In other words, after getting on the boat, Wang Guan has been carrying a duffel bag and a wooden staff behind him, which is a bit chivalrous. Come on,.! Of course, this is just his own opinion. In the eyes of others, it seems nondescript.

At this time, when he heard that Mr. Anderson wanted to see the wooden staff, Wang Guan hesitated before taking the wooden staff down and handing it over.

"A piece of wood, carved with some ornamentation, very ordinary things." Yu Feibai shook his head and said, "It is said that it has a history of hundreds of years, so it must be fooling." ”

"Not necessarily." Wang Guan smiled, but didn't say anything more.

Seeing this, Yu Feibai suddenly felt a little more suspicious in his heart. I didn't notice it just now, but now I realize that something is wrong. He knew Wang Guan's temper, if it was just an ordinary thing, he would never attach so much importance to it, even to the point of carrying it with him.

"Could it be that the cane is a very precious piece of wood?" Yu Feibai guessed and took a closer look. Judging from the texture of the wooden staff, the wood is not the red sandalwood, huanghuali, and boxwood he is familiar with, and the texture is hard, let alone agarwood......

Just as Yu Feibai was pondering, Mr. Anderson seemed to have finished reading, raised his head lightly and smiled: "Mr. Wang, if I'm not mistaken, this should be something from the Malays." ”

"Huh."

Wang Guan was very surprised, and asked in surprise, "Mr. Anderson, how did you know?" ”

"Ornamentation."

Mr. Anderson pointed to the pattern on the handle of the wooden cane and smiled, "Although I don't know much about Malay culture, I have seen the same pattern on some Malay items, so I will guess." I didn't expect to guess correctly. ”

"Mr. Anderson is really knowledgeable." Wang Guan said sincerely, after all, there are some things that you have to remember to guess accurately. Otherwise, even if you guess a hundred times, you may not be able to get it right once.

"If you see too much, you will always gain something." Mr. Anderson smiled and accepted Wang Guan's praise. It can be seen that although he understands Chinese, he is not Chinese after all. Didn't learn that kind of Chinese modesty.

Of course, what people say is the truth, and Wang Guan will naturally not be disgusted. Instead, he nodded in agreement: "Indeed, as we often say, it is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles." See more to be more knowledgeable. ”

At the right time, Mr. Anderson pointed to his head and smiled, "In addition, there is wisdom here!" ”

Wang Guan suddenly laughed, maybe Mr. Anderson was referring to his age, or experience or something, but seeing his somewhat thinning hair, Wang Guan thought of the most clever joke.

Mr. Anderson may not have understood what Wang Guan was laughing at, but it did not prevent him from showing a friendly smile and gesturing the wooden staff in his hand. Then he asked, "King, I want to collect this wooden staff, can you give it to me?" ”

"No, I want to collect it myself."

Wang glanced at Mr. Anderson, shook his head and refused without even thinking about it.

"King. Don't be in a hurry to refuse. ”

Mr. Anderson was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "You should listen to the price I give first, and then decide whether to agree or not." Those of you who know me well know that I have always been very generous with the items that appeal to me, and I will definitely make you satisfied. ”

"Mr. Anderson. I'll say something that might upset you. At this time, Wang Guan looked around at the gold and silver artifacts around him, spread his hands and said, "None of the things here satisfy me. ”

"You don't sell, want to exchange?" Mr. Anderson was very clever and immediately understood what Wang Guan meant, and then frowned: "I bid a hundred thousand dollars, and you don't want to?" ”

According to the current exchange rate, 100,000 US dollars is equivalent to more than 600,000 Chinese dollars, and a scepter with ordinary wood and simple decoration can be worth so much money, which is already a sky-high price.

However, Wang Guan was unmoved, and continued to refuse: "Mr. Anderson, I'm sorry. I also like this thing very much, and I don't mean to transfer it. ”

"Wang, think about it again." Mr. Anderson stretched out his palm and said, "I can raise the price and give half a million dollars!" ”

"500,000 US dollars is more than 3 million Chinese dollars!" As soon as Yu Feibai converted, he suddenly said in a speech: "The scepter of Malay is so valuable, if I go back and look for a few pieces of wood to cut a few pieces, won't I become a billionaire immediately." ”

Of course, Yu Feibai was just joking, but he was now sure that this wooden staff was not simple. At that moment, he reached out and picked up the wooden staff and examined it carefully, hoping to solve the mystery.

At the same time, Wang Guan chuckled and said, "Mr. Anderson, you are really sincere. If you're sure that you only need a cane, then I'll agree to buy it for you for half a million dollars. ”

For a moment, Mr. Anderson was visibly hesitant, and then smiled: "The wooden staff is a whole, there should be no difference." ”

"Is there really a difference?" Wang Guan laughed, and knew that Mr. Anderson must have discovered something.

"Zheng!"

At this moment, a crisp voice sounded, and Wang Guan and Mr. Anderson hurriedly turned their heads to look. In an instant, I saw that the handle and body of the wooden staff had been divided into two parts, but in the middle was a glittering light, exquisite blade.

