Jianbao life

Chapter 377 Agarwood
The stall owner gave Chu Chen a thumbs up with a smile, and said, "Brother, you have good eyesight, this set of books is a treasure! I just got it from a scholarly family with great difficulty. When I open the business, I will say How about an auspicious number, eighty thousand?"

"Eighty thousand?"

Before Chu Chen could speak, Chu Yulan who was beside her said in amazement, "Boss, you are trying to steal money. Such a new set of books actually costs 8 yuan?"

The stall owner smiled and said: "Girl, you don't understand now. This set of books belongs to the Ming Dynasty. If you do the math, how many years has the Ming Dynasty been until now? It's still expensive at [-]!"

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "Boss, since you said that, I'm a little puzzled. Just like what you said, it has been hundreds of years since the Ming Dynasty. Why are things still so new?"

"Hehe, there are also well-kept ones, so we can't generalize."

"Anyway, [-] yuan for this set of books is too expensive. For this price, you should sell it to someone else!"

"Little brother, what price do you want? If it's suitable, I'll give it to you!"

"I think one thousand is not bad for a book." Chu Chen raised the price.

Hearing this, the stall owner immediately said with a very exaggerated expression: "Hey, little brother, this price is a bit outrageous, you are not kidding me!"

Chu Chen shook his head, didn't say anything, and just turned around and left. The stall owner definitely didn't think this book was the original version of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would never have offered a price of [-]. Therefore, he With full confidence, the stall owner will stop him.

"Hey, little brother, nine thousand, nine thousand is fine, I'm a greedy guy, you have to let me earn hard money!"

"Six thousand eight, do you like to sell it or not!"

"It's worth it! I'm going to open the business today, and I'll give you the things!" As he said that, the stall owner showed a very distressed look. In fact, he was already happy in his heart. The things he brought for 300 yuan changed hands. I earned more than 20 times, and the speed of making money is comparable to gambling with stones!
After clearing the money and goods, Chu Chen took the six books and left. After walking a certain distance, Chu Yulan asked:
"Brother, this book is so new, it should be from the period of the Republic of China at most, isn't [-] a bit expensive?" The implication is that she is not optimistic about this set of things.

Chu Chen chuckled and said: "I don't know how the former owner preserved it, but this is indeed a set of original books from the Ming Dynasty. Although it looks quite new, the paper and the old color on the paper, and this Ink stains are not made by fakes."

"Ah!" Chu Yulan said with surprise on her face, "Is it really from the Ming Dynasty?"

Chu Chen nodded and said, "Of course, otherwise, why would I buy it? You should know it when you get to the place where the light is bright."

"How much is this set of books worth?"

"Fifteen to sixty thousand!"

Hearing Chu Chen give the price, Hu Yong and the female bodyguard who followed the two couldn't help being speechless for a while. I won't talk about this gambling stone. How can I buy a few books and earn 10,000 by turning around? +, this Young Master Chu is too good at making money! ...

After all, this is Pingzhou, and after visiting a few stalls, it was either jade wares or rough jadeite, and the quality was not very good, Chu Yulan yawned twice in boredom.

After walking for a while, everyone finally saw a rather interesting stall. Although the stalls were also filled with stones, they were some uniquely shaped stones. When everyone took a closer look, they realized that they were selling strange stones.

The shapes of these stones are all kinds of strange. At first glance, you may not be able to figure out what the stones look like. Only when you see the nameplate under the stones and think about it, you will find that there is such a little meaning.

There are also many types of stones here, such as meat-shaped stones, Qingtian stones, and Tianhuang stones. Of course, the latter two are definitely not real, but they are similar. If they were real Qingtian or Tianhuang stones, the stall owner would definitely not place them here. up.

However, there are not only strange stones here, there are also some rough stones for sale, but the rough stones sold here are not rough jadeite stones, but rough stones of chicken blood, and these rough stones of chicken blood look like chicken blood rough stones mined from the old pit.

The Laokeng chicken blood raw stone mentioned here refers to Changhua chicken blood stone.

Changhua chicken blood stone can be divided into old pit and new pit.To the east of Kangshan Ridge, the central area to the west of Hetao Ridge and Yuyan Mountain in the area of ​​Hongdongyan are the old pits.The area from the west of Kangshanling to Huishiling is Xinkeng.

The old pit chicken blood stone is fresh in color, clear and transparent in texture, delicate and oily, and the color of the new pit is not bright enough, but one thing to note is that the old pit and the new pit cannot be generalized. There are also new pits within pits.That being said, old pits are always better than new ones.

There are gambling stones in jadeite, and there are also gambling stones in bloodstone, especially now that the raw materials of bloodstone are reduced, making gambling stone in bloodstone has become a common practice.

