Chapter 11: Treasures of the Tomb

A box full of gold, all gold bricks, and slightly red, Xu Ling knew that this was determined by the impurities contained in the purification of gold in the Ming Dynasty, which was already very good.

Open another box, it is also gold, but this box is a gold ingot, that is, the kind held in the hand of the God of Wealth, very regular, two layers, neatly stacked in the box.

Put these two boxes into the space first. When the third box was opened, it was similar to what Xu Ling thought, this box was a silver ingot, and it was also two layers, the silver was already a little blackened, and the surface layer should have been oxidized. Open another box, it is also silver, the same silver ingot, put these two boxes into the space, even if it ends here, Xu Ling is not worth the trip. But since there are still ones, we have to see how they are.

This fifth box is a little strange, it looks like gold, but it does not have the luster of gold, and this gold brick-like thing, although it is also red, is upside down when you pick it up, and the weight is not right. Looking at this thing and thinking about it, Xu Ling remembered another thing in the Ming Dynasty: the Xuande furnace. And the material used to cast the Xuande furnace is red copper.

During the reign of Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty, in order to satisfy his hobby of playing with incense burners, he ordered the import of a batch of red copper from Siam, and instructed the imperial craftsman Lu Zhen and the Ministry of Works Wu Bangzuo to design and supervise the production of incense burners with reference to the styles of firewood kilns, Ru kilns, official kilns, Ge kilns, Jun kilns, and Dingyao famous porcelain in the imperial palace, as well as historical books such as "Xuanhe Bogu Catalogue" and "Archaeological Map". In order to ensure the quality of the incense burner, the craftsmen selected dozens of precious metals such as gold and silver, and carefully cast them together with red copper for more than ten times.

After the finished product of the copper incense burner color crystal and warm, is the Ming Dynasty handicrafts in the treasure, the casting of Xuande furnace success, opened the precedent of the copper furnace in later generations, in a long period of history, Xuande furnace became the common name of the copper incense burner. Xuande used this batch of red copper furnaces to cast a total of 3,000 incense burners in three years, and there was no production after that, these Xuande furnaces are hidden in the forbidden palace, and ordinary people only know their names but do not see their shapes.

After hundreds of years of ups and downs, the copper incense burner cast in three years of real Xuande is extremely rare.

For the last box, Xu Ling guessed that it was probably the Xuande furnace, because the red copper had appeared, and this thing was specially provided by the royal family, and there should be a record if you took a little. It may be that this tomb belongs to the two Jinshi of the Liu clan, and it is likely that they are important ministers who can access the emperor.

Open the sixth, and sure enough, and more than one, two side by side, covered with some straw, and when touched, the straw has already been ashed. Picking up a copper furnace and looking at it carefully, Xu Ling himself didn't expect that this deified thing now has two of them, the color is crystal clear and warm, and the knocking sound is loud, plus it is put together with red copper, it should be undoubted.

Putting away the two boxes, Xu Ling walked to the location of the coffin, the things next to him don't need to look to know, it must be the things used by the owner during his lifetime, some bottles, jars, and tin wine jugs, but Xu Ling took a fancy to a few exquisite things, a ceramic wine jug, the bottle is painted with pine trees, cranes, sun, mountain stones, this should be the pattern of Taishan crane pine welcoming the rising sun, very poetic. Six cups, and the wine pot should be matching, after being put into the space, Xu Ling took it out and looked at it again, no, this is not the Ming Dynasty, look at the color and style of the paint outside, this guy will not be Yuan Qinghua, if it is Yuan Qinghua, it will be terrible. However, the Ming Dynasty also had imitation Yuan blue and white flowers, and before the identification, Xu Ling didn't know whether it was true or false. There is also a large ceramic tray, round, which is rectangular in the countryside for serving a few pots of vegetables. It's basically wooden, but I didn't expect to see a ceramic one here, and it's very exquisite. took the 10 bowls stacked together, maybe others will find it a little difficult to accept, how can the things used by the dead be used again, but think about it, even Tang Sancai, who was buried in the coffin of the tomb owner, was taken to watch, not to mention that this was outside the tomb. And now it's used as a work of art, and it's not used to drink water and eat, and others are reluctant to use it.

