Chapter 1103

The stall owner looked up and said, "little brother, I'm so sorry. I got this box in the morning, but I haven't had time to deal with it. If you want, I can clean it for you immediately to ensure it's clean."

"All right, all right!" Chu Chen waved his hand: "I'm afraid you've washed off all the juice in the box."

Baojiang is really very important for antiques. It's normal for customers to have such concerns. Therefore, the stall owner didn't think much about it. He had a lively mind and immediately understood Chu Chen's idea. He said with a smile: "in that case, I'll give you a discount. Even if it's 800, it's authentic red eye furniture."

Chu Chen shook his head again and again: "it's too expensive. Although it's mahogany, its quality is really ordinary. What's more, how big the box is! I can give 200 at most!"

"Little brother, I'm also a small business. I can't even keep two hundred."

Crying for poverty is the only magic weapon for antique peddlers to do business. However, Chu Chen has a lot of knowledge and can't see it. So the stall owner bargained with Chu Chen and scolded him for being stingy. In the end, if Chu Chen didn't want to have an accident, he would have to "fight for 300 rounds" to deal with this kind of peddler.

After paying the money, Chu Chen left with Yuan Hongjian directly holding the box. Without taking a few steps, he saw the middle-aged man who had just quarreled with the young man coming face to face. This had to make Chu Chen sigh for his boldness. They were not afraid that if the young man came back, it would cause trouble.

The middle-aged man looked at Chu Chen, went to the stall owner with some doubts and asked, "Lao Zhang, who was the young man holding the box just now?"

The stall owner was stunned and said strangely, "I came to Panjiayuan only the next day. Who knows? Is this person very famous?"

At the end of the day, he was a little nervous. If the other side was more famous, his vision would not be bad. Didn't he lose money just now?

The man shook his head: "it's just a little familiar. By the way, Lao Zhang, is it OK today?"

The stall owner laughs: "it's OK. Your share must be indispensable." The first mock exam, "

man frowned," said, "how did you know that the boy was dragging me? I quickly saw the money. I saw a good stuff just now, and a comment on Chu Chen's comment on TV last time. Well

Speaking of this, the man suddenly froze. After a while, he came back to himself and suddenly said, "the young man who bought your box just now seems to be Chu Chen!"

"Ah?" The stall owner exclaimed and recalled the appearance of Chu Chen on TV. Then he stood up and said with heartache: "it seems that he is Chu Chen indeed! It's over, it's over. I must have lost sight of that box! "

The man said doubtfully: "it should not be. When the old man sold the box to you, I also looked at it. It's really mahogany. How much did you sell him?"

"Four hundred and six."

"If you look at the appearance of that box, four hundred and six are about the same."

"The key is Chu Chen. How can he buy more than 400 things?" The stall owner said with a look of chagrin.

The man comforted him and said, "what's wrong with experts? Can't experts buy more than 400 things? What's more, maybe he's going to buy something and put it there? "

"Do you believe that?" The stall owner gave him an idiot look.

The man shrugged his shoulders: "well, what's the value of that box? What kind of treasure can the mud be in it? "

The stall owner clapped his hands: "yes! It's the mud. Maybe it's the treasure. Otherwise, why didn't Chu Chen let me dump the mud? "

The man said speechless: "are those mud made of gold powder? Besides, even if the mud is valuable, what can you do? Well, there are more and more people in the market. If you're not the only one, don't worry about it. Give me the money. I'm still waiting for the money to go shopping! "

"Well, you two are really in the same group. Give me the money back quickly!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, the young man ran up to them with an angry face and wanted to return the goods

"Ha ha, it's fun."

On the other hand, when Yuan Hongjian saw the young people running by, he couldn't help laughing.

Chuchen also said with a smile: "this is the so-called multi line unjust must die!"

Yuan Hongjian nodded with a smile: "by the way, let's continue what we just said, what's wrong with these soil?"

Chuchen said with a smile, "these are all purple clay."

"How does purple clay look and feel like cyan?" Yuan Hongjian asked foolishly.

Chuchen said with a smile, "who said that purple clay has no green color? Haven't you ever seen a green purple clay pot?"

"Ha ha." Yuan Hongjian patted his forehead and thought he was a little silly: "is that the green mud inside?"

The color of Danchen green mud is more or less confused with that of green mudThere is a saying that rarity is the most important thing. When Yuan Hongjian heard that this kind of mud was going to disappear, he couldn't help but brighten his eyes and said with a smile:

"Miss Chu, this should be the reason why you bought this box."

Chuchen said with a smile: "there are some reasons for this, but there are actually two kinds of mud in the drawer. The mud inside is more precious."

