Chapter Seventy-Six: The Treasure Map
Speaking of this, Chu Chen remembered one more thing, thought about it for a while, and then said: "I will follow a friend to Shennan to gamble on the stone on the fifth day, if you want to go with me, I will ask him when the time comes, can I take you with me." ”
"Ah, really, No. 5, I think about it, I was also free during that time, Brother Chu must take me with you when you arrive." Wen Yuting happily nodded in agreement.
Wen Yuting is going, and Li Guodong will definitely not lag behind.
Li Guodong is a little high-spirited, and he is not very willing to spend the family's money, in addition to the first year of college, his later tuition and living expenses are earned by his own part-time work and gambling stones, so under the shyness of his pocket, he was not very willing to come to Xijing in his heart.
But I didn't expect that the three of them basically didn't spend much money on this trip, and Zhou Wenping and Chu Chen were responsible for food, accommodation, transportation and travel.
And not only did it not cost much, but the three of them made money. After he went back, he was going to ask Chu Chen to sell the snuffbox, although it couldn't be sold at the same high price as the auction, but there should be thirty or forty thousand, so that he could be regarded as having food in his hands.
On the other side, Chu Yulan thought for a while and agreed, Wen Yuting was very happy when she saw this, if Chu Yulan didn't go, she would have a lot less fun alone.
And Zhou Wenping said apologetically: "Everyone, I'm really sorry, our family hasn't been home for a long time, so we have to stay at home for a while before returning to the capital, and this time I can't go to southern Yunnan." ”
Everyone can understand this, but although Zhou Wenping said so, if he was in the capital, he would not agree to go to southern Yunnan, after all, he still has the pressure of living in a family.
Seeing that everyone's interest was very high, Chu Chen poured some cold water on them appropriately, and said: "Don't be happy so early, my friend doesn't know if he will agree, if he doesn't agree, then we can only act separately for the time being, but I heard that there is some chaos over there, and if you don't have acquaintances, it's better not to go." ”
"Ahh
Chu Chen's words made Wen Yuting a little dumbfounded, gambling on the stone without Chu Chen's guidance, so what else is she betting on with her eyesight, is it lucky? Li Guodong is indeed good at gambling stones, but when it comes to gambling stones, she is still a little relieved about Chu Chen. However, I don't know if Li Guodong will be jealous if he knows her thoughts.
And they really don't have any acquaintances over there, and the place where the gambling stones are located is close to the border, and I heard that there are a lot of lawbreakers there, and if they encounter any danger, it will be troublesome.
Seeing this, Hou Yuanming smiled and said, "Xiaowen, don't worry, don't you still have me?" Then I will go with you. ”
After returning home yesterday, his father told him that if possible, he still had to deal with Chu Chen and them, and with Chu Chen's performance, maybe it would be an opportunity for their Jade Zhai to become bigger and stronger.
Hou Yuanming also agreed with this, coupled with a short period of contact, he felt that Chu Chen had a good personality and took good care of his friends, so he readily agreed to his father's request. Originally, he was still thinking about how to deepen his friendship with Chu Chen, but he didn't expect that there would be such a good opportunity, of course he wanted to participate.
With the addition of Hou Yuanming, the previous problem was solved. And Chu Chen was also very happy to see this, he originally went to southern Yunnan to accumulate contacts, Hou Yuanming's joining would be more able to realize his ideas, after all, for those informants, as long as they have a good reputation, who is it not sold to?
After discussing the matter of going to southern Yunnan, the security guard brought a portable safe, which could be used to store the statue of Manjushri and the large enamel bowl from before. Originally, Hou Yuanming was going to give this safe to Chu Chen, but it was useless, and Chu Chen bought it at the original price under Chu Chen's desperate resignation.
After that, everyone enjoyed the delicious Xijing special breakfast such as meatball and spicy soup, meat sandwich buns, etc., and then returned to the hotel to rest.
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The next afternoon, after Chu Chen said goodbye to the three of them at the train station, he returned home in the dust.
"It's better to be at home!"
Chu Chen sat on the sofa with his butt, and the warm feeling of home made him not want to move at all.
This trip to Xijing, it can be said that everyone is very satisfied, although the number of days to play is not much, but the harvest is very big. Especially for Chu Chen, the reborn jade cicada, the statue of Manjushri Bodhisattva during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty and the enamel color bowl of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, which one is not what others yearn for, especially the reborn jade cicada, which can be said to be priceless.
Moreover, this trip not only allowed him to get these three precious antiques, but also made him a multimillionaire in the blink of an eye.
