Seeing such a treasure, Lin Yi became interested, so he asked Lao Cao quietly, "Old Cao, how much do you know about Ye Dehui, the author of this book?" Let's talk about it first.

In Lin Yi's eyes, Lao Cao has always been ignorant and has always had a poor understanding of the version. His only advantage is that he knows how to judge the situation, knows which books are valuable, which books are not, and when is it easy to sell.

But this time he was wrong, underestimating Lao Cao's learning ability and underestimating Lao Cao's understanding of this book.

When he heard that Lin Yi had already done his homework, Lao Cao, who had already done his "homework", started to show off and said with a thorn that Ye Dehui was from Xiangtan, Hunan. In modern history, this person had a corrupt moral qualities and reactionary political stance, but he did make considerable achievements in academics. Therefore, some people say that he "seem to be forgotten by history, but also seems to be in gloomy."

These words were copied from the information by Lao Cao. At this moment, he held his hands behind his back and shook his head, which looked like an expert and scholar. Seeing that Lin Yi heard it carefully, he continued to show off. Ye Dehui was not very good at first, he looked pretty. His face was clear, his eyes were myopic, and his face was covered with pockmarks, nicknamed "Ye Mazi".

In the social environment he lives in, his role is a great evil gentleman and a big bully.

There are many bad deeds in Ye Dehui. One is to look down on the local genius, the second is to be greedy for women, the third is to love money as life, the fourth is to be rich and unkind, the fifth is to oppose reform, the sixth is to fight against revolution, and the seventh is to be cruel by nature and kill people with voluntary means. With these seven points, it is enough to enter the ranks of the "four evil people" in the world. As for the arrogant attitude and to beat people, they are only considered as pediatrics.

Ye Dehui’s burden of these crimes is by no means the result of “if you want to add a crime, there is no refusal”. Each crime has a conclusive fact. For example, the principle of being rich and unkind is impossible to excuse.

Ye Dehui was good at doing business, and opened several stores. He served as the president of the Changsha Chamber of Commerce for many years. However, when the grain was shortage in the province, he hid tens of thousands of glutinous grain in his house. Not to mention that he wanted to open a warehouse to provide disaster relief, he refused to even sell the grain at a lower price. He just wanted to collude with profiteers and make huge profits.

Besides, he is greedy for women, which is obvious to all. He is not only greedy for women, but also to dominate. Usually he likes to collect and replicate the poems and essays of brothel women, and to make rankings. He has money, and can buy concubines, buy one after another, and buy six in total. He has a famous saying, "Buying books is like buying concubines, and you can't read enough beauty." He is not satisfied with his wives and concubines, and he has been looking for flowers and willows in brothels for many years. Not only women, but also men. Once he saw a young actor from Hunan opera, Yan Daonan, forcing others to commit suicide with mercy and completely get rid of his entanglement.

This incident also shows that he is cruel by nature. What's more, when he saw that the fifteen-year-old maid Liu Xuemei was beautiful, he wanted to take her as his concubine. However, Liu Xuemei would rather die than marry him than marry him. Ye Dehui forced the big girl to nail a silver hairpin to Liu Xuemei's head, causing the Xiangxiao to die. Liu Xuemei's tragic death caused a sensation in Changsha City at that time.

But this is such a person, who is a very accomplished copycat collector, classicist, philologist, catalog versionist and editor. Some people say that when people today organize and study ancient documents, they can't get around the name Ye Dehui.

In his works, Mr. Lu Xun introduced Ye Dehui as follows: "Ye Dehui, whose courtesy name is Fubin, and his pseudonym is Fengyuan. He is from Xiangtan, Hunan, and a blogger." He also called him "version catalog scientist, copycatologist, and calligraphy engraver."

Dutch sinologist Gao Luopei commented on Ye Dehui as: "Ye Dehui's book proves that he is a knowledgeable and rigorous scholar."

The more representative evaluation of Ye Dehui today is: Ye Dehui is insignificant, but his knowledge is desirable.

After Lao Cao said this, he just stumbled, then looked at Lin Yi and said, "I only know so much about him. Do you have anything to add? Please give me some advice from Brother Lin."

Lin Yi: “…”

As a teacher, he actually said everything he should say, just like memorizing the text. From this, it can be seen that Lao Cao had put in all his efforts in this book. Lin Yi was embarrassed to fool others again and said very sincerely: "You are right. Ye Dehui is indeed such a person. In addition, this set of books is engraved in the late Qing Dynasty. It was compiled by Ye Dehui, a volume of white paper, a volume of scriptures, a volume of square scriptures, a volume of jade room secrets, a volume of Dongxuanzi, a volume of heaven and earth, a volume of great joy of heaven and earth, a volume of brothel collection, a volume of Banqiao miscellaneous notes, a volume of Wumen Painting Boat, a volume of Yan Lan's small score with a volume of Haihu small score, a volume of quatrains of Huimen watching opera, a volume of wood vase, a volume of wooden vase, a volume of Guzhuang, a volume of everlasting sorrow, a volume of Qianjia Poetry Points will be recorded with a volume of Donglin Points, a volume of full poetry, a volume of thirteen kinds of twenty-one volumes."

