Chapter 755: More than just a copper plate
If it is the history of 2,500 to 3,000 years ago, China seems to be orthodox with the Western Zhou Dynasty, but in fact, it will be on the land of China, the land occupied by the Western Zhou Dynasty is not particularly large, and there are many other people and countries living in other places.
As for the current people, don't even think about this blood lineage for 3,000 years, the Chinese nation is a process of great integration, anyway, it belongs to the Chinese nation.
Little Charlie and Henry, who were watching the excitement together, explained the meaning of the inscription on the copper plate, although there were a few words that were unrecognizable, but it was enough for these two, especially Henry, to admire.
At least 3,000 years ago, and at that time Huaxia was still in the era of "different tracks, different books", this can be recognized, in Henry's opinion, it properly belongs to the level of doctor of ancient literature studies, professor or something.
The titles of professor and doctor are shouted as bull breaks, but Zhang Nan is also a high school graduate, and it is unclear whether this certificate will be recognized in the United States.
But in the United States, if you have money, you can do it, if you have money and erudition, it doesn't matter whether Uncle Sam has a doctorate title or not.
discussed the issue of Xu Guo again, especially Guan Xingquan was very interested in the copper plate unearthed in Wenling and Xu Guo that Zhang Nan said, who made him a Taizhou person.
Boss Guan is curious about the history of the Xu Kingdom, and the history of 2,500 to 4,000 years ago can be clearly known.
“...... I'm not that good. Brother Guan, many of the history of the Xu Kingdom in the Xia Dynasty and the early and middle Shang Dynasty are about to become similar legends, and there are no written records to judge by unearthed cultural relics, and there are ancient books and historical materials handed down from 2,000 years ago to study.
It is too early to guess by cultural relics, and the Shang Dynasty only had oracle bone inscriptions, but now the archaeological and historical circles can basically determine that this Xu State should have participated in the rebellion of the remnant nobles of Shang Yin led by Wu Geng against the Western Zhou Dynasty, and that period of history was later than this big copper plate.
Oh, that Wu Geng called him Father Lu in the "Historical Records", and he was the son of King Xu.
Xu was counted as Dongyi in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, but this Dongyi was also powerful, and a king named Ju of Xu also raised troops to attack Zhou directly, all the way to the Yellow River, which is recorded in history.
Xu also fought with the Lu State of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the monarchs of the Lu State at that time were all the sons of the monarchs of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was reasonable that the King of Zhou followed, but the Lu State was still beaten so that he did not dare to open the east gate of the national capital for a while.
It is recorded in the "Historical Records" that during the period of King Mu of Zhou, 36 countries around the State of Xu paid tribute to the State of Xu, and the State of Xu raised troops again at that time to attack the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, but was unlucky to be defeated by King Mu of Zhou. However, at that time, the Western Zhou Dynasty was able to defeat it, but it could not destroy his country.
The king of Xu who lost the battle lived in seclusion, and his descendants accepted the division of the Western Zhou Dynasty, as if he had lost the marquis title of the previous dynasty earlier, and became Xu Zi, that is, the viscount, and continued to manage the Xu State, which was considered to be willing to submit to the Zhou Dynasty, and then the Xu State continued for another four or five hundred years.
It was not until 512 BC that King Wu sent Sun Wu and Wu Zixu to crusade against Xu, and Xu was destroyed by Wu.
After the death of the Xu State, his descendants took the original country name "Xu" as the clan, which is one of the origins of the surname Xu, and Jing'an in Jiangxi Province should be the last land of the Xu State.
It's not far from Jing'an to Yueguo, is it wow..."
"Xu Wang Guangpan", Zhang Nan directly named the big plate, which also conforms to the naming rules. As for which generation of kings of Xu State is this "Guang", it is not known - the vassal states of the Shang Dynasty, what a long history!
In addition, there are a lot of fake characters in ancient times, so it's good to know that there is such a person, no matter who he is.
There is no patina on the copper plate, "which should be professionally cleaned and protected." ”
Zhang Nan took a closer look, and all the patinas that could cause harm had been cleaned up, although the lines in some places were slightly worn out due to long-term use, but at least they were not damaged.
Henry didn't ask how this plate came to the United States, and Zhang Nan didn't say either. Anyway, you can basically guess: nine times out of ten, it was transported to the United States in the early Republic of China, or even the Qing Dynasty, and it was a masterpiece of cultural relics dealers, and even local warlords.
As for how it ended up in that warehouse...
"Henry, make a phone call and have someone find out who rented that warehouse in the first place. ”
Hearing the boss's words, Henri Deboson immediately called his assistant.
