Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 79: Coin-minting Maniac Wang Mang
Liu Xin couldn't help but sigh: "Wang Mang is indeed a time traveler!"

Li Qiushui's eyes widened: "Wang Mang is a time traveler?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, “The things he invented and the policies he made were all very advanced and would not be out of place today, so everyone jokingly called him a time traveler.”

This was the first time Huo Qingtong heard this name, and she couldn't help but feel curious.

“What did Wang Mang invent?”

"For example, the ruler he invented is not very similar to the vernier caliper we have today, but it is almost exactly the same," said Qiao Yufan.

Boys are generally more interested in the story of Wang Mang and Liu Xiu, and have heard about it to some extent.

"Also, the biggest move during his administration was to make land public and prohibit private transactions. Regardless of whether they were rich or poor, every couple could get 100 acres of land. The poor who didn't have enough land would be given to the state, while the rich who had more land would have to hand it over to the state."

For example, after the Qin and Han dynasties, China entered a feudal society, where slaves existed and were often bought and sold. Wang Mang hated this very much, and put forward the slogan "Human life is the most noble in the world" and ordered a ban on human trafficking.

Wang Mang implemented government price control measures, prohibiting merchants from hoarding goods and speculating, similar to today's Price Bureau.

and many more.

"What a pity! The time traveler cannot defeat the son of the plane."

Li Qiushui was puzzled: "Who is the Son of the Plane?"

"Liu Xiu!"

Liu Xiu encountered many difficulties during the process from the uprising to the enthronement of the emperor, but he always managed to escape danger miraculously. It was simply outrageous and incredible, as if God was helping him, and it was full of magical color.

It is for this reason that he was called the Son of the Plane by netizens in later generations.

"No matter what, the currency issued by Wang Mang was unmatched in ancient times, so he was also called the number one coin minter in ancient and modern times and the coin minting maniac," said Lin Yuan.

First of all, its design is unique. For example, this one-dao-ping five-thousand-yuan coin has a round square hole on the upper part and a knife-shaped lower part. The words "一" and "刀" are engraved on the ring handle using the inlaid gold technique. It is the earliest and only coin in China made using the inlaid gold technique.

Secondly, Wang Mang's coins are exquisitely made and the craftsmanship is complex.

Take the 5,000-yuan coin as an example. The process involved filling the concave areas of the characters with gold and polishing them to make the surface of the characters flush with the surface of the coin. This technique was very advanced at the time.

Dai Xi, a scholar and coin collector in the Qing Dynasty, once lamented: "Everyone has a specialty, but Mang's specialty is money."

Liu Xin solemnly picked up a bronze tripod with a bird head and lid and asked, "Brother Lin, how about this bronze tripod? I found it when I went to Seattle for fun."

He believes that this treasure is the most important.

Lin Yuan asked him back: "You should have asked someone to take a look at it, right?"

Liu Xin answered truthfully: "I contacted two people. One said he was not sure, and the other said it was fake, but actually wanted to buy it from me at a low price and called me several times."

After that, he ignored the man.

Lin Yuan: "Then you sell it to him and take as much as you can."

After these words were spoken, anyone who was not stupid would know Lin Yuan’s answer.

"Is it fake?" my uncle was surprised.

Because he also felt that this bronze tripod was the most authentic and felt very open.

"How do you know it's fake?" Henry also wanted to learn something.

"First, let's look at the rust color of this bronze ware. It floats on the object, is green but not shiny, and has rust on the surface, which is not moist and dazzling. This is fake rust." Lin Yuan looked like he was talking eloquently.

It's different if you have some knowledge. You will speak with confidence and clarity.

According to his recent studies, he learned that bronze artifacts have been handed down for thousands of years through three ways: buried in the ground, dropped into water, and handed down from generation to generation. Experts' experience tells us that if a bronze artifact has been dropped into water for a thousand years, it will be green like melon skin and as bright as jade; if it has not been buried in the ground for a thousand years, it will be green but not bright; and the handed down bronze artifacts that have not been buried in the ground or water will be purple-brown in color and have cinnabar spots, and the spots may even be raised.

Generally speaking, most of the artifacts that have survived to this day are bronze artifacts. Due to differences in copper quality and differences in soil and water quality in different places, the rust colors of the buried bronze artifacts are also different. Common rusts include green rust, red rust, blue rust, purple rust, etc.

"You can also rub the bronze ware with your hands until your hands are warm, and then smell your hands. If there is a copper smell, it is fake rust, because thousand-year-old bronze has no copper smell." Lin Yuan said to them.

In fact, you can also wash it with hot alkaline water, and the fake rust will fall off. If it cannot be washed off, you can burn it with fire and it will fall off.

When everyone heard this, men like Qiao Yufan and Liu Xin immediately started rubbing their hands.

I rubbed it for a while, then put it to my nose and smelled it, and sure enough, I smelled the coppery smell.

"So this is how it can be identified." Henry said he had learned it.

Even the audience in the live broadcast room felt that they were now terrifyingly strong.

"As for these patterns, they are a little more complicated. We need to understand the characteristics of bronze from different dynasties." Lin Yuan continued.

The patterns on bronze ware of the Xia Dynasty were simple; the patterns on bronze ware of the Shang Dynasty were gorgeous and complicated, with many flowers all over the body; the Western Zhou Dynasty was roughly the same as the Shang Dynasty, but tended to be simple in the later period; the patterns of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were fresh and lively, full of life; the Qin and Han dynasties focused on practicality, with fewer patterns and not as fine as those of previous dynasties.

In addition, it can also be inferred and judged from the changes in the content of decorative patterns in different eras.

It's like looking at a person's hairstyle and roughly guessing what era he was born in.

For example, if you see that the other person has a Shamatte hairstyle, you can tell that he was born in the 80s or 90s.

"There are also inscriptions, which also require special attention. The Shang and Zhou dynasties used bronze inscriptions, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period used bird-and-worm scripts, the Qin Dynasty used small seal scripts, and the Han Dynasty used official scripts, and so on.

Look at this bronze tripod again. The decoration is from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but it has small seal script. Do you think it makes sense?" Lin Yuan explained to them.

This time, everyone knows that this is definitely fake.

Liu Xin immediately took out his cell phone and prepared to contact the person.

My uncle is still very smart!

He quickly stopped her: "Don't contact him yet, it's easy to alert him. If he contacts you, you'll be 'annoyed' and reluctantly sell it to him, understand?"

Good guy!
Everyone learned it.

"I understand, I understand. Thanks for the reminder, uncle." Liu Xin also called him uncle.

This made my uncle very happy.

The uncle waved his hand and said, "If you guys have added each other on WeChat or something, you can post a circle of friends saying how much money someone has offered. This is called luring the snake out of its hole."

Impressed.

Sure enough, ginger is still spicy.

You can say that my uncle is rubbish at identifying treasures, but you cannot question his methods because he has seen a lot of things.

Everyone turned their attention to other items.

Henry reached out to pick up another bronze object, but it was only the size of a palm. It must have been played with frequently, and the top was rubbed to a shiny finish.

"Is this a Qilin?" he asked.

Although he had studied in China, he still didn't have a particularly good understanding of China's mythical beasts, sacred beasts, auspicious beasts, etc.

The easiest one to identify is definitely the dragon.

(End of this chapter)