Even those Eight Banners disciples who are lazy and idle are not really uneducated.
Although these people love to play, because they have sufficient financial security, most of them have developed special skills, such as Peking Opera, opera, dog raising, eagle cooking, and fighting.
Miscellaneous subjects such as grasshoppers are deeply studied.
These people may seem useless on weekdays, but once they enter the professional field, they immediately transform into experts and scholars.
What I want for the rest of my life are these sideline talents who have in-depth research on various categories of Chinese traditional culture.
After paying a high price to invite these people, they cannot be idle.
After jumping out of the truck, the group gathered together and began to study the items on the Japanese black market stalls.
According to Yu Sheng's words, as long as it is an old Chinese thing, as long as it is something valuable, money is definitely not a problem if you can't let go of any of it.
The Japanese began to invade China when Japanese pirates harassed the coast.
After the Sino-Japanese War and nearly half a century of plunder, in addition to the countless Chinese antiques in the hands of the imperial palace and major wealthy families, there are also large private collections of Chinese antiques.
Today's black market in Tokyo, Japan, seems shabby, but in fact, the number of Chinese antiques in it can be worth a small museum in future generations.
After these Manchu remnants, old and young, jumped out of the car, they began to form a group to clean the stalls.
One said: "Hey, this grasshopper cage is interesting.
It was at least a hundred years ago."
Another said: "Isn't this what the Baylors in Beijing use to cook the eagle?
Why is it here?
How much do you want for two kilograms of sweet potatoes?
No problem.
If it was in its prime, it would be worth several tons of sweet potatoes."
Yu Sheng's level of antique appraisal is far from that of these people, so I won't join in the fun.
I saw this group of old and young people from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, moving things from the street stalls onto trucks at the speed of moving.
After visiting such a huge market, the truck was almost full of people, but no one said they were tired.
An old man who can be regarded as a famous person said to Yu Sheng: "The harvest this time is greater than the harvest in Panjiayuan for ten years.
The third and fifth children actually found several pieces of porcelain from the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and a An authentic work of Tang Bohu."
Yu Sheng asked: "How much did these things cost?"
The old man counted on his fingers: "There are probably several hundred kilograms of white flour."
Yu Sheng nodded.
This price is almost negligible compared to the harvest.
This group of Manchu relics actually didn't have a good impression of the Japanese, even though the Japanese supported Puyi and established the puppet Manchukuo.
However, everyone can see that Puyi is just a puppet.
In Manchukuo.
Apart from being lackeys for the Japanese, these remnants of the former Qing Dynasty were nothing more than second-class citizens.
The Manchus who were not in Manchukuo were treated even worse.
The Japanese kill them whenever they want, no different from others, and have no attitude towards their allies at all.
Therefore, this group of old people and young people are appraising antiques at the same time.
He also sneered at the Japanese in Chinese, but the Japanese couldn't understand them anyway.
Even if you understand.
Now that we are defeated, we can only suffer In front of a stall, a group of old men held a few stones in their hands and sarcastically said to a middle-aged Japanese: "You want to use this thing to get into trouble?
Is this jade?
You rolled mud on it with glass." , I guess it’s a fake one.”
The person next to him said: "Jade has always been green as its primary color.
The jade cabbage and jade watermelon from Galeries Lafayette are all like this.
These have no color at all and can only be scraps."
This group of old and young people from the Manchu Qing Dynasty were talking happily to each other.
Yu Sheng left the crowd and walked closer.
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Looking in front of a middle-aged Japanese man.
There were several pieces that looked like rocks.
The middle-aged man was in the most common kneeling posture among Japanese people, with a few stones placed on a rag.
At first glance, he looked like he was begging for food.
Yu Sheng picked up the piece of jadeite that was said to be worthless by these old people and young people.
When he looked at it in the sunlight, his jaw almost dropped.
Under the sun, this piece of jadeite rough stone can still be clearly visible and clear and translucent when the skin is completely intact.
It is really the best thing to grow water.
It's just that the color is a little lighter, from light to nothing.
Although the outer shell of this raw jade stone has not yet been unraveled, Yu Sheng can basically determine from the various appearances that the stone's water content should be between high ice and glass.