Warehouses that are legally auctioned are beyond their lease period, and the purchaser will be able to obtain the initial lease information from the warehouse if needed at the time of auction.
The reason is simple, the whole world has the same problem: law is law, and reality is actual.
If the signature on the rental procedure and the name of the registered person are local half-black and white, such as mafia, South American gang members... You must know that some warehouses are rented for only one or two years, and it is not uncommon for such a situation to occur.
Not to mention those dangerous people, even if the original owner is just a biker guy, and there are valuable things such as heavy Harley-Davidson motorcycles in the warehouse, not many people will participate in the "blind auction".
It's legal legally, but the original owner may not think so - the guy may have run away from the limelight, or he may have gone to jail and forgot that he still has such a warehouse.
When I came back, I found that the thing had been sold!
You say annoyed or not.
Generally, no one dares to ask for trouble, but many people dare to ask private individuals to get back what originally belonged to them, and then it may be a lot of trouble for bidders.
Yes, it is legal to buy things, but the problem is that people come to harass you, and the police can protect you 24 hours a day for the rest of your life?
Many of the people in the mixed warehouse auction industry in the United States are either the kind of local "famous" guys, or they are "wandering people" running all over the United States, all of whom are human spirits.
As for ordinary people, if they find it fun and want to try their luck occasionally to do some side hustles, they will go to learn about the rental information first.
Money is not so easy to make, unless it is a "wanderer", otherwise even if a bunch of gold bars are found in a dilapidated warehouse that is cheaply photographed, it is not a fortune, but more like a life talisman!
Several over-standard buses in Huaxia auction may be "involuntarily", not to mention the "blind auction" of warehouses in the United States.
It's just that the problem of selling cars in Huaxia is generally caused by other buyers, while the problem of auctioning warehouses in the United States is that buyers and original owners come together.
Once in his last life, a friend of Zhang Nan took a fancy to an A6 that exceeded the standard of a government unit, and the car was in good condition and wanted to buy it for the company. As a result, Zhang Nan, who was free, was asked to go to the auction site together, and found that a total of four groups of people participated in the bidding.
The interesting thing is here - before the auction started, one of the people of "Left Green Dragon and Right White Tiger" took out a few beautiful red envelopes from their bags, very politely, and gave them to the other three groups of people, including Zhang Nan and the others, one by one.
That's really polite, just like an old friend who has known each other for many years, and has a posture of not accepting or not giving face, and vowing not to give up.
"Brothers work hard, come all the way on such a hot day, drink tea and drink tea..."
Do you take it or not?
Take it, a red envelope of 1,000 yuan, and then smoke a cigarette in a small air-conditioned auction hall, sit for 10 minutes and leave.
Of course, that A6 has nothing to do with Zhang Nan's friends.
Originally, I wanted to ask the TV station to check it, but generally the warehouse will provide convenience in this case - filming TV, in the United States, it is also free publicity, and everyone is happy.
As a result, as soon as the copper plate here was put away, Henry's phone rang over there.
Soon, Henry, who hung up the phone, looked a little helpless and said, "There's nowhere to check, boss." Twenty years ago, the archives where the receipts were stored suffered a fire, and the warehouse registration files were all filled in at the beginning.
The maximum length of time the warehouse can be rented is 30 years, and in order to be insured, except for the warehouse that can recall the approximate time, a very small number of long-term rented warehouses are counted from the day of the fire, and the warehouse materials are auctioned after 30 years.
However, it will not last more than 33 years, as the warehouse was built in 1956. ”
It's no problem, it's just death without proof!
No one has taken it for 30 years, and the items in the warehouse are not garbage, and the original owner is estimated to have come out and hang up accidentally, and there is no need to calculate the treasures that people may have.
In the same way, the original owner should not think about retrieving what originally belonged to him.
According to the owner's habit, Henry stayed at the manor for Chinese food - yesterday Xiang Weirong, Randy and Zach drove the fishing boat out to the open sea and dropped a few fish, one of which was still a yellowfin tuna weighing hundreds of pounds.
It's sad for chefs Andy Lew and Daniel Angeler: everyone else, including Boss Guan, has fallen in love with sashimi, but the boss is adamant not to eat sashimi.
Luckily, the common yellowfin tuna was caught, with a fat content of only about 2%, and the two chefs searched all over the world to find recipes to fry the fish meat, and then cook it in the way of Chinese roasted frogs and big fish.
