Shi Bao smiled faintly and said, "My brother stepped out and said, in addition to some broken pottery and broken porcelain, there is also a white marble statue the size of a stone stone, because it is too heavy to bring out, most of the rest you have seen with your own eyes." ”

"Ahem, cough, cough"

Hearing this, Liu Yuhao coughed violently, his head was full of black lines, and he said in his heart: "What do you mean?" ”

The jade kneeling man and the Nine Trick Plug were bought back by Liu Yuhao for 10 million yuan before, and now although these old antiques are extremely precious, they were brought by Shi Bao himself, besides, Liu Yuhao didn't say that he wanted to accept it.

What's that, Shi Bao's sad look really makes people feel blocked.

"Brother Shi, what did you just say, I have seen most of them with my own eyes?"

Suddenly, Liu Yuhao patted his head and remembered the reserved part of Shi Bao's words.

was revealed by Liu Yuhao's words, Shi Bao had mixed feelings in his heart, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he finally took out the last secret hidden by his side, "Mr. Liu, you better take a look at these copper coins." ”

"Brother Shi, you should still call me brother in the future, it sounds awkward to always be a gentleman, a gentleman."

At first, Liu Yuhao didn't care, and he was talking to Shi Bao with a smile, but when he saw the copper coin in Shi Bao's hand clearly, his eyes suddenly widened, and his mouth opened and never closed.

Shi Bao had already guessed that Liu Yuhao would have such an expression, and said lightly: "Brother, let me tell you the truth, you must wonder why I have already judged that the tomb was stolen, but I still have to ask Yao Si'er for help, and the secret lies in these dozen copper coins." ”

The Ming Dynasty was an important stage in the history of ancient feudal social economy, and in the historical process of its commodity money economic development, the currency circulation system also changed accordingly.

Throughout the period of the Minting Bank before Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and the evolution of the monetary system of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the pure paper money circulation that was implemented in the early Ming Dynasty, copper coins have always been one of the legal tenders of the imperial court, and paper money and silver constitute the circulation currency structure at that time.

Therefore, the money law, the banknote law and the silver system are the basic components of the currency circulation system in the Ming Dynasty. In the study of the history of the Ming Dynasty known to Liu Yuhao, the Ming banknotes and silver have always been the subject of painstaking research.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has a lot of money layouts quite chaotic, only as far as Liu Yuhao knows, there are more than 100 kinds of coins minted during the period of Zhu Youzhen of Ming Yizong, which is magnificent, difficult to enumerate.

Shi Bao's so-called secret is the copper coins he just took out in his hand.

Liu Yuhao was stunned, took a few of them and looked at them carefully, only to see one of them covered in green armor, with an old appearance and an old dragon clock; Its casting is still workmanlike, the ground seal is smooth, the edge is round, and the mouth is clean; I also saw that its money was deep and convex, the calligraphy was strong, and the body of Hongwu Qian was cast at a glance.

Obviously, this is a product that opens the door at a glance.

"This, this is the Zhen style in Hongwu money, when the five-type back jaw?"

In fact, Liu Yuhao has been able to affirm the inheritance of that copper coin, and the reason why there is this question is nothing more than a supplement to the shock in his heart.

In Ding Fubao's "Ancient Coins of the Past Dynasties", it is recorded that the value of this kind of money has been as high as 80 silver dollars, which is one of the most valuable styles in all Hongwu coins recorded in history.

Shi Bao nodded, took out another one from the dozen or so copper coins with a blank face, and said, "Brother Liu, you can take a look at this one again." ”

"This is bareback folded ten-type Chongzhen Tongbao money!"

After seeing the pattern of the copper coin clearly, Liu Yuhao's voice changed significantly, and the muscles on his face twitched involuntarily a few times, truly showing the consternation in his heart at this moment.

In the Chongzhen Tongbao money system, Chongzhen Tongbao light back fold ten types for the rarest variety, the original Baoquan Bureau made a total of less than 10,000 pieces of this kind of money, can be passed on to the present world I am afraid that there are only a dozen or so pieces at most, can see the two rarest money in the Ming Dynasty in private hands at one time, Liu Yuhao is not surprised to be difficult.

A closer look at the coin shows that it is bright and bright as a whole, and there is no doubt that it is brass. Liu Yuhao hurriedly took out a magnifying glass to take a closer look, and it could be seen that the gold spots on the Chongzhen Tongbao coin were shining, which showed that it was undoubtedly a gilded product.

At the same time, Liu Yuhao also found a very strange place, Chongzhen Tongbao money seems to have scale scars visible, this manifestation in the archaeological field can be concluded that it should be from the puddle tomb.