Lin Yi said it in one breath, making Lao Cao dizzy. He thought that what he said just now was already "level". Unexpectedly, Kobayashi introduced it so professionally, and he was well-informed and well-known. He was ashamed of it.

After Lin Yi said this, he said: "From the perspective of version, this set of books is first sealed and engraved, which is very valuable for collection. What is even more rare is the red seal on the title page. According to my identification, it should be Ye Dehui's personal collection seal..."

When Lao Cao heard this, he was excited. After following Lin Yi for so long, he knew clearly that any first-printed book and seal seemed to be very valuable.

So he was excited and held his breath and asked, "How much is this book worth?" His little eyes were eagerly waiting for Lin Yi to release a bomb.

Seeing that he was so eager, Lin Yi smiled and said, "This series of books has a good quality, and it is the first edition and carved. If you buy it for 1,000 yuan, you can sell it for about 25,000 yuan. In addition, Ye Dehui's private book seal, the price has doubled, almost 50,000 yuan."

I thought Lao Cao would be extremely excited, but unexpectedly, this guy muttered: "Damn, it's only worth 50,000 yuan. I thought I could sell a book like you for more than 100,000 yuan..."

Lin Yi was speechless. The books he could sell for more than 100,000 yuan were basically rare ancient books in the world. Although this "Shuangmei Jingnan Series" has great collection value and academic value, the content is to edit previous ancient books into series, and it does not belong to the rare type, so the price is greatly reduced.

To give a simple and easy-to-understand example, the article "The Great Joy of Heaven and Earth Yin and Yang" collected in this series is the author of Bai Juyi's brother Bai Xingjian. The original is from the Dunhuang Grottoes, and this original is a "rare book of the world". Not to mention that it is worth more than 100,000 yuan, or even millions or tens of millions.

I just laughed at the fact that the things I bought for 1,000 yuan were increased by 50 times, and they turned into 50,000 yuan, but they were not satisfied.

"Old Cao, let me tell you the truth. I actually like this set of books very much. If you are willing to transfer them to me, I can buy them for 60,000 yuan. What do you think?" Lin Yi was not going to say anything more and asked Cao Yidao if he would sell them.

When Lao Cao heard this, he had a big face and said righteously: "Brother, you will be disgusted by saying this---If you pay 60,000 yuan for 50,000 yuan, it seems so unfair to me, brother! Logically, the more acquaintance you are, the more you should give some discounts, and you will increase the price. How can I be embarrassed, brother?"

When Lin Yi heard this, he thought to himself that this old Cao was helpless and he didn't get into the money. It seemed that he should have changed his mind a little bit.

But before Lin Yi finished thinking, Cao Yidao said again: "But brother, I know you have money. Doing this is completely taking care of me. If I refuse, you will feel uncomfortable - I feel uncomfortable too. You can't refuse your kindness. 60,000 is 60,000! Do you think it is for cash or transfer money?"

Lin Yi: “…”

I still looked up to this big bald head.

...

However, Lin Yi’s money is not so easy to make. After transferring the bank card and paying 60,000 yuan to buy the set of "Shuangmei Jingnan Series", Lao Cao happily patted Lin Yi on the shoulder and said, "This is a good brother, happy and neat." Then he patted his chest and said, "If you have anything to do in the future, you can talk. Although I am a brother, I have no money, but I have a lot of strength!"

Seeing this, Lin Yi smiled and told Lao Cao, since the transaction was done and you are so righteous, then do me a favor.

Lao Cao thought it was a big deal, so he asked him to help buy books and students' books, and said he would donate them to the school's library.

This kind of thing is not a piece of cake for a second-hand old book dealer like Lao Cao. Taking the opportunity, he asked Lin Yi for a "car fee" of 3,000 yuan. Before leaving, he complained to Lin Yi: "Now, it takes fuel to run anywhere, especially your Land Rover, which is even a tiger drinking oil!"

Only then did Lin Yi remember that it seemed that his Land Rover had lent to the bald man for a month and had not returned it yet.

...

I have to say that Lao Cao is still doing things very quickly, especially his large-scale net to collect old books. In just three days, he bought almost 10,000 extracurricular reading materials for elementary school students from book dealers who bought and sold old books.

These books are also very cheap at street stalls, two or three yuan a book. Lao Cao bought them in large quantities, and the purchase price was as low as three yuan per catty, about seven or eight cents a book.

In fact, many book vendors stock up on these books. It’s not that these books are valuable and ready to stock up on the appreciation. On the contrary, these books are too difficult to sell. Except for parents who take their children to buy a few books at the used book stalls, they basically cannot sell them. Even if they go to set up stalls near the school, it is still unknown whether they can sell them. The reason is that there are too few children in the city who like to read books now. They all play with their mobile phones, use electric power, or go online to play. On the contrary, those children in mountain villages and children in poor places do not have such superior conditions. They can only read these books by being able to access and recognize external things.

Therefore, these student reading materials that are not favored by children in the city are the treasures that open the window of the world for those poor children---!

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Chapter completed!