With a cheat code, she travels through the 40s and hoards goods to take her motherland to new height

After putting on the mask, which offered little protection, Shu Ran lifted her skirt and got out of the car.

Her long, jet-black hair was piled high, revealing her graceful swan neck.

With her hand on Ah Wu's arm, Shu Ran led the group into the auction house.

After showing the invitation, Shu Ran and her group were led to a private room upstairs.

Besides Uncle Ling, who was driving, Shu Ran was accompanied by two bodyguards and Shu Wu.

Looking through the inventory list of items in the room, Shu Ran felt a little irritated.

It's slightly different from what I received before, but I still didn't see the animal heads.

In fact, the porcelain pieces that were explicitly auctioned at the auction house actually have more historical value and historical significance than the bronze animal heads.

But the meaning is different. Mentioning the twelve bronze animal heads of the Chinese zodiac will remind people of the Yuanmingyuan, which was looted and burned.

Shu Ran couldn't help but care.

The sooner you buy it, the better. The significant price premium in later years is likely due to someone maliciously inflating prices by exploiting nationalistic sentiments.

As far as she knows, a single bronze animal head cost only $1,500 in 1985, but more than 20 years later, the price has increased 12,000 times!

After instructing Xiao Wu to take pictures of everything from Xia Kingdom, Shu Ran closed her eyes to rest, quietly waiting for the final act.

The items that were first put up for auction didn't have high starting prices, starting at a few hundred pounds and going up to a few thousand pounds.

Xiao Wu spent less than 15,000 pounds to bid on a Ming blue and white porcelain teapot, a pair of Qing Qian vases, a Yuan dynasty painting of a lady, a Song dynasty painting of a pheasant and white plum blossoms, and a lotus-seated Buddha statue.

The price is really low right now!

Seeing that someone had brought the items up for auction, they asked Ah Wu to pay for them, return them to the car, and then come back.

"Master, the final item for auction is about to be brought out."

Soon, the final item of the auction arrived, and Shu Ran opened her eyes.

Instead of using the telescope provided at the auction, he accepted the telescope that Xiaowu had prepared long ago.

The first and final item on stage was clearly visible.

Manuscripts, oil paintings, Western antiques...

Shu Ran wasn't very interested in any of them, only focusing on the items from the Xia Kingdom.

Even when she put the queen's crown up for auction, she still didn't see the animal heads.

Without paying attention to the bid price, Shu Ran led her entourage out of the private room.

She wanted to go check out the bottom floor.

There will be some items of little value that were not put up for auction, as well as items that failed to sell at auction.

It's like setting up a street stall; there aren't too many people yet.

The first stall displayed the animal head that Shu Ran had been longing for.

Still two!

Dog head and sheep head!

Shu Ran: ...

Why would she go to an auction? She should have come directly here.

Five hundred pounds for two animal heads—an outrageously cheap deal.

They had someone pack the items and load them into the car outside.

"Xiao Wu, go take a look. Buy whatever you like. Let A Wu go with you. I'll just browse around."

"it is good!"

Shu Ran's words were pointed out, and Xiao Wu understood immediately, leading A Wu to look at each stall one by one.

In no time, I bought a ceramic water dropper for ten pounds from a stall.

Shu Ran, along with Xiao Wen, strolled around casually in another direction.

Basic authentication techniques are enough for Shu Ran, and there shouldn't be many counterfeit goods at this time and place!

Shu Ran wasn't quite sure.

He simply squatted down to examine a bear-shaped ornament, which looked like gilded bronze, with its mouth wide open and its head lowered.

From the Western Han Dynasty?

Another fifteen pounds.

Having spent most of her time on this floor, Shu Ran returned home with a full load of purchases.

Shuling had bought too much stuff, so she hired people and vehicles to send most of it back.

The sapphire queen's crown was also auctioned off for three million pounds.

The price is acceptable; even if it stays for several decades, it will only rise to around ten million pounds.

Depending on the price level, this price is already quite high at this point.

I took the people back to their lodgings, and the things I bought today were delivered.

Shu Ran instructed, "Xiao Wen will take me back to school tomorrow. Uncle Ling, go buy a big truck and take the things we bought today back to the manor with A Wu."

"It's the head of the house!"

Shuling accepted the order and left the car she was currently driving to Xiaowen.

During her vacation, Shu Ran flew to a farm in Country M and stayed there for a while.

"Uncle Farmer, how much grain does the farm produce each year?"

"Excluding mountains, rivers, lakes, pastures, orchards, and construction land, the actual arable land area exceeds 500,000 mu. If only wheat is grown, it can be harvested twice a year, yielding about 500,000 tons annually..."

Uncle Nong explained the farm's current situation in detail: "...We reached a cooperation agreement with Pierre. Apart from what we kept for ourselves, we basically sold everything to his family. However, the agreement will expire this year. They are not very interested in renewing it. But don't worry, Master, I'm already looking into new partners. Three companies have already expressed their interest."

Shu Ran was somewhat surprised: "Pierre won't renew the contract, and he'll reduce grain sales. He'll focus on crops with high yields and good storage properties, like corn and rice."

"Starting in 59, quietly stop selling grain to outsiders. You can make arrangements for the ranches; it would be best to buy grain on a large scale."

"I need it for 60 years."

"Yes, master!"

Thinking of the mutated seeds from previous years, Shu Ran asked Shu Nong to arrange for people to plant them in order to harvest more seeds. She wondered how many seeds were left now and whether any had mutated or degenerated.

"By the way, Uncle Nong, how's the planting of that batch of seeds going?"

Shu Nong's smile widened on his dark yellow face.

"Master, after several crop rotations, it is now ready for large-scale planting. There has been no sign of degeneration so far. The quality is the same as the first batch, and the seed survival rate is very high."

Speaking of this, Shu Nong got excited. He had done some research himself, and the results would depend on this year's planting situation.

"Okay, you decide. In the next few years, the farm will prioritize planting high-yield and durable grain crops, and temporarily stop planting cash crops."

Shu Nong raised no objections and quickly began arranging the farm's future.

Back at school, Shu Ran behaved herself for a while.

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In early 1960, Shu Ran graduated ahead of schedule.

Instead of returning to the port city, we went to a farm in the United States first.

How are the food preparations going?

"Master, everything is ready! The grain produced in the past few years, including the 1.5 million tons that the farm kept for itself, plus the 1 million tons that have been harvested in the last two years, totals 2.5 million tons."

They were all stored in specially built warehouses for storing grain and were well preserved.

Although half of it was old grain, it was well preserved and did not get moldy or infested with insects.

"Okay, continue receiving them. I'll let you know in a while. Once they're transported to the port, they'll be shipped to the port city first."

Now is the time for her shipping company to come in handy.

The shipping company has developed very well in recent years, and its scale has reached a new level.