Chapter 413: The Folk Forbidden City

………… Compared with the modern atmosphere of Panjiayuan, the whole street of Liulichang after hundreds of years of wind and rain is still a blue brick and wooden building with a tile eaves structure, and when he walks here, Liu Dong has a feeling of traveling through time and space and entering the war-torn era a hundred years ago.

"When did I become so sentimental!" Shaking his head, putting away the cluttered thoughts in his mind, Liu Dong strode towards Liulichang Street, which he had loved for a long time.

Unlike the bustling streets of Panjiayuan, which are full of stalls, Liulichang is mainly dominated by large and small antique shops, and in addition to the vehicles parked outside the door on the street with a small width, Liu Dong walked for a while and did not see a single baggage or 'guerrilla'!

And after Liu Dong turned around a few times, he was disappointed in his heart, not to mention that he didn't see a single national treasure, even a little bit of a second-level antique.

Of course, after more than half an hour, Liu Dong also gained something, but the best of them was a 'Tang Dynasty Cloud Dragon Pattern Sunflower Mirror', with only a little rust on the mirror, and the condition was quite complete.

But despite this, the market price of this Tang mirror is less than 100,000 yuan, although Liu Dong got it at a price of less than 200 yuan and made a big bargain. However, compared with his previous White Deer Knife and the design of the Old Summer Palace, it is really too far behind.

"It seems that I am too greedy, national treasures are so easy to get!" Shaking his head, after dispelling the luck in his heart, Liu Dong also became calm.

Immediately, looking at the signboard of 'Rong Bao Zhai' erected high in the distance, Liu Dong strode over.

Rong Bao Zhai, sure enough, Rong Bao Zhai. 'Folk Forbidden City'. The reputation of 'the first in 300 years' is indeed not in vain. After Liu Dong entered the door, the entire hall on the first floor was full of people, and a small half of them were foreigners with high noses and deep eyes. It can also be seen from this that the prosperity of Rong Bao Zhai's business.

"I don't know when the 'Agarwood Pavilion' will be able to achieve this kind of Cheng dù!" Liu Dong, who also runs an antique shop, is naturally very envious of the leader in the industry.

However, envy is envy, Liu Dong also understands in his heart that Rong Bao Zhai, which has a history of three hundred years, is not so easy to surpass. Even if you have a good collection, it is not enough, because the establishment of a well-known brand is not overnight, but with the accumulation of several generations of efforts over a long period of time.

The first floor of Rong Bao Zhai is very large, and like other antique shops, there are also a large number of antique artworks, but among them, calligraphy and painting are the mainstay, and after turning around, Liu Dong found that most of them are some works of contemporary masters. However, most of them are casual and not boutique. Also. The works of everyone who have become famous are custom-made, and they are rarely put out for sale like this.

Therefore, after Liu Dong took a few looks, he lost interest.

As for the low shelf in the center of the hall, there are some pen, ink, paper and inkstone, according to the rules of Rong Bao Zhai's business, they are all in the middle and high-end of the same kind. Of course, there are also some good antiques on the first floor, and they are all genuine, but after Liu Dong read it, he didn't have the slightest intention of making a move, because their prices are almost the same as the market price, and there is no room for leakage.

"Hey, interesting!" Liu Dong's eyes lit up, and he stopped in front of an oil painting, the length of the oil painting is not small, the length is two meters two, and the width is close to one meter five, and the content of the oil painting is a group of horses in the woods, more than 20 horses are big and small, and the colors are different, some are leisurely drinking water, eating grass, and some are chasing and fighting, the combination of movement and stillness, so that the whole oil painting is full of tension, and it is a famous handwriting at a glance.

However, it is clear that the painting was not properly preserved, and someone added a lot of paint to the picture later, and it was varnished several times, if the painting was good, it would have been forgotten, but the level was too poor, which destroyed the beauty of the whole painting, and also made the painting that should have belonged to the heirloom masterpiece become dull.

However, Rong Bao Zhai's appraiser is obviously not bad, and the price of this damaged oil painting is 20,000 Huaxia coins! According to the current state of this painting, this price is not high.

"If they knew that the author of this oil painting of "Gunma" was the famous Mr. Beihong, I am afraid they would not have placed it in the corner!" Liu Dong said secretly in his heart.

In fact, although this oil painting is damaged, it can still be repaired, but it takes a lot of time and energy. Therefore, after the painting was covered by the paint and heavy glazing of the painting, Rong Bao Zhai's appraisers could not determine its author, so they gave up the idea of restoration.

Fortunately, it was they who gave up, so that Liu Dong had the opportunity to pick up the leak, and it was not too easy to pick up the leak in Rong Bao Zhai.

Thinking of this, Liu Dong immediately had the urge to buy this oil painting in his heart, and he was also ready to turn his ideas into reality.

"Mr. Liu, do you like this oil painting?" Just as Liu Dong was about to ask the waiter to take down this "Gunma Picture", an abrupt voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Do you know me?" Looking at the middle-aged man in his forties, who was standing behind him, wearing a dark shirt, black trousers, and meticulously combed hair, Liu Dong frowned and asked.

