Chapter 276 Bamboo Coins
"Han Xing, didn't you say that many of your classmates have come over? Why didn't you see them? Han Peacock said as he walked.
Han Xing said: "They went fishing in the reservoir in the north, and you will see you at noon." Han Xing said helplessly.
His classmates are used to being free and loose, not to mention that Han Peacock is not their boss yet, so he has no idea of waiting for the boss, but now he has let the boss wait for them.
"Mr. Han, do you think it's here?" Li Xin pointed to a piece of land under his feet very confidently and said, although it was an inquiry, it was more like an affirmation.
Han Peacock sensed the surrounding water and found that the underground was indeed the small fault he had seen before, and there were two water veins up and down this place, as long as they were opened, the spring on the other side of the True Water Temple would immediately produce water.
"This is it." Han Peacock said.
Li Xin said: "If we are not mistaken, there is only one place where these two water veins are connected, as long as this place is staggered, at most one water vein can be reached, so we can't connect the two water veins, right?" ”
Han Peacock said: "Master Li is indeed worthy of his reputation. ”
"Come, come, you're all optimistic, just take an eye on this point, don't make a mistake." Qian Da commanded the well drilling team and quickly reached the designated position.
The drilling machine is a drilling rig, supported by a tripod, and a regular drill bit, which is carried by a diesel engine to operate.
At a depth of three meters, there is really no difficulty on the surface, and it didn't even take five minutes to drill through.
"It's out of the water." The master who drove the drilling rig was a very experienced person, just by feeling. He knew he had gotten into the water.
"Drill lifting."
"It's just three meters!"
"That's amazing."
"The water will come out in three meters, if this family digs a well, please ask Mr. Han and Master Li to take a casual look, won't it be 100% water?"
Some of the surrounding villagers who came to see the excitement began to discuss, and some villagers were as excited as if he had clicked the hole, even happier than Han Peacock and Li Xin.
According to the drawings provided by Han Peacock, Li Xin pointed out three water veins located on the surface one after another, and they were exactly the same as the positions marked by Han Peacock.
This made Han Peacock completely relieved, it seems that this Li Xin is really capable.
Han Peacock himself is because he has the magic power of controlling water. As long as there is water. He could sense that it wasn't much different from seeing the underground.
However, Li Xin relied on his real skills to find out the location of the underground water vein. Although Han Peacock's drawings provide some help. But drawings and the field are completely different things. Being able to accurately find the location according to Han Peacock's tips is already very awesome.
"Mr. Han. There are already people in the village who are in a hurry, why don't we go back first, as soon as Master Li gets busy, he forgets everything, and we can't pull him back. "Money planted trees.
Han Peacock said strangely: "What are the people in the village waiting for me to do?" ”
"Hehe," Qian Zhishu said a little embarrassed, "Didn't Mr. Han take those things from my house last time?" When the people in the village heard about it, they went home and turned out all the old things in their house, and they wanted to ask Mr. Han to take a look. ”
"Oh! That's right! I can't ask for it, if there is something good, will they sell it? Han Peacock asked with a smile.
"Of course, if you don't want to sell it, why bother with Mr. Han to see it." Money planting trees is a matter of course.
"Then I'll go check it out." Han Peacock said with a smile.
handed over the work to Li Xin, and Han Peacock was relieved to go back to Taobao to pick up the leak.
Before they could return to the True Water Temple, they heard a loud cheer, and the sound came from the construction site on the other side of the True Water Temple.
"What's going on?" Han Peacock asked.
Soon Han Xing learned about the situation and came back to report, only to see Han Xing excitedly said: "Big brother, the spring of the True Water View has come out of the water, and the water flow is very large." ”
"Well, has the filling equipment arrived?" Han Peacock said.
Han Xing said: "The installation has been completed, but the plant has not yet been built." ”
"Part of the collection will be sent to the relevant institutions for testing, and the rest will be all loaded, as long as the hygiene can be ensured, the buckets of water will be sent to the Modu Hotel." Han Peacock said.
Han Xing was stunned and said, "Big brother, let's wait for the test report to come out and send it later!" ”
"No, there should be no problem with this water, even if the initial water is at most a weakness in potency, this kind of water is also a top-notch water compared to ordinary mineral water.
