The Xuande blue and white flower-woven octagonal candlestick bought by Lao Nahua for 300 yuan was indeed a big leak. Even in the 1980s, it was absolutely a waste to buy such a heavy weapon that could be called a national treasure for 300 yuan.

Yang Jing remembers that he once saw an octagonal candlestick with similar blue and white flowers and flowers on the porcelain information that Cai Yi gave him. It was also from the Xuande period, but that candlestick was smaller than this candlestick.

The blue and white candlestick was sold at a sky-high price of 19.55 million at the 2011 Jiade Auction.

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

The blue and white candlestick that Lao Na received was stronger than the blue and white candlestick in the Shanghai Museum in terms of size and appearance. If this blue and white candlestick was taken in 2018, it would easily exceed 20 million!

In fact, the style of this blue and white candlestick was similar in all periods of the Ming Dynasty. Not only did the blue and white flowers and flower-woven octagonal candlesticks exist during the Xuande period, but also the same style of blue and white candlesticks were also found in the earlier Yongle period.

In the information given by Cai Yi, Yang Jing has seen two blue and white candlesticks of different eras. The shapes of these two candlesticks are basically the same, and the most obvious changes are reflected in the patterns. The banana leaf pattern at the handle of the Xuande candlestick was replaced by the Ruyi head pattern, the plaid pattern on the neck and the chrysanthemum pattern on the neck were replaced by the thinner tangled flower pattern and the lotus pattern on the folded shoulders were replaced by the lotus pattern. In addition, on the outer side of the shoulders of the Yongle candlestick and the oblique straight wall near the bottom, the Xuande period was decorated with zigzag geometric patterns. This change is also reflected in other Yongxuan porcelains, such as the moon-bearing bottle and flower watering.

No matter what, the blue and white flower-woven octagonal candlestick that Lao Na received is indeed a rare old object with a large door opening, which is a national treasure.

In order to celebrate Lao Na, Yang Jing asked someone to go out to buy a lot of food at noon and set up a table in the yard, and he and Lao Na drank it.

The wine is naturally Erguotou. Maybe the old people in Yanjing are good at this taste. Even if there are Maotai and Wuliangye in the room, Lao Na didn’t drink the wine, so he caught Erguotou and started drinking it.

But let alone, Erguotou wine in the 1980s was much better than Erguotou in the new century.

Actually, it’s no wonder that people in this era are very honest, including wineries, and there are not as many colorful things as later generations. In this era, state-owned wineries at all levels in Yanjing used real materials and all brewed wines according to traditional crafts and pure grains. The wines made are authentic and tasted good.

The wine of this era is called grain wine, but it is not like the wines in later generations. Almost all pure grain wines can’t be found if the wines cost less than 150 yuan. Almost all of them are alcohol wines mixed with edible alcohol.

"This wine tastes the most authentic!" After a few glasses of wine, Lao Na gradually let go and talked too much.

"Yanjing is not like when the founding of the People's Republic of China in the 1950s. I was eighteen in the year of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was only one state-owned winery in Yanjing, that is, the Yanjing Brewing Experimental Factory. The annual output is only a few hundred tons, and the Erguotou produced is really in short supply. Sometimes there are purchases limited, and each household in Yanjing can only buy two bottles per month. However, like now, there are 17 state-owned wineries in Yanjing City, with an annual output of 60,000 tonnes. You can drink Erguotou at a 71-yuan bottle."

Yang Jing had never known these things before, so he was very satisfied with it. Seeing that Lao Na’s cup was empty, Yang Jing picked up the bottle and filled Lao Na with a glass of wine, which made Lao Na a little flattered.

"Old, don't be polite to me. Tell me about the things that happened at that time, especially about Erguotou wine."

"Hehe, do you want to listen? If you want to listen, I will chant you."

Lao Na grabbed the bottle of wine and said, "Did you see this Red Star Brand Erguotou winery? This is the largest Erguotou winery in Yanjing, but what you should not know is that the Red Star trademark did not belong to the Red Star Erguotou winery before. The first right to use was Lu Winery in Shi City, Hebei Province. However, this Lu Winery and Yanjing Brewing Experimental Factory were jointly affiliated with the North China Wine Industry Specialty Company. Not only that, there were also wineries in Jin Province, Tianjin and other places, which also belonged to the monopoly company. Therefore, most of the companies under the North China Wine Industry Specialty Company had the right to use the Red Star trademark, and Fenjiu in the 1950s also used the Hongxing brand."

"In fact, this Red Star trademark was not designed by us Chinese. This trademark was designed by a Japanese expert who specialized in producing dew wine, which seemed to be a guy named Anzo Sakurai. This trademark has certain significance. Among them, Red Star represents the revolution in China, and the streamers below mean the celebration of victory. I remember that it was not until 1953 that the Hongxing brand trademark, which originally belonged to Shishi Lu Winery, was officially transferred to the Beijing Brewery, and later became the most representative Erguotou brand in our Yanjing Erguotou."

