Rebirth of the Forbidden City: The Troublemaker in the Courtyard

After thinking for a moment, Chen Liangzi looked at Ning Yuan and Zhong Yuemin who were sitting calmly at the table.

They were all wearing officer's coats, and the twenty or so arrogant young men standing outside the door obeyed their orders only.

This also revealed their status. After making up their minds, they got up and went straight to the kitchen.

After a while, Chen Liangzi took out a small wooden box and placed it in front of Ningyuan Zhong Yuemin and others.

Ning Yuan and Zhong Yuemin did not take any action on their own, but sat on the chairs waiting for Chen Liangzi's next words.

Sure enough, Chen Liangzi opened the box himself.

Ning Yuan stretched his head to look over, and was stunned by what was in the box.

In the small wooden box was a large ball of bright yellow brocade, and in the middle of the brocade were two pieces of jade.

One of them is a round jade pendant with bright colors. The pattern carved on it is a pair of pelicans, which are lifelike and you can tell at a glance that it is the work of a master.

The jade pendant is made of rare mutton-fat white jade.

This white jade is the highest quality type of Hetian jade.

The mutton-fat white jade was formed after being soaked in the oasis wasteland at the foot of Kunlun Mountain for millions of years. The jade is crystal white, delicate and moist with almost no flaws. It really looks like the fat of a fat sheep that has just been cut, and its luster is like condensed oil.

There is no doubt that this is another royal treasure.

The other piece is a snuff bottle with a double dragon beast-faced vase, also made of Hetian white jade, but the quality is slightly inferior to mutton-fat white jade.

I looked at the base of the jade pot and found that there was no record of its age.

However, Ning Yuan could also make a rough estimate that Hetian jade was not used for large-scale carving and decoration by the royal family until after the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

During the Qianlong period, military operations in the Western Regions opened up routes for transporting Hetian jade into the interior of China, allowing large quantities of Hetian jade to be transported into the mainland. This promoted the rapid development of jade craftsmanship, and subsequently ushered in the most prosperous era in the history of ancient Chinese jade.

Valuable! Although these two jade pieces are not as valuable as the enameled porcelain vase, they are definitely rare treasures.

Zhong Yuemin was not very interested in these things. When they were doing sports before, they had smashed a lot of good things, but he didn't feel sorry at all.

Ning Yuan carefully looked at the two jade pieces for a while, then looked up at Chen Liangzi, waiting for him to express his intentions.

Chen Liangzi saw Ning Yuan looking at him, so he spoke quickly.

"We found these two jade pieces in Mao'er Hutong. We were thinking of selling them for cash, but we couldn't find a suitable buyer. Master Ning, why don't we try our hand at these two first?"

Ning Yuan estimated the value in his mind and made a decision quickly.

After getting up, he closed the small wooden box and said to Chen Liangzi, "No problem. According to what we agreed just now, you take 30%, and I will take these two things. I will send you the money in a few days, at least 300 yuan."

Ning Yuan said that he would give him three hundred, which meant that he could sell these two pieces of jade for more than one thousand yuan, which was quite good.

Chen Liangzi and his friends did not have formal household registration or street certificates, and they did not dare to take the pigeons to a commission agency to sell them. They could only carry them in their arms and sell them at various ghost markets and pigeon markets.

The few interested bids were no more than two hundred yuan.

So after listening to Ning Yuan's words, Chen Liangzi handed the small wooden box to Ning Yuan.

Ning Yuan put away the wooden box and prepared to ask Zhong Yuemin to leave the house. Before leaving, he turned his head and took another look at the large enameled porcelain vase.

Chen Liangzi also noticed Ning Yuan's gaze, so he stepped forward and said, "This porcelain bottle is fragile. Next time we come over, let's put some cotton cloth on it before we take it!"

Ning Yuan looked at Chen Liangzi without revealing his thoughts. He smiled and said, "There's still a long way to go. I'll bring the money over in a couple of days, and I'll take the porcelain bottle away."

Then he patted Chen Liangzi on the shoulder and left the yard.

After leaving Zhushikou Street, Zhong Yuemin originally wanted to go ice skating in Shichahai with Yuan Jun, Zheng Tong and others, but Ning Yuan stopped Zhong Yuemin and said he wanted to talk to him alone.

Yuan Jun, Zheng Tong, Fan Xinhua, Zou Cheng and the others didn't take it seriously and simply went to Shichahai on their own.

After Ning Yuan and Zhong Yuemin separated from Yuan Jun and the others, they rode towards the exhibition hall.

On the way, Zhong Yuemin kept asking Ning Yuan where he was going and if there was anything he wanted to talk about alone, but Ning Yuan refused to give in and just kept saying that he should just follow him.

Ning Yuan and Zhong Yuemin didn't stop until they reached Lao Mo's door.

"You stole so much stuff here yesterday, and you still have money to come here? No wonder you got picked on in Pigeon Market."

When Zhong Yuemin saw that they were at Lao Mo's door again, he couldn't help but teasing Ning Yuan again.

"Yuemin, think about it carefully. Where are the richest people in the entire city spending their money now?" Ning Yuan ignored Zhong Yuemin's teasing and asked back.

"Who else could it be? It must be Lao Mo and the new immigrants." Zhong Yuemin added subconsciously.

"Yeah, so where's the best buyer for the stuff we just got from Chen Liangzi? Can we just go through the agency? Those old guys are lucky enough to give you 200 yuan, and they'll even ask you about your household registration book for a damn long time."

When Ning Yuan was in Chen Liangzi's courtyard, he had already thought about where to ship the goods.

Didn’t I just meet Lao Mo’s manager yesterday? Judging from how good he is at dealing with people, he must have made the acquaintance of many wealthy and powerful customers. Good things should naturally be sold to good consumers.

Zhong Yuemin was also a smart man and immediately understood what Ning Yuan meant. The two of them parked their bicycles and walked into Lao Mo Restaurant together.

After sitting down, Ning Yuan didn't beat around the bush and directly asked the waiter to call their manager Zhang Fengkai.

"Brother Ning is here again today?" Zhang Fengkai still had a smiling look on his face.

"Manager Zhang, I came here today to discuss a long-term business deal with you. Do you think there is a place where we can talk in detail?" Ning Yuan replied directly.

After listening to this, Zhang Fengkai nodded and took Ning Yuan and Zhong Yuemin to an office.

After settling Ning Yuan and the other two to sit down, Zhang Fengkai closed the office door, sat down as well, and asked, "What business are you talking about, little brother?"

Ning Yuan didn't say anything but took out the small wooden box directly from his bag.

As soon as he opened the box on the desk, Zhang Fengkai couldn't help but put his head closer.

"Good stuff, both of these are good stuff, little brother really has some skills!"

Zhang Fengkai poured tea for the two of them and kept praising the two pieces of jade.

"You don't need to ask where these things came from. I know you must know a lot of powerful clients. If you're interested in these things, you can introduce them to me. I'll take 10% of them. How about that?"

Ning Yuan took a sip of tea, reached out to take the box back, gently closed the box and said.

"Is this just a one-time deal, or can you keep getting these goodies?"

Zhang Fengkai is also a veteran, so naturally he wants to maximize his own interests.

"Long-term cooperation, there are still a lot of these little things!" Ning Yuan knew in his heart that this old hand must be planning how to make more money for himself.

"Okay, if you can provide these things for a long time, then it's a one-for-one deal! Do you want to sell these two things now?" Zhang Fengkai asked again.