Lan Xinyan doesn't ask about the world and concentrates on painting.

Yuan Qiuhua is not at work, serving Lan Xinyan's daily life.

Master Weng brought an old gentleman. The old gentleman's surname is Luo, his name is Taien, his ancestors started as antiques, and opened the "Bo Gu Zhai" antique shop in the back street of Hualin Temple, and he had a good reputation in the industry during the Republic of China. After the change of dynasty, "Luo's Ancient Travel" had no choice but to close down and live in the market. The world is not peaceful, he has always been a dock contractor, and he has not the courage to resume his ancestral business, but the treasure of the town store passed on to him by his father has been kept secret to this day. Antiques, he understands a little, his children don't understand, he wants to pass them on, and his children don't want them, he says it's valuable, and his children don't believe it, he says it's worth more money in the future, and his children don't believe it. He thought, one day he left, the baby will be disposed of as rags, it is better to find an expert to sell, with cash to buy a suite, after all, in the eyes of the children, the house can still live, but the bottle and plate can not be eaten.

Master Weng and Mr. Luo are neighbors, and when they heard this, they recommended Yuan Qiuhua, so they each carried a woven bag and brought things to the door. Master Weng sat down, chatted a few words, drank a cup of tea, and retired first.

Mr. Luo looked at Yuan Qiuhua's workbench, played with the four treasures of the study, rubbed the jewelry and jade, looked at the luodian jewelry box, dialed the enamel six-grid plate, and looked at the big blue and white scroll, and also unfolded the Ming and Qing calligraphy and paintings.

Yuan Qiuhua was not in a hurry, he accompanied him slowly, and saw his eyes, face, and style, even knowing that he was also familiar with porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting.

Mr. Luo was calm and relaxed, only tasting, not speaking, and Yuan Qiuhua did not speak.

After shopping, sit down again and drink tea.

Yuan Qiuhua asked: According to your old opinion, which of my theses is the most valuable?

Mr. Luo said: Second girl, you!

Yuan Qiuhua asked again: Next?

Mr. Luo took out a Han Dynasty Hetian Yufeng button square seal from his pocket and put it on the coffee table: it!

Yuan Qiuhua smiled slightly: How can you see it?

Mr. Luo put forward a condition, before looking at the goods, he must first see a token: the old man can only confirm that you are the descendant of Yuan Xue'an when he sees the phoenix ring. Otherwise, no need to talk!

Yuan Qiuhua said: A ring, can't it be imitated?

Mr. Luo pointed to the jade seal: The phoenix ring was born here, and no one can imitate it. Generally, the rings are round, and the phoenix rings are square, which is taken from the seal. Not only the precept face is the four directions, but the ring body is all the four directions. It is not jewelry, it is a seal, it is a precept, it can command the rivers and lakes!

Yuan Qiuhua felt a chill on his back, his face became gloomy, his skin and flesh stiffened, revealing tiger teeth. She entered the bedroom and brought a pair of Qing Qianlong blue and white Wufu Shou Go jars and put them on the coffee table. Five blessings for longevity, as the name suggests, is five bats around the word longevity, containing the meaning of happiness and longevity.

Mr. Luo said: Qing Dynasty, Qianlong blue and white. In the Republic of China, only the porcelain of the imperial kiln that was more than 300 years old was called an antique. Blue and white porcelain is thin white porcelain painted on the surface in cobalt blue and coated with a completely transparent glaze. The finest porcelain is so thin that when you look at the light, you can see the shadow of the hand holding the porcelain on the other side. The production period of Yuan blue and white was quite short, from the 20s to the 60s of the 14th century, and only lasted for thirty or forty years.

Yuan Qiuhua turned around and moved the magpie Dengmei mahogany chessboard: Good intentions!

Mr. Luo picked up the lid of the can and asked: "I put forward a condition for "playing"?

Yuan Qiuhua straightened the chessboard, touched a black spot, and occupied the upper right corner: I'm young, I'm black, I'll go first!

Mr. Luo touched a white son and fell in the lower left corner: this is Baoshan "Yongzi", southern red agate.

Yongzi is a Go game produced in Baoshan City, made with local unique southern red agate, yellow dragon jade, jadeite and amber as raw materials, and made with secret recipes. Gannan "Yongchang Zhiqi (chess), the first in the world", Baizi "white as egg white", sunspot "black as crow green", white as smooth and transparent as egg white, sunspot like crow feather black with purple; sunspot is deep and unfathomable for the long night; white is dazzling, if the star is eternal and unchanged".

Yuan Qiuhua occupies the upper left corner again.

Mr. Luo landed in the lower right corner again.

