On the book that Han Peacock picked up, it was just some ordinary breathing and breathing techniques, and in Han Peacock's eyes, although these recorded exercises were simple, they were not useless.

However, modern people simply do not have the perseverance to cultivate according to the above meditation and breathing methods, so no one can cultivate internal qi, of course, the main reason is that no one thinks that these can cultivate internal qi.

If you don't have a belief in qigong, if you don't have sincerity, and you don't have a persistent belief, you naturally can't cultivate your inner qi.

Han Peacock has collected a lot of such books over the years, a book costs more than ten yuan, and various versions of Han Peacock have been collected, so now he is not interested in this kind of book.

Putting down this book, he was immediately attracted to another one, which was two books of traditional Chinese characters, whose names were supplemented by Wufang vowels, printed by Shanghai Changshu Publishing House.

Both books were a kind of dictionary during the Republic of China, and the circulation at that time was very large.

Now the use value is very small, and the historical value is still a little, because it is not far from the present, so the economic value is not very high.

This kind of thing has collectible value, but the price is not high, it is about 300-400 yuan.

This kind of Republic of China was printed in large quantities, and the collection value is average, mainly depending on the degree of new and old, but fortunately, these two books are well preserved.

"Little brother has good eyesight, these two books of supplemental pentagram vowels are definitely good things that I have here, how about it? Take it back and play around? "The stall owner is a fair-faced little old man, who looks like the kind of white-faced scholar who has not worked hard for a day, and this kind of person is either a retired government agency or a retired teacher.

"Uncle, how do you sell these two books?" Han Peacock is very direct, after all, these two books are not very valuable, even if this boss raises the price, it is impossible to sell them at a sky-high price.

"These are two dictionaries from the Republic of China, and ordinary people really don't know the way, if you want it, give four hundred yuan!" The old man said.

"Four hundred? 200 yuan each! This is also too expensive, even if it is a book of the Republic of China, but this is a printed type, and such a book is sold so expensive? "Han Peacock wants to negotiate the price, he bought it at this price, and it is not easy to sell it again.

"This little brother seems to be a knowledgeable person, you should know that I didn't ask for a high price, if it is a manuscript, it is a sky-high price, because it is printed in large quantities, so I say this price, if it is a manuscript, it is not this price." The old man said.

Han Peacock immediately pointed to the corner of the stall, there was a large stack of manuscripts encapsulated with a thick manuscript with wire, Han Peacock said: "Uncle, that is a manuscript, I don't know what price you want to sell?" ”

"Ugh!" The old man didn't know what to say for a while.

Han Peacock saw it just now, it was a manuscript of Dream of Red Mansions, and there were a lot of words in Dream of Red Mansions, and I didn't know who had nothing to do when he was full, so he copied this book.

Don't think that manuscripts are valuable, at the beginning, Han Peacock stopped at this stall, and he only came here when he saw such a thick stack of manuscripts.

Although this book is a manuscript, it is just a manuscript in the thirties and forties, and the handwriting is a fountain pen traditional Chinese characters, inferred from these characteristics, it should be before the founding of the People's Republic of China, but from the analysis of fountain pen characters, it is after the Republic of China, after all, in 1809, the American Huatuomen Golden Pen Factory officially produced fountain pens.

At the beginning of the 20th century, American brands such as Huatuomen and Parker were introduced to China.

In 1928, Shanghai fountain pen factory produced the first domestic fountain pen, and the pens such as Dr. and Guan Leming were famous brand fountain pens before the liberation of China.

Therefore, this manuscript of the Dream of Red Mansions should be a manuscript twenty-eight years later, forty-nine years ago, and the book was copied and then bound with thread.

Han Peacock quickly flipped through it, and found nothing special, and there was no indication of the author of the transcription, although the handwriting was decent, but it was also unremarkable, so this hand-copied Dream of Red Mansions was not of much value.

"Uncle, although this Dream of Red Mansions is not copied by celebrities, it is also a manuscript after all, if this Red Mansion sells for two hundred yuan, it is okay, as for these two books to supplement the pentagular, two hundred yuan will definitely not be wanted." Han Peacock said.

The old man saw that Han Peacock took a few books together, as if he was really sincere in buying them, his kind of bookstall, there are no rare books, but the books they buy are also cheap, they are generally selected from some of the strength of collecting garbage at the price of garbage, so the cost is very low, maybe he can receive a few hundred catties of books on this bookstall without two hundred yuan.

Seeing that Han Peacock had a bit of a meaning to buy, the old man was a little more enthusiastic: "If you want all three copies, I will deal with them for you at a price of two hundred yuan each, you must know that although this Dream of Red Mansions is ordinary, it is a manuscript after all, no matter who copied it, you can't deny that the handwriting on it is very neat, right?" This kind of manuscript is definitely not something that can be bought for 200 yuan, so it is not expensive to sell it for 600 yuan with those two copies of the pentagram vowels attached. ”

Han Peacock thought about it, these two books with five square vowels for 200 yuan are also cheap, and if you add another 200 yuan to buy a manuscript of Dream of Red Mansions, it can be regarded as taking advantage.

