After Jiang Hongyan returned to the small courtyard with the items, he immediately took photos of the papers and sent them to Sheng Yan.
【Sheng Yan: I’ve received everything. I’ll take the papers to be printed as soon as possible. There’s something else I need to tell you. Shen Xiaofei has gotten back to me about the bowl I gave her earlier. She said it came from the Great Sheng Dynasty and could be worth well over seven figures.】
【Jiang Hongyan: She knows about the Great Sheng Dynasty?】
【Sheng Yan: Only recently. They’ve inferred its existence through some newly excavated artifacts. She said the dynasty existed several thousand years ago, but because it lasted for such a short time, hardly anyone knows about it.】
【Jiang Hongyan: Does she know why the dynasty lasted for such a short time?】
That question caught Sheng Yan off guard.
When Shen Xiaofei had called earlier, all her attention had been on the bowl’s value, and she had completely forgotten to ask about that.
Just how short had the dynasty’s existence been?
What had caused it to disappear so quickly?
One question after another surfaced in her mind.
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became.
Famine, war… any number of disasters could bring about the fall of a dynasty.
Jiang Hongyan was living there now.
Would he be in danger?
Jiang Hongyan also felt a trace of concern, not because he feared death, but because having survived by sheer luck, he had become a little greedy. He wanted to live long enough to one day return to that world and see them again.
【Sheng Yan: I’ll ask her about it again. Don’t worry too much.】
【Jiang Hongyan: All right. Since the bowl has considerable value, I’ll send you the copper coins I earned from the bookstore today as well. Here, they can only buy a little over two hundred steamed buns, but in the modern world they’re antique coins with collectible value, so they should bring you a good amount of money too.】
【Sheng Yan: Sounds good. Send them over.】
Jiang Hongyan placed the copper coins on the table, took a photo, and sent it to her.
After receiving them, Sheng Yan found a box, carefully stored the coins inside, and planned to hand them over to Shen Xiaofei after some time had passed.
Carrying an even larger stack of papers, she returned to the print shop. Before she could explain why she was there, the employee who had served her last time recognized her.
“You’re back with even more this time?”
“That’s right.”
“You really are interested in ancient books. Looks like you’ve brought several times more than last time. I’ll give you a discount, forty cents per page.”
“Thank you.”
“No need to thank me. Have a seat for a while. It’ll take some time to print everything.”
“All right.”
While she waited, her phone chimed several times in succession. They were pickup notifications informing her that the items she had ordered online had arrived.
Once everything had been printed, Sheng Yan carried the papers back to her residential complex, retrieved her packages from the parcel lockers, and returned home with a large pile of boxes.
She opened them one by one.
The movable type printing set and the glass products she had ordered were all there.
The crystal ball was beautiful. The objects inside could move, and it even lit up. In that era, it would probably be worth even more than the glass cup she had sent before.
Sheng Yan picked up her phone and took photos of the freshly printed papers along with everything she had bought online before sending them to Jiang Hongyan.
He soon replied.
【Jiang Hongyan: I’ve received everything. I’ll take these papers to the bookstore, and as for the crystal ball and the other items, I plan to sell them at a pawnshop somewhere else.】
【Sheng Yan: I’ve heard that in some dynasties you needed a travel permit to go to other places. Does your side have that rule?】
【Jiang Hongyan: No! The authorities aren’t particularly strict about that. There’s no curfew at night, and we don’t need travel permits to leave the county. As long as you don’t commit crimes like murder or arson, you won’t run into any serious trouble. Besides, when I say I’ll go somewhere else, I don’t mean traveling very far. It’ll still be within Qingsong County. I’m not familiar with places farther away, so I won’t be going too far for the time being.】
【Sheng Yan: That’s good. Be careful on the road, and try to leave during the day and come back before nightfall. Traveling at night is always inconvenient, and it’s much easier for something dangerous to happen.】
【Jiang Hongyan: Mm, I understand.】