Chapter 359: Golden Sizzle
Shen Qiu ignored everyone's doubts and continued to state the story about the special smoking gun.
"In the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu, during the turbulent period of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Nation Coalition led by Britain and France was eyeing the land of the Qing Dynasty. ”
"As we all know, although the Guangxu Emperor sat on the dragon chair, in fact, Cixi listened to the government behind the curtain, if you want to hear the first-hand news of the Qing Dynasty, you must win over the closest people around Cixi, so the British first thought of Li Lianying, in order to please Li Lianying, specially asked the British Doug Machinery Company to tailor a big smoking gun called "Golden Jazz" for Li Lianying!"
"After the British played the golden knight, they invited Zhang Mingshan, the governor of Liangguang at that time, to draw money and ask him to transfer this special smoking gun to Li Lianying!
"This Zhang Mingshan is an out-and-out womanizer, after receiving the cigarette gun, he was not in a hurry to go to Beiping to make a business, but first went to find a familiar concubine to have a good time, and when he woke up the next day, something happened, the "Golden Jazz" cigarette gun was gone, only a beautiful packaging box was left, and the real body inside disappeared strangely!"
"At this time, Zhang Mingshan was dumbfounded, and led his subordinates to search the entire Chunhua Building, and the result can be imagined, that special smoking gun can't even find a shadow, as if the world has suddenly evaporated!"
"Zhang Mingshan didn't dare to slack off on this matter, you must know that the British had already mentioned this stubble in advance, saying that they would create a special smoking gun for Li Lianying, if this smoking gun went wrong in his hand, it would be a big crime to lose his head! In desperation, Zhang Mingshan came up with a way to ask the craftsmen and masters of Yangcheng to temporarily create a smoking gun!"
Shen Qiu said that the cigarette gun in his hand was re-revealed: "So there is this cigarette gun in front of everyone, don't look at the appearance of this cigarette gun, the appearance of this cigarette gun is yellow, exquisitely made, in fact, it is a substitute created by the eighteen top carving masters, casting masters, and relief masters in Yangcheng for three days and two nights!"
"Although it is said to be a substitute, its appearance is almost exactly the same as the original, and in the end, even Zhang Mingshan himself thinks it is incredible, and the outline is exactly the same! Because it is a counterfeit in itself, I can only conclude that it is an imitation, and the imitation is always an imitation, and it will never replace "Golden Jazz", although the smoking gun itself is conservative and controversial......
"Then, Zhang Mingshan sent this substitute to Li Lianying in Beiping, Li Lianying probably didn't realize that this was a substitute until now, maybe there are very few people in this world who know the truth......"
Shen Qiu's little story ended here, there was silence in the box, and after a few seconds, Lu Biao swooped up from his position: "Shen Qiu! Your story is well told! It is vivid and realistic, and it is said in a good way, as if you were the one who experienced this golden jazz back then, but I still have to say a word, a bunch of nonsense! It's just a bunch of nonsense!"
"Did Zhang Mingshan tell you this story? Or did you personally experience it? I don't know what kind of folk tale came out of someone's mouth, and when it came to your mouth, it became the theoretical evidence for judging a collection? If you can rely on this story, I, Lu Biao, can tell you the same story for three days and three nights!"
Shen Qiu smiled coldly, the source of this story was the fragment that emerged when he touched the cigarette gun itself, and eighteen craftsmen from Yangcheng drove out this specially customized cigarette gun in three days. From material selection, carving, casting, fire, quenching, all in one go.
"Ahem, cough, cough......" Miao Jiafu got up and shook his head and said: "Master Shen Qiu's story has a certain reference, but unfortunately it can't be used as a basis for judging the collection, Master Shen Qiu, can you provide a more accurate basis?"
"Steward Miao, don't worry......" Shen Qiu's eyes were calm and continued calmly: "Everyone here knows that this smoking gun is specially customized by Doug Machinery Company, and every part in it, even a screw, is unique in the world! It is like an accurate famous watch! Every part in the dial is precisely connected, and it is irreplaceable and indispensable! Therefore, it is very simple to identify the authenticity of this smoking gun, that is, to identify whether it is a product of Doug Company!"
