Chapter 12 Shu Sanjue
"What's the matter? You took it? How much money to collect? "The boss of Wenxiangzhai is a very old-fashioned thin old man, wearing a big coat, bent over all the year round, wearing a pair of round glasses, but at this time he was the first to run out, hunched back and asked Shu Wanyou.
"Yes, how much do you charge, you tell me!" The owners of several shops on the side also came around to ask.
"How much does this cost to the bosses?" Shu Wanyou asked with a smile.
"Hey, let's not play drums in our own industry, this is common sense, you can just say it." Everyone asked with bated breath.
"Eighty dollars." Shu Wanyou answered honestly.
"Alas!" There was a long sigh in the crowd, everyone didn't say anything, shook their heads and left, the boss of Wenxiangzhai was the last to go, he squinted, looked at the bottle for a long time, sighed and said, "Still young, young, in the future, you have to see more, take less, this thing, alas, it's good to do it yourself." Seeing the old man hunched over and trembling back, Shu Wanyou didn't say anything, he wrapped the bottle and hurriedly went to Qingyun Shoe Store to find his father.
Shu Wanyou's grandfather's hometown is in Langfang, Hebei, and the family is also a family, I heard that his ancestors were big officials in the capital, but then the family fell into the middle of the road, Shu Wanyou's grandfather was a soldier when he was young, and he fought a war, and then the warlord who followed was defeated, and the old man followed a group of people to occupy a mountain and became the king of the mountain. There are a lot of ancient tombs in the mountains, these people who kill people and set fire are bold, several ancient tombs in the mountains have been stolen clean, and then they have a little family business and they don't wash their hands, and then they gave birth to a son, and then caught up with the Anti-Japanese War, he took his son to avoid trouble, and ran to Baotou, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia to ask for a living, where the ancient curtains are crowded, tomb robbery is a trend, and the old man is back to his old business. The old man knew how to drill holes and go down shafts, and he had seen human blood on hand, and he was so bold that he became the chief of the local tomb robbers within two years, and his son also learned a lot from him. Later, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the people were not happy, the two of them took the young Shu Wanyou to be displaced, ran to Harbin, settled here, after the old man died, Lao Shu was in a medicine store as a settler Mr., he also arranged Shu Wanyou to come in to work, see the world, long eyesight, this time saw his son run in in a hurry, couldn't help scolding: "Do antique shop, what you want is sharp-eyed, calm-hearted, steady hands, reckless like you, joy and anger, what good things can you receive?" Shu Wanyou didn't care about his father's reprimand, hurriedly waved his hand, pulled his father into the back room, took out a bottle from his bag and put it on the table.
"Huh!" As soon as this bottle appeared, Lao Shu's eyes lit up, he didn't think this thing stinks, but quickly put on his glasses, looked up and down for a long time, found an ancient book, and turned a few pages.
"This is, Bohai Gong Bottle? Where did you get it? Lao Shu couldn't hide his surprise in his words.
"Dad, take a closer look, this is really a Bohai tribute bottle?" Shu Wanyou didn't even dare to breathe.
Lao Shu turned out the magnifying glass and looked at it for a long time, "The book says that this tribute bottle is cast with magnetic powder mixed with lead and tin, and the external gold leaf is applied to each other, and the surface is engraved with smoke, rain and clouds, and the heavy building of the Nine Nights, but now the bottle is too corroded to see the original appearance, but it is said that this shape is like a dragon's head, a phoenix tail, a tiger's feet, and a horse's body, but it is not bad at all." Lao Shu nodded while looking.
