The ink in the box has different shapes, some are long, some are round and some are square, and the four ink ingots look like they should all be old ink for a certain year, and the production time should be at least more than 100 years.

The reason why Chu Chen judged this way is also because no matter what kind of luster was used to protect the ink ingots when they were originally made, after a hundred years, the damage to their collection, the wear and tear of the play, and the erosion of the air, the surface layer will naturally show a simple color, and the older it is, the older and darker its color will be.

Judging from the surface xiàn, the new ink is gray, although it is thick but not smooth enough; The old ink is pure black and smooth, and the color is thick. The new ink is uneven with glue, and its ink color is uneven; The old ink making method is rigorous, and the time is long, its glue is natural and uniform, the ink color is smooth, and the pen is not sticky.

Therefore, Chu Chen could see at a glance that these pieces should be more than a hundred years old. Of course, although the ink is old, it is impossible for the old man's son to compensate Chu Chen with particularly good ancient ink, these pieces are just ordinary ink ingots in the late Qing Dynasty worth two or three hundred.

In addition to these four old ink ingots from the late Qing Dynasty, the remaining ink ingots, Chu Chen looked at it roughly, and he was a little puzzled.

This ink ingot is rectangular, about ten centimeters long, five centimeters wide, one end of the ink ingot looks like it has been used, and the gold painting and style on the surface have almost fallen off, and it is difficult to see what is written on it for a while.

The reason why Chu Chen felt that this ink ingot was strange was also because the surface of this piece of ink looked like it was broken, as if it was a broken lacquer coat.

Lacquer ink is the ink ingot of lacquer on the surface, lacquer ink prevailed in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and Kangxi ink of the Qing Dynasty was rare. It was popular again during the Qianlong period. However, after the late Qianlong period, the lacquer and ink luster was more than beautiful, but the thick and simple were insufficient. The lacquer edge of the ink also shows the characteristics of different eras. In the Ming Dynasty, most of the upper and lower left and right sides were lacquered, and the front and back were natural colors. In the Qing Dynasty, there were more sides of the lacquer. Both sides are not painted up and down.

Under normal circumstances, all the old lacquer cloth ink, the patent leather is thick and has broken lines, similar to the guqin. But the broken line is by no means a crack, there is a line but not a crack, hidden between the patent leather, which is similar to the opening of ancient porcelain.

As for the authenticity of the broken lines, it is also very easy to identify, as long as you use a magnifying glass to observe, the old ink broken lines. For the inner buckle, the new imitation is turned outward.

However, Chu Chen carefully observed and found that there was no lacquer coating on the surface of this ink ingot, and the broken lines on the surface should actually be made when the zuò was made.

In addition, this ink ingot looks so good that it doesn't look like it's been preserved for a long time, so. It feels as if this piece of ink is an old fake.

But Chu Chen felt that this ink ingot was not simple, because the time breath precipitated on the ink ingot could not be faked at all. But. He wasn't good at identifying Gu Mo, and now that time didn't allow it, he simply used his ability. The result given by the anomaly made him almost drop his jaw in shock.

Chu Chen calmly put the ink ingot back into the box. Then he said hesitantly: "Uncle, your ink ingots are really good." And almost all of them were from the late Qing Dynasty, but they were just ordinary ink at that time! ”

The old man actually didn't want to get back the things he sold to Chu Chen, and since Chu Chen was so powerful, how could the value of the things he fancy be low, and how could it be so easy to want Chu Chen to withdraw the things? But the son at home is persecuted, and his wife keeps making trouble, he just doesn't want to do it, and he can't refuse.

After thinking about it, the old man felt that he was caught in the middle, and he really suffered from both ends, and he really didn't want to go on like this, so he took off a pendant around his neck and put it in front of Chu Chen's eyes, and said:

"Little brother, this little jade plaque was left to me by my father when I was a child, if you like it, take it! Please help! ”

While speaking, the old man's eyes flashed with a hint of reluctance when he looked at his jade plate.

The old man's jade plaque is carved from yellow skin jade, which is oval, with a shallow carving of Lin Kui raising a crane on the front and a landscape turquoise stone carved on the back. This jade plaque is smooth and round, the artistic conception is ingenious, and the colors are colorful, which should be a masterpiece in the late Qing Dynasty, which is quite rare. The current market value should also be about 80,000.

The old man took out this jade plate, on the one hand, he should not know the value of the jade plate, and on the other hand, it is estimated that he was forced to have no choice.

To say, Chu Chen also likes this jade plate a lot, and he also takes advantage of this matter, but there is a way and a way, he already has an unexpected joy, and if he possesses the old man's jade plate, it will be insatiable.

"Uncle, I know it's not easy for you, I can't ask for this jade plate, you better take it back......"

Seeing that Chu Chen didn't want the jade plate, the old man thought that Chu Chen didn't agree to return the things to him, and suddenly became a little anxious, Chu Chen hurriedly said: "Uncle, you listen to me after speaking, what about the things, I can return them to you, but I also have a request, these two things can't be sold in the capital, otherwise, I won't be polite!" ”

"Little brother, do you agree?" After getting the desired result, the old man couldn't believe it.

