After everyone had dinner, they took a car to Xie Guozhong's house, an ordinary house.

After inviting Meng Zitao and the army to take a seat, Xie Guozhong went into the house with his wife and brought the Pu'er tea.

Pu'er tea is placed in a blue and white porcelain jar, which is supposed to be hundreds of years old, but it is just an ordinary product made in a folk kiln, and it is not worth much.

When he opened the lid of the jar, he saw a cake of Pu'er tea inside, and when he saw the label on it, Meng Zitao was shocked that this cake of Pu'er tea was actually the famous Blue Label Song Ping Yuan Tea.

Blue Label Song Hire Round Tea is produced in the firm name "Qianli Zhen Song Hire Hao", this business name was originally known as Qian Lizhen Firm, founded in the early years of Guangxu, mainly engaged in cotton, deer antler, medicinal materials, tea, etc., in the 22nd year of Guangxu in the south of Yunnan Si Mao set up a head office. In 1912, due to the epidemic of Si Mao, he was forced to move to Yi Wu.

Later, due to the marriage with Song Pinghao, the two merged and became known as "Qianlizhen Song Pinghao" and expanded their business, focusing on the production of Pu'er tea.

Song Pinghao tea leaves are selected from the local Zhengshan large-leaf arbor tea green, its tea-making process, not heart, not sprinkled, leave good discard, at that time can be called a must. Coupled with the natural aging of tens or hundreds of years, the quality of this tea has been excellent, and it has become a rare treasure in the world.

Seeing that it was such a treasure, Meng Zitao was shocked, and his heart was excited, so he hurriedly put on his gloves, carefully took out the tea cake, and checked it.

He first leaned forward and sniffed it gently, and suddenly there was a natural smell of stale fragrance coming to his nose, and he basically didn't smell any miscellaneous smells.

Generally speaking, the better the old Pu'er tea and the longer it has been stored, the less peculiar and miscellaneous it will be. This cake round tea is such a manifestation.

Then, Meng Zitao observed the appearance of Pu'er tea.

Old tea due to the longer storage time. The color of ripe tea has become reddish-brown and oily, and raw tea has no yellow-green and blue-green. It is transformed into yellow-red, reddish-brown and uniform color.

In addition, teas that are more than 30 years old are picked by hand and less often cut with scissors, while teas that are more than 50 years old are hand-picked, and the appearance looks like strips, because there was no kneading at that time. Because of the pinch with your fingers, it has a feeling of swelling due to oxidation and fermentation, and the color is natural, and it smells like an old smell.

And the round tea in Meng Zitao's hand is also such a performance.

If the normal identification procedure is followed. You must also open soup and tea, but such a precious Pu'er tea, Mencius Tao is reluctant to brew, even if you want to brew, you must take good water to brew, otherwise, it will be a bit tyrannical.

Xie Guozhong asked a little nervously, "Boss Meng, how is this Pu'er tea?"

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "Not bad. It's rare to be able to survive until now. ”

Seeing the smile on Meng Zitao's face, Xie Guoxin breathed a sigh of relief, and when he heard Meng Zitao's words, he immediately showed an excited look. Some stammered, "What......'s this?" How much is this worth?"

Meng Zitao thought for a while and said, "The value should be around 200,000." ”

"II...... 200,000?" Xie Guozhong and his wife immediately froze.

"It's really 200,000!" Meng Zitao nodded affirmatively.

Xie Guozhong and his wife were stunned for a while before they came back to their senses. Xie Guozhong hurriedly asked, "Boss Meng, do you want to buy it?"

"Of course. Meng Zitao said with a smile: "But." I also want to take the liberty of asking, what is the origin of this cake and tea?"

Xie Guozhong's wife said: "This tea should be left by my grandfather." He used to be a bookkeeper, and he seemed to have left a lot of them, but they were all drunk by my father, and he kept this cake as a souvenir, and gave it to me before he died. ”

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but have a sad look in her eyes.

