Chapter 139: [A Box of Gold] (Third Update)

At the moment of opening the red sandalwood box, a dazzling golden light sprinkled Qin Fan's pupils. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's ...... Gold? ”

It was only at this time that Qin Fan understood why this delicate and small red sandalwood box sank into the silt at the bottom of the sea, and it turned out to be full of boxes of Song Dynasty gold products.

Seeing more than a dozen priceless gold bracelets and golden steps in the red sandalwood box, Qin Fan's heart pounded uncontrollably.

Prosperous antiques, troubled gold.

Gold has been a precious metal favored by people since ancient times, and has played an important role as the world's currency throughout its long history.

Qin Fan took out a golden step from the red sandalwood box and squinted his eyes and observed it carefully, this golden step shook was 28 centimeters long, and there was a pair of unfolded wings at the upper end of the golden hairpin, and the wings were inlaid with finely carved jade pieces, and the jade pieces were surrounded by hollow plum orchids and bamboo chrysanthemums. Woven from fine gold threads, the tassel-like charms inlaid with pearls and jade are grouped and drooping, like a living butterfly spreading its wings, which is very vivid.

The craftsmanship of this golden step shake can be called the pinnacle, even modern craftsmanship may not be able to pinch out such a slender gold wire, which makes Qin Fan amazed.

In addition to this golden step, there are also several valuable red gold bracelets and a gold belt in the red sandalwood box.

Qin Fan found a gold bracelet in the red sandalwood box, checked it with his hand, and found that this gold bracelet was very heavy, engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns, the color was pure and shiny, and the gold was bright and shiny, it should be a "full red gold" with high purity.

Generally speaking, natural gold that has not been smelted and purified is called raw gold, while gold that has been smelted and purified with higher purity is called cooked gold.

According to the purity and fineness of cooked gold, people generally divide cooked gold into red gold, colored gold, mixed color gold and K gold.

Gold sold on the international market, with a fineness of 99.6%, is called red gold. In ancient China, some gold products were engraved with the words "full red gold", which was red gold with a purity of more than 99%.

Colored gold, also known as "tide gold", refers to mature gold with low fineness, and the gold content is generally between 30% and 99%.

Melanged gold refers to the cooked gold that contains other metals such as copper, iron, lead, and zinc. As for what we often call karat gold, it specifically refers to the gold made of copper and silver according to a certain ratio and the formula of pure gold as 24K.

The greater the proportion of K gold in silver, the greener the color will be. The higher the proportion of copper, the purplish-red color will appear.

"These gold bracelets are all full of red gold!"

As far as Qin Fan knows, the purity of horseshoe gold and lintoe gold in the Han Dynasty is only about 70%, while the gold content of the red gold bowl in the Tang Dynasty is about 90%.

In ancient times, gold jewelry that could reach full red gold was even rarer, but he didn't expect that the purity of this box of gold products from the Song Dynasty that he fished out from the bottom of the sea could reach full red gold.

It can be seen that the owner of this Song Dynasty merchant ship should have been a wealthy family at that time, but unfortunately, this merchant ship encountered a disaster during the voyage, and finally sank to the bottom of the sea, and it was not until hundreds of years later that it could not be seen again.

At this time, Qin Fan's eyes fell on the golden belt, and he curiously took out the gold belt and rubbed it gently in his hand. Because the rosewood boxes containing these gold jewellery are waterproof and sealed, the gold belt still looks as shiny as new even after hundreds of years at the bottom of the sea.

As the saying goes, murder and arson gold belt.

In ancient times, the gold belt was a symbol of wealth.

The buckles on this gold belt are made of pure gold, and each buckle has a protruding border on the edge, and the frames are engraved with ornaments such as beasts, flowers and fruits, and entwined branches.

As far as he knew, this shape of gold belt was generally worn by princes and nobles at that time. So far, there are only three gold belts of the same shape in the Southern Song Dynasty found in China.

Qin Fan tried to tie this gold belt around his waist and buckle it up, but he almost blinded his eyes.

What, this gold belt is also a little too tyrant, and after wearing it, it is full of nouveau riche déjà vu, even on a deserted island where no one is, Qin Fan still feels a little ashamed.

After searching in the red sandalwood box for a while, Qin Fan found six pairs of gold bracelets, three finely carved gold steps, a pair of red gold bowls, and many fragments of gold jewelry, all of which were very exquisite.

"Tsk, if this box of gold products from the Southern Song Dynasty is taken out, it will definitely cause a sensation in the collection world, and the valuation will be more than 10 million RMB."

In particular, the three golden steps are very exquisite, and the unique filigree process is at its peak, and even the modern process can not be perfectly imitated.

It's just that what makes Qin Fan entangled is that although this box of gold is priceless, it is useless for Qin Fan who is on a desert island, and he can't eat or drink, at most it's just a good-looking metal.

After the excitement calmed down, Qin Fan groaned for a while, and decided to hide this box of gold for the time being, and then take it out after he was rescued.

At this time, Qin Fan's stomach made a thunderous sound.

