"That's some stones, I'm going to take them home to make a stone path, and walking on them is good for the acupuncture points on the soles of my feet."

Tan Changqiao said with a smile: "You know maintenance at a young age, and you will definitely be able to live a long life." In my life, except for going to archaeological sites and climbing mountains, I have never exercised at all. ”

Wuyang said: "You are so quiet, I am active, each has its own strengths, not necessarily active will live long." You look at the turtle and the dog, the turtle is so quiet, it has a lifespan of a thousand years, the dog is very active, and it will be old in more than ten years. ”

"You're a blind analogy."

"I have a basis for this, you see so many famous scholars, all of whom have lived to be in their 90s."

"Isn't your grandfather Zhang also 90 years old, and he still has a son in his 80s."

"Do you want to have another son?"

Tan Changqiao said with a smile: "Secretary Li, don't make fun of me." ”

When he arrived at the cultural relics warehouse, Tan Changqiao found someone to come and slowly chiseled the seal at the junction between the mouth of the pottery urn and the lid, and when he opened the lid, he immediately flashed with golden light.

"Secretary Li, this is a golden bowl with a mandarin duck lotus petal pattern, it should be something from the Tang Dynasty, and it is on display in the History Museum of Xijing." Professor Tan picked up a bowl and said.

Because Wuyang has long known that this pottery urn is full of this kind of golden bowls, it is estimated that it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to leave so many golden bowls for the Song Dynasty to do foreign trade. "Professor Tan, although I don't dare to doubt your authority, I always have doubts."

"Secretary Li, look at this golden bowl, its shape and lotus petal decoration are made by hammering process, and then use the technique of engraving to chisel out various animals and birds in the lotus petals. Bumpy and undulating lotus petals. Make the utensils like blooming flowers. Such a luxurious and exquisite production of zuò not only expresses the aesthetic taste of the best artists of the Tang Dynasty, but also embodies the talent and wisdom of the top craftsmen. ”

Wuyang smiled and said, "Professor Tan, your analysis is very incisive, but have you considered it?" After the Tang Dynasty, after a long period of war like five dynasties and ten kingdoms, can the golden bowl be preserved so much, is it so good? ”

Tan Changqiao said: "Secretary Li, how can you be sure that the shipwreck is from the Song Dynasty?" ”

"The Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty has always been by land, and the Silk Road on land in the Song Dynasty was not passed, so the maritime Silk Road was vigorously developed."

"Yes, yes, you have a point. The Song Dynasty was the most prosperous period of China's Maritime Silk Road, and although the Yuan Dynasty inherited the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, it was for a long time because of the geographical span of Eurasia. The Maritime Silk Road is less important. In the Ming Dynasty, a sea ban was implemented. The Maritime Silk Road is on the wane. Hey, it's still a golden bowl underneath, and it's really possible that it's not from the Tang Dynasty. ”

Professor Tan took the golden bowls out one by one, and after taking out 10, he went to another pottery urn to get them, and the situation was the same, so he smiled at Wuyang and said: "Secretary Li, what you said is right, these are definitely not things from the Tang Dynasty, they should be imitated by the Song Dynasty." However, these golden bowls are definitely not worse than those of the Tang Dynasty, and we use them for exhibition, and outsiders can't see them. ”

Wang Tong, a young professor next to him, said: "Teacher Tan, there are still things in the pottery urn, let's take it out and see if it has also reached the level of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Wuyang and Wang Tong took things out, which were silver bowls, gold cups, silver cups, silver pots, silver plates, gold bracelets inlaid with gemstones, silver bracelets inlaid with gemstones, and there were a lot of gold coins at the bottom. Professor Tan picked up a gold coin and looked at it, and said with a smile: "It's really something from the Song Dynasty." ”

Wang Tong asked: "Secretary Li, are there any of these things in the shipwreck?" ”

"There are also more than a dozen pottery urns and dozens of wooden boxes, because I was only carrying an oxygen cylinder at the time, and the water depth was more than 30 meters, so it was good to be able to get these two. For the rest, I have already arranged for a salvage ship to salvage, and it is estimated that it will be shipped back within ten days. Professor Wang, I think these things are very ordinary. ”

