Meng Zitao smiled: "This big brother, you can rest assured." ”

After speaking, he picked up the blue vase and looked at it carefully, in addition, in addition to the blue and white vase in the box, there were also some bowls and plates, and he also looked at them carefully one by one.

In the process, the wife asked the staff to move the things, while the husband watched from the sidelines, and then asked, "How is it, how much is it worth?"

Meng Zitao looked around and said, "Look, do you want to find a place to talk?"

The husband said: "Little brother, I'm sorry, you also saw it, my family moved today, and it's still very messy, why don't we go there and talk?"

"Row ......"

The group walked aside, and Meng Zitao asked, "May I ask your eldest brother's surname?"

"Don't give your surname Zhang, Zhang Zhengqi. Zhang Zhengqi said: "Okay, the name is also said, can you tell me how much this thing is worth?"

Meng Zitao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, we are in business, it is not appropriate for me to say how much it is worth, the key is to depend on your own meaning." ”

Zhang Zhengqi said: "I don't understand, what price do you ask me to offer? I want 100,000 yuan, and you won't agree, right?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "100,000 is definitely impossible, otherwise, this blue and white vase plus these plates and bowls, even if it is 8,000 yuan, how about it?"

"Eight thousand. Zhang Zhengqi's eyes rolled, looking a little moved, but he immediately said: "Wait a minute, I'll discuss it with my wife." ”

"No problem. ”

After a while, Zhang Zhengqi brought his wife over, and his wife said bluntly: "If you want, take 12,000." ”

Meng Zitao shook his head: "This price is a bit high, I will lose money if I buy it." ”

Zhang Zhengqi's wife said: "What is the loss, I am also in business, you collect things, which one is not at least folded in half? Besides, we don't know whether antiques or antiques are not antiques, who knows how much this thing is worth? I didn't directly double it, it's enough." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Eldest sister, what you said is too absolute, I am a gentleman, I love money and take it in a good way, just like I said to my eldest brother just now, we are in business, I must have lowered the price, but if you want to say that the discount is even lower, then there will definitely be none." ”

"In this way, I will add another 1,000 to you, even if it is 9,000, what do you think? Of course, we are a meeting today, and you don't know the market, if you think it is too little, you can take it to the antique street and ask first. ”

Hearing this, the couple discussed it again, and Zhang Zhengqi said: "Little brother, just like you said, when we meet for the first time, we can't talk about anything we don't believe in each other. Otherwise, you can introduce these things, and we will consider whether to sell them to you, but don't worry, even if we don't sell them, we will give you a thousand yuan. ”

Meng Zitao said calmly: "Of course this is no problem, let me say first, these pieces of porcelain are not official kilns, otherwise, it is impossible to only be worth this money......"

Next, Meng Zitao introduced these pieces of porcelain one by one, during this period, a man in his thirties happened to pass by, so he came up curiously, anyway, it was not a confidential matter, and everyone did not let him leave.

Meng Zitao said: "What about the situation, that's it, you can go to another place, ask about the situation, if it's not right, you can go to my store to find me, and I will return the money to you." ”

The couple was a little skeptical about Meng Zitao's oath: "Really?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "Of course, if you feel uneasy, I can write you a note." ”

Zhang Zhengqi looked at the man who came up, and the other party also knew each other, so he immediately left with a smile, and then said: "Since the little brother said it so brightly, then we can sell these things to you, but can you add another thousand, it can be regarded as a whole number." ”

Meng Zitao hesitated for a moment, and then said: "To be honest, this price is indeed a bit high, but I don't want to come in vain, so this price, do you want cash, or transfer?"

"Turn ......"

Zhang Zhengqi pulled his wife's clothes: "It's still cash, I just settled the money from the moving company." ”

"Okay, let's cash then......"

After completing the transaction, Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Do you have a digital camera, you can take a photo of these things, you can ask a friend to take a look at it in the future, if you think it's okay, if there are any old things to sell in the future, you can take me to see it." ”

Zhang Zhengqi said with a smile: "Looking at the little brother talking, I know that he is a bright person, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely look for you." ”

"Okay, then I won't bother you......"

After a few polite words, Meng Zitao said goodbye and walked towards the car with his things.

Meng Zitao smiled as he walked: "Hehe, no, I didn't come for nothing." ”

Yu Weigang said: "Hey you are big, you can make four or five thousand things at most, if you count your rent, energy and other consumption, you basically can't make a few dollars, I don't know what to do." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "If you can make a few dollars, you can earn a few, no matter what, today's oil money will definitely be available." ”

"Hey, brother, do you collect antiques?"

As soon as Meng Zitao's words fell, a person rushed out from the side, it was the young man who had just listened to Meng Zitao's explanation.