Shi Bao said with a smile: "Brother, this kind of Chongzhen Tongbao money, because of the thick gilt layer, is hidden in relatively clean water, so it is still yellow and bright after coming out of the water, I haven't played with it." ”

Liu Yuhao's face showed a different color, and said: "This Chongzhen Tongbao coin is cast neatly and naturally, repairing and repairing the wheel, the wheel side is oblique, and there is the appearance of cake money, although its outline is slightly out of shape, but the whole still highlights the appearance of the official furnace is casting, and this kind of large-door money making is very rare even in the National Museum." ”

Shi Bao smiled faintly, pointed to the four characters of Chongzhen Tongbao, and said: "Brother look at this money, it adheres to the consistent style of Chongzhen money, especially the strokes of its words are cast naturally, without the slightest sign of pretentiousness, no wonder Chongzhen only minted 10,000 pieces and gave up." ”

"Chongzhen, that can't afford to pay such a high price."

Liu Yuhao seemed to be smiling, although he kept flipping through the Chongzhen Tongbao coin in his hand, his eyes turned to the few old antiques brought by Shi Bao again.

It is worth mentioning that the Chongzhen Tongbao coin is not the same as the ten coins he had seen before or recorded in the book. Among them, the "Chong" word "mountain" in Liu Yuhao's hand is "slanted mountain"; The word "pass" is "double point pass", which is different from the spectrum "single point pass"; The "Zhen" of the word "Zhen" is "eight-character Zhen"; The next two strokes of the word "Bao" and "Bei" are "eight-character legs".

Under a closer look, the meaning of the four characters is another personality of the book, from which it can be concluded that this Chongzhen Tongbao coin is showing how determined Emperor Chongzhen was to rectify the money law, but unfortunately the national strength at that time did not allow him to do so, and in the end there was no choice.

The year of Chongzhen is less than 400 years ago, and in terms of the common concept of some people, its various forms and layouts should be seen by the world.

However, the complexity of historical coinage and its inheritance is not subject to human will, and some coins, even if they are not long, may be hidden in a period of time for various reasons, and it is just as difficult for the world to see if some chance is not reached.

After a long time, Shi Bao sighed and said, "Brother Liu, don't you think it's strange after seeing these money-makings?" ”

"It's weird, indeed."

Liu Yuhao said "um" lightly, glanced at Shi Bao with an indifferent expression, and sneered: "Brother Shi, it is obviously a tomb in the Song Dynasty, but it was made in the Ming Dynasty, do you think I should believe what you say, or should I go to the so-called cemetery to inspect it myself?" ”

Shi Bao's eyebrows jumped when he heard this, his mouth was full of bitterness, he had long thought that he would be mistaken for crazy if he took out those copper coins, but he still did it without hesitation.

The reason that prompted Shi Bao to make up his mind was precisely because the palace doctor took Shi Ping away, since the doctor thought that his daughter's illness had hope of being cured, why did he risk being in prison to do the stupid thing of robbing the tomb?

Now Shi Bao has a huge sum of 10 million paid to him by Liu Yuhao, which is enough for their father and daughter to live without worrying for a lifetime, as for why there is a strange thing about the Ming ware of the Song tomb in the tomb, it is still left to the "curious people" to solve.

In Shi Bao's cognition, the person who can take on the "heavy responsibility" and has a heavy curiosity is naturally Liu Yuhao.

"Brother, you should know that tomb robbery is an act that damages yin morality, if there is really no way to live, how can I consider taking the road of tomb robbery."

Shi Bao said with a wry smile.

Liu Yuhao smiled faintly, and the expression on his face seemed to tell Shi Bao that he had no interest in Shi Bao's words.

Shi Bao could feel the disdain and ridicule at the corner of Liu Yuhao's mouth, raised his head slightly, his eyes were full of determination, and said: "Whether you believe it or not, Mr. Liu, I feel that there are definitely shocking secrets hidden in that tomb, which is why I have obtained these old men who have opened the door but still want to use Yao Si'er's power to explore that tomb." ”

Since everyone doesn't trust each other, Shi Bao has repositioned his brother as a gentleman.

"What do you suspect?" Liu Yuhao said lightly.

Shi Bao did not avoid Liu Yuhao's gaze this time, and said with a light smile: "I think that tomb was occupied by doves in the early years, but what secrets and stories are in it, no one can guess before the tomb is opened." ”

"Oh, is that so?"

Liu Yuhao's eyebrows twitched slightly, and his expression was no longer as cold as he was at the beginning, after all, what Shi Bao said was the part of his conjecture in his heart, if Shi Bao did not have a conspiracy next, then what he said had eighty percent credibility.

Shi Bao smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, I don't know if you have noticed, those copper coins just now are not coins of a period, and I can conclude that they did not belong to the same pit at first." ”

"Hmm"! Liu Yuhao nodded, and a slight agreement came out of his nose.

If Liu Yuhao didn't believe Shi Bao a second ago, but now he can be sure that Shi Bao is not lying, among the several raw pit objects that Shi Bao presented, some of them are indeed water pit burial goods, and others are dry pit products, with Liu Yuhao's professional knowledge, it is not difficult to see this.

Shi Bao glanced at Liu Yuhao and continued: "Mr. Liu, if I'm not mistaken, what you want to know most now is probably how did this green rust come from, right?" ”

Liu Yuhao's eyes suddenly lit up, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and said: "Those green rusts are the products of silver oxidation, am I right, Brother Shi?" ”

Suddenly, Shi Bao's face changed several times in a short period of time.