Chapter 79 Coin Madness King Mang
Liu Xin couldn't help but sigh: "Wang Mang is indeed a time traveler!"
Li Qiushui's eyes widened: "Wang Mang is a time traveler?"
Lin Yuan said with a smile: "The things he invented and the policies he implemented were all very advanced and would not be inconsistent with today's standards, so everyone jokingly called him a time traveler."
Huo Qingtong heard this title for the first time and couldn't help but be curious.
"What did Wang Mang invent?"
"For example, the ruler he invented cannot be said to be similar to the current vernier caliper, it is almost exactly the same." Qiao Yufan said.
Boys are generally more interested in the story about Wang Mang and Liu Xiu, and have heard about it to some extent.
"The biggest measure during his administration was to make land public and prohibit private sales. Regardless of whether you are poor or rich, any couple can get a hundred acres of land. If there are not enough poor people in the country, and if there are too many rich people, it will be handed over to the state."
Another example is that after the Qin and Han dynasties, when China entered a feudal society, slaves existed and were often bought and sold. Wang Mang hated this very much, put forward the slogan "Human life is the most noble in the world", and ordered a ban on human trafficking.
Wang Mang implemented the government's price control measures and prohibited merchants from hoarding goods for speculation, similar to today's price bureau.
etc.
"What a pity! The time traveler cannot defeat the son of the plane."
Li Qiushui wondered: "Who is the son of the plane?"
"Liu Xiu!"
Liu Xiu encountered difficulties many times during the process from the uprising to becoming emperor, but he was always able to miraculously turn the danger into safety. It was simply outrageous and incredible, as if God was helping him, with a strong magical color.
It is precisely for this reason that later generations of netizens called him the son of the plane.
"In any case, the currency issued by Wang Mang was unmatched by anyone in ancient times, so he is also known as the number one coin minter in ancient and modern times, the coin minting madman, etc." Lin Yuan said.
First of all, his design is unique, such as this one, which has a round outer part and a square piercing, and a knife-shaped lower part. The ring handle is engraved with the words "一" and "刀" using gold-stitched technology. It is the earliest and only one in China. Coins made of gold.
Secondly, Wang Mang's coins are exquisitely made with complex craftsmanship.
Taking this piece of money worth five thousand dollars as an example, it included filling the depressions of the characters with gold and polishing them to keep the characters flush with the surface of the money. This process was very advanced at the time.
Dai Xi, a scholar and coin collector in the Qing Dynasty, once lamented: "Everyone has a unique talent, and recklessness is the unique talent for money."
Liu Xin solemnly held up a bronze tripod covered with a bird's head and asked: "Brother Lin, how do you like this bronze tripod? I came across it when I went to Seattle."
He believed that this treasure was the most important.
Lin Yuan asked him: "You should ask someone to see it, right?"
Liu Xin answered truthfully: "I approached two people. One said he was unsure and the other said it was fake. But in fact, he wanted to buy it from me at a low price and called me several times."
After that, he ignored that person.
Lin Yuan: "Then if you sell it to him, you can charge as much as you can."
As soon as these words came out, anyone who was not stupid knew Lin Yuan's answer.
"Is it fake?" The old uncle was surprised.
Because he also feels that this bronze tripod is the most authentic and feels very open.
"How can you tell it's fake?" Henry also wanted to learn something.
"First of all, let's look at the rust color of this bronze. It floats on the object. It is green but not shiny. The surface is rusty, not moist, and irritating. This is fake rust." Lin Yuan said with a eloquent attitude.
There is a little ink in my belly, but it is different. I speak with confidence and clarity.
According to his recent study, he learned that bronzes have been passed down to this day for thousands of years, roughly in three ways: buried in the earth, dropped into the water, and handed down from generation to generation. The experience of experts tells us that if a copperware has been in water for a thousand years, it will be as green as a melon skin and as shiny as jade; if it has not been in water for a thousand years, it will be green but not shiny; Cinnabar spots, even raised spots.
Generally speaking, most of the bronze wares that have been handed down to this day are excavated bronze wares. Due to differences in copper quality and differences in soil and water quality in various places, the rust colors of buried copper wares are also different. Common ones include green rust, red rust, blue rust, purple embroidery, etc. .
"You can also rub the bronze with your hands until your hands are hot, and then smell your hands. If there is a copper smell, it is fake rust, because thousand-year-old bronze has no copper smell." Lin Yuan told them.
In fact, you can also use hot alkaline water to wash it, and the false rust will fall off. If it cannot be washed off, it will fall off by baking it with fire.
When everyone heard this, men like Qiao Yufan and Liu Xin immediately rubbed it with their hands.
After rubbing it for a while, I put it to my nose and smelled it. Sure enough, I smelled the smell of copper.
"It turns out that it can be identified in this way." Henry said that he had learned it.
Even the viewers in the live broadcast room feel that they are terrifyingly strong now.
"As for these patterns, they are a little more complicated. You need to understand the characteristics of bronzes in each dynasty." Lin Yuan continued.
The bronzes of the Xia Dynasty have simple patterns; the patterns of the Shang Dynasty are gorgeous and intricate, with many flowers all over the body; the Western Zhou Dynasty is roughly the same as the Shang Dynasty, but tends to be simple in the later period; the patterns of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods are fresh and lively, full of life; the Qin and Han Dynasties emphasize practicality, with few patterns and Not as refined as its predecessor.
In addition, it can also be inferred and judged from the changes in the content of decorative patterns in different eras.
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It's like looking at a person's hairstyle and being able to roughly guess when he was born.
For example, if you look at the other person’s crazy hairstyle, you will know that he is born in the 80s or 90s.
"There are also inscriptions that need special attention. In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, they were in bronze inscriptions, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, they were in Niao-Chong script, in the Qin Dynasty, they were in small seal script, and in the Han Dynasty, they were in official script, etc.
If you look at this bronze tripod again, the decoration is from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but it has a small seal character. Do you think it is reasonable? "Lin Yuan analyzed it for them.
This time, everyone knows that this is definitely a fake.
Liu Xin immediately took out his mobile phone and prepared to contact the previous person.
The old uncle is still fine!
He quickly stopped him: "Don't contact me yet. It's easy to scare the snake and ask him to contact you. You'll be 'too much trouble', so you reluctantly sold it to him, do you understand?"
Good guy!
Everyone has learned it.
"I understand, I understand, thank you uncle for reminding me." Liu Xin also called uncle.
This made the old uncle feel very happy.
The old uncle waved his hand: "If you add WeChat or something, you can send a message to Moments and tell how much money someone has offered. This is called luring the snake out of its hole."
Accepted.
Sure enough, ginger is still spicy.
You can say that the old uncle's treasure appraisal is rubbish, but you can't question the old uncle's routine. People eat a lot of salt.
Everyone turned their attention to other items.
Henry reached for another piece of copperware, but it was only the size of a palm. It must have been played with frequently, and the top was rubbed and polished.
"Is this Qilin?" he asked.
Although he studied in China, he doesn't know much about China's mythical, sacred, and auspicious animals.
The easiest thing to identify is definitely the dragon.
(End of chapter)