"Oh oh oh, God." Natalie covered her mouth and shouted.
"What is this?" Li Han's eyes widened. Li Han recognized it at first sight, how could there be such a thing?
"Boss." The employee in charge of the crane suddenly shouted.
"What's wrong?"
"Too heavy."
"Too heavy?" Li Han saw that it was not the case. As soon as the gun carriage came out of the water, the rope could not hold it up.
"Stop now," Li Han said. "I'll contact Eric. This requires a big crane."
The crane and small boat on the edge of the pier are okay, but such a big cannon truck is surrounded by mud. It is better in the water, but the crane is not good. The rattling sound is really scary.
Eric, when he received the call, was very surprised that there was an artillery truck in the lake. "Okay, I will contact the crane now."
Within an hour, the crane arrived at the lake. "I can't believe it." Eric looked at the gun truck with a look of shock.
The crane was used for almost half an hour, and finally the gun truck was hoisted up. "It looks pretty good." Li Han took a closer look, and it seemed that it was well preserved.
"Hey, is this made of copper?" Li Han looked at the trace of patina and was slightly surprised.
"Napoleon Cannon?" Li Han looked at Jennifer with a surprised look on his face. "Jennifer, do you know it?"
"Clean it up first, I'm not sure now." Jennifer said.
"Yes, clean up first."
"Dudu goes to fetch water."
"The baby will go too."
Three little men, carrying small buckets, were going to the lake to fetch water.
"Slower."
Li Han, hurry up.
The artillery carriage was cleaned. Jennifer looked at it and nodded. The Napoleon cannon is a smoothbore cannon named after Napoleon III. It is made of all copper. I don’t know how it fell into the lake.
"Perhaps these military cards can help us."
"Military card?"
"These military cards seem to belong to the Southern Army, perhaps because the Southern Army was defeated."
"This artillery cart was inconvenient to carry and we didn't want it to be acquired by the Northern Army," Lingna said. "That's why it sank to the bottom of the lake."
"It's really possible." A few people analyzed it and found out that it was really very possible.
"Dad, can the cannon shoot cannonballs?" Little Dudu ran back and forth several times carrying a small bucket. His little nose was covered with beads of sweat and his little face was flushed.
"This." Li Han really didn't know yet.
"Definitely not." Natalie on the side shook her head and said. "Han, if you don't look at it, it's already patinaed. Besides, if it's placed on the bottom of the lake so early, the barrel will definitely be affected, and there's a high chance it will explode.
"
Li Han nodded and said to the villain, "Did you hear what Aunt Natalie said? No."
"Oh." The villain said, full of disappointment.
"Haha, but such a big antique can be sold for a lot of money." Li Han said, the villain's eyes lit up.
"Really?"
"Of course, if you don't believe me, ask mom." Li Han said with a smile.
Jennifer was not sure about the price of this kind of Napoleon cannon, so she gave him a rough guide: "Between 20,000 US dollars and 50,000 US dollars."
"Wow."
"A lot of money."
"Hahaha, kid, how are you?" Natalie looked at the few villains and said with a proud smile.
"Dad discovered this." Dudu whispered.
Natalie's face darkened and she snorted. "The little devil is not cute at all."
"hehe."
"Now, we have to find a way to get this thing away. As for whether to keep it or sell it, we have to wait." Li Han said.
"Keep it, this is a trophy, how can you sell it?" Natalie said.
Li Han actually wanted to stay. This thing is really good, but it's just displayed at home. Why don't you think it's interesting?
"No, sell it." Dudu said.
Two little people, Bao Bao and Maria, followed suit.
"What do you want with so much money?" Natalie rubbed her little head, this greedy little devil.
"I won't tell you." Dudu puffed out his mouth, and sister Natalie ruffled Dudu's hair again.
The villain puffed out his mouth, got angry, and stopped talking to Natalie.
Natalie muttered, "What are you planning to do, Han?"
Li Han said with a smile, "I won't comment."
"Three votes, sister Natalie's one vote, Pandora wins." The villain said proudly.
"Sell it, just sell it." Natalie muttered, she just thought it was quite impressive to let it go.
"Will Grant accept this thing?"
"I think it's better to go to Kotula." Li Han said.
"Ask Eric later."
"Benjamin Antique Shop in Kotula, I would be interested in these antiques." Eric asked, got the news from his friends, and told Li Han and others.
"Tomorrow, we will go there." Li Han said.
"Let's check this information today."
Back home, several people searched for information about this big thing. This is the M1857 12-pound field gun among the running wheel guns. The barrel of the M1857 12-pound field gun is 66 inches long, the caliber is 117mm, and the gun body weighs about 1227 pounds.