Meng Zitao smiled and nodded, "Yes, do you have any old items you want to sell?"

The young man said: "My family has a few things handed down from my ancestors, but I don't know if they are worth it, if it is convenient, can you help me take a look?"

Meng Zitao asked, "Do you want to appraise or transfer?"

"How much money do you need?" asked the young man.

Meng Zitao said: "To be honest, I usually don't accept appraisal work, if you want to negotiate the price, I really can't say, just say just now, the eldest brother gave me a thousand yuan appraisal fee, of course, in the end, I bought the thing, and I didn't ask for the appraisal fee." ”

The young man said, "However, if it is not anything of value, I just ask you to appraise it, then it will be a loss?"

Yu Weigang smiled and said: "You are also quite funny, if you think so, wouldn't those antique experts starve to death?"

Meng Zitao said: "I have an idea, if the value of the thing is less than 1,000, I will only charge 200 appraisal fees, if it is more than 1,000, I will buy it, and the appraisal fee will not be yours, of course, if you don't sell the thing, you have to give me 1,000 yuan appraisal fee." ”

The young man thought about it, agreed, and took everyone to his house.

The young man's name is Zhao Xiang, a family of five, his parents and wife are still working, and his son is in school, he has just quit his job and is about to look for a job, saying that if the old things left by his ancestors can be worth a lot of money, he will use them to do business.

"Ah, I found it!" Zhao Xiang rummaged through the cabinet and found a bronze mirror.

"Whew!"

Zhao Xiang walked over with the bronze mirror and blew the dust on the bronze mirror: "It's a little dirty all the time in the corner, I'll go get something and wipe it." ”

Meng Zitao hurriedly stopped: "Don't, if you're not careful, you'll be scratched." ”

Zhao Xiang put the bronze mirror on the table: "I really don't know much about this, then you can take a look first, I remember that there are other things at home, I'll look for it again." ”

"Okay, you're busy. ”

After Zhao Xiang returned to the room, Yu Weigang couldn't help but say: "I said, this thing is too broken, you see the things pasted on it, they are either broken or dropped, and the surface is still rusty, and it is not a valuable thing at first glance." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "You are really wrong, this bronze mirror is a relatively rare inlaid glass copper mirror, in terms of style, it should be made in the Sui Dynasty, although in terms of quality, it is not too precious, but it is also a fine product." ”

Just like Mencius said, this bronze mirror is round, round buttons, buttons decorated with blue glass, persimmon pattern buttons, and petals decorated with glass. The square glazed ring is decorated with two circles, and the glaze is colorful, gorgeous and beautiful.

Between the glazed double rings, the four gods of the green dragon and the red bird and the basalt white tiger are opposite, surrounded by clouds, the ornamentation is three-dimensional, and the main and secondary are distinct. The long tail of the big-crowned vermilion bird is swaying, the green dragon is accompanied by the small dragon, the Xuanwu creeping snake is surrounded, and the white tiger has wings running in the middle.

This mirror is exquisitely decorated, the glass is colorful, luxurious and abnormal, it must be used by the palace nobles at that time, but unfortunately because of the age, the glass is damaged and falls off, and the quality of the guide zhì is not good, which affects the value, but it is also an out-and-out masterpiece.

Yu Weigang said with some curiosity: "Oh, according to what you say, is this thing quite valuable?"

Meng Zitao said: "Anyway, it must be more valuable than the ones I bought just now, and I will talk about it later." ”

Yu Wei just reacted, and now they are still in the master's territory, which is really inconvenient to say, so he changed the topic.

After a while, Zhao Xiang walked back with a box: "I'm really sorry, the thing was hidden by my father, and I won't find it for a while."

Meng Zitao's heart moved: "Mr. Zhao, do you have the right to decide these things, I bought them if you don't want them, your family disagrees, and they come to me to argue for going back." ”

Zhao Xiang hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I am in charge of this family, if I decide to sell things to you, what you said will definitely not happen." ”

Meng Zitao said: "That's good. ”

Then, Zhao Xiang asked, "Shopkeeper Meng, what do you think of this bronze mirror?"

Meng Zitao said: "It's not bad, do you want to listen to my introduction now, or wait until everything is appraised?"

"Let's talk about it all after it's all identified. Zhao Xiang put the box in front of Meng Zitao and opened it, only to see two gall bottles inside.

The gall bottle, named because of the type such as the hanging gall, these two gall bottles, gilded throughout, gorgeous and abnormal, however, it may be a relationship of age, the gilt in some places on the surface has a small amount of falling off, revealing the carcass of the bottle, but it is purple.

Meng Zitao picked up the gall bottle and found that the two gall bottles were actually made by Liuli, and they looked like ancient glass.

