A scar-faced man standing next to Brother Zhun said, "Boss, Li Caicai is too arrogant and doesn't deal with you. Even if we find him, he will not pay attention to you."

Brother Zun glared at him: "Where do you come from so much nonsense? You just need to reply truthfully. The key is to find his person. As long as he finds him and does not care about him, it has nothing to do with us. Some people will solve him!"

"yes!"

"Also, remember to take what he did, try to be more objective, do you understand?"

"clear!"

Scarface said again: "But boss, what if Meng Zitao doesn't want to touch him?"

Brother Zhun looked at Scarface's head and said, "Why are you so stupid? What you don't think about him? What we gave him is not fake news. Can he still have any opinions on us?"

Speaking of this, he looked at Scarface: "Why are you talking so much nonsense today? Are you afraid of him Li Caicai?"

"Boss, how could I be afraid of him when you said this?" Scar said confidently, but no matter how he looked, he felt a little guilty.

Brother Zhun said lightly: "Scar, don't think I don't know that you had been with Li Caica for a while before, but the matter was over, and I don't plan to go into it. But there is a saying I'll put here. If you dare to ruin my business, your whole family will feed the sharks."

Scarface has been following Brother Zhun for several years. How could he not know Brother Zhun’s temper? He is often the most angry when he is expressionless. He often does what he says, but he dares to make any more thoughts now. He says that he can ensure that he completes the task and goes out as if he runs out.

Brother Zun snorted coldly. If it weren't for the kindness of his friends and thought Scarface was useful, he wouldn't have been so polite. Moreover, he would have sent someone else to do this. If he found out that Scarface had any abnormal movements, don't blame him.

On the other hand, Meng Zitao returned to the car and fed the little shrugge first.

Speaking of which, this shrike is quite obedient. He doesn't feed it or ask for food. However, the feeding mouth is quite large. According to the amount of food eaten by the young bird, it is about two to three times higher. Meng Zitao also couldn't figure out why this is, it might have something to do with the fact that he fed it to spiritual liquid yesterday.

Meng Zitao fed the amount he fed in the morning, but found that it was not satisfied yet, so he fed three more shredded pork. Xiao Shulao was satisfied. Then, Meng Zitao took out the toilet paper and put it behind its butt to make it convenient.

"Why is this guy eating more and more? He won't become a monster?" Meng Zitao muttered while cleaning up the bird. To be honest, this situation is indeed contrary to common sense. He is really a little worried. Don't keep the bird to death.

After feeding the birds, Meng Zitao was a little idle. He thought that after coming to Wenling, he had no time, so he simply went to the antique market today.

If you want to do it, Meng Zitao started the car and drove towards the antique market.

It should be said that although Wenling has a profound cultural heritage and rich cultural resources, it has not formed a large antique market in the country. The antique market is not large in size, which is a bit imaginative of the antique market in Ling City.

Since it was already afternoon, there were not many people in the antique market. Looking at the stalls on both sides of the street and the antique shops with few doors, Meng Zitao was a little disappointed. However, since he was here, he definitely couldn't leave immediately. Let's take a look first.

The vendors here are generally divided into three places. One is from Ganzhou, mainly selling porcelain and porcelain pieces; the other is from Central China, where they generally operate handicraft businesses. Strictly speaking, they cannot be called antique dealers, but they can only be said to be hawkers, but a small number of people are also engaged in antique business.

The last category is the locals in Wenling. Most of the products they sell are white porcelain produced in Dehua and some local antiques collected from the public. However, due to the small scale and not many authentic products, many antique shops are not doing well.

Meng Zitao visited several antique shops in succession, but he didn't find anything he liked. After walking around for a long time, he didn't even buy a single item, which was even worse than the antique market in Ling City, which made him even more disappointed.

When I walked into an antique shop again, Meng Zitao found that there were even fewer things here, and the boss was lying on the lounge chair. He just looked at Meng Zitao and continued to read the books in his hand. The whole shop gave people a feeling of depression.

Seeing this, Meng Zitao no longer had hope for the things in the store, but when he looked at them, he could still see the things here, but he left without turning around.

When we walked towards the shelves, the things here were mainly porcelain. Meng Zitao just took a look and let go of the first two porcelains, because they were just folk kiln porcelains that were of little value.

Then I looked at it again. It was either high imitation or folk kilns. Meng Zitao was not interested in these things. He finally saw the official kiln, but it was still a broken tool.