When Xie Guozhong heard this, he couldn't help muttering: "Why is your father such a loser, hundreds of thousands of tea are drunk like this." ”

Xie Guozhong's wife was feeling sad, but when she heard this, she became a little angry, and said angrily: "What are you talking about? What's wrong with my father's love of tea? Besides, you don't know that he likes to drink tea, how much did you buy for him when he was alive?

Xie Guozhong said with some embarrassment: "I also sent it." ”

"Hey, I can count it on my fingers!"

Xie Guozhong's wife sneered, and then said to Meng Zitao: "Boss Meng, please put the money on my passbook in a while." ”

When Xie Guozhong heard this, he was a little anxious: "Why?"

Xie Guozhong's wife glared angrily: "Just because this Pu'er tea was left to me by my father! Besides, most of the money left to you was not spent by you on school in the end? You are great, I still have to live with my son!"

Xie Guozhong opened his mouth, and finally swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, turning into a sigh.

He still admires Xie Guozhong Meng Zitao, but of course he is not good at expressing his opinion on this kind of thing, and seeing that Xie Guozhong no longer objected, he agreed to transfer the money to Xie Guozhong's wife's passbook.

When they returned to school and dealt with all the things they had received before, they packed all the things they had received and put them on the truck that Xie Guozhong had called, and then, Meng Zitao said goodbye to Xie Guozhong. ……

In the evening, the army parked the car in front of an antique shop, and Meng Zitao got out of the car and walked to an old man of fifty or sixty who was waiting for him at the door of the antique with a smile on his face.

Meng Zitao stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party, and said very politely: "Hello Wu Lao, I am Meng Zitao, you can just call me Xiao Meng, today's matter is really troublesome for you." ”

The old man's name is Wu Shun, a well-known figure in the local antique industry, he and Wang Zhixuan are friends, and Meng Zitao was also introduced by Wang Zhixuan.

Wu Shun said with a smile: "I still wish you could come every day." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "When you see what I brought, you won't think so. ”

Wu Shun said with interest: "Oh, then let's take a look." ”

"Please ......"

Meng Zitao took Wu Shun to the truck, took out a thing from the car, and said, "It's basically this kind of thing." ”

Wu Shun saw what Meng Zitao took out, and found that it was just a blue and white porcelain bowl of a hundred or so pieces, and raised his eyes to see the number of things in the car. Some were surprised and said, "Xiao Meng, where did you get all these things?"

"That's the case...... Mencius said lightly about the previous matter. He was a little embarrassed and said, "So this matter can only be asked to come to you, Old Wu." ”

Wu Shun looked at Meng Zitao with an appreciative gaze, and said with a smile: "Since Xiao Meng, you are doing good deeds." Then of course I have to support it, I have accepted all these things. ”

Meng Zitao said: "That's really thankful. ”

Wu Shun waved his hand: "Okay, don't say kind words, carry things to my store." ”

Next, Meng Zitao, together with Dajun and the guys in Wu Shun's shop, quickly moved the things into the antique shop and settled the payment.

Meng Zitao expressed his gratitude again and said, "Old Wu, it's not too early. I'll treat you to a light meal, and be sure to enjoy it. ”

Wu Shun said with a smile: "The first time we meet, I am a landlord, this is a bit inappropriate, right?"

Meng Zitao smiled: "I have to leave tomorrow night at the earliest." ”

Wu Shun understood the meaning of this sentence, and shook his head with a smile: "Then it's up to you." ”

Everyone took Meng Zitao's car and came to a famous local restaurant. Because he was not at ease, Meng Zitao was ready to take the gall tea tray with him.

"Hey, is this from gall wood?" Wu Shun had good eyesight, and he could see at a glance that the material of the tea tray was gall wood.

Meng Zitao nodded. smiled: "This light is not good, let's take a closer look after we go in." ”

"Okay. Wu Shun smiled, looked at the box inside, and asked, "What about that?"

"It's a Nanmu box. ”

Because the Nanmu box is relatively ordinary. Meng Zitao didn't want to take it with him, but since Wu Shun mentioned it, he also brought it in.

I asked the waiter for a private room. Everyone ordered tea first, and Wu Shun picked up the gall wood tea tray and admired it carefully. Seeing the end, he said yes in his mouth.

