The seeds have been planted, and Lin Tao did not think too much about what Leng Yuhu is like later. After all, others are not himself, it depends on his personal luck. If he really wants to do it, he might as well help lead a way and design it. This is indeed a way to get rich.

When Lin Tao returned home, he saw that the time was almost the same, so he went to the vegetable field in the yard to pick some vegetables and cooked the meal. After eating, he delivered some food to his parents and brother. Then he packed the silver ingots he had prepared to mortgage one by one, put them in a large cardboard box, and carried them out.

Zhang Hongyuan has always had the habit of taking a nap. Today, he stayed in the office for the first time until the two guests arrived.

"Xiaolin, come on, come on, let me introduce you to Mr. Meng from our county cultural relics bureau. He is a big shot in our cultural relics bureau and is often borrowed for archaeology by the province." Zhang Hongyuan introduced Lin Tao to an old man in his fifties who was drinking tea in the house.

"Hello, Mr. Meng!" Lin Tao bent down and put down the cardboard box, greeting Mr. Meng very politely. He had heard of Mr. Meng's name. It is said that he is an old pedantic figure with a strong professionalism, but he is a scholarly personality. Fortunately, he doesn't seek an official position and has a very high professional attainment.

As for Lin Tao, Mr. Meng just nodded lightly, and his eyes fell on the cardboard box.

"Young man, what are you pretending to be here? Let's open it and take a look!" Mr. Meng said straight to the point, "We don't have to be polite."

"Okay." Lin Tao didn't want to go around in any circle, but Zhang Hongyuan smiled bitterly. This academic person was straightforward, which was different from a business person and was not easy to control.

Lin Tao opened the box and carefully placed the silver ingots wrapped in soft paper on the table.

One hundred taels, two ten taels, five twenty taels, and a small pile of ten taels, five taels, one taels, one taels, and one taels, and a total of four hundred taels were recombined.

Mr. Meng had already put on white gloves when Lin Tao opened the box. Seeing Lin Tao wrapping things so tightly and cautiously, a look of appreciation appeared in his eyes. When he saw Lin Tao put these silver ingots apart one by one, from one to one hundred taels, his eyes suddenly lit up.

On the contrary, Zhang Hongyuan was very interested at first, but when he saw Lin Tao taking out silver ingots, his interest was knocked out half of it, and his disappointment was beyond words. After all, these days, there are some wealthy people in his family, and there are not many Yuan Baomin or even Xiao Yuanbao to make the foundation.

Lin Tao saw the expressions of the two people and did not say much. Instead, he took a step back and let Mr. Meng hold the magnifying glass and look at the silver ingots carefully one by one.

He also carefully selected these silver ingots. Except for the one hundred taels, there are one or a few of them in each of the remaining ones. They have clear handwriting, not severe wear, and better quality. Of course, he handed the one with the best quality to Li Yumei and put it away.

It’s not that he hides his own personal information, but that he thinks it’s good. After all, he comes to be a mortgage. Based on the few antique knowledge he brought from many treasure appraisal programs in later generations, he thinks that this should be enough.

"There are twenty-seven in total." After a while, Mr. Meng put down the last one, one tael of silver ingot that had been observed for the longest time, sat back to his original position, and slowly spoke: "It is all locally produced, some are Kuping silver in the government, and some are small ingots circulated by the people. Twenty-six with clear origins, and most of them are good in terms of appearance."

Speaking of this, Mr. Meng suddenly looked up at Lin Tao, and his eyes suddenly became stern: "These ingots were all from pits, that is, they were just dug out. You won't know, right? You'd better give these silver ingots honestly!"

It suddenly became stern, which made Zhang Hongbao stunned and his face darkened. He couldn't understand the pit, but he understood what he had just dug out, and his eyes turned to look at Lin Tao also became ruthless.

"I can only say that," Lin Tao said calmly in the face of the two people's different opinions but neither good-looking eyes: "The origin of the things is definitely not made by those who use Luoyang shovels. My friend's friend's house is renovated, and the older generations have installed jars and buried under the old house. This time they dug it out. Because I asked me to help do something, I lent it to me. Don't inquire about the others. Since I can take out this thing, I will definitely be open and honest."

After hearing this, Mr. Meng's eyes were still a little confused, but he believed it a little. Young people of this age may have some scheming, but the reason for being able to speak so calmly is so sufficient and their eyes are so clear. Maybe they wouldn't be digging a grave.

Zhang Hongyuan also breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, 70% of his expression just now were pretending. In his opinion, even if he came out of the grave, as long as it was not revealed, as long as it was a good thing, he would still dare to accept it.

Mr. Meng did not ask more details and continued: "Things are indeed good things. Although our county is not as rich in cultural relics in Guanzhong and Luoyang, and has a county of nearly a thousand years, due to constant military disasters, there are not many cultural relics that can appear in the world. These silver ingots that can appear in the whole set are very rare. Especially the official Kuping silver is rarely seen in the world, but not many in our Cultural Relics Bureau, and it has a high collection value. What's more, a few of these ingots are quite good in appearance, but they are rare in the province."

"How much is that worth?" Zhang Hongyuan asked simply: "Mr. Meng, let me tell you, the price you mentioned is directly related to how much money this little brother borrows from me. You know I am a rough person, don't blame me for speaking directly."

People who are engaged in cultural relics and archaeological research, especially some old-school people, are more annoyed to combine research value, collection value and market valuation. However, Mr. Meng is not a person who is not flexible. He looked at the silver ingots carefully and said after a while: "In recent years, the collection market has begun to become popular. These silver ingots were only 50,000 or 60,000 three years ago. But now if they are placed in the collection market, there are many people who spend more than 100,000 to collect him. If they are placed at auction, it is possible to buy 200,000. If they are placed for a few more years, it will be easy to appreciate to more than 300,000, especially from one hundred taels to one tael, the appreciation will be very fast."

After Mr. Meng finished speaking, he stopped leaving any more. He left Lin Tao with an office phone number and left.

After Mr. Meng left, Zhang Hongyuan said to Lin Tao: "You have heard Mr. Meng's words, what do you think?"

Lin Tao smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for being so open-minded."

Although the words were simple, Zhang Hongwan understood what Lin Tao meant. He was very proud and said with a smile: "Although I am a rough person, there are not many people who can like you. You are a good person. I call myself Brother Zhang and don't mind helping you. What I said before still counts. But since you can bring this thing, it means that your path is very broad. I am also very happy to think of me at critical moments. So, put this thing here, I will lend you 200,000 yuan, how do you think?"

This is exactly what Lin Tao thought. The two of them agreed on the interest and time, so Zhang Hongyuan took it here to draft the contract, and signed the contract, and Lin Tao left with a pack of money.
Chapter completed!