Chapter 123: Under the Paper King
[69 Book Bar - www.] Zhao Gang quickly searched the antique books he had read for information about this type of ancient books in his mind, and at the same time carefully flipped through the ancient book for fear of damaging the paper inside.
In his impression, a kind of precious paper called porcelain blue paper was made during the Xuande period and was dyed with indigo dye. At that time, it was also named "Xuande Furnace" and "Xuande Porcelain". Its color was similar to the blue and white porcelain that was popular at that time. , hence the name. The color of the paper is blue and black, as beautiful as satin, with gold and silver on it. It is durable, full of color, simple and elegant. According to records: This kind of paper was exclusively used by the imperial government in the Ming Dynasty. When it was introduced to the people, because the paper was dark blue, it was suitable for copying scriptures.
According to the Ming Shen Bang "Yuan Shu Miscellaneous Notes", in the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1592 AD), a piece of porcelain blue paper was worth one penny. At that time, you could buy 2 bottles of shochu or 10 kilograms of white flour. At a recent auction Only 40 remaining pages.
A clay-gold manuscript on porcelain blue paper with a volume that is only one-seventh of the size of this set of books can be sold for 42,560, fully demonstrating that it is the king of old paper. It is no wonder that experts from the National Palace Museum in Taiwan picked up a porcelain blue paper manuscript at random. The pages of the "Dragon Hidden Sutra" proudly told reporters: "They (referring to Sotheby's) started bidding at 10,000 U.S. dollars for just such a piece of paper!" It is magnetic blue paper.
Zhao Gang has never seen magnetic blue paper with his own eyes, and he cannot tell that the paper he is flipping through is this kind of paper. But he can be sure that this kind of paper must be very precious.
Zhao Gang roughly calculated that there were more than a hundred of them. Although the first and last pages were somewhat damaged, and the middle part was also somewhat damaged, the scriptures inside were not damaged.
The paper was covered with dust because it had been stored for too long. Perhaps because of this, the characteristics of the paper pages did not attract people's attention. Zhao Gang knew that the aunt who managed the library was just an ordinary caretaker and did not know anything about antiques, so I just regarded it as an old book and threw it aside, so no one paid attention to it.
"The value of this book should be more than 100,000 yuan." Zhao Gang made a preliminary judgment. Considering that if he wanted to sell it in an antique store, he would have to pay a lot of management fees, Zhao Gang thought about it for a while and decided Su Bingbing said: "I will pay 50,000 yuan for this book."
Su Bingbing was casually looking through the ancient books on the ground. When Zhao Gang said that he had paid 50,000 yuan, she was shocked and said, "50,000 yuan? You won't make fun of me, will you? This book is in such a state of ruins." .”
Zhao Gang smiled and said: "How dare I make fun of you? This book is a bit damaged, but it is an ancient book. Although I don't know the specific year, it should be quite valuable. Maybe it is quite valuable. , I paid fifty thousand and got a bargain."
Su Bingbing looked at Zhao Gang very doubtfully. She didn't have much hope in the first place. If she hadn't heard Zhao Gang talk about it, she would have sold the waste paper. The total of these was only two hundred kilograms at most, and it could be sold for one hundred kilograms. The money is pretty good.
"Zhao Gang, there are really too many." Su Bingbing said.
"Teacher, you still think the money is too much." Zhao Gang said with a smile.
"If I hadn't met you, this book wouldn't be sold for even one dollar. How much do you think it is?" Su Bingbing said with a smile.
"The key is that I have seen it now. Fifty thousand yuan is not much. I estimate that this book may cost more than 100,000 yuan. However, if you want to sell antiques, you will have to charge a lot of management fees, so I can only That’s a lot.” Zhao Gang said sincerely.
Seeing that Zhao Gang didn't seem to be joking, Su Bingbing hesitated for a long time and said, "Of course, I'll charge 10,000 yuan. No more bargaining, otherwise I won't sell this book to you."
Hearing what Su Bingbing said, Zhao Gang had no choice but to nod and said, "Okay." Then he asked Su Bingbing to find a piece of clean cloth to wrap the scriptures.
Dong Jian saw that Su Bingbing was busy cleaning up, so he helped her clean up together.
"Teacher, you must love everything here." Zhao Gang said as he looked at the photo of Su Bingbing and her classmates hanging on the wall.
"Human beings are not trees, so how can they be ruthless? I am not a tree, I just have to leave when it's time to leave." Su Bingbing said.
"Can't we not leave?"
"No." Su Bingbing said firmly.
"Is it worth it for someone who doesn't love you?" Zhao Gang finally couldn't help but ask.
Su Bingbing's face turned a little pale, and she replied coldly: "This is not a question of whether it is worth it, but whether it can be let go."
"Can you tell me your story with him?"
Su Bingbing was carrying Zhao Gang on her back while tying a package on the ground. She suddenly stopped and said with some sadness: "He and I were high school classmates. He was a gangster when he was in school and loved to fight. I was the monitor, hey, forget it.
Chapter completed!