Handed over the affairs of the bee farm to Zhang Hui to take care of, and Wang Mingyuan went back to Mingcheng the next day.

After returning home to see his parents, Wang Mingyuan visited Zou Tianming in the afternoon.

The main purpose of this time is to ask him to help identify the gadgets he got from Ding Xiankui and others.

There is nothing to identify the copper nickname of medicinal materials, although the electronic scale has become popular, but some old Chinese medicine doctors are still used to using this nickname, so it can still be seen often.

It's not something unusual.

However, the workmanship of the small name is very exquisite, and delicate things have always attracted people's love, so Wang Mingyuan still put it in a wooden box and kept it well.

As for the other things, it is necessary to appraise them, mainly to identify the materials, the wooden handles, and he does not expect to be worth much.

What really cared about him was the snuff box, which felt a lot like ivory, but there was something stained in it, and he couldn't get it right, he just thought it should be a good thing.

Zou Tianming's door was not closed, Wang Mingyuan looked at it, and he was soaking in the pool with pots of orchids on his flower stand.

Wang Mingyuan knocked on the door, Zou Tianming looked back and saw that it was him, and said with a smile: "Xiao Wang, I haven't seen you for a while, come in!"

"You're always arranging flowers and grass again, it's really Yaxing." Wang Mingyuan walked in with a smile.

"What's Yaxing, it's to wash the dust on the leaves of these orchids, and water them by the way, the orchids are delicate, they like astigmatism, and the culture medium used must be loose and breathable, so this moisture is not easy to maintain, and if you water it often, it is easy to rot the roots, and if you water less, you are afraid of lack of water.

So, I have to fiddle with it once in the past ten days and half a month, soak it thoroughly, and manage it for ten days at a time. Zou Tianming said with a smile and self-deprecation.

"How can you do something you like to do to find trouble, it's obviously called leisure and elegance!" Wang Mingyuan said with a smile.

Zou Tianming looked at Wang Mingyuan, and his eyes fell on his handbag: "You came to me...... Isn't there something good again?"

"It's not a good thing, I got it from the countryside, and I can't tell it myself, so I came to you to help take a look!"

Wang Mingyuan said, opening the bag.

Zou Tianming poked his head and glanced at the contents of the bag: "Let's go, enter the house and say!"

Wang Mingyuan was led into the study by Zou Tianming, he went to wash his hands by himself, wiped them clean, came back and put on white gloves, took out a magnifying glass, opened the bag that Wang Mingyuan put on the desk, and took out the same things.

"The golden cicada made of small-leaved red sandalwood, the wings are damaged, the golden toad carved from the old boxwood material, and the bracelet made of the aged material of the cypress, this is a bit interesting, and it is worth a few dollars, and the aged material of the cypress is not easy to find this year......

Zou Tianming looked at it while taking it, and casually reported the material of these handles.

As a result, after looking at it, the aged material bracelet of Yabai can have a price of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, and the others are general, the material is not very good, and it can be changed to 3500, or it depends on the workmanship.

Wang Mingyuan had already expected this result. I didn't have much to look forward to, after all, the wooden handles were really not very outstanding.

"Look at this, then...... It's supposed to be a snuff bottle, but I don't understand the material, and I don't know the value, whether it's worth collecting, and please give it to you!"

Wang Mingyuan took out the snuffbox in his pocket and carefully placed it on the table.

Zou Tianming looked at this gadget, picked it up and weighed it, saw that it was stained with some stains, poured some liquid that looked like potassium permanganate, and carefully wiped it clean.

Gradually, something magical happened.

In Wang Mingyuan's view, it is more like a bamboo snuff box made of ivory, but it has become translucent.

Moreover, what is even more incredible is that the wall of this snuff bottle is still double-layered, there is a pool of clear water inside, the inner mural has mountain stones, and the outer layer is a proud cold plum, and even more absolutely, from the side of the mountain stone, through the refraction of the light of the clear water on the inner wall, the plum blossom and the mountain stone that were originally irrelevant are very peculiarly integrated.

"Wonderful......

It's not just the king

Mingyuan, even Zou Tianming was amazed: "This thing, sell me for five million!"

Wang Mingyuan was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "You haven't told me what this thing is!"

"This is a snuff box made of agate, the mountain stone is painted inside, and the plum blossoms are also painted vigorously and proudly...... That's the most interesting thing!" Zou Tianming picked up the snuffbox and shook it: "This puddle of water in it."

"What does this mean?" Wang Mingyuan asked curiously.

"That's a big deal!"

Zou Tianming smiled: "This snuff bottle is called a puddle of water."

"Snuff bottles were introduced to China during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and were most popular in the Qing Dynasty, where the emperor often used snuff bottles as a reward, causing many people in the court to become addicted to snuff. You know what snuff is, right?"

Wang Mingyuan shook his head, he only knew that it was a kind of powder, and in Qing court dramas, there were often dignitaries holding a bottle to sniff it next to their noses, or using an ear-picking spoon to take some light yellow powder from the snuffbox and put it on their fingers, and then send it to their nostrils to inhale vigorously.

As for what snuff was, he really didn't understand.

"Snuff is actually a tobacco product made by processing and grinding tobacco leaves, screening out fine powder, mixing a variety of precious medicinal herbs, sealing a clay pot and burying it in the soil for a year after fermentation. It has the effect of refreshing the eyes, although it is said that after inhalation, I often sneeze because of the stimulation of the powder...... This is something that only the dignitaries of the Qing court can enjoy.

If there is snuff, there must naturally be a container for snuff, so snuff bottles are all the rage, and many of the finished products are really exquisite. It is a good thing that can only be collected.

And the one you have in hand, based on the workmanship alone, is already among the best.

In the Qing Dynasty, those dignitaries, even if they had a lot of wealth, it was difficult to get two kinds of snuff bottles, one was called water floating, and the other was called a pool of water.

Both snuff bottles are made of agate. Floating on the water, it feels heavy to start, but it can float on the water, which is not difficult in modern times, the bottom of the tire is very thin, and it can float, which is the same as the fact that a ship can float on the water.

The most absolute, but it is also made of agate, the carcass is double-layered, and the water is filled inside, this technique, until now, can not be replicated, because even through the testing equipment, it is impossible to find out where the water injection hole is, this is made of natural agate."

Wang Mingyuan listened carefully, and was also greatly surprised.

A small snuff bottle, the production technology can not be imitated with modern technology, the wisdom of the ancients, is really extraordinary.

But I heard Zou Tianming continue: "To be honest, this little thing is also extremely exquisite, the key is this kind of skill, sell it to me...... It's so rare to see, the price of five million is really authentic."

Wang Mingyuan still believes this.

This gadget is rare, but for Wang Mingyuan, it is still exchanged for money.

I really put it in my own hands and kept it, and I don't know when it was broken.

He's not a collector.

Seeing that Zou Tianming liked it so much, Wang Mingyuan didn't ink and nodded.

Seeing this, Zou Tianming was overjoyed: "Let's go, I'll transfer money to you...... A few other things, you can put it here, I'll take care of it for you later, I'll send it to you later, you don't lack these money now, these gadgets have the meaning of warding off evil spirits and attracting wealth, just let the family keep it and wear it."

"Good!"

Wang Mingyuan said with a smile.

Growing up so big, I really haven't given any gifts to my family.

It's also a meaning, and it's auspicious.