"More precious?" Yuan Hongjian asked in surprise, "what kind of mud is that?"

At this time, they just went to the door of the antique shop. Chu Chen said, "let's go in and talk about it."

Because the purple clay in the box is precious, Chu Chen takes yuan Hongjian to the VIP room upstairs. Push the door in to have a look, see Wu Shu and Zhu Dafu and Zhao Xueyi drinking tea inside chatting.

After a few greetings, Zhu Dafu asked curiously, "I said Xiaochen, how did you bring back such a dirty box?"

Chuchen said with a mysterious smile, "there are good things hidden in this box."

"What's good?"

It must be unusual for chuchen to say that it is a good thing, so the three elders were all curious when they heard chuchen say so.

"The good things are here..." Chu Chen put the box on the table and then opened the bottom drawer.

"Oh, it's like dark green mud!" Zhu Dafu, who had studied the purple clay pot, immediately recognized the mud.

Zhao Xueyi was a little surprised and said, "this kind of mud is rare now. Although there are not many drawers like this, it can be used for a long time when used together."

Dark green clay is more tender and less resistant to fire than purple clay. It is usually used as powder or coating outside the body of the body to make the color of purple clay pottery more colorful. Because a purple clay vessel is not used much, and the quantity is small, and the quality is high, now only the top purple clay is willing to use, which is why Zhao Xueyi said.

Zhu Dafu said with a smile, "Lao Zhao, you're really a professional. You can tell from a glance that these inky green clay are all selected products. The predecessors don't know how much effort it took to select them. You can't say so much? Too greedy, too! "

Purple sand is actually a kind of ore, which is buried hundreds of meters under the Huanglongshan rock layer, between the "Jiani" ore layers. The purple mud excavated from the ore bed, commonly known as raw mud, looks like massive rock. If it is to be turned into usable purple sand mud, it needs to be piled up in the open air, weathered slightly, and then treated after it is loosened.

In ancient times, the sun dried and mashed mud was usually surrounded in a circle and washed with river water. People stood in it and walked and trampled on it until the mud was soft and hard enough to use. Nowadays, it's hard for people to imagine how hard and backward their predecessors were in making mud.

Moreover, this method has been used until the 1950s, until the late sixties began to use mechanized production, workers do not need so hard.

It is true that advanced science and technology has its advantages, but it also has its disadvantages. For example, in the past, some unscrupulous businessmen use chemical raw materials to prepare purple clay in order to reduce costs and improve appearance.

You know, the purple clay vessels made of this kind of mud not only have no benefits in making tea, but also have toxic substances harmful to human body. Therefore, when you buy purple clay vessels, you should be careful not to buy this kind of purple clay vessels.

Zhao Xueyi said with a smile: "no matter how greedy I am, it's useless. These mud are not mine. However, Xiao Chen, can I have a discussion with you about whether these dark green mud can be sold to me? I don't want any more. I just need the quantity of a ball pot. "

Yili Zhu is a traditional pot style, which is said to be created by huimengchen. The shape of the pot is characterized by a round body, no neck, an embedded structure for the lid, a small round bead type cover button, a three curved tubular flow, a large round handle and exquisite workmanship. Because this type of pot is used for drinking kungfu tea, it is the predecessor of the later "horizontal pot".

This kind of pot is generally not big, so it doesn't need a lot of dark green mud.

Zhu Dafu quickly said: "Xiaochen, can you sell me some?"

Uncle Wu continued to laugh, and the meaning he wanted to express was self-evident.

Seeing that even his father-in-law had spoken, Chu Chen said with a smile, "well, after a while, I'll ask Master song to make a teapot for you. What do you think?"

Everyone agreed. Zhu Dafu couldn't wait to say, "don't wait for a while. I'll call Xiao Song and ask him to come as soon as possible."

Zhao Xueyi said with a smile, "Lao Zhu, your airs are a little too big. If you don't go in person, you can let him go all the way. What do you mean?"

Zhu Dafu waved his hand: "it doesn't matter. What's the relationship between me and him? Besides, if he hears about these exquisite dark green clay, he will come here happily. I don't need to invite him at all."

"Anyway, if you do it, we'll enjoy it." Wu Shuxiao said.

"Why?" Zhu Dafu said.

"Why? Just because Xiao Chen is my son-in-law! " Uncle Wu laughed with pride."Well, I don't have a good daughter!" Zhu Dafu had no choice but to show his hand.

After laughing for a while, Yuan Hongjian asked, "Mr. Chu, didn't you just say that there is a more precious mud in the drawer?"

