As the sun rises higher and higher, there are more and more tourists on Shencheng Antique Street, and it is very bustling. Those street food and snack stalls also emitted attractive aromas one after another. Li Mo smelled it and then bought a fried stinky tofu with a little chili sauce poured on it.
"Uncle Ge, Yangyang, do you want to try it? It smells bad but tastes delicious."
"I don't need it, I haven't digested what I ate in the morning yet." Ge Yangyang waved his hands quickly. This kind of dark delicacy is really not flattering.
Ge Zhenfei bought one and tried it, his eyes lit up and he said: "The taste is a bit strange, but it tastes really good when dipped in chili sauce."
Li Mo walked slowly along the roadside while eating, his eyes scanning the stalls one by one. After walking about a dozen stalls, he stopped in front of a stall. This stall displays a variety of items, including copper coins, silver dollars, jade bracelets, etc. It also sells various wood carvings.
He rummaged through the pile of copper coins, picked up a few and looked at them carefully. Then he rummaged through the pile of silver coins and took out a few coins to look at them carefully. Finally, he picked up a copper coin and said, "Boss, how much does this Qianlong copper coin from the Qing Dynasty cost?" pieces?"
"One thousand and fifteen pieces." The boss was a few years older than Li Mo. He probably looked at his youth, so he offered a high price with the intention of fooling everyone.
Li Mo picked out five copper coins from it and formed a small Five Emperors Coin. He placed them on the carpet and said, "Boss, give me the real price."
"Do you want to buy five?"
"If your price is right, I'll take it away."
"This is an ancient coin from the Qing Dynasty. One thousand and fifty yuan is not high. If you buy five coins, I will give you a 30% discount. If you add a small change, you can get five thousand yuan for five coins."
Li Mo smiled, and then picked out two silver coins that were a bit old and grayish in color from the silver dollar box: "What about these four silver coins?"
"This kind of silver dollar costs 3,000 yuan each. If you buy four of them, I will still give you a discount. The four coins together will be 8,000 yuan."
"Boss, I want to buy these copper coins and silver dollars together. Can you give me another discount?"
The young boss kept staring at Li Mo's face, and it was not easy to see any change in his expression despite his bronze skin.
"Brother, don't be deceived by him. These are ancient coins from the Qing Dynasty. I was in the antique shop at the intersection before. One coin was only 300 yuan. It was really an ancient coin from the Qing Dynasty. This boss We treat it as Kai Zizai, and we should go to regular antique stores to buy it."
When Ge Yangyang saw that her boss was thinking about something, she quickly spoke and then touched Ge Zhenfei beside her.
"Yeah, it's only a thousand and a half to buy five in a regular antique store, and it can also be used for small cuts. Come on, let's go to the store and have a look."
"Really?" Li Mo glanced at the boss with an unkind look, stood up and said, "Then let's take a look."
"Little brother, you are not kind. I have made an offer and given you a discount. If the price feels expensive, you can always pay back the price, just in case the deal is concluded."
"Two hundred and fifty copper coins and eight hundred silver coins. I'll pay if you can."
"make a deal."
As soon as Li Mo finished speaking, the young boss clapped his hands and agreed to his counteroffer.
"Brother, you paid too little, let's take another look." Ge Yangyang fully displayed his villain style and tried to persuade him not to buy it.
"Forget it, you have to be kind. Since I paid back the price and the boss agreed, that's it. Boss, the total is four thousand four hundred and fifty yuan, right?"
"Yes, this gentleman is a down-to-earth person and straightforward."
After Li Mo paid the money, he picked up five copper coins and four silver dollars and left.
"Li Mo, was what you bought just now an antique?" Ge Yangyang asked curiously.
Li Mo picked out two silver coins in his hand and handed them to her and said: "These two are antiques, and the rest are imitations. Even the surface of the silver coins is plated. The cost price is at most dozens of yuan."
The three of them happened to pass by a trash can, and he stuffed it into it.
Ge Yangyang looked at the silver dollar in his hand and asked, "What dynasty is this antique from?"
"This is the earliest silver coin cast in China, and it was cast in Zhangzhou. After the Ming Dynasty came to the south of the Yangtze River and established the Nanming regime, people like Zhu Youlang and Zhu Youxiao began to make this kind of silver coin in the Zhangzhou area for military pay. Please pay attention carefully. Look, there are four words on one side of the silver dollar, 'Zhangzhou Military Pay', and then there is a monogram."
