Antique Dealer

Chapter 148
"Brother Zhao, what did you get today?"

Xu Qi knew that just like she didn't like being called a monkey, Zhao Gourd actually didn't like being called a gourd from the bottom of her heart. If someone called him that, he would look fine on the surface, so maybe he was scolding him in his heart!

Therefore, Xu Qi never called Zhao Hulu by his nickname in private.

"Happy old man." Zhao Hulu raised the box in his hand.

"What old man's music?" Xu Qi didn't understand what it meant.

Zhao Hulu opened the box: "Did you see that, Canaan incense inlaid with golden millet and longevity character eighteen son bracelets!"

Xu Qi looked at it, and said in surprise, "This is old Chenxiang, right?"

Zhao Hulu smiled and said, "You have good eyesight, old agarwood from the Qing Dynasty, but can you stop being so silly and call it Canaan incense?"

Some people may not know that Canaan incense and agarwood refer to a kind of incense. As for why, we have to find out from the information about the origin of Canaan incense.

Canaan is an ancient city in history. Between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, this place was called a paradise in ancient times, and the aroma of agarwood can also make people feel comfortable and happy, and can also relieve people’s nervousness. At that time People in China all like the different feelings brought by agarwood, so they also call agarwood Canaan incense.

As for the fact that some merchants call the well-recognized agarwood Canaan as a lesser-known name, and if you think about it for a while, you will know why.

Xu Qi picked up the bracelet and looked at it. The bracelet is composed of eighteen agarwood beads polished into beads. The two knotted beads and the Buddha head are agarwood beads inlaid with golden millet (small golden beads). Beaded multiple times.The simplicity of Canaan incense and the brilliance of golden millet complement each other, gorgeous yet simple, no wonder Zhao Hulu would call it Old Man Music.

"How much are you going to sell for this bracelet?"

"120."

"Huh? Only 120?" Xu Qi was very surprised. This string of old agarwood bracelets is of superior quality and complicated workmanship. If the auction is good, it will be easy to exceed 150 million. Zhao Hulu actually only needs 120 million. His understanding of Zhao Hulu.

Zhao Hulu smiled and said, "We have to pull the wool slowly, too fast, and the sheep will be bald, and there will be no chance to pull them in the future."

"Is that so?"

Xu Qi obviously didn't believe Zhao Hulu's words, he looked down at the bracelet in his hand again, and began to ponder.

Seeing Xu Qi's movements, Zhao Hulu sipped his tea and said with a smile, "Why, do you think this Canaan fragrance bracelet is fake?"

The agarwood used in this bracelet must be real, if Xu Qi can read the traces from opening the door to the generation, he can just go home and sell sweet potatoes.

But at the same time, he definitely didn't believe Zhao Hulu's words, so what's so tricky about this bracelet?

Zhao Hulu pinched his upper lip with his right hand, which is his habit when thinking about problems. At this time, he subconsciously sniffed, and a faint fragrance entered his nose.

After a while, he realized that he wanted to rub his hands on the beads again, but was stopped by Zhao Hulu: "It's not time yet, if you rub it like this, it will disappear."

"Is this fragrance added later? Then you said that the beads are fine... wait!"

Xu Qi held the string in front of his eyes and looked it over carefully. Soon, he found some details, which confirmed his judgment: "Are these beads spelled out?"

"Oh, you finally figured it out." Zhao Hulu exclaimed with an exaggerated expression.

The beads on this bracelet are actually collected from many agarwood beads made by old hands. Some of the agarwood beads are of poorer quality. In addition, the age is different and the fragrance is different. Zhao Hulu made some more. It is processed to make the fragrance as consistent as possible, but due to the rush of time, the taste will be stained when touched by hands.

"Then let me hold it with my hands."

As Xu Qi said it, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that Zhao Hulu had such a wide range of channels. In just half a day, she was able to fiddle with such a thing.Especially the fragrance on the bracelets, I don't know how Zhao Hulu made it, he wanted to ask, but after thinking about it again, it was impossible for Zhao Hulu to tell him.

Zhao Hulu said haha: "Don't forget this."

Xu Qi complained in her heart, and forgot, she clearly wanted to show off to him!

"Don't forget, that kid is very smart, don't be fooled!"

"So I'm going to talk to him about the bracelet again in two days, and I'll definitely have to wear gloves to show him. It's hard to justify not wearing gloves for such an expensive Canaan bracelet."

"That's right." Xu Qi nodded.

People have sweat stains on their hands. If they play for a long time, patina will form on the agarwood, and the patina will block the air pores that emit fragrance, which will directly affect the distribution of fragrance.Moreover, agarwood is, after all, a combination of woody structure and oil. The difference in pH in the human body's sweat is particularly likely to have a certain impact on agarwood, let alone hands that use cosmetics.

In addition, high-quality agarwood has high value and high oil content. Wearing gloves can better protect agarwood when touching it. After all, it is very valuable to avoid damage to agarwood. Wearing gloves is also a kind of respect for agarwood.

Zhao Hulu put the string back into the box: "I still have some things to do, I'm leaving first, I will contact you later, when the time comes to act, you have to be more natural, yesterday was too hard, there is no need."

