Zhu Muwei hesitated for a moment and said, "Will there be an exception to this?"

"Unlikely. 【】”

Lao Yang interjected: "Let's not talk about the attachments on this, we can judge the authenticity from some features, generally speaking, the fetal soil of genuine Hailao porcelain is artificially crushed, not too fine, and you can see the sand grain feeling when you touch it, and you can see the texture of the bamboo knife to repair the tire's feet." After sinking to the bottom of the sea, the surface layer of the tire glaze will appear concave small pits after being corroded by the salty and impurities in the sea, and there are many small black spots under the concave with a magnifying glass, and because it has sunk to the bottom of the sea for hundreds of thousands of years, a layer of dry natural slurry will be formed. ”

"And the fetal soil of the fake Hailao porcelain is mechanically crushed, the tire is finely compacted, the feel is smooth, and the repaired tire feet are round and smooth, and the condition of the bamboo knife repair can not be seen, because the glaze surface and the fetal soil are densely packed and sink to the bottom of the sea for only one and a half years, and it can not reflect the small pit and small black dots under the concave at all, and the tire has no slurry and is wet. So on the whole, the porcelain in this box is problematic. ”

Reasonable and well-founded, Zhu Muwei can only believe in this result.

Meng Zitao shook his head secretly, judging from Zhu Muwei's performance, he should know nothing about identification, buying things is to rely on friends, or experts to help, after all, the antique industry is different from other circles, all kinds of people have, in today's era, it is really not easy to make money by relying on other people's integrity.

Zhu Muwei instructed the staff to open more boxes, and said, "I still have to trouble Mr. Meng to help take a look, how many are still problems, I will return them." ”

Lao Yang shook his head and said, "You still want to return it." ”

Zhu Muwei said: "Of course, I don't know how to appraise antiques, but I'm not stupid, I have signed a contract in advance, and the porcelain in question can be returned, and I have to compensate for my losses." ”

Lao Yang smiled: "You're not afraid that he will run away." ”

Zhu Muwei said confidently: "If you run away monks, you can't run away from the temple." ”

Soon after, Meng Zitao looked at the remaining boxes one by one, and there were not many porcelains in question, only five boxes in total.

"Wait a minute, I'll give my friend a call. ”

Zhu Muwei walked to the side and called his friend, and the other party was quite surprised when he heard this, saying that someone must have eaten inside and out, and he would not be able to pit Zhu Muwei for such a little money, so he immediately went to investigate and gave Zhu Muwei an explanation.

Zhu Muwei also believed in his friend's words, after all, the amount was not large, and the added value should be less than 50,000 yuan, and it was impossible for a friend to make trouble for such a small amount of money.

After making the call, Zhu Muwei briefly talked to Meng Zitao and them, and then asked: "Mr. Meng, I don't know how much you want for these porcelain? ”

Meng Zitao said, "What if I want them all?"

Due to the consideration of the cultural street project, if it becomes famous and becomes a tourist destination, hundreds of thousands of pieces of Hailao porcelain are really nothing, and they are far from enough.

Zhu Muwei was stunned, after all, there were nearly a thousand pieces of porcelain, he really didn't expect Meng Zitao to ask for them all, and the smile on his face was sincere: "If you want them all, I'll give you 4.8 million, how about it?"

Meng Zitao thought about it for a while, and felt that the price was good, so he stretched out his hand and said, "Deal." ”

"Deal. Zhu Muwei also smiled and shook hands with Meng Zitao.

After completing the transaction happily, Meng Zitao asked, "Boss Zhu, will you not do the business of Hailao porcelain in the future?"

"Yes. Zhu Muwei said bluntly: "To be honest, my appetite is big now, and Hailao porcelain is really not very attractive to me." ”

Meng Zitao said, "Then can you help introduce your friends?"

"Do you still want to buy Hailao porcelain?"

"Yes. ”

Zhu Muwei hesitated for a moment: "It's no problem to introduce you, but you have to remember that you can't ask him about the origin of Hailao porcelain." ”

Meng Zitao frowned slightly: "Could it be that there is a problem with the origin of these Hailao porcelain?"

Zhu Muwei said with a smile: "From which aspect of this is to be seen, the sea fishing porcelain is fished out of the sea, according to our country's cultural relics law, if the sea fishing porcelain is fished out in the domestic waters, what is the result of you brazenly selling it? I don't know if Mr. Meng can understand." ”

Meng Zitao nodded, and asked again: "Boss Zhu, in this way, your friend specializes in salvaging sunken ships?"

