Thinking about it carefully, it has been three or four years since I visited Liulichang. Li Mo once found a lot of good things here. If the teacher hadn't been tricked here once, he wouldn't have thought of taking time to wander around Liulichang.
The car parked in the garage of a nearby commercial complex, and then walked towards Liulichang carrying a fashionable cross-body bag. Don’t forget to buy a Roujiamo and a bottle of water on the roadside.
"Cai Cai, what are you standing here looking at?" Li Mo came to the place where he and Cai Cai had agreed to meet. Seeing that he kept looking in the direction of the roast duck restaurant, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother will treat you to Kyoto roast duck at noon."
Cai Cai turned around, looked up and down and said, "If you don't listen to the sound, it's really hard to spot you in the crowd."
Li Mo touched his face and said, "I just put on some makeup and it feels a little bit effective."
"Brother Daxia, I don't want to eat roast duck, but I just remembered something when I saw the roast duck restaurant. I remember when we first met and went to the antique market together, you invited me to eat roast duck, and you bought it for me before leaving in the evening. I bought a lot of delicious food. More than ten years passed in a flash without even realizing it.”
"You were still a child at that time. Let's go. Don't be sad that time is gone forever."
Caicai said oh and followed Li Mo towards the main road of Liulichang. The Antiques Festival has been going on for several days, and the crowds are not small. On the contrary, as the event becomes more and more popular, the organizers even opened up a place specifically for setting up snack stalls.
In short, food is always indispensable when traveling.
"Brother Daxia, there are so many people, how can we find them?"
Cai Cai was a little dumbfounded. It was so crowded that even walking around was a struggle.
"Call me brother, don't expose your secrets and alert others." Li Mo wiped his mouth with a tissue, looked at it and said, "Generally, stalls that have already planned to trap people will not be placed in a conspicuous place on the main road. , they will all stay in the kind of nook and corner place where it is easy to escape and move quickly. We should be more careful about places like that."
"Brother, I will do whatever you say. As long as I catch those guys, I'll beat them up first."
"Don't be impatient. If you take action, won't you scare off the enemy?"
Li Mo gave her a few words and followed the flow of people into the main road. No matter where they set up street stalls, they all look the same. There is a cotton carpet on the ground, with various items for sale placed on it. The boss is sitting on a pony or a small stool he carries, leisurely waiting for the fish to bite.
There are many people shopping, and there are relatively many people choosing. However, most of the attractions are the stalls selling various jewelry, followed by various sculptures and jade. As for whether tourists can distinguish between genuine and fake ones, it depends on whether they are good or bad. It depends on their respective abilities.
"Brother, why don't you take a closer look?"
"There is no good stuff. These stall owners just catch each one and slaughter each one. After slaughtering them, they turn their backs and deny each other." Li Mo walked along the way and passed more than 20 stalls. There was not even a decent thing. A deceptive thing.
After following the flow of people for more than ten meters, Li Mo finally stopped in front of a street stall. This street stall is at the junction of two avenues. The stall area is quite large. The items on display include bronzes, root carvings, and jade. The ones are larger and look a bit intimidating.
"Brother, didn't you say that the sale of bronzes is prohibited?"
Cai Cai whispered, and Li Mo shrugged: "So these are modern handicrafts. Otherwise, if the police find out, they can only go in, eh..."
The bronze wares on the stall include tripods, jugs, basins, swords, and spears, and there are quite a lot of types. At this time, Li Mo's eyes fell on a bronze sword. The colorful rays of light bloomed in his eyes, and a stream of colorful energy came from above. He thought they were all modern handicrafts, but he didn't expect that there was actually a bronze from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period hidden among them. Judging from the dazzling color of the colorful glow, the owner of the bronze sword should be a person with a history.
"Brother, what do you want to see?"
When Cai Cai saw that he was not leaving, she immediately understood that there should be a treasure at this stall, otherwise Li Mo would not waste time with his personality.
"Boss, where do these stones come from?"
Li Mo looked at the various things placed on the ground.
Stone showed a little interest.
"Brother, what you said is wrong. These are not stones, but jade. Look at these pieces. They are all jade. There are white materials and green materials. The light transmittance is very good when the light shines on them. , top quality. These are all jadeite rough stones, old pits shipped back from Myanmar."
