Happy Tycoon

Lao Na spent three hundred yuan to buy this Xuande blue and white octagonal candlestick with twirling branches and floral patterns. Heavy weapon, that is absolutely missed.

Yang Jing remembered seeing a similar blue-and-white octagonal candlestick with twigs and floral patterns in the porcelain materials that Cai Yi gave him. It was also from the Xuande period, but that candlestick was a little smaller than this candlestick.

The blue and white candlestick was sold at a sky-high price of 19.55 million at the Guardian Auction in 2011.

There is also a Xuande blue and white candlestick of a similar style in the Shanghai Museum, which can be called the treasure of the Shanghai Museum.

The blue-and-white candlestick that Lao Na received is better than the blue-and-white candlestick in the Shanghai Museum in terms of size and appearance. If this blue-and-white candlestick was auctioned in 2018, it would easily exceed 20 million yuan!

In fact, the style of this blue and white candlestick is similar in each period of the Ming Dynasty. Not only in the Xuande period did this blue and white octagonal candlestick with entangled branches and flowers pattern, but also in the earlier Yongle period, there were also blue and white candlesticks of the same style.

In the information given by Cai Yi, Yang Jing has seen these two kinds of blue and white candlesticks of different ages. The shapes of these two candlesticks are basically the same, and the most obvious change is in the decoration. The banana leaf pattern on the handle of the Xuande candlestick is replaced by the wishful head pattern, the checkered pattern and twig chrysanthemum pattern on the neck are replaced by smaller twig patterns and twig lotus patterns, and the deformed lotus petal pattern on the folded shoulders In addition, on the outside of the shoulders of the undecorated shoulders of Yongle candlesticks and on the oblique wall near the bottom, they were decorated with zigzag geometric patterns in the Xuande period. This change is also reflected in other Yongxuan porcelains, such as moon-holding vases and flower pouring.

In any case, the blue-and-white octagonal candlestick with tangled branches and floral patterns that Lao Na received is indeed a rare old object with a wide open door, and it can be called a national treasure.

In order to celebrate Lao Na, Yang Jing asked someone to go out and buy a lot of food at noon, and when he came back, he set up a table in the yard, and he and Lao Na drank it.

The wine he drank was naturally Erguotou, maybe the old Yanjing people liked this taste, even if there were Moutai and Wuliangye in the room, Lao Na didn't drink those wines, so he grabbed Erguotou and drank it.

But not to mention, the Erguotou wine in the 1980s is really much better than the Erguotou in the new century.

In fact, it's no wonder that people in this era are very sincere, including wineries, and there are not as many vain people as later generations. In this era, the state-owned wineries at all levels in Yanjing all use real materials for wine making, and they also make wine with pure grain according to traditional techniques. The craftsmanship is authentic, and the wine tastes excellent.

The wine of this era, if it is said to be grain wine, it is grain wine. It is not like the wine of later generations. It is almost impossible to find pure grain wine for wine under 150 yuan, and almost all of them are alcoholic wines blended with edible alcohol.

This wine still tastes the most authentic! After several glasses of wine, Lao Na gradually let go and talked more.

The current Yanjing is not like when the People's Republic was first founded in the 1950s. I was eighteen in the year of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the few years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was only one state-owned winery in Yanjing, which was the Yanjing Brewing Experimental Factory. The output is only a few hundred tons, and the supply of Erguotou produced is really in short supply. Sometimes there is a purchase limit, and each household in Yanjing can only buy two bottles per month. How can it be like now, there are a total of 17 state-owned wineries in the entire city of Yanjing , the annual output is 60,000 to 70,000 tons, and you can drink Erguotou for one yuan and one bottle.

Yang Jing had never understood these things before, so it was quite enjoyable to listen to. Seeing that Lao Na's glass was empty, Yang Jing picked up the wine bottle and filled Lao Na's glass with wine, which made Lao Na a little flattered.

Old Na, don't be polite to me anymore, tell me about what happened at that time, especially about the Erguotou wine.

Hey, do you want to hear it? If you want to hear it, I will read it to you.

Lao Na grabbed the wine bottle and said, Have you seen this Red Star brand Erguotou wine? This is the largest Erguotou winery in Yanjing, but what you probably don't know is that the Red Star trademark did not belong to Red Star Erguotou wine before. The first right to use the winery belonged to the Lu Winery in Shishi City, Hebei Province, but this Lu Winery and Yanjing Brewing Experimental Factory belonged to the North China Liquor Monopoly Company. Not only that, but there were also wineries in Jin Province, Jinmen The wineries in other places also belonged to the monopoly company, so at that time, most of the companies under the North China Liquor Monopoly Company had the right to use the Red Star brand, and Fenjiu in the 1950s also used the Red Star brand.

Actually, the Red Star trademark was not designed by us Chinese. This trademark was designed by a Japanese expert in the production of liquor, who seemed to be called Sakurai Anzang. This trademark has a certain meaning. Among them, Red Star It represents the revolution in China, and the streamer below means to celebrate victory. I remember that it was not until 1953 that the Red Star brand trademark originally belonged to Shishilu Distillery was officially transferred to BJ Brewery, and later became our Yanjing Erguotou The most representative Erguotou brand.

