Chapter 42: Confusing

In order to enrich the collection of the Palace Museum, President Zhong does a lot of such things. He knows that he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Only by grinding a foreign worker can he do meticulous work, so he doesn't continue to get entangled. Anyway, he has known Qin Xuebing and will persuade him slowly in the future and one day he will succeed.

Dean Zhong picked up the Tang sword: "The scabbard has been made in recent years, and the style is average and has no value."

President Zhong himself is the world's top appraisal expert. He understands bronze, porcelain, and jade all, and is skilled. He is a leader in the domestic collection industry. Since he makes a judgment, he will naturally not make mistakes: "But the handle of this knife should have been last year. It can be seen that the scabbard was made later. Xiao Qin, where did you collect this knife?"

"It was harvested from an old farmer's house in the northeast."

Qin Xuebing briefly said the matter, but concealed the Shizhaiji, Yuan Qinghua: "This knife cut off the Japanese, but it was still a hero's sword."

"That's right. In the War of Resistance Against Japan, the swords were used for a period of time, but they were mostly big swords, Miao swords and so on. I rarely heard of using Tang swords. I think the owner of this sword should have obtained the Tang sword by chance."

Dean Zhong did not rush to pull out the knife, but was very interested in popularizing antique knowledge for Qin Xuebing: "The hilt of this knife is also very well made, and its production style is almost made of horizontal swords, but there is still a big difference, which is the carving on the hilt."

"The handshake of the horizontal knife handle in the Tang sword is not carved."

Qian Zhengtai helped explain: "Tang swords include Mo swords, Yi swords, horizontal swords and barrier swords. The horizontal swords are widely used on the battlefield and pay more attention to practicality. On the battlefield, in order to avoid the knife from losing its hands, threads will be wrapped around the handle of the horizontal sword."

"So that's it." Qin Xuebing suddenly realized that since it was used to wrap threads, he would naturally not waste his energy to carve the texture.

"Look at the carvings again and you will find out what you have found." Dean Zhong said again.

The textures on both sides of the knife handle are the same, both Zhong Kui is catching ghosts, and the lines are very simple, as if a pattern is completed in just a few strokes: "Although the lines are simple, they have fully expressed the content, which is a bit similar to the modern decoration style, simple and graceful, but not lacking in grandeur."

"Yes, this is a typical Ming Dynasty style."

Dean Zhong nodded and said, "Looking at the handle of the knife, it has a history of five or six hundred years from the patina. It should be a product of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the information about the Tang sword was much richer than that of now, so it was possible to achieve this level in the production of the handle."

"Since you want to imitate the Tang sword, why not imitate the handle at the knife?" Qin Xuebing raised his own question.

"Because of this pattern, Zhong Kui caught ghosts."

Dean Zhong laughed: "Xiao Qin, you should understand these things, right?"

"This is his master's skills, he is a Feng Shui master." Yin Rou interrupted.

"So it's you, a little beautiful snake. When did you come?" Dean Zhong discovered the feminine existence.

"You old man only cares about antiques, so he cares about my existence."

Yin Rou joked: "In the future, if you have trouble in the Forbidden City, don't look for us, and you don't know you even if you look for us."

"You girl, you are deliberately sarcastic."

Dean Zhong smiled bitterly and changed the topic: "Xiao Qin, have you figured it out?"

"Suppress the house!" Qin Xuebing no longer understood that he was not worthy of being a member of the Qimen. Since ancient times, there has been a tradition of using weapons to conquer the house. To this day, many families still use weapons to conquer the house. The maker of this knife must have used swords to conquer the house, so he engraved the picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts.

"That's right, it's just used to keep a house. Let's take a look at the forging technology in the Ming Dynasty."

Dean Zhong drew out the long sword, and was also startled by the cold sword light that suddenly attacked, and couldn't help but praise: "A good knife, really a good knife."

"It's good, but it's new." Qian Zhengtai laughed helplessly. Who has ever seen a knife that has been passed down for hundreds of years and is still the same as it is now, with a sword light?

"This cannot explain the problem. The King of Yue Goujian's sword and the King of Wu Fuchai's spear have been buried underground for two thousand years, especially the King of Yue Goujian's sword, which is almost soaked in water, different and new?"

Dean Zhong did not deny the Tang sword because of this, but studied it carefully, and even asked Qian Zhengtai to use it as a magnifying glass and carefully pondered it: "It's strange, it's strange, it's not the craft of the Ming Dynasty."

