Chapter 31: Ambitions for the Royal Granary

Ma Du was born in Wuqi Cadre School, grew up in the army, and his background is really awesome.

However, there are many people in Beijing who have a better background than him, and there are more units that he can't afford to mess with.

"Do you know the Royal Granary?"

"The royal granary? are you talking about the one on the other side of the East Forty Bridge?"

"That's right! These are the granaries, and now they are the warehouses of the department store!

If you can help take down those nine warehouses, I'll give you a set of old mahogany furniture for free!"

"Oh, my brother Zhang!

How dare you think about it!

Those nine granaries, let's not say whether the department stores sell them or not, but if they sell, can you afford them?"

Ma Du looked at Zhang Junping with a wry smile on his face, he actually wanted to buy the royal granary!

I used to feel that I was quite able to toss, but I didn't expect that this person could toss better than myself.

I actually want to buy the royal granary as a studio and a collection museum, how big is this heart?

"I can't afford it now, but in a few years, there should be no problem!

Besides, let you talk about it now, I guess people can blow you out!

I mean let you pay attention, slowly dredge up the relationship, and after two or three years, when the environment is relaxed, you will buy it!" Zhang Junping said confidently.

Zhang Junping said that the royal granary, also called Nanxincang, was built in the seventh year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1409) on the basis of the Yuan Dynasty North Taicang, 10 years older than the Forbidden City.

It can be said that the imperial granary has witnessed the entire history of Kyoto in the 24 generations of kings of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Republic of China and New China.

The reason why Zhang Junping paid attention to the royal granary was because the architectural structure of the imperial granary was too suitable for studios and collections.

It is 24 meters wide, 17 meters deep, 7 meters high, the bottom of the wall is 1.5 meters thick, and the top is about 1 meter.

The front and rear of the roof out of the eaves rafters, no flyers, on the front slope out of the width of 4.4 meters, into the depth of 2 meters of the hanging mountain eaves door, and set up ventilation holes and skylights, constant temperature in all seasons, humidity is suitable.

In later generations, some people transformed this place into an art granary and an art exhibition hall.

And also the rise of the granary culture.

After crossing over, what Zhang Junping wanted most was these nine granaries.

There are thirteen royal granaries, three of which have been lost to history, and one remains of only ruins, and only these nine are truly well preserved.

Ma Du rolled his eyes, this is a, can you afford it in a few years?

Just those nine granaries, it is not just money that can be solved, how many favors must be taken to succeed.

Anyway, he doesn't have the ability to live this mud now.

However, the set of old mahogany furniture promised by Zhang Junping was too attractive, and Ma Du was reluctant to refuse it.

"Okay then! I'll help you ask, but I can't guarantee it!" Ma Du was a little depressed, although he didn't refuse, but in his opinion, the old mahogany furniture had a good chance of being soaked.

"Don't worry, Brother Ma, no matter whether it succeeds in the end or not, it won't let you work in vain!

It's done, I'll give you a set of old mahogany furniture!

No, I'll give you a pair of old mahogany circle chairs!"

Zhang Junping naturally saw that Ma Du was not very interested in this matter, and his enthusiasm was not high, even if he said hello, he would not be very attentive.

In order to stimulate Ma Du's enthusiasm, Zhang Junping promised again.

"Really?"

"Nature is true!

If you don't worry, wait for the furniture to be repaired, Brother Ma can take the circle chair away first!"

"Brother, didn't you slap me in the face? I still don't believe you!" Ma Du, who still wants to save face, is embarrassed to agree directly, laughs twice, and diverts the topic: "By the way, I came to find my brother today, I want to ask, did the Luban box open last time?"

Yes, Ma Du is still worried about that Luban box.

"I've been too busy lately, I haven't had time to open it!" Zhang Junping remembered that the Luban box he got back from the thrift station hadn't been opened yet.

"Brother, you see that you have so much furniture, then let me Luban box!

Brother, I've been collecting for more than half a year, and I don't even have anything decent in my hand!" Ma Du took Zhang Junping's hand and begged.

"You're not sincere!

When I was asked for furniture just now, I called my brother, and it will become a brother talk again!

It can be seen that you are not even urgent about Luban box!" Zhang Junping couldn't help but joke.

This horse is all for the furniture, one brother Zhang, and as soon as he turned around, he immediately began to call himself brother again.

"Brother, don't make fun of your brother!

I've opened my eyes today, and I've been to the Forbidden City several times!

It's not as exciting as today!" Ma Du's old face flushed, and he introduced with some embarrassment.

"Okay, I'll give it to you, but I'll have to open it first!

If there's something in there, I'll have to keep it!"

Zhang Junping said as he opened his toolbox and took out the Luban box he had picked up from the thrift station.

Luban box requires special skills to open the box, and without knowing where the mechanism is, it will never be opened with brute force, unless you directly break it apart.

In that case, the contents are basically damaged.

Of course, there are no absolutes in everything, maybe someone is full of luck, like the male protagonist in the novel, the son of luck, just shake it twice, and the Luban box will be opened.

There are two openings on the top side of the Luban box, one true and one false.

Fake openings are naturally useless. You can only find the real opening.

At this step, you can also try your luck, or try a few more times to find the real opening.

Once the opening is opened, the top plank can slide like one side.

You think this will open?

Wrong, this is just the beginning!

If the Luban box is opened so easily, it will not be a Luban box.

There are three hidden compartments on the side of the other end, open the hidden compartment and take it out, so that the wooden board on the top can be moved and the Luban box can be completely opened.

When Zhang Junping was in his later life, he once specialized in the production process of Luban boxes.

Not to mention opening, even making him will too.

In Ma Du's eyes, Zhang Junping just moved his fingers a few times, fiddling left and right twice, and with a gaba sound, the Luban box was opened.

"Look at it, what's in it!" Seeing that the Luban box was opened, Ma Du didn't care about anything else, and urged urgently.

"It's not less, it seems to be a few sheets of paper stacked together......... Zhang Junping picked it up casually, twisted it, and the stacked papers separated, revealing the contents inside.

"I'll see, I'll see, is it a treasure map?" Ma Du opened his mind.

"Don't move!" Zhang Junping carefully put things back into the box.

Turning around, he found a pair of white gloves, brought them, and found a magnifying glass, and then carefully took out the piece of paper and slowly lifted it.

"What is it?" the horse was tickled even more by Zhang Junping's movements.

Zhang Junping carefully opened the stacked papers, revealing the contents inside.

Then he looked carefully with a magnifying glass for a while, put down the magnifying glass, and laughed excitedly at Tsushima.

"Brother Ma, now, the money to buy the royal granary is there!

Hurry up and help get in touch!

Dude is not short of money!"