When jadeite prices peaked in later generations, each gram could be sold for tens of thousands of yuan.
The price of a pendant worth millions is by no means a false price.
And the rough stone Yu Sheng has on hand only weighs one kilogram.
Yu Sheng restrained his ecstasy and looked at the remaining jadeite stones one by one.
Some of these rough stones have their shells intact, while others have had a hole knocked out of them.
Color ranges from colorless to light blue.
There is no green emerald.
According to later generations, it was all about water and no color.
The transparency and fineness of these materials are second to none.
If it were before traveling through the rest of his life, just these few pieces of material on the rag could turn a poor man into a CEO in an instant and marry Bai Fumei.
These Manchu remnants, old and young, said that these materials were worthless, and they were actually right.
The large-scale mining and production of jade began in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.
Initially, only green jade was regarded as a treasure.
Most of the jadeite selected by the courts of the Qing Dynasty was green or mixed with green.
Some of these materials, in the eyes of later generations, are nothing more than green on a white background, far inferior to the crystal-clear Gao Bing Qing Shui materials.
However, the emperors and concubines of the Qing Dynasty only loved green jade.
If something is good from above, it will be the same below.
Therefore, green jade quickly became a precious item valued by the royal family.
The peak period of jadeite came because of Cixi's extreme preference.
Legend has it that a foreigner once offered Cixi a huge flaming diamond.
After looking at it twice, Cixi waved his hand and said, "Go aside."
At the same time, another person offered Cixi a diamond.
I picked up a small jadeite handle.
Cixi played with it twice and thought it was good.
She said happily: "It's really a good thing.
There are many rewards."
Cixi's hobbies were also inherited by Mrs.
Chiang.
In later generations, when Mrs.
Chiang appeared on the stage, she wore a cheongsam and a set of bright green jade jewelry, which dazzled people's eyes.
The estimated value of this set of jade jewelry is US$100 million.
With these two heavyweight jade enthusiasts here, the jade hobby is booming.
It is strange that green jade is not valuable.
This concept continued until the 1980s.
Glass and high-ice jadeite.
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No matter how good the planting water is, if there is no green color, it will be considered as waste and discarded.
These Manchu elders inherited this concept.
Back then, there was even a practice of building houses with high-quality ice and glass jadeite.
Until the 1980s.
Domestic jewelry concepts are in line with international standards, and people's pursuit of crystal clear materials is gradually balancing with their pursuit of color.
The prices of glass and high-ice jadeite have risen rapidly due to changes in concerns.
In the past few decades, the price has skyrocketed more than ten thousand times, and those who built their houses with high ice and glass jadeite stones have unintentionally become extremely rich.
Unexpectedly, Yu Sheng was on the black market in Tokyo, Japan.
You can actually see jade raw materials of such high quality.
His curiosity increased, and he asked the middle-aged Japanese man: "Where do these jadeite stones come from?"
Beside him is Ye Wuguang, who serves as the translator for Yu Sheng.
The middle-aged man said: "I brought this back from Myanmar."
Yu Sheng's eyes narrowed and he said in surprise: "Oh, you are a Japanese who returned from Myanmar."
The middle-aged Japanese man still lowered his head and said to Yu Sheng, "Yes."
At this time, Yu Sheng discovered that this middle-aged man actually only had one foot.
Yu Sheng said: "Although I know that this kind of raw jadeite is not green and is not valuable.
But, personally, I like its transparent texture very much.
So, you can set a price.
As long as it is suitable, these raw jadeite stones I want them all.
Of course, if you have other jadeite stones with a relatively pure texture, you can also take them out.
I want them all."
The man was overjoyed when he heard this.
When they finally raised their heads, everyone exclaimed, and then they saw clearly that there was a huge scar on this man's face.
Basically disfigured.
It was not so obvious when he lowered his head just now, but when he raised his head, it became particularly clear.
The man raised his head and said to Yu Sheng: "I, Araki Yoshihito, originally served in the Japanese 18th Division.
In 1944, China's new 22nd Division and the new 30th Division stationed in India During the Eighth Division's occupation of Mengguan, he was injured and returned to the country.
Previously, I specialized in mineralogy.