"Hehe, of course! Now in the entire Chinese collecting world, there are not many people who have not heard of Mr. Liu's name!" After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he stretched out his right hand with a smile on his face and continued, "In Liang Yulin, the manager of Xia Rong Bao Zhai, welcome Mr. Liu to come!"

"Hello!" people are so polite to themselves, Liu Dong is naturally not good at it. Moreover, he also knew that after the news spread that he had Zhang Sengqiu's authentic work "Five Elements and Twenty-Eight Residences True Form Diagram", there would never be less such an experience today.

"Mr. Liu, why don't you go to the second floor to have a look, there is the essence of our Rong Bao Zhai!"

In the face of Liang Yulin's invitation, Liu Dong was naturally willing, and he also knew that Rong Bao Zhai paid attention to the collection of calligraphy and painting treasures in the operation, over the years, whether it was ancient treasures or modern masterpieces, there were extensive collections, including: Wu Zhen and Sheng Mao in the Yuan Dynasty; Xu Wei, Chen Daofu, Chen Hongshou, Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty; Shi Tao, Zhu Qi, Wang Duo, "Four Kings" and "Eight Monsters in Yangzhou" in the Qing Dynasty; Xugu, Zhao Zhiqian, Ren Bonian, Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Fu Baoshi and other fine paintings and calligraphy in the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, over the past hundred years, almost half of the works of modern and modern Chinese masters are Rong Bao Zhai business, so a large number of famous masterpieces have been accumulated, and now these paintings have become the most valuable wealth of Rong Bao Zhai. And they also let Rong Bao Zhai gain the reputation of the folk Forbidden City.

In this regard, Liu Dong was very envious in his heart.

"Mr. Liang invited, and he was naturally willing, but before leaving, I also asked the waiter of Guibao Zhai to wrap this "Gunma Map" for me!"

"Huh?" After listening to Liu Dong's words, Liang Yulin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, at the beginning, he mentioned this painting, just to find an excuse to talk to Liu Dong, then he thought that people really wanted to buy it.

Thinking of what he had learned about Liu Dong's deeds, Liang Yulin was a little cautious in his heart, and hurriedly looked towards the oil painting, as the manager of Rong Bao Zhai, although he was responsible for more of Rong Bao Zhai's business activities, and was not responsible for the appraisal of calligraphy and painting, but under the influence of his ears and eyes, the level of this appraisal was far from being comparable. But this time, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see anything outstanding about this oil painting.

And to be able to make it have a low price of 20,000 yuan, it's just that the few horses on the picture are still more brilliantly painted.

"What? Manager Liang is unwilling to sell?" Noticing Liang Yulin's expression, Liu Dong also guessed what he was thinking, but Liu Dong was not worried about this, as long as it was not a really top calligraphy and painting appraisal that everyone specialized in research, or had the same appraisal skills as his relics Yuanguang, others would not be able to see the reality of this oil painting at all.

"Hehe, Mr. Liu said with a smile, our Rong Bao Zhai is open for business, since it is placed here, it is naturally sold!" After a pause, Liang Yulin turned around and greeted, "Pony, pony, come here!"

As his words fell, a young man in white overalls trotted up to him, "Manager, are you looking for me?"

"Well, take this oil painting down and wrap it up for this gentleman!"

"Okay manager!" said yes, and the young man ran to call a companion and got busy.

"Please, Mr. Liu!"

"Please!"

Liang Yulin originally planned to lead Liu Dong directly to the second floor, but Liu Dong was worried about the buried oil painting of Xu Beihong, so he insisted on settling the account first before following Liang Yulin to the second floor of Rong Bao Zhai.

The things on the second floor are indeed a grade higher than those on the first floor, and the price of any antique calligraphy and painting placed here is not less than 200,000!

Moreover, Liu Dong also found Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Chen Banding, Pan Tianshou, Fu Baoshi, Yu Feiyan, He Xiangning, Shi Lu, Zhao Wangyun, Wu Zuoren, Li Keran, Ye Qianyu, Li Kuchan, Huang Zhou, Wang Xuetao, Xu Yansun, Wu Guangyu, Hu Peiheng, Wu Jingting, Xie Zhiliu, Tang Yun, Zhu Qizhan, Liu Haisu, Lin Sanzhi, Lu Yanshao, Li Xiongcai, Xiaojin and other modern and modern painters.

In addition to calligraphy and painting, the ink products of the famous ink makers of the past dynasties are also a must of Rong Bao Zhai, such as the dove inkstone ink of Lin Zong of the Ming Dynasty, the bayberry ink of Shao Conglin of the Ming Dynasty, the Xiangquan qin ink of Qing Wang Shimao, the Qin Quan ink and the earth ink of Hu Kaiwen of the Qing Dynasty, etc., are undoubtedly not famous, and it is rare to see them in the outside world, but they are placed on the counter here.

In addition to ink, the inkstone among the four famous inkstones, the old rice paper that has been precipitated for hundreds of years, as well as the top lake pens, and a large number of top stationery utensils can be seen here.

Under Liang Yulin's introduction, Liu Dong had an urge to pack up all the things here and take them away. (To be continued......)

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