Chapter 775

Cheng suddenly said, "the symbol of military power is Diao Chu."

Chu Chen replied, "yes, that's about what he meant."

Knowing the difference between Yue and Cheng, Wu Ke asked, "what's special about the Cheng you just bought?"

Chuchen said with a smile: "how do you know there must be something special?"

"Cut!" Wu Ke curled his lips: "I don't know you yet. If it's just a common thing, would you like to buy it?"

Chuchen said with a smile: "you can't say that. I'm willing to buy anything that can make money."

Wu Ke pouted, then took Chu Chen's hand and said, "well, don't talk nonsense. Speak quickly."

Chu Chen couldn't eat Wu Ke's coquetry, so he quickly said, "OK, I'll tell you. There are iron blades embedded in the bronze, and there are two gold inscriptions, which should be the name of the user, but I have to go back and check what the words are before I know."

Wu Ke smelled that Yan was a little disappointed and said, "that's it?"

Chu Chen spread out his hand: "what do you think about it? You know, the iron blade is made of meteorite."

"Tianwai meteorite?" Wu Ke immediately exclaimed after hearing the speech, and then she immediately reflected that this is a restaurant, she said so loud, the guests around would certainly hear, so she quickly and secretly looked around, and found that some of the guests did look at her curiously, which made her very embarrassed to spit out her tongue.

"You're a real person. Why didn't you say it together just now, which caused me such a big trouble?"

With that, Wu Ke was still a little annoyed and hit Chu Chen on the arm a few times.

Chuchen said with a smile: "it's really bad for me, but I didn't expect that you would have such a big reaction when you heard about tianwai meteorite!"

"You're not talking nonsense!" Wu Ke was not very angry and said, "it's a meteorite from outside the sky. It's a magic weapon often mentioned in martial arts novels. Don't you think I'm surprised?"

Chu Chen said with a smile: "you also said that it was a martial arts novel. In real life, apart from the nickel element in the meteorite, which can really enhance the blade's strength, it is not as mysterious as it is written in the novel!"

"Really?" Wu Ke asked a little incredulously.

Chu Chen nodded and said, "it's not true that our country has never unearthed weapons made of meteorite. If they were like the ones written in the novel, they would have been known to the world for a long time."

Because the natural pure iron almost does not exist in nature, the melting point of iron ore is also high, and it is not easy to reduce, so human use of iron is later than copper, tin, lead, gold and so on. Therefore, the earliest iron objects found in some ancient civilizations in the world are all made of meteorite iron.

China has also unearthed some weapons made of meteorite. For example, in 1972, a bronze Cheng with an iron blade of Shang Dynasty was unearthed in Yan province. Its age was around the 14th century BC. The bronze Cheng was inlaid with an iron blade. The iron blade was forged with the body of Cheng after heating and forging.

Similar iron blade Tongcheng and Tieyuan tongge have been unearthed in China. The age is equivalent to the end of Shang Dynasty and the beginning of Zhou Dynasty. The iron part is also made of meteorite.

For example, a small axe made of meteorite was found in the tomb of ancient ur built by ancient Sumerians in Western Asia, and a small axe made of meteorite was found in the tomb of ancient ur built by ancient Sumerians.

In ancient Sumerian, iron is called Anbar, which means "fire from heaven". The so-called fire from heaven is meteorite. The ancient Egyptians simply called iron "Tianshi". It can be seen that the earliest understanding of iron should be from meteorites.

Chu Chen explained: "because the number of meteorites from the sky is very small, the utensils made of meteorite iron are of course very precious and mysterious. So, the Cheng I just got seems very simple, but it was very precious at that time. With these two inscriptions, the market value is not low now. "

Wu Ke listened to Chu Chen's explanation and asked, "how much is this thing worth?"

Chu Chen thought about it and said, "it should be said that its cultural relic value is higher. As for its economic value, it should be only a few hundred thousand at most."

Wu laughably said: "a few hundred thousand is also very good. I don't think that you only spent three euros in total. Plus the rhinoceros horn cup that you bought for five euros just now, the money that other people can't earn in their whole life is simply earned by you. If my father knows it, it's estimated that it will make my mouth water."

Chuchen said with a smile: "my father-in-law has been numb to see me pick up the leak. He won't be like what you said."

Wu Ke Bai gave him a look: "look at you

Next, they talked and laughed for a while. Seeing that the time was almost up, they settled the bill and were ready to go to the flea market to get some more harvest.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please wait a moment..."Just as Chu Chen and Wu Ke walked out of the restaurant, they heard someone calling them in Chinese behind them. Looking back, they found that they were an Asian man in their thirties and seventies.