Xu Qi joked: "It seems that one day I will enroll in an acting training class to learn acting skills."

Xu Qi sent Zhao Gourd to the door. At this moment, an old man in Tang suit walked by the door.

Seeing Xu Qi and Zhao Hulu, the old man stopped and said with a smile: "Hey, isn't this a gourd monkey? You two are planning to do big business again?"

Xu Qi glanced at the old man, but ignored him at all: "Brother Zhao, see you later."

Zhao Hulu ignored the old man and prepared to leave on his own.

Seeing that the two of them regarded themselves as air, the old man panicked, and he immediately said: "I think you two don't know, a big event happened yesterday, there was a young man who bought a gourd bottle that cost several million, and unexpectedly Picked up a big leak, and sold it to a big boss for 2200 million yuan! Oh, by the way, that young man seems to have been here before, so you can’t be the one who sold the gourd bottle!”

Speaking of this, the old man shook his head and walked away: "Ouch, let's go!"

Zhao Gourd and Xu Qi were stunned by the old man's words. Could it be that the gourd bottle sold yesterday was actually a big leak?That gourd bottle looks like that, and the dating is also clear and obvious. It's hard to sell at a loss, how could it be picked up by Fang Hao!

Xu Qi thought to herself: "It must be that this bad old man is deliberately talking nonsense because of what he suffered back then!"

The old man's surname is Wang, and he also opened an antique shop nearby. He usually looks down and sees Xu Qi, and their relationship is so-so.

In the antique market, all experienced antique dealers have long-term regular customers after years of operation.These old customers are all through long-term communication, trust each other, and gradually establish a business relationship.

Shopkeeper Wang has such a regular customer who has been doing his business, and the relationship between the two is very harmonious.

One day last year, this old customer came to shopkeeper Wang and said that he needed a brush washer imitating Ru kiln from the Yongzheng period. At that time, shopkeeper Wang didn't have it.

Shopkeeper Wang knew that Xu Qi had a wide range of channels, so he went to ask Xu Qi for help. Xu Qi patted her chest and said that she could find him the next day.

Sure enough, Xu Qi brought the brush wash over there the next day, and blamed shopkeeper Wang for being careless at the time. He didn't look carefully, so he asked the old customers to come and pick it up. The old customers happily came and took the brush wash away.

The reason why this regular customer bought this brush was to give it away. However, that person is also an expert and pointed out that the brush was overhauled.

Because of this incident, shopkeeper Wang lost an old customer, and his reputation was affected, so Xu Qi naturally held a grudge.As for his grievances with Zhao Hulu, that is another story.

Xu Qi still dispelled the unrealistic thoughts, because shopkeeper Wang hated him, so it was impossible to joke about such things, and she knew about it as soon as she inquired about it, so there was no need to lie.

Thinking of this, Xu Qi ignored the quarrel with shopkeeper Wang, and quickly chased after him: "Treasurer Wang, what are you picking up, please tell me, it will also open our eyes!"

Shopkeeper Wang looked at Xu Qi but didn't speak.

When Xu Qi was watched by him, she felt a little nervous: "Shopkeeper Wang, what are you looking at?"

Shopkeeper Wang laughed: "It's nothing, I just thought it was funny, by the way, what do you want me to say?"

"Old eunuch!" Xu Qi was cursing in her heart, but she couldn't express it: "It's just about the leak you mentioned."

"Oh." Shopkeeper Wang said with a chuckle: "No, a friend of mine happened to go to Hongfeng for dinner yesterday, and in the middle of the meal, there was a conflict in a box, ah, that's called..."

Zhao Hulu interrupted him: "What's the relationship between picking up leaks and conflicting?"

"Why doesn't it matter!" Shopkeeper Wang said with a straight face and an aggressive tone, "Isn't it because of the conflict that Song Yi from the other private room can be drawn out?"

"Song Yi?" Zhao Hulu and Xu Qi were very surprised. Song Yi is an expert in antiques in Xijing, and he is well-known in the circle for his eyesight.

"You mean, did you sell the item to Song Yi?" Zhao Hulu asked eagerly.

"How is this possible? It's hard for you to ask Song Yi to come up with 1000 million in cash!" Shopkeeper Wang paused for a while, then continued: "It is said that Song Yi was also invited by a big boss to give the big Approved by the boss."

Xu Qi asked, "The gourd bottle was sold to that big boss?"

"That's right, 2200 million! Tsk tsk tsk!"

Shopkeeper Wang gloated at the two of them, turned around and left, laughing non-stop as he walked.

The laughter made the two of them quite annoyed, they cursed in their stomachs, and their expressions became ferocious.

The semantics of what shopkeeper Wang said was unclear, and the specific details were not mentioned, so the two had no choice but to contact Song Yi through their friendship.

Fang Hao didn't say anything about picking up leaks, and there were a lot of people at that time, so Song Yi didn't deliberately hide it.

When they learned that the valuables were the two jadeites on the gourd bottle, Zhao Gourd and Xu Qi were astonished, and their faces turned green.

(End of this chapter)