Zhong Jinxian said with a smile: "In terms of business acumen, their Xuan family is really powerful, and they must maximize the use of everything, which is worthy of their family's nickname of 'Door Picking'." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Tian Mengmeng said: "It's not bad for the pig's head to declare a loser, it shouldn't be said to be a slam on the door." ”

Zhong Jinxian waved his hand: "You are wrong, don't look at Zhu Touxuan, he does spend a lot of money, but every time he spends money, he has a purpose, I really think that he is a loser and falls for him." ”

"Really?" asked Tian Mengmeng.

"How can I lie to you about this, for example, ......" Zhong Jinxian told a few things about Xuan Yueshan's spending money, and Tian Mengmeng completely believed it, of course, she didn't know that Xuan Yueshan was more shrewd before, but she really didn't expect to be shrewd to this extent.

"Zitao, have you thought about it, what are you going to bring tomorrow?" asked Shu Ze.

Meng Zitao said: "I was going to bring a copy of the Burrow Inscription that I wrote. ”

In fact, Meng Zitao originally planned to write a 5,000-word "Tao Te Ching", but thinking that the Xuanjia's reputation was not very good, although this kind of thing the Xuanjia would definitely not be greedy for this money, but as long as it was precipitated for a period of time, he could do a lot of things, and he thought that he couldn't be so cheap The other party, so it was changed to "Burrow".

Zhong Jinxian applauded lightly and said: "You have a good idea, just with your calligraphy level, even if others don't shoot me, I will take a picture and collect the heirloom." However, we will have to show it first. ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "No problem, I'll get it later." ”

Shu Ze said again: "Tomorrow is an exchange auction, you might as well bring only one piece of calligraphy, right?

"Well...... this"

Meng Zitao thought about his harvest after coming to the capital, he must not be able to bring things like black lacquer discs, the impact is not good, and the jade Dafang card is too simple and rude. For the rest, apart from a set of stamps, he really didn't have anything more suitable.

Meng Zitao thought about it and immediately made a decision: "Just take that set of dragon stamps." ”

Speaking of which, this set of Dalong stamps was "sent" to Meng Zitao by others.

Last Sunday, Meng Zitao went to Panjiayuan to visit the ghost market as usual, but because Shu Ze and Zhong Jinxian had something to do, he went by himself.

Maybe it's the good luck on Saturday that is almost used, and his harvest in one morning is not very big, except for the Qing Guangxu blue and white twined branch lotus pattern appreciation bottle, which is a large piece, the others are all small pieces.

Seeing that the vendors were ready to close their stalls, Meng Zitao had no interest in hanging out, so he was ready to go outside the market to have breakfast and go back to put his things away.

But when I went to have breakfast, there was a little accident, and I didn't pay attention and bumped into an old man. In fact, with Meng Zitao's skills, it is impossible to bump into others, in fact, the old man didn't pay attention to hit him, but he was on the phone at the time and didn't pay attention, so he didn't dodge.

But the old man insisted that Meng Zitao didn't pay attention to the phone call and bumped into him, and there were no cameras around, so it was a little troublesome.

However, the old man did not lose anything, at most one of the books in his hand fell to the ground, but Meng Zitao glanced at it and knew that this was just a philatelic album, and there was no damage if it fell to the ground.

In this case, Meng Zitao apologized to him and passed, but unexpectedly, the old man actually fell in love with the reward bottle in his hand, said a crooked reason, and wanted to exchange the stamp book for the reward bottle in Meng Zitao's hand.

Meng Zitao was also happy at that time, but he did not act recklessly, first asked the stamp album to look at it, during which the old man also swore to Meng Zitao that these stamps are high-quality, and Meng Zitao will definitely not suffer a loss.

This stamp album does seem to be some years old, but Meng Zitao was immediately happy as soon as he flipped through the stamp album, what "the mountains and rivers of the whole country are red". There are also some Dalong and Cishou stamps, both complete sets and loose stamps, and are new, old and true, fake mixed, and is new, fake more, true, old and less, even if it is genuine, are some worthless varieties.

