Chapter 520. "The Legend of the Taiping"
In fact, Lin Yi really thinks a little highly of this living treasure couple, that's right, now they seem to know quite a lot about old books, but they used to be Bai Bo and didn't understand anything. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info big books are good or bad, they are always two or three yuan a book, and villain books are two or three cents a book. A set of four good books of "Liao Zhai Zhi Wei Hui School" shows that there are too many stories about Liao Zhai Zhi Wei, and TV series have also been acted, nothing unusual, they were only sold for eight yuan. A set of two volumes of Zhonghua Book Company's 1962 1st edition and 1st printing of "Yanzi Spring and Autumn Collection" made them stare and sold for five yuan. A set of 20 copies, the Republic of China version of the hardcover "The Complete Works of Lu Xun" asked them to sell it lightly for 150 yuan. The villain's book is even more of a problem, forty-eight copies of a box of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" they gritted their back molars, their brains jumped up and down, and they only sold for thirty yuan when they were full. The model play, needless to mention, is released for one dollar a copy, like sending red envelopes on WeChat. No way, at that time, most of the stall owners didn't know much about books, and they sold a lot of good books like the ones mentioned above.
Because at that time, Qin Sanxi and his wife, not long after they entered the industry, asked many people who didn't understand, and they were still very simple. However, after a long time, the woman's shortcomings were very clearly exposed. For example, when others receive books, she will follow and grab them regardless of her head and heart. If you have something to do, ask her to help you look at the stall, and she will call the customers who buy books at your stall to her stall to buy her books without any worries.
Compared with Qin Sanxi's "unscrupulous means", her man Li Gangban is more realistic. For those who set up stalls and buy books, they will take advantage of his wife's absence to deal with him directly, and often his wife sells things for 100 yuan, and he can sell them for 50 yuan. When her wife found out, she pulled her ears and said that he was stupid, and everyone else slaughtered you like a stupid donkey. Li Gangban replied, it was the donkey who slaughtered me, and I only collected five yuan for that book, so why did it sell for fifty?
Now the husband and wife share the sale of books, according to the rules set by the two, who sells the money is who--- of course, Li Gangban still has to trade most of the money at night, otherwise his wife will not live a sexual life with him, according to Li Gangpan's words, the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, how to stuff the money to his wife.
At this time, Lin Yi stared at the 60s version of "Taiping Guangji", which was in really good condition, a set of ten copies, packaged in a transparent plastic bag, and seemed to be beckoning to Lin Yi like a beautiful woman with outstanding style.
"Taiping Guangji" is a large book compiled by the people of the Song Dynasty. The whole book is 500 volumes, and the table of contents is 10 volumes From the content point of view, the most collected is novels, in fact, it can be said to be a collection of novels before the Song Dynasty. Many of these books are now lost, and only their last words can be seen in this book. Many novels of the Tang Dynasty and before the Tang Dynasty have been preserved by "Taiping Guangji".
This book was compiled by 12 people including Li Fang, Hu Meng, Li Mu, and Xu Xuan in the Song Dynasty on the orders of Taizong of the Song Dynasty. It began in the second year of the Taiping Rejuvenation and was completed the following year. Because the book was written in the Song Taiping Xingguo period, and the "Taiping Yulan" was compiled at the same time, it is called "Taiping Guangji".
In Lin Yi's view, the most attractive thing about this book is that there are many works such as the Legends of the Six Dynasties and the legends of the Tang Dynasty. The most noteworthy in the book is the 9 volumes of miscellaneous biographies, "The Biography of Li Wa", "The Biography of the Liu Family", "The Biography of Wushuang", "The Biography of Huo Xiaoyu", "The Biography of Yingying" and other legendary masterpieces, most of which are only found in this book. There are also "Ancient Mirror Records" that include instrumental toys, "The Biography of Li Zhangwu" that includes ghosts, "Soul Leaving Records" that includes the soul category, "Liu Yi Biography" that includes dragons, "Ren's Biography" that includes foxes, and "The Biography of Nan Ke Taishou" that includes insects, etc., are also the earliest existing books.
It can be said that any collector who likes the genre of Zhiwei novels will basically like to collect this book. Lin Yi is no exception.
Since he likes this set of books, Lin Yi certainly pays attention to the version of this set of books.
Now in the hands of collectors, can circulate and buy, should be the Qing Dynasty Daoguang 1846 Qing carved book, Wenguang Yuji Tibetan plate, towel box book (palm-sized small book), the full set is 64 copies, if the quality is good, the collector's price is about 25,000---30,000 yuan.
Then there is the version of the Republic of China, 1926 sweeping leaves Shanfang lithograph, 32 open rice paper fine printing, 4 letters and 40 volumes, if the quality is good, the collector's price is about 8000---12000 yuan.
Then there is a set of five hardcover books published by the People's Literature Society in 1959, which can be sold for as much as 6,000 ---8,000 yuan if the quality is good.
As for this set of ten paperbacks published by Zhonghua Book Company in 1961, if they are in good condition now, the price is about 5,000 yuan.
In other words, if this set of "Taiping Guangji" that Lin Yi likes now, if it is sold on the collector's market, it is easy to sell it for 5,000 yuan in such a good condition.