Now try to pump out the groundwater as much as possible, so that the water in the whole ground flows, and over time, the water coming out of the spring will get better and better. Han Peacock explained.
Knowing Han Peacock's purpose, Han Xing immediately began to arrange.
When Han Peacock walked into the Qian Jiajiao Brigade Headquarters, there were already many old people waiting for him here, and as soon as they saw Han Peacock coming, they immediately surrounded him.
Seeing this situation, Qian Chongshu hurriedly shouted: "You don't have to worry, as long as the things are good, Boss Han will definitely accept them." ”
After speaking, Qian Chongshu also glanced at Han Peacock, afraid that he would not be satisfied.
Han Peacock smiled and said: "Yes, as long as it is a real thing, I will accept anything, as long as you are not afraid of me cheating you." ”
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Mr. Han will take a look at this bowl at my house first." An old gentleman, before Han Peacock could stop, handed over a rusty bowl in his hand.
Han Peacock didn't take it, but he could see that this bowl was very natural and should be genuine.
"Wait a minute, wait until Mr. Han sits down, and you can get something." Qian Chongshu shouted twice, but no one paid attention to him at all.
These people are very dissatisfied with him, who let Han Peacock come last time, he only cared about buying his own things, and didn't leave a way for the villagers!
Qian planted a tree to see that his words didn't work, and immediately protected Han Peacock, so that he could do it under a big tree in the courtyard of the brigade headquarters, and the sun couldn't shine here.
Sitting down, Han Peacock immediately took the copper bowl: "Come one by one, I can't run anyway." Don't worry. ”
As soon as Han Peacock said this, some of the old people crowded around him all laughed.
In fact, this is just the cunning of some old people, they are all afraid that Han Peacock will collect enough things, and the rest will not be accepted.
Or Qian Zhishu understood the thoughts of these people, so he said: "Mr. Han is the big boss, he has money, how much can these rags you take worth?" Don't be afraid, Mr. Han can't afford it. ”
"What do you say? Even if we are rags, they are no worse than yours. An old man said.
"Third uncle, just because I know that those in my family are rags. That's why I didn't take it out and offer it ugly. Qian Zhishu said with a smile.
The old man's expression froze. immediately reacted: "Don't make trouble here, let Comrade Xiao Han give us a good appraisal, my grandson has said a few times a long time ago, this copper bowl is a good thing." It's just that I haven't given it to him to take out and sell. ”
Han Peacock didn't care what they said. He himself carefully looked at the copper bowl in his hand. There are no words in the copper bowl, and there are spiral patterns in the bowl, and there is a sound like an ancient bell when struck lightly, and it trembles. Crisp sound!
There is a spiral pattern in the copper bowl, which is the trace of the lathe wire, and China's machine qì casting daily necessities were first in the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods, and have been followed until the early years of the Republic of China.
Copper bowls are generally not used as daily utensils in life, they belong to the sacrifices or ornaments on the shrines, the overall pulp of this copper bowl is thick and symmetrical, there is no copper smell, Han Peacock can basically be concluded to be genuine.
Generally speaking, the copper bowls of the Qing Dynasty have more exquisite and complex patterns, but exceptions are not excluded; In view of the fact that the copper bowl has no pattern, it is said that it is a vessel in the early Republic of China from a conservative point of view, at most it is until the late Qing Dynasty, so this copper bowl is of little value.
"Uncle, this is a copper bowl of the Republic of China, of course, because there are no patterns and other things to prove the provenance, so it may also be a copper bowl in the late Qing Dynasty, this copper bowl is a real thing, and now there are not many of them in the world, it is a good thing, keep it well!" Han Peacock identified it quickly, and before the old man and Qian Chongshu could finish speaking, they gave the answer.
"Really good?" The old man said happily.
Seeing the old man's appearance, Qian Chongshu smiled bitterly: "Third uncle, it's a real thing, but it's not valuable, you keep it yourself!" ”
"How can something good not be worthless?" The old man said.