"More precious mud?" Three old smell speech on the face all showed very surprised look.

"Ah

At this time, Zhu Dafu exclaimed in surprise, and some of them asked: "Xiaochen, you don't mean that there is Tianqing mud in it, do you?"

"What's tianqingni?" Wu Shuyi and Zhao Xueyi were very shocked, but yuan Hongjian was puzzled because he had never heard of this kind of mud.

"I think the mud inside should be the lost azure mud."

Chu Chen first opened the drawer completely, and then he saw that the whole drawer was divided into two compartments. The dark green mud was put in one compartment on the outside, and the mud inside was a kind of mud which was similar to the dark green mud, but when he looked at the particles carefully, it flashed blue light and was very delicate and moist.

"Is this the azure clay?" Zhu Dafu hurriedly and excitedly went up and carefully observed and distinguished.

At this time, Chu Chen explained to Yuan Hongjian: "the name of tianqingni comes from the yangxianminghu series, which was written by Zhou Gaoqi, a historian in the late Ming Dynasty, in the reign of Chongzhen. It is the earliest professional book about Zisha. The history of Zisha before the Qing Dynasty is basically recorded."

"Some of the books are his personal experiences, such as mining, clay and green body making; others are hearsay, such as the legends of Shitao yiseng, fuguitu, Jinsha Temple monk and Gongchun. As for the Zisha incident before the Qing Dynasty, most of the later works quoted Zhou Gaoqi's view, either supplemented or speculated. "

"In the book of Yangxian Minghu series, Zhou Gaoqi uses 174 words on mineral materials, 74 of which describe Tianqing clay. It can be seen that he attached great importance to Tianqing mud, which was also the best kind of mud found at that time. "

Hearing this, Yuan Hongjian asked, "since this kind of mud is so good, how come I haven't seen several pots handed down from generation to generation use this kind of mud?"

Zhao Xueyi said with a smile: "Tianqing clay is a rare purple clay. It's not easy to mine it, so there are not many teapots that can be used to make it. But there are also some handed down works. Yang Pengnian and Shao Daheng have two handed down works of Tianqing clay, which are regarded as treasures by the museum. You can't see them without a chance."

Yuan Hongjian said with some regret: "that's what happened. That is to say, this kind of mine is lost because of its small stock?"

"It can also be said that, but it is mainly because of the changes in the place of origin."

Chu Chen explained: "in Zhou Gaoqi's book, it is said that Tianqing mud was produced in Lishu. This mining area was abandoned because of its water permeability, forming today's big pool. The specific time of water penetration has not yet been confirmed. There are many opinions about it, most probably in the early period of the Republic of China. Not to mention that there are few Tianqing mud mines, because the mining area is abandoned, of course, Tianqing mud is lost. "

Zhu Dafu raised his head and said, "in fact, I've heard about it before. Tianqing mud was also mined near the mining area. At that time, Xiao Song went to inquire about the news, but he got nothing."

Zhao Xueyi said: "I think the possibility of rumor making is relatively large, otherwise there is really a day of green mud, and there is no uproar!"

Uncle Wu said with a smile: "don't mention this kind of shadowless thing. Let's talk about whether it's tianqingni or not. Lao Zhu, what do you think? "

"I think it's azure mud." Zhu Dafu definitely nodded.

"Why do you say that?" Zhao Xueyi said: "I remember that the book" Yangxian teapot system "roughly says," Tianqing mud, out of Lishu, the color of pottery darkens. In addition, there are branches with pear skin mud, which shows the pear's frozen color in pottery; in light red mud, which shows the changes of pine and metallurgy in pottery, there are all kinds of light and strange clouds. " In that case, the green mud that day should be dark liver color, right

Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "which teacher taught your Chinese? It is clearly said in the article that "the color of pottery becomes dark liver", that is to say, it becomes dark liver only after firing. If it is dark liver before firing, there is no "change" theory. Therefore, no matter what color it is, it can't be dark liver color before firing. "

"Zhou Gaoqi didn't explain why Tianqing mud is called Tianqing mud, but according to the law of mineral material naming, it is either in the form of mineral material, or in the process of mud making, it appears Tianqing color. If you look at the mud again, does it conform to the description in Zhou Gaoqi's book? So I think this should be azure mud. "

"Not necessarily." Zhao Xueyi shook his head and said, "there are still several kinds of azure minerals, but they are brown, purple, white, yellow, cyan gray and so on after firing. Therefore, whether it is azure mud or not should be burned out."

"Who do you want to burn? Xiao Song? Even if Xiao Chen can rest assured, I can't rest assured! " Zhu Dafu strongly disagrees with this.