Shu Wanyou breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Dad, I have read your "Divine Atlas" once, and I remember that there is such a thing, I am not sure about this bottle, the book says that this bottle is used to hold incense ash and pills to pay tribute to the gods, so I picked a piece of old mud in the bottle, smelled it, licked it, and there was indeed the smell of red lead and Dan powder, so I boldly bought it for him and spent 80 yuan. ”
"Okay, boy, there is growth, that's right, this tribute bottle is the emperor of the Bohai Kingdom to worship incense and sacrifice to the sky, looking forward to God to give some elixir to make it immortal, at that time the palace priest will refine the elixir and put it in this bottle, for the royal use, the days are long, there is a layer of incense ash and medicine powder at the bottom of this bottle, however, this thing can not be smelled by ordinary people, this bottle is soaked in the sea like this, the smell is unpleasant, it is difficult for you to be bold and careful, we can deal with the surface of this bottle, if there is a pair, it can be sold for at least tens of thousands of yuan, However, this one can be sold for at least 7,000 yuan. Lao Shu said with a smile.
Little people know about this Bohai country, it was originally a subject country of the Tang Dynasty, located in Ning'an City, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, the predecessor of the Bohai State was the Jin Ya tribe, in fact, it was the Jurchen tribe, and the Qing Dynasty was the same clan. Later, the Tang Dynasty was in turmoil for many years, and the tribal chieftains, the leaders of the Su Mo Yan Dynasty took advantage of the chaos to rebel, and simply built a country by themselves, but the king was also very smart, and immediately sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to express his public submission, and in the first year of Tang Kaiyuan, Tang Xuanzong issued an edict to canonize him as the "King of Bohai County" is considered to be orthodox.
Although the "Bohai" country is small, it is a good way to govern the country, a total of more than 230 years, the border of the peak of national strength is east to the Sea of Japan, the south and the Silla Longxing River as the boundary, the west reaches the Khitan, there are 5 Beijing, 15 prefectures, 62 states, the people live richly, the royal life is also extremely luxurious, but the kings of the past dynasties believe in shamanism, and the tribute to the heavens, is integrated into the shaman totem, bringing together many divine beasts, the king at that time for the sacrifice of the heavens, attaches great importance to it, especially the design of the royal tribute bottle is extremely tricky, Although the material of this bottle is not a rare treasure, but the strange shape is exquisite, and due to the frequent wars in the later period, the royal family is displaced, resulting in the complete tribute bottle is very rare, and there is still a complete bottle hidden in the Heilongjiang Provincial Museum today, it is said that this is still repaired with dozens of pieces, and its value is far less than Shu Wanyou's one, so the tribute bottle is very little circulated in the market, and it is also extremely sought-after.
Later, this single bottle was taken away by a Taiwanese businessman at a price of 10,000 yuan, because he happened to have another tribute bottle in his hand, and he was eager to make it right, in that era, there were 10,000 yuan, which was already a sky-high price, and 10,000 yuan was a symbol of wealth, and Shu Wanyou became rich from then on.
In fact, in addition to money, the most important thing is to gain fame. In the antiques industry, fame is much more important than money. Although the people of the antique street knew the value of this bottle, although they regretted it, they also admired Shu Wanyou's courage and eyesight, Shu Wanyou's seeing, touching, and smelling were passed on by word of mouth, and the story became more and more tortuous and bizarre.
After Shu Wanyou had money, he bought this two-story shop behind his stall, supported the store by himself, named it Xun Guxuan, and opened the store in front of his buddies and made friends.
Later, Shu Wanyou got married, and wanted a son to inherit the family business, but gave birth to two daughters one after another, Shu Tong, Shu Yao, the eldest daughter Shu Tong didn't like to deal with these broken copper and iron, and applied to study abroad without graduating from college, and studied art at a school in London, England, fortunately, the youngest daughter Shu Yao has a quiet personality, and is very interested in ancient literature and history on weekdays, Shu Wanyou intends to train his youngest daughter to become his successor, at this time Shu Yao's grandfather has passed away, and Shu Wanyou is blue, with his vision and strength, has long become the top spot in the province's antique industry, but Shu Wanyou is low-key, and he doesn't care about these false names at all, so the treasure appreciation program broadcast every day on TV, Shu Wanyou doesn't even watch it, these people are just bluffing, grandstanding, and pretending to be Bogu experts for a show, so Shu San never goes on TV, never accepts interviews, and never teaches apprentices.