Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 162, Collect some interest

In the early morning of February 4, 1959, in Dayu Hutong, Zhou Mansion.

Zhao Mancang saw many antique collections in Zhou Wenchuan's collection room on the third underground floor, including porcelain, jade, calligraphy and paintings.

Many of them are antiques at the level of rare treasures and fine products.

If Zhou Wenchuan took these antiques abroad, there is a high probability that they will never be brought back.

It is a great irony that many of our domestic cultural relics have already gone abroad and become the treasures of other countries' museums.

After seeing these antiques, Zhao Mancang immediately took out five hundred pounds and bought all of them.

Five hundred pounds is not a small amount. After all, many antiques nowadays are only worth a dozen yuan, or about a hundred yuan. Even very fine antiques are not expensive.

So, five hundred pounds is pretty good.

After taking these treasures, Zhao Mancang then tried to find a way to take the 150,000 kilograms of liquor stored in the other party's cellar on the second floor.

Transportation is a big problem.

After thinking about it, Zhao Mancang said that he would come to Zhou Mansion again early tomorrow morning and arrange someone to transport the liquor away.

As for the price, it is two yuan per kilogram. This price is not cheap because the brand is not taken into consideration and all are packaged at the same price.

The total price of 150,000 kilograms of liquor is 300,000 yuan, which is 46,154 US dollars.

This unexpected gain made Zhou Wenchuan very happy.

Because these cellared wines have little value in the eyes of ordinary people, they can only be sold at high prices in the hands of experts.

If Zhou Wenchuan had not been in a hurry to make a move, Zhao Mancang would have had no chance of buying the liquor at the price of two yuan per catty.

You should know that many liquors on the market now, such as Bamboo Leaf Green Liquor and Fenjiu, are three yuan a bottle, and these are just ordinary liquors.

Cellared wine is definitely another price.

So, from this point of view, Zhao Mancang is definitely a typical example of taking advantage of others' misfortune.

In the past few months, Zhou Wenchuan has been trying to sell all of the 150,000 kilograms of liquor, but many people were only interested in Moutai and Wuliangye, and offered very low prices.

Zhou Wenchuan would definitely not be happy if it was sold at such a low price.

As a capitalist, Zhou Wenchuan knew better than anyone the value of his 150,000 kilograms of liquor.

So he kept waiting, hoping to find someone who could afford the price and had the ability to buy these liquors.

Zhou Wenchuan was originally in despair, but he didn't expect to meet Zhao Mancang today.

And it was Zhao Mancang who asked this question casually, otherwise, there would be no way to sell these liquors.

Zhou Wenchuan felt a little reluctant to see Zhao Mancang leave the Zhou Mansion.

After all, big customers like Zhao Mancang are rare.

In the Dongguanying Hutong, Yard No. 35, Zhao Mancang just came back at daybreak and saw several neighbors queuing at the toilet door.

It was a cold day, and it was the end of the year near the Spring Festival. It was extremely rare to see a group of people gathered together and chatting happily at the door of the toilet.

"Hey, is that the neighbor from Yard 35? You said he never needs to go to the bathroom? And he came back from outside so early in the morning?"

"How bizarre! When have you ever seen people queuing up here like us? Maybe they have a toilet at home."

"I don't know what this neighbor does for a living. He's nowhere to be seen all day. He seems quite mysterious."

"Why do you care so much? The aunties from the street office didn't say anything, so they must not be bad people."

"Oh, do you know if he's a bad guy?"

A few people gathered together to chat, and the mysterious neighbor Zhao Mancang became the subject of everyone's discussion. Although they didn't talk about anything, it seemed as if they had mastered something.

Not long after they entered the toilet, Zhao Mancang suddenly came to the toilet door and lined up.

Several neighbors in the front of the line looked back at Zhao Mancang. One of them, Wu Zhenan, asked Zhao Mancang curiously, "Comrade, doesn't your family have a toilet? Why are you queuing here?"

There is only one toilet in Dongguanying Hutong. It is the morning rush hour, so of course there are a lot of people and they definitely need to queue up to use the toilet.

"Does it have anything to do with you?"

Zhao Mancang glanced at the other party and said coldly.

He came here just to stay temporarily, as a temporary measure, and of course he had no intention of interacting with the neighbors nearby.

However, sometimes, even though he doesn't cause trouble, there are always people who like to throw dirty water on him.

Perhaps it was his cold attitude that irritated people.

