The village chief asked him to keep it, but there was no way, so the villagers had to apologize to Hu Yang, and then called the patriarch's house to explain the situation and ask them not to rush to deal with the treasure first.

Soon after, the village chief arrived at the scene with several people.

After they entered the village, they helped the villagers prove that the man broke the bottle, and the people in the village were spreading it, so the village chief naturally heard about it.

People's favorability often comes easily, and a small thing is enough to make many people change their opinion of you.

"Then let's take it up and call you a little beard! Can you really buy these two stone lions for a million?" The village chief was a man of forty or fifty years old, wearing a pair of thick glasses and a white shirt.

Hu Yang said unexpectedly: "You plan to sell?"

The village chief nodded, and on the way here, he chatted with the village elders on the phone, especially asking for the patriarch's opinion.

They think, not to mention whether these two stone lions are really so valuable, will there be no one willing to buy stone lions at such a high price in the future.

If it is really that valuable, it is indeed unsafe to put it outside all day long! Isn't this a sign of thieves and leading people to sin?

So, they felt that it was better to take the opportunity to sell. When the ancestral hall is rebuilt, it will be the same to get two new stone lions, and there is no need to put millions of valuables at the door.

"Yes, these two stone lions, if they are as precious as you say, it is not a way for us to put them outside in the sun and rain, and we have no experience to keep them properly. "The village chief didn't want to ask about the preciousness of the stone lions.

"Is that so? By the way, village chief, do you know how these two stone lions came about?" asked Hu Yang again.

The village chief thought for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "Regarding the origin of these two stone lions, the elders did not say anything clearly, I remember that my grandfather once said a few words. At that time, someone in the village brought back these two stone lions from the outside to rebuild the ancestral hall. ”

Therefore, the current ancestral hall is actually rebuilt, less than a hundred years old.

Seeing that Populus euphratica was pondering, they thought that Populus euphratica was hesitant to buy it, and the village chief and others were a little apprehensive.

The two stone lions, which are considered the common property of the village, are really sold for one million, and this money is basically invested in the reconstruction of the ancestral hall, and the surplus will also be left in the public account.

"Then this stone lion ......," the village chief cautiously probed.

Hu Yang came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I said that I can buy one million, then I won't break my promise." In this way, if you really want to make a move, then help dig it out, and be careful to get the base up intact and not break it. ”

The village chief and the others were overjoyed, and hurriedly promised: "It's no problem, I'll immediately call the young men in the village to come over and promise to help you dig it out and clean it by the way." ”

Hu Yang reminded: "It's okay to wash the dirt below, and the exposed part of the ground doesn't need to be cleaned, you give me an account number, and I will transfer money to you." ”

The village chief hurried to prepare.

With this million, the reconstruction of the ancestral hall will be very smooth, and it will not be so difficult for the village committee to do something in the future.

Ye Mei said coldly: "It's so strange!"

"What's strange?" Andy and the others were puzzled.

"We don't seem to have lions in China, why are stone lions so popular? And it's still from ancient times to the present, don't you think it's strange?" Ye Mei asked.

This question stumped even the audience in the live broadcast room.

Indeed, there are no lions in China, and it is very difficult to find that thing even in the whole of Asia, and there are many in Africa, so how did it come into China's sight? Or did it start to appear in the Han Dynasty.

"There's nothing strange about that! We don't have lions in China, but we do have them in West Asia and India in South Asia. Isn't it normal for Buddhism to be introduced and lions to enter China? In fact, the image of the lion was also created by Buddhism. Hu Yang explained with a smile.

He told everyone that the idea of ancient Chinese emperors using stone lions as door beasts mainly came from the influence of Buddhism. Lions are found in Africa and West Asia, and with the opening of the Silk Road, the East and West exchanges, lions began to be shipped to China.

During the Tang Dynasty, there was more frequent interaction between China and the West, and these countries offered lions to China as a precious tribute. The arrival of the lion is accompanied by the myths and legends about the lion and the belief that spread to the East, especially the lion has a unique position in Buddhism, with the prosperity of Buddhism, the lion culture has also spread, and gradually people put it in front of the mausoleum instead of guarding the gate against evil.

Later, not only the mausoleum, but also the palace, the government, and even the big families like to use the lion to call the door beast of the town.

The audience in the live broadcast room sighed: In ancient times, I have to say that Buddhism is the most successful case of foreign cultural invasion. Of course, Buddhist culture has also been assimilated by Chinese culture, so that it can spread so smoothly.

Chinese civilization is like this, everything foreign is easily assimilated and turned into something with Chinese characteristics, and if you want to keep it authentic, it is almost non-existent.

"Is this stone lion really worth so much money?" Ye Mei couldn't help but ask.

"The stone carvings of the Tang Dynasty are very famous, of course, the most valuable is the stone Buddha, even if it is a Buddha head, if it is intact, it is very easy to shoot a million hundreds of thousands, some exquisite, even millions of millions. This is also the reason why when the foreign powers invaded our China, they often pried away the Buddha's head, causing many Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty ruins to become headless Buddha statues. ”

At that time, the government's stone carving workshops were transformed from a labor service system to a labor service system, which led to the gradual rise of handicraft workshops. The ingenuity of the craftsmen was fully mobilized, and many outstanding stone carving craftsmen were recorded in history, which is a major feature of the stone carving field in the Tang Dynasty.

Due to the relatively active literary ideas of the Tang Dynasty, the craftsmen paid attention to the observation and experience of life, and paid attention to the originality of art in the carving process.

"Look at this pair of lions, the size is not big, but it is magnificent, and it has a posture of fearing the sky and the earth, which is also the spiritual outlook of Datang. The pair of stone lions in the Tang Dynasty has been preserved to this day, which is rare, and the carving of this pair of stone lions is very interesting. I guess this should have been placed by a high-ranking yamen in ancient times.

So, a million is nothing. You must know that even if you carve a pair of stone lions now, it is normal to spend tens of thousands of yuan, and even more than 100,000 yuan with good materials. ”

Hu Yang said, and at the same time took a lot of photos of the stone lion and uploaded them to the group.

In less than two minutes, someone came to the door and wanted to buy these two Tang Dynasty stone lions.

"Look, isn't there anyone asking for two million? If you're a little superstitious, let alone two million, five million people will have to go back to the town house or something. Hu Yang smiled.

Ye Mei and the others were speechless, and could only secretly say in their hearts: They really don't understand the thoughts of rich people, and they can't understand them.

Xu Hong can understand that he has seen a lot of rich people, some of whom have a house of more than 100 million yuan, and pulling two stone lions with millions of dollars back is nothing at all.

He sincerely admires Populus euphratica, which casually earns millions, has the ability, and also has connections and connections, such talents are the best.

The village chief had already made arrangements, came over, and asked Hu Yang what else he wanted.

"There's nothing else, you guys get it up and protect it, and someone will drive over and take it away today or tomorrow." Hu Yang said to him.

If the village chief had known, the poplar would have doubled and sold for two million, and he would probably not be so happy.

"Village chief, I'm going to take the little brother and them to the patriarch's house, doesn't he have a few treasures in his house? ”

The village chief waved his hand: "Then you can go! Xiaohu is indeed a real person, and there is nothing wrong with selling things to him." ”

A pair of stone lions, just give 1 million, I believe that other antique buyers can't give it, can give 100,000, I'm afraid it's a conscience find.