Siheyuan: Starting at 52, I, He Daqing, will not run away

The thirty thousand yuan seemed to be an insurmountable gap.

Although most of the people in the room were rich, the richer they were, the more they cared about the value of an object itself.

Under normal circumstances, if someone picked a hundred-year-old ginseng and sold it to a purchasing dealer, the price would never exceed three thousand yuan.

Even if it was sold in a pharmacy, the price would not exceed ten thousand.

This was also the reason why He Daqing had previously set the price at ten thousand.

Because he had been to too many pharmacies and ginseng shops to buy hundred-year-old ginseng, and he knew the market of ginseng very well.

He Daqing raised the price of the hundred-year-old ginseng three times based on the normal price.

One was that he thought it was worth the price.

The second was that this thing was hard to come by, and if he missed this opportunity, he didn't know how long he would have to wait to get the second one. The third was to show his determination to get this hundred-year-old ginseng, and to use it to scare off other bidders.

Considering that he had previously cheated Bai Jingye a little.

When others heard his high offer, they would also seriously consider whether they would become the second Bai Jingye.

This was no longer a question of money, but whether he would lose face.

If I bid a higher price, but He Daqing gave up directly, and others also gave up and did not bid, how would others view me if this matter got out? Would they praise me for spending a lot of money?

Or would they secretly scold me for being a fool, for spending an extra 20,000 yuan to bid a wild ginseng at a price far exceeding the normal price just because of a few words?

You can't always explain to everyone that the reason you bid a higher price is because this ginseng is worth this price, right?

Telling people that you can't buy a hundred-year-old ginseng in a pharmacy for 10,000 yuan, and spending more than 30,000 yuan to buy one is definitely a profit.

The key is, will others believe such an explanation?

So when He Daqing said the price of"30,000", the entire auction hall fell into silence in an instant, and everyone frowned tightly, or shook their heads and sighed, or hesitated, or looked at He Daqing with great dissatisfaction.

He Daqing sat there with a calm expression.

For him, buying a hundred-year-old ginseng for 30,000 yuan is definitely a good deal. After all, 30,000 yuan is only the monthly profit of the bun shop, which is completely affordable.

As long as he can make a pot of real Jinwu medicinal tea eggs, not only can he greatly improve the physique of his family, but he can also make his own physique break through 11 points and truly break the limit of the human body.

And physique represents the degree of physical health, stronger physical fitness, endurance, resistance, physical vitality, etc.

If a person has a strong physique, the overall quality of the body will improve, becoming stronger, healthier and younger.

To give the simplest example, if an old man in his seventies or eighties improves his physique to ten points, he will have a strong body that exceeds the elite special forces, which in disguise increases his life span and makes himself younger.

Compared with this, what is a little money?

As long as the materials for the Jinwu medicinal tea eggs can be gathered, let alone one hundred thousand or eighty thousand, even one million is worth it.

Even if the effect of the Jinwu medicinal tea eggs is spread, who knows how many elderly wealthy people and people in power will line up to buy the tea eggs, which can be sold for millions.

Of course, it is more likely that He Daqing will be captured directly, forced to tell the formula of the Jinwu medicinal tea eggs, and then killed directly.

So before he has absolute strength.

He will definitely not reveal the true situation of the Jinwu medicinal tea eggs, let alone make the real Jinwu medicinal tea eggs.

To save face, or to continue bidding for this century-old ginseng with a price far exceeding the market price?

This is not a difficult choice.

And there are many people who think that He Daqing is a proxy for this underground auction and is here to make trouble.

This makes them have a mentality of watching the show, wanting to see what He Daqing will do if no one competes.

So, with many people dissatisfied and with ulterior motives, He Daqing successfully took this 150-year-old wild ginseng into his pocket.

From beginning to end, he behaved very calmly, and people could not see his true thoughts.

"Congratulations to Shopkeeper He on getting the treasure, you are really good at it!"

The shopkeeper Hou of Xinbaozhai, who knew He Daqing inside and out, couldn't help but admire in a low voice when he saw He Daqing so easily bid for this 150-year-old wild ginseng.

He was He Daqing's guide, so he naturally knew He Daqing's background and knew that He Daqing was not a stooge of the underground auction house.

In this way, if we reversely infer He Daqing's purpose, the answer is very obvious.

He really wanted to bid for this hundred-year-old ginseng.

But He Daqing's family background cannot be compared with those big guys who are ranked at the top of the auction house.

So he could only win by surprise, first use some means to trick Bai Jingye, and then use the same means, when everyone was unsure and took into account their face, he successfully took this hundred-year-old ginseng into his pocket.

Although it cost a little more money, it also avoided

In fact, this is wrong. A courtyard house of several hundred square meters within the Second Ring Road sold for two thousand yuan in the 1950s. Before He Daqing traveled through time, it was estimated that it could be sold for two hundred million yuan, which is almost a two hundred thousand times increase.