The fat content of yellowfin tuna is not as good as that of other tuna, so the price is not particularly high, such as bluefin tuna, which has a fat content of about 15%, bigeye tuna about 8%, and albacore tuna about 7% - in the world of tuna, this fat is justice, but when you meet Zhang Nan, the boss, the higher the fat content, the more difficult it is to serve!
Fortunately, there is also a seventy or eighty pound Atlantic blue marlin, which can be regarded as a steak in the ocean, and the fatty meat is suitable for frying. Andy Lu made Zhang Nan a thick grilled swordfish fish steak, using the method of grilling steak and adding thick black pepper sauce, which is properly delicious.
Daniel got creative and learned from the southern Italian peninsula by mixing chopped yellowfin tuna meat with chopped broccoli and cabbage with spices, then wrapping it in thinly sliced tuna meat and slowly frying it to make a tuna meat roll.
There is also a big pot of tuna and diced meat with the cooking method of bullfrog in a stone pot, which is a bit of a rush to eat Sichuan food, plus a large amount of sashimi prepared for other people, this is the main dish of today's Chinese food.
The sashimi in the restaurant should also be about appearance, and it should be beautiful, and by the way, it should be decorated with a few vegetable flowers.
Looking at the large plate, there are actually few fish fillets.
But in the manor, there is no such thing, a bunch of braised beef rice bowls with water broccoli are satisfied, and this sashimi is directly served on a super-large stainless steel plate.
A thin layer of crushed ice underneath is a dense layer of sashimi on top, and it is cut thick and big enough!
If you are used to eating sashimi in restaurants, you will definitely be amazed and feel too luxurious.
Zhang Nan doesn't touch sashimi, but the other three dishes taste good, especially the tuna meat roll, which has a bit of a hometown spring roll feeling, and tastes between chicken and pork, with the fragrance of fish fat, which is very good.
However, there is one person in the manor who can't enjoy the tuna and blue marlin dinner carefully cooked by the two chefs, and it is Adjani, who will be confined in the room on the second floor.
Tuna and swordfish are at the top of the food chain and are said to accumulate traces of harmful substances such as heavy metals, so it is best for children, pregnant women and lactating women not to eat them. Even if you really like it, it should be in moderation.
Adjani learns from Nicole, also breastfeeds, temporarily insulated from tuna, and doesn't even have to eat ordinary saltwater fish, but enjoys the things prescribed by Mr. Chen Zhanghua combined with special nutritious meals.
Andy Lew cooked a dish for the boss and took care of the mother and her sister, who was almost seven and a half months old, who started eating complementary food before she was five months old, and opened meat a month and a half ago.
Chef Andy has a lot of responsibility and doesn't have time to cook for the boss.
Of course, Zhang Nan has no opinion on this.
Compared with mothers and children, he is a rough brother, and he can deal with it casually. It's easier to deal with that group of bodyguards, you can run to the kitchen by yourself to show your hands, and even the dormitory building has a kitchen, so you can't be hungry.
After the meal, I said hello to Adjani, who was still at home, and set off.
The headquarters of the United Television Network is in New York, but the warehouse is in the western part of Long Island, which is not particularly far from the estate, half an hour away.
The three-storey warehouse is guarded by a special person.
When the big boss arrived, there was no scene of a group of TV network executives waiting in line to welcome them.
Everyone is busy, Zhang Nan doesn't like that set, and even the producer of the program team is not there: everyone will take people to North Carolina.
When I entered the warehouse, I turned on the lights and found that there was a lot of space here, American-style warehouse, and the iron shelves were separated by several layers.
The statues weren't here, but in another area at the back, which was divided into compartments.
There is also a door, as soon as the administrator opens it, Zhang Nan sees a three-dimensional stone statue.
"Oh, wrestler!"
In front of me is a statue of Vajra Lux that looks like it has been hewn out of the rock with a pedestal: the base is about 20 centimeters high, and the entire statue is about 1.5 meters high.
Lux has a high head, thick eyebrows raised, round eyes, teeth clenched, rising naked, wearing a battle skirt, and a shawl hanging down close to his shoulders. One arm is raised with the elbow bent, the other arm is lowered, the hands are clenched into fists, and the feet are standing on the feet (bare feet), and the muscles of the whole body are bulging, which looks extremely powerful!
The original sculptor obviously had a deep understanding of the anatomy of the human body, otherwise it would not have been possible to carve such a powerful and beautiful statue: the technique is delicate and exquisite, and the statue as a whole is heroic, giving people a sense of power!
"Anan, something from which dynasty?"
It was Xiang Weirong who was asking, and he felt that all the gods and Buddhas were taking care of his brother-in-law?