Chapter 190 Teacher Bai who thinks too much
Zhang Yang didn't expect to meet Mr. Bai from "Huashan Appraisal" on the plane.

This is fate!

Similarly, Bai Haibo did not expect to see Zhang Yang in the first-class cabin on the flight from Yangcheng to Qingzhou.

He originally wanted to go to Qingzhou to find Zhang Yang and confirm something.

Meeting like this is too much of a coincidence.

Bai Haibo asked with some vigilance: "Master Zhang, are you returning from a business trip in Yangcheng?"

"Yes, I went to do something."

"Oh, your business has expanded to southern China. Congratulations."

Bai Haibo said congratulations but was thinking in his heart, could this kid be going to Yangcheng to deliver goods?

Could it be that the batch of things that I appraised in Yangcheng were fakes made by Zhang Guoqiang?
Otherwise, why would a craftsman from Qingzhou travel thousands of miles to Guangzhou?
He remembered very clearly that the main skill of Zhang Guoqiang in front of him was making jade pig dragons of the Hongshan culture.

Among the people he knew, his level of falsification was far superior.

As the saying goes, "If you master one method, you can master all methods." If you can make a jade pig dragon of the Hongshan culture, you can definitely make other prehistoric jade artifacts.

They are all jade artifacts anyway.

In that case, the previous few...

Bai Haibo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

That’s good. Now I don’t have to go to Qingzhou to find someone. I can ask clearly on the plane.

It just so happened that his seat was right next to Zhang Yang, with only an aisle between the two of them.

After the greetings, he quickly sat down, took out a photo from his phone, and handed it to me:

"Come, Master Zhang, please help me take a look."

"What is this?" Li Zi hurried over to watch the fun.

The photo shows a green stone in a rectangular shape, one side of which looks like it has been artificially polished into a blade.

Zhang Yang couldn't tell what the object was. He enlarged the photo again and again until a mosaic almost appeared.

At this time, you can barely see the soil stains on the photo.

It should be quite old, possibly several thousand years.

"Teacher Bai, is this thing from the Neolithic Age?" Zhang Yang turned around and asked.

He only studied prehistoric jade artifacts and didn't really know much about stone tools.

Because these things are complete cultural relics and are basically not classified as antiques.

"Yes, it's called a stone adze with a section."

"This location..."

Teacher Bai reached out his hand, pointed to the missing piece of stone, and explained:

"There is a step that divides it into two sections, thick and thin, so it is called a stone adze with a section."

"Have you seen the hoes in the countryside? This thing is used in a similar way. Dig a square slot in the middle of the wood and insert the thin end into it."

"But a stone adze is not used for hoeing the ground. It is most likely used by carpenters to chisel trees."

"Oh, I see."

Zhang Yang turned the photo around, so he could now see how it was used.

According to the size Mr. Bai mentioned, this thing is only about ten centimeters long, and it is very likely a tool that the ancients carried casually.

"Where did you see these things?" Zhang Yang asked curiously.

“It’s a small collectors’ exchange meeting. This is the collection of a senior collector.”

Bai Haibo did not tell the truth. In fact, this was something that a big money sponsor wanted to buy at a high price and asked him to help with the decision making.

However, he would not tell the truth to Zhang Yang, because in his eyes, Zhang Yang was suspicious.

"Come on, go to the next photo."

"Any more?"

"Well, there are more than one. See if any of them look familiar." While speaking, Bai Haibo carefully observed Zhang Yang's facial expression.

The next piece of stone adze is a shield-shaped jade ornament with animal face pattern.

Zhang Yang saw something of the value of this thing.

The pattern above is a human head and an animal body, like a god wearing feather hair accessories, riding on a ferocious beast.

The pattern constructed in this way seems to be the very famous god-man-animal face image of Liangzhu culture, and is called the "Liangzhu Divine Emblem" in the archaeological circle.

"Did you figure it out?" Bai Haibo noticed keenly that Zhang Yang's pupils shrank just now.

His heart tightened as well.

I couldn't help but wailing in my heart:
Come on, can you? I finally got a chance to earn a high commission, but it turns out to be a fake antique made by you?
But Zhang Yang's next words made him relax a little.

"I see that this seems to be a shield with a divine emblem from the Liangzhu culture. Teacher Bai, were this and the stone adze we just found discovered together?"

"Discover? Why do you say that?" Bai Haibo asked back.

"Isn't it?"

Zhang Yang's understanding of this type of cultural relics is still at the level of the museum staff at that time. He asked in confusion:

"Shouldn't all the artifacts of the Liangzhu culture be discovered by archaeologists in recent years? They must have been unearthed, right?"

"That's not true." Bai Haibo shook his head.

Seeing that Zhang Yang didn't seem to be pretending to be stupid, he felt much better.

So he enthusiastically introduced to Zhang Yang and Li Zi the situation of the antiques of Liangzhu culture that were still circulating.

The number of such jade artifacts in existence is much greater than Zhang Yang had imagined.

The ruins of Liangzhu culture cover an area of ​​more than 300,000 square meters, and this is only the original capital. There are countless small ruins around it.

The number of jade and stone artifacts left behind is naturally difficult to estimate.

In the 30s, long before this cultural relic was discovered, the custom of "digging for jade" was prevalent in the area. Many tomb robbers switched from robbing tombs to digging holes for ancient jade.

It was because a large number of jade artifacts were unearthed among the people, and it even became a local custom, that it attracted the attention of archaeologists of that backward era.

Therefore, it is beyond doubt that there are a certain number of authentic jade artifacts from the Liangzhu culture that have been handed down from generation to generation.

"The number of such dragons in existence is definitely much greater than the jade pig dragon from the Hongshan culture that you imitated before."

Bai Haibo deliberately mentioned what happened before, as if he was hinting at something.

The previous jade pig dragon incident was one of the reasons why he suspected that it was forged by Zhang Yang or the master behind him.

This time the sponsor wants to buy a total of 23 jade artifacts, most of which Teacher Bai can handle.

But there are two pieces that are obviously fake, with obvious signs of aging and new scratches on them.

The scratch marks look like anti-counterfeiting marks left by Zhang Yang...

Besides, even items like the jade pig dragon, which are only in single digits, are faked, let alone items like these that are in existence in large quantities?

Of course Zhang Yang also understood what the other party meant.

So after saying so much, it seems that Teacher Bai is pointing at him!
"Teacher Bai, don't worry. After what happened last time, I have turned over a new leaf."

Zhang Yang took Li Zi's hand and explained to Bai Haibo:

“My main source of income has now changed from antique crafts to a wealthy woman.”

"Pfft——" Li Zi laughed happily and gently hit Zhang Yang's shoulder.

Bai Haibo, who was standing by, was stunned.

This bite of dog food came unexpectedly.

Fortunately, he was also an old hand. He squinted his eyes and carefully looked at Zhang Yang and Li Zi's expressions, and immediately reacted:

Zhang Yang was lying to him.

The reason is very simple. It’s good enough that the rich woman doesn’t play with steel wool. How can she be so cuddly?
You think you have never seen the world, right?

Even if these things were not made by Zhang Yang, it is very likely that he knows the person who made them!
(End of this chapter)