Even those who are lazy and lazy, idle Eight Banners children, are not really unlearned, although these people love to play, but because of sufficient financial security, most of them have played a skill, Peking Opera, opera, raising dogs, boiling eagles, fighting grasshoppers and other miscellaneous studies, very deep research.

These people seem to be useless on weekdays, but once they reach the professional field, they immediately become experts and scholars. And what I want for the rest of my life are these partial talents who have a deep study of various categories of traditional Chinese culture. These people can't be idle after they have been invited at a high price. Jumping out of the truck, the group gathered together and began to study what the Japanese were selling on the black market.

According to the words of the rest of his life - as long as it is an old object of the Chinese, as long as it is a valuable thing, you can't let go of a single thing! Money is definitely not an issue.

The Japanese, on the other hand, began to invade China when the Japanese harassed the coast. After the First Sino-Japanese War, nearly half a century of plunder, in addition to the imperial palace and the major chaebols have an innumerable number of Chinese antiques, there are also a large number of Chinese antique collections among the people. Today's black market in Tokyo, Japan, seems to be in tatters, but in fact, the number of Chinese antiques in it can be as large as a small museum in later generations.

After jumping out of the car, these old and young remnants of the Manchu Dynasty began to organize groups to brush the stalls. One said, "Oops! This grub cage is interesting! At least 100 years ago! ”

Another said: "Isn't this what the Baylors in Beijing used to boil eagles, how did you put it here!" How much do you cost? Two pounds of sweet potatoes! No problem! If this thing were in its prime, it would be worth tons of sweet potatoes......"

The level of antique appraisal for the rest of his life is 108,000 miles away from these people, so he will not go forward to join in the fun. I saw that these old and young remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were moving at the speed of moving and loading these things on the stalls onto the truck. After visiting a huge market, these people were almost full of trucks, and none of them said they were tired.

There is an old man who can be regarded as a famous place and said to Yu Sheng: "This harvest is greater than the harvest in Panjiayuan for ten years." The third and fifth children actually found a few pieces of porcelain from the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and a genuine handiwork of Tang Bohu. ”

Yu Sheng asked, "How much did these things cost?" ”

The old man counted on his fingers: "There are probably a few hundred catties of white flour......

Yu Sheng nodded. This price, compared to the harvest, is almost negligible.

These Manchu remnants actually don't have a good impression of the Japanese, although it is said that the Japanese supported Pu Yi and established the puppet Manchurians. However, everyone can see that Pu Yi is just a puppet. In the pseudo-Manchurian. These old and young remnants of the former Qing Dynasty, in addition to being lackeys for the Japanese, are just second-class citizens. And not in the Manchurians of the puppet Manchurians, the treatment is even worse. The Japanese kill whenever they want, no different from other people, and they don't have any attitude towards their allies at all.

Therefore, this group of old and young relics, while identifying antiques. He also used Chinese to sneer at these Japanese, but the Japanese couldn't understand it anyway. Even if you get it. Now that he is defeated, he can only bear it!

And in front of a stall, a group of old men held a few stones in their hands and sarcastically said to a middle-aged Japanese: "You want to use this thing to make trouble!" Are you jadeite, you are rolling mud with glass, pretending to be it! ”

The person next to him said, "Jadeite." It's always been green. Galeries Lafayette's emerald cabbage and emerald watermelon, all the same. This kind of colorlessness can only be scrap. ”

This group of old and young people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are talking happily with you and me, and they separated the crowd for the rest of their lives and came closer. Looking in front of a middle-aged Japanese man. There were a few pieces that looked like stones. The middle-aged man sits in a kneeling position, which is the most common among Japanese people, and a few stones are placed on a rag, which looks like he is asking for food.

Yu Sheng picked up the worthless jade rough that was said by these old and young people, and when he looked at it through the sun, he almost dropped his jaw in shock. Under the sun, this piece of jadeite rough can still be clearly visible and translucent when the skin shell is completely intact. It's really a kind of water superlative. It's just that the color is a little lighter, and it's light to nothing.

