Chapter 14 Preparation of Materials
Luo's small courtyard is small, with lush grapevines covering almost the entire courtyard, and a red brick paved aisle about 1.5 meters wide stretches from the front of the gate to the inside.
A small two-story building stands at the end of the aisle, the gray walls have long been mottled, and there are still vague remnants of the graffiti of "Luohe" childhood.
This is the secret base of "Luohe"!
Suddenly, Luo He seemed to remember something, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and then he turned over and stood up, and pulled out a worn-out brown leather bag from under the bed.
After patting the thick dust on it, Luo He hurriedly unzipped it and rummaged inside.
The bag was brought back from studying in England, and except for some clothes, there were only a few yellowed old photos and a quaint square wooden box.
Soon Luo He stood up with a palm-sized square wooden box in both hands, his face was a little complicated as if he was hesitating, but after a moment he gritted his teeth and opened the box.
The box is inlaid with red gold velvet, and a simple jade carving about two fingers wide and half a finger long is lying quietly in the middle of the box.
This is a piece of very good quality Hetian jade carving, just look at its shape is a typical Han Dynasty dragon shape, the carving is not good, the feel is delicate and warm, there is a blood line in it like the meridians of the jade dragon to expand.
The dragon shape has a special meaning in Huaxia and is a symbol of imperial power, and he even speculated that this ancient jade was most likely the personal plaything of an emperor. It's a pity that according to the shape, this jade carving should have been a pair, and the value of the missing half will be greatly reduced.
This was given to him by a girlfriend during his previous study abroad period, which should be very important to him.
But in order to complete the tasks of the system and the needs of real world life, I had to endure the pain of parting love......
The next morning, Luohe returned to the real world and went straight to Baihai Road Commercial Street, where he vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a pawn shop of a large scale.
Anping in June has reached the hot time, the blazing sun tirelessly bakes the earth, even if the occasional wind blows, it is mixed with gusts of heat. Luohe walked around Baihai Road and easily found the pawnshop called Qinyuan.
This pawnshop occupies the first two floors of the entire Golden Horse Building, and the lobby on the first floor is extremely chic, whether it is the pool with all kinds of ornamental fish or the khaki circular sofas, all of which show the owner's taste, even in the eyes of he, the reborn man, does not feel outdated at all.
On the walls on either side of the hall hang rows of glass display cases plastered with photographs, all of which are pawn shop items that you can take away if you value something just by asking the staff to negotiate a price. Generally speaking, the selling price of these absolute items is lower than the market price, and many rich people like to go to the pawnshop Taobao shellfish in the future, one is cheap and the other is guaranteed, after all, the things that can enter here are identified to ensure the value.
"Hello sir. As soon as I entered the gate, a young girl greeted me.
Luo He grabbed the square wooden locket in his hand and said to the girl: "Hello, I have something to do." ”
"Okay, you're here, please. With a professional smile on her face, the young girl brought Luo He to the side of the sofa and said, "Please sit down first, please tell me what you want to be, and I will help you find the corresponding master to identify." ”
"A piece of ancient jade. ”
"Okay, please wait. ”
Not long after, a white-haired old man in a Tang costume followed the girl down from the second floor, the old man was kind and kind, and always had a peaceful smile on his face, and after sitting down opposite the Luohe River, he smiled and said: "Hello children, take out your things and let the old man see them." Luo He nodded and handed the square wooden locket to the old man.
"Huh?" The old man seemed to be a little surprised when he saw the small box, picked up the box and looked at it for a long time, touched and smelled, and finally nodded: "Well, the best rosewood is some years old, and the carving should be from the hands of famous artists, and this box alone is worth 10,000 pieces." ”
Saying that, the old man opened the box and took out the ancient jade in it, and Luo He was slightly nervous in his heart.
The old man looked at Gu Yu carefully, his face was sometimes surprised and sometimes regretful, and after about ten minutes, he sighed and said, "Boutique, really boutique." Do you really want to be, young man?"
"Hmm. Luo He nodded.
Hehe, in that case, the old man will give you an estimate. This jade should be a thing of the Han Dynasty, the jade quality is good, the carving is delicate and exquisite, and the most rare thing is that the quality is intact. However, there are really a lot of Han jade on the market at present, and it is difficult to sell the starting price, even if this jade is one of the finest products, I estimate that it is at most 70,000 or 80,000, and then calculate the discount rate and this red sandalwood box, I can call the shots and give you 70,000. ”
"Seventy thousand?" Luo He frowned slightly, this price is much lower than his psychological price, originally according to his plan, at least one hundred thousand, right?
In fact, he does not know much about the antique market, the so-called prosperous antique troubled gold, in the early 90s, the domestic antique market just emerged, far less prosperous than later, even the country's largest antique market was gradually formed in 95 years, the price of antiques at this time is far less exaggerated than later.
"What, too little, if you can bring the other half with you, it's worth at least three times!"
"I only have this one. Luo He smiled bitterly.
"Okay...... Give you 100,000 ......"
"O Jinnyi Mahei. Luo He walked out of the pawnshop a little depressed.
Find a black market where there are still some real things to sell, and for your own safety, those must be bought!
"As long as it's genuine, it's the kind that can protect against rifle bullets. Luo He said.
"It's okay with the domestic ones, right?"
"As long as it works. ”
"Then a 'Guardian' body armor and a Type 98 tactical helmet, I have these in stock here, can it be done?" the boss asked.
"How did you hear that buying and selling body armor is illegal?" Luo He said curiously.
"It's not a big deal, there are laws that stipulate that buying and selling military products is extraordinary, divided by a fine of 2,000 to 20,000 yuan, body armor and helmets are also counted, but this rule is mainly aimed at military uniforms or something, mainly to prevent others from buying military uniforms and pretending to be soldiers. ”
"Military stores will more or less sell this kind of thing that is a bit of a sideline, but there will be no problems, but those regular big stores, such as Chitu, Iron and Blood, are all military stores with the number one rank, and naturally they don't want to break the rules for this small profit, so they don't take it out. ”
Luo He suddenly realized, "So that's the case, so what is the protective ability of the two body armor and helmets you introduced." ”
"'Guardian brand' body armor is a steel plate body armor, the protection capacity is still good, one of our main domestic military equipment, exported to Asia, Africa and Latin America, there were reports before, saying that the British also bought a batch, and later the soldiers wearing this kind of body armor were attacked by a rebel in Africa, it was by this kind of body armor to escape, only one person was killed, or was shot in the face, it is said that with the United States Keflabi, not below. The boss said.
"It's amazing. Luo He was surprised.
"In fact, the two kinds of body armor pursue the difference, Kevlar pursues breathability, softness, comfort or something while protecting, we are directly putting on a steel armor, can it be comparable. The boss laughed to himself.
"Helmets are this thing, anti-pistol is still possible, they are mainly for protection against shrapnel and gravel on the battlefield, as for rifle bullets, there is no helmet in the world that can protect the front design of the main rifle bullet, of course, luck comes, if the bullet rubs the edge, the helmet can definitely save your life. The boss continued.
"After a long period of knowledge, it seems that we still need to learn. Luo He sighed.
"Let's have a dozen......"
"Okay...... A hundred thousand!"
"This ...... I don't have any money to use it......" Luohe said darkly.
"It's okay to play more...... There's a lot of good stuff here......" said the owner.
"Got it......"