The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

If it is from 2500 to 3000 years ago, Huaxia seems to be orthodox in the Western Zhou Dynasty, but in fact, it will be on the land of Huaxia. The land occupied by the Western Zhou Dynasty is not particularly large. There are many other people living in other places. Fewer countries.

As for people nowadays, this blood pedigree wants to go to archaeology for 3000 years without even thinking about it. The Chinese nation is a process of great integration, anyway, it just belongs to the Chinese nation.

Charlie and Henry, who watched the lively together, explained the meaning of the copper plate inscription. Although there were a few words that could not be recognized, it was enough for the two, especially Henry admired.

At least 3000 years ago, Huaxia was still in the era of "cars are different, books are different", this can be recognized, in Henry's view, it is a doctor of ancient Chinese studies, professor level or something.

The titles of professors and Ph.D. cried out, but Zhang Nan is also a high school graduate. It is unclear whether this certificate will be recognized in the United States.

But in the United States, if you have money, you can do it. If you have money and be knowledgeable, it doesn’t matter whether Uncle Sam’s Ph.D.

I also discussed the issue of Xu Guo, especially Guan Xingquan was very interested in the copper plate unearthed in Wenling and Xu Guo mentioned by Zhang Nan, who would be considered a Taizhou native.

What Guan Boss is curious about is the history of Xu Guo. The history of 2500 to 4000 years ago can be clearly known. Cow!

"...I'm not that good. Guan, Xu Guo's history in the Xia Dynasty and the early and mid-Shang Dynasty has almost become similar to legends. If there is no written record, it is judged by unearthed cultural relics, and there are ancient books and historical materials handed down two thousand years ago. Research.

It was too early to rely on cultural relics to guess, the Shang Dynasty only had oracle bone inscriptions, but now the archaeology and historians can basically determine that this Xu country should have participated in the rebellion of the remnant Shang Yin nobles headed by Wu Geng against the Western Zhou Dynasty. The history is still later than this big copper plate.

Oh, that Wu Geng was called Father Talu in "Historical Records", and he was the son of King Zhou.

Xu Guo was counted as Dongyi in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, but this Dongyi was also powerful. A king of Xu Kingdom named Ju once attacked Zhou directly and fought all the way to the Yellow River. This is recorded in history.

Xu Guo also fought against the Lu Kingdom of the Western Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the monarch of Lu Kingdom was the son of the King of the Western Zhou Dynasty. According to the rule, the King of Zhou was in the light of it. As a result, the Kingdom of Lu was beaten for a while and did not dare to open the east gate of the capital.

It is recorded in the "Historical Records" that during the period of King Zhou Mu, there were 36 countries around Xu State who paid tribute to Xu State. At that time, Xu State again raised troops to attack the capital of Zhou Dynasty, but was out of luck and was defeated by King Zhou Mu. However, at that time, the Western Zhou Dynasty was able to defeat it, but there was no way to destroy his country.

The defeated king of the Kingdom of Xu lived in seclusion, and his descendants accepted the ensignment of the Western Zhou Dynasty. It seemed that they had lost the marquis position of the previous dynasty entrusted earlier, and became Xu Zi, which is the viscountry, and continue to manage the Xu state. This is considered willing to surrender. In the Zhou Dynasty, Xu Guo continued for another four to five hundred years.

It was not until 512 BC that King Wu sent Sun Wu and Wu Zixu to crusade against Xu, and Xu was destroyed by Wu.

After the demise of the country of Xu, his descendants took the original name of the country "Xu" as their family name, which is regarded as one of the origins of Xu's surname.

It’s not far from Jing’an to the country, yes..."

"Xu Wang Guangpan", Zhang Nan directly named the large plate, which also complies with the naming rules. As for which generation of king Xu is the "Guang", it is not known-the princes of the Shang Dynasty, what a long history!

Coupled with the fact that there are so many ancient Chinese characters, it’s good to know that there is such a person, no matter who he is.

There is no patina on the copper plate, "it should be professionally cleaned and protected."

Zhang Nan took a closer look and found that all the patina that might cause harm has been cleaned up. Although some lines are slightly worn due to long-term use, at least they are not damaged.

Henry did not ask how the plate came from the United States, nor did Zhang Nan say. Anyway, you can basically guess it: in all likelihood, it was shipped to the United States in the early Republic of China, even in the Qing Dynasty, cultural relic dealers, and even masterpieces of local warlords.

As for how it was stored in that warehouse...

"Henry, you can make a call and ask someone to find out who rented that warehouse in the first place."