"Later, in addition to Hongxing Erguotou, there were also Chang/Ping Winery's 'Thirds Brand', Tong/County Winery's 'Xiangyang Brand', Niulanshan Winery's 'Chaobaihe Brand', Niulanshan Winery', Erguotou of these three brands and Hongxing Erguotou are also known as the four kings of the Erguotou old wine industry."

Yang Jing was also happy when he heard this, and even the "Four Heavenly Kings" came out. He didn't expect that the Erguotou wine would have so many strange stories after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the brewing process used by these state-owned wineries was basically the same, and the raw materials were basically sorghum, barley and peas, so the taste of the wine was similar. If there was any difference, it was probably caused by the different water used for brewing. However, I had always liked drinking Niu Er before, but since April this year, Niu Er began to reduce the degree of degree in response to the country's call for "limiting the degree of liquor" in previous years, and dropped from the previous 65 degrees to 55 degrees, and the taste was completely gone. So I have changed to drinking Hong Er now."

Old Na shook his head helplessly, "I just don't know when Hong Er will also reduce the ranks. This is the call of the state. How dare these state-owned wineries violate this call! So, this reduction is inevitable. I'm afraid I will never drink 65 degrees of Erguotou wine again!"

Yang Jing knew about the decline. After all, he liked to drink Erguotou before, so he naturally had some understanding of this kind of wine.

Niu Er began to decline in April 1986, while Red Er began to decline in October of the same year. Both dropped from the previous sixty-five degrees to the later fifty-five degrees.

Of course, the 55-degree red second is sold to other places, while the local 56-degree red second in Yanjing is sold to fifty-six-degree.

When Yang Jing heard Lao Na say this, he was a little sad. With the rapid development of society, some of the old inheritances of China were inevitably affected, and some even disappeared into the long river of history.

It’s like this Erguotou wine. The real Erguotou wine is a high-level liquor of over 60 degrees. Only the alcoholic Erguotou wine can taste strong enough and it tastes like that. It’s like the old wines that Yang Jing received from Chengzi. Although there is no mark on them, he got drunk once yesterday, which made Yang Jing dare to pat his chest and say that the alcohol content of those old wines is definitely more than 60 degrees!

As for the later wines of fifty-five degrees, forty-two degrees and thirty-eight degrees, although they are also called Erguotou wine, the taste is really far from that.

Seeing that Lao Na was a little unhappy, Yang Jing smiled and said to Lao Na, "I said Lao Na, I think you are quite versatile with white wine, so I will add some more tasks to you. I wonder if you are willing to do it?"

Lao Na smiled and said, "Boss, you just need to pay a salary. I don't dare to do anything except murder and arson, but you can just give me instructions on other things."

Yang Jing pointed at Lao Na and smiled helplessly. It was said that Jingyouzi, Jinji, and Baoding Mansion's terror. According to Yang Jing's opinion, if this old Yanjing man became poor, his mouth would be no worse than that of the Tianjin people.

"I said, "Oh, this task is not a difficult task. On the contrary, I think you must like to do this job. Well, I plan to collect some wine and store it. How about you doing this job?"

Old Na was stunned when he heard this, then smiled and said, "Boss, I am willing to do this job. But I have to explain to you one thing. Now some wine cannot be bought casually, such as Moutai. If you want to buy Moutai, you have to add overseas exchange coupons in addition to spending money. Of course, if you can ask me to buy foreign exchange coupons, then there is no problem."

Yang Jing nodded, "I know what you said, it's natural to buy Moutai with foreign exchange coupons. You can buy more. Well, in addition to Moutai, you can also buy more wines like Wuliangye, Luzhou Laojiao, Fenjiu, Xifeng, and Dongjiu. As for the quantity, you can set up five rooms in the basement and pile up these five rooms!"

Old Na took a breath and asked hesitantly: "Boss, this amount is quite large, it costs a lot of money."

"Haha, do you think your boss is a person who is short of money?"

Old Na shook his head, "That's right, you are a billionaire, so you're OK with buying this little wine."

"Old, besides these wines, you'd better pay attention to whether there are old wines that are older than you. It doesn't matter if you spend money. As long as the vintage is old enough, you can take it for me. Whether it's before or after liberation, as long as it's old wine, I want it!"

"Also, after collecting these wines, you must pay attention to sealing and preserving them. Whether it is newly bought wine or old wine, you'd better make a wax seal again. Don't be afraid of trouble, you must make the seal well."

Lao Na nodded and said, "This is OK. I know how to make wax seal."

"Well, if you know how to do it, I will give you this job. As a reward, I will reward you with a bottle of Erguotou every day. Of course, if you are willing to drink Maotai or Wuliangye, it will be fine. As long as you can pack the wine for me, it will be done!"

"Okay! Boss, don't worry!"
Chapter completed!