Since yesterday at noon, we have a strong wind here, the whole city has lost the network and power, and now I just came, I'm sorry, this is today's two watches.

Hou Zhongdao: "Is it really that good? So how much can this thing be worth? ”

Jin Sandao: "How much?" This thing can't be measured in terms of money, all bronzes are national treasures, and it is illegal to buy and sell such things. ”

"Then you still buy it? Just tell me how much it's worth, and if it's not worth much, we'll deal with it quickly, and save us trouble. ”

"You just take a good look at it, we can't sell that thing, but if you exchange a Qingyun Mansion for my bronze tripod, I really won't change it."

Hou Zhong was a little surprised and said, "Isn't that worth more than 80 million?" ”

"Eighty million can only buy one leg."

"More than 300 million? Isn't that getting rich? ”

"Don't think about this good thing, we are not short of money, and we will not sell it for any money."

"Ah, now I really want to admire Zuo Qinglong."

"I made money, what do you admire him for?"

"Why can't you admire him? Or Brother Zuo understands it, you are the God of Wealth, you just spent 80 million, and then earned 300 million, such a speed of making money, isn't it the God of Wealth? ”

"Don't be poor, you better drive well! Hey? Who's that? Li Lin and the Tao brothers? Jin San saw a group of people gathered at the door of Qingyun Mansion, and there were actually Tao brothers and Li Lin inside.

"And the old man of the Tao family."

"What are they doing here?"

"Don't worry about this for now, they are around and see that it's not the baby bronze tripod, right? Let's hurry over and don't let them move the bronze tripod for us. ”

"Well, really guard against that old man Tao, he can really do it."

However, it was obvious that the worries of the two of them were in vain, and they just looked around the bronze tripod for a while, and then entered the Qingyun Building.

Jin San got out of the car, walked into the hall of Qingyun Building, and saw them.

They were sitting on the sofa on the side chatting, and when they saw Jin San coming in, Tao Dayou immediately greeted Jin San: "Jin Da is back, I really didn't expect that your old man's business is getting bigger and bigger." ”

"It's easy to say, make a little money, it's not as big as your business, we just make some hard money."

"I heard that Brother Jin bought this building?" Tao has a way.

Hou Zhong said on the side: "You guys are really well-informed, I don't know what is going on here?" It can't be that there is a business to take care of the big boss, right? The big boss just received a baby, and you guys are here, and the action is really fast. ”

Tao Lin didn't have much time to waste here, he said directly: "I know all your things, but for the sake of that batch of eggshell pottery, I only came here today, Jin San, look at this thing, is there a way to copy a batch." ”

"What is this thing? It's beautiful. Hou Zhong couldn't help but want to take it.

In the box in Tao Lin's hand, a beautiful piece of porcelain was revealed, attracting all the eyes around him.

"This is the Kowloon Cup."

"Kowloon Cup?"

"That National Treasure Kowloon Cup?"

"The Kowloon Cup used at the state banquet?"

Several people asked at the same time.

Nine dragon cups, the whole cup body is decorated by nine dragons, a dragon head stretches to the bottom of the cup, the tail stretches out of the cup mouth and bends into the cup handle, and the other eight dragons form four pairs, each pair of a head up, a head down, the four head heads head up stretch into the cup mouth in the form of drinking water, when the cup is filled with liquid, through the inverted U-shaped tube in the cup body, and from the mouth of the four dragons head down.

"This is also the Kowloon Cup, but it's not the Ouchi one, but the Ming Dynasty Kowloon Fair Cup." During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the government opened the "Imperial Ware Factory" in Jingdezhen, also known as the "Imperial Kiln Factory", which specialized in manufacturing imperial porcelain for the imperial palace.

At that time, Jingdezhen belonged to Fuliang County, Jiangxi, and the porcelain workers in the neighboring counties of Duchang, Fuzhou, Fengcheng, Leping, Boyang and other counties heard the news of Jingdezhen opening the "Imperial Kiln Factory", and gathered in Jingdezhen, among which the number of porcelain workers in Duchang and Fuzhou was the largest.

Royal porcelain requirements are high, manufacturing difficulty, all the porcelain workers who choose to the "Imperial Kiln Factory" are some porcelain-making skills of skilled craftsmen, through their hands to make the imperial porcelain are exquisite to the best products, "Kowloon Fair Cup" is one of them.

According to legend, in order to please the emperor and win the emperor's appreciation, the Fuliang County Commander at that time instructed the porcelain workers of the "Imperial Kiln Factory" to produce a "Nine Dragon Cup" within half a year to pay tribute to the emperor.

After the order was issued, the county lord personally supervised the production, because the "Nine Dragon Cup" was difficult to manufacture, and the time was short, the porcelain workers were anxious to sleep and eat. They developed it overnight, gave full play to everyone's wisdom and talents, and finally succeeded after more than three months and dozens of repeated trials.

