Meng Zitao was still very excited that Duan Lao could agree, after all, Duan Lao was one of the few wood masters in these years, not to mention the whole country, he was very famous abroad, and if he wanted to ask him to make furniture, he would not have a certain friendship, or if the wood was good enough, it was impossible to agree.

However, Duan Lao's age is relatively old after all, and he has a lot of plates, so Meng Zitao is still a little worried about Duan Lao's body.

"Old Duan, there are more plates this time......"

Before Meng Zitao finished speaking, Duan Lao waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about this, just bring the wood." But there is a diǎn, I want to discuss with you, such a superb golden silk nanmu, I want to make the best use of things, do you think you can?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "Of course there is no problem, you are an expert in this area, you can make zuò according to your own ideas." ”

Duan Lao smiled: "Then there will be no problem on my side, by the way, there is also a diǎn You also know that the wood works in our Yangcheng are all fine works, and it may take a long time to complete the works, so you have to be mentally prepared." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Of course it's no problem, I'll wait." ”

Duan Lao laughed, and then called Duan Shiyi in, talked about this matter, and then waited for the materials to be shipped over.

Meng Zitao had already been ready, and called Meng Hongchang and asked him to escort those golden silk nanmu planks to Yangcheng, and it was estimated that he would arrive at noon.

Since Duan Lao still had work in his hands, Meng Zitao didn't want to disturb him too much, but Duan Lao said it didn't matter, so the two chatted.

When it came to the meal, Duan Shiyi came over to ask the two of them to eat, and Duan Lao stood up with a smile: "Xiao Meng, your basic skills are among your peers, and it is rare to be solid enough." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It's all taught by my master." ”

Duan Lao said with a smile: "Then you have to work hard, speaking of which, Zheng Lao's life is good enough to find an apprentice like you." ”

"You're getting too old to win ......"

Halfway through the meal, Meng Hongchang arrived, and Meng Zitao originally planned to deal with the wood after eating, but Duan Lao's father and son couldn't wait a little and asked someone to unload the wood from the car.

As soon as they saw the wood, the father and son had no other dong + 'dǐng+'diǎn+' 'small +' in their eyes, .2√3.os_ ↘(); In the west, I couldn't even think of eating, so I watched the wood intently, thinking about how to make the best use of it.

"Old Duan, let's finish the meal first, shall we?" Meng Zitao persuaded.

Duan Lao didn't squint and waved his hand: "I'm fine, I almost ate just now." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Then let's move the wood to the warehouse first, the sun is big enough outside." ”

Father and son looked up and agreed. Everyone moved the timber to the warehouse together, but Duan Lao immediately returned to the state just now.

Duan Shiyi spread his hands with a smile and said to Meng Zitao: "You go to eat first, I'll watch here." ”

"Okay, you call me for something. ”

After eating, Meng Zitao went to sign an agreement with Duan Shiyi, and seeing that Duan Lao was still obsessed with those few pieces of wood, he stepped forward to persuade a few words, but Duan Lao said that it didn't matter, saying that he often did this.

Meng Zitao couldn't do anything about it, so he reminded Duan Shiyi to pay attention to Duan Lao's body, and proposed to leave.

In the car, Meng Hongchang said with emotion: "I didn't expect Duan Lao to be so focused on doing things at this age. ”

Meng Zitao said: "Elites from all walks of life are like this, and they will definitely take their own work very seriously, otherwise where will they get their achievements?"

"That's right. ”

"Where are you going next?"

"Let's go to the Red Garden, when I came out, I met Mr. Zhang, and he asked me to go to a friend in the Red Garden to get a piece of jade from the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Row ......"

Yangcheng antique market actually originated from the Hongyuan flower and bird market, the old museum and the pigeon market in the Yechun area, from the flowers, birds, fish and insects trading and old things exchange gradually formed a professional antique market, more and more employees, the scale is also growing.

Among them, the Hongyuan Flower and Bird Market is mostly antique stalls, which seem to be popular, but the owners of the antique stalls speak with accents from all over the world. Moreover, many of them sell trinkets, jade, and pirated books, and there are a few mobile stalls next to them, selling leather slippers at random on the roadside, which look very miscellaneous, as a friend of Mencius said, it does not look high-grade.

However, after two or three years, when Meng Zitao came here again, the situation was a little different.

Meng Zitao and Meng Hongchang walked past some stalls and took a look at the things on the stalls, but the stall owners just glanced at them with their eyes, and most of them ignored them.

"It's no wonder that this business can be good. Meng Hongchang muttered.

Meng Zitao smiled: "There are many fish and dragons here, there are not many antiques that are really valuable, all kinds of ordinary antiques and fakes can be seen everywhere, and there is nothing to see." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Zitao, who had been using his ability, let out a soft "huh" in his heart, walked to a stall specializing in stationery supplies, calligraphy and painting, and squatted down.

