Gritting his teeth and working hard, he walked for five minutes and stopped for one minute, and worked together to lift the first iron pot onto the boat.
The boat almost rolled over.
The military pot doesn't look big, but it weighs two pianos on top. The whole iron pot is wrapped from top to bottom with tape. It's round in shape, and it's covered in tape, so it's hard to hold.
Easily slippery.
The tape is wrapped to prevent it from breaking during transportation. The pot is made of iron, but the pig iron from hundreds of years ago is severely corroded. If you don't pay attention, it will break wherever you touch it. Once it breaks, the value of the pot will be reduced by at least half.
, one hundred thousand becomes fifty thousand.
Install two at a time.
Three round trips.
We were busy loading the trucks in batches until dawn. We were all sweating. Brother Yu's clothes were soaked with blood and sweat. We had breakfast near the dock, and then we drove the cargo back.
It would be great if I could find the legendary eighteen iron pots this time, but only six were found.
There are more than ten others. I can't say that they are 100% sure to be underwater in that area, but the probability is very high.
Why was the marching pot buried here?
What are the other nine cylinders and seven boxes in the legend? Where are they buried?
So far I can't give a convincing explanation. Unless someone can travel back to the time period of the late Northern Song Dynasty, I'm afraid no one can explain it clearly.
Douyazai went around the island to explore the underwater environment. He said the risk was high and I agreed. It was very difficult, even harder than fishing for ship cargo. Anyone who thinks he has the underwater ability can give it a try.
In addition, as long as it is not sea water, the overall quality of the underwater military pot will definitely be better than that on the surface. Because no soil is involved, the price will at least double.
The puddle will not produce red spots and green rust. It will produce the kind of black and white mercury patina. Or if it is buried in the mud for a long time, it will produce the kind of gilt-like rainbow colorful rust, which is more popular in the industry.
People are sought after.
Apart from anything else, in terms of copper coins, the price system back then was completely different from the current one. Back then, no one wanted a Kaiyuan Tongbao with puddles and rainbow rust for five yuan, but if it cost two yuan, it would still be considered.
Now, people are rushing to buy the same thing, five hundred, one thousand? or even two or three thousand. If the underwater marching pot is full of rainbow rust, think about it... the average pot weighs two hundred kilograms
A pound of copper coins is about 110 coins. Let alone 5,000 coins, it costs an average of 100 yuan. That iron pot costs at least 200 coins.
We went back to take a shower and have dinner. At the dinner table, we had different opinions on what to do with the six iron pots.
When Dou Sprout learned about the Yongle iron money, he was uncharacteristically different! He firmly told me that I should smash them all! There will definitely be more!
Brother Yu said that he would not express his opinion, but he would listen to the leader.
I am more inclined to smash my head open because it is so attractive.
My one sold for hundreds of thousands, how much can this pot cost?
But this time, my judgment is not to take the risk, I don’t think so.
There are two reasons for this judgment.
First, there is no dispute that the Yongle iron coins were cast in a short period of time in Jiande Shenquan prison after the rebel army captured Hangzhou.
The Chunxi Iron Coin was cast for six days, which is estimated to be only one or two days. It is a trial casting and is unlikely to appear in a concentrated manner.
Another reason is intuition and character.
My intuition tells me that there is no chance. Personally, I don’t like gambling.
Seeing my hesitation, Douyazai persuaded me: "Fengzi, you didn't take action when it was time to take action! This is obviously an opportunity to make a lot of money! But you want to give it away to others! How can we be sure if we don't smash it open to see? Maybe there is everything underneath.
It’s the kind of copper coin you mentioned! That one is worth hundreds of thousands!”
"It's not copper money, it's fucking iron money. What do you know? If we don't smash it open, we can use "it's possible to pay that kind of money" as a boo! In this way, the overall price will be raised!" I said.
Argue with reason.
"How much is the total price!?" Dou Sprout said loudly.
"Maybe more than a hundred."
"More than a hundred? Fengzi, we have six pots, which add up to several thousand fucking kilograms! As long as we can get one or two out of these several thousand kilograms, we will win! The rest are all for nothing! Got it?
Do you study probability? This probability is very high!"
He put his head aside and took a sip of tea, and said calmly: "Yunfeng, you have the final say this time. You decide."
Holding the head is to cultivate my decision-making ability, but it undoubtedly puts the pressure on me.
If, as Dou Sprout said, I lose money and others make a lot of money afterwards, then I will be responsible.
I did not express my position on the spot, but said that I would think about it and make a decision at night.
Before making a decision, I mainly want to hear Meimei's first offer.
There is nothing to hide at this time, after all, the pulses are sent by people.
Meimei is very capable, I just didn’t explain it too much. A young girl can compete with the entire Siping Gang in the industry. Although she is not as good as Zhi Ge and the gang, she is still quite impressive. She is in Yongzhou
Mei Qian Museum is a top-notch company in the field of ancient coins. She has seen more good ancient coins than I have.
Where Meimei suffers is in terms of "number of people". The number of front-line personnel under her is far less than that of the Siping Gang.
But I prefer to do business with her. The Siping Gang has a background in local museums. I don't like museums. This is due to safety considerations, and more importantly...she is beautiful.
"Hello!"
"Boss Mei, how did you sleep last night? Are you still in Qiandao Lake?"
"Boss Xiang, you are so fast."
I held up my mobile phone and said with a smile: "Men should do things quickly. It's ridiculous to grind and chirp."
"That's right, man, it's better to hurry up and report it."
Although there was no one around, I habitually lowered my voice and said, "Six of them came out. They are military pots, totaling about 3,500 kilograms."
On the other end of the phone, he immediately said: "The marching pot is a good thing. Did you add the tare weight to the 3,500 kilograms?"
"Of course, it remains untouched now. To be honest, we have differences of opinion internally, so I made this call just to hear your quotation."
"If you are lower than our expectations, then we will pay for it ourselves. Of course, we will not let you make the trip in vain, and we will give you 50,000 yuan for the carriage fee."
"Well...Boss Xiang, you have to let me see the things first, right? I haven't even seen what they look like, so how can I quote you a price?"
"Don't call me Boss Xiang, call me Brother Feng."
"Heh...you don't seem to be older than me, right??"
"Then you have to call me Brother Feng! If you don't, this business will stop."
"Okay, Brother Feng, first of all, thank you for your honesty. You know more or less the strength of me, Meimei. In terms of price, I can only say that I will not treat you badly."
I laughed.
Letting her call me brother is not only a joke, but also because I want to suppress her, so that I can have a little more initiative in the subsequent negotiations.
The truck was parked in the open space in the backyard. I took a few photos at different angles and wanted to send them to her, but I didn't pay attention and it was too late to withdraw them.
Soon, in less than half a minute, she called.
"What did you send!"
"I'm sorry... I was so quick just now, I wanted to tell you not to look at it yet."
"I'm scared to death! What is this picture of? Is it a corpse?"
"It's a paint corpse."
"What is a paint corpse?"
I said: "It's a kind of ancient corpse. In fact, this is the first time I've seen it. You can think of it as a domestic version of a mummy. The difference is that the body is not covered with bandages, but with a strong antiseptic raw lacquer layer."
"It's really scary... Are you trying to trick me on purpose? I was looking at it fine, but suddenly one came out, which scared me to death."
"That's not true. I accidentally clicked too fast. That photo was originally in the photo album. Remember to delete it! Don't spread it outside."
On the other end of the phone, Meimei hesitated for a few seconds and asked me: "Brother Feng, are you selling this paint corpse?"