Chapter 590 Making a Jade Workshop

Chaoshan woodcarving skills are world-famous, and it was among the first batch selected into China's intangible cultural heritage memorandum.

Unfortunately, during those turbulent years, a large number of works handed down from the Ming and Qing Dynasties were destroyed.

A few outstanding works have become the treasures of major museums.

And this large gold-lacquered wood carving shrine from the mid-Qing Dynasty is much more impressive than those works in the museum's collection.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the best in the world in gold lacquer wood carvings.

Lu Fei admired it from corner to corner for more than an hour, during which he was full of praises.

"Mr. Lu, this shrine is yours now. You can transport it away at any time."

"A few years ago, a big collector in the United States offered me a price of US$600 million, but I didn't even make a move." .??.

"Because this is the national treasure of our country and the symbol of our Chaoshan culture, it must not be lost overseas."

"So I only have one request, please Mr. Lu, please don't sell this shrine abroad!"

"If that's the case, we are all sinners in China's history!"

Although Feng Yuanyang was a thief, these few words showed that he was worthy of being a collector, which moved Lu Fei very much.

"Don't worry, Boss Feng. I, Lu Fei, am also a collector. I will never sell any good things from China to foreigners."

"I want this shrine from you, not because it's valuable, but because I really like it."

"I promise you here that if I open a personal museum in the future, I will set up a Chaoshan exhibition hall and place this shrine in the most conspicuous position so that everyone can see the essence of Chaoshan wood carving culture."

Feng Yuanyang held Lu Fei's hand and said excitedly.

"As Mr. Lu said, I'm relieved."

"Then when does Mr. Lu plan to transport this shrine? Do you need my help?"

Lu Fei waved his hand and said.

"This won't bother Boss Feng."

"I'll ask someone to pack it overnight.

, and then transported directly. "

An hour later, the professional transportation and packaging team of Yangcheng Baihua Bank arrived at the scene.

After careful calculation, this big thing with a total weight of more than two tons was packaged in solid wood.

After working all night, at around 9 a.m. the next day, all five layers of packaging were completed.

An oversized wooden box four meters high, four meters long and three meters wide slowly left the Feng family basement using professional traction equipment.

Two hours later, this super large box appeared at Yangcheng Airport.

At noon, a special plane carrying this big box took off, leaving Yangcheng and going straight to Jincheng.

Seeing the plane disappear into the sky, Lu Fei was extremely excited.

Lu Fei was satisfied with getting the valuable treasure, and of course he had to fulfill his promise.

In fact, if he wanted to fish Feng Zhe out, Lu Fei could still do it with just a few words, but Lu Fei couldn't do that.

Feng Zhe is bold and arrogant. Once he is released, he will be emboldened to get worse.

So, let him practice hard for two years.

After arriving at the hospital, he handed one gram of gold snake venom to Xue Taihe. At this point, the deal between Lu Fei and the Feng family was completed.

After working hard all day and night and most of the day, Lu Fei and Lu Fei didn't feel any tiredness.

After finding a small restaurant, the two brothers had a late lunch and were about to go to the market to meet Wang Xinyi when Lu Fei's cell phone rang.

Clicking on the phone showed a series of photos sent by Gao Yuan.

Seeing these photos, Lu Fei's newly calmed mood rippled again.

No, it should be said that Lu Fei was no less excited when he saw these photos than when he saw the large gold-lacquered wood carving shrine.

The background of these photos is a lush mountainous area.

And photos

The content is just stones of different sizes.

These stones are not ordinary mountain stones, but serious jadeite stones.

Seeing these photos, the little puppy's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost, and he lowered his voice and whispered.

"Brother, is there really jadeite in China?"

Lu Fei pulled the little puppy outside the hotel, found a secluded corner and said.

"There are indeed jadeites in China, mostly distributed at the junction of Yunnan and Myanmar, but the quality is average and they have been mined long ago."

"These are not jadeite stones from China, but genuine high-end jadeite from Myanmar."

"This, how is this possible?"

“Have all the rough stones in Myanmar become sperm?”

"These emerald fairies think that Myanmar's Feng Shui is not as good as China's. Why don't they escape from the earth and come to China to practice?" the little milk dog said exaggeratedly.

Lu Fei rolled his eyes at this guy and said.

"You can turn anything into a sperm, right?"

"No, dear brother, Jade Chengjing has a criminal record!"

"In "The Legend of the Gods", isn't the jade pipa spirit just jade?"

"Stop fucking nonsense, that's a myth."

"The pipa only existed in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Where did the pipa spirit come from during the Shang and Zhou dynasties?" Lu Fei said angrily.

"That's right!"

"Then how come these Burmese jadeite rough stones are on the territory of China!"

"Isn't this scientific?"

Lu Fei lit a cigarette and patiently explained to the little puppy.

As early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Myanmar began jade trade on the border with China.

But at that time, the transaction volume was very small and not large-scale at all.

Jade really became popular in China after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

Kangxi

During this period, Wu Sangui pursued Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty into Jiaozhi and opened two major routes for Burmese jade to enter the Central Plains, one was Chongteng and the other was Ruili.

Due to the geographical location, for large-scale purchases, it is better to go to Chongteng.

During the Kangxi and Yongzheng years, the demand for palace jade was not very large, so individuals were allowed to trade freely.

During that period, a group of jade merchants actually emerged.

But when he arrived at the prodigal emperor Qianlong, the prosperous age of jade in China truly began.

From relatives of the emperor to officials from various places, as well as wealthy businessmen from all over Wangsunbeile, they are all proud to own several jade objects.

For a time, jade pieces, jade jewelry, became the best tool for showing off.

The demand increased, and the imperial court recognized the huge benefits of the jade market.

As a result, starting from the 18th year of Qianlong's reign, the jade trade was nationalized. Ordinary people could buy jade from government officials to show off, but if they were found to be selling jade for profit, it would be a serious crime of beheading.

At that time, transportation was inconvenient, and it was too troublesome to transport heavy rough stones to Beijing.

After discussions with relevant departments, two "jade making workshops" were established at the two ports of Chongteng Keruili.

It is screened and peeled by Zuoyufang, and then processed into grades.

Those of an average grade were handed over to agencies in various places for sale to ordinary merchants and people, while those of a higher grade were all sent to the palace and handed over to the manufacturing office for production of finished products.

At that time, the trade route between Myanmar and Chongteng passed through Chongteng Taiershan Mountain, and Chongteng’s jade workshop and warehouse were located in the heart of Taiershan.

In the fourth year of Xianfeng's reign, there was a great disaster in Yunnan.

Especially in Chongteng, it rained heavily for three consecutive months. Not only that, there was also a major earthquake that was now said to be at least seven on the Richter scale.

The earthquake caused a major landslide in Taiershan. After the earthquake, it was completely changed beyond recognition. The green channel for the jade trade between Myanmar and China completely disappeared. Even the jade workshop in the middle of the mountain was buried by the mountain, and no trace can be found.