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Happy Tycoon - Chapter 359

Published at 29th of September 2021 01:40:32 PM


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Lao Na bought this Xuande blue and white twined flower pattern octagonal Candlestick for 300 yuan. It really picked up a big leak. Even in the 1980s, it was absolutely a leak to buy such a heavy weapon called a national treasure with 300 yuan.

Yang Jing remembers that on the porcelain materials Cai Yi gave him, he once saw a similar blue and white tangled flower pattern octagonal Candlestick, which was also made in the Xuande period, but that Candlestick was smaller than this one.

The blue and white candlestick sold for a sky high price of 19.55 million at Jiade auction in 2011.

There is also a similar style Xuande blue and white candlestick in Shanghai Museum. That candlestick can be called the treasure of Shanghai Museum.

The blue and white candlestick that Lao Na received, both in size and appearance, is better than the blue and white candlestick of Shanghai Museum. If this blue and white candlestick were photographed in 2018, it would be over 20 million!

In fact, the style of this blue and white candlestick was similar in all periods of the Ming Dynasty. There were this kind of blue and white tangled flower pattern octagonal Candlestick not only in the Xuande period, but also in the earlier Yongle period.

Among the materials given by Cai Yi, Yang Jing saw blue and white candlesticks of these two different ages. The two types of candlesticks are basically the same, and the most obvious change is in the decoration. The banana leaf pattern at the handle of Xuande candlestick is replaced by Ruyi head pattern, the checkered pattern and tangled twig chrysanthemum pattern at the neck are replaced by smaller tangled twig pattern and tangled lotus pattern, and the deformed lotus petal pattern at the folded shoulder is replaced by tangled lotus pattern; In addition, zigzag geometric patterns were decorated on the outside of the shoulder and the inclined straight wall near the bottom of the Yongle Candlestick in the Xuande period. This change is also reflected in other Yongxuan porcelain, such as moon holding bottle and flower pouring.

In any case, the blue and white twined flower pattern octagonal Candlestick collected by Lao Na is indeed a rare old object with a large open door, which can be called a national treasure.

In order to celebrate Lao Na, Yang Jing asked people to go out and buy a lot of food at noon. He put a table in the yard and drank with Lao Na.

The wine was naturally Erguotou. Maybe the old Yanjing people liked it. Even if there were Maotai and Wuliangye in the room, the old man didn't drink the wine, so he caught Erguotou and drank it.

But let alone, Erguotou Wine in the 1980s is really much better than Erguotou in the new century.

In fact, it's no wonder that people in this era are sincere, including wineries, which are not as colorful as later generations. In this era, state-owned wineries at all levels in Yanjing made wine with real materials, and they also made wine with pure grain according to the traditional process. The process is authentic, and the wine tastes good.

The wine of this era is called grain wine. It is grain wine. It is not like those wines of later generations. Almost all wines below 150 yuan can not be found pure grain wine. Almost all of them are alcohol mixed with edible alcohol.

"It's still the most authentic wine!" after a few glasses of wine, the old man gradually let go and talked more.

"Today's Yanjing is not like when the people's Republic of China was founded in the 1950s. In the year of the founding of the people's Republic of China, I was 18. In the years after the founding of the people's Republic of China, there was only one state-owned winery in Yanjing, that is, the Yanjing experimental winery. The annual output was only a few hundred tons, and the Erguotou produced really exceeded the demand. Sometimes the purchase was limited, and each household in Yanjing could only buy two bottles a month. What's like now , there are 17 state-owned wineries in Yanjing City, with an annual output of 60000 or 70000 tons. You can drink Erguotou with a bottle of 71 yuan. "

Yang Jing had never known these things before, so it was very enjoyable. Seeing that the old glass was empty, Yang Jing picked up the wine bottle and filled the old one with a glass of wine, which made the old one a little flattered.

"Well, don't be polite to me. Tell me something about that time, especially about Erguotou Wine."

"Hey, hey, do you want to hear? I'll talk to you if you want to hear."

The old man grabbed the wine bottle and said: "Have you seen the Red Star Erguotou Wine? This is our largest Erguotou distillery in Yanjing, but what you don't know is that the Red Star trademark didn't belong to Red Star Erguotou distillery before. At first, the right to use it belonged to the dew distillery in Shishi City, Hebei Province, except that this dew distillery and Yanjing experimental distillery belong to North China liquor monopoly company. Not only that At that time, there were wineries in Shanxi Province, Jinmen and other places, which also belonged to the monopoly company. Therefore, most of the companies under the North China liquor monopoly company had the right to use the Red Star trademark at that time, and the Fen Liquor in the 1950s also used the Red Star brand. "

"In fact, the Red Star trademark was not designed by our Chinese people. It was designed by a Japanese expert specializing in the production of dew wine, like a guy named Sakurai anzang. This trademark has a certain significance. Among them, the red star represents the Chinese revolution, and the streamer below means celebrating victory. I remember that it originally belonged to shishilu until 1953 The Red Star brand of the winery was officially transferred to Beijing winery, and later became the most representative Erguotou brand of Yanjing Erguotou. "

"Later, in addition to Red Star Erguotou, there were the 'Ming Tombs' brand of Changping distillery, the' Xiangyang brand 'of Tongxian distillery and the' Chaobaihe brand 'of Niulanshan distillery. These three brands of Erguotou, together with Red Star Erguotou, were called the four heavenly kings of Erguotou old wine industry."