The two sides fought one hand at a time. Occupy the corner first, then go to the side, and in the middle is a straw belly. Yuan Qiuhua's layout is one step ahead, and the stars are three three. was broken by Mr. Luo. White surrounds black, but black has two true eyes. Both of these points are forbidden points, and white cannot enter these two points, nor can he play two moves at once, so white cannot capture black. White gains the outside momentum below and to the right, and lowers black to a three-way from above. Black has a lot on the ground, but white's potential seems to be more valuable.

Those who are good at playing seek power, and those who are not good at playing seek their sons, Yuan Qiuhua's situation was once precarious, and there was a possibility of collapse at any time. She had leaned in on the left before, and it was already a poignant move, revealing the desperation of the situation. Mr. Luo played a slow move, and the black chess piece attacked the only weak point of the white chess first, and Yuan Qiuhua found a glimmer of life. However, the sword of Damocles is still hanging high, and Yuan Qiuhua may be blocked by Mr. Luo's sword at any time.

In the face of Mr. Luo's frantic scramble for the field, Yuan Qiuhua chose to silently accumulate strength. Finally, Yuan Qiuhua made a move, hit all his energy at the 109 point, and threw it to attack the entire white chess piece. Mr. Luo's previous beating became a remorseful move. Yuan Qiuhua seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and made 131 sharp moves, first snatching the big dragon in the belly of the white chess. Mr. Luo had no way to fight back, so he had to let Yuan Qiuhua finish the seal first, and then watch the opponent calmly make up for it. At the moment of life and death, Mr. Luo was almost equivalent to stopping himself, and Yuan Qiuhua came back to life.

In such a small space, Mr. Luo still had to attack, and here white launched a storm of blows against black, forcibly winding two black pieces that did not look weak. Yuan Qiuhua, who is good at treating orphans, is keenly aware of the defects of the three pieces of white chess, 93 A son is majestic on all sides, and the three white pieces are facing looting, (black) is majestic on all sides, and he wins in the middle game.

During this period, Yuan Qiuhua laughed heartily from time to time, with momentum and state, as heroic and unrestrained as a man.

In the next game, Mr. Luo held the black and went first. Yuan Qiuhua's 68 hands were fierce, and he was like a momentum on the chessboard. (White) leans on the ground and wins in the middle game.

Mr. Luo is convinced: as the saying goes, "mercy is not in charge of soldiers, righteousness is not in charge of wealth, and goodness is not for officials", and the future is terrifying!

Removing the chessboard, Yuan Qiuhua presented the phoenix ring: Excuse me, what is the relationship between you and the dragon and phoenix list?

Mr. Luo said: There are four seals on all sides, different seals, and different helpers are issued to sign letters.

Yuan Qiuhua muttered: "Bogu Zhai" antique shop, Republic of China, "Luo's Ancient Travel", late Qing Dynasty. Huguang Governor Zhang.

Mr. Luo opened the woven bag and picked up the Ming Chenghua Doucai porcelain bottle, the Ming Yongle blue and white entwined flower pattern plate, the Qianlong enamel color green land Kaiguang flower and bird pattern bowl of the Qing Dynasty, and the glazed water chestnut flat bottle of Guangxu tea in the Qing Dynasty and placed them in the center of the workbench.

The Qing Dynasty imperial kiln porcelain seen in the antique market originates from five channels. One is secondary color porcelain. As a handicraft product, porcelain must be genuine, defective, and damaged in the firing process. Every year and every kiln has a selection of pieces. The price of sub-colored porcelain is a unique porcelain treatment method of the imperial kiln factory in the Qing Dynasty. Selling is selling porcelain of secondary color in exchange for cash. There are some flaws seen in the people, but most of the official kiln porcelain printed with the royal signature of the Qing Dynasty should be the sub-color porcelain processed by the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory.

The second is the sale of porcelain stored in the palace treasury. In the early Qianlong period, more than 140,000 pieces of porcelain from the Kuchukang, Yong, and Qian's dynasties were damaged or incomplete. In the middle of Qianlong, more than 8,000 pieces of porcelain from the Kang, Yong, and Qian dynasties were sold. Qianlong also sold more than 110,000 pieces of porcelain with too much stock and useless, or shallow glaze, incomplete patterns, or ordinary styles. Emperor Jiaqing advocated frugality and completely cleaned up the objects stored in the six warehouses of the palace, leaving only those that had to be retained, and all the other useless and those that were used less and saved more. During this period, more than 440,000 pieces of porcelain from the Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing dynasties were sold.

The third is the porcelain that the emperor gave out. The objects of reward include princes and ministers, feudal officials, princes and princesses, noble wives and guards, as well as Mongolian princes and Tibetan lamas. The Qing court archives reflect that there are many varieties of porcelain that the emperor rewarded, such as bottles, plates, bowls, and enamel porcelain during the Yongzheng period. In addition to bottles, honors, plates, and bowls, there are also small pieces such as snuff bottles, porcelain wrenches, porcelain belt hooks, and porcelain feather tubes.