The ancient method of glass has also been introduced before, and most people think that glass is glass, and glass is the ancient name of glass, but in fact, there is a difference between the two. Glass is a product of industrialization, and glass is a work of art in ancient handicraft workshops.

To use a simple metaphor, glass is like a painter's elaborate painting and calligraphy, and glass is a print. Therefore, it is normal for glass to be more valuable than glass, especially in ancient times, due to the limitation of technological factors, the output of glazed ware is not high, and the amount of survival is much lower than that of bronze ceramics and jade.

It was not until the fifteenth century that Western missionaries entered our country, and they brought some exquisite glass products, and the glass of the West and the glass of the East influenced and blended with each other, forming a period of prosperity. Since then, the line between glass and glass has blurred.

Getting back to the point, Mencius Tao weighed the weight of the two glass gall bottles and found that compared with the glazed works of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the feel was heavier, which indicated that it was likely to be the glazed works before the Ming and Qing dynasties, because they contained a large amount of lead and barium.

Seeing Meng Zitao quietly looking at the two bile bottles, Zhao Xiang was a little nervous, and when Meng Zitao was finished, he hurriedly asked: "Shopkeeper Meng, these two bottles should be made of glass, right?"

"Yes, it's Ruri. ”

"Is it ancient glaze?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "Mr. Zhao, it looks like you should have done research before, right?"

Zhao Xiang listened to Meng Zitao's words, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with a smile: "I have indeed studied it before, but it should not be comparable to you experts." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Then I'll tell you now?"

"I'm sorry for you. ”

"You're welcome, let's start with this inlaid glass bronze mirror......" Then, Meng Zitao successively told his judgment of the bronze mirror and the gall bottle.

Zhao Xiang asked, "In other words, these two gall bottles are likely to be from the Song Dynasty?"

Meng Zitao said: "In terms of vessel type and craftsmanship, I think it is from the Song Dynasty, but I am not very sure. ”

"Oh. Zhao Xiang pondered for a while and said, "Please sit for a while......

After speaking, Zhao Xiang went back to the room, and Yu Weigang said: "I said that you are true, you said it in such detail, and I am not afraid that he will not sell you things." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "We are doing a long-term business, there is no need to lie to him at this time, in case he still has a treasure, won't I lose it if I do this? Just like just now, the reason why I am willing to spend 10,000 yuan to buy those things is not also to buy bones." ”

Yu Weigang waved his hand: "Come on, what bones are there to buy?"

"Hey, if you don't believe me, I'll give you an analysis. ”

Meng Zitao said: "In these days, there should be few people who don't know that antiques may be worth a lot of money, right?"

"That's for sure. Yu Weigang nodded.

Meng Zitao continued: "In this case, then why do they still put those few things so casually? In addition, didn't you find that Zhang Zhengqi's expression just now was too blunt, I think he just knows the value of his things. ”

Yu Weigang retorted: "No, like you said, if he knows the value of things, why do he still put them so casually?"

Meng Zitao said: "Okay, even if you don't know the value of things, but you have some numbers in your heart, you should agree, right?"

Yu Weigang recalled the previous scene and nodded: "It seems that I may know something." But even that doesn't prove that there's anything better in his family, does it?"

Meng Zitao asked: "Then do you say that this is possible?"

Yu Wei said: "There is indeed a possibility. ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "That's it, I didn't lose money, at most I spent a few thousand yuan to buy this possibility, what's not cost-effective? Moreover, if they or their relatives and friends have any antiques to sell, they will definitely think of me, right?"

"That's it. Yu Weigang said, looking Meng Zitao up and down.

Meng Zitao touched his face: "What are you doing?"

Yu Weigang smiled: "I think you kid also has a set of business." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Don't tell me, you don't even understand such a truth." ”

Yu Weigang waved his hand: "I'm different from yours, and I'm not responsible for work like jade gambling stones, the materials are clearly priced, at most acquaintances, the price is preferential, give a rebate or something, don't be like you, cast a wide net to catch fish." However, it's not a way to do it like you, there are fewer and fewer good things in the people now, what will you do in the future?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "I don't have an auction company, there are other industries incubating, at most leaning in the direction of modern artworks." However, this is a matter after Chang Yuan, at least for ten years, I will still be able to do something in this industry. ”

"Also to ......"

The two chatted for a while, and then Zhao Xiang came out of the room: "Let the two of you wait for a long time, I decided, this pair of bottles and bronze mirrors will be sold to you, how much can you give?"

Meng Zitao said: "Mr. Zhao, I'm very sorry, my line is usually the owner who bids first. ”

Zhao Xiang was a little strange: "There are still such rules, what is the reason?"

