In the past, the most precious ingot obtained by Lu Fei was the ingot from Zhang Xianzhong’s Daxi Kingdom.
Due to its short existence, the number of mints is not large, its survival is rare and its price is precious.
However, Lu Fei has a lot of gold ingots from Daxi Kingdom in his hands.
Due to the "bulk sales" of the three Jubao Pavilions, the collection value of Daxiguo Yuanbao has plummeted, and now it has become junk goods.
Except for the ingots from Daxi Kingdom, the rest is even more rubbish.
But the hundred boxes of gold and silver ingots I encountered this time were different, because they were real treasures.
The reason why it is called a treasure lies in that little stamp.
The source of ancient Yuanbao is nothing more than those two channels.
The money issued by the government is called official silver, and it has inscriptions and official incised stamps on it. ??
As for the ingots made by melting the scattered pieces of silver from ordinary people, they are not allowed to have stamps.
This is because the ingots minted by the people are often mixed with impurities and are not so pure, so when they are exchanged, they are several grades different from official silver.
By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to official silver, there was also a kind of ingot that allowed inscriptions and seals to be engraved on it.
This kind of ingot comes from the bank.
Engraving inscriptions and stamps is convenient and distinguishable, but the quality is the same as official silver, absolutely pure.
And these hundred boxes of gold ingots came from the most powerful bank during the Wanli period.
When the Wanshan number was mentioned, Gao Jianhua immediately said the Shen family's ticket number. Yes, this was indeed the ticket number from the Shen family.
Some people may ask, the Ming Dynasty is the world of the old Zhu family, who is the Shen family, is it so awesome?
Yes, it's awesome, and it's pretty awesome.
Because this Shen family represents the most powerful businessmen in the history of China, the truly rich Shen family in the world, Shen Wansan's Shen family.
Speaking of Shen Wansan, everyone is familiar with it.
Legend has it that Shen Wansan's family has a cornucopia that can turn stones into gold. , gold and silver are inexhaustible and inexhaustible.
There are also folk legends that Shen Wansan lived in seclusion in Tiandu City in his later years.
The reason why Yan King Zhu Di was able to succeed and raise the banner to fight back to Jinling came from Shen Wansan's financial support.
Legend has it that Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao went to Shen Wansan for help.
Shen Wansan had been persecuted by Zhu Yuanzhang and was sent to Yunnan for exile, so he harbored a grudge against Zhu Yuanzhang and supported the King of Yan, Zhu Di.
He personally opened the three treasure houses and donated all the money inside to King Yan.
According to legend, when King Yan's army transported the money from these three treasure houses, it took seven days and seven nights, which shows the scale.
If the money is taken away, the treasure house has no meaning of existence.
However, because the area is too large, backfilling requires huge manpower, material and financial resources, so Yao Guangxiao came up with the idea of simply diverting river water to fill the underground treasure house, and it can also be used as an artificial lake, which is pleasing to the eye and kills two birds with one stone.
With the consent of Zhu Di and Shen Wansan, river water was immediately introduced to fill it. The entire filling process took another full year.
After filling, three huge artificial lakes were formed, which were named Beihai, Houhai and Shichahai.
Of course, this is just folklore and pure nonsense.
The reason why there is such a legend is to describe that the Shen family is rich, has a lot of money, and is absolutely rich in the world.
Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have closed his eyes and framed Shen Wansan, sent him to Yunnan and confiscated all his property.
Zhu Yuanzhang did trick Shen Wansan into a trap at the beginning, but he never thought that Shen Wansan would have a chance to turn around.
He actually found business opportunities on the Tea Horse Road and extended his business to Southeast Asia, which also spread throughout China.
Shen Wan
After San's death, his sons Shen Wang and Shen Mao became even more outstanding.
Shenwang does shipping, which is similar to current logistics, radiating throughout China.
His younger brother Shen Mao was involved in countless businesses.
Especially the Shen family's ticket account, which was making a lot of money every day, which was much better than the national treasury at that time.
However, the two brothers learned from their father's lesson at that time and did not dare to use the Shen family name to show others for fear of arousing Zhu family's fear and suspicion.
The eldest son was renamed Zhou Wang, and the second son was renamed Zhou Mao.
As for the name of Wanshan, it uses the "character" of Shen Wansan.
At that time, the Wanshan account operated all over China and was the most powerful ticket account in the Ming Dynasty.
It is said that paying taxes to the Ming Dynasty every year can occupy one percent of the entire national treasury.
One percent of the entire national treasury, this number can scare anyone to death!
Therefore, even if the reign name was changed, no emperor would take action against Wanshanhao, the God of Wealth.
Even the most arrogant Dongxiangliang and factory guards did not clean up the Wanshan number.
It is conceivable how much money Wanshan Hao made during the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty?
Logically speaking, if Wanshan is so powerful, there must be a lot of gold and silver ingots in existence?
This is not the case.
King Chuang Li Zicheng overthrew the Ming Dynasty and established the Dashun Kingdom, so he began to attack Wanshan.
Actually, this is normal.
King Chuang's army needs money. Where does the money come from?
It must have been anointed by the people.
In this case, how could Wanshan, a big owner, be let go?
However, it is not honorable to deal with people on unfounded charges, so the gold and silver brought aboard the Wanshan were confiscated and immediately returned to the furnace to create new evidence and destroy it.
After clearing the country and entering customs, you will also need money. r> Using Li Zicheng as a guise, he continued to slaughter Wanshan.
By the Kangxi period, Wanshan had become history.
When mentioning Wanshan in Five Elements and Eight Works, everyone avoids it like the plague.
Whoever has the Wanshan Yuanbao in his hand should find a way to melt it without anyone else doing it, so as to avoid unnecessary disasters.
Therefore, the gold and silver ingots stamped with the inscription Wanshan were completely extinct just a few decades after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs.
After the reopening, the collection flourished.
The value of ancient coins and gold and silver ingots has also become increasingly popular.
During that period, ingots from various dynasties came out one after another, but the Wanshan ingot never appeared.
In the late 1990s, an ingot of Wanshan number 10 taels of silver appeared at an auction at Jiade.
Once it appeared, it caused a huge shock in the collecting world, and people rushed to buy it at high prices.
The final transaction price of one ingot and ten taels of gold ingot actually reached 8.2 million Shenzhou coins.
You know, this 8.2 million was from the late 1990s!
The value of more than 8 million at that time was simply terrifying.
In 2009, the ten-tael silver ingot appeared again at Red Star Auction in Shanghai, and people went even crazier.
After twenty minutes of competition, the final transaction price reached an astonishing 23 million Shenzhou coins.
The person who took the ingot was none other than Mr. Wang Zhenbang.
Last year when Lu Fei went to Wang's house, Wang Zhenbang specially showed Lu Fei the ingot. Speaking of the ingot, the old man's face was filled with pride, and Lu Fei also liked it very much.
Lu Fei proposed to exchange with the old man, but the old man refused.
In Wang Zhenbang's words, this is an orphan product. Even if I exchange it for a Ru kiln, I won't do it.
One can imagine how amazing the value of Wanshan's ingots is.