After the ship docked, it was easy to transport supplies to Saryozek thanks to the Trans-Siberian Railway, which the Soviets had started building since 1891 and was opened to traffic in 1916, which ran through the east and west of the Soviet Union.

Moreover, according to the rest of my life, the volume of the Trans-Siberian Railway has always been close to Europe in the western section, which is much larger than that in the eastern section. This is true even in times of war today. Of course, there is a cost for the transportation of supplies. When Yu Sheng was buying supplies, he had already prepared this part of the supplies.

When the Soviets who contacted Yu Sheng heard that Yu Sheng was willing to donate 500,000 US dollars worth of urgently needed military supplies to the Soviet army, including a large amount of penicillin and military rations that Soviet soldiers liked, they agreed without hesitation. After all, the Soviets at this time did not have an easy time.

Although with the vast territory of the Soviet Union, and the accumulated deep heritage, the Germans were firmly dragged down on the soil of the Soviet Union. However, the damage caused by the war is also incalculable. Not to mention the stagnation of agricultural production. Even the large number of casualties among the fighters is unbearable.

Although the Americans, for the sake of the face of their allies, would also provide the Soviets with penicillin and other medicines, but after all, the quantity was limited. Medicine and food have always been in short supply in the Soviet army. The conditions for the rest of your life are extremely generous. Naturally, the rest of life did not come up with this transport line out of thin air, and at the time of World War II, the Trans-Siberian Railway was the only railway line connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The Soviets once relied on the terrifying transportation capacity of this transportation route to concentrate the strength of the whole country and defeat the Japanese and Germans miserably. Directly determines the inclination of the balance of victory in World War II.

That is, in a country like the United States, where production potential is endless, if it were in other countries, he would not be able to raise so many materials for the rest of his life, even if he had money. From the end of the charity gala, to the collection of materials, to the counting of the materials and loading them on the ship, the rest of his life and Qingxiaoyi were non-stop. also invited Huang Liushuang, who had no film appointment for the time being, to help, and was busy for nearly a month.

This month was so busy that it was dark, and after all the materials were loaded and shipped, the rest of his life and Qing Xiaoyi had to rest. For the rest of your life, rest is just a few more lazy sleeps, reading a book, drinking tea, and that's it. But for Qing Xiaoyi, uh, or for all the women of this era. Taking a break is about the same as going shopping. Moreover, this custom continued to later generations, and it was not until after the development of online shopping that many women found that they could enjoy the pleasure of shopping spree even at home, and this habit and hobby changed slightly.

Of course, women generally don't go shopping alone. If there is no man, they will be with their girlfriends and invite friends, while those who have men or men chasing after them will mostly find a man as a follower of the bag. For Qing Xiaoyi. The follower of the bag can only be the rest of his life.

For the rest of my life, I was already a little annoyed to deal with all kinds of things and all kinds of people all day long. I want to go out and take a breath. However, the two of them didn't want to go shopping in places full of designer stores like Rodeo Drive or Sunset Boulevard, not to mention whether there would be reporters following them. After Qing Xiaoyi arrived in the United States, I don't know how many times I have visited. There are some famous products in it, which have long been ripe. I don't want to look at it anymore.

So. Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi checked the map and tourist brochure of Los Angeles for a long time, and found that except for some art galleries and museums, only the Jumping Market they had never visited.

Los Angeles' Jumping Market, which originated in 1873, was originally a place where horses were traded. As with the rules of the jumping markets in many other countries, the horses in this place are generally not questioned by anyone. As a result, it became a place for many horse thieves to sell their stolen goods. With such a perfect trading place with few rules, the size of the market quickly grew, and the variety of traded commodities soon increased.

By the thirties, when Los Angeles had a population of more than one million, the Hopping Market in Los Angeles was already selling everything. Especially after the economic crisis, Americans have found that the Jumping Market is a place where they can quickly monetize their old belongings. As a result, a large number of Americans who do not have a lot of money will take things that they don't need at home to sell at the Jumping Market, and horses have become one of the tens of thousands of second-hand goods traded in the Jumping Market.

Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi went to a large jumping market called Rose Bowl, which is claimed to be the largest jumping market on the West Coast of the United States in the northeast of Los Angeles. Although it was only in 1956 that the market was gradually regulated, positioning the main trading commodities as antiques and works of art, when Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi came here, they found that old things were piled up here and everywhere.

Not only are there serious antiques, but even second-hand pots and pans, household appliances, and even second-hand clothes are sold. And, of course, piles of second-hand books and magazines, cheap and gaudy jewelry, somewhat worn furniture, works of varying sizes painted by aspiring artists, singing entertainers and black men shouting milk bread and hot dogs.

In fact, in the rest of his life, when he was in the later generations, he would occasionally go to the second-hand market, but in the second-hand market or antique market in the later generations, 99.9% of the antiques were just imitations of the later generations. If you are proficient in online shopping, some things can even be found directly on the Internet, and the price is definitely the factory price, which is much lower than the sky-high asking price of those deliberately dressed up very local vendors on the stalls. If you want to pick up the leakage of Taobao, it is purely a dream.

And the rest of his life in the future did not have direct access to all kinds of antique genuine channels and opportunities, and wanted to learn from the teacher, but found that even the master may be fake, so the antique dream in his heart was naturally shattered. When I go to the second-hand market, I just buy two cheap used books for fun.

However, after Qing Xiaoyi bought a ticket to enter the jumping market, she was obviously excited. Only then did he react for the rest of his life, Qing Xiaoyi was born in the Aixinjue Luo royal family, although the descendants of this branch cannot be said to be rich and noble, but they also have no worries about food and clothing. Many people have a very high level of education, and in later generations, there are many masters of Chinese culture, who were originally descendants of Aixinjue Luo.

And these masters of Chinese culture, in the research and research of ancient Chinese gold and stone cultural relics, various classics, naturally have a very good understanding of the ancient Chinese way of life and the details of objects. These have also become the basis for its collection and identification of ancient cultural relics. Moreover, this royal family was at the top of the society of the former Qing Dynasty, so it was natural to collect many genuine antiques. The more opportunities you have, the more experience you have. The vision is naturally vicious and accurate.

Qing Xiaoyi, as a genius with a family history and a great familiarity with Chinese classics and articles, is naturally extremely interested in antiques. Although I didn't ask for the rest of my life, but looking at Qing Xiaoyi's posture, I didn't visit the antique market when I was young. No wonder she's so excited!

Qing Xiaoyi pulled the rest of her life to stop and go. The cultural inheritance of Americans is extremely short. So, there is nothing too precious that can be called an antique. If there are anything that can be called antiques, most of them were brought to the New World by immigrants from Europe. And most of these things are known to Europeans, so either they will not take them out and sell them in this place. Either that, or the asking price is extremely high. Qing Xiaoyi took a fancy to a rococo style, and the details were extremely gorgeous, and the stall owner actually asked for 10,000 US dollars!

Qing Xiaoyi hesitated for a long time, but finally felt that it was too expensive, so she gave up. Then she began to look for something that was clearly oriental, and it was possible for her to pick up some of these things. And Americans don't seem to value Oriental-style objects. I walked around, but I saw some porcelain bowls from the Republic of China. Occasionally, there will be some bald brushes and inkstones with a few cracks.

Don't say that Qing Xiaoyi is not interested in these things. Even for the rest of my life, this antique half bottle of vinegar will never be bought. However, this mess around is not without gains. When passing by a stall, Qing Xiaoyi suddenly let out a soft exclamation: "Huh? ”

This exclamation. In this noisy market, only the rest of my life has heard it. Then, Qing Xiaoyi's face returned to calm and stopped at a certain stall. The stall owner on this stall. is an old American man with a white beard, and he looks similar to the uncle on the KFC logo.

On his stall, there are things on display. It's not antiques or calligraphy and paintings, but all kinds of dilapidated furniture that have little value at first glance, and some old household appliances. There are even some saddles used by western cowboys, as well as some old books and records, and you can tell at a glance that they have brought everything that is not used at home.

