After Jiao Ba finished speaking, Jenny said a little disappointed, "Huh? So, this is a shipwreck from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty?"
Shunzi smiled and said, "Things from the Qianlong period are also Okay, it’s still valuable, brother, let’s give it away now.”
“If it’s really from the Qianlong period, then these things will be divided. Here you go, I don't want any." Jenny's expression was a bit uneasy. This time I was even more sure that she was only interested in things from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. If it was for money, the cultural relics of the Qing Dynasty would be equally valuable. , but she was actually indifferent, which made me a little confused. Is there really some ulterior secret hidden behind this?
Mai Lao picked up another wine bottle, looked at it carefully and said, "Although I don't know much about this thing, from the appearance of this porcelain, it seems that it is really from the Qianlong period."
"Even if this is not the Yongle period "Yes, but how do you know it is from the Qing Dynasty? There are also cultural relics imitated from the early Ming Dynasty, especially during the Xuande period. Most of the sweet whites are copied from the Yongle period." I looked at Jiao Ba, and I was stunned. The questions in my heart were asked.
Because when I was a child, I also saw a lot of porcelain from the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. It was still at my grandfather's house. I don't know where these things went afterwards. Some were sold, and some may have been stolen. I don't know much about porcelain, but I know something about it.
Jiao Ba smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be more understanding, Brother Yi. Let me tell you this, look at this sweet white color, it's just a little yellow. If it's really hundreds of years Something, I don’t know what it looks like. If It is something imitated during the Xuande period, so the color difference will not be so big. And the most important thing is that the Tianbai imitated during the Xuande period will not have the era name written on it. Only the imitations from the Qing Dynasty will have it written on it, especially during the Qianlong period. The most imitated cultural relics of the previous dynasty, I also That’s why we inferred that this was a replica made during the Qianlong period.”
After listening to Jiao Ba’s words, Jenny sighed and said, “Hey, from what you said, it seems that this is really a Qing Dynasty ship. After a long time of fussing, it was all in vain.”
I answered deliberately, "How can you say that you are working in vain? Although it is not from the Ming Dynasty, isn't it from the Qianlong period very good? If this is sold on the market, it can still be sold at a good price." I said this to see Jenny's reaction.
"I'm not interested in this. My purpose of going out to sea this time is to find the sunken ships of the Ming Dynasty. These things are of no use to me." Sure enough, Jenny's reaction was as I expected. , so what is she looking for? Are things from the Ming Dynasty that valuable? Or is she also looking for that jade pendant?
I deliberately smiled shamelessly and said, "Hey, if you don't want me to take it, just return it to its original owner, and you won't have to worry about eating and drinking from now on." I was right, these are my Qing Dynasty things, and they are all in my possession. In the hand, that is not the return of the property to its original owner.
As a result, Jiao Ba said again, "This ship is not from the Qianlong period. To be precise, it should be a ship that went to sea during the Guangxu period."
After he finished speaking, we Several people were stunned again, and Jenny said angrily, "Hey, can you finish it in one breath? Where is that whining? It's so laborious."< br>
Mai Lao also complained, "Yes, Xiaoba, tell everyone what you know. Stop nagging. If you continue like this, we will throw you into the sea." Although it is It's a joke, but everyone knows that Mr. Mai is also very anxious. This old guy has been busy for so long and thought he could show off his talents, but in the end he became a person who knew only a little.
Jiao Ba asked me for a cigarette, lit it, took two puffs and said, "Let me tell you the truth, I checked all these porcelains and only one or two are authentic Ming Dynasty items." The blue and white porcelain that Mai Lao brought at first was really from the Yongle period. Most of the remaining items are imitations of the Qing Dynasty, and most of them are Qing Dynasty porcelain. ”
"Take this wine flask for example. Although it says the first year of Qianlong on the bottom, this thing was imitated during the Guangxu period. This is easy for me to tell. Let me put it this way, the whole thing in the sunken ship , although they are all ancient cultural relics, most of them are Almost all of the imitations, especially those from official kilns, were made during the Guangxu period. Only a few folk items were made during the Guangxu period. From this, it can be inferred that this is a sunken ship from the Guangxu period. " Jiao Ba took the Mai Lao just now. He passed the wine flask and said seriously.
He went on to say, "Moreover, I just thought that if it were really a shipwreck from the Ming Dynasty, and after hundreds of years of seawater corrosion, no matter how good the wood of the Ming Dynasty ships was, they would not be preserved. It is so complete that the salvage method like the buoy we used can easily fall into pieces. If it had been during the Guangxu period, it would still have been possible. Yes, after all, our time is limited, so this is a ship from the Guangxu period, just loaded with some imitations of the Ming Dynasty. It encountered wind and waves on the way and was sunk. Today we encountered We, it has surfaced again." Jiao Ba explained with a smile, the tomb robbers are different, their analytical skills are almost catching up with the scouts.
I curled my lips and said casually, "Well, what you said makes sense, old man. You are really good at it. It's just that the Qing Dynasty has been closed to the outside world and has almost no foreign trade. I think this Ship, eighty percent of them are trying to smuggle these imitations out of the country in their own name, and then When the genuine product is sold to a foreigner, the foreigner can't tell the real thing from the fake anyway, and something happens and the ship sinks."
"I don't think so. This ship should be here to salvage the sunken ship like us. , and the most likely thing is to salvage the sunken ship of the Ming Dynasty," Mr. Mai said seriously.
"Mr. Mai, are you sure?" Jenny asked suddenly.
"I'm not sure, but I feel it's possible. You've all seen it. There's a big picture on this sunken ship, but it's not fishing. So what is it used for? Technology wasn't that developed back then, and people couldn't After diving for too long, I could only hold my breath to get into the sea. I think this big, it should be It's just for fishing, and there are some Ming Dynasty porcelain on the boat, which makes it even more suspicious." Mai Lao rolled his eyes and expressed his thoughts rationally. This old guy finally qualified as an expert. Yeah, but he never mentioned the female corpse in the coffin.
"I also think what Mr. Mai said is right. In the Qing Dynasty, although the culture was backward, it was not impossible. Maybe salvaging sunken ships has long been spread among the people. Since we can think of there are things in sunken ships Honey, the same goes for others, what do you two think?" I threw the last words to Jiao Ba and Shunzi again. This time I agreed with Mai Lao's statement. The emperor's ignorance does not necessarily mean that the people are also ignorant.
Shunzi curled his lips and said, "Brother Yi, I'm on your side and I agree." This kid always follows my lead, and asking questions is actually in vain. Jiao Ba frowned, thought deeply for a moment and then said, "Well, it makes sense. The female corpse in the coffin is the best evidence, because the female corpse is from the Ming Dynasty."