Han Peacock and Qian Chongshu smiled bitterly at the same time, and Qian Chongshu said: "Third uncle, these of the Republic of China, at most, until the late Qing Dynasty, there are no patterns on them, so the zuò is not exquisite, and such a copper bowl is not valuable." ”
Seeing that the old man didn't believe it, Han Peacock said: "If it is a delicate copper bowl with a pattern, the maximum in the Republic of China is four or five hundred yuan, and yours is worth a maximum of one hundred yuan." ”
"A hundred? A hundred is not less, and it is sold. Han Peacock originally thought that the old man would be disappointed, but he didn't expect that after Han Peacock said that it could be worth a hundred yuan, the old man actually laughed happily.
Han Peacock was embarrassed: "Old man, do you need to discuss it with your family?" ”
The old man said, "No, this bowl was dug out by working in the field when I was young, and I can be in charge." ”
"Han Xing, give money." Han Peacock had no choice but to put the bowl aside and put it away carefully.
In fact, Han Peacock really doesn't want to accept such a copper bowl, but this is always a collection category, and if you accept it, you will accept it.
After receiving this copper bowl, Han Peacock casually recorded the price and characteristics of this bowl on the side, so that it could also be kept as a certificate in the future, so as not to have a dispute with the villagers here in the future.
"Third uncle, you go to the side, it's my turn." Behind the old man, a middle-aged man was in a hurry.
Han Peacock glanced at the thing in his hand, it was another bronze vessel, but it was not a good thing, but it was just a simple and unmarked appearance, and it was also an ordinary thing among the people.
Han Peacock picked up the copper incense burner from the table and commented directly: "It should be from the Republic of China period, brass, plain noodles, this is a typical amphora copper incense burner in the early Republic of China, the bottom paragraph is" Xuande Year of the Ming Dynasty ", the old pulp, the preservation is good, the local part is a little deflated, the price is eight thousand to fifteen thousand, if you sell it to me, I will give up to eight thousand." ”
"Eight thousand? Sold? The middle-aged man heard Han Peacock's offer and immediately became happy.
Han Peacock glanced at him suspiciously, did not speak, and motioned for Han Xing to pay.
Qian Chongshu whispered on the side: "This incense burner, he has taken it to the Demon City several times, and no one has bid more than 1,000 yuan." ”
Han Peacock immediately knew that this middle-aged man would be so happy, and it turned out that he had already found someone to see it. No wonder there is no objection to the price he offers.
His own situation was exposed by Qian planting trees, and the middle-aged man was a little embarrassed: "The people in the big city are too bad, obviously it's a good thing, they just don't want to pay more, my thing has a history of seventy or eighty years, and I only give three or five hundred, so I was just sent away as a flower child." ”
"Big brother, there's not much cash." gave the middle-aged man the money, and Han Peacock didn't have much cash in his hand, he only had 10,000 yuan in cash. There are fewer on Han Xing. Only a few thousand.
"Let Lao Zhang withdraw hundreds of thousands of cash, if there is really something good, we will transfer it, don't squeeze it. Let's take our time, one by one. You've seen it too. We don't have a lot of cash, so we have to go to the bank to get it, so don't worry. Han Peacock said.
Next up was a little girl. What she held in her hand was a handful of silver coins, which she placed on the table, and Han Peacock counted them slightly, and there were eleven of them.
He picked up one, a typical Yuan Datou, which is a silver coin of Yuan Shikai in the tenth year of the Republic of China, and the price of such a Yuan Datou is about 1,000 to 1,500 yuan.
Han Peacock looked at seven or eight pieces at random, and they were all in good condition, and it could be seen that this little girl kept them very well and carefully.
At this time, Han Peacock was a little puzzled, although the things brought by these villagers were not of high value, they were all genuine, such a scene was really rare in the collection world.
However, when Han Peacock thought about it, he understood a little, after all, this is not a big city, these are the villagers of Qianjiajiao, and the things they take out are generally ancestral.
Even if the inheritance time is not long, it is all something that has been around for many years, so although the quality of the things encountered by Han Peacock here is not high, they are all genuine.
"This is Yuan Datou, I think you should know that the price of such a Yuan Datou is between 1,000 yuan and 1,500 yuan, because the price of this thing is transparent, and you keep this very well, if you sell it, I will give you a calculation of 1,500 yuan." Han Peacock looked at the dozen or so silver coins in his hand with satisfaction.