In the corner of a mess of old goods, there is an obvious oriental-style wooden suitcase, black and dusty, and the original color can no longer be seen. Next to this wooden suitcase are two bottles. A whole body white, with cyan patterns and patterns, sparsely and elegantly distributed on the body of the bottle. The other is yellow, with two blank spaces on the bottle, painted with traditional Chinese gongbi peonies.

I can't understand the rest of my life, but as a literary pseudo-young man who traveled through later generations, I still have a little artistic taste. Not to mention whether these two porcelain vases are real or false, just the pattern and layout on this porcelain vase are at the master level. The pink peony is delicate in color and soft in shape, just looking at its posture and color, it can make people feel drunk. The country is full of wine, and the sky is fragrant and the night is dyed, but that's it.

Qing Xiaoyi, on the other hand, made a picture of being very interested in the oriental-style suitcase, and after some bargaining with the white-bearded old man, he sold it at a price five or six times higher than the normal broken wood box. The only condition was that the old man with the white beard would give her two vases for flower arrangement.

In fact, in the United States at this time, Chinese porcelain, unless it has been identified as an antique from the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, is not worth a few dollars at all. There is no essential difference from spending dozens of dollars in the supermarket to buy a set of tableware for eating in later generations. The Yongzheng Pastel Nine Peach Vase, which was sold at a sky-high price in later generations, was just a pedestal for table lamps on an American table when it was discovered. Later, a blue and white porcelain vase with an auction price of tens of millions of pounds found in England was just an umbrella used by a person's family. Moreover, an edge was cut by an umbrella.

In the opinion of this white-bearded old man, the reason why Qing Xiaoyi was willing to buy a broken wooden box with money five or six times higher than the market price was because this wooden box was relatively delicate. The length, width and height are only about a dozen centimeters, and there are locks, doors, and three small drawers. And it's oriental.

In order to make a small profit, it is really not a big deal to give Qing Xiaoyi two worthless porcelain vases. And Qing Xiaoyi didn't look at the two porcelain vases from beginning to end. It is estimated that it is not a valuable thing, and I want these two bottles, but I don't want to suffer too much.

The price is settled, and the rest of the life is paid. Qing Xiaoyi carefully picked up the two bottles, asked Yu Sheng to lift the wooden suitcase, and stopped visiting the jumping market, and went home directly. The white-bearded old man looked at Qing Xiaoyi's movements and knew that he might be a treasurer. Of course, the American uncle didn't know the word "treasure".

Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi drove to the Jumping Market, and naturally drove back to Los Angeles by Yu Sheng. Along the way, Qing Xiaoyi held the two bottles and looked over and over again. The smile is like a flower, and the mood is extremely happy. Yu Sheng was a little curious: "Xiaoyi, are you so happy?" What exactly are these two bottles famous for? It can't be that one is Yuan blue and white, and the other is pastel porcelain, right? ”

Qing Xiaoyi was a little surprised: "I didn't expect you to see it!" ”

Yu Sheng was startled, the steering wheel in his hand shook, and he almost didn't drive the car under the road. asked Qing Xiaoyi in a changed tone: "I just said it in passing." Are these two bottles really one of Yuan blue and white and the other of pastel porcelain? ”

Although Yu Sheng is not good at identifying antique porcelain, he knows a thing or two about some basic knowledge and the auction prices of various Chinese cultural relics and antiques in major international auction houses in later generations.

In 2005, at Christie's in London, the Guiguzi Xiashan Yuan blue and white jar was sold for 230 million yuan, setting a record for the highest auction of Chinese art in the world at that time. In 2013, CITIC Macau, a pair of blue and white cloud dragon elephant ear vases were sold for RMB398.16 million. In 2011, Macau's CITIC and Xiao He Yuexia chased Han Xinyuan's blue and white plum vase, and the transaction price was 685.44 million yuan. There are only three blue and white plum vases like this in the world, one of which is hidden in the Nanjing Museum in later generations, becoming the treasure of the town museum, known as one billion yuan not sold......

On November 11, 2010, when the single dogs were celebrating Singles' Day, a Qing Qianlong pastel hollow porcelain vase in London, England was sold for 51.6 million pounds, equivalent to 550 million yuan. Shocked the ground. (To be continued.) )