"Hehe, I said that you grabbed it so hard, it turned out to be a sword hidden in the staff." Yu Feibai looked smug and slowly pulled out the blade.

This blade is about 50 centimeters in size, and its shape is very unique, and the surface is very delicate and beautifully textured, as if it were a relief. In addition, the blade is slightly curved, as if it is in the form of a snake.

Just as everyone was looking at the blade, Yu Feibai wrinkled his nose and said confusedly: "Where did the aroma come from?" ”

"What aroma?"

Wang Guan was stunned for a moment, and then immediately felt a dark fragrance floating in the air. Originally, he thought it was the smell of perfume sprayed in Mr. Anderson's room, after all, he had the impression that Westerners should use perfume more frequently.

However, after the next second, Wang Guan discovered that the incense source actually came from the blade in Yu Feibai's hand.

"Malaykris incense blades."

At this time, Anderson was pleasantly surprised: "It's actually a fragrant blade." ”

"Malaykris!"

Yu Feibai reacted and said in some surprise: "This is the Malay Blade, one of the world's three famous knives?" ”

"The world's three most famous knives?" Wang Guan asked curiously, "I don't seem to have heard much about it." ”

"If you don't have China's share, naturally you don't promote it much." Yu Feibai said casually: "Besides, it was selected by the Western world, and many people were very unconvinced. ”

"How?" Wang Guan asked.

"The so-called three famous swords in the world refer to Damascus swords, Malay acrylic swords, and Japanese samurai swords." Yu Feibai was a little unpleasant: "Now you should understand, why don't you publicize it and be unconvinced." ”

"If you are not convinced, there is no way."

Wang Guan suddenly realized, and at the same time said with a wry smile: "Who said that when it was in line with the world, China's national strength was already very weak and backward. In this case, who would be interested in learning about the historical origins of a weak country. Besides, if you want people to take the initiative to understand the situation, you should also show something convincing yourself. ”

"That's just as well." Yu Feibai nodded and said, "As far as I know, the casting technology of the Malay Clix blade has basically disappeared now. It's just that when the Dutch invaded the Malay Archipelago, the steel pipes of their muskets were often cut by Malay blades, and the extremely sharp tips could pierce their bodies at once. ”

"What's even more terrifying is that some of the delicate ornaments on the surface of the Malay blade are quenched with venom, and if they cut through the skin, they will kill people. This naturally impressed the Dutch, who regarded the Malay blade as the devil's weapon. ”

Yu Feibai said eloquently: "However, no matter how powerful the cold weapon is, it can't compare to the musket cannon. Eventually, the Malay Archipelago was conquered, and the razor-sharp Malay blades became trophies. Ironically, the Malays lost the war, but Kriss won the honor. Unfortunately, after Western countries ruled the Malay Archipelago, Malays were forbidden to wear kris. Naturally, this casting technique gradually declined, and finally slowly disappeared. ”

"Of course, there may be people who have mastered this craft, but we don't know it."

Yu Feibai added, and sighed a little embarrassed: "Anyway, whether it's a Damascus knife, or a Malay cleric blade, or a Japanese samurai sword." The sharpness of them is something that Westerners have actually seen and admitted. Only China's sword, one generation is not as good as the next, it is estimated that only we know it, how can others know. ”

Wang Guan thought so, after counting the history of China's sword development, the bronze sword casting process in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the first in the world, but when the Qin State unified the world, it immediately sold the world's soldiers cast bronze man twelve.

Fortunately, it has recovered in the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, and even made great progress. But after that, the Three Kingdoms, the Two Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Five Chaos and so on, a bunch of messy things all caught up, and the vitality was dispersed again.

Fortunately, the next step is the Datang Mo knife, which swept the world, and the blade is invincible. It was an exciting, exciting and heroic time. It's a pity that after the Anshi Rebellion, it immediately went from prosperity to decline. After the Song Dynasty, the righteousness of the world, and the Yuan Dynasty where several families shared a kitchen knife, the sword culture of the warriors was basically in a stage of interruption.

Needless to say in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was originally a small peasant, and he rebelled and seized the world, so he was particularly afraid of others rebelling against him, and the national policy implemented was naturally the one that emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts.

Finally, there is the so-called prosperous Kangqian era, known as the last glory of the feudal dynasty. There is no need to discredit it, in fact, the national strength of that period, including military strength, was among the best in the world.

However, it was the so-called enlightened monarch and the first emperor of the ages, after coming into contact with Western civilization, that immediately realized the harmfulness of these ideas, and then did not hesitate to close the country, believing that learning the ostrich mentality would lead to long-term peace and stability.

Moreover, after the First Emperor relied on the Hongyi cannons brought by Western missionaries to quell the rebellion of the three feudatories, he immediately sealed the cannons, and then exiled the officials and craftsmen who had mastered the art of casting the cannons. In fact, he was afraid that the Han people would pick up muskets and cannons to expel the Tatars and restore China.

Thinking of this, Wang Guancai sighed that the history of weapons in ancient times was simply a process of self-isolation...... (To be continued)

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