Chapter 38 Yongle Grand Ceremony (Second update, please collect)
You never know what you will encounter in the second-hand market!
Of course I don’t know what new skills you will unlock!
Porcelain, works of art, bronzes...
"Recently imitated Western Zhou bronzes, and put them in urine pits to speed up..."
The prompt that popped up from the system made Li Yian almost throw out the copperware in his hand.
It was actually soaked in a urine puddle!
But even so, the seller is still very valuable to say.
"100 packs of Camel cigarettes, sir! Just 100 packs. My father bought this when he was in China. This is an antique thousands of years ago!"
Yes...
His father probably met a master who specializes in making fake antiques. Thanks to a TV series he had watched before, Li Yian also knew that from the day the country opened, there were many experts who specialized in making fake antiques.
According to them, it would be a shame for their ancestors to ignore those ignorant foreign devils.
"I'm very sorry, there really aren't that many cigarettes, they are such good stuff, it's a pity..."
Shaking his head in regret, Li Yian didn't expose it, he had been shopping in the second-hand market for a long time. He has gained quite a lot. In addition to the Picasso oil painting, he also collected more than twenty porcelains from the Ming Dynasty and the Kangxi and Qianlong reigns of the Qing Dynasty, but he only used a few dozen packs of cigarettes.
Although the system did not give a valuation for these things, and each transaction did not even increase the experience value, because the system was assisting him in identifying them, but even so, Li Yian was very satisfied.
After all, there is a family heirloom.
“Not to mention anything else, just that vase, after decades of storage, it will be two small goals!”
I feel that the second-hand market is full of treasures, and I have gained a lot. Li Yian then left from the other direction. Just when he was about to leave the park, he suddenly settled down.
The 5.0 vision came into play at this time, and my eyes were fixed on the pile of books... If it weren't for the yellowed covers, the tightly arranged text would be very conspicuous in the pile of English books. Li Yian wouldn't even look at it, but at this moment, he stood there.
Staring motionless at the books with yellowed covers, Li Yian couldn't believe his eyes. After a moment of astonishment, he hurriedly walked towards the old British woman's bookstall, but quickly As he approached, he deliberately slowed down to avoid being noticed in his eagerness.
As he got closer, Li Yian forced himself to calm down. When he picked up one of the books, he seemed calm on the surface, but he was excited inside, and his hands might even be trembling slightly.
"Yongle Dadian."
The moment he picked up the book, he opened the system, and the information displayed on the system told him that these books were the original versions of the Yongle Dadian!
Before coming to the second-hand market, he never thought that he would see this book here. It was not just one book, but... more than thirty volumes!
The thick stacks of books make people wonder if they have read it wrong!
"Sir, are you Chinese? My husband brought this back from China more than 40 years ago, when he was serving in the army..."
At this moment, the old woman's words came in in his ears.
Serving in the military!
The Eight-Nation Allied Forces are so stupid!
No...it's your daughter!
The old woman wearing glasses looked at him and said
"If you are interested, a book is two pounds!"
Hearing this, Li Yian threw the book down directly.
"Madam, these are just a few books! And they are still incomplete..." "Sir, if you need them, I still have some at home, um..."
The woman held her glasses and thought for a moment before saying.
“There is probably a box, yes, a Chinese-style wooden box. I really don’t understand what Adam is thinking. When others went to China, they brought back only porcelain and gold. He actually brought back a whole Box of books, does he know the words? If you want them, I can sell them to you for only two hundred pounds."
What, there is a box!
Are they all Yongle ceremonies?
Wait, how could there be so many?
This can't be a trap!
It turns out that Li Yian was overthinking it. When he drove to the old woman's house, he was not even invited into the old woman's house. The old woman took him directly to the yard, where there were one or two rooms A square wooden house, until the old woman pointed to the Chinese-style wooden box under the firewood, he realized that he had been overthinking it. Only here did he take his hand out of his pocket, where the gun was.
"Everything is here, a whole box full of books..."
Looking at the wooden box placed with the firewood, Li Yian seriously doubted that if he hadn't appeared, maybe he would have been there. This winter or next winter, these books will most likely be turned into firewood by the old woman for heating in the winter!
A waste of natural resources!
This is definitely a waste of natural resources!
Although I was a little angry inside, I was more thankful that I was here.
Especially when I opened the box and looked at the full number of books inside! Yes, it is the Yongle Dadian. Most of them are even kept in sealed boxes. Who would have imagined that the "Yongle Dadian" that future generations cherish and yearn for is here, even though it is not the entire volume. , but at least there are six to seven hundred volumes!
While secretly feeling happy, Li Yian said.
"Ma'am, these books are certainly not worth £200, but what I have here..."
As he spoke, he took out four cartons of Camel cigarettes from his bag and said.
"I still have four camel cigarettes, I can exchange them for them, if you are willing..."
Before he could finish speaking, the old woman said impatiently.
“Deal!”
As we all know, Camel cigarettes are better than British pounds in the market. Not to mention four! Until the book box was loaded into the car, the old woman still kept talking.
"Adam finally did a good thing in his life..."
Yes, you did a good thing too!
Li Yian couldn't help but feel lucky. When he drove away, he was still excited. He knew very well that the value of those books could not even be described in terms of money.
"What kind of book is there! It's obviously a national treasure!"
He was so happy that he was in a good mood and even secretly decided that as long as he had time in the future, he would come to England often. No For other reasons, just visit the second-hand market. Who knows what treasures you will encounter here?
There are quite a lot of treasures in the hands of the British...
This is no longer about missing out, but about getting back the lost national treasures here...
(End of this chapter)