Although the shell of this jadeite rough has not yet been unraveled, through the various manifestations of the appearance, it can be basically determined that the planting water of this stone should be between the high ice species and the glass species. When the jadeite market peaked in later generations, each gram could be sold for tens of thousands of yuan. The price of millions of pendants is by no means a false price. And the piece of rough stone that I have in hand for the rest of my life only needs to weigh one kilogram.

Yu Sheng restrained his ecstasy and looked at the remaining jade rough stones in turn. Some of these rough stones have no damage to their skins, and some have been knocked open. The color varies from colorless to pale blue. There is no green jadeite. According to later generations, it was all water, not color. The transparency and delicacy of these materials are superb. If it is before the rest of his life in the afterlife, just these few pieces of material on the rag can make a poor silk become a CEO in an instant and marry Bai Fumei.

These Manchu widows said that these materials were worthless, but they were not wrong. Large-scale mining and production of jadeite was a matter of the mid-to-late Qing Dynasty, and initially, only green jadeite was regarded as a treasure. Most of the jadeite used by the court of the Qing Dynasty was green or mixed with green. Some of these materials, in the eyes of later generations, are nothing more than green on a white background, far inferior to the crystal clear high ice and clear water materials. However, the emperors and concubines of the Qing court loved green jadeite.

If there is something good at the top, it will be good at the bottom. As a result, the green jadeite quickly became a royal treasure. And the arrival of the peak of jadeite was because of Cixi's extreme preference. Legend has it that there was a foreigner who presented Cixi with a huge fiery diamond, and after Cixi looked at it twice, she waved her hand and said, "Go aside!" At the same time, another person presented Cixi with a small jade handle. Cixi played with it twice, felt good, and said with great joy: "It's really a good thing, and there are many rewards!" ”

And Cixi's hobbies were also inherited by Madame Chiang. In later generations, when Mrs. Jiang appeared, she was dressed in a cheongsam and a set of emerald green and bright jade jewelry, which made people's eyes dazzle. And the estimated value of this set of jadeite jewelry is 100 million US dollars. With these two heavyweight jadeite enthusiasts here, the jadeite hobby is booming, and it is strange that green jadeite is worthless.

This concept continued until the 80s. Emeralds of glass species and high-ice species. No matter how good the water is, if there is no green, it will be considered waste and discarded. These Manchu remnants inherited this concept.

Back then, there were even things about taking high ice and glass jade rough stone houses. It was not until the later eighties that it was post. The concept of domestic jewelry is in line with international standards, and people's pursuit of crystal clear materials is gradually balanced with the pursuit of color. The price of glass and high-ice jadeite has risen rapidly under the change of concern. In the past few decades, it has skyrocketed 10,000 times! And those people in the high ice and glass jade rough stone houses have inadvertently become extremely rich.

The rest of my life did not expect that it would be on the black market in Tokyo, Japan. You can still see such a high-quality jadeite raw material. Curiosity increased, and the middle-aged Japanese man asked, "Where did these jadeite rough stones come from?" ”

There is no light next to it to translate for the rest of his life. The middle-aged man said, "This is what I brought back from Myanmar. ”

Yu Sheng's eyes shrank and he was surprised: "Oh? Are you a Japanese who withdrew from Burma? ”

The middle-aged Japanese man still hung his head and said to Yu Sheng, "Yes." At this time, Yu Sheng found out that this middle-aged man actually had only one foot.

Yu Sheng said: "Although I know that this jadeite rough is not green and is not valuable. But, personally, for me. I really like the sheer texture. So, you make an offer. As long as it is suitable, I want all these jadeite rough stones. Of course, if you have other jadeite rough stones with a relatively pure texture, you can also take them out, I want them all! ”

The man was overjoyed. When they finally raised their heads, everyone exclaimed, and then they saw clearly that there was a huge scar on this man's face. It's basically disfigured. It was not so obvious to lower his head just now, but this time he raised his head very clearly.

