Chapter 112: Using Copper as a Mirror
After looking at the first stall, Tang Yun wanted to see the second stall in order, but there were already people in the stall, looking at the situation, it was impossible to look at them one by one.
Walking back and forth, Tang Yun helplessly found that there were almost people in every stall, and there were two or three people queuing up behind, and when he was hesitating whether to go to Liu Tianxiong, Tang Yun was pleasantly surprised to see a small stall nearby, and someone happened to get up and leave at this time, Tang Yun saw this and hurriedly walked over.
Most of the objects placed in this stall are worn out porcelain bowls and the like, and if you look closely, there are many ancient coins and bronze mirrors.
Tang Yun looked around, it seemed that only the stall he was in was empty, and he picked up a few porcelain bowls, each of which was almost a lot of broken places, these things looked like broken copper and iron, no wonder they couldn't attract others.
Just as Tang Yun was about to give up this stall, his left eye suddenly began to beat irregularly, as if something was attracting it.
"Is there any treasure that can't be found here?"
The beating of his left eye made Tang Yun feel uncomfortable, and after blinking a few times, he suddenly found that among the pile of antiquities in front of him, there were green circles of light with varying numbers, and one of the rusty bronze mirrors was even more conspicuous, Tang Yun counted them, there were a total of thirteen apertures.
Thirteen apertures, that is, this bronze mirror is more than 1,300 years old?
1,300 years ago, that wasn't the Tang Dynasty!
Tang Yun was surprised to pick up the bronze mirror and looked at it carefully, the body of this copper mirror had been wrapped in a thick layer of rust, and it looked a bit ancient.
Speaking of the bronze mirror of the Tang Dynasty, we have to mention the famous sentence said by Li Shimin in "Old Tang Book, Wei Zheng Biography":
The husband can be dressed properly with copper as a mirror, with history as a mirror, he can know the rise and fall, and with people as a mirror, he can see the gains and losses.
This is Tang Taizong Li Shimin, after Wei Zheng's death, the highest evaluation of Wei Zheng's life value, this is also the life motto that Tang Yun has always liked.
"Old man, how do you sell this mirror?"
Unexpectedly, there was no reason to miss the treasure, not to mention that this mirror was not only valuable to Tang Yun, but more importantly, its meaning.
The stall owner was an old man in his sixties, and when he saw the rusty bronze mirror on Tang Yun's hand, he couldn't help frowning: "This mirror... If you like it, just give it 300 dollars!"
This bronze mirror was turned out at home by him before, and it has been in his hands for several years, but unfortunately the quality is too poor, just the pile of rust scared away a lot of people, he was thinking about whether it was better to throw it away, but he didn't expect someone to take a fancy to it!
"Three hundred, okay, no problem!"
There was no counteroffer, Tang Yun took out three hundred-yuan bills very simply and handed them over.
Tang Yun believes that as long as the rust on the bronze mirror is removed, there will definitely be an unexpected surprise at that time!
Because the time of the black market was held in the early hours of the morning, in order to avoid catching a cold, Tang Yun and the three of them were wearing knee-length coats, and there were many pockets of the coats, and this bronze mirror could just be put into the pocket with the previous jade pendant.
After putting away the bronze mirror, Tang Yun did not leave immediately, because in addition to the bronze mirror, there was a special thing in front of him that was attracting his eye, which was a bronze coin.
This coin also has a three-layer aperture, but it is much more dazzling than the others.
Tang Yun's family also has a lot of bronze coins, but most of them are the more common ones in the market, and they are not worth a few dollars.
There are about twenty copper coins in front of me, most of which have been oxidized to black and cyan, and you can faintly smell an earthy smell.
Tang Yun took the particularly dazzling copper coin in his hand and looked at it carefully, this is an ancient bronze coin of the Qing Dynasty, the front is capitalized "Xianfeng Heavy Treasure", the back is written "One Hundred of the Qing Dynasty", and there are unknown words on both sides of the back, which seems to be Manchu during the Qing Dynasty.
Most of the "Xianfeng Heavy Treasures" seen on the market are light red and yellow, yes and usually the back is below fifty, Tang Yun's family has a "Xianfeng Heavy Treasure" when ten, but this one is the "One Hundred of the Qing Dynasty" that has never been seen!
Although he didn't know how much this "Great Qing One Hundred" could be worth, the dazzling light emitted by this copper coin was different from other coins, and based on this alone, Tang Yun felt that he should buy it.
"Old man, how do you sell this copper coin?"
The old man looked at it casually and said, "These copper coins are all one price, five hundred yuan each!"
Five hundred? Tang Yun frowned, this pile of copper coins is definitely not worth five hundred if it is sold alone, and some of them are not worth a few yuan.
Thinking about it carefully, the bronze mirror just now didn't seem to be worth three hundred yuan, but Tang Yun was attracted by the thirteen apertures on the bronze mirror at that time, but it can't be said that this old man's offer is too high, after all, he can also bargain.
Thinking about the hidden value of the bronze mirror, Tang Yun still handed over the five hundred-yuan bills, and then carefully put this special coin into his coat pocket.
After that, he took a closer look at the other antiquities, and found no aperture of more than three layers, so Tang Yun had no choice but to leave this stall and walk to other stalls.
"Xiao Tang, what good things have you bought?"
Just a few steps away, Tang Yun heard Liu Tianxiong's voice from behind.
"Just a few gadgets, Uncle Liu, what about you?"
"Look at this!" Liu Tianxiong said as he took out a small bottle from his coat pocket, "I don't know if this thing is real or fake, but I feel like it's real, so I just bought it." ”
Tang Yun looked at it and couldn't help laughing: "I said Uncle Liu, don't you think this is Yuan Qinghua?"
"I just can't figure out whether it's true or not, so I want to buy it back and find someone to identify it. Liu Tianxiong smiled bitterly.
"How much did you pay for it?"
"It's not expensive, 50,000 yuan. ”
Liu Tianxiong stretched out two fingers and said.
"What? 50,000!"
Tang Yun couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, then carefully looked at the aperture of the bottle, and suddenly shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly: "Uncle Liu, do you think that if this thing is real, does that stall owner still need to set up a stall here?"
The aperture on the bottle is only one layer of green, and the color is very light, which shows that this small bottle is imitated in modern times, let alone 50,000, it is estimated that fifty yuan is not worth it, Liu Tianxiong is a big loss this time.
"Ahh
Liu Tianxiong was stunned, after listening to what Tang Yun said, the more he looked at this bottle, the more wrong it became, if this is true, the value is estimated to be more than one million yuan, just like Tang Yun said, that stall owner can go home directly to buy a house and a car, there is really no need to stay here.