Zhu Muwei said: "No, it can only be regarded as a side business, after all, although there are so many shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea, it is impossible to stay on the ship every day and go to sea to find it, this point, I think the perseverance of those foreigners is really good enough, and they will stay for a year or two." ”

"Fart!" Lao Yang burst into a foul mouth: "If those people are not greedy in their hearts, they want to find the shipwreck of our country, so that they can make a fortune and have fart perseverance!"

Meng Zitao also thought deeply of this, and at the same time hated those sea robbers.

According to the research and statistics of relevant institutions, there are at least 2,000 to 3,000 ancient ships "sleeping" in China's waters, most of which are ships from the Song and Yuan dynasties, in addition to foreign shipwrecks from the British East India Company and Sweden. The treasures of China's ceramics, silk, gold, silver and jewelry carried on these ships are enough to constitute a "porcelain capital under the sea".

The cultural value contained in these cultural relics is reflected in all aspects, such as China's maritime history, overseas trade history, port history, shipbuilding history, immigration history, history of state relations, religious history, history of scientific and technological cultural exchanges, etc. Sadly, such a precious historical specimen is the equivalent of a stack of banknotes sunk in the sea in the eyes of many treasure thieves.

Under the lure of huge commercial interests, all kinds of shipwreck salvage teams have appeared in an endless stream in the waters of the South China Sea. Especially since the seventies and eighties of the 20th century, the salvage fleet has spared no expense and used all kinds of means to carry out treasure hunting activities in various sea areas.

At the same time, some Southeast Asian countries have issued licenses to them through the platform of Western treasure hunting companies, allowing them to carry out salvage work in their own territorial waters, and the salvage proceeds will be shared according to the agreement.

However, under normal circumstances, these treasure fishing companies will not honestly conduct surveys within the specified sea area, but secretly sneak into China's waters to carry out cultural relics theft and salvage work. As a result, the beautiful South China Sea has become a paradise for poachers. Treasures that have been lying on the seabed of our country for thousands of years have been stolen little by little.

Zhu Muwei took over and said: "So, instead of being taken away by those robbers abroad, it is better to let our own people dig it up, at least it is unlikely that our countrymen will smash the good porcelain and throw it into the sea." ”

Meng Zitao knew who Zhu Muwei was talking about, this person was the British professional treasure hunter Hatcher, when his fleet salvaged a wreck loaded with a large amount of porcelain, and about 1 million well-preserved pieces of porcelain were salvaged ashore.

However, in the eyes of these people, there was only money, and after all the porcelain was salvaged, the remains of those who died were thrown everywhere. In order to achieve higher economic benefits, Hatcher ordered 650,000 of these precious pieces of porcelain to be broken, because he believed that "scarcity is more expensive." The remaining 350,000 pieces were shipped to Germany for auction at the Negor auction house.

However, it is precisely because of this series of events that the first underwater archaeological team was established in China, however, once the news spread, the civilian "underwater treasure team" took the lead to salvage cultural relics on the seabed.

From Meng Zitao's position, of course, he would not approve of the behavior of Zhu Muwei's friend, but just as it is difficult to prohibit tomb robbery on land, it is even more difficult to prohibit salvage at sea, because it can be said that it is salvaged on the high seas.

Just like this trick used by Hatcher, after the porcelain from the sunken ship was salvaged, he first published a brief message in several small newspapers, and after the one-year deadline, the porcelain became "unclaimed" on the high seas and could be owned by him.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to prohibit the private salvage of sunken ships, and the market is basically turning a blind eye, otherwise Zhu Muwei's goods would have been confiscated a long time ago.

In fact, Meng Zitao also has every right to confiscate all these porcelains, but what good will it do to him? If he breaks off a person's connections, he will pass on ten or ten to hundreds, or it won't take long to know his behavior, and the result will be that he will be cut off from the entire circle, and some people will not take the initiative to do business with him in the future.

Meng Zitao said: "Boss Zhu, if it's convenient, please help me introduce that friend of yours, as long as it's not particularly outrageous, I can accept it." ”

Zhu Muwei nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell him right away, but I have to remind you that if he agrees, the first transaction will definitely have to go to his side." ”

"I wonder where he's from?" Meng Zitao asked.