When the man quickly came to him, Chu Chen asked, "what's the matter with you, sir?"

The man first politely said hello to them, and then asked, "Sir, do you really use something made of tianwai meteorite?"

Although the man was well dressed and didn't look like a bad man, they were in a foreign country after all, so they had to guard against some things. So Wu Ke first gave Chu Chen an sorry look, and then said in a blunt tone: "is there anything that should have nothing to do with you?"

For Wu Ke's reaction, the man didn't feel wrong. After all, he rashly accosted him. It's normal for him to behave unfriendly.

He said with a smile: "ladies and gentlemen, I'm really presumptuous about this. First of all, I'd like to introduce myself. My family name is Nan (n ì ng). I opened an antique shop in the market. Just now I heard this girl talk about tianwai meteorite. I'm very glad to see her. I hope you can forgive me!"

Youdao is a stranger who has no money and doesn't know him at all. Although there is no malice in seeing him, chuchen shakes his head and says, "I'm sorry, sir. We'll have something else to do later. We'd better let it go."

Seeing that Chu Chen and Wu Ke wanted to go, the man quickly said, "ah! Don't worry, sir. I'm also a bad person. Besides, my antique shop is not far away from here. There are some good things in the shop that I think are very good. I think you are also interested in antiques, sir. We can also exchange ideas! "

Then he took out a business card of his own from his pocket and handed it to Chu Chen with both hands.

When Chu Chen took the card, he found that there were English and Chinese introductions in addition to French. However, when he saw the man's Chinese name, he was a little surprised, because his name was Nan Nancai.

"Mr. Nan, your surname is very rare in China. I thought your surname was Ning."

Nanxing is one of the four small surnames in China. This surname comes from the Xianbei people and comes from the Tunan clan of the ancient Xianbei people. It takes the clan name as the surname. During the northern and Southern Dynasties, there was the Funan clan of Xianbei nationality, also known as the Tunan clan, which was a small tribe in the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei.

The word "Tunan" is the ancient people's name for a kind of bird. According to the research, it is today's ostrich. Because the ancient Xianbei tribe adored the bird, they named the tribe "Tunan" and took the bird as their totem. Later, it became a surname, which was abbreviated as "Tunan" or "Tunan".

After the Northern Wei Dynasty came to power in the Central Plains, the Tunan people changed their surname to "Nan". Later, the surname "Nan" moved north with Xianbei, and the Songhuajiang river was also changed to "Nan Jiang" at that time. After several twists and turns, the Xianbei people, whose surname is Nan, set foot in the Korean Peninsula. At present, the surname "Nan" in China is mainly distributed in four small villages in Henan Province. All the men, women, old and young who have lived here for generations are surnamed "Nan".

"My family's ancestral home is also Henan Province. I didn't immigrate to France until 1887. Both my grandparents and my parents were in the business circle, but I was mainly interested in business, so I opened an antique shop. "

Nannan just explained with a smile, and then invited: "this gentleman, go to my place to sit down, what do you think?"

In addition to his surname, Chu Chen also found that Nan Nancai's shop was just located in the Marche vernaison market, where the antique shops had gathered as mentioned by the old lady. Considering that he and Wu Ke wanted to go there to have a look, he agreed: "OK, I'll ask you for advice..."

Then Chu Chen and Wu Ke, led by Nan Nan Cai, came to his antique shop. During this period, Chu Chen also gave a brief introduction to Wu Ke and Nan Nan.

The signboard of Nan Nan Cai's antique shop is very simple. There is only the word "Nan Shi". Of course, because the surname of Nan is rare, it's not easy to get confused.

The environment of the antique shop is very good. When they enter the house with Nan Nan, they find that the decoration here is a typical Chinese garden style, with birds singing and flowers fragrant everywhere. It makes people feel relaxed and happy at the beginning.

Into the shop, Nan did not rush to see Chu Chen's things, but first with Chu Chen and Wu can turn around.

At that time, Chu Chen found that Nan Nan had everything from Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Although most of them were ordinary objects, some of them were rare products. For example, the nine Eye Bead Chu Chen saw was very good.

This is a nine eye double line bead, which is black and white. It has a long history, and its double line beads on both sides are extremely rare. The appearance of natural weathering can be seen on the surface of the bead, which is well preserved. The nine eye heavenly pearl in Tibetan area means the number of the supreme. In ancient times, the bead should have been worn by dignitaries and high-ranking people.