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Immortal Master Chapter 83: Rare and Famous Trees

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    "Haha Mr. Wen is really good at joking!" The person in charge obviously heard Wen Fei talking to himself and laughed.  [Queen of Training] Wen Fei was surprised. It seems that the habit of talking to himself that he has developed is really bad, and he must correct it in the future!  "Furniture has been heating up in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in recent years, especially some precious woods such as rosewood, huanghuali, etc" "Ah!" Wen Fei suddenly shouted, interrupting the person in charge, and even  He was startled and stood up happily, wishing he could run back to the Northern Song Dynasty immediately.  The person in charge was dissatisfied and felt that something was wrong with Wen Fei.  But seeing that Wen Fei was a customer, it was hard to care.  I just heard Wen Fei ask loudly: "So what's the price of golden nanmu? I'm talking about a whole piece." The person in charge is still quite familiar with Chinese antiques, and smiled: "It depends on the material or the aniseed  It¡¯s just a small piece of stuff. If it¡¯s a big stuff, it¡¯ll be valuable!¡± Wen Fei heard it!  Don't forget, last time that guy Cai Jing said he would give himself a house built with golden nanmu!  Things like golden nanmu were naturally extremely scarce in later generations, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was really nothing. "What about golden nanmu as thick as a hug?" Wen Fei gestured.  The person in charge smiled in surprise: "That is a priceless treasure. You must know that this kind of wood grows extremely slowly. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, all the large materials had been cut down, and the small materials had not yet grown. If you really have it, then operate it well  Now, it¡¯s not a problem to sell it to hundreds of millions.¡± Wen Fei was overjoyed when he heard it, grandma¡¯s.  I didn't expect something like this to be so valuable.  I just picked up three or five of them. Didn¡¯t all the financial problems get solved?  But this is just a thought.  Although there was a lot of golden nanmu in ancient times, if there were too many, it would be difficult to speculate on such a price!  At most, there are only two or three.  Having made up his mind, Wen Fei ran back to modern times in a hurry.  Go directly to Cai Jing's house and ask for golden nanmu.  It¡¯s a pity that such a big piece of wood has to be transported all the way from places like Yunnan, Guizhou, Huguang and so on.  With the miserable traffic conditions in the Northern Song Dynasty, transporting a large log to Tokyo city would have taken at least a few months without even thinking about it.  Wen Fei was dumbfounded for a moment, and finally managed to find an aniseed piece of rosewood from the prisoner.  It's as thick as a hug.  Brought to Hong Kong, it immediately caused a sensation.  You must know that this thing is extremely precious. Since the Han Dynasty, red sandalwood has been considered one of the most precious woods. It was often used as a material for carriages, musical instruments, high-end furniture and other exquisite artifacts. Records can be seen in the Eastern Han Dynasty.  The red sandalwood used by the Ming Dynasty court was first purchased in southern China. Later, due to insufficient wood, personnel were sent to Southeast Asia regularly to purchase it.  Therefore, a lot of red sandalwood wood is stored. Because red sandalwood grows slowly, it will take hundreds of years to become useful. The red sandalwood in Southeast Asia was almost exhausted by logging in the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, most of the red sandalwood produced in the world was collected in China.  By the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty.  At that time, most of the rosewood produced in the world was collected in China.  All the red sandalwood used in the Qing Dynasty was collected in the Ming Dynasty. There are historical records that the Qing Dynasty also sent people to Southeast Asia to collect red sandalwood, but most of them were not thick enough to hold and the knots were not straight.  Not usable at all.  This is because rosewood grows slowly.  It would take hundreds of years to become useful, and they were all harvested in the Ming Dynasty.  It has not yet been revived in the Qing Dynasty and its sources have been exhausted. This is also an important reason why red sandalwood is cherished by the world.  Westerners such as Europe and the United States value rosewood more than Chinese people because they have never seen rosewood aniseed and think it can only be used for small utensils.  It is said that there is a five-inch long rosewood coffin model in front of Napoleon's tomb. Visitors are all amazed and admire it, thinking it is rare.  It was not until the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty that Western missionaries came to China and saw many large red sandalwood vessels, and then they realized that all the red sandalwood elites were in China.  So they bought it from many parties and shipped it back to the country.  The red sandalwood utensils now circulating in Europe and the United States are basically shipped from China.  Due to the difficulty of transportation, they generally do not buy the entire object, but only those with patterns on cabinet doors and box surfaces.  After being transported back, wooden frames were installed for display.  Wen Fei went to the Northern Song Dynasty. Although red sandalwood was still precious, it had not been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, so it was not too rare.  Wen Fei saw seven or eight of them in the general's prison. He chose the biggest one and sent it to the auction house for auction, which immediately shocked the entire Hong Kong Island.  Finally, Wen Fei knew that selling wood was more profitable than any other business.  In the Northern Song Dynasty, those woods that were basically extinct in later generations, such as these red sandalwoods and Hainan huanghuali, were basically chopped down in the late Ming Dynasty.  But in the Northern Song Dynasty, Hainan was still a barren land for prisoners. It is conceivable that these precious woods are still waiting for Wen Fei to develop What's more, Wen Fei also saw another kind of preciousness in the prison.  Wood, that is golden nanmu.  This wood is very famous. It is a precious wood unique to our country, but most people have only heard of it and have never seen it, because it has beenGolden nanmu is a special wood for the royal family. Historically, golden nanmu was used exclusively for the construction and furniture of royal palaces and a few temples. In ancient times, dragon chairs and thrones of feudal emperors were made of high-quality nanmu. If anyone uses it without authorization, it will be considered as violating the etiquette rules.  And convicted.  During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was strictly forbidden to use golden nanmu in buildings other than the royal family.  This kind of wood was almost extinct at the end of the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty was like a locust, destroying the rare wood in Southeast Asia Sotheby's was even more happy to see such a rare wood being auctioned.  Many times, even if auction houses don't make much money, they still like to auction sensational and benchmark things.  For example, this kind of golden nanmu, a noble material used by the royal family, is almost extinct.  Those foreigners will naturally not be interested in these things.  But the Chinese at home and abroad are completely crazy. Foreigners don¡¯t understand, but they know their stuff!  Such a big piece of wood, among other things, can be used as longevity wood!  Although cremation is advocated in the mainland, burial is preferred overseas.  Surprisingly, this longevity material made of golden nanmu will last for thousands of years and will not breed insects or flies.  It is originally the most excellent longevity material. Which of the rich and powerful people in ancient times did not need this kind of thing to prepare longevity materials?  Therefore, as soon as the news of the auction spread, I don¡¯t know how much of a sensation it caused.  This kind of auction house sometimes takes several months to prepare and hold, and it is mainly used for operations.  Wen Fei couldn't wait any longer, so he first mortgaged tens of millions from the bank.  Wen Fei raised enough money and did not stay in Hong Kong. He did not assign any business to Ren Lechen at all.  He returned to the mainland first, ordered dozens of tons of rebar, and returned to the Northern Song Dynasty with a cart.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read it.)
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