Chapter 241 See also the nautical chart
This flea market is no different from the flea markets that Yang Jing once saw. They are mainly second-hand goods. However, you can occasionally see one or two stalls selling antique art, but most of them are antique artworks of low value.
In this relatively pure flea market, it is not that easy to find antique artworks with high value.
But here, you can see many works of art with local characteristics.
For example, Yang Jing saw a lot of denim equipment at a stall, including saddles, water reins, bridles, horse boots, spurs, stirrups and other horse harnesses; as well as cowboy suits, cowboy hats, lassoes, horse whip and other common tools for western cowboys; of course, the necessary weapons for those horsemen in western films are also indispensable.
For example, the Schofield revolver is a hinged type, and it pops up automatically when it is broken open and the bullet case is the best choice for the fast gunner. In almost every Western movie, the protagonist's weapon is this kind of revolver.
Of course, it is also indispensable for the sheriffs' essential weapon in western films, the Colt Army single-action revolver.
This kind of fixed ammunition cabin is divided into cavalry and artillery. This gun is even more sluggish. It appears 1,000% in every Western movie. It is the favorite of the sheriff and the bedside weapon of Billy Boy! Although this gun is single-action, Billy Boy can use it to deal with a group of sheriffs holding double-action!
The cavalry type is used for long-distance attacks on horseback, and the artillery type is used for sneak attacks and assassinations. The difference between the cavalry type and the artillery type is that the cavalry type is long and the artillery type is short.
Yang Jing likes this kind of gun very much, but although he holds a green card, he does not apply for a gun license, so even if he is planning to collect this kind of gun, he cannot buy it.
Chris, who was standing by, smiled and whispered: "BOSS, the harnesses here are good, and the weapons can only be said to be a part of the work. If you want better cowboy weapons and have the chance to go to my hometown, I will introduce you to a legendary cowboy. There are so many good things in his place. Even when Hollywood is filming Western movies, many dramas will go to him to rent some equipment."
Yang Jing asked in surprise: "Really?"
The big man next to him, Clark McCann smiled and said, "Boss, you don't have to doubt this. I can guarantee that Chris' hometown is Pecos in western Texas. There is indeed a legendary cowboy in his hometown. Not only the cowboys in Texas admire him, but almost the entire western cowboys also admire him. He is the famous old Billy! Christopher Billy, a legendary and great cowboy."
Yang Jing shook his head in a daze. Obviously, he didn't know about this cowboy.
However, Clark's voice just now became louder, which made the boss of the stall hear it. The boss also asked in surprise: "Young man, do you know Old Billy?"
Chris nodded proudly and said, "Uncle Billy's ranch is next to my ranch. Our two families have a very good relationship. The first time I rode a horse when I was a child was in Uncle Billy's ranch."
"Wow, then you are so happy. My God, you actually live in a neighbor with my idol..." The stall owner looked yearning, and he was in his sixties, and he was still like a star chaser.
Hearing the stall owner say this, Yang Jing smiled and said to Chris: "When the matter here is over, I think we should go to your hometown to be a guest. Guys, what do you think?"
The remaining three bodyguards waved their fists excitedly.
At this time, the fat man who had enough mouths in the back and Lin Dan walked over with arms around. Seeing the four bodyguards so excited, Lin Dan whistled and asked, "Wow, have we both missed something good?"
Chris smiled and said, "James, BOSS said, after the matter here is over, I will go to my hometown as a guest and place Mr. Christopher Billy."
"Christopher Billy?" Lin Dan was stunned for a moment, then asked excitedly: "It was the Christopher Billy who had won the National Rodeo Finals seven times in a row, killed seven Mexican gray wolves alone, saved six travelers, and then fought against the Mexican drug lords one by one, and was honored by all Western cowboys as Old Billy?"
Chris snapped his fingers happily and said, "That's right, it's this old Billy!"
Lin Dan screamed in excitement: "Wow! Cool!"
It can be seen that Lin Dan seems to know this old Billy very well.
The stall owner looked at these people and said with a smile: "So, cowboys, do you need to buy something from Old John? I admit that my things are not as good as Old Billy's, but these harnesses are made bit by bit by bit by bit, and are also quite famous in Beaumont. Guys, if you want, I will give you discounts."