Yang Jing was so happy that even the "Four Heavenly Kings" came out. He did not expect that Erguotou Wine would have so many strange stories after the founding of the people's Republic of China.

"Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, these state-owned wineries have basically adopted the same brewing process, and the raw materials are basically sorghum, barley and peas, so the wine tastes the same. If there is any difference, I'm afraid it's because of the different water used for brewing. However, I always liked to drink Niuer before, but since April this year, Niuer has responded to the country The call for "limiting Baijiu" in the past few years has begun to drop from sixty-five degrees to fifty-five degrees, and the taste is gone. So I change to red two now.

The old man shook his head reluctantly, "I just don't know when the red two will drop. This is the call of the state. How dare these state-owned wineries violate this call! So, this drop is inevitable. I'm afraid I won't be able to drink Erguotou Wine at 65 degrees in the future!"

Yang Jing knows about the lowering degree. After all, he was also a master who liked to drink Erguotou before. Naturally, he knows something about this kind of wine.

Niuer began to drop in April 1986, while honger began to drop in October of the same year. From the previous 65 degrees to the later 55 degrees.

Of course, the 55 degree red 2 is sold externally, and the local Red 2 in Yanjing is 56 degrees.

Hearing this, Yang Jing was also a little sad. With the rapid development of society, some of China's old inheritance has inevitably been impacted, and some even disappeared in the long river of history.

It's like Erguotou Wine. Real Erguotou liquor is Baijiu liquor above sixty degrees. Only the alcoholic Erguotou liquor is strong enough to drink. It's like those old wines Yang Jing received from Chengzi. Although there is no mark on them, they were drunk once yesterday. Yang Jing dared to pat her chest and say that the alcohol level of those old wines definitely exceeded 60 degrees!

As for the wine of 55 degrees, 42 degrees and 38 degrees produced later, although it is also called Erguotou Wine, the taste is really far from good.

Seeing old, it was a little bit depressed. Yang Jing said to the old man with a smile, "I said," old, I think you know a lot about Baijiu, so I will add some more tasks to you. I wonder if you will do it. "

The old man smiled and said, "boss, as long as you give me a salary, I don't dare to do anything except murder and arson."

Yang Jing pointed to the old man and smiled helplessly. They all said that jingyouzi, jinzuzi and the dog legs of Baoding mansion. According to Yang Jing, if the old Yanjing people were poor, their mouth would be no worse than that of Jinmen people.

"I said Lao Na. In fact, this task is not difficult. On the contrary, I think you must like this job. Well, I'm going to collect some wine and save it. How about you do this job?"

The old man was stunned, then smiled and said, "boss, I'd like to do this job. But I have to make it clear to you. Now some wine can't be bought casually, such as Maotai. Now if you want to buy Maotai, you have to add overseas Chinese remittance certificates in addition to spending money. If you can let me buy it with foreign exchange certificates, it's no problem."

Yang Jing nodded. "I know what you said. It's no problem to buy Maotai with foreign exchange certificates. You can buy more. Well, in addition to Maotai, you can also buy more wines such as Wuliangye, Luzhou Laojiao, Fenjiu, Xifeng and Dongjiu. As for the quantity, you can set up five rooms in the basement and fill them up!"

The old man took a breath and asked hesitantly, "boss, this quantity is a lot. It will cost a lot of money."

"Hehe, do you think your boss is short of money?"

The old man shook his head. "That's true. You're a billionaire. You can buy this wine."

"Well, in addition to these wines, you'd better pay attention to whether there are older wines. It doesn't matter if you spend money. As long as they are old enough, you can take them down for me. I want them both before and after liberation!"

"Also, after these wines are collected, you must pay attention to sealing and preservation. Whether it's new wine or old wine, you'd better wax seal it again. Don't be afraid of trouble, you must seal it well."

The old man nodded and said, "this is no problem. I know how to seal this piece with wax."

"Well, you can do it. I'll give you the job. As a reward, I reward you with a bottle of Erguotou every day. Of course, if you are willing to drink Maotai or Wuliangye, it's no problem. As long as you can keep the wine for me!"

"Yes! Boss, you can rest assured!"

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