However, Meng Zitao did not look down on this residual tool. On the contrary, he attached great importance to it because it was a Chongzhen official kiln porcelain.

During the Chongzhen period, social turmoil, wars and natural disasters continued. The production of porcelain official kilns in the porcelain capital had stopped burning in the Wanli Dynasty due to the corruption of the imperial court. In the past, most people believed that under such a turbulent social environment, the production of porcelain industry was destined to decline, but a large number of chronological objects proved that this was not the case.

The blue and white porcelain produced during the Chongzhen period made outstanding achievements in craftsmanship and decorative art, and had a great influence on the blue and white art in the early Qing Dynasty. Therefore, it is of great significance to fully understand the appearance of blue and white porcelain in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, as well as the transformation process of blue and white porcelain from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In Meng Zitao's judgment, this residual weapon was a rare Chongzhen official kiln porcelain. Unfortunately, it was just a residual weapon. Of course, if it weren't for the residual weapon, it wouldn't have been placed here.

However, even if it is just a residual tool, and only two-thirds of the residual tool are also very helpful in studying Chongzhen official kiln porcelain.

So Meng Zitao looked carefully and found no problems, so he asked the boss for a price.

The boss seemed to have been reading books just now, but in fact he also observed Meng Zitao from time to time. Seeing that Meng Zitao chose a broken weapon, he knew that he was probably an expert and did not offer any random price.

Meng Zitao symbolically paid back the price and bought it.

When the boss packed it, Meng Zitao asked about the business in the antique market.

The boss shook his head: "Hey, I guess you can see that too. My store is going to close next month. There is no way. I have been in Wenling for antique business for several years, but I haven't made much money."

"Is business here difficult?" Meng Zitao asked curiously.

The boss said truthfully: "It's quite difficult to make. The good collectibles here are basically in the hands of some big folk collectors, but they rarely communicate with the outside world. The collections will mainly circulate in a very small circle, which is difficult for ordinary collectors to see, let alone flow into the market. This is also a major reason for the underdeveloped antique market here."

Meng Zitao said: "I originally wanted to collect one or two items that I could see, but it seems that the possibility is not high."

The boss asked when he heard this, "Do you have any requirements for the price of things?"

Meng Zitao said: "As long as it is a fine product, I will accept it all."

The boss immediately said, "If you believe me, you can wait here and I can send you a few good things."

This was exactly what Meng Zitao wanted, so he agreed immediately.

The boss went to make a phone call. After about ten minutes, he saw a middle-aged man with dark skin and some smell of sea on his body, carrying a few items in his hand.

The boss introduced the man to both parties, and the man was named Yang Xiaopo. As for his profession and the origin of the things he brought, the boss did not mention it.

As soon as Meng Zitao saw the artifacts in the box, he asked, "Is this fishing for porcelain in the sea?"

Seeing Meng Zitao ask this, the boss couldn't help but ask, "Do you have any taboos for fishing for porcelain in the sea?"

Yang Xiaopo said with confidence: "What's the taboo about this? We also took our lives to catch it from the sea. We don't steal it or rob it. What's the point? It's true that the country is true. If you make a profit, it's illegal if I make a profit? If foreigners don't care, you will catch people. How can this be the reason?"

"The old saying goes well, 'By the mountain and eat the mountain, and rely on the water to eat the water'. Since ancient times, who has heard that things caught from the sea have to be handed over to the public? If you don't handed over, you have to go to jail. Isn't this bullying the people?"

Meng Zitao saw what he said, as if he had suffered a huge grievance, and felt a little funny in his heart, and asked again: "Do you understand the method of cultural relics?"

Yang Xiaopo said disdainfully: "The law is made by the state, and the state will definitely stand on its own side! If we ordinary people are allowed to set the law, it will not be like this. It is really, it is not stolen or robbed. If you spend your energy to catch it from the sea, what kind of law will you violate?"

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is indeed reasonable, but the law is so determined, so naturally there is such a reason. Meng Zitao didn't want to talk to him, and he didn't have to explain anything to him. Besides, he wouldn't listen to the explanation.

Yang Xiaopo continued, "I said, if you think you are a taboo, I will take all the things back. Who would you sell them to?"

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "I'll take a look first."

Except for one of the things Yang Xiaopo brought, the rest were porcelain, and each one was a fine work, and there was even one of the official kiln porcelains without the Qing Dynasty.

