Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

This pile of fur was obviously not placed here randomly, because the outer layer of the fur was carefully wrapped in more than one layer of plastic film, which seemed to be for long-term preservation.

But for some reason, the owner of these things finally gave up the entire warehouse, and finally even let the warehouse enter the warehouse auction process.

After counting, Liang En found that there were more than 70 furs in the pile, including three bear skins, seven fox skins, and twenty otter skins. The others were some deer skins, and all the leathers had been processed.

"These furs are definitely not cheap, but it is not an easy thing to sell them." After sorting all the furs and loading them into the car, Liang En asked Pierce, "So are the people you know here reliable? "

"Don't worry, this man has an old relationship with our family. He is a high-end tailor who mainly provides various customized clothes for the local upper class, and these high-quality furs are exactly what he needs." Pierce told Liang En explained. "

Therefore, the other party will 100% offer us a good price. For example, it is absolutely no problem to sell this pile of furs for 50,000 to 60,000 US dollars, but the specific price will depend on his final appraisal of the furs. "

"As for these two sewing machines, I can sell a dozen wooden mannequins and those fabrics, but if they can be sold for a total of seven or eight hundred dollars, it would be good."

"That's enough." Liang En nodded with satisfaction. "After all, this auction is just an additional action for us, and the income we can get is actually beyond expectations."

For Liang En, although participating in the warehouse auction this time was a cover for the real operation, his character had to seriously participate in this activity even if it was a cover.

After finishing the cleanup work, they went directly to Flushing, which also belongs to Queens. This is an old area in New York. When New York was still New Amsterdam, this area had existed in the form of a village.

This was once an area where British immigrants lived, and after the independence of the United States, many companies and famous entertainment companies started here. Even New York's two World's Fairs were held in this area.

However, when New York City's No. 7 subway opened to traffic in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a large number of Asians moved here, and it has now become a Chinatown that surpasses the old Manhattan Chinatown and is the second largest Chinatown in the United States.

On the one hand, Liang En and the others came here because the tailor lived in this area, so they planned to deliver the goods directly to their door. On the other hand, I plan to have an authentic Chinese meal to celebrate.

Compared with Chinatown in Manhattan, the immigrants in Flushing are mainly new immigrants. Therefore, many Chinese restaurants here sell very authentic Chinese food, rather than Chinese food that has been modified to suit local tastes.

The plan to sell those furs went very smoothly, because the furs were relatively well preserved, and the sewing tools Liang En and the others had obtained before were useful to the other party, so the other party offered these items a price of $60,000.

"Why did the other party buy those two old sewing machines?" Jeanne asked in confusion as she took the pile of rags to the nearby garbage treatment plant.

"Because there is a sewing machine of the same model in the store itself, but after a long period of use, many of the structures have been worn out, so the other party bought the two sewing machines that may not be usable mainly for their own sewing machines. Get some spare parts.”

Liang En said, sighing inwardly about today's good luck. After all, not many people are willing to pay for this old model sewing machine, and this kind of private tailor is one of the few.

For these tailors who make customized clothes for the rich, they are not workers responsible for mass production, but closer to artists. Therefore, they do not pursue efficiency in production tools, but only want them to be easy to use.

That's why the tailor just now saw an old model of the same model as his own sewing machine and bought it directly as a spare part for his current sewing machine.

Of course, this is also because the tailor has a good income and has enough money to do as he pleases. For example, Liang En fell in love with a nice navy blue suit from him, but after asking, he learned that not only did it cost 18,000 US dollars, but he also had to wait a month.

After throwing the garbage they had previously cleared out of the warehouse into the recycling bin, they quickly had their lunch at a hot pot restaurant in Flushing called Xiang Tianxia.

This restaurant should be one of the best restaurants in this area, because even though it was already past dinner time, they still waited outside for seven or eight minutes before there was an empty table.

The hot pot in this place is very authentic Chinese style. Even the pots are big pots that everyone cooks together instead of small pots for each person. It does not conform to the Westerners' habit of sharing meals.

Fortunately, Liang En and Fan Meng among Liang En's group are Chinese, while Pierce and Joan of Arc are always running around due to work reasons, so they are not particularly particular. In addition, everyone is acquaintances, so they are more accustomed to this. Ways to eat.

Because Fan Meng prefers spicy food, Liang En and the others naturally chose the most traditional mandarin duck pot. Only after everything was served and started to be eaten, Liang En discovered that Joan seemed to like the spicy hotpot too.

"Actually, I prefer these foods with a lot of spices." Jeanne said after seeing Liang En staring at her. "Compared to where I was before, the food here definitely has more spices and the food tastes better."

Joan of Arc's era was before the Great Navigation, so European spices had to be shipped all the way from the Middle East, and the prices were raised layer by layer by Indians, Egyptians, Ottomans, Venetians or Genoese.

And in this constant process of changing hands, the price of spices naturally skyrocketed like a rocket, even to the point where even a small noble could only eat it occasionally.

For example, Joan of Arc was already one of the top senior officers in the French army at the time, but because she was located on the front line, she had not eaten food with spices many times.

But during the few feasts she had, the smell of pepper and cardamom left a deep impression on her. So when I came here and found out that spices are very cheap, I naturally tended to eat those with strong flavors.

This is one of a series of differences caused by the different times. For this reason, an important purpose of Jeanne and Liang En staying outside for such a long time before reuniting was to instill in their minds the real daily use of knowledge. .

According to Joan of Arc, that was almost equivalent to overthrowing her previous ten years of habits, and she had to learn everything from scratch.

Take eating as an example. She used to sit at the dining table and use a knife to cut the food into appropriate sizes, and then use her middle finger, index finger and thumb to grab the food and eat it. It was only after she got here that she learned to use a fork.

Just when everyone was filling their stomachs and preparing to return to the hotel, Liang En's phone received a text message from the organizer of the previous port warehouse auction, informing them that three of the warehouses they had previously auctioned had successfully won the bid.

After comparing the numbers, Liang En found that he and Pierce each won a warehouse, and they jointly funded the purchase of the third warehouse. All in all, this was a very good result.