Lin Yi took a fancy to this set of books, but he also knew that this set of books was probably sold as a treasure by the other party, otherwise he would not have brought a plastic cover, which he obviously cherished.
Lin Yi wanted to buy this set of books, but he made a false move, passing over the bookstall of the woman Qin Sanxi, and seemed to not care much about her stalling this set of books, but looked at the bookstall of the man Li Gangban.
When Li Gangban was looking at the stall, he looked at some publications such as small martial arts and popular magazines. But every time a customer buys a book, he seems to be a different person, a weasel possessed by a weasel. It is called a heaven and a south and a north, and the heavens and the earth are connected to the east, west, north, south, and middle.
Therefore, when he saw that Lin Yi seemed to be interested in the books on his bookshelf, he couldn't help but ask, "What books are you looking for, I'll show you." ”
Lin Yi smiled and said, "I'm looking for the Song version of the book, do you have it here?" ”
Then Li Gangban became excited, "Why don't you have a Song version of the book." ”
This time it was Lin Yi's turn to be taken aback, his eyes straightened--- originally he was just joking casually, you must know that the Song version of the book is a great rare book, if there is one, it is worth training, I didn't expect this unattractive man and his small bookstall to have this kind of book.
Seeing Lin Yi's surprised look, Li Gangban became even more proud, and began to brag about how the Song version of the book was precious, and then said that he had a large set of Song version books at home.
Lin Yi felt that he really "had eyes but didn't know Mount Tai", and hurriedly asked: "Brother Tai, can you tell the younger brother the title of the book?" ”
"Well said, well said! You're welcome, the title of the book seems to be that, what is the "Kangxi Dictionary", right! It is called "Kangxi Dictionary". Brother, what do you think of my taste in this set of books? When Lin Yi heard what he said, he was speechless, so he had to reply hummed: "The taste is not low, the taste is not low!" As he spoke, he made a gesture of arching his hands and completely convinced this "knowledgeable" Comrade Li Gangban.
"By the way, brother, if you are interested in my set of Song edition books, I can give you love, but the price is a little more expensive...... Li Gangban thought that he was catching a fat fish, and worked hard to promote his "Song edition of the book".
"You know, I didn't plan to sell that set of books, I want to keep them as family heirlooms, from generation to generation, I will pass them on to my son, and my son will pass them on to my grandson...... In the future, our old Li family can also have a thought. ”
Seeing that he was going to sell books, Lin Yi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome!" Such a good baby, you should pass it on as an heirloom, a gentleman does not win people's love! ”
Li Gangban didn't expect that the good things were not sold, but he was not discouraged, and made persistent efforts, and asked: "Then what books do you like, if you have a good one, I will give you a cheaper." ”
What Lin Yi wanted was what he said, so he pointed to the "Taiping Guangji" on Li Gangpan's wife's stall and said, "How much is that set of books?" ”
"Ah, brother, you have a good eye, it's a good book--- my wife is rare...... Said that it would be sold for as little as 6,000 yuan! ”
As soon as he heard the price quoted by the other party, Lin Yi understood that people are not fools, they must have read it on the Internet, and knowing the specific price code of this set of books in the collector's market, it seems that it is really difficult to find leaks.
Seeing Lin Yi's face showing hesitation, Li Gangban was afraid that this big patron would run away, especially when he saw Lin Yi's feat of sweeping those bookstalls just now, so he patted his chest very manly and said, "But it's okay, brother." I see that you and I just talked about so speculatively, we are also fateful, although I Li Gangban can't be the master of my mother-in-law, but that set of books was bought back by me, she has to sell me a little face, you tell me, what is the highest price you can offer? ”
Seeing this, Lin Yi raised three fingers: "Up to 3000!" ”
As soon as he heard this amount, Li Gangban grinned a little and said, "It's a little less, my wife wants 6,000, and you only have 3,000, and half of it has been cut off." ”
Lin Yi pretended to sigh and said: "Brother Tai, don't hide it, I bought too many books today, and the money in my pocket is too much, in fact, I am already a little stretched thin to take out 3,000 yuan, so I can only come up with this number at most." ”
Without waiting for Li Gangban to speak, Lin Yi said again: "But as the saying goes, buying and selling is not benevolence, and you and I meet can be regarded as fate--- just like you just said, listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, and I have learned a lot of things with you and my eldest brother, so I still have to thank you!" ”
Lin Yi's retreat this time, overcoming rigidity with softness, directly said to Li Gangban's heart. You must know that he is a stall selling used books, and few people can afford him. Earlier, he was also working on the construction site, and he made friends with some big bosses, and since he set up a stall to sell books, he had only come into contact with some Sven people and readers, but most of those people were above the top, and those who could go on the table looked down on him. is like Lin Yi, who looks like a knowledgeable and educated person, coupled with Lin Yi's brand-name clothes and elegant temperament, he is not an ordinary person at first glance. can be called a brother by such a person, Li Gangban feels that two words --- glorious!
So as soon as Lin Yi finished speaking, he patted his chest and said, "Since you said so, brother, you wait!" After speaking, he walked towards his wife Qin Sanxi. (To be continued.) )