Jianbao life

Chapter 769 The Flea Market

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke suddenly said, "Oh, according to what you mean, the battleaxe is a symbol of power and status, while Cheng is the military power to dispatch troops?"

Chu Chen replied: "Yes, that's almost what it means!"
Knowing the difference between a Yue and a Cheng, Wu Ke asked, "Then what's so special about the Cheng you bought just now?"
Chu Chen smiled and asked, "How do you know that there must be something special?"

"Cut!" Wu Ke pouted: "I don't know you yet, if it's just ordinary things, would you be willing to buy them?"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "You can't say that, as long as you can make money, I'm willing to buy anything."

Wu Ke pouted, then took Chu Chen's hand, and said coquettishly, "Okay, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and talk!"

Chu Chen couldn't bear Wu Ke's coquettishness, so he quickly said, "Okay, I'll just say that's it, that bronze scorpion has an iron blade embedded in it, and there are two inscriptions in gold, which should be the user's name. But what the specific word is, I have to go back and look it up before I can know."

Wu Kewen was a little disappointed and said, "That's it?"

Chu Chen spread his hands: "Then what do you think, you know, the iron blade is made of meteoric iron."

"Meteorite?!" Wu Kewen exclaimed immediately, and then she immediately realized that this is a restaurant, she spoke so loudly, the guests around would definitely hear her, so she hurriedly looked around secretly, Finding that some guests were indeed looking at her curiously, she stuck out her tongue in embarrassment.

"You are a real person, why didn't you know that you said it together just now, and it caused me such a big trouble!"

As he said that, Wu Ke slapped Chu Chen's arm a few times in a fit of embarrassment.

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "It's really my fault, but I didn't expect that you would have such a big reaction when you heard the meteorite!"

"Aren't you talking nonsense!" Wu Ke said angrily: "This is the meteorite from the sky, the magical weapon often mentioned in martial arts novels, do you think I can't be surprised?"

Chu Chen smiled and said: "You also said that it is a martial arts novel. In real life, apart from the nickel element contained in meteorite, which can indeed enhance the strength of the blade, it is not as mysterious as it is written in the novel!"

"Really?" Wu Ke asked with some doubts.

Chu Chen nodded and said, "It can be fake. It's not that our country has never unearthed weapons made of meteorite. If it's really like the one in the novel, wouldn't everyone know about it?"

Because natural pure iron hardly exists in nature, iron ore has a high melting point and is not easy to restore, so humans use iron later than copper, tin, lead, gold, etc. Therefore, some civilizations in the world The earliest iron objects discovered in the ancient country were all processed from meteorites.

And our country has also unearthed some meteorite-processed weapons. For example, in 1972, a Shang Dynasty iron blade bronze 铖 was unearthed in Yan Province. It was around the [-]th century BC. , the iron blade is forged together with the body after the meteorite is heated and forged.

Our country has also unearthed a similar iron-bladed copper scorpion and an iron-supported copper ge. The age is equivalent to the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. The iron part is also processed from meteorite.

As for foreign countries, there are also many discoveries. For example, people once found a small ax made of meteorite in the ancient tomb of the ancient Ur city built by the ancient Sumerians in West Asia. A small ax made of meteorite was found in the ancient tomb of the ancient city of Ur built by humans.

In ancient Sumerian, iron is called "Anbar", which means "fire from heaven", and the so-called fire from heaven is a meteorite.The ancient Egyptians simply called iron "heavenly stone".It can be seen that people's earliest understanding of iron should have started from meteorites.

Chu Chen explained: "Because there are very few meteorites that fall from the sky, the utensils made of meteorites are of course very precious, and at the same time they also have a mysterious color. So, although the gong I just got looks The production is very simple, but it was very precious at the time, and with these two bronze inscriptions, the current market value cannot be lowered."

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Wu Ke asked, "Then how much is this thing worth?"

Chu Chen thought for a while and said, "It should be said that its cultural value is relatively high. As for the economic value, it should be hundreds of thousands at most."

Wu Ke said with a smile: "Hundreds of thousands is not bad, I don't think you only spent three euros in total, plus the rhino horn cup you bought for five euros just now, money that no one else can earn in a lifetime , you earned it so easily, if my dad found out, he would probably be drooling with greed."

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Father-in-law is already numb to my faults. He won't be like what you said."
Wu Ke rolled his eyes at him: "Look at how awesome you are!"

Next, the two chatted and laughed for a while, and when they saw that the time was almost up, they paid the bill and planned to go to the flea market to try to gain something more.

"Two, can you please wait a moment..."

As soon as Chu Chen and Wu Ke walked out of the restaurant, they heard someone calling them in Chinese behind them. When they turned their heads, they saw a 37-year-old Asian man.