After salvaging at the bottom of the sea for such a long time, Qin Fan had already digested the little thing he ate in the morning, and his hungry eyes were dizzy, and he couldn't wait to eat a whole cow.

Qin Fan, who was hungry, couldn't care so much at this time, and picked up this rough stone axe, screaming and catching coconut crabs everywhere on the island.

The coconut crab, which was originally living carefree on this island, suddenly suffered, and it didn't take long for Qin Fan to eat it as lunch.

After eating two huge coconut crabs and some fruits, the feeling of extreme hunger was finally relieved a little.

To Qin Fan's surprise, after staying on the uninhabited island for a few days, he found that his appetite was getting bigger and bigger, and if he continued like this, I was afraid that the creatures on the island would be exhausted by himself.

"Alas, how did buddy become a rice bucket."

In addition to eating more, Qin Fan unexpectedly found that his physical strength and endurance had also become extremely strong, and his physical fitness had been greatly improved.

Originally, Qin Fan's figure was a little thin, but in the past few days, he has eaten and drunk seafood and coconut crabs, and his figure has become very strong, and his well-proportioned and strong muscles look particularly toned in the sun.

It's just that after a whole day, Qin Fan still couldn't wait for the search and rescue ship to appear, and could only continue to be a wild man on an uninhabited island.

On the third day of being on an uninhabited island, after being fully prepared this time, Qin Fan dived to the bottom of the sea again and salvaged the sunken location of the wreck, and as a result, he salvaged some copper coins from the Southern Song Dynasty.

"This is the Shaoxing ingots of the Southern Song Dynasty!"

Shaoxing ingots are a kind of coin ordered by Zhao Gou of Song Gaozong during the Shaoxing period. Because at that time, it was the period of war between the Song and Jin countries, and there were not many coins minted, especially the Shaoxing Xiaoping coins unearthed were extremely rare.

As we all know, collecting ancient coins is not about how old they are, but about how much they have survived. Like the five-baht coin in the Western Han Dynasty, although it is old, this kind of coin has a large amount of existence and has little collection value.

The Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing ingots salvaged by Qin Fan from the bottom of the sea are very rare, and often a Shaoxing ingot can be sold for tens of thousands of RMB.

This time, Qin Fan salvaged more than 30 ancient coins in the silt under the wreck, and according to his speculation, there were still a large number of such Shaoxing ingots hidden in the wreck. If all the ancient coins in the shipwreck can be salvaged, it will be a huge fortune.

It's just that compared to these riches, Qin Fan only wants to eat a bowl of braised pork now. If there was a bowl of shiny braised pork in front of him now, even if he was asked to exchange it for gold.

Although the taste of seafood is good, because Qin Fan has no seasoning, his mouth will fade out of the bird.

After eating sea fish, scallops, and oysters for several days in a row, Qin Fan now can't help but feel sick to his stomach when he sees seafood. If he can get out of danger this time, Qin Fan probably won't want to eat seafood again for a month.

In order to find new ingredients, Qin Fan found a sharp stone and tied it to a long wooden stick with rattan to make a rough stone spear.

Qin Fan saw that he was holding a stone spear in one hand and a stone axe in the other, and he was only wearing pants woven from leaves, looking like a primitive person, and couldn't help but touch his forehead with his hand, this shape was really a little spicy.

He had already explored that this uninhabited island was not infested with large carnivorous beasts, but rather with seabirds and colorful pheasants.

Qin Fan had the intention of beating a seabird or pheasant to come over to fight the tooth sacrifice and improve the food. But these beasts were too cunning and cautious, as long as there was any trouble, they would immediately flapp their wings and flee, not giving Qin Fan any chance at all.

Although he couldn't hit the seabirds, Qin Fan found a few eggs on the tree and made himself a feast of bird eggs.

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Meanwhile, a search and rescue ship sails on the blue sea as far as the eye can see.

Qiao Zhenzhen stood at the bow of the boat, frowning tightly, looking around the vast sea with a worried face, praying that Qin Fan's traces could be found.

Three days have passed since Qin Fan disappeared at sea, both the Damai brothers and sisters and the sea search and rescue team members thought that Qin Fan should have been killed, but Qiao Zhenzhen firmly believed that he was still alive and insisted on going to sea to find Qin Fan's whereabouts.

"Zhenzhen, you haven't closed your eyes for a few days, let's go take a rest first, I'll watch here." Big Mac walked over and looked at Qiao Zhenzhen, who looked haggard, and said.

Qiao Zhenzhen glanced at the boundless sea and sighed in his heart.

She only informed Fang Xiaojun of the news of Qin Fan's disappearance at sea, and she didn't dare to tell Qin's father and Qin's mother, for fear that they would not be able to bear it. After learning the news, Fang Xiaojun was stunned, and immediately booked a plane ticket to fly to Okinawa to find Qin Fan's whereabouts.

No one could persuade Fang Xiaojun's stubbornness, and although Fang Xiaojun didn't blame Qiao Zhenzhen on the phone, she felt extremely self-reproachful in her heart and felt that she had no face to face Fang Xiaojun.

Just when Qiao Zhenzhen was really lost, suddenly a familiar voice came to her ear.