Chapter 3408 3410【Liulichang】
Xiang Nan then bought the courtyard house for five hundred yuan, and then asked craftsmen to repaint and paper it. As for furniture, bedding, daily necessities, etc., they are also all purchased with good choices.
In addition to taking a sum of money from the American Embassy more than half a year ago, he also took a lot of antiques and treasures from the Forbidden City in the past six months. Anyway, Xiang Nan knew that even if he didn't take it, sooner or later the prodigal Xuantong would take it out and sell it.
Xiang Nan is a man who knows the goods, and every item he got from the Forbidden City is a rare treasure.
For example, the most valuable of the Sanxi Halls built by Qianlong are Wang Xizhi's "Quick Snow and Clear Tie", Wang Xianzhi's "Mid-Autumn Tie", Wang Xun's "Bo Yuan Tie", Li Gonglin's "Five Horses Picture", and Han Huang's "Five Horses". "Picture of Cows", Yan Liben's "Scroll of Portraits of Emperors of the Past", etc., each of which is a priceless national treasure-level cultural relic.
And this is only the calligraphy and painting part. As for gold, silver, jade, jewelry, porcelain, rare ancient books, etc., there are countless.
Xiang Nan didn't care whether Xuantong would discover that the collection had been stolen.
Because the management of the small imperial court of the Xunqing Dynasty was in chaos at that time, Xiang Nan was not the only one who stole things. The courtiers, guards, eunuchs, and maids also smuggled things away.
In 1921, a fire broke out in a warehouse near the Jianfu Palace in the Forbidden City. The reason was that Xuantong wanted to count the calligraphy, painting and antiques in the warehouse on a whim. In order to cover up the fact of stealing cultural relics, the **** did not hesitate to set fire to the evidence of the crime.
Therefore, no one knows how many treasures were burned, and there is no way to check them. Therefore, even if Xuantong realized that the cultural relics had been stolen, there was nothing he could do.
Therefore, Xiang Nan was naturally not polite. Over the past six months, he had moved like an ant, and he had no idea how many treasures he had moved out, but he had carefully buried them all.
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Half a month later, Xiang Nan and Xiaodouzi moved to their new home.
“Xiaodouzi, this will be our home from now on.” He said with a smile, “Are you happy?”
“Happy.” Xiaodouzi looked at his new home and nodded happily.
This is the first time he feels at home. When he was a child, he grew up in a brothel and had to hide here and there. Later, he didn't feel at home either in Xifucheng or in the Forbidden City. Only now, standing in this small courtyard, he finally felt a sense of belonging.
"Okay, from now on you will live in the west room and I will live in the east room." Xiang Nan smiled again and said, "Tonight we will rinse the pot and warm the house."
“Senior brother, I still want to sleep with you.” Xiaodouzi said quickly after hearing this.
Over the past six months, he has become accustomed to sleeping with Xiang Nan. He feels at ease sleeping with Xiang Nan.
"No." Xiang Nan immediately objected. He didn't want Xiaodouzi to be too attached to him. If feelings developed like in the movie, it would be troublesome. "How can a martial arts practitioner be timid? He has to sleep by himself to be a man. "
When Xiaodouzi saw what he said, he had no choice but to give it up.
He has not studied opera for a long time, nor has he become obsessed with it, thinking that he is a "female charmer". The reason why I stick to Xiang Nan is just out of habit, and I have no other thoughts, so after being rejected by Xiang Nan, I gave it up.
That evening, Xiang Nan bought mutton, cabbage, tofu, vermicelli, etc., and he and Xiaodouzi had a good meal of mutton boiling.
His knife skills are exquisite. The mutton slices are thinner than paper and can be cooked in a copper pot. Then dip it into the dipping sauce mixed with sesame paste, fermented bean curd, chive flower chili oil, and put it into your mouth. It is really tender and delicious, incomparable.
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Both of them had a good meal, and then went back to their rooms to rest.
Liulichang originated in the Qing Dynasty. During the Shunzhi period of the early Qing Dynasty, the Manchus occupied the capital, implemented the separation of Manchu and Han people, and expelled the Han people from the inner city. Liulichang is located in the west of the outer city, and a group of Han officials lived nearby at that time. Later, guild halls in many provinces and cities were also built around official residences. As the saying goes, those who are near the water and the towers get the moon first. Provincial and municipal guild halls receive officials and candidates who come to Beijing every year to take exams, so a large number of scholars gather here.
Liulichang was originally a book market. Many booksellers opened shops and stalls to sell books here, attracting many scholars. Then the Four Treasures of the Study, antiques, calligraphy and paintings also appeared, and eventually it became a lively place dominated by books and antiques.
Xiang Nan visited Liulichang, firstly to pick up leaks and secondly to ship goods.
He has Cheng Jianjun's skills in making fake porcelain, and the degree of imitation is so high that even experts like Po Pohou have noticed it, and he can even go to the auction house to bid on it. This shows that he has reached the point where fakes can be mistaken for real ones.
Although he took out a lot of treasures from the Forbidden City, he was not willing to sell the real ones. After all, the Forbidden City collects all high-quality products, so how distressing it would be to sell one less piece.
Xiang Nan would feel ashamed if he left the country and was taken away by foreign devils, so he planned to sell fakes.
Selling fakes is not easy either.
He is a stranger, no one knows him, so they must be wary. No matter how real his fakes are, people won't dare to spend a lot of money to buy them.
Xiang Nan is an old man, not a raw man, so he naturally knows the route of bulk cargo.
So he walked around Liulichang first, at least getting familiar with it, and waiting for people to know that he was such a big deal, and then he slowly started to sell goods.
From a modern perspective, just like an idol star, you have to establish your personality first, and then you can cut the leeks.
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Xiang Nan wandered around Liulichang, looking twice at something that was good, and dismissing something that was bad.
With his eyesight, he will never be deceived by anyone.
Once he came, he inherited Ji Xiaolan’s full talent and learning, and Ji Xiaolan’s ability in appraising antiques was already unparalleled in the world, putting even Heshen and Qianlong to shame;
Secondly, he inherited all the skills of the partridge whistle. Partridge Shao is a mountain-moving Taoist, and his job is to dig graves with buckets. He has discovered countless ancient tombs, and the authenticity can be easily distinguished at a glance.
Three years ago, Xiang Nan was still in the world of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". He had learned Zhang Jiuyi's secret biography "Golden Point Secret" from Mr. Jindian. He could distinguish all things in the world, including the authenticity of antiques.
Fourthly, Xiang Nan really lived in ancient times. He had personally experienced the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties for hundreds of years. Many of those cultural relics were used by him.
Just like Xuantong’s appraisal of cultural relics, you don’t need to learn any theory or skills at all. Just because you have seen it a lot, used it a lot, and played with it a lot, you feel it is different from your own, so you know it is fake.
So all in all, with Xiang Nan's eyesight, no one in Liulichang can surpass him, and naturally it is impossible to deceive him.
“Sir, what do you want to see?” Seeing Xiang Nan walk in, the waiter hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
"Shopkeeper, do you have any good jade?" Xiang Nan ignored the waiter and asked the shopkeeper.
"Yes, please sit down." Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper came forward and greeted with a smile.
Xiang Nan nodded and sat down, and then the waiter served tea first.
“What kind of jade does this gentleman want, an ornament, an ornament, or a toy?” asked the shopkeeper.
(End of this chapter)