If Wang Chan himself is also a phase master, even if there is a phase master standing behind him, this is Ruan Tianci's plan to reconsider dealing with the Qiao family, after all, although the antiques of the Qiao family are tempting, but for this to offend a phase master, it is still quite not cost-effective.

After a while, the auctioneer appointed by the court, accompanied by two notaries, walked in, and the shopkeeper Song might be afraid that Wang Chan would not know, so he lowered his voice and said: "Senior brother, this is Mr. Jin Mantangjin, the auctioneer of the carnival auction house, the designated auctioneer of this auction." ”

The notary read out the court's verdict, communicated his name, and announced the official opening of the auction. Jin Mantang said with a smile: "Professor Qin is a master recognized by all of us, and the death of Professor Qin is a huge loss to our cultural festival, please observe a three-minute silence for Professor Qin." ”

The auctioneer is to grasp the hearts of customers, so that they can take the initiative and let people obediently take out more money.

For example, this auction task is not a very easy thing, because this time everyone knows that it is the leftover cold rice eaten by Nanhu University, therefore, the value of the subject matter is greatly discounted, the auctioneer is to adjust everyone's atmosphere, tell everyone, this time is the collection of the master, even if it is the collection of the master, it is also a boutique, not a big road goods can be compared, which invisibly produces an impression in everyone's understanding, I want to pay more.

A successful auctioneer can't be said to be a successful psychologist, at least half a psychologist.

After a moment of silence, the staff of the auction house brought the first auction item, which was a stack of letters.

There are no envelopes, just letterheads.

Jin Mantang said: "There are eight letters in the Qing Dynasty, and the specific author is not examinable, they are all family letters, the texture is rough-edged paper, and the price is 5,000 yuan. Each increase must not be less than 500 yuan? ”

Zhao Kaifu glanced at it with disdain and said: "Everyone likes to collect sets of antiques, if there is no envelope for letters, is it still called letters?" Also five thousand dollars? If Professor Qin's collection is all of this grade, then I have come for nothing? ”

Obviously, Zhao Kaifu is very unhappy, even he is a layman who knows that it is best to collect letters with a complete set of paper and envelopes, which has the value of collecting, and it is obvious that he is very dissatisfied with the first auction item of Jin Mantang, and he has no intention of bidding at all.

At this time, Jin Mantang smiled awkwardly and said, "Although there is no envelope, it should be quite a good treasure that can be collected so seriously by Professor Qin." ”

Obviously, Zhao Kaifu was not very satisfied with Jin Mantang's explanation.

Zhao Kaifu didn't eat this set at all, snorted and said, "Are you playing antiques on my first day?" This kind of folk letter, IOU or something, in the antique market, five yuan a piece, how much or how much, if you kick it all, you can still negotiate. ”

Although everyone knows that Zhao Kaifu is a mallet, but people are rich, antique dealers mostly refer to this kind of person to eat, and what Zhao Kaifu said is actually not wrong, the letter IOU at the end of the Qing Dynasty or something, it is basically a few dollars a piece, all kicked, that is, a kick, and the meaning of taking it all in.

The price is naturally favorable.

However, after Zhao Kaifu's trouble, this first lot is a little cold.

Obviously, whether it is the shopkeeper Song or Ruan Tianci, they have already decided that the rough-edged paper of the letter is not wrong, so there is no intention of making a move at all, who cares about ordinary letters.

There was a cold venue for half a minute, which is very rare in the auction market, if it weren't for the fact that this was a private auction, Jin Mantang would have found a crack to get into.

When Jin Mantang asked again and was about to give up, Wang Chan raised his hand and said, "Five thousand yuan." ”

In fact, Wang Chan didn't care much about these letters at first, when he started playing with antiques, if there was no envelope for a letter of this kind, it would only cost two yuan a piece in the antique market.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were only about ten or twenty books printed by the people.

But when he saw the murderous aura on this letter, he immediately thought of a late Qing minister who was a fellow villager with Professor Qin, and directly called the reserve price.

Although it is only a reserve price, it is undoubtedly like a fairy music for Jin Mantang. If the first shot is lost, then according to the jargon, it is not good to be a teacher.

If it is passed out, it will be laughed at by peers, so Jin Mantang glanced at Wang Chan with gratitude, asked three times as usual, no one increased the price, and after swiping the card on the spot, all the letters returned to Wang Chan.

Zhao Kaifu glanced at Shopkeeper Song with a smile and said, "Shopkeeper Song, is this the person in your store?" Eyesight has to be practiced, this kind of paper letter, at first glance, is an ordinary letter, five thousand yuan, a loss,"

Shopkeeper Song said with a smile: "Young people, if you don't suffer a loss, you should learn from experience." Wang Chan is my senior brother's tall feet, and Mr. Zhao should not be underestimated. ”

Zhao Kaifu glanced at Wang Chan and said, "So, isn't there anything amazing about this letter?" ”

At this time, Wang Chan couldn't see Zhao Kaifu's shocking expression, as if he was a master of identification, and others were rookies.

If Zhao Kaifu really has the ability, it would be a senior in the industry, but Zhao Kaifu just said that he was a mallet, pretending to know how much he knew.

Therefore, Wang Chan said with a smile: "Although these letters may not be valuable, the person who wrote him is indeed not an ordinary person, it is Zeng Guofan, the head of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty." ”

As soon as these words came out, the other people were stunned, Zeng Guofan, could it be that these letters were written by Zeng Guofan?

Ruan Tianci was the first to react and said: "Impossible, this can't be written by Zeng Guofan, this paper is not right, it is rough-edged paper, look at this paper, this is written by Zeng Guofan when he was in his prime, but according to the practice of Zeng Guofan's letters, when he was in his prime, he used the famous calender paper, at that time, Zeng Guofan was a first-class minister, and he was a very popular minister in the Qing Dynasty, and he would not use ordinary paper to write letters, which is not right." ”

Speaking of which, the ancient people were very strict about their status, and there were certain standards for what level of officials, food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Zeng Guofan, a very human minister, actually used rough-edged paper, which is not in line with his identity at all, if it is the early Zeng Guofan's family letter, it may be about the same, but it has been clearly written in the letter.

These letters were written in the year of Yimao, that is, the fifth year of Xianfeng, when Zeng Guofan was already a second-grade minister, think about how the second-grade minister can use rough-edged paper, isn't this a joke? For example, those who are on the ground and the down-and-out literati will write letters on rough-edged paper.

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