An ordinary porcelain, calligraphy and painting, antique, was about a few dozen yuan in the 1950s, but in later generations, it could be sold for hundreds of thousands or even millions, which is almost a ten thousand times increase. One gram of gold, the black market price is four dollars and eighty cents now, when He Daqing traveled through time, it was... It is more than four hundred yuan (normal gold price, not the price of gold jewelry), an increase of one hundred times.

A twenty-carat emerald ring can be sold for hundreds of thousands in this era, but before He Daqing traveled through time, it could be sold for millions or tens of millions, an increase of dozens of times.

And a pound of fine flour is 1.8 yuan in this era, but it is more than two yuan in later generations, an increase of more than ten times.

A pound of pork is 80 cents in this era, but it is about eight yuan in later generations, an increase of ten times.

Other things such as vegetables, cloth, and medicinal materials are almost the same, and the increase is basically the same as pork and flour.

This also explains one thing.

That is... it is not that the housing prices and antiques of this era are cheap, but that the antiques are... Antiques and other things depreciated too quickly during the war.

If you were in the middle period of the previous dynasty, let alone two thousand yuan, even two thousand taels of silver or twenty thousand taels of silver might not be enough to buy a courtyard house of several hundred square meters at the foot of the imperial city.

Even if this price cannot be compared with later times, it is definitely not cheap.

As the saying goes: gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times, and food and clothing are the basics.

It was not because prices were low in the 1950s, but because of the particularity of this era, which led to the sluggish market for real estate and antiques and calligraphy and paintings. You cannot look at this era in terms of wages, houses, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

If you want to truly understand the prices and economy of this era, you also need to look at it from the perspective of daily life such as gold, jewelry, food, cloth, and medicine.

"Shopkeeper Hou, you are too kind!"

He Daqing heard the praise from the shopkeeper of Xinbaozhai and couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly,"There is no such thing as means or not means, I just know myself and set a reserve price for myself."

He was speaking the truth.

If he couldn't get this thousand-year-old ginseng with a three-fold premium, all he could do was give up.

It can only be said that there are too many rich people in this city.

It's a pity that he thought he was very rich before.

But compared with the real rich people, it's completely a world of difference, the gap is not ordinary.

After the auction of this hundred-year-old ginseng was over.

The remaining auction items made most people in the venue lose interest.

Because the remaining items, except for some medicinal materials, are some large furniture and material items.

These things are for real rich people, especially those who plan to run away. , which is completely dispensable and no one would care about it at all.

This also made it easy for He Daqing. He made several consecutive moves and took away all the uncommon medicinal materials on the market.

Many people looked at him sideways and couldn't help wondering in their hearts that he was in the pharmacy business.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been staring at the medicinal materials.

Although the underground auction fell into a quiet stage, no one left halfway.

Because everyone knew it very well. (To read the exciting novel, go to Faloo Novel Network!) The finale treasure of this underground auction has not appeared yet.

It may be for confidentiality reasons.

The finale treasure of this underground auction did not appear.���The auction house's brochure was very mysterious.

Another half an hour passed.

It was almost noon.[]

This underground auction was coming to an end.

The final treasure that was kept secret in the underground auction finally appeared in front of everyone.

The owner of the auction house, Old Wang, was holding the item in his hand with excitement and said loudly:"Everyone, the next item to be auctioned is the final treasure of this auction house, the Emperor Qianlong's imperial seal with a Taishi and Shaoshi button Shoushan stone seal!"

"First of all, I will also participate in the bidding for this item."

"This Shoushan stone seal with a Taishi and Shaoshi button is the favorite of Emperor Qianlong. It is made of high-quality materials. The entire seal is warm and delicate, like solidified fat. It is also exquisitely crafted and natural."

"The seal is engraved with three lions, one large and two small, each with a different shape. The large lion is sturdy, lying in an elegant posture, looking back with its head tilted, lifelike, showing the demeanor of a king. The small lions lie prone on both sides of the large lion, lively, smart, naughty and cute."

"This shape is a typical theme of the Taishi and Shaoshi in traditional sculptures. This theme represents the prosperity of offspring, and also shows Emperor Qianlong's ardent expectation for his crown prince and his good wishes for the Qing Dynasty."

"As we all know, Emperor Qianlong had more than 1,800 seals in his lifetime, the most among all emperors. There were 7 seals that Qianlong had for his own viewing alone."

"But what he likes most is this Shoushan stone seal with Taishi and Shaoshi buttons of Emperor Qianlong."

"Emperor Qianlong's Sanxitang contains a huge number of precious cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings. He often takes them out for appreciation. When he feels like it, he often stamps this seal on them himself. When he encounters a work he particularly likes, he will improvise a poem or article. Therefore, many precious calligraphy and paintings from past dynasties have traces of this seal."