When the man walked up to him quickly, Chu Chen asked, "Sir, what's the matter with you?"

The man first greeted the two of them politely, and then asked, "Sir, do you really use meteorites to make things?"

Although this man was well dressed and he didn't look like a bad guy, but the two were in a foreign country after all, and there were some things that had to be guarded against, so Wu Ke first gave Chu Chen an apologetic look, and then spoke bluntly He said, "Whether there is anything, it should have nothing to do with you, right?"

Regarding Wu Ke's reaction, the man didn't feel that something was wrong. After all, he rashly stepped forward to strike up a conversation, and it was normal for the other party to be unfriendly.

He said with a smile on his face: "You two, I am really presumptuous in this matter. Let me introduce myself first. My surname is Nan (nìng). I opened an antique shop in the market. I just heard this girl talk about Tianwai. Meteorite, seeing Liexin is happy, I just want to increase my knowledge, I hope you two can forgive me!"

Youdao is that the money is not revealed, and the other party is a stranger who I don't know at all. Although seeing this person did not mean any harm, Chu Chen still shook his head and said: "Sir, I'm sorry, we will return later. If there is something, let’s avoid it!”

Seeing that Chu Chen and Wu Ke wanted to leave, the man quickly said: "Hey! Sir, don't worry, I am also a bad person, and my antique shop is not far from here, and there are a few good things in the shop that I think are very good. I think sir, you are also interested in antiques, so let's talk about it!"

As he spoke, he also took out his own business card from his pocket, and handed it to Chu Chen with both hands.

Chu Chen took the business card and looked at it. In addition to French, there were English and Chinese introductions on it. However, when he saw the man's Chinese name, he couldn't help being a little surprised, because his name was Nan Nancai.

"Mr. Nan, your surname is rare in China. I thought your surname was Ning at first!"

The difficult surname is one of the four small surnames in my country.This surname originated from the Xianbei nationality, from the Tunan clan of the ancient Xianbei nationality, and belongs to the family name of the tribe.During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was the Tunan clan of the Xianbei tribe, also known as the Tunan clan, which was a small tribe in the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei.

The word "Tu Nan" is the ancients' name for a kind of bird animal. According to research, it is today's ostrich.Because the ancient Xianbei tribe admired the bird, they named the tribe "Tu Nan" and took the bird as their tribe's totem, which later became their surname.

After the Northern Wei Dynasty entered the Central Plains, the Tunan people changed their surname to "Nan". Later, the "Nan" surname moved northward with Xianbei, and the Songhua River was also renamed "Nanjiang" at that time.After several twists and turns, the Xianbei people with the surname Nan set foot in the Korean Peninsula.Now the "Nan" surnames in our country are mainly distributed in four small villages in Henan Province. All the men, women and children who have lived here for generations all have the surname "Nan".

"My family's ancestral home is also from Henan Province, and it was not until 1887 that I immigrated to France. My grandparents and fathers were all masters in the circle, but I am mainly interested in business, so I opened an antique shop."

Nan Nan explained with a smile, and then invited: "Sir, come and sit with me, what do you think?"

In addition to this person's surname, Chu Chen also discovered just now that Nan Nancai's store is located in the Marche Vernaison market that the old lady mentioned before, where there are many antique shops. Considering that he and Wu Ke originally wanted to go there Look, so he agreed: "Okay, then I will ask you to teach me..."

Afterwards, Chu Chen and Wu Ke, led by Nan Nancai, came to his antique shop.During the period, Chu Chen also briefly introduced himself, Wu Ke and Nan Nan.

The signboard of Nan Nancai's antique shop is very simple, with only the word "Nan's family". Of course, because of the rarity of Nan's surname, it is not easy to get confused.

The environment of the antique shop is very good. The two entered the house following Nan Nan, and found that the decoration here is a typical Chinese garden style, with birds singing and flowers fragrant everywhere.

Walking into the store, Nan Nancai didn't want to look at Chu Chen's things in a hurry, but took Chu Chen and Wu Ke around first.

Looking at it, Chu Chen discovered that Nan Nancai has everything from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties here. Although most of them are ordinary objects, there are also some rare boutiques.For example, the nine-eyed dzi that Chu Chen saw was very good.

This is a nine-eye double-sided thread dzi bead, which is black and white and two-colored. This bead is very old, and the double-sided thread beads on both sides are extremely rare.The surface of the bead body can be seen in its natural weathering appearance, and it is well preserved.The nine-eyed dzi in the snow area means the supreme number.This bead should have been worn by dignitaries and upper-class figures in ancient times.

(End of this chapter)