Riding the wind of rebirth

"Have a seat." Father Lu greeted everyone: "I just want to tell you something about this fellow villager. I usually just watch him collect rags, but I don't think he has much ability."

"It may be different after today." Zhou Zhi smiled: "But we have industry rules and we can't reveal too much. Dad Lu, you have to forgive me."

Everyone came to the table. Dad Lu took out Wuliangye, but Zhou Zhi stopped him: "Qiaoqiao said the citrus wine you have here is excellent, how about we drink that?"

"Then why are you so embarrassed? You are distinguished guests from the city, it is not appropriate to drink country wine..."

"It's appropriate." Zhou Zhi ran to Lu's wine cabinet and took out the citrus wine: "I am also from the county town, and I like this too."

"Dad, just listen to what you say." Lu Qiao didn't treat Zhou Zhi as a distinguished guest: "He is very picky. We rely on him to order when we go out to eat."

"Okay, let's try our local products from the countryside." Dad Lu couldn't resist, so he had to put Wuliangye away.

There is a big table full of local chicken soup, cold chicken slices, roasted old duck with konjac, braised mutton, glutinous rice stuffed with salted eggs, and perfumed fish, all of which are unique.

The cold chicken slices here are called Hanyang Chicken, which is a recipe from the nearby Hanyang Town. Compared with the Manzhou Gulin Pepper Moji that Zhou Zhi is familiar with, it has less numbing taste and more sweetness. It has the characteristics of Shanghe Gang and is also A bit of salt adds richness to the dish.

The soybeans used to stew the mutton were raised in the place where Su Shi studied. They are called Zhongyan sheep. They are actually a kind of black goat from the Yi ethnic area. They have a bit of odor, but this odor is not included in the aroma of the mutton. It's not obvious, but it turns into a complex flavor after being cooked with spices and medicinal sauces, which is a bit weird, but still delicious.

If Zhou Zhi has seen the other dishes before, this is the first time he has seen the glutinous rice eggs.

Moreover, this dish is very consistent with the characteristics of palace cuisine, that is, it is made quite delicately.

Seeing that Zhou Zhi was very interested in the making method, Ma Lu introduced: "Soak the glutinous rice in water, make a small hole on the top of the salted duck egg, pour out the egg white, leaving only the yolk, and put the fresh meat diced on the glutinous rice. Dice bacon, vegetarian dishes can be paired with mushrooms, bamboo shoots, green beans, young peas, etc., season well and stuff into eggs, wrap the eggshells with lotus leaves, and steam them in a pot. "

In fact, this thing is a bit like the salted egg yolk meat rice dumplings in the South, but the rice dumpling shell is replaced by a duck egg shell, and a lotus leaf is used for sealing. However, the rice dumplings are not easy to serve, so this dish is fine.

"I have to ask Master Zhang if he knows about this dish. This is a good dish that can be served on the table!"

After the dishes were served, everyone started talking about the bizarre deal Zhou Zhi and Blind Man Li Er had just made.

"In fact, in the early years, people who traveled in the world had their own way of doing business, and they were called Jiayanzi in Shu." Zhou Zhi said: "Do business with insiders who understand Jiayanzi, and do business with outsiders who don't understand Jiayanzi." There are two different ways of doing business.”

"So what blind man Li Er is talking about is Jia Yanzi?"

"Yes, it may be that Brother Cheng and I have also brought some pressure to him, so when he talked about it secretly, he meant to test us." Zhou Zhi picked up the glutinous rice eggs and said while eating: "If we understand family talk, , what he means is to tell us that he is also an 'inner disciple' with a background and is not easy to bully; if we don't understand the family dialect, then he will have no pressure at all. He will just ask for the price and wait until we land to pay back the money. ”

"So the inner door transaction is the method you and Blind Li Er used? We don't understand it at all."

"Actually, the routine is not complicated." Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "If the family words are right, it means that everyone is an insider, just like the internal price of cultural relics in the national industrial and art system, and the antiques are everywhere. The dealers also have their own internal prices.”

"Of course, this also shows that we are all experts. We can avoid all kinds of trying and pulling back and forth, even hoping to set up a pot and set up a stove to cheat the sheep, or bullying people who are not discerning and want to miss something." "The next step is very simple. Recognize the goods, set the price, success will come, and success will not come if you don’t.”

"Then what do you mean by talking about Uncle Cao Guo and Han Xiangzi?" Zhang Cheng found that this child was really a treasure, and he knew all the rules in his early years.

"This is the first step in pricing, the pricing level." Zhou Zhi said: "In the past, the price of cultural relics was not very expensive. Everyone set the price level based on the ranking of the Eight Immortals."

"There are many rankings of the Eight Immortals. Our industry is based on the Ming Dynasty Wu Yuantai's "Journey to the East": Tieguai, Li and Li Xuan are first, followed by Han Zhongli, Zhongli Quan, Zhang Guo, Zhang Guo, Lu Dongbin, Lu Yan, He Xiangu He Qiong, Lan Cai and Xu Jian, Han Yu's nephew Han Xiangzi, and Cao Guo's uncle Cao Jingxiu."

"But we are in reverse order, Tieguai Li is Wen, followed by Shi Wen Bai Wen, Lu Dongbin is Guan, followed by Ten Guan, Bai Guan, Qian Guan, Wan Guan, Cao Guojiu, who is the lowest ranked, on the contrary Represents the highest number of 100,000 coins.”

"At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the country became a modern country, and Cao Guojiu represented the level of one hundred thousand people."

"Then now..." Zhang Cheng counted: "The old man said Cao Jingxiu, which means that this plate should be calculated in units of one hundred thousand, and you said that Cao Jingxiu is too old and Han Xiangzi is about the same, which means that this plate should be calculated in units of ten thousand. ”

"As a result, blind man Li Er said that Han Xiangzi could not cross the sea because of his poor conduct, which meant that the business would not be successful." Lu Qiao also understood.

"That's what I mean." Zhou Zhi smiled.

Mother Lu was shocked: "That plate on the coffee table is worth 100,000 yuan?!"

Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "This is a fixed level. It just means that it is above one hundred thousand, so one hundred thousand is also the level of Cao Guojiu, and nine hundred thousand is also the level of Cao Guojiu."

"What if it's higher than this?" Lu Qiao asked, "I read the news and there are many babies worth millions or tens of millions."

Zhou Zhi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This set of words disappeared after the founding of New China. Now it is a bit out of touch with the times. If it were changed to the Republic of China, and the price exceeded one hundred thousand oceans, it would need to be priced in gold bars. That is another system. , the three immortals of Shangdong, represent strips, ten strips, and one hundred strips."

"One hundred gold bars was already the highest unit at that time. In order to exchange for Zhan Ziqian's "Spring Outing", Zhang Boju sold his Gongxian Hutong house covering an area of ​​10,000 square meters and scraped together 220 gold bars. This national treasure was protected from being lost to foreign countries.”

"Zhang Daqian also spent 500 gold bars in exchange for another national treasure, Han Xizai's Night Banquet. It can be seen that a hundred gold bars were already the largest unit of cultural relics trading at that time."

Everyone here can basically only imagine what a 10,000-meter mansion would look like. It would be a lot of money...a lot of money.

"But why did Ouyang Xiulin and Jing get involved again?" Lu Qiao asked.

"After the price level is determined, of course we have to start talking about the large number." Zhou Zhi said: "There is a very important porcelain in the cultural relics world, which is a set of twelve pieces..."

"Twelve Flower God Cup!" Zhang Cheng understood immediately. (End of chapter)