Rebirth 93: Break off the engagement at the beginning and marry Bai Fumei

Chen Yang really couldn't understand why Boss Song paid such a high price to buy a Qing Dynasty imitation Xuande stove. You must know that in this era, if you can find a Xuande stove made in the Xuande year, the price will be much lower than this.

"Boss Song, logically speaking, if you pay this price, it's me who takes advantage," Chen Yang looked at Boss Song and said, "I shouldn't say more, but you paid such a high price to buy a Qing Dynasty imitation Xuande stove. , this is not cost-effective.”

Hearing what Chen Yang said, Boss Song smiled slightly and said, "Brother Chen, since you asked, I won't hide it from you."

"The Xuande furnace is the first bronze ware made of brass in the history of our country. Now people say that when Xuande was in power, because foreign countries paid tribute to a large amount of brass, Emperor Xuande asked craftsmen to use brass to cast the Xuande furnace, and It is refined by adding a large amount of gold, silver and other precious metals into it.”

Chen Yang nodded after hearing this. This is the most official statement and it is also supported by historical research. "It is indeed true. This is also the primary reason why only more than 3000 Xuande furnaces were cast that year."

"Brother Chen, this is just the official statement." Boss Song rarely lit a cigarette and handed one to Chen Yang.

"I have heard another story. When Xuande was in power, it was said that the Buddhist hall in the palace caught fire, and the gold, silver, and bronze statues were all mixed into liquid."

"At that time, Emperor Xuande asked his craftsmen how to use it. The craftsmen had no way to extract the gold and silver from the liquid. If they wanted to avoid wasting these materials, they could refine them into incense burners."

Having said this, Boss Song coughed and said, "Later, the minister reminded me that maybe this is God's will. Otherwise, how could the Buddhist temple be on such a big fire?"

"So Xuande came down to cast the Xuande furnace and supervised it himself. The copper was refined with twelve fires into copper bars, and then the copper bars were melted with red fire and placed on a sieve made of steel. The pure ones are used to make Xuande furnaces, and the rest are cast into other utensils."

Chen Yang blew out a smoke ring, "I've heard this statement too. I personally think it's a bit exaggerated. Boss Song, think about it, what kind of fire must be burned to melt all the brass, gold, silver, etc. Together? Obviously this statement is too false."

Chen Yang waved his hand, indicating that this statement was not credible.

Boss Song smiled slightly, "Brother Chen, actually I don't believe it either, but have you ever thought about it. The Xuande furnace has five colors: Buddhist scripture paper, chestnut shell, eggplant skin, Tangli and brown. Among them, the color of Buddhist scripture paper is the first-class. Why? Is the Buddhist scripture paper first-rate?"

"Also, the Xuande furnace only cast 3000 pieces. Now everyone says that it is because there is no more brass and they continue to cast." Boss Song smiled and shook his head. "As the emperor, Xuande will be short of raw materials?"

"This..." Chen Yang was stunned for a moment. Chen Yang had never thought about this and for a moment he really didn't know how to answer.

When Boss Song saw Chen Yang's appearance, he waved his hand, "Brother Chen, don't think about this now."

"More than 3000 Xuande furnaces were cast. This is only an approximate number. Let's not say how many were cast at that time. After so many years, very few have been handed down. There is a saying in the antique world that Xuande is not true. This is the Xuande Furnace."

"In addition, in recent years, everyone has been publicizing the Xuande stove, so don't think about picking up the leaks." After saying this, Boss Song put out the cigarette butt, "Ordinary people have a coal stove at home, and the Xuande year of the Ming Dynasty is engraved on it. He has little money, so he won’t even sell it!”

"Haha!" Chen Yang raised his head and laughed after hearing this. Although it was a joke, what Boss Song said was the truth.

"So, this imitation Xuande stove is valuable!" Chen Yang said after taking a sip of tea.

Boss Song nodded and looked at Xuande Lu, "Not all of them are worth money. If they are in such good condition, they are definitely worth money."

"Of course, that's just one reason, there's another reason."

"what reason?"

Boss Song hesitated for a moment, looked up at Chen Yang, and said with some embarrassment, "To be honest, Brother Chen, it's my own fault."

"Come, follow me to the back!"

After speaking, Boss Song stood up and motioned for Chen Yang to follow him to the back, and told Zhenfeng not to open the business without his own instructions.

Chen Yang knew that the back of antique stores was usually the boss's private space, where some collections would be placed, and outsiders were not allowed to enter. It seemed that Boss Song did not regard himself as an outsider.

Boss Song's office is very simply decorated, not as grand as outside.An ordinary boss table, a coffee table, and a set of leather sofas.There was a huanghuali wooden cabinet with several pieces of porcelain inside, but Chen Yang took a quick look and found that they were all fakes.

Boss Song opened the Huanghuali cabinet, took out a few pieces of imitation porcelain, put them aside, and then pressed the switch, and another layer appeared in the innermost part of the cabinet.

I go!Chen Yang was surprised. He didn't expect that Boss Song's Huanghuali cabinet actually had hidden compartments.

The back door was opened, and there were two enamels, a bottle from Ru kiln, and some porcelain from Jun kiln. There were three Xuande furnaces on top.

"Brother Chen, take a look for yourself." Boss Song took the three Xuande stoves off the shelf, placed them on the desk, and motioned to Chen Yang to take a look for himself.

All three are imitations of Xuande stoves made during the Republic of China. Their appearance is completely different from the one in my hand. These three Xuande stoves imitated by the people are given to me for free and I don’t want them.

"These are all imitations," Chen Yang picked up one and looked at it, "Boss Song, there is no need to put these three Xuande stoves in such a safe place, they are not worth anything!"

"Hey," Boss Song sighed slightly, "I don't have any. These three ones cost me a lot of money, so my colleagues gave them to me."

Chen Yang had no interest in the three imitation Xuande furnaces in front of him.Boss Song motioned Chen Yang to sit down, "Brother Chen, let me tell you the truth, Jiangcheng's antique industry is not very friendly to me right now. There is an owner of the Appreciation Pavilion who has teamed up with other shops to come to my place to cause trouble several times."

"They had the Qianlong Doucai vase brought over by someone last time. They just hoped that I could punch it so they could take the opportunity to suppress me!"

"So, I urgently need this Xuande stove you have. Firstly, I really like it. Secondly, I can use this Xuande stove to scare them. As far as I know, they don't have such a good thing in their hands."

It turned out that Boss Song had this intention. After hearing this, Chen Yang nodded, pointed at the porcelain in the cabinet and said, "Don't you still have Ru kiln and Jun kiln? Can't you shock them?"

Boss Song waved his hand, pointed at the porcelain and said, "They also have these. A few years ago, a man came from other places and sold several pieces of porcelain in Jiangcheng. Several of our antique shops bought them from them."

Chen Yang nodded after listening. Boss Song is a good person. Now that he is honest with him, this sincerity is enough.

"Okay, 5000 yuan, I'll leave this stove to you!" Chen Yang said, slapping his thigh.

Boss Song finally breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, opened the safe, and took out a bundle of cash, "As we agreed, this is [-]!"