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Chapter 227 Chengxintang Paper

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    After everyone had dinner, they took a car to Xie Guozhong's house, an ordinary house.

    After inviting Meng Zitao and Dajun to take their seats, Xie Guozhong and his wife went into the house and brought the Pu'er tea.

    The Pu'er tea was placed in a blue and white porcelain jar. This jar should have a history of hundreds of years, but it is just an ordinary product made by a private kiln and is not worth much.

    Opening the lid of the jar, he saw a cake of Pu'er tea inside. Meng Zitao was shocked when he saw the label on it. The cake of Pu'er tea was actually the famous Blue Label Songpinyuan tea.

    Blue Label Songpinyuan Tea is produced under the trade name "Qianlizhen Songpinhao". This tradename was originally named Qianlizhen Trading Company. It was established in the early years of Guangxu and mainly dealt in cotton, velvet antler, medicinal materials, tea, etc., in the second year of Guangxu  In 12 years, the head office was established in Si Mao, southern Yunnan.  In 1912, due to the epidemic of Simao plague, he was forced to move to Yiwu.

    Later, because he and Song Pinhao became in-laws, the two merged and were called "Qianli Zhen Songpinhao" and expanded their operations, focusing on the production of Pu'er tea.

    Songpinhao tea leaves are all selected from the local Lapsang large-leaf tree Chaqing. The tea-making process is unparalleled, does not leave out the noodles, and retains the good and discards the bad, which was unique at the time.  Coupled with dozens or hundreds of years of natural aging, the quality of this tea has reached high quality and has become a rare treasure in the world.

    Seeing such a treasure, Meng Zitao was shocked and excited. He quickly put on his gloves, carefully took out the tea cake and inspected it.

    He first came forward and took a gentle sniff, and suddenly there was a natural aroma of old fragrance that hit his nostrils, and there was basically no other odor.

    Generally speaking, the better the old Pu'er tea and the longer it has been stored, the less odor and miscellaneous flavors it will have. This round tea cake shows this.

    Then, Meng Zitao observed the appearance of Pu'er tea.

    Because old tea has been stored for a long time, the color of cooked tea has turned into reddish brown and oily, while raw tea has lost the yellow-green and turquoise colors, and has transformed into yellow-red, reddish-brown and even color.

    ¡°Moreover, teas that are more than thirty years old are mostly picked by hand and less cut with scissors; teas that are more than fifty years old are all hand-picked and look like strips because the tea was not rolled at that time.  Because it is pinched with your fingers and oxidized and fermented, it has a puffy feel, a natural color, and an aged smell.

    And the round tea cake in Meng Zitao¡¯s hand also behaves like this.

    If you follow the normal identification procedures, you still have to open a soup to test the tea. However, Meng Zitao is reluctant to brew such precious Pu'er tea. Even if he wants to brew it, he must get good water to brew it, otherwise, it will be a waste of natural resources.

    Xie Guozhong asked nervously: "Boss Meng, how do you like this Pu'er tea?"

    Meng Zitao smiled and said: "Yes, it is rare to be able to preserve it until now."

    Seeing the smile on Meng Zitao¡¯s face, the Xie Guo Center breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing Meng Zitao¡¯s words, he immediately showed an excited look, and asked a little tongue-tied: ¡°How much is this how much is this worth?¡±

    Meng Zitao thought for a while and said, "The value should be around 200,000."

    "Twotwo hundred thousand?" Xie Guozhong and his wife were stunned immediately.

    "It's indeed two hundred thousand!" Meng Zitao nodded with certainty.

    Xie Guozhong and his wife were stunned for a while before they came back to their senses. Xie Guozhong quickly asked: "Boss Meng, do you want to buy it?"

    "Of course." Meng Zitao said with a smile: "However, I would like to take the liberty of asking, what is the origin of this cake and tea?"

    Xie Guozhong's wife said: "This tea should have been left by my grandfather. He used to be a bookkeeper and seemed to have left a lot of it, but my father drank it all. He kept this last cake as a souvenir after his death.  It was given to me again before."

    Speaking of this, her eyes couldn't help showing a sad look.

    When Xie Guozhong heard this, he couldn't help but muttered: "Why is your dad so prodigal? He drank hundreds of thousands of dollars in tea just like this."

    Xie Guozhong's wife was feeling sad at first, but she got a little angry when she heard this, and said angrily: "What are you talking about? What's wrong with my dad who likes to drink tea? Besides, it's not like you don't know that he likes to drink tea.  How much did you buy for him before you were alive? You have the nerve to tell me!"

    Xie Guozhong said with some embarrassment: "I gave it to you too."

    "Hey! Have you given them away? I can count them all on my fingers!"

    Xie Guozhong¡¯s wife sneered, and then said to Meng Zitao: ¡°Boss Meng, please put the money in my bankbook for a while.¡±

    When Xie Guozhong heard this, he became a little anxious: "Why?"

    Xie Guozhong's wife glared at her: "Just because this Pu'er tea was left to me by my father! Besides,There were many possibilities to inquire, and Wu Shun was kind-hearted. Meng Zitao couldn't say that he actually had better channels, so he expressed his gratitude.

    Wu Shun was a little reluctant to close the album and put it away carefully. Then, he opened the last album and found that it was exactly the same.

    Seeing this, Wu Shun couldn't help but request: "Xiao Meng, I would like to make a bold request, but can you give me a copy?"

    As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand in embarrassment: "Sorry, it's me, Meng Lang. If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to transfer such treasures to others."

    Meng Zitao felt slightly relieved after hearing this. To be honest, he was really reluctant to transfer these two albums made of Chengxintang paper to others.

    But then again, if it weren't for Wu Shun's relationship, the fate of these two albums would have been unknown. Therefore, when Meng Zitao saw Wu Shun's disappointed look, his mind started to spin quickly. After a while, his mind  A flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to me.

    "Mr. Wu, how about this? If we succeed in imitating Chengxintang paper in the future, I will give you some. What do you think?"

    Wu Shun said in surprise: "You want to use these two album pages as reference to imitate paper?"

    Meng Zitao smiled and said: "That's for sure. If it is confirmed that they are Chengxintang paper, then I will definitely imitate them. After all, they are not calligraphy and painting works. If they are calligraphy and painting works, then I would not be willing to part with them."

    ¡° Of course, such precious paper as Chengxintang paper has always been imitated by later generations. For example, Pan Gu, a Mohist in the Song Dynasty and a famous papermaker, once imitated this kind of paper, which is known as Song imitation Chengxintang paper.

    After Pan Gu succeeded in imitating paper, he sent 300 pieces of his imitation paper to Mei Yaochen. Mei Yaochen compared the paper with the original paper sent by Ouyang Xiu, and finally concluded that the imitation paper was not as smooth and thick as the original one.  Although this kind of imitation paper is not as good as the real thing, it is already rare and is still cherished by literati.

    By the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong was very fond of calligraphy and painting, and also liked to collect various precious papers. He yearned for the Chengxintang paper praised by his predecessors, so he also began to copy this kind of paper, and also copied it.

    Of course, imitations are also inferior to treasures, but the current price is quite high. If auctioned, a copy from the Qianlong period can fetch more than 10,000 yuan.

    From this we can also see the value of real Chengxintang paper.

    Because of this, Meng Zitao also saw business opportunities. If he could imitate Chengxintang paper and succeed, it would be no less than a cornucopia.

    Wu Shun also knew that the real Chengxintang paper was almost a luxury for him. If there was a substitute, it would be the best. Therefore, he agreed with a smile without thinking too much.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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