Chapter 42: Confusing

In order to enrich the collection of the Palace Museum, Dean Zhong did this kind of thing a lot, knowing that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and only by grinding foreign workers could he do fine work, so he didn't continue to entangle, anyway, he had already met Qin Xuebing, and he would slowly persuade him later, and he would succeed one day.

Dean Zhong picked up the Tang knife: "The scabbard has been created in recent years, and the style is average, so it has little value." ”

Dean Zhong himself is the world's top appraisal expert, bronze, porcelain, jade do not understand, all fine, is the leader of the domestic collection industry, since the judgment is made, naturally will not be wrong: "But this handle should be a year old, it can be seen that the scabbard was made later, Xiao Qin, where did you collect this knife?" ”

"I collected it in an old farmer's house in the northeast."

Qin Xuebing said the matter roughly, but concealed Shi Zhaiji and Yuan Qinghua: "This knife has cut devils, and it is still a hero's knife." ”

"That's right, there are countless periods of knives used in the Anti-Japanese War, but more people use big knives, Miao knives and the like, but I rarely hear of using Tang knives. I think the owner of this knife should have gotten the Tang knife by chance. ”

Dean Zhong did not rush to pull out the knife, but was very interested in popularizing antique knowledge to Qin Xuebing: "This knife handle is also very level, and its production style is almost imitated by a horizontal knife, but there is still a big difference, that is, the carving on the handle." ”

"There is no carving on the handshake of the handle of the horizontal knife in the Tang knife."

Qian Zhengtai helped explain: "There are four kinds of Tang knives: Mo knives, instrument knives, horizontal knives and barrier knives, and horizontal knives are widely used in the battlefield, and more attention is paid to practicality. On the battlefield, in order to be afraid of the knife falling out of hand, the handle of the horizontal knife will be wound with thread. ”

"I see." Qin Xuebing suddenly realized that since it was used to wrap threads, he naturally would not waste energy carving textures.

"Look at the carving again, and find something." Dean Zhong said again.

The texture on both sides of the handle is the same, both are Zhong Kui catching ghosts, the lines are very simple, as if a few strokes to complete a pattern: "Although the lines are concise, they have completely expressed the content, to a bit similar to the modern decoration style, simple and graceful, but without losing the atmosphere." ”

"That's right, it's typical of the Ming Dynasty."

Dean Zhong nodded and said, "Looking at the handle of the knife again, judging from the pulp, it has a history of five or six hundred years, and it should be a product of the Ming Dynasty." At that time, the information about Tang knives was far more abundant than now, so it was possible to reach this level in the production of knife handles. ”

"Since you want to imitate the Tang knife, why don't you even imitate the handle of the knife?" Qin Xuebing raised his own questions.

"Because of this pattern, Zhong Kui catches ghosts."

Dean Zhong laughed: "Xiao Qin, you should know this, right?" ”

"This is his profession, and he is a master of feng shui." Yin Rou interjected on the side.

"It turned out to be your little beautiful snake, when did it come?" Only then did Dean Zhong discover the existence of femininity.

"Your old man only cares about antiques, so he will care about my existence."

Yin Rou joked: "In the future, if you have trouble in the Forbidden City, don't look for us, and if you look for us, you don't know you." ”

"You girl, deliberately sarcastic."

Dean Zhong smiled bitterly and diverted the topic: "Xiao Qin, have you figured it out?" ”

"Town House!" Qin Xuebing no longer understands that it is not worthy of being a person in Qimen, since ancient times there has been a tradition of using weapons to town houses, and there are still many families with weapons to town houses, the maker of this knife must be using a knife to town houses, so it is engraved with Zhong Kui to catch ghosts.

"That's right, it's used to town houses, now let's take a look at the forging process of the Ming Dynasty."

Dean Zhong pulled out his long knife, and was also startled by the cold knife light that suddenly attacked, and couldn't help but praise: "Good knife, it's really a good knife." ”

"It's good, but it's new." Qian Zhengtai laughed helplessly, who has ever seen a knife that has been inherited for hundreds of years is still the same as it is now, with a brilliant sword?

"This doesn't explain the problem, the Yue Wang Goujian sword and the Wu Wangfu spear were buried underground for two thousand years, especially the Yue Wang Goujian sword, which is almost soaked in water, not the same as new?"

Dean Zhong did not deny this Tang knife because of this, but studied it seriously, and even asked Qian Zhengtai to bring a magnifying glass and ponder carefully: "It's strange, it's weird, it's not the craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"I'll just say, it's not often that Gou Jian Sword is available." Qian Zhengtai said that it has always been a mystery that the Gou Jian Sword can be immortal for thousands of years, but it is generally believed that it is related to the material, and it should contain unknown elements.