The little girl doesn't look young, but people must also know the market of their things, so when she heard the price offered by Han Peacock, she nodded very oldly.
However, the little girl still has some opinions: "There is one below that is different from the one above, I don't think you noticed." ”
"Huh? Is there a different one? You see I'm really not very professional in what I'm doing, haha, after all, it's not a professional appraiser, and I haven't noticed it. After speaking, Han Peacock began to look at them one by one seriously.
"Huh? This one is really different. When Han Peacock saw such a brand-new silver coin, he became curious.
"Is this a bamboo coin?" Han Peacock took a closer look and was immediately surprised.
"Bamboo coins? Do you mean the bamboos on the silver coins? The little girl said.
"Yes, it's because of these bamboos that this silver coin is called a bamboo coin." Han Peacock said.
"Mr. Han is really knowledgeable, he can recognize anything he sees." Qian Chongshu smiled and complimented.
Han Peacock said: "It's not that I'm so knowledgeable, but this bamboo coin is so famous, it's hard to think about such a cherished coin!" ”
"Huh? Treasure? Qian Chongshu looked at the bamboo coin with a silver light in surprise, and the word cherish came out of Han Peacock's mouth, which means that the price is expensive!
It's not that Han Peacock is noble, he doesn't want to hide the price of this bamboo coin, but he can't hide it at all, since this is a special silver coin, it is naturally very attention-grabbing, even if the little girl herself doesn't know, her family must know.
This kind of bamboo coin was minted in 1949 in Guizhou and Zhou provinces, and is called "Guizhou Bamboo Branch Silver Coin" or "Jiaxiulou Bamboo Silver Dollar" in China, which is very famous in foreign countries and is called BambooSilverDollar abroad.
This silver coin was minted by the Guizhou Mint in mid-October 1949, and most of the equipment used was purchased in Guangzhou and Zhouzhou by Zhu Maicang, the manager of the Guizhou and Zhou Property Company, except for the part left over from the Zhou Xicheng period.
The purchased equipment and the recruited technicians arrived in Guiyang and Yang in July of that year, and the trial casting began in mid-October.
From the approval of the official minting to November 11, most of the mint's personnel evacuated Guizhou and Yangzhi because they heard that the People's Liberation Army had entered Guizhou, Zhoutian and Zhu counties, and started production for less than a month.
The center of the obverse of the "Guizhou Bamboo Branch Silver Coins" is the Jiaxiu Lou pattern of Gui and Yang City, the upper edge of the outer ring is cast "38 years of the Republic of China", and the lower edge is cast with the words "Guizhou and Zhou Province Made", all of which are in regular script.
The left and right ends are slightly lower and engraved with a five-petal flower pattern, and the back is a three-plant pattern of golden bamboo, this is because Guiyang City was called "Jin, Bamboo House" in the Song Dynasty, and the first mayor of the city was founded in 1942, when He Jiwu also took Jinzhu as the city emblem.
The left and right sides of the silver coin are engraved with the word "one yuan", the coin's minting period is short, the mint amount is small, so there are very few survives, according to the Guizhou and Zhou Mint has participated in the transfer of technicians to the People's Liberation Army Military Management Commission, the factory originally planned to produce an average of 500 pieces per day, according to which it is estimated that the minting capacity should be about 10,000 pieces.
The currency was used by the Kuomintang and provincial government officials to pay part of the military salary, "severance pay" and "contingency pay" on the eve of the liberation of Guizhou and the state, on the way from Guizhou, Yang to Yun and Nan, and the circulation time was less than a month.
After its issuance, most of them were in some areas along the Yunnan-Guizhou Highway in Guizhou, Zhou, Yunnan, and Nannan, and went to the people, and some of them were taken to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and abroad by Kuomintang officials.
In addition to the strong regional cultural characteristics of the "Golden Bamboo" expression, the "Guizhou Zhuzhi Silver Coins" also cast the "Gu" character secret mark of the surname of Gu Zhenglun, then the chairman of the Guizhou and Provincial Government, in the main entrance of the Jiaxiulou pattern on the coin surface.
The English letters TLK below represent the English abbreviation of Xie Jiemin, the director of the mint, and it can be said that this method of minting is very advanced. (To be continued......)
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