Some people may find it strange, why did there be no official kiln porcelain in the Qing Dynasty?

Of course there is a reason for this. In addition to some special circumstances in the early early days, it was mainly because the emperors at that time, especially Emperor Qianlong, always sought excellence and spared no effort, requiring the imperial kiln factory to repeatedly burn kiln experiments until they were made satisfactory and excellent styles. Therefore, some of the items without any text during this period were ordered and not included in the document.

At the same time, this is also related to the emperor's superstition. It is said that Emperor Kangxi is afraid that eunuchs will break the porcelain of the official kiln, which means it is unlucky, and he is afraid that his country will not be protected. Therefore, he requires that the porcelain fired will not fall into the imperial edict or not be signed.

Another situation is to imitate porcelain from previous dynasties, such as Song and Ming dynasties. If the originals are not made, the imitation porcelain will naturally not carry the style. Imitating classic porcelain from Song and Ming dynasties is a major feature of the official kilns in the Qing Dynasty. Furthermore, from the perspective of the existing official kiln porcelain, the Qing Dynasty sacrificial utensils and offering utensils often do not sign the style.

Moreover, the transaction prices of this type of official kiln porcelain without styles have shown some good performance at auctions in recent years, because compared with the existing porcelains of the same period, they have fewer existing volumes, which are more precious.

The unspoken official kiln porcelain brought by Yang Xiaopo is a blue and white hat bowl. The layout is rigorous, the painting is smooth and vivid, the brushstrokes are delicate, and the blue and white hair color is green and bright, which is lined with snow-glazed ground. From all aspects, Meng Zitao judged it should be a work imitating Xuande by Kangxi, and it is a fine work with high value.

Just as Meng Zitao was carefully observing the porcelain in his hand, he saw a middle-aged man walking in from outside.

When Yang Xiaopo saw this man, he immediately became angry and said, "Mu Menglin, why are you so ghosts!"

Mu Menglin sat down carelessly opposite Meng Zitao: "As long as you can pay back the money, I will definitely not follow you again."

Yang Xiaopo cursed: "Ma, there is no law in this matter yet. Say it again, I am just a witness, it has nothing to do with the matter between you. If they owe money, you want them to go. If you ask me for it, it is impossible, so don't even think about it!"

Mu Menglin said: "If it weren't for your Yang Xiaopo's sake, would I have lent money to them?"

"What's going on?" Meng Zitao asked. Loan disputes are often more troublesome. He doesn't want to buy things, but instead gets fishy.

The boss is quite clear about the whole story, so he briefly introduced it to Meng Zitao.

It turned out that Yang Xiaopo had two friends. These two resigned from their original company and opened a flour mill. They originally wanted to do a big deal, but half a year later, their flour processing mill could not turn over funds. Because of this, the two were so worried that they could not eat or sleep well.

Just as the two were frowning about this, they thought of Mu Menglin. Because Mu Menglin bought antiques a year ago, he picked up a big leak and earned more than 500,000 yuan. He borrowed 100,000 yuan to help him. It seemed that there was no problem, so they went to Mu Menglin to borrow money.

That night, the two invited Mu Menglin to the most famous hotel in the local area. During the meal, one of them told me about lending money and promised to pay more interest.

Mu Menglin has a typical personality of not suffering losses. After hearing the interest offered by the two, he was moved and agreed readily. However, he had a condition and had to find someone to guarantee it, so he found Yang Xiaopo.

After Yang Xiaopo arrived, he did not agree to be the guarantor and only agreed to be the witness. Mu Menglin Si still agreed after thinking about it.

The next day, Mu Menglin gave out 100,000 yuan. The two parties agreed that the loan period of 100,000 yuan was paid for one year, and the interest was 15,000 yuan, and Yang Xiaopo was the witness.

Things were settled, but unexpectedly, the business did not improve in the next six months, and even the workers' wages could not be paid. One of them simply ran away with his wife and children.

When Mu Menglin got the news, he hurried to ask for money from another person. The other party had no money and kept dragging him. In the end, because Mu Menglin was so entangled, the person felt depressed and fell to death when he was drunk.

So Mu Menglin pointed his eyes at Yang Xiaopo again, making Yang Xiaopo so annoyed, but he couldn't beat him, which was also very frustrating.
Chapter completed!