Put the gallwood tea tray back. Wu Shun looked at the Nanmu box again, he first looked at the surface of the box, then opened the box, and saw the album inside.

"These albums are made of good paper, Xiao Meng, can you give it to me?"

Wu Shun is good at painting and calligraphy, and it is normal to like those albums, Meng Zitao was about to agree, when he heard Wu Shun suddenly exclaim: "This is ...... This is ......."

Meng Zitao was a little strange, raised his eyes and looked over, he was also stunned, because his eyesight was good, and when he looked at the paper of the album in Wu Shun's hand, he knew that it was not ordinary.

Maybe everyone is a little strange, why Meng Zitao didn't find this album, it's actually simple, just now when he still had two albums that he hadn't read, Cheng Mazi asked out loud. He thought that it should be all blank albums, and he didn't pay much attention to it, and he trusted his eyesight, so he went with it.

When Meng Zitao came back to his senses, a sense of shame arose in his heart, if it weren't for Wu Shun today, it was likely that this album would have been missed, in case it was made of some famous paper, he would have to vomit blood in depression.

I think he has relied on his ability for a long time, and now he has relied on it, which is not in line with his original intention! If this continues, what will be the consequences if he loses his ability one day?

Just as Meng Zitao was reflecting on his mistakes, Wu Shun's expression also changed, from surprise to shock, from shock to consternation, and finally to disbelief, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

At this time, Meng Zitao also noticed Wu Shun's expression, which made him curious, and hurriedly used the ability, and the result also shocked him, if he hadn't seen too many treasures now, he would have to jump out.

After a long while, Wu Shun came back to his senses and asked Meng Zitao a little stupidly: "This is Chengxintang paper?"

Meng Zitao pressed the shock in his heart and said: "I haven't seen Chengxintang paper before, and I can't confirm whether it is Chengxintang paper." ”

Zhuge pen, Li Tingqi ink, Chengxintang paper, Wuyuan Longwei inkstone, in the Southern Tang Dynasty was known as the top grade of the four treasures of the study, and the Chengxintang paper is a kind of precious rice paper produced in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Speaking of which, before the Southern Tang Dynasty, a kind of paper called Shu paper was very famous. Shu paper is said to be made by the local people of Xishu according to the ancient method of Cai Lun, because the local water quality is pure, and the paper produced is also very good.

However, Li Yu thought that Shu paper could not be preserved for a long time, so he asked the paperworker to create a thin, smooth and tough rice paper according to his wishes.

After the paper was submitted, Li Yu used it and felt that he liked it very much, and specially opened up the "Chengxin Hall" where he read and read the chapters to store it. This is where the name of the paper comes from.

At that time, Li Yu regarded Chengxintang paper as imperial paper. It is exclusively for the use of the court, and his own love for Chengxintang paper is even to the point of "not Chengxintang paper is not a book".

After the fall of the Southern Tang Dynasty. The calligraphy and painting paper left behind was also moved to the Song Dynasty palace, but the Song Dynasty emperor did not like to use Chengxintang paper, and ordered the development of other papers, Chengxintang paper was shelved, and the skill of making Chengxintang paper was gradually lost.

But later, Chengxintang paper was circulated from the palace one after another, and was collected by many literati and scholars. Liu Chang, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, got 100 of them, and wrote a poem and praised: "Back then, one piece was sold for 100 gold, and there were 10 million shafts in Chengxin Hall...... There is nothing left in the world. I got a hundred from my old house. ”

It can be seen that the Chengxintang paper at that time was already hard to find and very precious.

Later, Liu Chang sent ten more pieces of paper to Ouyang Xiu, a great writer like Ouyang Xiu, but made a poem: "Although the Jun family has Chengxin paper, who dares to write!"

When Dong Qichang, a calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty, got the Chengxintang paper, he also said with emotion: "I dare not write on this paper." ”

It can be seen that the status of Chengxintang paper in the minds of ancient literati.

But. Although the paper is good, it is less and less used due to the loss of the production process, and because of the war and other reasons, it has reached the present. Meng Zitao had not heard of any unused Chengxintang paper in existence before, and as for the calligraphy and painting works using Chengxintang paper, he had not encountered it.