Zhao Mancang had just returned from the toilet and was about to light a fire to cook when someone knocked on the door.

"Open the door quickly!"

When the door was opened, there were quite a few people standing at the door, including Wu Zhenan who had just been there.

Aunt Lu from the street office and two police officers, Li Wei and Bai Yushan from the police station, stared at Zhao Mancang and asked about the situation.

It turned out that the house of Mr. Tang, a neighbor in the next-door compound, was robbed last night. Fifty-two yuan and eighty-three cents and two food coupons were stolen. All the neighbors in the compound were interrogated and confirmed to be cleared of suspicion.

When Wu Zhenan and other neighbors were queuing up to use the toilet this morning, they saw Zhao Mancang coming back from outside, so they wanted to ask the latter if he had seen who the thief was?
"no!"

After listening to the aunt and the police officers' explanations of the situation, Zhao Mancang maintained his indifferent personality and uttered two words.

Originally, the matter ended here, but Wu Zhenan suddenly said at this moment:

"Aunt Lu, Public Security Li, Public Security Bai, he came back from outside so early this morning, who knows what bad things he did, maybe he was the thief."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang stared at Wu Zhenan coldly. The latter immediately dared not say a word and stopped talking.

Just now at the toilet door, he was rejected by the cold butt and felt very unhappy, so he wanted to put some eye drops on Zhao Mancang.

But he didn't expect Zhao Mancang's eyes to be so terrifying. Wu Zhenan suddenly felt his hair stand on end and got goose bumps.

Before Aunt Lu could say anything, Public Security Li opened his mouth and asked in a routine manner:

"Comrade, what is your name? What do you do? Where did you go this morning?"

This tone, like interrogating a prisoner, made Zhao Mancang very unhappy.

As soon as I moved into the alley, I was bullied. It was not only inexplicable, but also quite annoying.

In order to prevent such incidents from happening again in the future, Zhao Mancang could only produce a forged identity card: a work permit from the special operations department.

"Public Security Officer Li, right? You're not qualified to know my name or what I do for a living. Either ask your superiors at the police station, or ask Aunt Lu to call the director of the subdistrict office over. Only they are qualified to know my identity."

When these words were spoken, Aunt Lu and others were shocked. Isn’t Zhao Mancang’s tone too arrogant?

Coincidentally, the director of the street office, Shao Jiayin, lived at another fork in the alley. When he was going to the toilet, he saw a lot of people gathered in front of Zhao Mancang's house, so he came over to take a look.

Hearing Zhao Mancang's words, Shao Jiayin immediately stood up:
"Young man, I'm the director of the subdistrict office. Please show me your work ID."

When Wu Zhenan and other neighbors saw Director Shao coming, they all stood on tiptoe, wanting to see what was going on.

After all, Zhao Mancang is so arrogant, either he is just taking advantage of the power of others or he is really powerful.

Zhao Mancang was stunned for half a second. He didn't expect that the director of the street office was so coincidentally in the crowd.

After reacting, he said:
"Wait a moment, I'll go get my ID."

After saying that, he closed the door first, confusing everyone again.

Li Gongan, Bai Gongan, Aunt Lu and others were all very angry. What did Zhao Mancang mean by this?
It would have been fine if they didn't let them in, but they actually stopped the director of the street office outside the door?
Too arrogant?
After a short while of anger, Zhao Mancang opened the door again and handed Shao Jiayin an ID.

The latter opened it and looked at it for a while, then looked at Zhao Mancang a few more times, comparing the photo on the ID with the real person to see if they were consistent.

You know what, they are indeed consistent.

This naturally needs no further explanation, because Zhao Mancang's disguise skills are not to be underestimated. It is no problem for him to disguise himself as an ordinary team member like Chen Zhijian.

In other words, Zhao Mancang's appearance at this time was completely different from his original appearance.

After confirming that everything was correct, Shao Jiayin returned the certificate to Zhao Mancang and immediately said to Aunt Lu and the others:

"Alright, Comrade Chen is not a thief, so please stop bothering him. Go back to your work and disperse."

Shao Jiayin's words immediately confused everyone: Could it be that this neighbor named Chen is really powerful?
With Director Shao's words, it seems that the Chen family has a very important background.

Aunt Lu and others dispersed, and neighbor Wu Zhenan became even more frightened and decisively ran away first.

Watching this group of people leave, Zhao Mancang narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, after this time, no one will come to bother him again, right?