Because of this specialty, when the imperial army occupied northern Myanmar, in addition to daily combat tasks, I was also mainly responsible for the research and investigation of various mineral deposits in Myanmar.
These jadeite rough stones are all.
Collected at that time.”
"It's just that the failure of the imperial army was beyond everyone's expectation.
After these minerals were transported back to the country, before they could be studied and written down, the imperial army suffered successive defeats and finally failed.
If it weren't for the fact that everyone in the family was already hungry, I really can’t stand it anymore, I will definitely not sell these ores.”
Yu Sheng smiled: "Even if you are reluctant to sell, will anyone buy it?"
Araki Juhito's ugly face showed a dejected look.
He knew that what he was studying was highbrow.
At this time, no one would be interested in some worthless ores when they were hungry.
When he investigated the jade deposits and various gemstone deposits in Myanmar, it was not that he didn't find some rare treasures.
However, because he was in the military, once anything valuable came out, it was all taken away by the superiors, except for secretly keeping it.
Apart from the one or two pieces of ore that he dropped, all that was left to him were things that his superiors looked down upon and considered worthless.
Juhito Araki gritted his teeth and said to Yu Sheng: "Sir, in fact, I don't have any valuable green jade in my hands.
It's just that I don't know what price you can pay for it."
Yu Sheng used the rag that Araki Juhito had spread on the ground as a baggage and rolled up a few jadeite stones.
He said to Araki Juhito: "Do you think the price of these stones is appropriate for two bags of white flour?"
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Araki Juhito was overjoyed and said to Yu Sheng: "If you are interested, sir, you can come home with me.
Although my home is simple and shabby, it contains several boxes of various ores that I collected from Myanmar.
Not only are there green jade ores, And there are gem-grade raw rubies and sapphires.”
Yu Sheng's interest increased greatly, and he ordered everyone to pack the collected items and take them away in trucks.
He took Ye Wuguang and two American soldiers to follow Araki Juhito to his home.
Although this man is already semi-crippled.
However, his long military career allowed Araki to maintain good physical fitness.
With only a wooden stick as a crutch, he could walk at no slow speed.
Araki Ihito's home is indeed in a dilapidated state.
Although it is a traditional Japanese-style building, half of it was blackened by fire.
The wood was almost burnt to charcoal.
The roof was not intact either.
Holes, large and small, were evenly distributed on the roof that was about to collapse.
Sitting in the house, you can see the wind and clouds in the sky outside.
According to Araki Juhito, it is very rare that their house can be preserved.
During the Tokyo bombing, almost all Japanese wooden buildings were destroyed by fire.
If it weren't for Araki Yoshihito's experience in fighting air raids, he would have prepared a lot of water at home.
Their homes are not immune either.
Araki Ihito asked Yu Sheng and others to wait and sit on the cleaned tatami.
Yu Sheng and others discovered that there were only two or three pieces of furniture in this huge home.
When the elderly and children at home knew that Araki had something to talk about, they all avoided him.
There was a little girl who didn't avoid them completely.
She looked at Yu Sheng and them through the holed window with timid eyes.
Araki Yuhito please sit down for the rest of his life.
After a while, he pulled out several boxes from a corner outside the house.
Drag them to Yu Sheng and open them one by one.
At the same time, a small box was dug out from the roof.
Pass the box to Yu Sheng as well.
Yu Sheng did not rush to open the box, but first checked the box where Araki Yoshihito collected the ores.
The smallest box contains various rubies, sapphires, crystals and other crystals.
There is a huge crystal cluster, and the ruby crystals growing on it are amazing in size, color and purity.
Araki Juhito said from the side: "This is something I took great pains to hide."
Several larger boxes are filled with raw jade stones.
Some jadeite rough stones are of better quality than that piece of glass, and their color shows a clear sky blue under natural light.
These few boxes of jadeite rough stones alone include almost all the precious jadeite varieties that can only be seen in auction houses in later generations.
Glass and high-ice jadeite, ranging from colorless to clear water, to blue water and ink jade, are all available.
Yu Sheng remained calm and opened the wooden box handed to him by Araki Juhito.
After opening the box, Yu Sheng could no longer bear it and exclaimed: