The World's Richest Man: Start with the Daily Intelligence System

39: Chapter 39 The Imperial Seal of the State AppearsThe wind of late autumn carried a hint of chill. Everyone sat by the stove; without a luxurious private room, there was instead a bit of rustic charm.

Zhang Wei stopped suggesting toasts and used his chopsticks to pick up a large piece of lamb, biting into it. The meat was stewed until it was incredibly tender, carrying the unique fragrance of lamb, with a hint of the smoky flavor from the firewood mixed in. It blended into a wonderful taste in his mouth. This was a delicacy that no restaurant could replicate.

He gave Old Man Li a thumbs up: ”Old man, your lamb is incredible!” He hadn’t expected Old Man Li to have such excellent culinary skills. It seemed he could come over to satisfy his cravings often in the future. A sheep cost over a thousand yuan, which was completely affordable. He would just consider it a winter tonic.

At this moment, everyone was eating intently, especially An Xiaoxi, who was holding a lamb bone and gnawing on it. She was like a different person compared to the one who had just been pitying the lamb.

Zhang Wei couldn’t help but sigh; no one could escape the ’true fragrance’ phenomenon.

After eating for a while, Zhang Wei saw that it was about time, so he whispered to An Xiaoxi beside him: ”We’re going to work; you’re responsible for keeping them here.” As he spoke, he nudged Liu Haorui with his arm: ”Old Liu, if you’re stuffed, come with me to walk it off.”

An Xiaoxi understood immediately. She stood up, poured a large glass of fruit juice, and said crisply to the people sitting there: ”Come, let me propose a toast to everyone!”

Zhang Wei secretly gave An Xiaoxi a thumbs up and headed straight to the wasteland with Liu Haorui.

At this point in the wasteland, a three-meter-deep pit had already been dug. Zhang Wei found a ladder nearby and climbed down to the bottom of the pit.

”Old Liu, hurry and pass a shovel down.” The pit was only a meter wide. If two people dug together, there definitely wouldn’t be enough space. Zhang Wei prepared to do it himself; after all, he had planned for this imperial seal of china for a long time. Now, the time for the harvest had finally arrived.

After digging a few times, Zhang Wei was afraid of damaging the treasure and didn’t dare to continue digging. He switched to a small shovel and scraped the soil away bit by bit. Soon, the top of a wooden box was revealed. Zhang Wei felt a surge of joy in his heart and increased the speed of his hands.

Not long after, he lifted out a wooden box. The box was twenty centimeters square and looked rather worn. He carefully opened the wooden box; the silk wrapped inside had already decayed. Amidst the fragments, an imperial seal was lying quietly.

This imperial seal was about 15 centimeters square and was made entirely of white jade, with five dragons carved on the knob. It was flawless white jade, exquisitely carved. The only discordant part was that the imperial seal was missing a corner, which had been repaired with gold, looking out of place.

Zhang Wei breathed heavily, his hands trembling slightly. This was the imperial seal of china that only emperors in history could use!

Just then, the system’s voice rang out abruptly in his mind.

”Detected that the Host has obtained an item worth over 100 million RMB. New function unlocked. Unlocked function: Auxiliary Video. Subsequent daily intelligence will provide images related to the intelligence content for the Host to watch based on the actual situation. This function has been automatically bound to the Host’s mobile phone. It will be sent to the mobile phone in the form of a video.”

The system never lied. He hadn’t expected this imperial seal of china to actually be worth more than a ”small goal.” Zhang Wei was extremely shocked; he had thought this Song Dynasty replica of the imperial seal was worth at most a few million.

At the same time, the system had also upgraded. The newly added function seemed to be related to video, but Zhang Wei didn’t know the specific usage of the new function for the time being. The answer would be revealed at twelve o’clock tonight.

”Zhang Wei, come up quickly! Let me see what you dug up.” Liu Haorui squatted by the edge of the pit and shouted at Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei first set the imperial seal of china aside, used the shovel to fill back the part he had dug, and finally stomped on it with his feet before picking up the imperial seal and climbing up.

Liu Haorui hurriedly took the imperial seal and began to examine it: ”Such a large piece of jade, it feels quite valuable? Could it be worth a few million?”

Zhang Wei was in a great mood at this moment and laughed: ”A few million? I’m afraid that’s not enough.”

”Could it sell for ten million?” Liu Haorui’s voice was trembling at this moment.

”I estimate it’s over 100 million.”

Upon hearing this, Liu Haorui was completely stunned, feeling as if his body had no strength and he was about to collapse to the ground.

Zhang Wei hurriedly stepped forward to support him: ”Take it easy, don’t drop and break this imperial seal of china when you fall.”

”What did you say? The imperial seal of china!? This is the imperial seal of china!?” Liu Haorui finally steadied himself, though his legs felt weak again.

Zhang Wei was also feeling a bit floaty at this moment. The two of them supported each other in the autumn wind for a while before they calmed down. They put the wooden box back in the car first, then returned to the stove.

An Xiaoxi had already gotten everyone tipsy with fruit juice. After all, it was hard for anyone to refuse a child’s constant toasts. Saying they couldn’t drink would be too damaging to their self-esteem.

Seeing that they had eaten enough, Zhang Wei instructed Zhang Hong: ”There’s nothing else today. If you’re drunk, go lie down for a while. Starting tomorrow, burn all the weeds in the factory, level the ground, and later, when the greenhouse arrives, start buying melon seedlings and seeds.”

Zhang Hong’s face was flushed, but he was still sober. He nodded repeatedly upon hearing Zhang Wei’s words.

So, Zhang Wei, An Xiaoxi, and the third person didn’t stay long and drove back to the city.

Along the way, Zhang Wei hummed a song and drove the car very fast. An Xiaoxi curiously picked up the imperial seal to examine it: ”Is this the imperial seal of china that Sun Jian fished out of the well in the Three Kingdoms? Didn’t they say it would emit five-colored light? I don’t see any.”

Zhang Wei laughed: ”You know about the Three Kingdoms? That’s from the romance novels, isn’t it? If it really emitted light, this thing would probably be a radiation source, and the three of us would have been dead long ago. Besides, this might be a replica made by a later dynasty; it’s not necessarily the one from the First Emperor of Qin.”

An Xiaoxi thought about it and realized it made sense. She turned it over to look at the bottom of the imperial seal: ”I can’t understand these characters either; they feel like hieroglyphs. Shouldn’t it have the words ’Received from Heaven, May It Last Forever’ written on it?”

Zhang Wei had actually checked the information on this. The imperial seal of china made by the First Emperor of Qin used a type of ancient bird-worm seal script, which was vastly different from ancient characters.

”As for the specific situation, I’ll wait until I go back and find an expert to take a look. However, to be cautious, An Xiaoxi, you should clean up our travel trajectory for today when you get back. After all, if we sell this imperial seal, it will definitely attract widespread attention. It wouldn’t be good if someone with ulterior motives traced our route through cameras.”

If the Instrument Factory found out that this imperial seal of china was found on their territory, it would be troublesome. Zhang Wei didn’t want to get into a dispute with a state-owned enterprise.

Returning to Jiangnan Garden, he remembered what Fan Haitao had mentioned to him last time—that his cousin was an expert in antique appraisal—so he made a phone call.

After a few rings, he heard Fan Haitao’s voice: ”Little brother, what good things do you have to look after your big brother with today?”

”It’s not really looking after you, but I do have an antique I’d like someone to help appraise,” Zhang Wei laughed.

Fan Haitao was stunned for a moment. How did this kid have things to sell every few days? The previous times it was gold, which was fine, but how were antiques coming out now?

”You don’t say, it’s actually a coincidence. My cousin is coming to Shanghai for a business trip today, and I’m just waiting to pick him up after he finishes his business to go eat. There’s no time like the present; I’ll treat you to dinner tonight, and you come along too.”

Zhang Wei thought for a moment and nodded.