It’s nice to be able to have some peace and quiet.

After breakfast in the morning, Zhao Mancang went to Guozi Lane to participate in training.

The management of the 108th Department is relatively loose. Not only are team members not required to live in collective dormitories, but they are also responsible for their own daily training.

The only requirement is to complete the task!
Before joining the 108th Department, all team members were carefully selected through layers of selection. It can be said that they were one in ten thousand.

People without ability cannot get in at all.

Therefore, Wei Huayong did not pay any attention to daily training.

Whenever you go out on a mission, if you fail to complete it the first time, you will be warned once. If you fail the second time, you will be summoned for a talk. If you fail the third time, you will be directly dismissed.

Zhao Mancang had never received military training, so his training method was very simple, which was to fight with people like Zuo Changsheng.

Or they compete in shooting skills, reaction ability, etc. In short, there are still quite a few subjects. Although the training ground is not big, it is barely enough.

Of course, Guozi Lane is in the city, and you definitely cannot shoot in the city. Therefore, if you want to train shooting skills, you can only go outside the city.

Time passed quickly and it was night in the blink of an eye.

On Zhongguancun South Street, Zhao Mancang returned home again.

It was as if the courtyard at No. 35 Dongguanying Hutong was just a decoration. He was very disgusted with it. After all, this place was too deserted.

When Zhao Mancang climbed over the wall, Lin Wan had just coaxed the little greedy cat to sleep.

"You're back, huh, Huijun just fell asleep, let's be quiet and don't wake her up."

The couple both enjoyed their time together. It was the first time they had been apart for such a long time since they got married. In the more than three months of separation, Lin Wan almost couldn't bear the news about Zhao Mancang coming one after another.

Fortunately, Zhao Mancang is back!

In the bedroom, Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan were chatting, as if they had endless things to say.

An hour and a half later, Lin Wan finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep.

In a blink of an eye, it was four o'clock in the morning. Zhao Mancang got up and left on time, avoiding Luo Yinshui and others, and came to Zhou Mansion in Dayu Hutong.

At this time, Zhou Wenchuan and Uncle Fu had already moved 150,000 kilograms of wine from the second floor of the basement to the yard.

Seeing them sweating profusely, Zhao Mancang knew that they must have been busy all night.

This matter needed to be kept secret, so the two of them probably didn't call anyone else, but did the moving themselves.

Because of yesterday's trading foundation, today's trading became very smooth.

Zhao Mancang pushed an ox cart and transported the 150,000 kilograms of wine in batches. In fact, he pushed it to the darkness on the other side of the alley, and then stored them in the space.

The entire process requires only that no sound higher than 30 or 40 decibels be emitted.

The decibel level of a normal person's speech is around 30 to 60 decibels, and 30 to 40 decibels is considered a gentle whisper.

Of course, such noise will not wake up the sleeping neighbors.

Half an hour later, Zhao Mancang finally completed the transaction, but Zhou Wenchuan stopped him in the final round:
"Comrade, do you still need gold and wine? I have a good friend who also has a lot of gold and wine."

People with similar interests can become friends. Zhao Mancang doesn't find it strange that Zhou Wenchuan has such a friend.

But Zhao Mancang doesn't have time today because he has to go to the Xizhimen Pigeon Market.

He had told Li Erzhu and other middlemen about this in the early hours of yesterday morning, so regardless of whether those people had raised enough gold, he should go there.

As for Zhou Wenchuan’s good friend Xie Zhenfa, he can only wait for a while.

Today is the fifth, the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the festive atmosphere is already strong.

So, when Zhao Mancang came to the Xizhimen Pigeon Market today, he found that the pigeon market was particularly lively and there were more people than yesterday.

Many people seem to have been holding back for a long time, as if they haven't been willing to come to the Pigeon Market for a whole year. Now that they are here today, they naturally want to have a good look around.

There were about a few hundred people in the Pigeon Market, and everyone was busy exchanging supplies.

When Li Erzhu saw Zhao Mancang, his eyes lit up and he stopped him:
"Comrade, you are here. I have collected enough gold. We can trade."

"Okay, come with me."

Zhao Mancang brought Li Erzhu to a small woods outside the city. He asked Li Erzhu to wait outside the woods. After a while, he called him in.

"So much grain?" Li Erzhu was stunned. One hundred thousand kilograms of grain piled together was still quite shocking.