Thinking of this, he felt that he should have plans to buy a house? It's not that he hates the poor and loves the rich, but there are more and more precious antiques at home, and the security aspect is a problem, this is not his own house, and the security project can't be done, so it doesn't necessarily mean that everything is placed in Uncle Wu's place, right?
And having his own house is also helpful to his gambling stone career, after all, it is always in plain sight, and it is not good to bet on a high price of jadeite, and after a long time, it may arouse the suspicion of some people with ulterior motives. And if you have your own house, you can buy the wool home and solve it yourself, which will undoubtedly be much safer.
However, there is no hurry to buy a house, and Chu Chen himself has not yet decided what kind of house he wants to buy, is it a courtyard house, or a villa full of natural style like Liu Lao? But no matter which one it is, he can't buy it with this little money. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, the money is still not enough!
"By the way, there is still that kind of Tang Sancai that hasn't been dealt with yet!"
I almost forgot that there was this thing just now, Chu Chen hurriedly took out a suitcase, and what was placed in it was the Tang Sancai horse made of fire clay.
Careful Tang Sancai put it on the table, Chu Chen looked at it carefully, and after reading it, he had to be amazed by the superb level of imitation of the fire clay.
This Tang Sancai, if you don't look at the tires and glaze with subtle differences, just in terms of appearance, it is exactly the same as the genuine Tang Sancai Malaysia, and this alone makes him feel extremely admired.
Then, Chu Chen began to carefully look at the interface of the broken tail, and after reading it, he knew that the broken tail should have fallen off. Now this place must have been glued in some simple way in recent years, so it looks a little rough and sticky.
Seeing this, Chu Chen couldn't help but wonder if the things inside were put in from here, otherwise the person before Weishenme hadn't found out?
Next, Chu Chen used some tools and took a lot of effort to take down the broken tail again. This made him a little angry, and the person who repaired it before didn't know what glue was used, it was so difficult to remove, and this glue should belong to the scope of irreversible repair materials.
The restoration of ancient ceramics is a relatively large science, but because there is no standard for this kind of restoration, coupled with the opacity of the repair, it is particularly prone to some problems. The use of irreversible repair materials is one of them, which will bring difficulties to the next repair and make the repair more difficult.
After taking the broken tail down, Chu Chen saw that the broken tail of the main body was actually smoothed out with something like plaster, and there were no small holes at all, but this was normal, if it was so easy to see, it would have been discovered by the person before.
However, Chu Chen also found that there were also traces of scratching on it, and it is estimated that the person also thought about whether there was something else inside, so he tried to scratch it. However, it seems that he may be afraid that Tang Sancai will be damaged, or because of some other reason, he only scratched a little and stopped.
Seeing this, Chu Chen immediately began to use tools to remove the plaster little by little, but Zhang Huo mud poured a lot of plaster, and he dug two centimeters into it before he dug up a little silk-like object, which made him suddenly excited, and his speed was much faster.
When Chu Chen took out all the silk-like things, he knew that this was a small bag, and the things placed in it were indeed paper, as he thought before, but he didn't expect that there were two folded pieces of paper inside, which meant that one of them was worthless.
There was also some powdered substance poured out of the bag, Chu Chen twisted it with his hand, and found that this thing should be a substance to prevent moisture or moth, after all, what is stored in it is paper.
Chu Chen opened the paper carefully, of course, this is also because this paper should be the relationship between the Republic of China, if it is a particularly old paper, it needs special protection before opening.
The first piece of paper was actually a simple sketch, with some landscapes drawn on it, and then a few lines were considered a road, and at the end of the road was a pine tree, and there was a stone under the pine tree, and there were no other buildings, which made Chu Chen suddenly cry and laugh.
This can't be a treasure map, right, but it's drawn like this, and there is no hint, so how can others find it? This can't be left by Zhang Huoclay to fool people.
Chu Chen looked at this picture, thought about it, and gave up, just with this picture, even if there is a treasure, he can't recognize what kind of place this is, and if he wants to find it, he can only rely on luck.
Open another picture, what is written on it are some small characters, Chu Chen read it carefully with a magnifying glass, what is written on it is really the same as he thought before, it is Zhang Huoclay's experience in imitating ceramics, and it is nothing else, it is how to fire Tang Sancai.
The above not only listed the formula of Tang Sancai tire glaze that he studied, but also listed the steps of how to make the fake have the characteristics of the real Tang Sancai, and he also bluntly said that this is the final version of his research, and the Tang Sancai made by this method, the comparison between the tire glaze and the real product can be said to be exactly the same.