Zhu Muwei said: "I don't know exactly where his hometown is, but he has been staying in Wenling now. ”

"What a coincidence. Mencius said secretly, but this is normal, because Wenling is the starting point of the ancient "Maritime Silk Road", and the Wenling Port in the Song and Yuan dynasties is known as the "largest port in the East", which is as famous as Alexandria in Egypt. There are also numerous shipwrecks around.

Meng Zitao thought about it for a while, and thought that he was going to go to sea to explore the nameless island recently, and it would be good to go to Wenling, and he could also find out if Ren Dongsheng had any clues to stay in Wenling, of course, this was an act of luck, and he was not extravagant.

"It just so happens that I'm going to go to Wenling recently, so if it's convenient, I can meet for a meeting then. ”

"Okay, I'll tell him. ”

Zhu Muwei called his friend again, and after the other party listened, he only hesitated for a moment and agreed, so that Meng Zitao could contact him after he went to Wenling, and then talk in detail.

After Meng Zitao got his friend's contact information from Zhu Muwei, he planned to leave, but Zhu Muwei tried his best to keep him, saying that he would invite Meng Zitao to dinner.

Meng Zitao said: "Boss Zhu, I won't tell you, I've been really busy recently, if there is something, you can just say it, as for dinner, let's come to the future." ”

Zhu Muwei said with a smile: "My affairs will really not be clear for a while, so I'll tell you in detail when I get there, and it's not too early now, so I won't have much time to eat a meal." ”

Zhu Muwei showed great enthusiasm, and Meng Zitao was also a little gracious, and after learning that Zhu Muwei's house was indeed not far from here, he still agreed.

In less than ten minutes, the group came to Zhu Muwei's house, Zhu Muwei soaked everyone in the best Pu'er, since they had already arrived here, Meng Zitao didn't say much, and tasted it first. Not to mention, the Pu'er tea that Zhu Muwei took out is indeed the best, pure and elegant, with an endless aftertaste.

After tasting the tea, Zhu Muwei invited everyone to the table, and then talked about the reason for inviting Meng Zitao over.

"Mr. Meng, I don't know if you are familiar with this?" Zhu Muwei took out a bead from his pocket and handed it to Meng Zitao.

Meng Zitao asked Zhu Muwei to put the beads on the table, and he took them in his hand: "This is the high porcelain and high blue turquoise of Yungai Temple, right?"

When it comes to turquoise, the first thing that comes to people's mind is the high porcelain and high blue, and all along, the high porcelain and high blue and green pine of Yungai Temple are the most famous. Now many people who buy turquoise ask for high porcelain and high blue as soon as they open their mouths, and they ask if it is from Yungai Temple at every turn. It is that there are so many people who cover their heads and faces to high porcelain and high blue, and many merchants use other turquoise as high porcelain and high blue to fool consumers, and they are full of Yungai Temple, anyway, consumers have what they want.

However, what many people don't know is that the Yungai Temple mine has been closed for more than ten years, and the so-called high porcelain and high blue Yungai Temple new materials on the market are all fake and foolish.

Zhu Muwei stated his goal: "Yes, I am planning to do turquoise business now. ”

Lao Yang took over and said, "You don't want to be the turquoise of Yungai Temple, right?"

"Of course it can't be. Zhu Muwei laughed: "Although I am not familiar with the turquoise industry, I also know that Yungai Temple has been sealed. ”

Meng Zitao asked, "What do you think?"

Zhu Muwei said: "My character, either don't do it, or do the best, if I do turquoise business, I will inevitably choose the turquoise of Dongzigou." ”

Due to the closure of Yungai Temple, 90% of the top porcelain blue turquoise on the market is now produced in Dongzigou. The turquoise here has a high degree of porcelain blue, and the top-grade material is blue with oily luster, as if it is about to flow out. Moreover, the high porcelain blue of Dongzigou retains the most basic characteristic of turquoise, the iron line, which makes people feel more real and more characteristic. Because of the place of origin, the top Dongzigou turquoise is also called "overflow blue".

Meng Zitao still didn't understand Zhu Muwei's thoughts, so he said: "Dongzigou does have the best turquoise, but I don't have a way to do this, and I can't help you?"

Zhu Muwei poured Meng Zitao a glass of wine first, and then said: "Mr. Meng, I can solve the matter of the supply of goods by myself, I invite you to come over today, mainly because I want to consult you about the cultural street." ”

Meng Zitao smiled, not surprised by Zhu Muwei's request, although the project of Cultural Street has not yet entered the public eye, it is no secret to some well-informed people.

However, Lao Yang next to him was a little confused and asked, "What kind of cultural street?"

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