Fourth, the royal porcelain looted by foreigners. During the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was in decline, and Western powers invaded Beijing twice, the first time in 1860 when the British and French forces burned the Old Summer Palace, and the second time in 1900 when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing. The great powers entered Beijing twice and looted on a large scale, and the royal porcelain was naturally in danger.

The fifth is porcelain stolen from the imperial palace. On the surface, the royal compound is heavily guarded, but it is difficult to guard against thieves. Especially in the late Qing Dynasty, thefts in the palace occurred frequently, and the porcelain warehouse of the Guangchu Division, which was used to store porcelain, was not safe. The eunuchs and miscellaneous servants in the palace and other domestic thieves colluded inside and outside, and the means of committing crimes were different, or digging walls to steal, or uncovering tiles and stealing, or taking sheep with their hands.

The imperial porcelain of the Ming Dynasty cost more than 80,000 yuan per piece, and the imperial porcelain of the Qing Dynasty was also more than 30,000 yuan, which was enough to replace two suites. Yuan Qiuhua watched silently, waiting for him to explain his intentions.

Mr. Luo said: "But the last wish of the ancestors, the things will be returned to the original owner! When the business opened, your ancestors lent it to my ancestors to support the façade."

Yuan Qiuhua laughed: One wish, three generations of secrets, loyal, honest, if you don't say it, how do I know to go?

Mr. Luo took out the miscellaneous pieces and put them on the coffee table: these treasures, the pile is right (to your liking), reward!

Yuan Qiuhua with a magnifying glass, carefully and carefully, one by one, are genuine, the goods are quite good, Liaojin moire jade Tuhu (that is, jade belt), Song Dynasty flower jade Xiaoyao (jade scratching head), Qing Dynasty copper furnace, Tang Dynasty jade Buddha, Qing Dynasty Qianlong Kui Long Kui phoenix pattern Changyi descendants out of the outline, late Qing Dynasty imitation Han gluttonous ring, Qing Ruyi cloud head pattern agate wrench, Qin Dynasty tile, as well as a few late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China literati calligraphy and painting, Lingnan School founder Gao Jianfu's year of cold picture, Guan Shanyue's orchid bamboo, the category is very miscellaneous, put on the market can be sold at a good price.

Mr. Luo said: Miscellaneous pieces, just in general, you look at it.

Touching the ancient jade in his hand is as cold as well water that has just been raised on a summer night, and as smooth as a baby's buttocks. The jade belt is an old material and a new worker. The so-called "old material new work", in most cases, refers to the pure "old material" that has not been carved, but the use of "old pieces", "remnants", from large to small, or from square to round, that is to say, the material is ancient materials, but the work is new carving. Antique, no matter how subtle, the craftsmanship of the ancients can be learned, but the tools of the ancients cannot be resurrected.

Calligraphy and painting, porcelain, furniture, can be repaired, jade bumps, scratches, it is difficult to repair. The quality of each piece of jade is different, Hanyu figured out the jade to fill the gap, that is, to draw a snake to add foot, Qin Yu with the current gold bag break, that is, there is no silver here, and the value of the antique is destroyed, it really becomes ordinary jewelry. Makeover, while still retaining surplus value.

Mr. Luo said: Is the style, time, and stage all right?

The collision between masters only needs a few words to guess the strength of the other party, no need to say more!

Mr. Luo said: You are a person who knows the goods, you know its value, please accept it, please treat these treasures well, don't waste it.

Yuan Qiuhua said: I want to open a pawnshop, just by virtue of your old integrity, I ask you to be the shopkeeper! The store will choose the original site of "Bogu Zhai" in the back street of Hualin Temple, and it will be called "Luo's Pawnshop."

Mr. Luo said: Really?

Yuan Qiuhua said: Come, let's high-five the oath! With your old eyesight and mind, it couldn't be more suitable. I am the proprietor behind me, you are the shopkeeper, you come forward to stand up for everything, please!

Mr. Luo said: The owner refuses, it is half of the owner, and I want to buy shares.

Yuan Qiuhua said: Of course! At the beginning, the business must be weak, and it is feasible to set aside half of the shop to sell jewelry and collect antiques.

Mr. Luo said: It works, it is more secure!

Yuan Qiuhua said: It's all up to you to be the master. I recommend you a skilled hand, whether you use it or not, you have the final say.

Mr. Luo said: You inform him that I will try to talk first.

Yuan Qiuhua said: Of course, strict teachers produce high apprentices.

Mr. Luo's goods, no matter how much the market is, Yuan Qiuhua will buy them.