Coming to the city center, the LC area with the strongest cultural atmosphere, a small red brick single-family western-style building.

Get out. Ge Zhaoguang led the way.

Ge Chaoguang said: "This building has a name, called Little Red Building, which is the former residence of Zhang Ailing, a talented woman in the Republic of China, and was purchased by the current head of the household at a price of 80 million ten years ago. Although it is a private property, it is also a cultural heritage building, which is protected by national laws and cannot be renovated at will. ”

Han Zhou was a little surprised: "I bought a house for 80 million, and I have to pay a high fee every year, this house is too expensive." ”

He is currently only a millionaire, and he has to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for "property fees" alone, which is beyond his imagination.

Ge Chaoguang laughed.

Knocking on the door of the small western-style building, he was taken to the living room on the second floor by the maid.

A middle-aged man wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, smiling, welcomes the three of them.

He said: "Teacher Ge, junior high school brother, I haven't seen you for a long time. Hello, junior brother. ”

"Introducing myself, my surname is Wang, my name is Guangchang, I used to be a lecturer in the history department of Fudan, and later went to the sea to do business, doing collectibles and luxury goods. I heard Mr. Ge say that you have two pieces of porcelain, one red porcelain, and one celadon, and I want to invite you to take a look, and I am also very honored. ”

Han Zhou replied: "Yes, two pieces, right here, please see." ”

At the reception table, carefully open the box.

A red light, and a touch of rain over the azure sky, reflected on the faces of the four people.

Wang Guangchang was stunned for a moment, staring at the porcelain, and his body did not move.

It took him a while before he woke up from his trance, put on white gloves, held a magnifying glass, and looked at it carefully little by little.

Red porcelain, looked at it for 2 minutes, nodded. Celadon watched it for more than ten minutes, as if no one was there, engrossed in it, immersed in it.

This is the charm of the art of porcelain.

Finally, he sighed: "This Jun porcelain bowl is in excellent condition, the red glaze is like a glow like fire, and there are earthworms walking mud patterns, the age should be the Northern Song Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty." The auction price is estimated to be between 5 million and 10 million. ”

Han Zhou nodded: "This price is in line with my expectations." ”

Wang Guangchang's gaze fell on the celadon again.

A small celadon bowl in the shape of a lotus flower.

He sighed again and said, "This celadon lotus bowl is a priceless treasure. ”

"It's very similar to Ru kiln porcelain, but it's not Ru kiln porcelain, because it has a coarse earthy yellow embryo bottom, with this characteristic, it is very likely to be the legendary imperial kiln of Zhou Shizong, the emperor of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the chai kiln porcelain. ”

Han Zhou was puzzled: "What is the firewood kiln porcelain? ”

Wang Guangchang gave Han Zhou popular science.

Today's common saying is that there were five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty, "Ruguan Brother Junding", but in fact, the real five famous kilns should be firewood, Ru, Guan, brother, Ding, firewood kiln is the first, Ru kiln is second.

Xu Zhiheng of the Qing Dynasty said: "Wuhua porcelain can be divided into three periods: Song, Ming and Qing. There are five most famous in the Song Dynasty, the so-called Chai, Ru, Guan, Brother, and Ding. There are also Jun kilns, which are also very valuable. "Since the firewood kiln has not been found so far, and there is no physical object, the Jun kiln is usually included.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Cao Zhao had a clear record of the firewood kiln in his book "Gegu Yao": "The firewood kiln goes out of the north. It is said that the firewood was burned during the time of the emperor, so it is called the firewood kiln. Azure color, moist and fine, with fine lines, many feet of coarse loess. Rare in modern times. ”

Its porcelain is as blue as the sky, bright as a mirror, thin as paper, sound as chime, moisturizing and delicate with fine lines, making fine colors, and is the crown of the ancient kilns.