Meng Zitao first picked up a few stationery items and looked at them, and then he took out another picture scroll and opened it to look at it.

I saw that this painting is a typical composition of the "Three Distances", with tall and beautiful distant mountains, wide and distant rivers, and quiet bamboo forests, reflecting the vast and vast, quiet and natural, plain and free realm.

Noticing that the stall owner was looking at him with a smile, Meng Zitao had an idea, his eyes pretended to glance at an inkstone not far away, and immediately lowered his head and coughed lightly.

Then, Meng Zitao asked the stall owner, "Boss, how much does this painting cost?"

"This is Shen Zhou's work, and there is also a 'treasure of Jiaqing Yulan' printed on it, which was appraised by Emperor Jiaqing, and it is completely priceless, and I am also ......"

The stall owner was talking nonsense for a while, and then said: "Of course, we can meet because of fate, I'll give you a real price, how about this number?"

Seeing the stall owner smiling and comparing an astonishing number, Meng Zitao sneered: "Boss, have you not spoken for too long, and you are suffocated? If this is the real thing, will you put it here? And no one has chosen it for so long? To put it mildly, I don't think anyone wants a hundred yuan." ”

The stall owner smiled and said, "Little brother, I think we still don't talk darkly, are you interested in this inkstone?"

Meng Zitao looked at the inkstone, was silent for a moment, and asked, "How much is this inkstone?"

The stall owner smiled: "This inkstone jade quality is good, the knife work is quite good, if you want it, take it with one thousand two." ”

Meng Zitao shook his head: "I don't think the jade quality is good, and there are flaws, the knife work is just so-so, I will give you a hundred at most." ”

"Little brother, don't be kidding, one hundred is not even enough for me to buy the price, if you want it, eight hundred yuan. ”

"One Hundred and Fifteen ......"

After some bargaining, the stall owner said, "Four hundred and two, I'll give you this painting again." ”

Meng Zitao laughed secretly, and someone sent a pillow when he was really sleepy, but when he was about to agree, he noticed that the stall owner's eyes seemed to be a little wrong, and he muttered in his heart: "Old fox, it's really a thief." ”

So, he shook his head and said, "Why do I want this painting, can I still eat it?"

The stall owner smiled: "Little brother, what you said is not right, art is also spiritual food, of course it can be eaten as food." ”

"You want to eat what you eat, I don't agree with this price. ”

"Then it's twenty cheaper, and if it doesn't work, forget it. ”

"And this painting?"

"Yes. ”

"You ......"

Meng Zitao pretended to be unhappy: "Okay, okay! Four hundred is four hundred, I don't want to talk to you too much...... What do I want to do with this painting!"

After completing the transaction, Meng Zitao directly took the things and left.

When the stall owner was gone, Meng Hongchang smiled and said, "Zitao, this painting should have been missing, right?"

"Picked up a small leak. Meng Zitao smiled diǎn diǎn head.

"Shen Zhou's painting has become a small leak in your mouth?" Meng Hongchang was speechless.

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "Who told you that this is Shen Zhou's painting?"

"Huh?" Meng Hongchang was very surprised: "You won't sue me, this is a fake, right?"

Meng Zitao said: "This is not a fake but an imitation, do you know Gusu films?"

Meng Hongchang shook his head: "I really haven't heard of it, but it should be related to Gusu, right?"

"It's relevant. ”

Meng Zitao explained with a smile: "With the economic development of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the folk art market became more and more prosperous, and a large number of forgeries of calligraphy and painting for the purpose of profit appeared, and the forgery skills of calligraphy and painting became higher and higher. ”

"As for why the 'Gusu Piece' appeared, it was due to the prosperity of the Wumen School of Painting in the Ming Dynasty and the prosperity of the local economy. ”

In order to improve the professional level of counterfeiting, they began to divide labor and cooperate, or specialized in calligraphy and painting, or specialized in seals, or specialized in trees, or specialized in mountains and stones, and eventually formed a reproduction industry of masterpieces of calligraphy and painting. Due to the large number and wide circulation, museums all over the country have collections, and many of them are also circulated overseas. Some of these fine products have deceived the emperor and have been stamped with royal collection seals such as 'Treasure of Qianlong Imperial Collection' and 'Treasure of Jiaqing Imperial Collection'. ”

After listening to Meng Zitao's introduction, Meng Hongchang suddenly realized: "I understand, your painting is the kind that deceived Emperor Jiaqing." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Yes, although it is not a genuine work, it is very rare to be able to deceive Emperor Jiaqing, not to mention anything else, at least in terms of art, it is still diǎn." ”

Meng Hongchang said: "This is also the case, but who painted this painting, do you have any clues?"

Meng Zitao said: "Generally, many of the 'Gusu films' are from the hands of relatives, friends and disciples of the descendants of famous families, such as Wang Lai's imitation of his friend Shen Zhou's painting, and Wu Sanjiang's imitation of his maternal grandfather Zhu Yunming's words. (To be continued.) )