Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 976 969. Unexpected but Expected

"Are these armor plates important?"

Hearing Qin Shubao's translation, Mansur asked curiously.

He didn't know what oracle was.

Qin Shubao had heard of oracle bone inscriptions when he was studying abroad, but he was a foreigner after all and did not understand what their significance was.

I explained to Mansur that this is the ancient Chinese writing system.

Then he asked the treasure appraiser: "I remember that China has a lot of oracle bones and ancient writings. Can't we collect these?"

Then he looked at the label next to it, "These were sent by a British missionary in 1904 in exchange for pounds of bacon, barrels of fresh water, pounds of hard bread, and feet of rope."

Thinking about that time and things, Qin Shubao's expression was a little gloomy. "In 1904, Britain was the protectorate of Dubai at that time. The British must have exchanged these things for supplies because they didn't want to pay. Our ancestors had to give."

There was silence in the live broadcast room.

Just now I was immersed in the glory that an ordinary porcelain plate could end the war abroad.

Next, we saw the bone armor, a national treasure engraved with oracle bone inscriptions, a national treasure that carries the history of civilization and the cornerstone of cultural heritage.

There are hundreds of them, and each one has text on it.

It was robbed by robbers, but they only exchanged it for some bacon, fresh water, bread and ropes.

The reason is that they don't want to pay.

Don't take it seriously at all.

1904, late Qing Dynasty.

Only a sigh.

Judging from Qin Shubao's expression, they also felt humiliated.

Nonsense, they are foreigners and don’t understand the meaning of the above. Even if they do understand it, it has nothing to do with them.

In 1904, Dubai was still a small fishing village, extremely poor. How could it not be humiliating to have so many things exchanged for a bunch of inedible and unusable armor plates through forced purchases?

After a long silence, the treasure appraiser organized his words, as if gritting his teeth and making a decision, he said hastily: "Every word of oracle bone script is very important and is a treasure of our civilization. I have an unwelcome request. These things are not very precious to you. Can I buy them and send them back to China?"

After he finished speaking, he seemed to be depressed. His voice became low and he muttered quietly, "Well... I'm not rich, I'm just a small anchor, I don't have much money... Please, please, don't offer too much."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a burst of applause in the live broadcast room, and large amounts of rewards came in one after another.

【With ambition, national treasures cannot be lost overseas any longer】

[Although I don’t have much money, I will do my best]

【Crowdfunding, buy it back】

[They didn't steal it. They seem to be victims too. Let's buy it back.]

Hearing the treasure appraiser's words, Qin Shubao was a little embarrassed. He didn't dare to make a decision, "Wait, let me ask the prince."

Amid the anticipation of treasure appraisers and nearly 100,000 viewers in the live broadcast room.

Qin Shubao turned around and translated the conversation with Mansur. He said a long string of words, most likely explaining the importance and whether it was sensitive.

Mansour's reaction was rather strange. His face was full of confusion. He did not show any joy at making money. Instead, he frowned, thinking about something.

Suddenly his eyes lit up and he said a lot of things. Qin Shubao looked surprised too.

He even took out his cell phone and swiped it for a long time.

He turned his head to look at the camera, without saying yes or no, and asked, "From what you said, the important thing is the words on it, not the bone armor itself, right?"

"Yes, the most important thing is the words on it. Of course, the bone armor itself is also important, but its importance is far less than that of the words on it." The appraiser replied immediately.

Qin Shubao showed a bright smile and shook his head, "Then there's no need to sell it, and you don't need to buy it." "Why?" The treasure appraiser thought that the other party knew the importance of this thing and wanted to raise the price and didn't want to sell it anymore.

Qin Shubao gave an answer that was completely unexpected yet reasonable.

"Because the text on it was taken away by your people when the Chinese Consulate General in Dubai was established. The bones themselves were left as a souvenir. The time was 1989."

He also didn't remember when the consulate was established, he just checked.

It turns out that the above text had been recorded back in the 1980s.

As long as the text is there, it's fine.

The oracle bones were also kept as souvenirs.

It seems that the relationship is pretty good.

why.

There is a reason behind the oracle bones.

There are really a lot of Eastern things in Mansur’s treasury.

There is a cabinet of porcelain, a large jar of calligraphy and paintings, as well as root carvings, jade, stone carvings, and wood carvings.

At a glance there are probably about one or two hundred pieces.

It's finally time for the treasure appraiser to show his skills.

"It's from the Qing Dynasty. It's a Ruyi covered bowl with glaze changes during the Qianlong reign. It should be from an official kiln..."

"This blue and white jar with the Chinese character 'Yan Nian Yi Shou Fu' is beautiful. It should be from the late Qing Dynasty, during the reigns of Emperor Xianfeng and Emperor Guangxu..."

"A complete set of cups, pots, and plates from the Tongzhi era, with wax seals. Rare, great stuff..."

"The engraved silver guard, the twined flower pattern, and the rust spots are the characteristics of the official kiln during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty..."

"Look at the painting. This poem is familiar, right? It's "Mooring at Maple Bridge at Night". It's not written. It's a calligraphy on a stone tablet. The calligraphy is old, but the mounting is new. It should have been remounted in the 1970s..."

"This poem, "Out of the Frontier", "The Bright Moon in the Qin Dynasty and the Pass in the Han Dynasty", is an ancient poem, and the person who wrote it is also an ancient person, Aixinjueluo Yizhi, he is the fourth son of Jiaqing..."

"Landscape painting by Wu Guxiang. He was a painter from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. He was from Jiaxing. His imitation of Wen Zhengming is the most famous..."

"I can't tell who made the stone sculpture, but it's a piece of Shoushan stone, and the craftsmanship is so exquisite..."

This batch of stuff is really enjoyable to look at.

"The things you have at home are enough for an auction or an exhibition. Many of them are priceless. But do you have a preference for the Ming, Qing, and Republic of China periods? How come almost all of them are from that time?"

And there is no theme, it seems like it was bought randomly, which is a bit confusing.

Through Qin Shubao's translation, Mansoor found the records of the time, flipped through them, and replied: "These were purchased by my father, the old prince, when he visited the East in 1980 and 1981. He went to the imperial capital once and Shanghai once, and shopped at a place called Friendship Store, which has many antiques and handicrafts."

"In addition to these, they also brought back two hundred rolls of silk and a lot of tea. When I was a child, I also had a wooden pony. It had no legs and was curved at the bottom. When you rode it, it would rock back and forth..."

Speaking of wooden ponies.

Many people in the live broadcast room laughed.

Although I haven't seen the real thing, but from Mansoor's description, they have played with similar ponies.

It turns out that the prince also rode a wooden horse when he was a child. Maybe that's why he likes horse racing.

It’s really interesting that when the old prince visited China, he brought toys back for his children.

Friendship store?

Such an old name...

(End of this chapter)