Wang Tong said with a smile: "Now our museum has received so many at once, no matter how valuable things are, they are ordinary, and rare things are expensive." These things should have been copied from the Song Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, and they were all exported as practical tools. ”

Wuyang asked: "How much gold and silver could the Song Dynasty produce, and how luxurious it could be used as a practical tool with such a thing?" ”

Tan Changqiao said: "The territory of the Song Dynasty only reached the Yellow River Valley in the north, and the Silk Road on land was not accessible, but foreign trade still had to be done, and there were not many records of it in historical documents. According to my estimates, although gold and silver are used as practical tools, the price of selling them must be more expensive than pure gold and silver. If people have money, they can certainly use it as a practical tool. However, the metal composition of these gold and silver utensils is not pure gold and silver, they are all selected according to the different properties and requirements of the utensils, and different metal content ratios are selected. ”

Wang Tong said: "Secretary Li, these things of ours are out of the water, and their value is not as high as that of the unearthed, but their research value is the same." You see, these types are quite regular, the fastening is very tight, we are so developed in science and technology today, we can't imagine how the concave and convex strips on the outside of this silver bowl are carved so accurately, and how they are docked in the end. ”

Wuyang smiled and said, "This is what you experts are going to study." ”

Tan Changqiao said: "The ancients talked about the poor scriptures, and I have been studying archaeology for more than 50 years, and I feel that the things I need to learn are still endless." ”

"Professor Tan, Professor Wang, let's keep these things and study them slowly. I may be going to participate in an artifact transfer event recently, and the seller doesn't want anyone but me to attend. But my little knowledge of cultural relics is too much to see, and I want you to make it up for me. ”

Professor Tan said: "I specialize in calligraphy and painting, and Xiao Wang is a goldsmith, let's go with you first?" ”

"Okay, I'm sorry for you."

When Professor Tan came to the warehouse where calligraphy and paintings were stored, the walls around him were all large cabinets that were level with the ceiling, except for the doors. Calligraphy and painting are the weak points in the Wuyang collection, but after the back mountain in the village of Master Zu Deqiang said that he got those, he was barely strong. The main thing is that the museum has collected some from the outside, and it is still not sure whether it is true or false.

"Secretary Li. To identify the authenticity of a calligraphy or painting. There are so many things to be aware of. I'll give you a brief explanation, I don't know if I can use it when the time comes. Looking at calligraphy and painting, we must first be clear about the painter's painting style, after being familiar with it, when we see the picture, we basically have a score; The second is the inscription, that is, the character, after the painter formed the style. Writing has basically become a habit, and the ancients like to inscribe and seal in the blank space when collecting calligraphy and paintings, which may have destroyed the painting at that time, but these people are not nameless, and their inscriptions have become an important basis for identifying authenticity; Again, there are seals, there are only a few seals commonly used by famous painters, and we usually know when we see a lot; There is also the paper, whether it is a real old object or a worn-out, and you can still tell it if you look closely. It's hard to remember if you talk too much at once. Let's take a look at the real thing. ”

Professor Tan was wearing white gloves, and Wuyang was also putting them on. "Professor Tan. You must have a monograph, shall I find it and read it? ”

Tan Changqiao said with a smile: "The book is out, if you want to read it, you will take a set and go." However, after reading books and learning theories, I want to be able to identify cultural relics, which is similar to learning to swim on the shore. ”

"I don't have time right now."

"I'll show you the real thing, and then look at the fake, and you'll have a more intuitive understanding."

Wuyang asked, "Do we have many fakes here?" ”

"Not much, mainly the ones you and Mr. Zhang picked up from the boss. We solicit calligraphy and paintings, with the purpose of preferring shortage to abundance, and resolutely do not buy those who are not sure. ”

Professor Tan opened the cabinet, "Secretary Li, these must be genuine, let's see, from which aspects can we affirm that it is genuine." What is in the cabinet over there is something that we can't judge accurately, and we can't assume it to be true based on those points. ”

After opening the two cabinets and about to take out the painting scroll, Wang Tong came in, "Mr. Tan, the landline has your phone." ”

Wuyang thought, Qi Shaowen may be almost there, Professor Tan is here to answer the phone, just find an excuse to slip away, and come back next time when he has time. But Professor Tan left in a hurry, Wuyang was fine, remembering the last time he looked at the wreck on the yacht, he could see the purple qi in the pottery urn, so he wanted to try the real qi, what would be the difference between the real work and the fake.

