in treasure appraising skills, and almost no one in the world dares to be ranked second, people appraising treasures is just for fun and is not a serious profession at all.

At that time, many giants in the antique industry in Jiangnan and Taishan Beidou came to his small courtyard to ask him to come out, and all of them were kicked out.

At that time, Ye Chen learned about the reputation of the old man from his friends. Without saying a word, he directly asked the company's people to collect all kinds of gadgets and treasures from home and abroad, and shamelessly let the former taste them every day.

He was kicked out a few times, but despite Ye Chen's shameless efforts every day, he still entered the door of the Gu family.

Every time he picks up antiques, Ye Chen fondly calls them, "You have the eye in your hand."

In fact, Ye Chen paid close attention to the old man's steps and details every time he appraised treasures, and secretly wrote them down in his heart.

Ye Chen went back and forth frequently, and the old man was too embarrassed to play with Ye Chen's antiques for nothing, so he occasionally taught him a few tricks.

With just these few tricks, Ye Chen collected countless interesting things from the antique market at that time.

The few items he pointed out to Lian'er just now may not look very impressive, but they are considered to be some of the best items in the hands of these vendors.