The man standing at the booth was a relatively fat man, in his forties, with black-rimmed eyes. He looked quite clumsy, but when he spoke, he turned out to be a very shrewd person.
"Brother, from the look of you, you must have done some research on jade, and you will naturally know whether what I say is true or false. You should choose carefully first, and the price is negotiable. There is no need for benevolence and righteousness in buying and selling. Even if there is no chance of cooperation today, we can still To make friends."
Li Mo smiled and picked up a stone the size of an adult's head from the stall. The surface looked gray-brown and had an irregular oval shape. Not to mention that it really came from an old trap, but it is smaller in size and contains a ball of waxy ice-type yellow jade inside. It can be sold to a jewelry company for hundreds of thousands, which is still no problem. If the size were larger and a pair of yellow jade bracelets made of waxy ice could be purchased, the price could soar two or three times.
Li Mo put down the jade stone and picked up other jade stones to look at them carefully.
"Boss, how much does this piece of white material cost?"
"Brother, you are really discerning. Just pay me 8,000. The price I offer is the cheapest among my peers."
"Would you sell it for eight hundred?"
Li Mo didn't want to listen to his nagging, so he just slashed to the end with his sword.
"Put it down, I won't do your business."
The fat boss is a little angry, are you bargaining? You are obviously here to cause trouble and waste my time and words.
"Boss, harmony brings wealth." Li Mo's expression remained unchanged and he did not leave. Instead, he picked up the rough yellow jade stone and asked, "How much does this stone cost?"
"Don't talk nonsense, this is an authentic jadeite stone from the bottom of an old pit in Myanmar. According to industry regulations, such a rough stone is worth a lot of money."
The fat boss's eyes began to move, as if he was thinking of something.
"Boss, please don't fool me, okay? I still know a little bit about the market. Even if this is a rough jade stone from an old pit, but it is a full bet and the size is so small, how can you still offer a sky-high price? Just go ahead and Tell me a real price, and if it’s suitable, I’ll take it back and polish it to see if I can have good luck.”
Li Mo had caution in his eyes.
"Eight thousand yuan, you take it away without any counter-offer." The fat boss said firmly, "If this piece of jadeite turns green, you will make a lot of money and I will lose a lot, so my price of eight thousand yuan is not high. "
Li Mo did not refuse directly, but held up the jade stone in front of Cai Cai and asked: "Little sister, can you see if you can gamble 8,000 yuan on this stone?"
"It's raw jadeite from Laokeng, Myanmar, not a stone." The fat boss emphasized again.
How could Cai Cai know how much this stone was worth, but based on her experience, this stone had content, but the process of bargaining was indispensable.
"Brother, what's the point of buying a stone as big as a fist? What are you spending the money on? It's all in vain."
The fat boss was very angry. There were many tourists coming and going around him, and they all looked in his direction.
"Come on, you leave immediately, I won't do this business anymore."
"Boss, my little sister is not sensible. You have a lot of people, and the prime minister's belly can support a boat. I really want this rough stone, but eight thousand is definitely too high, so it would be cheaper."
The fat boss refused: "If you want to buy it, just take the money. There is no need to negotiate the price."
Li Mo hesitated for a moment and then said: "Then you can always give me a favor, otherwise I won't be balanced."
When the fat boss heard that there was something going on, he suppressed his excitement and said in a slightly calmer tone: "The things in my stall are all good, and it's not appropriate to give them to anyone."
Li Mo said with a bit of contempt: "Boss, don't tell me that these bronzes are also genuine. If the police come to your door, don't think about it again in your life."
You still have to fight when it's time to fight, this is like bargaining.
The fat boss snorted softly and pointed at the bronze wares: "What do you like?
Take it away yourself. "
"Little sister, pay."
Li Mo gave an order, then squatted down and picked at the bronze vessels.
"I was deceived for another eight thousand yuan." Cai Cai looked reluctant and took out her mobile phone. This made the fat boss very anxious. If the business was successful, he would make a small profit. A bright smile suddenly appeared on his face: "I wish you good luck and get rich overnight with the jade."
Cai Cai paid the money anyway, wrapped the jade stone in paper and put it in her bag.
"Brother, have you made your choice?"
"I've paid all the money, why are you in a hurry?"
"Hehe, don't I have other clients to choose from?"
Li Mo raised his head and glanced at him angrily, picked up the bronze sword and said, "Why are you urging me? You really care about money but not people. It's just this bronze. Little sister, let's go, so as not to stand here and be an eyesore." .”