Hearing what the boss said, Henry Deboson immediately called his assistant.

The warehouses that have been legally auctioned have exceeded the lease period. If necessary during the auction, the purchaser can obtain the initial lease information from the warehouse.

The reason is simple. The whole world has the same problem: the law belongs to the law, and the reality belongs to the reality.

If the signature and registered person's name on the lease procedure is a local half-black person, such as a member of the Mafia or South American gang... you should know that some warehouses have only one or two lease periods.

Not to mention the dangerous people, even if the original owner was just a guy from the speed party, and there were valuable things such as heavy Harley motorcycles in the warehouse, not many people would participate in the "blind auction."

It is legally legal, but the original owner may not think so-maybe that guy ran away to avoid the limelight, or he may have gone to jail and forgot that he still has such a warehouse.

When I came back, I found that the thing was sold!

Do you say that you are annoyed?

Generally, no one at the warehouse dares to make trouble, but many people dare to ask a private person to get back what they originally belonged to. Then it may be a lot of trouble for bidders.

Yes, shopping is legal, but the problem is that people come to harass, can the police protect you 24 hours a day for a lifetime?

In the American mixed warehouse auction business, many of them are either the kind of local "famous" guys or the "travelers" running all over the United States, all of them are human beings.

As for ordinary people, if they find it fun and want to try their luck occasionally to do a side job, they will first learn about rental information.

Money is not so easy to make, unless it is "travelers", or even if you find a pile of gold bars in a ruined warehouse photographed cheaply, it is not a fortune, it is more like a reminder!

China's auction of several over-standard buses may be "involuntary", not to mention "blind auctions" in warehouses in the United States.

It's just that the problem with China's car sales usually lies with other buyers, while the problem with the US warehouse auction is that the buyer and the original owner come together.

In the last life, a friend of Zhang Nan saw an A6 that exceeded the standard by a government agency. The car was in very good condition and wanted to buy it for use in the company. As a result, Zhang Nan, who was free, was asked to go to the auction site together, and found that a total of four groups of people participated in the bidding.

Interesting things have come-the auction has not yet started. One group of "Left Blue Dragon and Right White Tiger" took out a few pretty red envelopes from their bags. They were very polite and gave them to Zhang Nan one by one, including Zhang Nan. The other three groups of people.

It's really polite, just like an old friend who has known him for many years, there is a posture of not giving up or giving face, and vowing to never give up.

"Brothers worked hard, came all the way in such a hot day, drinking tea and tea..."

Do you accept it or not?

Take it, a red envelope of 1,000 yuan, then smoke a cigarette in a small air-conditioned auction house, sit for 10 minutes and leave.

Of course, that A6 is nothing wrong with Zhang Nan's friend.

I originally wanted to ask the TV station to check it. Generally, in this case, the warehouse will provide convenience-shooting TV, in the United States, it is also a free publicity, everyone is happy.

As a result, when the copper plate on this side had just been put away, Henry's phone rang over there.

Soon, Henry, who hung up the phone, looked a little helpless, and said, "There is nowhere to check, boss. The archives where the receipts were stored suffered a fire 20 years ago, and the warehouse registration files were all made up at the beginning.

The warehouse can be rented for 30 years at the longest time. In order to insure the warehouse management, apart from the warehouse that can recall the general time, a very small number of long-term warehouses are rented from the day of the fire, and warehouse materials are auctioned 30 years later.

But the storage time will not exceed 33 years, because the warehouse was built in 1956. "

There is nothing wrong with it, it is just that there is no evidence!

No one has picked it up for 30 years, and the items in the warehouse are not rubbish. The original owner probably came out and accidentally hung up a long time ago, so there is no need to calculate what other people might have.

Similarly, the original owner should not even think about retrieving what originally belonged to him.

According to the boss’s habit, Henry stayed at the manor to eat Chinese food-yesterday Xiang Weirong, Randy and Zach drove the fishing boat to the open sea, and dropped a few fish, one of them weighed hundreds of pounds. Yellowfin tuna.

This worries the chefs Andy Lu and Daniel Angell: Others, including Mr. Guan, have already liked Yusheng, but the boss still refuses to eat sashimi.

Fortunately, I caught the common yellowfin tuna, which has a fat content of only about 2%. Two chefs all over the world looking for recipes to fry the fish, and then cook them in the way of Chinese grilled frogs and big fish.