Just as Mencius casually turned to the last page, a set of twenty-five dragon stamps suddenly caught his eye.

In March 1878, with the support of Li Hongzhang, Hurd tried to run modern postal services in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and other cities. The opening of the Customs Post Office to the public has further facilitated the publication of stamps. In June, it was an important moment for the birth of Dalong stamps.

As we all know, the printing and issuance of stamps is the core link of the modern national postal service, the earliest design of the stamp artwork has the Liuhe Pagoda map, the cloud dragon map and the image map of 10,000 years. The Shanghai Customs Registry finally adopted the dragon as the main image of the stamps, lined with water waves and clouds, with a design sheet of 22.5x26 mm, a set of 3 stamps. A symbol of imperial power, the last light of the Qing Empire before its decline, jumped on the stamp.

In July 1878, the first batch of 12,500 stamps (500 full sheets) of 5 cents silver was printed and sent from Shanghai to Tianjin. The stamps are printed on translucent non-watermarked tissue paper, and there are three denominations: one cent, one cent, and one cent. The spacing between the sheets is 2.5 mm, commonly known as the "thin paper dragon stamp".

The "Thin Paper Dragon Stamps" is a full sheet of 25 plates, which are copper plates, and the engraver hand-engraves them one by one. At the end of the album are these three stamps of full value.

I believe that many people must have heard of this kind of stamp, because its reputation has already spread like thunder, and it has become the yearning and pursuit of any philatelic enthusiast. However, with the passage of time and the consumption of the collection market, this kind of stamp has survived in very few places so far, and has become a rare existence and fragrant gluttony in the stamp market.

But the greater the fame, the higher the market price, and the more counterfeits emerge in the market, which in many cases are often difficult to guard, not to mention the full set of new stamps in the stamp album, which is in complete condition, so Mencius does not think that this is genuine.

But then, Meng Zitao felt that something was not right, because the dragon body pattern on this set of stamps was extremely detailed, with a dragon head with gold essence and fire eyes, clear whiskers, and a dragon tail at any time, which is clearly a sign of authenticity.

Therefore, Meng Zitao had doubts in his heart about whether this would be genuine, and considering that the owner was eyeing him in front of him, he didn't dare to look at it more, and after using the ability, he returned the stamp album with a blank face.

"Young man, to be honest, the stamps in the album are quite rare and genuine, generally you can't find the second one, and you will definitely not suffer after changing. The old man said in a broken voice.

Meng Zitao secretly sneered: "Since this is the case, then why do you want to exchange with me?"

The old man made a very sad expression and said: "Hey, how can I tell you, to be honest, I don't want to change it, but this stamp album was collected by my wife and me, she died of illness some time ago, I saw things and people, and I couldn't stand it when I saw it. ”

Meng Zitao sneered: "It's just changed, you said that you won't suffer a loss, you won't suffer a loss?"

Listening to the tone of Meng Zitao's words, it seemed that he didn't want to change, but that he felt that he would suffer, so there was a discussion: "Then what do you want to change?"

Meng Zitao said the plan he had in mind, "It's very simple, since you have taken a fancy to my reward bottle, then spend money, and I don't want more, you add 3,000 yuan and your stamp book, it's fine." ”

The old man was overjoyed, and then hesitated a little, because he was also a little worried about whether the bottle would be genuine, and after pondering for a while, he still did not agree, feeling that three thousand yuan was too expensive.

After waiting for a while, Meng Zitao said impatiently: "It seems that the old gentleman is not very satisfied with this price, so we have nothing to say." ”

"Wait!" The old man immediately stopped Meng Zitao and said, "Don't forget, you hit me just now, I will give you a maximum of 300 yuan, otherwise we will go to someone to judge." ”

Of course, Meng Zitao would not be threatened by him, and then the two sides bargained for a while, and finally made an exchange for the old man to pay 600 yuan. (To be continued.) )