"Brother, you two walk slowly."
Li Mo walked aside with the bronze ware and chose a place with less traffic to carefully identify it.
"Brother, which dynasty is this authentic bronze?"
After a few minutes, Li Mo said: "Have you ever heard of the Goujian Sword of the Yue King? According to historical records, the Yue King Goujian had several self-made swords. The most famous one now is the one on display in the Hubei Museum."
"Ah, this bronze sword was actually used by King Gou Jian of Yue." Cai Cai said a little surprised.
"It's not the sword of King Goujian of Yue, but the sword of his son. Goujian's son's name is Yu Yu. Look at the handle of this sword. There are eight big characters on it, which are "King of Yue, King of Yue, the king's purpose is Yu." These are eight double hooks. Seal script characters. "
"If you take a closer look at the rust on the sword in the sun, you will see that the rust is all retrocrystallized. It would not have grown like this in two thousand years. The alloy composition of copper has been oxidized for two thousand years before the bronze sword showed its luster. This kind of natural compatibility of red and green rust is extremely difficult to create. Let’s look at the forging process of this bronze sword. The double-hook seal script with very fine patterns is inlaid with turquoise. This handicraft has been lost. Also, the handle of this sword has concentric circles, so we can basically identify this Yue Wang Sword as dating from the late Spring and Autumn Period, because during the Warring States Period, the concentric circles on the handle would have words on them."
Cai Cai nodded while listening, as if she had a lot of experience.
"Brother, how much is this Yue King Sword worth?"
"Its historical and cultural value has far exceeded the market value. I plan to put this Yue King Sword on display in a museum, and let the museums in Hubei see that my collection is no worse than theirs."
A smile finally appeared on Li Mo's face: "Today is not in vain. I will buy a long box and store it in it. It is not safe to hold it in my hand. There are so many people, and others will be hurt accidentally.
He walked into a store and walked out within a few minutes holding a rectangular box.
"Brother, what's going on with the stone in my bag?"
"That is indeed the raw jadeite from Laokeng from Myanmar. It needs to be polished with a machine to see if there is any goods in it. If there is, it will be better, and we will make a lot of money. It doesn't matter if we don't have it. You can't buy one for 8,000 yuan. It's a sword from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period." Li Mo patted the bag she was carrying and said with a smile, "I feel like there's jade in it."
Caicai looked around and said, "I remember Mr. Niu Yingjun Niu has a jewelry store here. He may have a small cutting machine in his store. How about we go to his store. I will put this jadeite rough. I always felt that it was not solid enough in the bag, so we cut it and it was clear whether there was jade or not."
"Let me ask him."
Li Mo took out his cell phone and called, and the call was connected after three beeps.
"Brother, why are you calling for me?"
"where are you?"
"The jewelry store here in Liulichang is holding an antique festival these days. It has a lot of customers and is very busy. I just came over to check on the situation. If you have anything to say, just say it."
"I'm in Liulichang now. Send me the store address and I'll go find you."
"Okay, right now, I'll hang up first."
In a few seconds, I received a message from Niu Sanpang
Positioning the text message, Li Mo carefully analyzed the directions of southeast, northwest, and then pointed ahead: "Cai Cai, let's go straight along this road. The end of the road is connected to the avenue outside Liulichang, which is about 70 or 80 meters. distance."
"I just said there is his shop nearby, let's leave quickly."
Cai Cai wanted to know as soon as possible whether the jadeite stones in her backpack were in stock, so she didn't stop along the way. Li Mo had no choice but to follow closely behind.
"Mr. Niu, this way."
Cai Cai saw Niu Sanpang standing at the door waiting for them from a distance, and couldn't help but raise her hands and wave.
"Mr. Zhu is here, long time no see." Niu Sanpang hurriedly came up to say hello, then glanced at Li Mo and turned away, then turned to look at him uncertainly, feeling a little impressed.
Li Mo subconsciously touched his brow and said, "Three Fatties, looking at your uncertainty, have I changed so much?"
"Hey, you don't even know." Niu Sanpang finally confirmed that the person standing in front of him was his good brother Li Mo, and stepped forward to give him a hug. "You came to Liulichang to hunt for treasures today. How are you doing? how?"
"I've only found two pieces so far, and the results are not ideal."