"It's not that I, Shen Qiu, underestimate those eighteen craftsmen! It's not easy for them to make an identical smoking gun in a short period of time, but after all, they can only imitate the appearance of the smoking gun, but they can never copy the internal parts of the smoking gun!
What does it look like?
"Shen Qiu, what do you mean, you said this cigarette gun is a good thing?" Lu Biao asked loudly.
"The most basic function of the smoking gun is to inhale and exhaust smoke, Lu Biao, you can try it, if this smoking gun can be ventilated, even if I lose!" Shen Qiu raised his hand and handed the smoking gun to Lu Biao: "Come on, come on, you take a puff!"
"Take a puff, just take a puff!" Lu Biao took it unbelievingly: "Shen Qiu, I said what is good about you, if the smoking gun can't be ventilated, isn't it just an ornament!"
"Poof! poof!"
As soon as Lu Biao's words were halfway through, the whole person was suddenly dumbfounded, he first leaned on the cigarette holder and took a puff, and then his whole face became the color of pig liver, which was stunned by the characteristic smoking gun.
No, really not?
"Impossible! It must be blocked inside! It is impossible not to ventilate!" Lu Biao puffed out his cheeks and blew violently on the cigarette holder, but the cheek raiser almost blew up, and he didn't see the cigarette gun ventilating.
That's embarrassing!
Miao Jiafu next to him explained with an embarrassed face: "Even if it is not ventilated, it can't explain the problem, the smoking gun in the Guangxu period has been nearly a hundred years now, and the smoke gun is not working, it may be that the smoke pipe inside is blocked, or the cigarette nest component is faulty, strictly speaking, this cannot be used as a standard for judging authenticity!"
"Yes, yes!" Lu Biao came back to his senses and wiped his big mouth and said, "Okay, you Shen Qiu, I was almost encircled by you! What's wrong with not ventilating? The smoking gun is an antique, not a factory commodity!"
"Hehe......" Shen Qiu smiled and nodded slightly, reaching out to take the pure copper smoking gun: "I knew you would say that! It seems that you are not immortal if you don't have the heart of the Yellow River!"
Shen Qiu said that he put the cigarette gun across the palm of his hand, held the cigarette socket of the cigarette gun and turned it vigorously, and launched a series of divine operations.
The cigarette pipe, cigarette butt, connecting rod, and six parts of the cigarette gun were dismantled by Shen Qiu, and they were presented in front of everyone at a glance.
"The parts of every product of Douger company will be marked with the company's logo, even if it is a screw, there will be Doug's mark and number! These parts are not!, and then look at it only a few six parts, don't say that this is a smoking gun designed by Doug company, that is, ordinary cigarette gun parts are not reached, a normal cigarette gun parts are removed, not counting screws, will not be less than twenty-two parts!"
"The six-part smoking gun can only show that it is a work made by Zhang Mingshan in a hurry, but the appearance is exactly the same as the real thing, and the inside is simply miserable! This is the real reason why the smoking gun is not ventilated! Now you can tell me again, what is this smoking gun if it is not an imitation?"
"I ...... Is this really?" Lu Biao was speechless in an instant, and his face was invisibly slapped by Shen Qiu.
"Master Shen Qiu...... You...... How the hell did you do that?"
Miao Jiafu's expression was extremely exaggerated, and Shen Qiu's movements were smooth when he dismantled the smoking gun, as if this smoking gun more than a hundred years ago was designed and manufactured by him himself, and he saw the structure and design inside clearly.
It was as if Shen Qiu was one of the eighteen carving masters.
"It's incredible! Master Shen Qiu! I'm ...... It's the first time I've seen you do this? Oh my God! This operation has to be convincing! I'm convinced...... I, Miao Jiafu, am convinced this time!"
"Thank you, Steward Miao! It's not too early! Trouble Steward Miao to bring our people out......"