Looking at the real work, the painting scrolls in the cabinet all have purple gas, but the shade is different, and then look at the fakes that Professor Tan has determined, there is also a faint purple gas, take a scroll in your hand and look at it, the purple gas is gone. After changing the shaft, it is still like this, and if it is changed again, there is no purple gas. Thinking that these fakes must have been around for many years, and they also have aura, and when they get together, they will have purple energy. When I picked up the real work again, the purple qi was also very light, but it was slightly better than the fake, and it was not exactly what it looked like when it was piled together. There is no difference between this kind of paper calligraphy and painting, genuine and fake, and the true qi explores them, only because of the different ages, the purple qi produced is different. If you identify an object individually, you may still not be able to distinguish it. Okay, it's good to have a difference, and there's a way. Whether it works or not, I'll look at other objects later.

"Secretary Li, I'm looking for you, I let him in." Tan Changqiao came in and said.

"Professor Tan, this is a brother of mine, I have to go and greet him, please arrange someone to take him to the venue of interest."

Tan Changqiao said: "No problem, there is a docent in each exhibition hall, and let Wang Tong accompany him, he is my assistant, I am ready to let him take over as the director, and specially train him to be familiar with the cultural relics of the entire museum." ”

Wuyang smiled and said, "It's my brother, if he likes something, he may have to buy a few." ”

"Secretary Li, the cultural relics in the museum can't be sold, he wants to buy them, go to the store outside, we promise not to give him those high-imitation things."

"Isn't that right?"

Tan Changqiao smiled and said: "Secretary Li, it's not that I don't give face, the objects in the museum, we haven't sorted out yet, if he takes a fancy to it, we happen to only have one or two pieces, and if we sell it, we won't have it, and we must not do it." ”

"Okay, it's up to you, I'll listen to you."

Up to the first floor, Qi Shaowen had already sat down to drink tea in the reception room. "Brother Qi, don't worry about it, I'm done with things, so I'm here to accompany you."

Qi Shaowen stood up and stretched out his hand to hold Wuyang, "Brother, you're out of sight, I'm here to disturb your work, but I'm not embarrassed." Such a big museum, all of them are in your home? ”

"The museum was built at home, but the cultural relics are mainly from my ancestors. In the 30s of the last century, Shizu helped others to be shopkeepers, and when the fire in Tanzhou Wenxi was fired, he risked his life to fish out some cultural relics from the fire. It has become the main source of cultural relics in the museum's collection. Later, Shizu collected some more at home and abroad. He is still collecting antiquities in Europe. ”

Qi Shaowen said: "Now the collection of cultural relics is not only expensive, but also has money and nowhere to buy." Brother, let's stop sitting down and go to the exhibition room. ”

"Okay, when Professor Wang comes, we'll go. Brother Qi, we have a lot of exhibition rooms here, so we have to look at them all. I'm afraid it will take a long time. ”

Qi Shaowen said: "Brother, that's the case, you just arrange for me to take a look at the boutique." ”

"Okay, the boutique should be the national second-class cultural relics or above, and the exhibition room in our inner circle is all boutique, so let's take a look at it in the inner circle."

There are three floors in the inner circle, and there are three exhibition rooms on each floor, which are nine gold and stone, jade carving, ivory carving, porcelain, pottery, calligraphy and painting, weapons, miscellaneous, and wood carving. Let's start with the wood carving hall on the first floor. Qi Shaowen seemed to have some understanding of cultural relics, and asked questions while looking at them. Wang Tong, Wu Yang, and the narrator told him what they knew. The knowledge of cultural relics is vast, as Professor Tan said, Haoshou can not understand its situation, and it is impossible to give a more complete answer.

Wuyang knows the most about how the cultural relics came from, and when it comes to some interesting anecdotes, they are quite interested. When it comes to the removal of the mezzanine layer from the ordinary painting scroll to the famous paintings, everyone is very happy. The origin of the cultural relics, the docent does not know, Wang Tong knows some, but he can't say, for fear of committing a taboo, Wuyang said, but also deliberately avoided many things. For example, those porcelain and pottery that come out of the water cannot be revealed to outsiders, after all, many of them are salvaged in the South China Sea, which is China's territorial waters, and according to international conventions, the state has ownership.