Ge Yangyang looked at it and asked, "What is a monogram?"
"It is a pattern composed of words. Mr. Guo Moruo once interpreted this silver dollar monogram and said it was the three characters 'Zhu Chenggong'. If you look at the other side, there are the four characters 'Footprint Passage', which refers to the movement of currency. Function. Because this kind of silver coin was minted in very small quantities, and it was purely handmade, and in the later dynasties it was taken back and melted into other silver coins, so there are very few of this kind of silver coins left. From then on, this kind of silver coin became the It has become one of the most precious silver coins in the world's monetary system. The weight of this kind of silver coin is relatively fixed, usually 26 grams or 27 grams. It may not be available in the hands of many people who collect ancient coins. One. You can take it back and collect it carefully. Things are rare and valuable, and the value will only get higher and higher."
Ge Zhenfei and Ge Yangyang, father and daughter, looked at each other in shock. This Li Mo is so amazing, he is definitely a famous treasure appraiser in the antique world. No wonder the person who bought the blue and white cup didn't hesitate at all when he heard his name, and was even willing to buy it at a premium.
"Li Mo, this is too expensive, we can't take it." Ge Zhenfei thought about it but still felt that we couldn't accept it.
"It's not expensive. The current market price of such an ancient coin is only about 300,000 yuan. You can keep it in your hands for fun, and you can consider selling it when the price reaches a higher price. But if you are not short of money, you should still keep it. Keep it in your hands, anyway, the value will only get higher and higher, and it will not break easily. Unlike the previous Mingchenghua blue and white Sanskrit cup, if you accidentally knock it off, the value will be greatly reduced. If it breaks, it will be worth a penny. not worth."
One piece is 300,000 yuan, two pieces is 600,000 yuan, so much money is actually not expensive in his eyes.
"Uncle Ge, don't think too much. You saved me, and I don't know how to repay you. The money from selling the blue and white Sanskrit cup will be left to Grandpa Ge as a pension, and the two silver coins will be given to Yangyang and her brother. one."
"This...this...actually I didn't do anything."
Ge Zhenfei really felt that he had done nothing. It was normal for him to help someone in trouble in the Indian Ocean. He had often done this before. But he has never regarded money as money like Li Mo.
"Uncle Ge, maybe you don't take it to heart, but I will keep it in my heart forever. In the future, if you need my help with the Ge family's affairs, I will be obliged to do so. Okay, don't refuse anymore, let's continue shopping and see if we are lucky If you’re good, I’ll find a family heirloom for you.”
Ge Yangyang quietly pulled down her father's clothes, put the silver dollar into his hand and whispered: "Dad, this is too expensive. We can't take advantage of someone just because we saved someone once. It's not thousands." It’s not a matter of tens of thousands, but a matter of hundreds of thousands or millions.”
"We'll discuss this later when we get back. His family will probably arrive in the afternoon at the earliest."
"Okay, let's follow quickly."
The father and daughter ran to catch up, and saw Li Mo squatting down in front of a stall again. He was holding a porcelain bottle and looking at it carefully.
The porcelain was not large in size, and the neck of the bottle was slender, like a swan's neck. The bottle body is round, and the entire glaze is a relatively pure cyan color.
"Boss, this porcelain shape is rare. What is its name?"
Li Mo raised the porcelain in his hand to indicate it, with a look of curiosity in his eyes.
"Little brother, you need to keep your hands steady. Even though this piece of porcelain is small, it is the most expensive piece of porcelain in my stall. If you accidentally break it, you won't be able to leave without fifty thousand yuan." The boss said. Yes, aunt, she is fat, and the down jacket she wears is also puffed up, so she looks like a ball.
"Boss, you are really good at joking. If this porcelain was really worth 50,000 yuan, you would just put it on the street stall casually. Aren't you afraid of being distracted by people and being taken away accidentally? Okay, I’m also a fool, and since I’m asking you, I just think this porcelain is quite exquisite in shape, and if the price is right, I’ll take it away. Of course, you insist on saying it’s worth 50,000, and I’m too lazy to bargain with you, so I’ll just put down the porcelain and leave.”
The fat boss must be an old man. When Li Mo scolded him, he knew he had met someone who knew a little bit about his business. Despite this, she still said calmly: "Since sir is an expert, I will tell the truth. I spent four thousand to buy this porcelain in the countryside. If you like it, I will earn some hard money for you." Just give me four thousand and five thousand."
Ge Yangyang thought it was time for him to go on the field and cooperate.
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