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Chapter 237 Bronze Fragments
After Wen Zhi came back, he said that tomorrow they would lead their troops to the northwest to fight the foreigners head-on.

Liu Yunyan followed behind, and he concluded that the foreigners had a backup plan.

There are not many available people in the Da Qi army, and Liu Yunyan is the chess piece used as a backup to deal with foreigners.

"According to the time, the old emperor won't live beyond this month?" Shen You frowned.

"Well, as long as this battle goes smoothly, we can drive the foreigners out."

Wen Zhi raised the corner of his lips, his eyes a little heavy, "I won't fight too hard this time, as long as they leave Da Qi and can't invade for the time being, it'll be fine."

"You said, you get paid according to how much work you do."

The deal between the old emperor and him was just to expel the foreigners and preserve the Great Qi dynasty, which he did.

It was the other party who did not keep its promise first, and beat the foreigners so hard that they could not recover for 10 to 20 years. That is another price to pay.

If they had not made secret deals with foreigners in order to save their lives and ceded the twelve states that owned an iron mine and a gold mine, the foreigners would never have been able to develop.

There is now one less powerful enemy around Da Qi.

"The holiday will be over in a few days and the museum will resume work. I will go to see Professor Hu probably before the Lantern Festival." Shen You said.

Admittedly, the frontal battlefield is a hell-level dungeon for Da Qi, but over the past few days, the amount of supplies lost and consumed by the foreigners is not a small number.

The grain that Shen You transported to Da Qi was quite sufficient.

If the foreigners cannot win this battle, they will have to retreat.

In ancient times, the consumption of a cavalry army could be equivalent to that of a dozen or twenty ordinary soldiers. No matter how powerful an army is, it cannot survive without food.

These days they have been eating the food that was bought before the New Year. They had barbecue yesterday and hotpot today. Cooking is very easy.

We'll be able to eat soon.

Cooking handmade noodles in hot pot and pairing them with homemade vegetable and fruit juice is so delicious.

Shen You sat at the dining table, eating with a happy look on her face.

The next morning, before dawn, Wen Zhi left a message saying he was going to Shuozhou City.

After Shen You got up, he found the skipping rope and started exercising.

She didn’t want to go out for a morning run, and she hadn’t bought a treadmill yet, so she chose one with a good price-performance ratio.

After lying down for so many days, my physical strength has deteriorated. I can't lie down any longer. I eat a lot during this winter. Shen You is afraid that the cheongsam that she spent a lot of money to customize will not be able to wear it in the future, so she needs to practice.

An hour later, take a shower and wash your hair, have breakfast, change into decent clothes, and put on some light makeup.

Some shops in the antique street are open today, so there will inevitably be customers visiting. Yesterday, Boss Huo asked her when she would open.

Today is the first day of opening of the antique shop in the new year, so the face-saving project is still needed.

All the antiquities unearthed were put into the warehouse.

Shen You placed the tea leaves on the table, put snacks and fruits on the plate, and opened the door.

It was a little after ten in the morning. She was cracking pine nuts and watching treasure appraisal videos when someone came into the shop.

"Happy New Year, Boss Shen." Boss Huo, two other antique street owners, and Wu Zhiyuan came over together.

"I heard you were open, so we came over to have a look and have a cup of tea."

"Happy New Year! Please take a seat." Shen You made a gesture of invitation.

It is of course a good thing if the shop is popular on the first day of opening.

When colleagues sit and chat, the topic always revolves around antiques.

"Although Mr. Shen has been in the industry for a short time, he has done quite a big business. We will have to rely on you in the future." A boss said with a smile.

Shen You and his business partner praised each other: "You are too modest. My business is just a small one. I heard that you have received a lot of good things." "You took out such a beautiful jade plate to serve snacks, and you still say that we received a lot of things?"

Boss Huo looked at the plates on the table. Even the ordinary Chinese dim sum seemed very expensive at this moment.

He doesn't like sweet things, but he ate one piece just for this plate.

"Boss Shen, where did you get all these things? When I drink tea here, I use tea sets, plates, and plates for nuts. They are all carved lacquerware. The bowl on the shelf is peacock green from the official kiln."

The colors are so pretty!

Where it was collected from is probably the question that everyone wants to know most.

"Some were auctioned, and some were bought from people I know. There are very few bargains."

That's true. Transactions from other dimensions are not included. She just picked up a bargain on an agate bowl abroad last time, and there was also a royal blue from the Yongzheng period at an auction.

That was because she realized that it was during the Yongzheng period that she made a profit in this area, otherwise it would have been a small loss.

After hearing what Shen You said, no one asked any more questions. They were all in the same industry and knew how to talk. Except for items that were publicly auctioned, how could they really tell them the channels?

A few people chatted in the shop for a while, asked Shen You to come to their shop when he was free, took a look, and then got up and said goodbye.

Wu Zhiyuan stayed. Shen You knew that he must have something to say, so she was not in a hurry and refilled his tea while waiting.

"Boss Shen, this is the case. I have a younger generation at home who is also studying cultural relics restoration and has not graduated yet. I wonder if I can go to your studio for an internship for a period of time without any salary."

There are many restorers in the circle, but few have the connections that she has.

This is also a step to build a good relationship with her, and she has many treasures, which can also broaden your horizons.

Shen You did not agree immediately. After thinking for a moment, he said,
"Well, after the first month of the lunar year is over, set a time and have him come over to see if he can adapt to our studio."

The studio needs people, but she must meet them first, and it would be best if Professor Li could meet them as well.

As long as the person is not problematic, she will do Wu Zhiyuan a favor even if she can't do anything.

He is one of the best appraisers in Jiangcheng, and it is not a big deal for him to just do an internship for a while.

But if there is a problem with the person, that won’t work. If something goes wrong, the studio will be responsible.

Wu Zhiyuan understood what Shen You meant, "Okay, that's settled. Thank you, Boss Shen."

"You're welcome. I also need people to do the work." Shen You said politely.

"Then I won't bother Mr. Shen today." Wu Zhiyuan stood up and said goodbye.

"Walk slowly."

The studio will not be back to work until after the 16th day of the first lunar month. Shen You will go there, but she has to deal with Da Qi's affairs before she has time to handle this year's work.

Shen You looked at the museum calendar on the table, put down his phone, and went to the antique street in the afternoon. There were not many stalls today, and it was a little quiet.

After returning, she closed the wooden door outside the yard and began to clean out the antiques in the warehouse.

Bronze artifacts are particularly slow to clean because they are already oxidized and have broken parts, so secondary damage must be avoided.

You also have to number them according to the pattern above to make it easier to put them together later.

There is an expert in bronze restoration in Jiangcheng Museum, and Shen You is far from that.

She picked out a few pieces from the pile by looking at the patterns.

I was lucky enough to find all the parts at once, and the main body looks like a candlestick.

These frames were dug out from the altar, not too far away. They are bronze candlesticks with exquisite workmanship.

She seemed to know how to spell it in her head, and she tried it, and it actually worked.

There is only this candlestick, and there is no clue about the remaining fragments.