Chapter 381: The Great God and the Divine Beast
In the long passage of the basement, Lu Ningshuang hurried to make up for Li Yixi's knowledge about the wine cellar while walking, and looked at him worriedly,
"That's how I ...... Do you feel uncomfortable? β
Li Yi rolled his eyes innocently, do I really look so naΓ―ve and superficial and don't like to study? Let's tell you the truth, what I need now is this knowledge, and I am so hungry and thirsty, like a wolf, like a tiger, like a dream, like a dream, like a fantas......
"Oh, since you say so, then I'm relieved, and the class fee should be more expensive in the future."
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Walking to the end of the passage, down the stairs for almost two more floors, several people came to a dark door.
Pushing open this heavy breathable and insulated door, the pavement is greeted by a cold air. And in these airs, there is also this indescribable very clean and good aroma, like wine, but also like wood.
Then, Li Yi saw a huge space, and in the middle of this space were dozens of huge oak barrels lying down on wooden rail frames.
"What a big ......"
Lu Ningshuang nodded and said softly:
"Britain used to be the largest importer of French wine, and the shipping unit at that time was 50 gallons, which is 225 liters, so the capacity of the shipping container oak barrel was set at 225 liters! In 1608, glass bottles began to be used to hold wine, 1 oak barrel can hold exactly 300 bottles, so a box is generally 6 bottles or multiples of 6, daily we talk about one is 6 bottles, one large piece is 12 bottles. β
"Dean's wine is very good, with a high tannin content, and the longest vintage for the kind of wine we just tasted should be 35 to 40 years, so what you see now, each column should represent a different vintage."
Lu Ningshuang translated Dean's introduction to the history of the wine cellar and the family's introduction to wine honors, while explaining to Li Yi in a timely manner. Slowly, several people walked through the barrel area to the bottle cellar area.
Compared to the barrel area just now. The bottling area has obviously been more elaborately decorated, not only has it been divided into more than a dozen rooms of different sizes, but in addition to various wine cabinets, Li Yi has also seen exquisite bar counters. Dining tables covered with crisp white dining cloths and comfortable sofas and other furniture.
"The main function of the wine cellar is to meet the storage conditions of the wines, but it can also be used as an area for customer reception, exhibition and wine selection. Some of the big wineries have several ...... just VIP boxes."
"The most beautiful wine cellar I've ever seen is Lafite's, and I'll take you to see it another day."
Dean has sharp ears and is gushing about the characteristics of his wines from a few good vintages. Suddenly, when she heard Lu Ningshuang mention Rafi, she couldn't help laughing,
"No, no, even if old Dean is not modest, he doesn't dare to compare with Rafite, but since you appreciate my wine so much, I have decided that I will give you a large one in a while!"
made an appointment to continue to come over tomorrow afternoon to see the porcelain, and Li Yi and Lu Ningshuang returned with a full load. Because Old Dean didn't know whether he was deliberately trying to please Li Yi or really liking Lu Ningshuang, the wines of various years given to them not only filled the trunk, but even the back seat was piled up!
On the way, Li Yi called Ma Dashen, and then pointed to a WeChat message and asked Lu Ningshuang:
"You know this place, you know? Martha asked me to meet here. β
Lu Ningshuang stretched out his head to look at the address, nodded, and with one foot of the accelerator, the old Citroen engine let out a loud roar and drove towards the city.
"Yongle blue and white waves, entwined branches, lotus double phoenix, Chaoyang double series of large flat pots, hibiscus frozen stone carvings, fishing, wood, farming, reading Kangxi's royal pen holder. "Hongli Snow Scene Xingle Map", Turquoise Shang Dynasty Tongge ......"
In the dim light of the cafΓ©, Ma Dashen sat next to Li Yi and watched him write out all the collections in Dean's treasure room one by one. Then he pondered for a moment and said:
"If you choose any 10 of these things, I won't exchange them for you. Because although these are precious, there is nothing particularly outstanding and representative, and even I think. 20 pieces, not worth it. β
Li Yi smiled and nodded, Ma Dashen's judgment was almost exactly the same as he was at that time, so I don't know how he would react when he heard Dean's next conditions?
"What? Are you saying that in addition to these, he is willing to take out another 6,123 pieces of ancient porcelain? Oh my god, is he crazy? β
"He's not crazy, I have almost seen a rough look at those ancient porcelain, basically some daily utensils in the Daoguang and Xianfeng periods, except for a few pieces, the others don't seem to have much collection value, and there are many repetitions......"
"Not much collectible......"
Hearing that Li Yi would say this, Ma Dashen couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.
"Boy, do you know how many people you will be beaten up if your words just got out? You are really born in the midst of blessings and don't know how to be blessed......"
