Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Zhang Zhenbang nodded and said happily:

"Great, great, great, that's wonderful! It's so hard to find such a complete leopard bone."

As he spoke, Zhang Zhengbang opened the sack and squatted down to lay out the leopard bones, as if afraid that Wang An would take out a few pieces.

However, Wang An didn't say much, because if he had to spend so much money to buy a skeleton, he would definitely do the same as Zhang Zhenbang.

After Zhang Zhenbang finished arranging all the bones, a very complete leopard skeleton was formed on the ground. Zhang Zhenbang then praised it, saying:
“Po e fike, wai rui po e fike.”

Turning his head, Zhang Zhenbang said to one of the people next to him:

"Ah Fei, carefully put these bones away."

Ah Fei agreed and squatted down to put the bones back into the sack one by one.

Zhang Zhenbang ignored Afei's efforts to arrange the bones, and with a beaming smile, he examined the leopard whip and leopard gall before turning to another subordinate and instructing:

"Ah Chen, go to the car and get the money for Mr. Xiao An."

Wang An hurriedly said:

"There's no rush to get the money. We can calculate it all together after we've finished counting all these porcelain pieces."

Zhang Zhenbang chuckled and shook his head, saying:
"No, no, no, I still prefer cash on delivery. Cash on delivery is our style of doing business."

"Oh, uh, hehehe, whatever you say is fine," Wang An said with a forced smile.

I have to say, Zhang Zhenbang is a real liar. What's a little bit of trouble?
Soon, the person who went to collect the money returned.

HK$450,000 sounds like a lot of money, but when Zhang Zhenbang handed the money to Wang An, it was only a mere four and a half stacks of cash.

That's right, it was four and a half stacks, because the largest denomination of Hong Kong dollars is HK$1,000, and a stack of them is HK$100,000. And the money Zhang Zhenbang was carrying was all HK$1,000.

Wang An simply squeezed the money lightly in his hand, and he had HK$45 in one hand. It was so easy to say that there was no visual impact and no sense of the thrill of being rich.

In this respect, the Hong Kong dollar is far inferior to the Great Unity.

After another 20 minutes or so, Zhang Zhenbang's two men had finished sorting through all six boxes of porcelain.

Of the six boxes of porcelain, the two men only picked out four.

The two men gathered all the porcelain pieces that were already damaged or had been broken during the excavation into two wooden boxes.

Zhang Zhenbang said with a smile:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao An, our Zhang family only deals in fine antiques. We don't accept porcelain pieces that are damaged or cracked."

Ming Dynasty Xiaonan kiln porcelain was already very ordinary and not very valuable, and these damaged pieces were definitely even less valuable.

Even in later generations, ordinary antique porcelain like this, even if it is in perfect condition, is only worth between 3,000 and 50,000 yuan. Normally, it is worth a few thousand or a few dozen yuan per piece, and it is very rare to break 10,000 yuan.

So Wang An frowned, looked at the two boxes containing the food and porcelain, and subconsciously said:

"How about we lower the price for these damaged ones? Can you buy them if it's cheap?"

Zhang Zhenbang smiled and shook his head, saying:
"We only deal in high-quality antiques, not damaged ones."

Wang An clicked his tongue, nodded helplessly, and said:

"Alright, how much are these four good boxes worth?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhenbang immediately looked at the two men sorting through the porcelain. One of them, looking at his notebook, said:

“价值150港币左右的瓷器有226件，价值180港币左右的瓷器有231件，价值230港币左右的瓷器有211件，价值1千5百港币左右的瓷器有103件，价值3千港币的瓷器有45件，价值1万港币左右的瓷器有8件。”

After a pause, the talented person continued:
"The total is approximately HK$493510."

Upon hearing what the man said, Wang An immediately realized that the other party was using the black market exchange rate to calculate the price of these porcelain pieces.

Of course, it's also possible that the black market exchange rate is actually the fairest rate at this time, but that's not something Wang An should be concerned about.

After the man finished speaking, Zhang Zhenbang continued:

"Don't worry, Mr. Xiao An, our price is absolutely the fairest. Even if it goes up for auction, I will only have a profit of less than 50% at most."

Wang An nodded and said with a smile:

"Let's round it up to 50 then?"

It wasn't that Wang An was short of the HK$6; the motorcycle factory was genuinely short of foreign exchange, it was a life-or-death situation.

To everyone's surprise, Zhang Zhenbang chuckled and shook his head, saying:

"Business is business; not a single penny can be off."

Wang An nodded, pointed to the deer head hanging on the wall, and said:
"What if we added that deer head as well?"

Zhang Zhenbang glanced at it and casually said:

"That's worth at most HK$1,500."

Wang An then pointed to the two deer heads and said:

"And what about the other two?"

Zhang Zhenbang glanced at it and said:

"Those two are worth 3 Hong Kong dollars."

Wang An did a quick mental calculation: the three deer heads cost 4,500 Hong Kong dollars, meaning he was still a little over 2,000 Hong Kong dollars short. Then, Wang An pointed to the only remaining hanging sheep head and said:
"This is the head of a 'hanging sheep'. It can only be found in Changbai Mountain and the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains. People in many places may not have even heard of this animal. Is it worth 2 Hong Kong dollars?"

After Wang An finished speaking, Zhang Zhenbang looked at the hanging ram's head, pondered for a long time, and then said:
"Hanging sheep? It seems similar to the ibex from the Western Regions, except that this sheep has longer horns."

To everyone's surprise, Zhang Zhenbang had a wide range of knowledge; he even knew about the ibex from the Western Regions.

Wang An shook his head and said:
"No, no, no, the 'Hanging Sheep' of Northeast China is a separate breed of sheep. We call it 'Sky Sheep' here. You can say it's a type of wild goat, or you can say it's a type of goat. But we don't use the term 'Northern Goat' here. Even you yourself said that this sheep's horns are a bit longer than those of the Northern Goat."

Wang An had never seen a Siberian goat in his previous life, nor in this one.

It is possible that the xuanyang is a type of ibex, or that the xuanyang is the ibex, but Wang An at this time absolutely could not say that.

Anyway, there are dozens of kinds of sheep in China, and there are several kinds of sheep that can climb walls and roofs, such as blue sheep, argali, blue sheep, antelope, and pendulum sheep. Who the hell knows what these sheep are all about?

Besides, every region has its own unique species. Who would dare to claim that they are the only one who is right about this?

Wang An was simply trying to exchange some foreign currency, so it was perfectly acceptable for him to boast a little.

Hearing Wang An's words, Zhang Zhenbang looked at the hanging ram's head with a puzzled expression, his brows furrowing. (End of Chapter)