Following the middle-aged man, the two of them walked towards a house on the left side of the yard.----
The house looks like it was built in the 1960s and 1970s. Most of the blue paint on the door has peeled off, and all the windows have been boarded up. On the cement floor under the wall, a lot of soil has accumulated over time, and now there is a lot of dirt.
The foxtail grass is growing happily.
Asking the man in black who was originally guarding the door to get out of the way, the middle-aged man took out the key from his pocket and opened the door, then turned on the light switch, and the whole room suddenly became bright.
Later, Liu Dong also walked in.
The room is not big, only about twenty square meters, and the walls and ceiling are painted with white dust. However, due to a lot of dust and neglect of cleaning, the originally white walls have begun to turn gray.
At this moment, there was nothing inside the room except for the large cauldron covered with a layer of white cloth in the center.
"Sir, what is your surname?"
"My surname is Liu? What's wrong?"
"Haha, it's nothing. It's just for the convenience of calling me!" As he said that, the middle-aged man stretched out his hand and pulled aside the white cloth on the big cauldron. Suddenly, there were not many red spots and green rust, the height was more than 1.2 meters, and the caliber was no less than 1.2 meters.
Eighty centimeters long, with a round belly and a bulging belly, with a flat rim and a square lip. There are two upright ears on it. The abdominal wall is relatively straight, corresponding to the three legs. The middle part of the belly of the tripod is decorated with three ring-shaped ears. The ring ears are in the shape of an upright animal, and the three legs are
Columnar foot-shaped, thick at the top, thin at the middle, and hoof-shaped at the bottom.
Although Liu Dong has not yet seen the inscriptions inside the cauldron with his own eyes, just looking at this well-preserved bronze cauldron made with the lost wax method, Liu Dong felt unprecedentedly excited. A cauldron like this could become a national treasure.
.It is the existence that every collector longs for.
Moreover, the rich purple aura on the cauldron also showed that this thing was at least more than 2,500 years old.
And when Liu Dong's hand touched the surface of the big cauldron, the identification result given in the mustard space in his mind was 'The cauldron was made by King Kechao of Chuzhuang!'
After receiving this result, Liu Dong's mood was as if he had experienced an eight-magnitude earthquake, and he was severely shaken.
Basically any Chinese is familiar with Xiong Lv, the King of Chuzhuang, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. Of course, people like Liu Dong who like collecting antiques know more about it.
According to historical records, the King of Chuzhuang, the famous typical figure of "the prodigal son never exchanges for gold", once conquered twenty-six vassal states and expanded the territory for three thousand miles. He defeated the Jin State, aspired to the Central Plains, and established hegemony. And what he did
The most famous thing is the famous story in history of "Asking the Emperor of Zhou about the importance of the tripod".
What Liu Dong also knew was that, according to unofficial records, in order to demonstrate his achievements, the hegemonic King of Chuzhuang collected all the weapons from the twenty-six countries he had conquered in his life and forged twenty-six large weapons.
tripod.
"It seems that this is the cauldron that King Chuzhuang built after he conquered Chao Kingdom to show off his achievements!" Liu Dong thought to himself.
Thinking of this, Liu Dong lay down next to the tripod again, and looked at the inscriptions on the tripod wall under the light. Because he was studying carving, Liu Dong also did some research on ancient characters. For the Chu seal characters in the tripod, Liu Dong still
For those who know some of it, although they cannot read it in full, they understand the general meaning.
The 323 Chu characters are divided into two parts. One part records how King Zhuang of Chu conquered the Kingdom of Chao, and the other part records the words of praise for King Zhuang of Chu.
"Mr. Liu, how are you? Is there any problem with this big cauldron?" The middle-aged man looked at Liu Dong's face and was shocked and ecstatic for a while. It was even more exciting than the Sichuan Opera's Face Changing. However, after more than ten minutes, he couldn't help but
Open your mouth to remind you.
"Haha, there is indeed no problem, but I think besides this big cauldron, you should have other bronzes in your hands. I wonder if you have any plans to take action!"
Although according to historical records, there are twenty-eight such cauldrons, Liu Dong is not sure whether these people still have such cauldrons. Because there was no news about the tomb of King Chuzhuang being stolen during this period.
.In this case, Liu Dong could not guess the origin of this big tripod, but from his perspective, he still knew that this big tripod was never unearthed more than a year ago. And it definitely came from the south. If it was from the north,
Because of the lack of water, the red spots and green rust on the cauldron are definitely several times more than what they are now.
After listening to Liu Dong's words, the middle-aged man smiled, as if Liu Dong's question had been expected by him.
"If we still have such a big tripod, how much money does Mr. Liu plan to pay?"
Hearing this, Liu Dong's eyes flashed, and then he said without hesitation: "If it is as precious as this big tripod, I am willing to pay 10 million! 10 million each. If you have other bronzes, I can also do it."