"I just said that Goujian sword is not often present." Qian Zhengtai said that Goujian sword can immortalize for thousands of years has always been a mystery, but it is generally believed that it is related to a material, and it should contain unknown elements.

But this Tang sword is different, you can tell at a glance that it is made of steel, which is too different from bronze swords like Goujian Sword.

"No, this is the forging process of the Tang Dynasty." Dean Zhong said this slowly, and was shocked by his own judgment. It turned out to be the forging process of the Tang Dynasty. Wouldn't that mean this is a Tang sword?

Tang Dao developed based on Han Dao, using Han Dao's forging technology, which improved the treatment method of impurities in steel during forging, and created the technology of "Bao Steel" to make Tang Dao hard on the outside and soft on the inside, and has extremely strong toughness.

However, the complex technology also makes the Tang sword too expensive, so in the history of our country, only such excellent weapons were used in the Tang Dynasty.

After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the forging skills of Tang swords gradually disappeared. Even with the current modern craftsmanship, it is impossible to copy a real Tang sword.

"No way?" Qian Zhengtai opened his mouth wide and felt incredible.

If this is just a Ming Dynasty imitation, although it is also an antique, the price will not be too high, at most a million yuan. But if this is a real Tang sword, its value will definitely be incalculable.

First of all, there are no Tang swords unearthed in China, which is a blank space. This Tang sword becomes an orphan. As long as the antique industry has a background and is an orphan, its value will definitely not be low.

The second is the significance of the Tang sword itself. From the early Tang Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was always active on the battlefield and was a powerful guarantee for the expansion of the Tang Empire. Its historical value is difficult to measure.

Then the influence of Tang swords spread eastward to Goryeo and Japan, and became the cold weapon of their nation, and to the southwest to become the ancestor of Tibetan swords. In later evolution, it became Song swords. Several long swords that changed were all passed down from later generations, which was equivalent to witnessing the strongest empire in our history.

Finally, there is a controversy in today's society. The Japanese sword transformed from the Tang sword, but because it was not unearthed in China, Japan refused to admit it, causing strong controversy and anger.

With four major factors like this, how should we measure the value of the Tang sword? Qian Zhengtai could say without hesitation that as long as Qin Xuebing was willing, he could immediately borrow money through various channels and buy the knife for 100 million yuan.

"This is too magical, right?" Qin Xuebing was stunned for a moment, feeling that this knife was too confusing. The scabbard made in recent decades, the handle made in the Ming Dynasty, and the body made in the Tang Dynasty gave people a word, mysterious!

"Yes, it's really amazing, so magical that I can't believe it." Dean Zhong couldn't believe his judgment. He had never seen such a complicated antique in his life.

However, if you have to connect it, it seems not difficult to explain.

This knife was made from the Tang Dynasty and was discovered during the Ming Dynasty, but the hilt had decayed, so later generations made another hilt for him. After all, the blade body and the hilt were made separately, and the creator could not use the same effort to make the hilt.

Then the knife was repeatedly circulated until it was obtained by Mr. Li's father during the Anti-Japanese War, so it was made into a scabbard again, until it was obtained by Qin Xuebing today.

"But don't be too happy too early. I can only say that this is the forging process of the Tang Dynasty, but I don't say that it was produced in the Tang Dynasty." President Zhong did not make a decision. The forging process of the Tang Dynasty was not lost immediately after the demise of the Tang Dynasty, but later dynasties could not afford the expensive cost of the Tang sword, so they were gradually lost.

Therefore, no one can be sure whether a small number of people in the Ming Dynasty mastered the forging technology of the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, it is a big doubt that this knife is too well preserved, and President Zhong dares not make it easy. Otherwise, it would be rumored that it was not produced by the Tang Dynasty, which would not be as simple as embarrassing. Someone even attacked the authority of experts from the Palace Museum: "Xiao Qin, I suggest a carbon 14 test. With my judgment, plus the carbon 14 test, it should be a final conclusion."

"Okay, I'll send it to the appraisal station when I look back." Qin Xuebing picked up the Tang sword and activated his vitality at the same time, hoping to use a jade pen to identify the age.

If he had only thought that this Tang sword was related to Qimen before, then now he was extremely curious about this sword, and was eager to know whether it really had such a confusing life experience and difficult and tortuous fate.

Also, what does this knife have to do with Qimen?
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