Wuyang took advantage of the gap to run the true qi to look at all the cultural relics, and came to the conclusion that the older the age, the stronger the purple qi. The big ebony tree on the first floor can completely cover the wood, and the wreck only has a relatively light purple gas.

After watching for two hours, returning to the reception room, Qi Shaowen drank tea and smoked and said, "Brother, I saw a cultural relics store outside just now, are the cultural relics inside real?" ”

Wang Tong said: "Mr. Qi, we guarantee that it is absolutely true. If you buy a fake with us, I promise to pay 10 for the fake. ”

Qi Shaowen said with a smile: "There is no such saying in the trading of cultural relics, what you buy is eyesight, and what you sell is luck." However, these shops are opened by your museum, so they must be a face-saving thing for me, Professor Wang, am I not wrong? ”

Wang Tong smiled and didn't say anything, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Wuyang smiled and said: "Brother Qi, the cultural relics here belong to the national first-class and second-class cultural relics, so they can't be given to you, when you go to the store outside, you choose what you like, and I will give you the most expensive one." ”

Qi Shaowen said: "I don't want you to send it." If these cultural relics were produced by you, I would have taken them with peace of mind, but you also spent money to collect them, how could I ask for you for nothing? Besides, among your friends, there must be a lot of vassal and elegant people, if you give them all, will the store still be open? ”

Wuyang smiled and said: "This is different, others are friends, and Brother Qi is brothers." ”

Qi Shaowen said with a smile: "Then I don't want you to send it, I can earn some at most, it's very polite." ”

"Okay, it's all for you at the solicitation price."

got up and walked out, Qi Shaowen pulled Wuyang, the two of them fell behind, Wuyang said, "Brother Qi, what instructions do you have?" ”

"Brother, recently I participated in a cultural relics appreciation meeting introduced by Brother Zhang, a jade rough stone appraisal meeting, both times I returned with a feather and paid a lot of tuition, can you help me come forward and recover some losses?"

"What, and big losses?"

Qi Shaowen said: "This is done by some people in Brother Zhang's circle, in fact, it is gambling." You know that I love gambling by nature, and what Brother Zhang didn't let me go was what I pestered to go. Of course, you helped me make money gambling stones, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to enter this circle. Brother Zhang knows that you don't like gambling, so I haven't told you about it, and this time I sued you with the consent of Brother Zhang. ”

Wuyang smiled and said, "Brother Qi, I really don't like gambling." You know, I'm not bad for money myself, and I don't need to have a reputation as a gambler. ”

"You're right to cherish feathers, but this time it's a good favor for me. If you lose, it's all mine, and if you win, we score points, okay? ”

"No, as long as I go, people will know, and I can't erase it if I want to."

"Brother, only Brother Zhang alone knows who went, and the others don't know who it is. When they arrived at the location, they all had to wear masks, and when they got a number plate, they bet on this number, and they didn't speak, all of them were operated by computers, and the money was also used in and out of the computer. Brother, I guess many people know your ability to gamble on stones, if you don't disclose your identity like this, it's useless for me to invite you to go, people don't dare to be a banker. ”

Wuyang smiled: "Brother Qi, if that's the case, it's okay to help you recover your losses, but only for the first time and for the last time." I advise you not to participate in the future. Don't talk about discipline or law, as the old saying goes, if you walk too much at night, you will always run into ghosts. ”

When Qi Shaowen heard that Wuyang agreed, he immediately became happy, "Okay, good, the last time, at most I will play small mahjong in the future." That's right, the time is set for April 28 and 29, and you arrive on the 27th, and I will sue you for the rules. ”

"28 and 29 are weekends, and if there is no holiday, it will be merged into the 5?1 holiday, and I may not be able to leave."

"No, I still haven't told you about Brother Zhang, you will know if you say it, and you will definitely be able to make it."

Wuyang asked: "Brother Zhang's business is my business, you can say it." ”

"Brother Zhang wants you to use a beautiful man's plan." (To be continued......)