According to Tang's "Wanton Examination", when designing the firewood kiln porcelain, Zhou Shizong requested: "After the rain is over the sky and the clouds are blue**, this color will be the future." Some people have verified that the so-called legend of "Song Huizong Dream Rain Breaks the Sky and Opens Ru Kiln" is actually borrowed from the legend of the firewood kiln.

The firewood kiln is the father, and the Ruyao is the son.

It is a pity that since the birth of the firewood kiln, there is very little surviving. Because Emperor Chai Rong stipulated that the qualified porcelain fired was only allowed to be used in the court, and all the defective products were destroyed on the spot and were not allowed to flow into the people.

After the Zhou Dynasty's rivers and mountains were captured by Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, the firewood kiln gradually declined.

Han Zhou asked, "Is there no firewood kiln porcelain in the world now?"

Wang Changguang said: "There are physical records in all dynasties, until the Republic of China. But now I have searched all over the world, except for your possible firewood kiln porcelain, I can no longer find it and it is lost. Yes, it's just porcelain fragments that can't be verified. ”

Wang Changguang quoted scriptures.

In the third year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, Lu Zhen's "Xuande Dingyi Spectrum" recorded: "...... The inner government collects firewood, Ru, official, brother, Jun, and named kiln utensils, and the style is elegant, and the picture is written and presented...... Its firewood, you, official, brother, jun, and Dingzhong are selected and selected twenty-nine kinds. ”

In the Qing Dynasty Liu Tiren's "Seven Songs" in the "Seven Songs", he recorded what he saw with his own eyes: "The firewood kiln is not finished, the near-complex is slightly out of the Yan, the cloth nunnery sees a wash, round and oval, the face diameter is seven inches, the swarthy is deep, the light color is uncertain, the rain over the sky is not enough to describe, the cloth ann said: 'the eyes are blue'." ”

During the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai's housekeeper and great collector Guo Baochang exchanged a piece of firewood kiln with a house and 20 acres of fertile land.

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After speaking, the four of them sat down quietly, made tea, and robed in red robes.

While sipping tea, you can appreciate the porcelain and feel the meaning of the king of ancient Chinese porcelain.

A pure enjoyment, pure beauty.

After drinking, Wang Changguang said: "Senior Brother Han, I have a reluctant request. ”

Han Zhou said: "Please speak." ”

Wang Changguang said: "I have an old friend for many years, the top 30 on the domestic wealth list, a billionaire with a net worth of 100 billion, has always been very interested in firewood kiln porcelain, looking for me to collect more than a dozen pieces of firewood kiln porcelain fragments, once asked me, to help him find a complete firewood kiln porcelain, willing to buy at a high price, the real high price, is not ambiguous." ”

Han Zhou said: "As long as the money is in place, I have no opinion." ”

What he lacked was not porcelain, but money. Selling porcelain for money is something that has been planned for a long time. was originally going to be auctioned, but if the big guy who was not bad for money could buy it at a high price, which was no less than the auction price, he would be willing to sell.

Moreover, it can also expand the top-level network resources, which is a more rare thing.

Wang Changguang laughed and said, "The junior brother is really straightforward, so cool, I like it very much." ”

In order to convince the big guy, and to ensure that there are no problems, it is also necessary to do a carbon 14 identification, and use a professional tool to scrape a little bit of the bottom blank and glaze, without affecting the value of the porcelain itself. ”

Han Zhou said: "Okay, you arrange." ”

Wang Changguang used professional tools to scrape a little glaze and blank and store them.

The four of them admired the porcelain for a while before dispersing.

......

Half a month later, Han Zhou received a phone call.

"Brother Han, I am Wang Changguang, the identification results are out, the age is at the end of the Five Dynasties and the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, combined with the type and color of the vessel, many of our experts have identified it as a firewood kiln, which is the only existing firewood kiln in the world, a priceless treasure!"

Things are vaguely expensive, and if there is only one piece, it is the most expensive of the expensive, and it can be called priceless.