Chen Ran did not answer Old Man Huang, but was still thinking. After seeing the internal structure of the vessel clearly, he always felt that this structure seemed a bit familiar...
"Xiao Ran, don't think about it. Just give up. I've never heard of this thing." Seeing Chen Ran still standing there thinking, Wang Zhiqing smiled bitterly and pulled Chen Ran. He was engaged in archaeological research.
Yes, even if he has never seen some antiquities, he should have heard of them, and even knows some antiquities that are not circulated at all outside. However, he has never seen or heard of the vessel in front of him.
Even the ceramics on the outside of the vessels cannot be seen from which dynasty or type they are from, which is really strange.
After being pulled by Wang Zhiqing, Chen Ran sat down. However, when he sat down, he suddenly touched the bright flashlight placed on the table. Chen Ran quickly caught the bright flashlight that was about to roll to the ground, and then
Standing on the table.
When identifying antiques, strong light flashlights and magnifying glasses are generally indispensable tools, so almost everyone present has a pair of magnifying glasses and strong light flashlights in front of them.
"It can't be identified, it can't be identified, Old Liu, then let's continue..." Old Man Huang glanced at Chen Ran happily, and instead urged Liu Lei to continue, but he hadn't finished speaking yet.
It was suddenly interrupted.
"Wait a moment."
The person who interrupted Old Man Huang was Chen Ran.
Chen Ran, who had already sat down, suddenly stood up again.
As soon as Chen Ran said these words, everyone present immediately looked over.
"Xiaoran, do you recognize it?"
Wang Zhiqing couldn't help but asked in surprise. Others also speculated in this way. Old Man Huang asked someone to identify it, but he still refused to say what this antique was. It was really annoying. Everyone wanted to know.
What exactly is this antique? Naturally, I hope that Chen Ran can identify it. Of course, there are also some who have doubts. With so many experts present unable to identify it, can you, a young boy like you, still be able to identify it?
Zhu Feng, Wang Zhiqing and Liu Lei who knew Chen Ran looked at Chen Ran expectantly. Obviously, in their eyes, Chen Ran was a person who always created miracles. Chen Ran could identify this antique.
It's not impossible.
"What? Brother, did you recognize it?" Old Man Huang didn't seem to be worried at all that Chen Ran could identify it. When he spoke, there was a trace of pride on his lips.
Chen Ran did not immediately answer Old Man Huang's words, but lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then raised his head, looked at Old Man Huang and suddenly said: "This thing of yours is a battery."
"Ahem..."
Zhu Feng originally had great expectations for Chen Ran, but Chen Ran suddenly said such a sentence and almost choked him.
Not to mention him, even Wang Zhiqing and Liu Lei were not much better than him. They all looked at Chen Ran in astonishment. Battery? The battery would look like this...
Everyone else present was also stunned by Chen Ran's shocking answer.
Battery?
This one really dares to think about it.
"You...how did you know!"
Chen Ran's sudden answer made the others a little stunned, but while they were stunned, a surprised exclamation suddenly came out.
This exclamation suddenly attracted everyone present to cast their eyes over, but in the end they were all a little dumbfounded.
It was Old Man Huang who made this exclamation!
Old Man Huang was really too surprised, so he couldn't help blurting out such a sentence. He reacted after saying it and quickly closed his mouth, but it was obviously too late.
"How could I not know?"
Old Man Huang's voice fell behind, and Chen Ran said lightly. He was about to give up at first, but when he sat down, he suddenly touched the bright flashlight placed on the table. After catching the bright flashlight, he put it on the table.
When he went up, his eyes inevitably fell on the bright flashlight, and his heart suddenly moved.
This object is not really a battery, it is just called a battery.
"Before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the Persian Dynasty had established contact with the Northern Wei Dynasty that unified northern China. It was recorded in the "Book of Wei" that nearly ten Persian missions came to the Northern Wei Dynasty at that time. The first five times,
They arrived at Pingcheng, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which is now Datong, Shanxi Province, and five times later, they arrived at Huadu after the capital was moved. When these Persian envoys came to China, they also presented Persian objects, that is, various silverware.
And Persian utensils, these Persian utensils have some very strange things."
Chen Ran didn't care how dumbfounded the others were. He thought about his ideas and spoke calmly. At this moment, the people present didn't know that Chen Ran was right. After hearing Chen Ran's explanation, they also
Everyone pricked up their ears and listened.
