Wang Yirong is already appreciating such porcelain for the second time, and after taking a closer look, he sighed: "I still don't understand, in terms of craftsmanship and porcelain workers' danqing quality, this is definitely a blue and white official kiln, so there is no possibility of counterfeiting." However, its characteristics are neither Qing porcelain, nor Ming porcelain, and the blue and white porcelain of the late Ming Dynasty can barely have such a standard, but there is a great difference in style. The most peculiar thing is that its tires are thick and fine, and they are clearly the tires of the Yuan Dynasty, and even the tire color and craftsmanship are exactly the same. It's weird! ”

Shen Furong nodded and said, "Yes, so it can't be a real artifact, it can only be imitated by an official kiln in a certain period of the late Ming Dynasty, using the fetal soil and craftsmanship of the Yuan Dynasty." ”

Hu Chuyuan pondered in his heart and asked: "Is there such a possibility, we all know that the territory of the Mongol Empire is extremely vast, is it possible that the imported cobalt material was obtained from the Silk Road on land, or that the cobalt material was obtained from the Nanyang during the Yuan Dynasty, but in the early Ming Dynasty, the source of this cobalt material was interrupted." When Zheng He went to the West, the import channel of this cobalt material was re-established. ”

Wang Yirong gasped and said, "Yes, it's completely possible." Only when this inference is correct, can there be a reasonable answer to the various questions of this blue and white porcelain. ”

"This ......!" Shen Furong didn't know how to argue for a while.

Yan Shizhang didn't know much about porcelain, so he didn't speak, but at this moment, he couldn't help but nod his head and said: "I'm afraid it's possible to speculate that the proprietor made, in the Song Dynasty, the trade between China and Nanyang was already very developed, and in the Yuan Dynasty, there was a foreigner named Marco Polo who entered the Yuan Dynasty as an official. Perhaps, the Yuan Dynasty already had the ability to fire blue and white porcelain, and they directly inherited the craftsmanship of the Southern Song Dynasty. ”

Wang Yirong said: "In this way, this porcelain should be called Yuan Qinghua!" ”

Hu Chuyuan also said: "Yes." ”

He thought about it again, and instructed Shen Furong: "You can collect more porcelain like this in the future, you might as well go to the capital to have a look, but if there is, then accept it." Let's slowly accumulate more for further research. However, you can't spread the news, I like this kind of large porcelain very much, and I want to collect more. If it's really Yuan Qinghua, the price will definitely skyrocket, and I won't be able to accept it anymore! ”

Shen Furong said: "Okay, I will listen to the arrangement of the owner." ”

Wang Yirong and Yan Shizhang also said: "We won't say it either." ”

Shen Furong asked again: "The owner, do you still accept the blue and white flowers in this book?" ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded and said, "Accept, send someone to find out, see if there are any people who are proficient in the Chinese language, as well as people who often come and go to the book, we have other things to do this time." ”

Shen Furong said: "That's easy to do, in the early years, after the thirteen lines of Guangdong withered one by one, Lu Guanheng's son Lu Wenjin moved to Yueben, and now lives in Yokosuka, running a trading house and silk trade house, and the family business is not small. The last time the master went to buy back the national treasure, he stayed in their house, and the itinerary was also arranged by him. ”

"Oh?"

The heart of defense is indispensable.

Hu Chuyuan thought for a while and asked, "Is there any other way?" ”

Shen Furong said: "There are a lot of businessmen from Guangdong and southern Fujian in that area, and they can be reconnected when the time comes." ”

Hu Chuyuan thought about it again and said, "You go to Liuda's shopkeeper and call it." ”

Shen Furong agreed, and immediately got up and went to Jiangnan Commercial Bank.

At this time, Shibusawa Pingdong also came over, and was stopped by the family, Hu Chuyuan asked people to move the Yuan Qinghua on the table back to the study first, which allowed Shibusawa Pingdong to come in.

As soon as Shibusawa Pingdong entered the door, he bowed deeply to Hu Chuyuan very politely and asked, "Thank you Mr. Hu for your hospitality, but I still have to invite other wealthy businessmen, and I hope that before leaving, I can ask Mr. Hu whether you have made a decision about participating in the auction." ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded and said, "I'll go." ”

Shibusawa Heito said without moving, "We are very honored to have the opportunity to receive your visit, and we will definitely make the most suitable arrangements. ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "Then thank you." ”

Shibusawa Pingdong said: "Then, our company has booked a special passenger ship in Shanghai with the American Qichang Foreign Company, please prepare to leave on the 15th of this month." ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "You don't have to worry about it, since there are still more than 20 days before the auction, I don't have to go five days in advance." At that time, I will arrange another boat and itinerary to attend the first auction on time! ”

Shibusawa Heito bowed his head and said: "Then our company will welcome you in the local area." ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded and asked the housekeeper Wang Baotian to send Shibusawa Pingdong away.

In addition to the blue and white porcelain, which is likely to be Yuan blue and white, there are many things that Hu Chuyuan wants to buy from the auction, such as Song Huizong's Mobao Danqing, which are all treasures of the Qing court in the Old Summer Palace.

Similarly, the price tag of these two national treasures is also amazing, with the starting price of a single piece being as high as 200,000 taels of silver.

This is the extreme sky-high price in the domestic antique market, and I have almost never heard of it.

Hu Chuyuan wanted to buy it back, but he would not pay the money, he would rather spend more money to take it back by force, and would not give hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to invest in the steel industry.

Liu Chengxiang soon came to the middle hall of the Baishi Building, and Hu Chuyuan discussed it, only to know that Sheng Xuanhuai, Tang Yanshu, Xu Run, Nanxun Sixiang and Ningbo Fangjia were all invited, in addition, some well-known wealthy businessmen in Suzhou and Hangzhou also received invitations.

Pretty much the richest people in China have received invitations from me, but not many actually show up for them.

History has changed a little, and most of the wealthy businessmen in the Jiangnan area are caught in the price war of raw silk, and it is difficult to withdraw funds, not to mention buying antiques with Yue himself, and selling the antiques at home to Yue himself.

In addition to Hu Chuyuan, only Zhang Songxian in the Four Elephants of Nanxun and Tang Yanshu in Shanghai decided to go to the appointment.

Tang Yanshu was one of the four major officials and businessmen of the late Qing Dynasty who were reused by Li Hongzhang, and between him, Hu Chuyuan had nothing to say, and everyone was in different camps.

Zhang Songxian is also not easy to speak, although they are all Huizhou people living in Zhejiang, in the acquisition war of Huzhou silk, he also united with Nanxun merchants to defeat Hu Chuyuan without much effort, but he himself is a big salt merchant, since the implementation of the unified marketing law, he and Hu Chuyuan have become inseparable opponents.

In this case, Hu Chuyuan also gave up the plan to negotiate with domestic businessmen to buy back the national treasure.

He chartered two passenger ships in Shanghai and Tianjin, both of which set sail on October 15 and arrived in Tokyo three days later to begin a week-long continuous auction.

Hu Chuyuan didn't plan to take this boat, so he asked Hu Rong, the housekeeper of the family, to go to Yuben in advance to make an itinerary, but not to Yokosuka, but to Nagasaki.