A bag of grain weighs 100 jin, and 100,000 jin is 1,000 bags. If you pile them up, they will form a small mountain.

"Yes, there are a total of 100,000 kilograms here. Comrade, where is your gold? Can you show it to me?"

Hearing what Zhao Mancang said, Li Erzhu was embarrassed and said that the gold was not on him and he needed to go back and get it now.

"Okay, then go quickly and come back soon. I'll only wait for you here for half an hour."

"Half an hour is too tight. I still need to get ready. How about forty-five minutes?"

"can!"

"Okay, thank you. I'll be leaving now."

Watching Li Erzhu's back as he left, Zhao Mancang threw the food back into the system space without saying a word, and then left.

Back in Pigeon City, Zhao Mancang sold nearly 100 kilograms of grain in small batches within half an hour.

This sales speed is too inefficient.

But there is no other way. We can’t always rely on those middlemen, right?

Half an hour passed and Zhao Mancang returned to the grove. Just as he was about to reach the grove, he saw a group of people searching everywhere around the grove.

"Who comes to this place at this time?"

Zhao Mancang was very depressed, but soon he saw Li Erzhu among the crowd, and his eyes suddenly turned cold.

Money can move people’s hearts, the old saying is really true!

In fact, Li Erzhu became a middleman and certainly was not a good person.

Seeing that Zhao Mancang was alone and dared to transport 100,000 kilograms of grain single-handedly and put it in the grove, Li Erzhu's heart was naturally consumed by greed.

Therefore, he asked Zhao Mancang to wait for forty-five minutes just now to delay time.

As a result, Li Erzhu never expected that there was no 100,000 kilograms of food in the grove at all. How could so much food disappear in such a short time?

"Damn it, these damn middlemen are really unreliable!"

Zhao Mancang turned and left, feeling very angry and depressed, but he had no better solution at the moment.

But soon, Zhao Mancang suddenly thought of Jiang Dayong.

Jiang Dayong is a purchasing clerk in the steel plant canteen. The power he holds is neither big nor small.

If we can trade with the other party, then the five million kilograms of grain in the system space will definitely be sold quickly.

But many problems remained. How could they gain the trust of the other party? How could they raise enough gold? If gold was not the only option for transactions, what other alternatives could they use?

In the 1950s, gold was very scarce in Beijing. As for antiques, if they were too precious, they would definitely not be sold, and if they were not precious, no one would want them.

Aside from gold and antiques, the only currency available for trade seems to be the RMB. "Those old folk probably have quite a bit of gold, but they certainly won't be taking out much this year. And even if they were willing to take out gold, they probably wouldn't be buying this much grain."

While thinking about this, Zhao Mancang returned to Pigeon City again with a headache.

In the capital city in winter, the sun rises late, so the pigeon market will not disperse until the sky turns light in the east.

However, even though there is still some time, the current pigeon market is no longer as lively as before.

With fewer people in the pigeon market, it has become more difficult to sell food.

After a while, the pigeon market dispersed and Zhao Mancang also left with the crowd.

In Guozi Lane, Zuo Changsheng and his friends agreed to go to the base outside the city to practice shooting. There was only one car in the yard, so it seemed they had to borrow one.

"Captain Zuo, why is our department lacking everything?"

Zhao Mancang asked doubtfully, and Zuo Changsheng shook his head.

"These are matters for the higher-ups. Lao Wei is already actively working on it. However, if our department wants its own car, we'll probably have to bring back another two and a half tons of gold."

"Didn't we just bring back two and a half tons of gold and $780,000 in cash a few days ago?"

"Yes, but our department has suffered too much loss before. If it weren't for Lao Wei's desperate protection, our department would have been laid off long ago."

After a pause, Zuo Changsheng continued:

"Also, one car is almost enough for our department, because it's not common to see so many people like now."

In response to this, Zhao Mancang fell silent.

I used to hear Zhang Jinfu bragging about how great the 108th Department was, but now it seems that this department is also in a precarious situation and is almost unable to save itself.

Moreover, if it weren’t for the two tons of gold that Zhao Mancang had brought back earlier, I’m afraid the 108 departments would have found it even more difficult to sustain themselves.

When talking about this, Zhao Mancang couldn't help but think of his salary, which was much lower than his previous salary as a doctor.

It is said that the salary level is the 19th administrative level, but the monthly salary is only 80 yuan, which is only one level higher than the salary of a deputy company commander.

But he didn't have much to say. After all, his current identity was rather awkward, so he decided to just take it slow.