The diameter is 57 inches, and the total weight (gun body, gun mount plus wheels) is 2445 pounds. The total gun combination (full gun plus front trailer and attached ammunition box) weighs 3865 pounds.
"Compared to the rifles in the north, they are really heavy."
It weighs more than three thousand kilograms. It is really a big thing. How to transport it is no small matter.
Early the next morning, Li Han was dragged up by a few villains. "Okay, okay, daddy, get up right now. Don't pinch daddy's nose."
Li Han had no choice but to be a little devil. He dodged Li Han's big hand and jumped out of bed. "Dad, get up quickly. Grandma is about to make breakfast."
Li Han raised his hand and looked at the time. It was not yet half past six. "Why is it so early today?"
"Hee hee." The little man giggled. He told his grandma yesterday.
Several little people got up early in the morning and helped Zhang Xiuying grind soy milk, cook rice porridge, and cut vegetables.
After going downstairs, sure enough, the smell of rice porridge came out. "Dad, drink soy milk."
"Uncle, cake."
"beef."
Three villains were waiting on her, so when she went downstairs and saw Natalie, she felt envious. "Han, your treatment is really high. According to Chinese standards, you are treated like a landlord."
"Haha, Natalie, your Chinese is getting better and better." Li Han said with a smile.
"Of course." Natalie looked proud. She had read a lot of Chinese books.
"Haha, everyone is up."
"Mom, these little guys knocked on the door one by one early in the morning." Li Han said with a wry smile.
"Well, I won't allow it next time." Zhang Xiuying said with a straight face.
"Um."
The three villains nodded obediently.
"Have a meal."
The little guys ate like they were fighting, and they finished eating in a while.
The three villains stared at Li Han and the others. "These little brats."
"Dad, have you finished eating?" Dudu held the dining table with his two little hands and looked at Li Hanmi porridge. When he saw that he had finished eating, he asked happily.
Li Han didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had just eaten a bowl. "Dad wants another bowl."
"Oh." Full of disappointment, he sat down.
"Little ghost head."
After finishing the second bowl, Li Han looked up and stared at his little person. "Dad, it's ready."
"Wow, daddy is done eating." Dudu cheered and jumped off the chair.
"Dudu, go get some tea."
"Forget it." Li Han smiled bitterly. "Okay, wait a minute, let's set off."
"Go to Kotula to sell cannons." Li Han said helplessly.
Three little people, nodding their little heads.
Before he had time to rest, he was dragged to the garage by a few villains. The artillery truck was not even a pickup truck. This thing was too big, so Li Han simply found a truck.
After spending a lot of effort, everyone set off in three cars.
This was not Li Han's first visit to the small town of Cotula. The city was not too big, so it was not difficult to find Benjamin Antiques Store. It took him less than twenty minutes to find it.
"Let's go in first."
"I won't even take away the cannons." Little Dudu looked at the big truck.
"Haha, we will bring someone to see it later." Li Han said with a smile.
When I came to the store, I opened the door and walked in. "Hi, hello."
Benjamin looked surprised, why were there so many people.
"Hello Benjamin, I am Han from St. Andy's Farm." Li Han stretched out his hand and said with a smile.
"Hello, Han, St. Andy's Farm, that's a really big farm." Benjamin said. You know, yesterday Li Han's auction of cattle and sheep was in today's newspaper. I have to say that Cotura is really not a big city.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" Benjamin asked.
"I have something that you might be interested in." Li Han took what the villain handed over.
"Really, let me see." Benjamin said.
Li Han spread out the small bag, and it was full of military cards.
"It's military badges and badges. It's really rare. This is the Confederate army. Yes, it's a good thing." Benjamin read it and picked up a knife with a bone handle. "Look at how good it is. It must have been a slave at that time."
Hidden, it looks great.”
"How much do you plan to pay to sell them?" Benjamin asked.
Li Han smiled. "I think four thousand dollars is a good price."
"Oh, God, no, maybe I can't accept it," Benjamin said. "The most I can offer is $2,500."
"No, for less than $3,500, I don't think I would sell it."
"Three thousand two hundred dollars, this is the highest price I can offer."
"Well, if you add it, maybe you will think that four thousand dollars is acceptable." Li Han took out a big thing from his feet.
"Grape shot, that's great," Benjamin shouted.
"And these." Li Han smiled and took out some warheads and fragments of shrapnel.
"Three thousand eight hundred dollars, I think, I can accept."
"All right."
Li Han nodded. "Benjamin, there is a surprise. Maybe you will like it."
"Yeah?"
Benjamin was quite curious. He followed Li Han and others outside the store and parked next to the large truck. "It's a big guy."
"That's right, that's really exciting, big guy." Li Han said with a smile and opened the car.
Benjamin's eyes widened. "Oh, God, I can't believe it. This is such a big surprise. I love it."