But this Tang knife is different, it can be seen at a glance that it is made of steel, which is too different from bronze swords such as Goujian Sword.

"No, this is the forging process of the Tang Dynasty." Dean Zhong said these words slowly, and was also taken aback by his own judgment, it turned out to be the forging process of the Tang Dynasty, doesn't that mean that this is a Tang knife?

The Tang knife was developed on the basis of the Han knife, using the forging process of "100 steel" of the Han knife, and improved the treatment method of impurities in the steel during forging, and created the technology of "Baogang steel", so that the Tang knife is the outside and soft on the inside, and has a strong tenacity.

But the complex process also makes the cost of the Tang knife too expensive, so in the history of our country, only the Tang Dynasty used such a sophisticated weapon.

After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the forging skills of Tang knives were gradually lost, and even with the current modern technology, it was impossible to copy a real Tang knife.

"Won't it?" Qian Zhengtai opened his mouth wide, feeling incredible.

If this is just an imitation of the Ming Dynasty, although it is also an antique, the price will not be too high, at most a million. But if this is a real Tang knife, the value is absolutely immeasurable.

First of all, there is no Tang knife unearthed in China, this is a blank, and this Tang knife has become a unique product. In the antique industry, as long as it has a background and is a unique product, the value is definitely not low.

The second is the significance of the Tang knife itself, from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty, it has always been active on the battlefield, and it is a strong guarantee for the expansion of the territory of the Tang Empire, and its historical value is difficult to measure.

Then there is the influence of the Tang sword, which spread to the east to Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, and evolved into the cold weapon of their nation, and to the southwest it became the ancestor of the Tibetan knife, and became the Song Dynasty knife in the later evolution, which changed out of several kinds of long knives for later generations, which is equivalent to witnessing the strongest empire in the history of our country.

Finally, there is the controversy in today's society, the Japanese knife was transformed from the Tang knife, but because the country did not lie down and was unearthed, the Japanese country did not recognize it to death, causing strong controversy and anger.

There are such four factors, how to measure the value of Tang Dao? Qian Zhengtai can say without hesitation that as long as Qin Xuebing is willing, he can immediately use various channels to borrow money and buy this knife with 100 million.

"That's amazing, isn't it?" Qin Xuebing was stunned for a moment, feeling that this knife was too confusing, the scabbard made in recent decades, the handle made in the Ming Dynasty, and the blade made in the Tang Dynasty gave people the feeling that there was just one word, Xuan!

"yes, it's amazing, it's so amazing I can't believe it." Dean Zhong also couldn't believe his judgment, he had never seen such a complicated antique in his life.

However, if it has to be connected in series, it seems that it is not difficult to explain.

This knife was made in the Tang Dynasty and was discovered in the Ming Dynasty, but the handle had decayed, so later generations made a new handle for him, after all, the blade and the handle were made separately, and the maker could not spend the same effort to make the handle.

Then this knife was circulated again and again, until it was obtained by Uncle Li's father during the Anti-Japanese War, so he made a new scabbard until today it was obtained by Qin Xuebing.

"But don't be too happy, I can only say that this is the forging process of the Tang Dynasty, but I don't say that this is the production of the Tang Dynasty." Dean Zhong did not recklessly decide, the forging process of the Tang Dynasty was not lost immediately after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, but the subsequent dynasties could not afford the expensive cost of the Tang sword, so it was slowly lost.

Therefore, no one can be sure whether there was still a small number of people in the Ming Dynasty who mastered the forging process of the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, it is also a big doubt that this knife is too well preserved, and Dean Zhong does not dare to conclude easily, otherwise it will not be so simple as being rumored to be produced in the Tang Dynasty in the end, and it will not be so simple as being ashamed, and some people will even use this to attack the authoritative surname of the experts of the Palace Museum: "Xiao Qin, I suggest doing a carbon 14 test, with my judgment, plus the carbon 14 test, it should be able to cover the coffin." ”

"Okay, I'll send it to the appraisal station when I get back." Qin Xuebing picked up the Tang knife, and at the same time urged the vitality, wanting to identify the age with a jade pen.

If he only thought that this Tang knife was related to Qimen before, then now he has infinite curiosity about this knife, eager to know if it really has such a confusing life experience and a difficult and tortuous fate.

Also, what does this knife have to do with Qimen.

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