Soon, a car slowly stopped at the gate of No. 8 Guozi Lane, and Zhao Mancang and others got in the car immediately.

Since we were going out of the city, the car was not going slowly.

When passing by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street, Zhao Mancang happened to see the sign on the side of the road and suddenly thought of Qi Zhengze.

“Maybe it’s time to recoup some of the interest.”

Didn't Qi Zhengze want to be promoted? Well, it just couldn't go as he wished.

As a doctor, Zhao Mancang is very familiar with medicine. It can be said that every pharmacist can be a poisoner and an absolute master of poisoning.

Just like many chemistry professors, they are definitely very familiar with the properties of some reagents.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang has already thought of a way to punish Qi Zhengze.

In the blink of an eye, it was night again. After a whole day of training, Zhao Mancang could only earn a small amount of experience points, which was far from the huge amount of experience points he earned in Hong Kong Island.

At night, they went back to Zhongguancun South Street to sleep. Lin Wan talked to him about Lin Huijun, the greedy little cat.

The little guy said that there are a lot more snacks at home recently. Is it because the Chinese New Year is coming soon?

Lin Wan was also feeling very uncomfortable. She couldn't say that these snacks were given by Zhao Mancang, right?

"By the way, my mother secretly asked me today if you were back."

"Oh, why does your mother ask that?" Zhao Mancang asked curiously. Lin Wan said shyly:

"My mother said that I looked much better these past two days, so she suspected that you were back."

Zhang Dongyue naturally would not suspect that her daughter was having an affair. After all, Lin Wan was still pregnant at the time, and given her family's current situation, few men dared to approach her.

Many people in the fifties still attached great importance to virginity. If it was just for fun, then there was naturally nothing to say.

But if you get married, you can't do anything messy.

Especially the slut!

What's more, Lin Wan is not a fickle woman, otherwise she might have been married off.

"Then you should be more careful and play your sympathy in front of others. Otherwise, even if you don't tell others about my return, they will probably be suspicious."

Zhao Mancang gave some instructions, and Lin Wan nodded seriously. Then she asked again, when would he be able to return home openly?
"I guess there will be no solution in the next one or two years," Zhao Mancang sighed.

It will not be until the middle of next year that Khrushchev will remove the Moscow experts, and only then will the KGB be able to leave completely.

Upon hearing this, Lin Wan couldn't help but sigh.

Although her man has returned, she meets people secretly every day, as if she is having an affair. It is exciting, but not so aboveboard after all.

Nothing happened that night, and it was already early morning.

After leaving home, Zhao Mancang went straight to the city.

He did not go to Pigeon City first, but ran to Qi Zhengze's house.

The latter's home lives in an upscale residential area and there are guards at the door, but these are useless to Zhao Mancang.

Zhao Mancang quietly entered Qi Zhengze's house and found Qi Zhengze's cup, which he still remembered.

Qi Zhengze likes to drink tea, and there is a faint trace of tea on his cup.

He put a little poison in the other person's cup that could slowly paralyze him. The dosage was very small. After that, Zhao Mancang left.

If you put too much in at once, it will easily cause physical discomfort. If Qi Zhengze goes directly to the hospital for treatment, then wouldn’t Zhao Mancang’s efforts be in vain?
As for killing the other party directly, that would be too easy for him.

Dayu Hutong, Zhou Mansion.

When Zhao Mancang arrived, Zhou Wenchuan and Xie Zhenfa had been waiting for him for a long time.

The three of them met, and after some greetings, Zhao Mancang and Xie Zhenfa left Zhou Mansion.

The latter's home was in Caoyuan Hutong near Beixinqiao, and it was not called Xie Mansion but Xie House.

Xie Zhenfa's house is not a luxurious villa in the style of the Republic of China, but a low-key and introverted courtyard house with three entrances and one span, which is much larger than a courtyard house with four entrances.

"Wow, your house is quite big."

Following Xie Zhenfa's steps, Zhao Mancang walked in and was shocked at the time.

Although it was dark, Zhao Mancang and the other man could still see some things clearly with their kerosene lamps.

This courtyard is not the Ruyi Gate, the Manzi Gate, or the Jinzhu Gate, but the Guangliang Gate.

There are five types of gates in the courtyard houses of Beijing. The first type is the gate of the prince's palace, such as the Prince Gong Mansion, the Prince's Mansion and other courtyards. The second type is the Guangliang Gate.