The fat content of yellowfin tuna is not as high as that of other tuna, so the price is not particularly high. For example, the fat content of bluefin tuna is about 15%, bigeye tuna is about 8%, and albacore tuna is about 7%. In the world, this fat is justice, but with the boss Zhang Nan, the higher the fat content, the harder it is to serve tuna!

Fortunately, there is a seventy or eighty pound Atlantic blue marlin, which can be regarded as a steak in the ocean. The plump meat is suitable for grilling. Andy Lu made a thick grilled swordfish steak for Zhang Nan, using the method of grilling steak and adding thick black pepper sauce, which was delicious.

And Daniel used his creativity and learned the practice of the southern Italian peninsula. He mixed the chopped yellow fin tuna with chopped broccoli and cabbage with spices, and then wrapped it with thinly sliced ​​tuna. Made a tuna roulade.

There is also a stone pot bullfrog cooking method, a large pot of tuna diced meat, a bit of Sichuan food, plus a large amount of sashimi prepared for other people, this is the main dish of Chinese food today.

The sashimi in the restaurant also needs to talk about the appearance, it must be beautiful, and by the way, it is decorated with a few small vegetable flowers.

Seeing that the plate is big, there are not many fish fillets.

But in the manor, there is no such special attention. A bunch of braised beef rice bowls with water and broccoli are satisfied. This sashimi is directly served on a super large stainless steel plate.

There is a thin layer of crushed ice underneath, and a dense layer of sashimi on top, which has been sliced ​​thick and big enough!

If someone who is used to eating sashimi in a restaurant sees it, they will definitely feel surprised and feel too extravagant.

Zhang Nan doesn’t touch the sashimi, but the other three dishes taste good, especially the tuna roll, which has the feeling of hometown spring rolls. It tastes between chicken and pork, and has the fragrance of fish fat. good.

However, the tuna and blue marlin feast carefully cooked by the two chefs was not able to be enjoyed by someone in the manor. This was Adjani who would confinement in the room on the second floor.

Tuna and swordfish are at the top of the food chain. It is said that small amounts of harmful substances such as heavy metals are accumulated in the body. Children, pregnant women and lactating women are best not to eat them. Even if you really like it, it should be appropriate.

Adjani learns from Nicole and also breastfeeds. It is temporarily insulated from tuna. She doesn't even have to eat ordinary sea fish. Instead, she enjoys the special nutritious meal prescribed by Mr. Chen Zhanghua.

Andy Lu cooked a dish for the boss, and took care of the mother and the sister who was almost seven and a half months old. The younger sister started eating supplementary food less than five months ago, and even started eating meat one and a half months ago.

Chef Andy in this meeting is very responsible, and he has no time to cook for the boss.

Of course, Zhang Nan has no opinion on this.

Compared with mothers and children, he is a rough man himself, and he can deal with it casually. The bodyguards are better at dealing with them. They can all go to the kitchen to show their hands. There is even a kitchen on the dormitory building.

After the meal, she greeted Adjani who was still at home, and set off.

The headquarters of the United Television Network is in New York, but the warehouse is in the west of Long Island, which is not too far from the manor. It takes only half an hour.

The three-story warehouse is guarded by special personnel.

The big boss arrived, but there was no group of TV network executives waiting in line for the welcome scene.

Everyone is busy, Zhang Nan doesn't like that set, and even the producer of that show group is not there: they are all taking people to North Carolina.

After entering the warehouse, I turned on the lights and found that the space here is not small. The American-style warehouse is separated by several layers of iron shelves.

Those statues are not here ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ in another area at the back, where they are divided into compartments.

There was also the door. As soon as the administrator opened it, Zhang Nan saw a three-dimensional stone statue.

"Oh, like a strong man!"

In front of me is a large-sized statue of the King Kong Warrior, which seems to be chiseled from the rock attached to the base: the base is about 20 cm high, and the entire statue is about 1.5 meters high.

With his head tied high, his thick eyebrows raised, his eyes wide open, his teeth clenched, his nakedness rises up, and his battle skirt hangs down close to his body with silk draped around his shoulders. With one arm bent and elbow raised, the other arm drooping, fists clenched with both hands, standing on feet (bare feet), the muscles of the whole body are bulging, which looks extremely mighty!

The original sculptor obviously had a deep understanding of human anatomy, otherwise it would be impossible to sculpt such a powerful and beautiful statue: the technique is exquisite and exquisite, the statue is overall heroic, giving people a sense of power!

"A Nan, which dynasty stuff?"

The question was Xiang Weirong. At this time, he felt that the gods and Buddhas were all taking care of his brother-in-law?