Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

After hearing Zhang Jialiang's answer, Yan Fugui had an idea in his mind. As expected, this guy Zhang Jialiang was very slippery and difficult to catch.

This guy talks nicely and acts like he doesn't care about money. He talks big just like them, but he doesn't do anything practical.

Yan Fugui had no way to deal with Zhang Jialiang's failure to fall into the trap. He couldn't just sit there and drink water by the cow's neck. Fortunately, they were prepared and had substitutes.

"Okay, then Liangzi, just do your best. It would be best if you can get it done. If you do, everyone will be grateful to you.

Okay, now you know about this matter. I will inform you if there is any news."

Although Zhang Jialiang still doesn't know what Yan Fugui's real purpose is, as long as he doesn't make any mistakes and doesn't get involved, there should be no problem. However, he still has to express it verbally.

"Of course, I will definitely try my best. This matter mainly depends on you three uncles. Tell me if there is any good news. Our family is also waiting for the rice to cook."

After sending Yan Fugui away, Zhang Jialiang didn't take the matter to heart. Everyone in the compound was secretly busy buying food, but Zhang Jialiang was busy with other things.

He recently started purchasing antiques. After studying for more than a year but less than two years, although Zhang Jialiang is not experienced in antiques, he is not too unfamiliar with them and has some general knowledge.

He had long planned to collect antiques, and now the time is almost right. He can try out a small amount in the early stages, and then collect large quantities next year or the year after.

At that time, people were not able to eat enough, so food became an extremely scarce resource, and collectibles such as antiques and cultural relics depreciated in value.

These things are good, but they cannot replace food and cannot be eaten or drunk.

Many people who have antiques now have to exchange them for food in order to have food, even though they used to treasure them.

In addition, antiques were not very popular in this era, and most people did not take them seriously. Now, a pound of corn flour could be exchanged for a valuable item in the future.

Zhang Jialiang did not plan to collect antiques himself, but planned to cooperate with people in the black market.

Those who can run black markets are people with connections and many channels. In addition, they are powerful and have many people under them, so it saves time and effort to cooperate with them.

It's just a matter of paying some price, which greatly reduces personal risks.

If you go around collecting information by yourself without any channels or rich experience, the risk is very high and it is easy to make mistakes, which will not be worth the effort.

Over the past year, Zhang Jialiang has been selling the prey in the space, and he has also had a lot of exchanges with people in the nearby black markets. Now that new business has come, as long as there is profit, these people will always find ways to meet Zhang Jialiang's requirements.

Of course he did not reveal his true identity. He disguised himself and covered his face every time he went to the black market.

The organizers of the black market were very willing to accept Zhang Jialiang's proposal to exchange grain for antiques.

Food is a good thing now and is a scarce commodity. If they can get food, it will greatly promote their business activities. It is too easy to exchange it for some antiques that cannot be eaten or drunk.

Some people regard antiques and collectibles as treasures and are unwilling to give them up even if they are hungry. However, there are always more people who do not take these things seriously and are willing to exchange them for life-saving food.

Collecting antiques is easy for those in the black market, and it is not difficult to find some people who have experience in antiques and the ability to identify them.

Soon, Zhang Jialiang reached a cooperation intention with an organizer in the black market. At the beginning, Zhang Jialiang was not prepared to collect too much, he just wanted to accumulate experience in the early stage, so he only contacted one black market.

Zhang Jialiang still has a lot of food in his hands, about 13,000 kilograms, and there are still nearly two years before the difficult period ends.

It would be enough for him to leave 2000 kilograms of grain, which means he had 11,000 kilograms of grain to use as bargaining chips.

Although this amount of grain sounds like a lot, it is nothing compared to the number of antiques in the capital.

After all, Beijing has been the capital of several dynasties and is also the current capital. There are countless antiques in Beijing.

Therefore, Zhang Jialiang’s requirement for the transaction is that the antiques must be high-quality and of high grade. He does not want ordinary ones that are not of high value.

The black market is still very risky for ordinary people. On the one hand, there is severe crackdown by the government, and on the other hand, the black market itself is very chaotic.

But these risks in the black market are almost non-existent for Zhang Jialiang. He has space to hide at any time, so he has almost never stopped black market transactions in the past year or so.

Tonight was his first time trading antiques. He came to the black market with familiarity and found the organizer of the black market.

There were a total of five people on the organizer's side. They were all disguised, wearing hats on their heads and covering their faces with cloth.

"We have brought the things. Where is what I want?"

Zhang Jialiang replied:

"Outside, our people are watching. I need to confirm the authenticity of the goods first."

A very strong man among the five people waved his hand.

The two younger brothers next to him turned around and walked away. After a while, they came over carrying a box.

"Take a look at these. Are you satisfied with them?"

The sturdy man didn't waste any time and directly asked his men to open the box for Zhang Jialiang to check.

Zhang Jialiang walked forward and discovered that the box itself was a very valuable sandalwood box. The box was simple and elegant, with exquisite workmanship and beautiful patterns carved on it.

But it is obvious that these people did not take this wooden box seriously and only used it as a tool to store antiques.

There were not many items in the box, mainly porcelain, which was filled with chopped straw to protect it.

The porcelains were taken out one by one, and soon the antiques inside appeared in front of Zhang Jialiang:

There is a copper incense burner, two wall bottles, a ceramic spittoon, a cockscomb pot, a flower watering can, a peach-shaped basin, a chicken-shaped cup, and two enamel snuff bottles.

Although there are not many things, some of the porcelain pieces are quite large, so the box looks full when placed.

Of course, authenticity must be verified when trading antiques. However, although Zhang Jialiang has studied antique identification materials for a long time, he is not yet proficient in it and can only make a rough observation.

According to Zhang Jialiang's current level, these porcelains should all be authentic and high-quality.