In the past, Guangliang gates were only available to officials of a certain rank. The important feature of this gate is that the space in front of the gate is half of the room, and the beams are all exposed, so it is called Guangliang gate.

In addition to the Guangliang Gate, Zhao Mancang and his companions passed through the moon gate and came to the courtyard on the side. The small courtyard was not small at all. Not to mention there was a lake and a pavilion, the key point was that there was also a vegetable garden.

Although it was the dead of winter and the vegetable fields were abandoned, this also showed the area of ​​this small courtyard, which was really quite large.

Walking into a room in the yard, Xie Zhenfa pushed the door open and moved the tables and chairs, revealing a door.

Oh my god, another basement?
Zhao Mancang looked puzzled, but did not ask any further questions.

The other party made the entrance so hidden, definitely because they didn't want outsiders to know about it. But now that they have opened it, I'm afraid they are thinking of sneaking out like Zhou Wenchuan, right?
Soon, following Xie Zhenfa's footsteps, Zhao Mancang entered the basement space. This basement was not just big, it was extremely big.

It is about two to three hundred square meters in size, and has been reinforced and waterproofed everywhere. The entire basement is located three meters underground, but it only has one floor.

Even so, Zhao Mancang was still shocked.

"Damn, they're willing to abandon a courtyard like this and sell it abroad. Is the moon really that round abroad?"

Zhao Mancang cursed inwardly, but his expression remained unchanged. He only heard Xie Zhenfa say:

"Comrade, these are the liquors stored in my cellar. There are about 98,000 kilograms in total. Not as much as Lao Zhou has."

"But I have more gold than him. Of course, my gold is not entirely the Republic of China standard yellow croaker, but ordinary gold bars. Of course, it is definitely pure gold."

Due to the refining process, the purity of some gold is not completely sufficient. For example, the purity of ancient gold is very low.

"No problem, as long as it's gold, it can be exchanged."

Zhao Mancang nodded and signaled the other party to take out the gold so that the gold transaction could be completed first.

Upon hearing this, Xie Zhenfa went to a corner of the basement where there were several boxes filled with books.

He moved two of the boxes, lifted the carpet, and then opened the wooden board, revealing the small hole inside.

Inside the small pit, there was a box filled with a lot of gold.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Mancang was completely speechless.

The way these people hide their gold is really hard to guard against.

Although it seems simple and very bold to hide the gold in the basement, who would pay attention to this?

Because this basement is not like Zhou Wenchuan's house, which is used to collect all kinds of treasures. It is only used to store books and wine.

Even if someone discovered the basement, they would not think that there was a small pit in the basement.

As for the way to bury gold, it is actually quite simple. What is even more speechless is that they just buried it in a random place, and even the person who buried the gold cannot find it. That is funny.

As Xie Zhenfa took out the box, Zhao Mancang began to inspect the goods.

There were 55 large yellow croakers of the Republic of China style and 37 small yellow croakers, which was indeed not a lot.

This batch of gold was quickly inspected by Zhao Mancang, and the total amount was 18,343.75 grams.

There were also the crude gold bars made by ordinary hands. Seeing these golds, Zhao Mancang jokingly asked:
"Comrade, this gold wasn't mined from your gold mine, was it?"

"Yes, our ancestors did have a gold mine, but that was forty or fifty years ago."

Xie Zhen sighed, and Zhao Mancang was stunned.

Wow, Zhao Mancang just asked casually, but he didn’t expect it to be true.

But the other party said it was forty or fifty years ago. That period should have been the era of warlords. It must have been extraordinary for the Xie family to be able to get the gold mine.

However, no matter how wealthy our ancestors were, they have all become proletarians now.

However, it is amazing that Xie Zhenfa was able to hide so much gold.

"Comrade, the purity of your gold is quite low. You need to deduct at least two grams from every hundred grams. Is that okay?"

Hearing what Zhao Mancang said, Xie Zhenfa nodded.

He is now having a headache about what to do with the gold, because they have to take it out at home. There is too much gold and it is impossible to take it all away, otherwise it will be too conspicuous.

According to Xie Zhenfa's idea, all the gold was divided into three parts, one part was kept in the capital, one part was exchanged for foreign currency, and the other part was taken away directly.

The gold left in the capital should naturally be buried somewhere, so that if you can't make it abroad in the future, or want to make a comeback, you will not be without a foundation.