"Then so be it, this is six hundred yuan, uncle, you can take it." Han Peacock took out six hundred yuan and handed it to the old man, picked up three books and stood up.

The three books are not thick together, and the two books that add pentagram vowels are not interesting, and Han Peacock bought it just because this is a dictionary that appeared very early in China, and this kind of thing can only be seen in museums, and it is rarely seen outside, and now he buys it, and it can only be used for collection.

And the Red Mansion, Han Peacock just flipped through it at random, he had read the Dream of Red Mansions eight hundred years ago, and he remembered the contents of it clearly, if it wasn't for a manuscript, he would never have bought it, after all, he had several versions of the Dream of Red Mansions printed at home.

In the process of circulation, the Dream of Red Mansions gradually formed various versions, which are divided into two parts: the manuscript and the engraved version.

The original Dream of the Red Chamber, or Stone Record, was circulated in the form of a manuscript in a small circle around the author, dating from the middle to late Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (c. 1754-1790), and there are about a dozen kinds of manuscripts that have been handed down to this day.

It can be said that copying the Red Chamber can be regarded as a tradition, so it is not very strange for Han Peacock to see this manuscript in the thirties and forties.

Manuscripts are generally very precious, such as Jiazhuben, Jimaoben, Gengchen Ben, Qi Preface Ben, Yang Zangben, Jiachen Ben, etc., almost all of which are treasured in major museums in China, and some editions are collected by foreign museums.

The engraving of the Dream of the Red Chamber was first made in the 56th year of the Qianlong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty (1791), the year in which the movable type printing of the Dream of the Red Chamber (later known as "Cheng Jiaben") began to circulate.

Later, in 1792, Cheng and Gao launched the Dream of the Red Chamber (later known as "Cheng Yiben").

Cheng and Gao Ben opened the precedent for the printing of the Dream of Red Mansions engravings, and became the source of all the engravings in the market for more than 200 years, and the engravings of later generations, including the white text and the commentary book, such as the Dongguan Pavilion book, the Ben Yazang Ben, the Tenghua Pavilion Ben, the Shanyin Lou Ben, the Sanrang Tang Ben, the Weiwen Tang Ben, the Wenyuan Tang Ben, the Miaofuxuan Ben, the Additional Commentary and the Supplementary Diagram Stone Record, etc., are all copies of Cheng and Gao Ben.

Han Peacock likes to read, so he also collected a few copies of Dream of Red Mansions, but he has never seen some well-known manuscripts or engravings.

What he collected was only a few printed books with different contents, and they were all published in the past fifty or sixty years, but fortunately, the contents in them were different, and they were also a bit collectible.

The one in his hand now is the first time he has received a manuscript of Dream of Red Mansions.

Next, Han Peacock stayed in the antique street for more than two hours, but he really didn't find anything good, so he lost the interest of Taobao and returned home.

"What good things did Xiao Han buy again?" As soon as he walked into the courtyard, Meng Guangtao saw him, saw the thing in his hand, and immediately asked in a loud voice.

"Nothing good is just three books." Han Peacock replied.

Hearing Han Peacock's confirmation, Meng Guangtao immediately stood up: "Did you miss again?" Good skills, I heard that you just picked up two ancient books a few days ago, what kind of treasures are these three, tell Uncle Meng about it! ”

"Cut." As soon as Meng Guangtao finished speaking, one of the two prime-aged men beside him immediately showed a face full of disdain.

"Earlier, he said that our little bowl is a treasure, why can't it be sold? I said that's not a liar, right? The man whispered to another man in front of him.

Although the voice was small, Han Peacock could hear it clearly, if it was an ordinary person, he would never hear it, but he was not an ordinary person.

It seems that Meng Guangtao has not been selling that small bowl in the past two days, otherwise this man's resentment would not be so big, these two must be Meng Guangtao's two sons.

"Xiao Han, these are my two sons, the eldest Meng Shan and the second Meng Tian, both of whom are unlearned and unskilled guys." As he spoke, Meng Guangtao glared at his second son fiercely.

"Hello two big brothers!" Han Peacock greeted.

"Brother Xiao Han is polite, I don't know what good things Brother Han bought again, why don't you let us open our eyes?" Boss Monsan Road.

Han Peacock said lightly: "It's really not a good thing, two dictionaries from the Republic of China period and a hand-copied Dream of Red Mansions are not of much value." ”

"Cut, I thought I really had the ability, it turned out to be a rag collector!" Meng Tian Road.

"What are you talking about, second brother? Xiao Han, don't mind, I said Xiao Er, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, the handwritten Dream of Red Mansions is a rare book, and now it is collected in major museums and libraries at home and abroad, do you think it is the kind of Dream of Red Mansions that you usually read? Meng Guangtao hated the Tao of iron and steel.

Others don't know about Han Peacock, he doesn't know yet, although Han Peacock has not picked up big leaks over the years, but small leaks are frequent, this kind of ability is not something ordinary people can do.

At this time, Han Peacock only smiled bitterly: "Uncle Meng, these three books are really not very good, this manuscript is only a manuscript from the thirties and forties, copied with a fountain pen, it is definitely not too valuable, otherwise such an obvious manuscript would not have been received by me for two hundred yuan." ”