Yang Jing thought for a while and said with a smile: "Mr. John, give me six sets of cowboy equipment. It's a pity that I haven't applied for a gun license yet and cannot buy these guns from you."
Old John spread his hands regretfully, and then said happily: "Six sets? No problem, Old John's harness will never disappoint you."
The fat man on the side stopped doing it and pulled Yang Jing and asked, "I said Jing Ge, we are seven people, why are you buying only six sets of horse harnesses?"
Before Yang Jing could speak, Lin Dan said, "Tsk, don't understand this yet? With your weight, no rancher is willing to use his own horse to make you beat him..."
"I @#¥%..." The two of them fought again...
Yang Jing didn't care about the funny things they were there, and said to Chris and the four of them, "I won't buy these things for you four. I'll take these things back to give them to others. But you can choose a few revolvers here, two for each person, which is a small gift I've given to you."
Chris and the others smiled and thanked them, and then began to select the revolvers. When Lin Dan and the fat man heard this, they immediately stopped quarreling and looked at Yang Jing with a grievance. The meaning was very obvious. You are the eldest brother, why didn’t you buy a set for your brother?
Yang Jing waved his hand and said, "Don't look like this either. Fatty is rich, Lin Dan, you are not short of money. You two won't buy it yourself? I bought these things as gifts for others. If you two like them, buy them yourself. Don't be like Grandet all day long."
When they heard that they had to pay for it themselves, the two of them immediately stopped talking and walked towards other places with their arms around each other.
Six sets of full sets of horse harnesses, each set of which costs 2,200 US dollars, and Old John gave a discount, each set of which costs 1,800 US dollars.
This price is really not cheap if it is in China. However, compared with the harnesses made from artificial leather in China, these harnesses made from pure cowhides and pure handmade are really inexpensive. Old John's craftsmanship is very good, and the harnesses made can be called works of art.
The six sets of horse harnesses totaled more than 10,000 US dollars. Chris and the others each picked two revolvers, and these eight guns were expensive. Even if they were discounted, the average price of each gun was as high as 3,500 US dollars.
You should know that in the gun store, a brand new Bereta M92 is only $500 or 600.
However, given that these revolvers have decades of history and can be regarded as antiques, the price is fair.
Including the harness, it was a total of 39,000 US dollars. Yang Jing paid the money very happily and continued to walk into the market with four bodyguards amid the thanks from Old John.
Old John would then send those six sets of horse harness directly to the place where Yang Jing and the others lived. It is obviously not a good idea to take the six sets of horse harnesses to the market here.
The market is mostly second-hand goods, such as second-hand furniture, second-hand appliances, second-hand tools and even second-hand vehicles, which can be seen in this flea market.
Americans’ hobby for second-hand goods is well known to the world. They do not regard second-hand goods as garbage at all, but are very good at using second-hand goods. In China, this is far from the same. Second-hand home appliances and second-hand furniture that Chinese people do not use, and eventually they will be brought to waste purchase stations, but in the United States, the utilization rate of second-hand goods is still very high.
Fatty and Lin Dan had long been missing, and Yang Jing was too lazy to care about them. He just took four bodyguards to wander around the market along with the flow of people, and bought them when he saw something he liked. Not long after, the five people had a lot of tricks on them, such as cowboy hats, deerskin gloves, jewelry made of animal teeth and bones... If Chris and the others had not all been wearing suits, they would have transformed into a typical western cowboy.
Of course, there are also many old books and old publications in this flea market. Yang Jing squatted down in front of a stall selling old books and old publications. After snatching a few times, he found that there was nothing good to stand up and leave. As a result, his eyes accidentally swept across a corner of the stall and was immediately attracted.
"Please take that sheepskin map over."
The boss brought over the very worn sheepskin map, and Yang Jing's heart suddenly felt moved.
There was still a broken sheepskin map lying in the storage space. It was collected by Yang Jing from a stall owner when he was visiting the Wanfo flea market in Paris. After the identification of the Holy Ring, the broken map turned out to be a pirate navigation chart, and it was hand-painted by a pirate named Boudman in the 16th century.
The broken sheepskin map in front of him looks like another broken island navigation map, because the bottom of the navigation map he had collected was close to the Bermuda Islands. The map showed a kind of tearing ripple, and above, almost half of Greenland was also torn apart.
And the top of the navigation chart in front of you seems to be able to be connected to the bottom of another navigation chart.
Chapter completed!