The man raised his head and said to Yu Sheng: "The contemptible Araki Juren, who originally served in the Japanese 18th Division, was wounded in 1944 when the 22nd and 38th Divisions of the Chinese New Division in India occupied Mengguan. Before joining the war, he specialized in mineralogy. Because of this specialty, when the imperial army occupied northern Burma, in addition to daily combat tasks, he was mainly responsible for the research and investigation of various mineral deposits in Burma. These jadeite rough stones were collected at that time. ”

"It's just that the defeat of the imperial army was beyond everyone's expectations. After these minerals were shipped back to China, before they could be studied and documented, the imperial army was defeated one after another, and finally failed. If it weren't for the fact that my family was so hungry that I couldn't stand it, I would never have sold these ores. ”

Yu Sheng smiled: "Even if you are reluctant to sell, but does anyone buy it?" ”

Araki's ugly face showed a dejected look. He knew that what he was studying was high and low, and at such a time, no one would be hungry and interested in some worthless ore. When he investigated the jade deposits and various gem deposits in Myanmar, he did not find some rare treasures, but because he was in the army, once something valuable came out, they were all taken away by the upper echelons.

Araki Juren gritted his teeth and said to Yu Sheng: "Sir, in fact, I don't have valuable green jadeite in my hands. It's just that I don't know what price Mr. can get? ”

For the rest of his life, he used the rag that Araki Juren had laid on the ground as a wrapper, and rolled up a few pieces of jade rough. Said to Araki Juren: "These stones, give you two bags of white noodles!" Do you think it's the right price? ”

Araki Juren was overjoyed and said to Yu Sheng, "If Mr. is interested, you can go home with me." Although my home is simple and dilapidated, I have several chests of minerals that I have collected from Burma. There are not only green jadeite ores, but also gem-quality rubies and sapphire ores! ”

The rest of his life became more interested, and ordered everyone to pack up the collected items and pull them away by truck. He took Ye Wuguang and two American GIs to follow Araki Juren to Araki Juren's house. Although the man is already a half-crippled. But the long military career has allowed Araki Juren to maintain a good physical fitness, and with only a wooden stick as a crutch, his walking speed is not slow at all.

Araki Ihito's home is indeed dilapidated enough, although it is a traditional Japanese-style building, but half of it was blackened by fire. The wood is almost charred. The roof is also not intact. Large and small holes are evenly distributed on the roof that is almost collapsing. Sitting in the room, you can see the wind and clouds in the sky outside.

According to Araki, it is rare that their house has been preserved. At the time of the bombing of Tokyo, most of Japan's wooden buildings were destroyed by fire. If it weren't for the fact that Ihito Araki had experience in fighting air raids, he would have prepared a lot of water at home. Their house was not spared.

Araki invited the rest of his life and the rest of the group to sit on the cleaned tatami mats. Yu Sheng and everyone found that there were only two or three pieces of furniture in this huge home. And the old people and children in the family also avoided it when they knew that Araki had something to talk about. There was a little girl who avoided them not so thoroughly, looking at them for the rest of her life with timid eyes through the broken window.

Araki Ihito asked for the rest of his life to sit. A moment later, he pulled out a few boxes from a corner outside the room. Drag it in front of the rest of your life and open them one by one. At the same time, a small box was turned out from the roof. Hand the box to the rest of your life as well.

Yu Sheng didn't rush to open the box, but first checked the box where Araki Juren collected ores. One of the smallest chests houses a variety of rubies, sapphires, crystals and other crystals. There is a large cluster of rubies that surround it with amazing size, color, and purity.

Araki said on the side: "This is something that I have managed to hide. ”

In a few of the larger boxes, they are full of jadeite rough. Some jadeite rough stones are of better quality than that piece of glass, and the color is clear and clear under natural light. These few boxes of rough jadeite alone contain almost all the precious jadeite varieties that can only be seen in auction houses in later generations. Jadeite of glass and high ice species, from colorless to clear water, to blue water and ink emerald, are readily available.

The rest of his life remained silent and opened the wooden box that Araki handed him. After opening the box, I couldn't help it for the rest of my life, and I was shocked! (To be continued.) )