Chapter 1 Under the Liulichang
Seeing that it was more than half a month, the traditional Chinese Spring Festival was almost over, we had to give up the idea of going to the United States to celebrate the New Year. At that time, the New Year atmosphere in Beijing was strong, and there was no ban on fireworks and firecrackers in the city. It was still far from New Year's Eve.
You can hear the sound of firecrackers coming one after another, adding a bit of chaos to the already lively frivolous market.
The Panjiayuan fresh goods market is much more lively than when we first came. This is a crowded group of people, one after another. Of course, it is also because the Chinese New Year is coming soon. These days, New Year’s goods are purchased in the vegetable market.
There are more people, and many people have a lot of hobbies. Seeing the crowds of people in the french goods market, they all come to join in the fun. Although the weather is cold, more and more people are getting more and more.
In the past year, Panjiayuan fresh goods market has indeed gradually become a climate. Compared with the beginning, it is no longer the same. In addition to the broken and useless goods, only antique toys are available.
The richness is so rich that those calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, pottery, bronze ware, guqin, ancient coins, Xuanfu, bronze mirror, jade, ancient inkstones, ancient books, inscriptions, famous papers of all dynasties, ancient bricks and tiles, seals,
Silk embroidery, cloisonné, lacquerware, Yixing pot, enamel pieces, material utensils, tooth utensils, bamboo carvings, fans, wooden furniture, weapons, famous stones... piled up like mountains, stand on this end and can't see the other end, just see, you can
If you look at ten things, you may never be able to see the things in the frivolous market in your life.
However, unlike Beijing Liulichang, which originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there are "cultural arts" there, and Panjiayuan's path is wild and things are mixed. Among these things, the antique "Xibei goods" account for nine.
If you want to buy some real things in Panjiayuan, in addition to having the ability to distinguish the authenticity with golden eyes, you will also have the luck of finding a needle in a haystack.
Fatty and I have a reputation, and we cannot compare with those second-hand dealers who make fake things. Some old customers who often visit Pan's homeland have heard of them from where they seem to know that Mr. Hu and Mr. Fatty have a clear weapon.
It is real - even if the Ming weapon filtered out of the pit is just an ordinary ancient copper coin, it is also the "mouth money" that the lieutenant picks out from the old brown boy's mouth.
I saw that many people asked me when they saw me: "Do you have any stole from the ancient tomb? Mr. Hu, please offer the offer. As long as it is a real thing, you will never bargain."
I thought to myself that some days I haven't appeared in Panjiayuan. As soon as Da Jinya went abroad, he must have sent all his customers to me, but I don't have any obvious tools in my hand. Moreover, frequent contact with this thing is also a forbidden activity.
Fortunately, there are many "green heads" obtained from the South China Sea. Qing heads and Ming utensils are actually similar in nature, except that one comes from the soil and the other comes from the water. They are basically bear paws in the mountains and shark fins in the sea.
The difference. So I jumped at the buyers and watched the green-headed guys.
Now the people who are collecting the jade market think that the jade market is bullish, but they only recognize the old jade with old jade. Although the ancient jade with green head is dark, it is not enough to be soaked in sea water for a long time. The chalcedony is blocked by salt, as if it is wrapped
There was a layer of extremely heavy lime, and even those who knew the goods had to shake their heads when they saw it.
While the price was being negotiated, someone familiar with the fresh goods market came to tell me that it was "John, the Master Qiao" from Zangzhentang of Liulichang, who invited us over. I think this is a bit strange. That Master Qiao Er is in Liuli, Beijing
The factory is such a big name. I have run an antique shop, Zangzhen Hall before liberation. I have never seen it for many years. I have experienced countless antiques in his hands. Even in Panjiayuan, everyone knows that he is in the antique world.
"Old Yuanliang". I had a long time to visit, but I had no way to get in touch with the introduction. I didn't expect that he would invite us to talk and talk, and I wonder what he could do.
After asking the person carefully, I found out that Mr. Qiao Er heard that I had ancient jade in the South China Sea. He was a person who was fond of antiques. It was very rare in Beijing's Qingtou Laoyu and it was difficult to see it on the market at any time. So he asked him to do so.
I heard from someone and asked me to take the ancient jade to his house and see how the goods were.
I thought I finally had an expert who knew the goods, and I was determined to go to Qiao Erye's house to open my eyes. So I hurriedly wrapped a bag of licensed goods with the fat man and went straight to Yanshou Temple Street on the east end of Liulichang, and took a room at the intersection.
The two-story facade is ancient and ancient, and it is quite good. When you see the black-bottomed gold-shaped signboard, it is the old brand of Zangzhentang.
Explain the purpose of the visit to the shop, but did not go upstairs, but was sent directly to an old tube building far away. This place is almost at Xiannongtan. The building is dilapidated and piled up in the corridor.
There are winter media from all over the world, and cabbage as tall as a wall. Mr. Qiao Er is used to living here, and he is unwilling to move to the place when he is old, so he lives here every day.
I saw that Mr. Qiao was almost eighty years old, his hair fell out of nowhere, his long beard was snow-white, and his eyes were very bright, and he looked energetic and immortal. When he saw us, he hurriedly asked.