Glanced at it again, well, I found a strange thing, a stone pillow, and when Xu Ling picked it up and swept the dust with his hands, he found that it was not made of stone, it was a porcelain pillow, and it was also Yuan blue and white, and the characters were lifelike, it was a woman holding twins breastfeeding, Xu Ling's sweat. Looking at the circular opening at the bottom again, I found that there was a small crack inside, but I couldn't see it from the outside, no wonder the tomb owner didn't put it in the box.

The rest was nothing to look at, and at this time Xu Ling turned his gaze to the stone wall, on which there were four large boxes and 10 small boxes.

Put ten small boxes into the space first, don't worry about it for now, it is estimated that it is not as precious as the big box. Put it away with mental power first, because these four boxes are a bit tall. Then put it on the flat ground, the first one to open, it turned out to be a book, by the way, Xu Ling almost scolded his mother, the material of this box Xu Ling recognized, 14 large and small are all golden silk nanmu, this is a precious wood, even if it is the Ming Dynasty, you can't afford it if you are not a magnate.

took out a book and flipped through it, Xu Ling rolled his eyes, it is estimated that all of them are books used in the Ming Dynasty examinations such as the subset of scriptures and history, Confucian classics, etc., and it is no wonder that the things that accompanied their father and son's life can not be taken seriously. However, when you turn to the bottom page, it's an older font. Fortunately, there is a waterproof and moisture-absorbing thing under the box, otherwise it will be ruined, after all, this page is too long in history, and Xu Ling doesn't know the words on it.

"Paper, ancient, rely on, the Song Dynasty only used paper on a large scale, and it is impossible for me not to know the words of the Song Dynasty!" At this time, Xu Ling reacted, even if this book is from the Tang Dynasty, even the cursive script of the Tang Dynasty can be recognized, and it is impossible not to know one. Before the Tang Dynasty, come on, that can only be called straw paper. How can there be such a beautiful paper.

Since I don't know, I don't care about it for now, and then open a big one, fortunately, Xu Ling was not disappointed this time, it is a set of jade, jade pots, jade cups, and it is estimated that it is a jade ruler used when I was a gentleman, about 30 cm long, turquoise, crystal clear, and the water head is very good. The jade pot and jade cup are also good jade, and it is estimated to be Kunlun white jade. Because at that time, the people of the Ming Dynasty had a soft spot for Kunlun white jade.

In the third big box, there was a set of large pieces of gold, "Your sister, it's too extravagant", and the moment he saw it, even Xu Ling, who thought he was well-cultivated, couldn't help but burst into foul language.

A gold table, more than 10 centimeters high, about 40 centimeters long, at least 20 centimeters wide, the table is placed on the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, all gold, and a lifelike unicorn paperweight, pure gold with red, like a fire unicorn. "Are all the people who studied and became officials in the Ming Dynasty so rich?" Xu Ling couldn't help but wonder. Sure enough, it was the last best era for readers.

"Good fellow, don't put your home in this box at the end, if it's pure gold, then you'll be rich. ”

But when the fourth big box was opened, Xu Ling didn't react for a long time.

Sure enough, it was guessed, the big courtyard of the four entrances, all of them are golden, there are wood, the local tyrants have wood, the rich are rival and the country has wood, Shen Wansan is estimated to have to kneel in front of this, not to mention the houses and characters, pavilions and rockeries, even flowers and plants, small bridges and flowing water, ponds, fish, everything that should be there is no less, and there should not be something, such as the horse at the gate, the sedan chair and the kitchen, even the chimney, the floor is made of gold, what is this, you can use gold, never use silver. It's all built by that, and it's too ....... , Xu Ling didn't know what to say.

It is estimated that it is a private craftsman, and if this is known by others, it is estimated that the head will not be protected. I don't know if it was just finished, the privateer was killed by this guy. The dead are always safer than the living.

Ten smaller chests, four of which were gold, silver, and jade jewelry for women. It's also exquisitely anomalous. The remaining six are all porcelain, two medium-sized and four small. It shouldn't be too bad to be put in a Nanmu box.

After putting away his things, Xu Ling was also ready to leave.