"For example, in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Ximeng's"A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", Li Bai's"Cursive Script on Yangtai", Liu Gongquan's"Lanting Poems in Running Script", Yan Liben's"The Procession of Emperor Taizong of the Buddhist Monastery", Fan Kuan's"Traveling in Mountains and Rivers" in the Song Dynasty, Song Huizong's"Late Autumn in the Pond", Zhao Mengfu's"Running Script of the Goddess of the Luo River" in the Yuan Dynasty, etc., you can see the traces of this seal."

"This is enough to show that Emperor Qianlong loved this seal."

"Now, I'll have someone bring this item to everyone to view."

As the auction host, Old Wang, spoke, all the participants stood up excitedly.

The royal seal is undoubtedly one of the most important symbols of art.

Especially the imperial seal, to a certain extent, it represents power. To put it superstitiously, an imperial seal may represent destiny and the fate of the country. Although He Daqing didn't understand it, he liked Qianlong's imperial seal very much. Its value is absolutely inestimable and it is a real top national treasure.

This also shocked He Daqing to the extreme.

Obviously, he didn't expect that this underground auction could even get such a national treasure, and even put it up for auction.

If the higher-ups knew about this...

He Daqing thought of this , couldn't help but shudder, he simply couldn't imagine what kind of situation would arise.

In fact, not only He Daqing had thought of this, but many people in the field had also thought of this.

After all, no matter how formally the underground auction was promoted, it was still a product that could not be seen in the light. Once it was discovered that a national treasure was being auctioned, it was a national treasure with great symbolic significance such as the emperor's seal. Everyone present, count them one by one, it is estimated that no one can escape.

Old Wang obviously knew this as well.

He handed the Emperor Qianlong's imperial seal with the Taishi and Shaoshi buttons Shoushan stone seal to guest No. 1 for viewing, and then continued:"Of course, everyone can rest assured, the origin of this seal is absolutely normal. It was sent to my auction house by a descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty, and all the documents and contracts are complete."

"So everyone can bid with confidence, and don't have to worry about the origin of the treasure."

With the guarantee of the auctioneer, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as there is no problem with the origin of the seal, it's fine.

Anyway, don't worry about whether it's real or fake.

With the endorsement of a royal descendant of the previous dynasty, this transaction is formal and legal.

After all, can it be illegal to sell the things of their ancestors? Thanks to the auctioneer.

He Daqing and the other two finally had the opportunity to watch the emperor's seal up close.

Of course, it was just a look, and you would definitely not be allowed to touch it.

After all, this thing is much more expensive than jewelry.

If you accidentally slip your hand and touch a corner, you can't afford to pay even if you sell the person.

Faced with such a royal seal.

It would be impossible for He Daqing not to be tempted.

But he knew that with his current family background, let alone buying this seal.

In fact , He Daqing was right.

This Shoushan stone seal with a lion and a lion button, which was the imperial treasure of Emperor Qianlong, had appeared in He Daqing's previous life.

It first appeared in London, Europe in 1963.

95, and was won by collector Wu Quan at the London Sotheby's auction.

After a fierce bidding, he successfully took the seal into his pocket.

In the following fifty years, Wu Quan kept the seal hidden at home and never showed it to anyone.

No one knows how much Wu Quan spent on this seal, but since there was fierce competition, the price must not be low, at least hundreds of thousands of pounds.

According to the calculation that one pound was equal to 18 yuan in the 1960s, that would be several million, or even tens of millions of yuan.

(Note: Before the 1970s, including during World War I and World War II, the British pound had the highest purchasing power and was an international currency.

One pound was equal to dozens or even hundreds of US dollars.

It was not until the end of World War II that the British pound depreciated significantly.

In the early 1960s, one pound was equal to seven or eight US dollars, and in the 1970s , one pound was equal to four or so US dollars.

) And sixty years later, this seal was auctioned again at a sky-high price of 153 million Hong Kong dollars, and was auctioned by Sotheby's Hong Kong.

From this, you can know the value of this Shoushan stone seal with a lion and a lion button of Emperor Qianlong.

Anyway, in this auction, He Daqing and the other two, like most of the people in the auction, fell into the trap.

For the sake of spectators, he watched the previous guests scramble for the imperial seal.

The bidding almost reached a fever pitch.

In the end, this imperial seal of Emperor Qianlong, the Taishi Shaoshi button Shoushan stone seal, was won by guest No.

1 at a sky-high price of 3.

56 million.

In fact, this was also because guest No.

2 spent too much when bidding for jewelry.

Otherwise, it would not be easy for guest No.

1 to successfully win this national treasure.

This also made He Daqing more curious about the identities of the previous guests.

He was very curious about what kind of person, or what kind of family, could spend so much money to buy a royal seal.

They are really damn rich!

You can't refuse!.