There is a work to serve tea, the utensils are exquisite and the tea aroma is rich. However, we fat people are used to drinking big bowls of tea and do not know how to taste tea. In addition, the sky is cold and the earth is frozen, and the heart is full of chills. A cup of hot tea
As soon as I raised my neck, I drank it to the bottom and praised it: "Good tea, why not have another bowl of tea, it's best to change to a big tea jar." I smiled and said, "Let me go to two."
I laughed and practiced a stall in Panjiayuan for half a day, and I was so cold that I could not bear it." After drinking a few cups of tea, my body warmed up, so I could only look around. There was almost nothing new in the room of this old building, and in the old bookcase.
The book is full of ancient books, and the edges outside are covered with white jade, crystal, Shoushan stone, Buddha statues, ivory carvings, nose and eye pots, and the room is full of small things. If you don’t know the details outside this tube building
Who can imagine that Master Qiao Er, who has been engaging in antique artifacts for his whole life, would live in such an inconspicuous place?
But when Fatty and I saw that he was willing to be ordinary, we felt a little more respect in our hearts. Both sides said a few noises. Mr. Qiao seemed to know that we were the lieutenant of the gold-touching school, and asked me some Feng Shui in Beijing.
Let’s talk about the business atmosphere of Liulichang.
I'm so kind. Although Master Qiao Er's name is a well-known figure in Beijing and is not comparable to Uncle Ming, I don't want to reveal the essence of "The Secret Technique of the Sixteen-character Yin and Yang Feng Shui", I only pick up some New Year's greetings and say
Come out: "There are two dragons in Beijing, and the dragon vein is just covering the Liuli Factory. It is like a car like a flowing water and a horse like a dragon. Two wealth is in the middle. If you do business here, you may have to count the money and count it to the slightest."
Master Qiao was overjoyed and wanted to praise him again. The fat man was eager to make money. He thought that the old man was long-winded and hurriedly took out his green head, let Master Qiao take a look at him and see what price he could give. Master Qiao took out a magnifying glass and the old man.
Huajing came, looked at it for a long time, and played with it in his hand again, and said, "What a jade, it's really the ancient jade under the sea of clouds, but it's a pity that he has never turned out to be old. The two kings of Hu and Wang
Brother, smelling the smell of you two people, I often deal with Mingqi. If you don’t tell lies in front of a real person, I will not hide it from you. Before liberation, I, Mr. Qiao, were also with you. I was not as good as you are now.
If there is no real thing in it, how can I do antique business in Liulichang? So I know that like this old jade, it is only found in the underwater monuments and ancient tombs in the mountains. There is no such quality in the world."
Fatty and I were shocked when we heard this. Unexpectedly, Master Qiao was so clear-cut. He was also a craftsman who fought back. There was an ancient building under the building where he lived in Yuan Dadu.
Tomb, when Mr. Qiao Erji robbed this tomb, he had the capital to do business in Liulichang. He was greedy for the good feng shui near the ancient tomb and was reluctant to leave this place. Later, the ancient tomb was flattened and the building still lived here.
, invited me to come, one was to want to collect Qingtou, and the other was that the building was about to be demolished, so I asked me to find a Feng Shui level to move my house.
I said you are a difficult task for me. The lieutenant of the gold-touching school does not go into the house to steal and rob, so how could he look at the Feng Shui of the Yang House? Moreover, since they are all craftsmen who fight against each other, how could they still believe in Feng Shui?
I advised him for a while and told him not to be obsessed with this, but Master Qiao Er was unmoved and pointed to the ground under his feet: "This ancient tomb of the Yuan Dynasty is really a Feng Shui treasure cave. I sneaked into the tomb robber back then.
The earth official saw the situation in the tomb and almost frightened his chin to the ground. Only then did he believe in the world's Feng Shui theory, which is definitely not a vague and mysterious theory..." He said this, using a sentence
The code words in the backfighting walk tell us what we saw that night: "There is water or fish in this ancient tomb!"
I heard Master Qiao say that the ancient tomb downstairs of this tube was "water but no fish", and I also felt it was a bit strange, because I have always known that the ancient tomb in the Yuan Dynasty was buried deep in the Datiao, and the ground was not sealed or treed.
It is Tantric Feng Shui, which has always been the most difficult to find. In the code words of the tide, the porcelain in the ancient tombs is called "water". The most common burial instrument in the tombs of the Yuan Dynasty is porcelain, the craft of tide
People have always called Yuan corpses "fish" in the past, because the body of the tomb owner in the Yuan Dynasty was buried and the fishing nets were wrapped in the coffin. This is also the custom of Tantric Semen people, which is difficult for most people to understand today.
If you say "there is water but no fish", that means there are only ancient porcelains in the tomb, and there are no ancient corpses. Is it a tomb? The fat man and I are particularly interested in the fight and are curious, so I asked Mr. Qiao to tell me.
For details, it is best to talk more about the "water" and what market is worth?
It turns out that Master Qiao Er made a fortune by fighting back in his early years. He has been washing hands for many years and specializes in antique calligraphy and painting. He is a common person who is not a good person and knows how to watch the mud.
Chapter completed!