Buy them all! And the price is guaranteed to satisfy both parties!”
Now, in addition to spending the remaining 15 million, he also has 400 million that Zhou Bin helped borrow from the bank with jade as a mortgage. Although these 400 million were the funds he invested in Hengyuan Real Estate, but
When a company is first established, it is impossible to invest all the money at once, it requires a process.
Therefore, at this moment, Liu Dong has enough money in his hands to make this deal. As for the money to set up a company, the worst he can do is to buy these national treasures and then go to the stone gambling dens in various places. I believe that with his relic Yuanguang,
It’s not too difficult to raise 400 million before the end of this year.
At this moment, listening to Liu Dong's generous words, the middle-aged man had a bright smile on his face, as if he was very satisfied with Liu Dong's answer.
However, in Liu Dong's eyes, the smile on the middle-aged man's face represented two words: 'greed'!
"Since Mr. Liu is so generous, please come with me!" As he spoke, the middle-aged man stretched out his left hand in a 'please' gesture.
"What about my big cauldron?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu, we will keep your things for you and make sure there won't be any problems!" the middle-aged man said quickly.
Hearing this, Liu Dong nodded, and then followed the middle-aged man out.
At this time, the sky outside had already brightened up, and without any lights, things were very clear to see.
Following the middle-aged man, Liu Dong once again came to the auction hall located behind the compound. However, the place that was bustling with people more than half an hour ago had become extremely quiet now.
After entering, Liu Dong simply looked around, then followed the middle-aged man into the backstage, and then stopped in front of an iron shelf.
Then I saw the middle-aged man knocking on the wall three times, and then I saw the iron frame sliding to the left with a harsh friction sound, and then a hole one meter wide and one and a half meters high appeared in front of the two people.
"Mr. Liu, come in and be careful about bumping into each other!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong nodded, bent down and followed.
After entering, what appeared in front of Liu Dong was a mezzanine in the wall about one meter wide that went straight down. Behind them was a big man in black. After they entered, they pressed the button on the wall, and then
I saw that the iron frame outside slid back to its original position, and the iron hook on the back of the iron frame happened to hook a steel ring embedded in the wall. With this hook, people who don't know the method will naturally come in.
Not coming.
"You guys are really keeping it secret!" Liu Dong said calmly.
"Haha, just like Mr. Liu said before, "It's better to be cautious!"
"Mr. Liu, please!"
After nodding, Liu Dong followed the middle-aged man and walked down the stairs leading down from the mezzanine inside the wall step by step under the illumination of the wall lights.
After probably walking for more than ten meters, a black iron door appeared on the left side of the two of them. The middle-aged man knocked on the door, and after the iron door opened, he took Liu Dong and walked in.
After entering, what appeared in front of Liu Dong was a hall of about fifty square meters, which was relatively luxuriously decorated, with sofas, coffee tables, wine cabinets and other furniture. There were even several oil paintings hanging on the walls. If you look at
The decoration here is not much inferior to a luxury suite in a five-star hotel. It is obvious that the owner here is also a person who enjoys life very much.
While Liu Dong looked around, he didn't forget the people sitting here.
At this moment, in addition to the four people wearing black shirts with serious faces who looked like bodyguards, there were four more people on the sofa in the center of the hall.
One of them was a man wearing a white shirt and gray trousers. Although Liu Dong didn't know the brand, they were obviously high-end goods. Coupled with the Swiss gold watch on his wrist and his meticulously styled hair, he looked more sophisticated at first glance.
He looks like an urban gold-collar man, but looking at him sitting on the central seat with a calm look, he is obviously the person in charge here.
Behind this person, there stood a middle-aged man in his thirties wearing a black suit, sunglasses on his face, his hands behind his back, and a serious look. Liu Dong felt a familiar feeling about this person. Almost.
Liu Dong immediately understood that this person also had kung fu in him.
In addition to these two people, there is an old man in his fifties on the sofa on the left. But when he saw him, Liu Dong first thought of an old farmer in the rural areas of Shaanxi.
His face is full of ravines, full of vicissitudes of time and memories of life. He wears a white double-breasted jacket and two bare arms. The lower body is a pair of loose black trousers, and they are definitely not made of good material. He wears barefoot underneath.
A pair of black cloth shoes.
The most important thing is that he is not sitting on the sofa, but squatting. And about this, the middle-aged man sitting in the middle like an urban gold collar does not seem to be dissatisfied at all. It can be seen that this guy who looks like an old farmer from northern Shaanxi is in that
Middle-aged people have a high status in their hearts.
Like the middle-aged man, there was also a guy standing behind the old farmer in northern Shaanxi. However, this guy was tall and nearly 1.9 meters tall. His exposed arms had bulging muscles. He was obviously not someone to be trifled with.
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