Zhao Xueyi was surprised and said, "what? Master song is a master Pot Maker. What else do you worry about? "

Zhu Dafu said: "that's because you don't know how difficult it is to make Tianqing clay. Although this clay seems to be similar to the dark green clay next to it, it's actually like a pretty girl wearing a veil. She is very delicate. She has higher requirements on the production technology and firing conditions. If there is a slight discrepancy, she will lose her temper and not show her true face.""Yang Pengnian and Shao Daheng are basically in the same era, so it's not surprising that only Yang Pengnian and Shao Daheng have Tianqing clay works handed down in history. It's estimated that at that time, both of them found tianqingni, but they kept it secret. "

"Some people say that it's because Shao Daheng's level is higher than Yang Pengnian's, and his Tianqing clay works are more exquisite and expressive than Yang Pengnian's. However, according to the research, Shao Daheng's works are fired at a slightly lower temperature. Therefore, I think he is more thorough in the study of Tianqing clay than Yang Pengnian. "

Speaking of this, Zhu Dafu took a sip of tea, took a rest for a while, and then said, "you say that Yang Pengnian's level can't grasp the characteristics of Tianqing mud very well. I can't rest assured that Xiao Song can cook Tianqing mud. After all, it's a little less Tianqing mud, but there's no more for him to study and trial produce."

Everyone agreed with Zhu Dafu's explanation. Zhao Xueyi said, "since it can't be fired, can we tell if it's really azure mud? And if it's really azure mud, isn't it a pity to put it like this? "

Zhu Dafu nodded and said, "if you don't have a complete grasp, it's better to keep it. Of course, things belong to Xiao Chen. How he deals with them depends on his meaning. Anyway, my idea will not change. "

Chuchen said with a smile: "I want to take it to the laboratory first and analyze it with instruments. The result should be able to see whether it is azure mud or not. If it's azure mud, then we'll decide what to do with it. "

"Hi! How can I forget that it's still a scientific instrument! " Zhu Dafu and Zhao Xueyi all laughed and shook their heads, mainly because they did not like to use instruments to identify the relationship between antiques.

After a while, Zhao Xueyi asked: "by the way, Xiaochen, where did you get this box from? The seller doesn't know the goods. Even if he doesn't know Tianqing clay, doesn't he know dark green clay?"

"That's what happened..." Chu Chen told you what happened just now.

After listening to the story, Zhu Dafu sneered: "this kind of person is the black sheep of our antique industry, and some reputation is corrupted by them."

"There's no way. Now some people can do anything for their own interests. For example, there are some so-called teapots on the market, which are made of chemical materials. "

Wu Shu shook his head: "the most ridiculous thing is that last year I visited a large-scale purple clay pot store. There were many azure purple clay pots on the table, which were marked" azure clay ". The price was only a few hundred yuan. Some customers haggled with the sales staff, and the lowest price was only one or two hundred yuan."

"In fact, these are chemical grouting pots. It's harmful to the health to make tea with this kind of pot. Its cost is less than ten yuan, and the unscrupulous businessmen are so unscrupulous."

Speaking of unscrupulous businessmen, even Chu Chen felt the same way. After all, they were all beginners, and they had suffered a lot in this respect.

After chatting for a while, Uncle Wu suggested that Chu Chen take out all the mud in the drawer. On the one hand, it's not convenient to put it in the drawer, on the other hand, it's easy to keep it.

Chuchen readily agreed, and then went to get the tools, began to carefully clean up the mud.

During this period, Zhu Dafu called Song Jun, and he didn't say that he wanted to ask Song Jun to make a pot. He just told Song Jun about the dark green mud and azure mud. Song Jun immediately put down his work and yelled on the phone, don't dispose of the mud, and be sure to wait for him.

Hung up the phone, Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "I'll tell you, Xiao Song will come here in a hurry."

Zhao Xueyi said with a smile: "you don't talk nonsense, just like if you know that there is a real Zigang card to sell, will you rush to it?"

Zhu Dafu said: "I want to do that too, but where is the real Zigang brand for sale? Do you have any? "

Zhao Xueyi some helpless said: "nonsense, if I have, I don't have to worry about my son's marriage so much!"

"Why, did your son's girlfriend ask him again?"

"Well, I don't know how the girls are so vain now. They don't want to talk about everything. They want to give her all their wealth..."

"Come on, that's what your son met. There are many good girls in the world, and only your son's eyes are on this one. If you want me to say, you'd better persuade your son to break up. Anyway, he's still young and has plenty of time to find..."