However, unlike jadeite, bloodstone can judge the color and shape of blood from its appearance, which is undoubtedly clearer than jadeite. As for the blood volume of bloodstone, it depends on luck. alike.

The more than 20 pieces of chicken blood stones in the old pit in front of me seem to be doing well, so they are still quite popular.Not long after Chu Chen and the others came, many people came forward to inquire about the price, but the price of these raw chicken blood stones was a bit expensive, and the stall owner was still unwilling to let go, so more people asked and fewer people bought.

Chu Chen didn't have much research on bloodstones, so he simply used Baojue to screen the raw bloodstones, but what he didn't expect was that the quality of these raw bloodstones was really good, and there were actually three bloodstones. The value exceeded one hundred thousand.

And what Chu Chen didn't expect was that later, he used a special ability on these three bloodstones, and made an amazing discovery.

"Boss, how do you sell these chicken blood stones?" Repressing the surprise in his heart, Chu Chen pointed to the three chicken blood stones and asked the stall owner.

The stall owner looked up and said, "The one on the left is [-], the one on the right is [-], and the remaining one is [-]. If you want it, I'll count it as [-]."

"Can't it be cheaper?" Chu Chen asked.

The stall owner said apologetically: "Little brother, these raw chicken blood stones are all borrowed from me by a friend of mine, so the price can't be any cheaper. If it can be cheaper, I will already be cheaper." gone."

Chu Chen felt that the stall owner was probably telling the truth, otherwise the price of something in the ghost market would be so high, so he pondered for a while, and then agreed to the price.

The three raw chicken blood stones are not too big, and they add up to only [-] to [-] kilograms. Although the three chicken blood stones were carried by Hu Yong and looked quite easy, Chu Chen thought about it and went back early Got it.

But just as Chu Chen was about to make a call, he saw a station for stationery not far away. Thinking that his father's stationery was not yet complete, he decided to finish watching the station.

Not to mention, there are really a few good things on this booth, but after asking the price, Chu Chen was a little speechless. A blue and white porcelain pen holder from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

After clearing the money and goods, the stall owner suddenly asked: "Little brother, I still have a piece of high-quality agarwood here, do you want it?"

Hearing that there was a good piece of agarwood, Chu Chen also became interested, so he nodded and said, "Okay!"

Hearing this, the stall owner quickly took out a black object that looked to weigh about two kilograms and was packed in a transparent plastic bag from a bag next to him. This made Chu Chen speechless.

Agarwood, known as the "diamond in plants", has undergone animal bites and external trauma, as well as man-made cuts and erosion of snakes, insects and ants, coupled with the external hot and humid environment, the wounds are corroded and fungi invaded and parasitized. Under the action of bacteria, agarwood is slowly formed.

The growth period of natural agarwood is extremely long. It usually takes decades, and the best ones even take hundreds or thousands of years to form.It can be said that it is a precious treasure that gathers the aura of heaven and earth, gathers the essence of the sun and the moon, and is accumulated over the years.

Agarwood has strong antibacterial effect, aroma enters the spleen, clears the mind and qi, nourishes the five internal organs, relieves cough and reduces phlegm, warms the stomach and spleen, ventilates and relieves pain, and can be used as medicine. One tael of gold; in the Ming Dynasty, it became an inch of agarwood and an inch of gold.

If it is really a high-quality agarwood, it is usually judged in terms of gram. Chu Chen thinks that such a large piece of agarwood will not be much better even if it is agarwood, and it may be artificially cultivated.

Seeing Chu Chen's expression, the stall owner immediately guessed what he was thinking, so he said with a smile on his face: "Little brother, don't look at my piece of agarwood, but it is very fragrant. If you don't believe me, open it." Smell the plastic bag!"

Although Chu Chen didn't believe that it was a good agarwood, but he had seen it all, so let's smell it for now, but what he didn't expect was that he opened the seal of the plastic bag a little, and there was an unspeakable smell. The fragrance came to his nostrils, and in an instant, that fragrance penetrated into his heart, and his whole spirit was lifted.

Before Chu Chen came back to his senses, Chu Yulan next to him came over and asked curiously, "Brother, what does it smell like? It smells so good!"

This made Chu Chen extremely surprised. He didn't expect to reveal such a little fragrance. The younger sister who was two or three meters away from him just now smelled it. This is the best agarwood!
Seeing Chu Chen's expression, the stall owner said triumphantly, "How about it, my agarwood is not bad!"

Chu Chen nodded, and tightened the seal of the bag. He did this because he was afraid that other people would be attracted by the scent, which would inevitably cause some trouble.What puzzled him was that he had never smelled aloes, but even the top ones were not so fragrant, such a unique fragrance!
(End of this chapter)