There is a reason why the Xie family has been able to survive for more than half a century.

The skills and foresight that have been passed down from generation to generation are beyond the conceivable reach of ordinary people.

The total weight of the remaining gold bars is 187,652 grams. According to the rule of subtracting two grams for every 100 grams, we have to subtract another 1,876.52 grams, leaving 185,775.48 grams.

Adding the 18,343.75 grams just now, the total weight is 240,119.23 grams.

Each gram of gold costs three yuan and four cents, which is 625,222 yuan, which is 96,956.5 yuan when converted into US dollars.

Zhao Mancang did not have that many US dollars in his hand. He only had 10,000 US dollars, and the remaining more than 80,000 US dollars. Zhao Mancang paid directly in British pounds.

One British pound can be exchanged for 4.86 US dollars. Zhao Mancang did not take advantage of the other party, but directly exchanged it according to the international exchange rate between the US dollar and the British pound.

More than 80,000 US dollars converted into British pounds is only 17,892 yuan.

A total of US$10,000 and £17,892 were paid, which was definitely a huge profit for Zhao Mancang.

Because this time he purchased 24119.23 grams of gold, which is a total of 7199.97 ounces.

At the current price of $35 per ounce, that's $251,999.

The foreign exchange he paid to Xie Zhenfa was only more than 90,000 US dollars.

What's more, Zhao Mancang will only sell the gold in October this year, and the price per ounce will not be US$35, but US$40.

After dealing with the gold, Zhao Mancang proceeded to trade the cellared wine with the other party.

A total of 98,000 kilograms of cellared wine, with the same purchase price of two yuan per kilogram, no different from Zhou Wenchuan's.

So this is 196,000 RMB, which is equivalent to 30,153.8 US dollars.

It’s the same. To exchange US dollars for pounds, Zhao Mancang only needs to pay 6,204 pounds.

Xie Zhenfa took the money easily, but Zhao Mancang wanted to make things more troublesome, so he moved the wine outside with great difficulty and then stored it in the space.

It took more than an hour to go back and forth before the transaction was finally completed.

After the transaction was completed, Zhao Mancang said to the other party:

"After the Spring Festival, I'll ask my friends if anyone wants your house. If no one wants it, I won't contact you anymore. If you've already sold it, that's fine too."

Just before Zhao Mancang moved the stored wine, Xie Zhenfa told him that if he didn't want to move the wine, he would sell the yard to him as well.

But Zhao Mancang didn't think much about it and just politely refused.

It’s not impossible to trade a courtyard house now, but it won’t work if no one lives there after the transaction is completed.

However, Zhao Mancang thought of the stored liquor in his system space. It would be a waste to keep these liquors in the system space, and they would also take up space.

Zhao Mancang currently has few system experience points. If he is not rich, he will not spend experience points to upgrade the system space.

Because experience points can really save lives at critical moments.

There is no use keeping the cellared wine in the space, so it has to be kept in the capital. Only in this way can it be better stored and the wine become more mellow.

However, the basement on Zhongguancun South Street already contains a lot of cellared wine, and it is no longer suitable to store it there.

The courtyard with three entrances and one span in Caoyuan Hutong is not only large enough, but also has a very good house. Except for the lack of a toilet, everything else is great.

If Zhao Mancang said that he was not coveting such a house, he would be deceiving himself.

But no matter how much he coveted it, Zhao Mancang still needed to make some preparations before buying it, otherwise he would not act rashly.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news."

Xie Zhenfa was overjoyed when he heard this.

If only he could sell the house quickly, he wouldn't have to worry so much.

Because once the house is traded, it might attract the attention of the street office, and then it might become very troublesome for him to sell it out.

Especially since his cellared wine had not been sold yet, it was naturally impossible for him to leave the capital at this time.

After saying goodbye to Xie Zhenfa, Zhao Mancang prepared to go to the nearby Dongzhimen Pigeon Market.

Beixinqiao is very close to Dongzhimen, because Dongzhimen North Street is right outside Caoyuan Hutong, and the Pigeon Market is nearby.

However, Zhao Mancang had only walked for a while when he encountered several figures walking quickly in front of him, and they almost collided with him head-on.

"Hey, isn't this No. 4, Dongzhimen Beizhong Street? I was wondering why it's so lively here. So, those KGB guys can't stand being alone at all?"

Zhao Mancang, who was hiding in the dark, sneered when he saw the words on the gate number four in front of him.

(End of this chapter)