When I got home, the second uncle and aunt were already waiting at home. They also heard about the purchase of obsolete banknotes in the village, so they turned their own out. In fact, it's not that their family doesn't have it, but Chu Jiaqiang doesn't know.

"In the past, the landlord's house was raided, and our family was in decline. At that time, all those belongings were robbed, and at that time, your grandfather had to hide some easy collections, and many people didn't know about them. Before he died, he also instructed him not to take it out until it was absolutely necessary, so as not to cause trouble. The second uncle opened a wooden box.

Everyone saw that the lock of this wooden box was made of gold, and their eyes lit up, and it must be a good thing inside.

"This lock is a golden lock!" Zhou Furong's eyes lit up.

This is a long-life lock, also known as a jewelry lock, which is a characteristic lock commonly used in ancient times. The textures are gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, stone, jade, bone, etc. The shape is like ingots or ruyi, and eye-catching words or patterns are engraved on both sides of the lock body to express people's expectations for a better life.

Among the jewelry locks, there is another very famous one, that is, the hundred locks. Baijia Bao lock belongs to the Citi lock category, this lock is 14cm high, 16cm wide, the front is engraved with "Qilin Delivery", and the back is engraved with the words "Baijia Bao Lock". Eight bells hang under the lock, and two bees on each side are constantly collecting honey. This lock is attached to the bed or door. It goes without saying that it is specially made for the survival of a son.

"The wood of this box also has a lot of origins." Old Man Zhou's eyes narrowed slightly.

Hong Lao nodded, touched the box with his hand, and said, "This is golden silk nanmu, which is very valuable." In the past, your family was a landlord, but this time everyone believes it. ”

"Golden Silk Nanmu? Haven't heard of it. The second uncle was slightly stunned. The lock was gold, and it was precious, he knew it. How precious can wood be? Can it be better than gold? He was a little puzzled, seeing the golden lock, the two old men didn't have any expression at all, but the box made of wood seemed to be very interested.

"This wood used to be reserved for the royal family, and it was no cheaper than gold." Zhou Furong explained slightly.

The wood is stable, not warped or cracked, and durable; In addition, it is mild, warm in winter and cool in summer, and has a fresh and pleasant aroma. Historically, the golden silk nanmu was used exclusively in the royal palace, a few temples of the building and furniture, the imperial dragon chair throne must also be made of high-quality nanmu, if someone uses it without authorization, it will be guilty of transgressing the ritual system. Due to the scarcity of golden silk nanmu wood, it is more precious than the new material golden silk nanmu.

In addition, its grain is fine and magnificent, exquisite and abnormally golden silk nan wood texture is warm and soft, the texture is delicate and accessible, the surface of the newly cut wood is yellow with green, and it exudes a fragrant fragrance in the rain. The utensils made of golden silk nanmu are not hard and beautiful, and they emit a trace of golden light under the light, but they are quiet and innocent, demure and low-key. Some Nanmu materials are more rare to form natural landscape character patterns, because of their strong luster, even if they are not painted, they are brighter and brighter.

"Golden silk nanmu is a precious wood unique to our country, at the end of the Ming Dynasty has been on the verge of extinction, in the early years of Kangxi, also sent officials to the southern provinces to purchase Nanmu, due to excessive cost, Kangxi deeply felt that this move is too luxurious, labor and money, no benefit to state affairs, so the use of Manchurian yellow pine, many of the wooden pillars of the hall are spliced together with outsourced nanmu." Old Man Zhou continued.

Originally, it should be difficult to find golden silk nanmu, but due to the development of modern information and communication transportation, a small amount of golden silk nanmu can still be found by careful searching, and there are very few golden silk nanmu objects for sale on the market, even if you occasionally encounter it, the price is extremely high.

Chu Jiaqiang had also heard a lot of rumors about this precious wood, but he didn't know this kind of wood either, maybe the wood guild in the village knew about it. After all, people specialize in wood. Even if you don't, you should have seen it.

It is rumored that this kind of wood is extremely resistant to decay and will not rot if buried in the ground for thousands of years, so the emperor's coffin is mostly made of golden silk nanmu. And there is also a fragrance of nanmu, which is recorded in ancient books and does not invade by hundreds of insects.

"This box should not have been touched for a long time, and the color has darkened. You have 1000 size sandpaper, right? Polish, and the chest will glitter again. This is the preciousness of golden silk nanmu, not like other wood, it has to be painted to prevent corrosion and insects, in order to be shiny. "When Hong Lao looked at this box, it should be more than a thousand years old. In the past, it should have been something in the palace, but I don't know how it flowed out, but it was obtained by Chu Jiaqiang's ancestors, and it has been passed down.

"Last time, in an art treasure exhibition at the Wangfujing Gongmei Museum, a pair of top cabinets of Jin Si Nan were priced at more than 3 million, a set of Jin Si Nan screens were priced at more than 1 million, and a Jin Si Nan Luohan bed was priced at 700,000 yuan, this treasure is quite valuable." Zhou Furong only noticed the top of the golden lock at first.

As soon as these words came out, Chu Shengmin and the others were shocked. It's no wonder that this thing is a little big, and it is more than a million at every turn, and rural people can't afford it. Didn't you see the old village chief? Changed tens of thousands, two or three hundred thousand, and until now I have been happy, and I am destined to lose sleep tonight.

"It's good that I didn't take it out before, otherwise, I would really be ashamed of my ancestors." Chu Shengmin knew very well that the time when Chu Jiaqiang's parents had an accident was the most difficult time in the family, and he wanted to secretly take it out as a few times several times. And when Chu Jiaqiang was in college, he almost couldn't help it.

I also understand that if I took it out at that time, I would definitely be deceived by others, and it was a good thing for the baby to be sold cheaply.

"How do you identify the golden silk nanmu?" Li Quan couldn't help but ask.

"One look: look at the color, the golden silk nanmu is generally light yellow, and occasionally the old material will show golden yellow, and the outermost layer has light purple. If the new cut is yellow-brown with light green, it will refract a trace of gold in the sun, which is what we call gold wire.

Second smell: smell the fragrance, the golden silk nanmu belongs to the camphor wood, so there will be a faint smell of camphor wood. Generally speaking, the fragrance of the new material is as light as medicinal materials, and the old material is mostly faint and faint, while the gloomy material is mostly agarwood, sometimes with a strong floral and fruity fragrance.

Three: weight, the wood is hard and delicate, wear-resistant and not easy to deform and crack, so it feels heavy, and the weight is comparable to mahogany. "Old man Zhou slowly analyzes for everyone, these knowledge private collections are not interesting, their favorite thing for these old people is to popularize it for young people, hoping that some things can be passed on instead of being swallowed up by modern products.

"First of all, you have to judge that it is Nanmu, and Nanmu is not necessarily Jinsi Nanmu. But knowing that it is Nanmu, Jin Si Nan is easy to judge. See if there is a golden wire inside, if there is a golden silk nanmu. Hong Lao also explained.

In addition, there are actually three kinds of golden silk nanmu in the current market.

One is the new golden silk nanmu, which is prohibited by the state and the number is scarce, so it is very risky; The second category is the old golden silk nanmu, which has a wide range of sources, including the demolition of the old houses in the early Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the maintenance and demolition of the ancient temples in the Three Gorges Interception and Relocation Area and the mainland, and the coffins excavated from the ancient tombs; The third category is the ebony golden silk nanmu, that is, the gloomy wood golden silk nanmu, which is buried in the river or buried in the ground for thousands of years due to crustal changes, which has been deliberately called a treasure.