Later, in addition to Red Star Erguotou, there were 'Ming Tombs Brand' from Chang/Ping Distillery, 'Xiangyang Brand' from Tong/Xian Distillery, and 'Chaobaihe Brand' from Niulanshan Distillery. Erguotou and Red Star Erguotou together are called the Four Heavenly Kings of Erguotou Old Wine Industry.

Yang Jing was also happy to hear that, even the Four Heavenly Kings came out. He also didn't expect that Erguotou wine would have so many anecdotes after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the brewing techniques adopted by these state-owned wineries are basically the same, and the raw materials are basically sorghum, barley and peas, so the taste of the brewed wine is also similar. If there is any difference, I am afraid that it is because of the The water is different. However, I have always liked to drink Niu Er, but since April this year, Niu Er has begun to reduce the alcohol content in response to the call of the country to limit the alcohol content in the past few years. The sixty-five degrees dropped to fifty-five degrees, and the taste disappeared all of a sudden. So now I drink red two instead.

Lao Na shook his head helplessly as he spoke, I just don't know when Hong Er will lower the speed. This is called by the state. How dare these state-owned wineries go against this call! So, this reduction is inevitable, I'm afraid I won't be able to drink Erguotou wine with 65 degrees in the future!

Yang Jing knew about the lowering of the drink. After all, he was also a master who liked to drink Erguotou before, so he naturally knew something about this kind of wine.

Niu Er began to drop in April 1986, and Hong Er began to drop in October of the same year. Both dropped from the previous sixty-five degrees to the later fifty-five degrees.

Of course, the 55-degree red two is sold to other places, and the local red two in Yanjing is fifty-six degrees.

Hearing Lao Na say this, Yang Jing was also a little sad. With the rapid development of society, some old heritages of China have inevitably been impacted, and some even disappeared in the long river of history.

Just like this Erguotou wine. The real Erguotou wine is high-strength liquor above 60 degrees. Only Erguotou wine with that alcohol content can be drunk enough and have that taste. It's like the old wine that Yang Jing received from Chengzi, although there is no mark on it, but yesterday he got drunk once, and Yang Jing dared to say that the alcohol content of those old wines definitely exceeded sixty Spend!

As for the fifty-five-degree, forty-two-degree, and thirty-eight-degree wines produced later, although they are also called Erguotou wine, the taste is really far worse.

Seeing that Lao Na was not in a good mood, Yang Jing said to Lao Na with a smile: I said Lao Na, I think you are quite knowledgeable about liquor, then I will add some tasks to you, I don't know if you would like to What are you doing?

The old man smiled and said, Boss, you only need to pay the wages. I don't dare to do other things except murder and arson. You can just order other things.

Yang Jing pointed at Lao Na and smiled helplessly, saying that Beijing Youzi, Jinzuizi, and Baoding Mansion's dog legs, according to Yang Jing, if this old Yanjing person becomes poor, his mouth is no worse than that of Jinmen.

I said Lao Na. In fact, this task is not a difficult task. On the contrary, I think you must like to do this job. Well, I plan to collect some wine for storage. How about you do this job?

Lao Na was taken aback for a moment, and then said with a smile on his face: Boss, I am willing to do this job. But there is one thing I have to explain to you, some wines cannot be bought casually now, such as Moutai. Now If you want to buy Moutai, you have to add overseas remittance certificates in addition to spending money. Of course, if the boss allows me to use foreign exchange certificates to buy, then naturally it will be no problem.

Yang Jing nodded, I know what you're talking about. It's no problem to buy Moutai with foreign exchange certificates. You can buy more. Well, besides Moutai, there are wines like Wuliangye, Luzhou Laojiao, Fenjiu, Xifeng, and Dongjiu. You can also buy more of these wines. As for the quantity, you can create five rooms in the basement and fill them up!

Lao Na took a deep breath and asked hesitantly, Boss, that's quite a lot. It will cost a lot of money.

Hehe, do you think your boss and I are short of money?

Lao Na shook his head, That's right, you are a billionaire, so it's no problem to buy this wine.

Lao Na, in addition to these wines, you'd better pay attention to whether there are older wines. It doesn't matter if you spend money. As long as the year is old enough, you will accept it for me. Whether it is before liberation or after liberation, as long as it is Old wine, I want it!

Also, after these wines are collected, you must pay attention to sealing them. Whether it is new wine or old wines, you'd better do the wax seal again. Don't be afraid of trouble, you must seal it well.

Lao Na nodded and said, That's not a problem. I know how to make wax seals.

Well, as long as you know how to do it, I will leave this job to you. As a reward, I will reward you with a bottle of Erguotou every day. Of course, if you are willing to drink Moutai or Wuliangye, that's fine. As long as you can give me the wine Just collect it!

Come on! Boss, don't worry!

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