Meng Zitao explained: "What if the owner of the goods sells antiques is fake, and the price is real? Of course, this doesn't mean Mr. Zhao, but the rules are like this, and it's not easy to break, don't you say?"

"It's all like that?"

"It's true, you can call and ask. ”

Zhao Xiang was silent for a while, and said, "Okay, I want 600,000 for these three things, and I can't do anything less." ”

"600,000 at a fixed price?"

"Yes, a fixed price. ”

"Huh. Meng Zitao smiled: "Mr. Zhao, you make me a little embarrassed like this." ”

Zhao Xiang shrugged his shoulders: "You just said it's okay, right?"

Meng Zitao hesitated for a moment and said, "It's better to be cheaper, after all, I still have some doubts about those two gall bottles." ”

Zhao Xiang shook his head: "If it doesn't work, then forget it." ”

Meng Zitao took a deep breath and spit it out: "Okay, it's 600,000." ”

"Then let's go to the bank now. ”

"Okay, let's go......"

went to the bank to transfer the money, and Meng Zitao and his party drove back to the store.

"I said, these three things are really worth 600,000?" Yu Weigang was a little skeptical.

Meng Zitao didn't answer directly, but asked: "Have you ever watched "Jianyi Zhi"?"

Yu Weigang shook his head: "I haven't read it, what kind of book is this? Is it related to the few things you just bought?"

Meng Zitao said: "Jianyi Zhi is a collection of literary and strange words written by Hongmai in the Southern Song Dynasty, in which a story is recorded......"

said yes, Song Huizong once handed over ten purple glass gall bottles to the eunuchs. Let the eunuch order the craftsman to gild the inside of the bottle.

The eunuch took the glass bottle and showed it to the craftsmen of the court, but the craftsmen had no way to do it.

When the eunuch asked why, the craftsmen gave a reason, saying, "If you want to put the gold in it, you should iron it with a soldering iron to make it smooth." However, the bottleneck of the glass bottle is too narrow, and the soldering iron cannot reach the proper position. And the glass bottle is brittle and thin, and it can't withstand hand pinching. If it must be gilded, the bottle will definitely break. We'd rather be guilty. I didn't dare to take this job. ”

Although the eunuch is angry, he can't be forced to do such a thing, but the things that the emperor has to do well, otherwise, he will be unlucky.

After thinking about it, the eunuch remembered a sentence, the masters are all in the people, so he went out of the palace to find skilled craftsmen, and happened to see that the tin worker to plate the pottery tin is very exquisite, so he died as a live horse doctor, took a glass bottle to him, and asked him to gild the inner wall.

The tinsmith did not say anything to the previous craftsmen, but only told the eunuch to come and fetch it the next day.

The next day the little eunuch arrived, and the glass bottle had been plated. The eunuch was greatly surprised, and said, "I see that your skills are indeed better than those of the craftsmen in the palace. Do you stoop here, and must not be dragged down by poverty? And he told the tinsmith the original of the matter.

The tinsmith replied, "It is easy." ”

So the eunuch and the tinsmith went into the palace to report the matter to the emperor. The emperor also intends to watch it in person. Personally went to the back garden for this. And summoned all the previous craftsmen to the courtyard and asked them one by one. The craftsmen replied the same as yesterday.

The tinsmith came up alone, took a piece of gold, forged it, and made it as thin as paper, and then picked it up and wrapped it around the outside of the bottle.

The crowd laughed and said, "Who can't do this? You know that you are a low-level craftsman, how can you do it with gold?"

The tinsmith smiled and did not answer, and after a while, he peeled off the gold leaf wrapped in the bottle, fixed it on the silver chopsticks and inserted it into the bottle, and slowly dripped mercury into the bottle, closed the mouth of the bottle, and shook it back and forth to make the mercury fill the bottle. Unexpectedly, all the gold leaf was attached to the inner wall, and there were no gaps at all, and then it was slowly corrected evenly.

Seeing this, the craftsman next to him stared at each other with wide eyes in astonishment.

Then, the tinsmith introduced: "How can such a tool as glass withstand the shock of hard objects?" Only the mercury is soft and heavy, and pouring it slowly will not cause damage to the bottle. Even though the nature of mercury can corrode gold, it doesn't matter if you can't see it with your eyes. ”

After Song Huizong heard this, Long Yan was happy and rewarded the tinsmith......

After listening to the story told by Meng Zitao, Yu Weigang said in surprise: "Zitao, you don't mean to say that these two bottles are what they say in the story, right?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Of course I can't say this, but these two gall bottles, the inner wall of the bottle is smooth and smooth, the outer wall has been deliberately polished, and there is gilding, etc., basically only the palace nobles can use it, and the people are not allowed to have it, it can be said that it is very precious, just like this, the two gall bottles are more than 600,000." (To be continued.) )