So. Even if Meng Zitao has already passed the ability, he knows that this is indeed Chengxintang paper. Nor can it be said bluntly.

Wu Shun reacted, and he frowned again. Because he had never seen the Chengxintang paper before, he thought for a while and said, "The paper on this album has exactly the same characteristics as the Chengxintang paper in the materials, so I think it should be the Chengxintang paper." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Elder Wu, I also want to believe that it is Chengxintang paper, but the key is to need corresponding evidence, right?"

Wu Shun sighed: "Hey, what you said is also right, if I had calligraphy and painting works made using Chengxintang paper." ”

Speaking of this, he laughed again, waved his hand and said, "Extravagant hope, complete extravagant hope." By the way, do you know of any work that uses Chengxintang paper?"

Meng Zitao shook his head: "I know a few paintings of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but if I can prove that they are from Chengxintang paper, then I don't know." ”

Wu Shun frowned and thought about it, and suddenly, he spoke: "Ah! I remember, the "Picking Ears Picture" was created by Qi Han, the waiting edict of the Southern Tang Dynasty Painting Academy, and on the lower left side of the "Picking Ears" is also stamped with Li Yu's 'Seal of Jianye Study', if it is true, it must be made of Chengxintang paper. ”

Meng Zitao said helplessly: ""Picking Ears is a national treasure-level painting, even if you want to see it, you may not be able to see it. ”

Wu Shun said: "This is also the case, so let's help you inquire, but I don't know if I can inquire about it." ”

There are many possibilities for multiple people to inquire, and Wu Shun is kind, and Meng Zitao can't say that he actually has a better channel, so he expressed his gratitude.

Wu Shun was a little reluctant and carefully closed the album and put it away, and then, he opened the last album, and sure enough, it was still an identical album.

Seeing this, Wu Shun couldn't help but beg: "Xiao Meng, make a rash request, can you give me a copy?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, it's me Meng Lang, such treasures, if it were me, I wouldn't be willing to transfer them to others." ”

When Meng Zitao heard this, his heart was slightly relieved, to be honest, he was indeed reluctant to transfer these two albums made of Chengxintang paper to others.

But then again, if it weren't for Wu Shun's relationship, these two albums don't know what fate it is, so when Meng Zitao saw Wu Shun's lost look, his brain also turned quickly, and after a while, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly thought of an idea.

"Old Wu, it's better otherwise, if the imitation of Chengxintang paper is successful in the future, I will give you some, what do you think?"

Wu Shun was surprised: "Do you want to use these two albums as a reference to imitate paper?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "That's for sure, if it is confirmed that they are Chengxintang paper, then I will definitely imitate them, after all, they are not calligraphy and painting works, if they are calligraphy and painting works, then I am reluctant." ”

Such a precious paper like Chengxintang paper, of course, has always been imitated in later generations, for example, the Song Dynasty ink maker Pan Gu, is also a famous papermaker, he once imitated this kind of paper, known as Song imitation Chengxintang paper.

After Pan Gu imitated the paper successfully, he sent 300 pieces of his imitation paper to Mei Yaochen, who compared this paper with the genuine product sent by Ouyang Xiu, and finally came to the conclusion that the imitation was not as smooth and thick as the original. However, although this kind of imitation paper is not as good as the real thing, it is already rare and is still cherished by the literati.

In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong himself was very fond of calligraphy and painting, and also liked to collect all kinds of precious paper, he was very yearning for the Chengxintang paper praised by his predecessors, so he also began to copy this kind of paper, and also imitated it.

Of course, imitations are also worse than treasures, but the current price is not cheap, if auctioned, an imitation of the Qianlong period can be sold for more than 10,000 yuan.

This also shows the value of real Chengxintang paper.

Because of this, Meng Zitao also saw a business opportunity from it, if the Chengxintang paper is imitated and can be successful, it is no less than a cornucopia.

Wu Shun also knew that the real Chengxintang paper was almost a luxury for him, and if there was a substitute, it would definitely be the best, so he didn't think much about it, so he agreed with a smile. (To be continued.) )

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