Just listen to Chen Ran continue to say: "One day in June 1936, when a group of road construction workers were building a railway outside Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, they suddenly discovered a huge stone slab with many ancient Persian characters engraved on it. The workers felt
They were very surprised. They continued to dig deeper and found a huge ancient tomb made of hundreds of panels. The ancient tomb alerted the archaeological staff of the Yixike Museum. They immediately rushed to the site to excavate.
After more than two months of hard work, archaeologists found many cultural relics. Especially after opening the sarcophagus, they discovered a large number of artifacts from the Persian Dynasty from 248 BC to 226 BC. Among these antiquities, they found
Some strange pottery vessels, rusty copper pipes and iron rods.
The German archaeologist William Cavernig, who was the director of the Iraqi Museum at the time, announced a surprising news after identification. The pottery vessel unearthed in Baghdad was an ancient chemical battery. As long as an acid solution or an alkali solution is added, it will
You can send a call.
Cavinillo's conclusion shocked the archaeological community. If it is admitted that this is an ancient battery, it means that the Persians who lived in this area had already begun to use batteries as early as the 3rd century BC. This is earlier than 1800 AD.
The world-famous physicist Volta invented the first battery more than 2,000 years ago. As a result, many archaeologists came from all over the world, hoping to conduct careful research on this ancient electricity site.
This kind of ceramic vessel does function as a battery, but the ancients at that time did not use it to generate electricity, but to gild statues and ornaments.
Among the utensils unearthed from the tombs of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Datong in 1988, in addition to Persian silver bowls, there were also various Persian utensils. These strange utensils also contained such strange utensils, and these utensils were apparently paid tribute by the Persian envoys at that time.
This also confirms the theory that Persia was the first to invent the battery. Except for the utensils unearthed from the tombs of the Northern Wei Dynasty, this kind of Persian utensils had actually been circulated from the Northern Wei court for a long time, but they were very rare. They were once considered
The ancients used it as a gilded tool."
This knowledge is a bit confusing. Chen Ran didn't read it in one book, but in many types of books. These books include antique books, books like The Unsolved Mysteries of the World, and books about...
In the book about Chinese historical tools, Chen Ran saw such a tool. However, this kind of tool was rarely circulated and was only mentioned in the book... Chen Ran is now
The relevant knowledge from these various books is summarized together.
This is why Chen Ran felt something familiar but couldn't remember it after using the energy aperture to see clearly the structure inside the vessel.
The entire hall was quiet, and only Chen Ran's voice sounded. As Chen Ran explained, everyone suddenly understood and their eyes changed when they looked at Chen Ran. This was the first time they had heard what Chen Ran said.
Well, if you don't have a very broad range of knowledge, you obviously won't be able to say such things.
"This utensil of yours is this kind of gold-plated tool called a battery, right?" After the explanation, Chen Ran looked at Old Man Huang with leisurely eyes. At this time, Old Man Huang didn't have the same pride as before. Let him
After counting all the mechanisms, he never expected that Chen Ran would not only recognize an object like his, but also describe it in such detail. He didn't even know these things. He only knew that this was a kind of vessel that was spread from Persia to China.
It's called a "battery". He was able to know this only by chance.
Old Man Huang didn't answer, and Chen Ran didn't let him answer either, and continued: "This utensil of yours should be a counterfeit made by experts after it was discovered in 1936 that it had a battery function. It cannot be more than a hundred years old."
"This utensil of mine has a history of thousands of years. It was passed down from the palace of the Northern Wei Dynasty." After hearing Chen Ran's words, Old Man Huang immediately retorted unconvinced. Perhaps he was a little unconfident, and he added the following
In a word, before this, he didn't know that his vessel came from the Imperial Palace of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
"If you don't believe it, just break it open and you will know." Chen Ran answered in a calm tone and ignored him. As long as he broke it open, the materials inside the vessel would be revealed.
Chen Ran's hand shocked Old Man Huang and made him doubtful. He put his hands in his pockets, rubbed the utensils, and kept a straight face, but he never said a word again.
"Hahaha, wonderful! Wonderful! You don't even look at who Brother Chen is, and you are just trying to do everything in front of Brother Chen. You are asking for trouble. Now you are in trouble, haha..."
The one who laughed loudly at this moment was Zhu Feng.
Zhu Feng laughed loudly and clapped his hands in praise. Wang Zhiqing and Liu Lei also smiled and raised their big fingers towards Chen Ran in praise. The whole hall burst into warm applause...
Only Old Man Huang sat there with a sullen expression and embarrassment.