Ma Dashen sighed with emotion and said solemnly:
"Although the price of these more than 6,000 pieces of ancient porcelain is not as good as those ten, the value of antiques is not only reflected in the price, therefore, 10 pieces, 20 pieces of fine antiques I don't build yì you change, but 10 pieces of fine products plus these 6,000 pieces, I give you only one word, if you don't change you are a fool!"
You're a fool if you don't...... It's so long, you dare to say it's one word......
"Of course, because these 8 words only represent one word, do you need me to say more?"
Ma Dashen teased Li Yi seriously, and then took a sip of coffee with a smile, no matter what, it is really perfect to get such a result on this trip to Europe.
"As Mr. Ma said, I am also very satisfied with this upcoming transaction. Today, I have seen most of the white porcelain, monochrome glaze, blue and white porcelain in his treasure room, and then, I found a white porcelain brush wash with chrysanthemum pattern printing from the Jingyou period, and a red and red plum picture straight cup in the glaze at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. Actually, with these two pieces of storage, I just don't want to change them, I'm afraid I can't do it. β
"It's just that although this transaction is almost confirmed, I still want to ask Mr. Ma to stay here for a few more days. Because even though the Bronze Age is gone, I think our previous plan to contact their museum to exhibit our collection can still be implemented. Because, I just recently got my hands on two of their precious artifacts. β
"The first piece is Paul. Sandby's watercolor painting "Old Beech Tree," and another painting by Jackson. Pollock's Lavender Mist: Number One. And if you add the previous Hans? Hoffman's "Dialogue" is supported by these three paintings, and I think there should be museums willing to cooperate with us. β
"So I'm going to ......"
"Teacher Ma. Teacher Ma? You...... Give you napkins ......"
Li Yi was still thinking about it and said that Lu Ningshuang had already noticed that Ma Dashen was abnormal, and this old man's eyes were already a little straight when he heard that the pen wash of the Ding kiln and the red glaze of the early Yuan Dynasty. And when he heard the famous paintings that followed, his mouth opened even wider!
So, the coffee that he had just drunk and didn't have time to swallow cleanly flowed down the corners of his mouth......
"You kid...... What should I say? You've been in Bordeaux for less than two days, haven't you? Come, come. You teach me how you do it. β
"In such a short period of time, you have negotiated with Philip, appreciated nearly 100 pieces of fine works, and looked at nearly 10,000 pieces of ancient porcelain."
"Then, you sued me, and you also took the time to pick up two leaks, and these two leaks actually happened to be world-famous paintings......"
Ma Dashen looked distressed, just when Li Yi thought that his feelings had been brewed in place, and he was about to slap the table and reprimand him for his almost shameless **** luck. Unexpectedly, the old man's words suddenly changed,
"I used to always teach my little grandson not to learn those Internet terms, no plain zhì, no taste! It's like that mythical beast, I don't know how to offend them, and I talk about people every day......"
"But, I'm just now realizing that I was wrong, and I'll apologize to the little one when I get back. Because ah. At this moment, in my heart, it seems that there are really tens of thousands of divine beasts galloping by! β
When he was leaving, he took with him a large piece of Dean's wine. According to him, only then can he slightly compensate for the heavy losses caused to him by the flying of the divine beast......
Seeing the taxi leave, Lu Ningshuang turned to face Li Yi, her delicate little face was covered with a look of disdain.
"Oops. What's wrong with this? β
"What's wrong? You're such a big person, how can you talk without knowing the severity? β
Lu Ningshuang straightened her chest, took half a step forward, and stabbed Li Yi's chest with her slender index finger.
"Do you know that what you just said to Mr. Ma, in my opinion, is in Chi from beginning to end. Naked showing off! Teacher Ma is so old, aren't you afraid to make him angry? Can you afford it? β
Li Yi wiped a handful of cold sweat from his forehead, this matter was indeed his negligence, because Ma Dashen was not his master after all, and his nerves had not yet undergone a sustained and high-intensity impact. However, he had already put it away and said it, otherwise, there would be Hanguang and the queen's jewelry box......
"If it were me, I would say this, Mr. Ma, in fact, the boss didn't know that the hibiscus frozen stone pen holder was used by Kangxi, so the price was only more than 30 million, and among the more than 6,000 pieces of porcelain, a light mandarin duck lotus bowl of the Qianlong Dynasty was also found, a ......"
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A family, this decisive family!
Back at the hotel, Li Yi washed up briefly, and then took out the wine he had just brought up.
Next, he is going to do a big thing, that is, add some ingredients to these wines, and then find an opportunity to give it to Lu Ningshuang and trick her into drinking it!
Hey......
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