"Yes!" Chu Chen nodded, and said bluntly: "Uncle, there are still my friends over there, I am not going to say more about this, let's hurry up......"

Although Chu Chen got an unexpected joy, but things are one yard at a time, and he doesn't like the old man's behavior very much, so he immediately issued an eviction order.

"Okay! Okay......" The old man also understood this, and immediately took out the money from the pocket of his clothes and handed it to Chu Chen.

"That's right! Uncle, let's sign an agreement to save trouble in the future! ”

When the transaction was completed and the old man was about to go back, Chu Chen thought of the old man's son's strange idea, and still felt that it was a little safer to sign an agreement. The old man also understood what Chu Chen meant, and his old face couldn't help but turn red, but there was no way, who told him to take care of it!

After the old man left, Chu Chen couldn't help but shake his head: "It's really a big world, there are no wonders!" ”

Sighing, Chu Chen originally wanted to study the ink ingot carefully, but thinking of the friends next door who had been waiting for a long time, he still picked up the box and prepared to study it later.

However, just as Chu Chen walked to the door, he saw Uncle Wu, Zhu Dafu and Zhao Xueyi walking in from outside the door together.

Chu Chen hurriedly greeted the three of them with a smile, and then asked Uncle Wu, "Dad, how are your gains today?" ”

"Hey! Not to mention, being preempted by others, and in the end, I didn't even drink a sip of soup, which was really depressing. Zhao Xueyi replied first.

Zhao Xueyi is a professional broker, and there must be a lot of work to dig out the old house, and today the three of them just came back from digging the house, and it seems that the situation is not good.

Chu Chen was somewhat glad when he heard him say this, Zhao Xueyi had also informed him, but today he had to give Zhenzhen treatment, so he politely refused, and now it seems that there is no need to waste time.

Zhu Dafu waved his hand and said, "Hey! Don't mention this kind of unfortunate thing, Xiaochen, looking at you like this, it seems that you have got a good thing! ”

Chu Chen asked a little strangely when he heard this: "No, how can you see that I have made a good thing?" I didn't write anything on my face. ”

Zhu Dafu laughed and said: "You still said that you didn't write, I see that the corners of your mouth are almost grinning behind your ears!" ”

Chu Chen pinched his mouth and said, "Is it really so obvious?" ”

"Alright! It's not obvious, you just look in the mirror yourself, now let's hurry up and take a look at your baby! Zhao Xueyi couldn't wait to say.

Chu Chen smiled, then opened the box, and in an instant, the contents were presented in front of everyone.

"Hey, it's Gu Mo!" When Uncle Wu saw the contents of the box, he sighed lightly, but after taking a closer look, his brows couldn't help but wrinkle.

"These ink ingots are old enough, but they are all ordinary ink ingots, and now the price of ink ingots is getting lower and lower, such ink is really not collectible!" Zhao Xueyi also frowned and said.

Since ancient times, China has called scholars with knowledge and cultivation "literati and writers". The sound of "ink ke" points out the importance of ink to readers.

In the study of the ancients, a literati recited poems at the desk, and there were always beautiful women or scholars quietly studying ink next to them. The ink studied by the ancients is what we call the old ink today, that is, ink ingots. Ink is the product of modern people's invention to save trouble.

The ancients were very particular about it, and the ink ingots had to be ground with well water. Li Ruzhen, a great literati of the Qing Dynasty, only used the well water in the courtyard of the Confucian Temple in the capital to grind the ink, and used this well water to grind the ink, and the writing ink was fragrant and smooth, so he wrote the novel "Mirror Flowers".

You may think, isn't it all ink, can there be such a big difference between ink and ancient ink?

In fact, the ink itself is a silent material language, and the ink is different from the works created by ancient ink, not to mention anything else, it is said that the ink color is still the same after hundreds of years of ancient ink painting, while the color difference of modern ink will appear in just a few decades.

To say, good ancient ink is very important for calligraphers and painters, but ancient ink is a consumable, and the role of ink is only reflected in the use, in terms of collection, it is only a niche product.

It is understood that the collection of ancient ink flourished in the Ming Dynasty and reached its ultimate in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and the contemporary collection of ink was mainly concentrated in the 70s and 90s of the last century. Judging from the past ten years, in 1997, the Gumo market reached a peak.

In 1997, the price of ancient ink began to decline, and now, that is, in 2002, the market price of ancient ink has been slowly declining.

Although none of you here knew that this round of decline would continue until 2006, they all knew that in the current market situation, it is not a wise choice to collect ancient ink, especially ancient ink of average quality.

Zhu Dafu smiled when he heard this: "Lao Zhao, I don't think you should worry about Xiaochen, you don't want to think about it, how can he do a loss-making business with such a shrewd mind?" If I'm not mistaken, there is something extraordinary about this piece of ancient ink! ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the ink ingot, which looked like it had broken lines. (To be continued......)

PS: Thanks to the commuter pass of "tanghailin"!