Seeing the refined "Nine Dragon Cup", the county prince smiled happily and personally sent the "Nine Dragon Cup" to the capital to pay tribute to the emperor. Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the art treasure pot "Nine Dragon Cup" of Ling Jinzhen in Fuliang County, loved it and praised Jingdezhen porcelain craftsmanship and porcelain skills, and praised Jingdezhen for being worthy of the title of porcelain capital.

Fu Liang County Commander was appreciated by the emperor because of his meritorious tribute, and he was soon promoted to the rank of official and promoted from the county order to the government platform.

After Zhu Yuanzhang got the "Nine Dragon Cup", he often used this treasure to feast on the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

At a banquet, Emperor Hongwu intended to reward several confidants and ministers for drinking a little more wine, so he specially filled them with imperial wine, while some other ministers who usually liked to be outspoken and admonished were sifted shallow.

As a result, it backfired, and the ministers who were deliberately taken care of by the emperor did not drink the wine, and all the imperial wine leaked from the bottom of the "Nine Dragon Cup", while the other ministers happily drank the imperial wine given by the emperor.

The emperor was very puzzled by this, and the reason for this was that he knew that this cup of wine was the most fair, and that it could only be shallow and flat when it was filled with wine, not too full, otherwise, all the wine in the cup would be leaked, and there would be no drop left.

In order to remember the fairness of the "Kowloon Cup", Emperor Hongwu named the "Kowloon Cup" as the "Kowloon Fair Cup". Those who are content endure forever, and those who are greedy run out of water.

"Can't move." Tao Lin stopped Hou Zhong, who wanted to pick it up and look at it, and said, "This Nine Dragon Cup has been broken. ”

"Huh? Broken? Several unsuspecting people exclaimed almost simultaneously.

This is a national treasure, but now it is completely shattered, although it can be repaired, but even if it is repaired, it will not be restored to the original state, such a national treasure, it is a pity that it was actually shattered.

"That's a good thing." Jin San could only sigh.

Tao Dayou said: "Can you make a batch of copies?" ”

"This cup can be repaired, right? Even if you want a new batch of Kowloon cups, you don't need to come to me! There are masters in Jingdezhen, I heard that some people imitated a batch in the seventies and eighties, and the craftsmanship is more exquisite than the ancient times, why don't you go there to find a master to imitate? ”

When Jin San imitated eggshell pottery, he learned a lot about some exquisite ancient crafts, including many allusions to the Nine Dragon Cup.

What Jin San wants to imitate must be something that modern people can't imitate, so that the imitation is valuable, but this Jiulong Cup has been imitated by a master in Jingdezhen, and people have also made a lot of changes to the Jiulong Cup, making the Jiulong Cup more reasonable.

Although this Kowloon Cup is famous, Jin San really has little interest in this Kowloon Cup.

In the early 60s of the 20th century, a foreign dignitary came to visit China, and the wine glasses used in the reception banquet held for him were a set of priceless Kowloon cups.

Its shape is simple and vigorous, exquisitely clear, especially the dazzling pearl on the dragon's mouth, which is even more ingenious. The guests were deeply attracted by this exquisite and precious work of art, and took it in their hands to appreciate it carefully, and were full of praise and amazement.

Perhaps because of too much drinking, he actually put a Kowloon cup into the briefcase he carried with him, intentionally or unintentionally.

When our escort saw this, he said no, he didn't say it, he felt that it was not polite to ask directly, and it would even affect the relationship between the two countries, and he watched the guest pick up the briefcase and leave happily.

The relevant personnel promptly reported the situation to Zhou Zongli, who was inspecting the Shanghai market at that time.

Zhou Zongli instructed after listening: The Kowloon Cup is a rare treasure in our country, a set of 36, it is a pity to lack one, it can't be easily taken away by him, of course, the most appropriate method should be taken to recover it.

When Zhou Zongli learned that this VIP was going to watch the acrobatic performance, he thought for a moment and had a plan, so he summoned the relevant personnel and gave such and such an order.

In the evening, a magician walks onto the stage and places 3 cups on a table in style.

The audience looked at it and it turned out to be a dazzling Kowloon Cup.

Then the magician raised his pistol and pulled the plate machine towards the Kowloon Cup, and with a gunshot, in a blink of an eye, only two of the three Kowloon Cups remained, and the other one was missing.

The audience was enthusiastic, both amazed by the magician's skills and wondering: where was the Kowloon Cup hidden?

At this time, the magician said to the audience: "Comrades in the audience, I just shot that cup into the bag of the distinguished guest sitting in the front row."

After speaking, he walked off the stage lightly and said to the distinguished guest, "Sir, can you open your bag?"

The distinguished guest knew that it was a ploy, but he couldn't keep quiet, so he took the Kowloon cup out of his bag, and when he saw that the audience was applauding enthusiastically, he also laughed happily.

Since then, the Kowloon Cup can be said to be internationally famous, and there is naturally no shortage of imitators for such a famous thing.

Tao Dayou said: "There are imitations in Jingdezhen, but now the ones produced there are not even high-quality imitations, so I came to you today." ”