Less than half an hour

The news of the discovery of the treasure in the lower reaches of the Tabang River spread in the village.

Not only did the villagers rush to see the excitement, but even the tourists rushed over.

In a short time, the entire downstream river beach was crowded with onlookers.

At this time, an excavator is working on the river beach, which is a construction machine that cleans up silt, and every three to five years, the county cleans the river.

No, as soon as I cleaned up outside the village, there was an unexpected discovery.

After Zhang Feng and several people arrived at the scene, they saw that a cordon had been set up on the river beach, and there were seven or eight staff members standing on the side, preventing tourists and villagers from getting too close.

"What's that??"

Everyone stood on the periphery and looked into the river, only to see a black cylindrical mass exposed, and some fossils of trees.

"Xiao Feng, do you say it's a tree jade?" Everyone knew that Zhang Feng was lucky to pick up a piece of tree jade not long ago, so everyone looked at him.

"It shouldn't be tree jade, I think it might be ebony!"

"Ebony, what is ebony?" asked Ah Hong with a puzzled expression.

Ebony is not a wood name. It is also called "carbonized wood" because of the carbonization process of thousands of years in the state of anxia and high pressure buried in the silt due to natural disasters.

And it is possible that the initial identity of ebony was different. Moreover, the formation time of ebony generally ranges from about 3,000 to 8,000 years, which is not enough to become a plant fossil.

Thousands of years of precipitation did not happen overnight, so the plastic of ebony is also extremely rare.

It has both the quaintness of wood and the charm of stone, and is known as "Oriental Sacred Wood" and "Plant Mummy". Therefore, there is a saying that "even if there is a box of jewelry, it is not as good as the ebony side". The most primitive wood of ebony is also divided into high and low, and the price of different types of wood formed by thousands of years of precipitation is also different, among which the price of golden silk nanmu is the most expensive.

"So this is ebony, but what can this thing do with black?" In Ah Hong's opinion, this thing has been soaked in water for thousands of years, so it shouldn't be of much use!

"Hehe, ebony has many functions, not only can it be used to make furniture, but also can be made into high-end handicrafts!" Zhang Feng explained to everyone with a smile.

Ebony is hard in nature, mostly brownish-black, black-red, golden, yellow-brown, etc. Its cutting surface is smooth, the wood grain is delicate, and the polishing method can achieve mirror brightness, and the wood of some ebony has surpassed the red sandalwood. It will never fade, not decay, no insects, is the ideal material for making artwork and antique furniture.

Archaeologists restored the living environment at that time through Sanxingwu, and deciphered the mystery of Sanxingdui, which unearthed a large number of elephant tusks. Some of the natural ebony artworks are highly collectible.

Sure enough,

After two or three hours of excavation, a huge ebony was presented in front of everyone's eyes.

This ebony is really too big, more than two meters in diameter and seventeen or eighteen meters long, and such a large ebony is estimated to weigh dozens of tons.

At this moment, experts from the reserve also arrived.

Seeing such a big piece of ebony, even they were shocked, and most importantly, this is not an ordinary ebony, but the most precious golden silk nanmu in ebony.

Just such an ebony, to put a few years ago, the value can reach tens of millions, even now the price of Jinsi Nan ebony is not low, one ton can be sold for twenty or thirty thousand, this ebony should have seventy or eighty tons, its value is as high as millions, and the market is good and can even be sold for more than two million.

When encountering such an ebony, not only the experts were overjoyed, but the local leaders were even more delighted.

The dinosaur fossil museum in the county has just been completed, and there is a shortage of exhibits, and now this giant ebony is really too timely to be discovered.

"Xiao Feng, didn't you say that there are many kinds of ebony just now, so which kind of ebony is this?" Uncle Er Niu stared at the ebony not far away, and then asked Zhang Feng.

"This should be golden silk nanmu, look at it over there, is it like golden silk nan, the wood is golden, this kind of ebony is the most precious, just such one, worth at least one million!"

"Shhhhh

Hearing Zhang Feng's words, everyone couldn't help but gasp, they didn't expect a piece of wood to be so valuable.

Seeing everyone's shocked appearance, Zhang Feng smiled and continued: "Hehe, what is this, if it was five or six years ago, such a piece of wood would be worth more than ten times!"

"Ten times??" Uncle Xiao Qi looked up at Zhang Feng in surprise: "Isn't that going to be tens of millions?"

"Of course, there is a saying in the collection circle that 'even if you have a box of jewelry, it is not as good as ebony', so you know how precious ebony is!" Zhang Feng smiled slightly.

", what's so good about this wood, can you buy it back to make a coffin??" said the little seventh uncle with envy and jealousy.

Ha ha......

Hearing Uncle Xiaoqi's words, everyone couldn't help laughing, everyone has the mentality of hating the rich, because they can't afford to play, so they can scold as much as they want.

"Hehe, don't say it, someone really bought it back to make a coffin," at this moment the old man came over with a smile.

"Throughout the ages, as early as the emperor's relatives, then to scholars and experts, and then to the masses of manufacturers, there is no one who does not praise Nanmu as a domestic precious wood. Because the golden silk nanmu is resistant to corrosion and insects, and it is not easy to deform, and the texture is fine and magnificent, the emperor's coffin is mostly made of golden silk nanmu, and everyone knows the Empress Dowager Cixi, right?"

Seeing that everyone nodded, the old man smiled and continued:

According to historical records, Sun Dianying stole the Cixi Tomb and stole a lot of rare treasures, containing forty or fifty boxes of treasures. Under her coffin, three layers of gold wire beaded brocade mattress and a layer of pearls were laid under the coffin, and the coffin was filled with four liters of pearls, 2,200 precious stones, and various carved fruits and vegetables on the soles of her feet. The most surprising thing is that Cixi has been dead for nearly 20 years now, but the body is still red and lifelike, without the slightest trace of decay. ”

In order to get the treasures in Cixi's coffin, Sun Dianying ordered someone to pry Cixi's coffin open, Sun Dianying also used a knife to cut Cixi's neck, took away the night pearl in Cixi's mouth, and moved Cixi's body out in order to take the treasures under Cixi's coffin, Cixi's body was exposed outside the coffin for more than 40 days, and the corpse had white hair on it.

Why did Cixi die for more than 20 years and her body has not rotted, and her body was covered with white hair after being dragged out for dozens of days, it turned out that the problem was in Cixi's coffin, and it was the emperor and the prince who could sleep in the coffin - golden silk nanmu.

"Does Jinsi Nanmu really have such an effect??" Uncle Er Niu hurriedly asked. The others also looked at the old man curiously.

"Haha, Jin Si Nan wood must have an antiseptic effect, but to keep the corpse from decaying for decades, there must be more embalming technology, Jin Si Nan's coffin alone should not be able to do it!" the old man smiled and shook his head.

Everyone thinks that the posture has risen, but I didn't expect Jin Sinan to have such a role, no wonder it is so precious.