Speaking of "pancakes", it should belong to the most famous in Tianjin, and if Tianjin baked cakes dare to call the second, then no one dares to call the first. There are also many "pancake stalls" in Tianjin, dotted with dots.
At about five or six o'clock in the morning, as soon as a "pancake stall" in Tianjin opened its doors, two people hurried past and said that although it is not the largest in Tianjin, it is very famous in this area.
Mysterious guests
But the two men did not come to buy burnt cakes, standing at the door and muttering a few words to each other; the waiter was very clever, seeing that the two people standing in front of the shop were a little hesitant, he took the initiative to say: "Two gentlemen, there are pancakes here that are ready, do you want to come to two to taste?" ”
Then one of them said, "Are all your pancakes ready?" We have some requirements for this. Can you do it? The waiter smiled and said, "Just tell me, whether it's raw noodles, dead noodles, meat, vegetables, green onions, or vegetable leaves." As long as you tell me, I promise to make you satisfied! "This guy's mouth was very slippery, it sounded really tempting, and the two men came along.
One of them said, "Whatever kind of pancakes you make, you just have to hide these 'copper coins' and hide them tightly." The waiter looked at the customer and handed him a few coins, saying that they were "copper coins", but some of them looked like silver, a bit like gold; but the waiter did not understand these, but he also knew that the person who could take out gold and silver was definitely not an ordinary person, so his attitude was more polite.
The waiter took the copper coin and began to work. Because I have heard that some rich and noble families have the custom of wrapping coins in food to seek wealth, I did not suspect anything, but felt that this work might be able to get happy. However, this waiter probably did not expect that one of the two customers was a famous collector of ancient coins - Ma Dingxiang.
Ancient coins that are hard to find
This incident happened in the summer of 1945, that early in the morning, Ma Dingxiang did not want to eat the burnt cake to run to the baked cake stall, as for the ancient coins that the clerk wanted to help pack, it was a priceless treasure, its name was the Great Qing Long Beard Dragon Gold Coin, as for why to hide the coin, it was really forced to help.
In 1945, just after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but the domestic situation was still unstable, Ma Dingxiang, who lived in Shanghai, heard that there was a foreigner who had a batch of ancient coins in his hand, and that foreigner would come to Tianjin recently.
This batch of ancient coins is the long beard dragon gold coins, this is a cultural relics of great significance to the country, if it is taken away by foreigners, the loss can be great, Ma Dingxiang and foreigners argue on the basis of reason, and finally won this batch of ancient coins at a sky-high price of "more than a dozen silver tickets".
The burnt cake is surprising
However, how to go back became a problem, the two held a priceless treasure in their hands, to ensure its safety, but at that time, no matter what means of transportation had to be checked, even if it was hidden on the body, it was easy to be searched, and it would be difficult to be detained by the warlord at that time. At this time, Ma Dingxiang saw a freshly opened baked cake stall, so he thought of a way, which had the story of hiding ancient coins with burnt cakes at the beginning.
This method is really difficult to say if it is elsewhere, but Ma Dingxiang they happen to be in Tianjin, the burnt cake is full of street, and the search personnel will not bother to check what kind of stuffing everyone's baked cake is, so as long as you are careful, it is still easy to take out.
It turned out that Ma Dingxiang's "plan" was successful, and the brothers successfully brought the ancient coins back to Shanghai for safe preservation by burning cakes, and finally sold for 1.76 million yuan at the auction in 2004.
Similarly, the story of saving cultural relics by burning cakes has also been widely circulated among antique collectors, becoming their talking point after dinner, after all, no one would have thought that these seemingly inconspicuous ancient coins, for its return, how many people will need to work for them, these ancient coins have gone through a hundred years, and continue to carry out new stories in the new era.