Antique Dealer

Chapter 226
Du Youcai couldn't take it anymore when he saw Amao chattering non-stop: "Okay, let's talk about business, or you're going to invite us for dinner!"

Amao said with a smile: "It's getting late now, I still have a lot of food left at noon, and there is still some meat in the refrigerator, you don't mind, just make do with it, how about it?"

The corner of Fang Hao's mouth twitched slightly. With the image of Amao, he really didn't dare to eat here. Who knows if there are cockroaches in the dishes, even if it is winter now.

Du Youcai also thanked Fang Hao for not being sensitive, and asked Fang Hao to take out the photo and hand it to Amao.

Amao is a technical madman. When he learned that Fang Hao was going to imitate bronze ware, he immediately forgot about the dinner, but after taking the photo, his face looked a little weird.

Just as Ah Mao was about to speak, Du Youcai coughed: "Ah Mao, I told you on the phone earlier, can you hide it from the experts?"

Amao is just usually slovenly, not really stupid, he immediately took back what he was about to say, and said proudly: "It depends on how much time you can give, if you can give me three years, don't talk about it in our province. Experts in the Forbidden City, even experts in the Forbidden City, don’t even think about it.”

Fang Hao pretended to look at the two of them suspiciously, and then said, "It will definitely not work in three years, and I will get the goods in at least half a year. The sooner the better."

"You are indeed a little nervous about the construction schedule." Amao frowned and shook his head.

Du Youcai immediately said: "Listen to my elder brother, you have developed a new technology that can shorten the oxidation time?"

Amao looked a little embarrassed: "But this technology is not perfect, and the success rate of the bronze ware is not high!"

Fang Hao was very curious about the technology they mentioned: "How much can the technology you mentioned shorten the construction period?"

"In general, if successful, the time can be cut in half," Amao said.

"So powerful?" Fang Hao was shocked. If it could be done, wouldn't it mean that more and more high-quality imitation bronze wares would enter the market in the future, and how many collectors would be deceived and suffer heavy losses?

It is true that Fang Hao admires Amao's technology very much, but he can definitely make legitimate money with his technology, such as selling bronzes to state-owned or private museums, or using them for exhibitions, decorations, etc. In this way, he can eat and drink for the rest of his life. Fang Hao doesn't understand why he wants to do a side business.

Maybe just like Du Youhao and his brothers, they thought it would be quick to get money from a different source!

Amao sighed: "But the success rate is low. So far, the success rate is only less than [-]%, and they are all small pieces. I reckon that a bronze ware like yours will definitely not succeed once."

Du Youcai persuaded him: "If you always use this technology on a large device, it should be considered as an experiment. Maybe it will be successful?"

Amao shook his head: "If it doesn't work, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"

Du Youcai was about to persuade him again, when he suddenly heard a muffled rumbling sound from behind, and the house shook, which startled him: "What's going on, is there an earthquake?"

Fang Hao and Amao were also taken aback, but the shaking stopped soon, obviously not caused by the earthquake.

Amao was frightened, froze, his expression changed, he yelled "Oops", and then ran to the back of the house, Fang Hao and Du Youcai also followed.

Fang Hao quickly ran to the back door. The scene in front of him made his mouth open in shock. He saw a big pit two or three meters in diameter two or three meters away from the back door, as if the earth had opened up. Like the mouth of the abyss, it's creepy.

Now it was dark and the lights were dim, Fang Hao couldn't see how deep the pit was, but obviously, it was a ground subsidence phenomenon without warning.

"Why did you fall suddenly?" Fang Hao was puzzled.

Ground subsidence is land subsidence, which is generally the loss of ground elevation caused by the combined effects of natural and human factors.

Natural factors include structural subsidence, earthquakes, volcanic activities, climate change, changes in ground stress, and natural consolidation of soil.Human factors mainly include development and utilization of underground fluid resources (groundwater, oil, natural gas, etc.), mining of solid minerals, karst subsidence, and consolidation settlement related to engineering construction in soft soil areas.

So, what's the reason here?

Judging from Amao's reaction, Fang Hao thinks he should know.

At this time, Amao was lying on the entrance of the cave with his mobile phone, using the flashlight application to look into the pit.

At this time, Du Youcai yelled: "Amao, what's going on? Can we go over now?"

Amao turned around and shook his head: "The light on the phone is too dim, and the pit is deep, so I can't see what's going on underneath. Don't come here, I'm worried that the side will sink, which is very dangerous."

Du Youcai said: "You can't see why you are still there, come here quickly, let's study what's going on together."

Amao was right when he thought about it, he got up from the ground and walked back.

Fang Hao took the lead and said, "You should know what's going on with your reaction just now, right?"

Amao said bluntly: "The pit is where I buried the bronze wares. It has always been fine, but for some reason, it suddenly sank."

Du Youcai's heart skipped a beat: "How deep did you bury?"

"It looks like three to four meters." Amao pointed to a color steel shed next to him: "I bought a small excavator, and I usually use that thing to dig. It seems that I dug a little deeper this time."

Fang Hao had been paying attention to Du Youcai's expression, and had a guess in his heart, so he simply said: "Is there a tomb below?"

"This..." Amao said in surprise, "Isn't that possible!"

"Isn't this impossible? Isn't it common for people to dig foundations for new houses and find ancient tombs? Besides, we're in Sanqin, so it's more normal."

Du Youcai was very excited, and took out his mobile phone while talking: "I'll ask some people to come over and have a look. If it is indeed an ancient tomb, then we will post it!"

Amao seemed a little hesitant, but Fang Hao said bluntly: "This matter should be investigated very strictly now, why don't we call the police now?"

When Du Youcai heard Fang Hao's suggestion to call the police, he paused his movements, and said with a smirk: "If the tomb is indeed an ancient tomb below, there is no benefit for us to call the police, and don't forget, the thing in the photo If the police find out, you won’t be able to finish your meal and walk around.”

Fang Hao's face was displeased: "What do you mean by that, threatening me?"

Du Youcai grinned: "Don't get me wrong, what I mean is, if the tomb below is indeed an ancient tomb, it means that it is destined for us! Otherwise, it won't collapse sooner or later, but it will collapse when we are here? The old saying goes well If you don’t take it, you will be blamed instead, don’t you think so!”

If Fang Hao is still ignorant of current affairs, he will be impolite. Fang Hao, a gentle scholar, will not be able to solve it easily!

Fang Hao said, "Even if I didn't call the police, the villagers wouldn't have noticed what happened just now?"

"Don't worry about this. The houses near Amao are all empty, and there are only a few old men and women in the village. They are far away, and it is difficult for their ears to hear."

Du Youcai glanced at Fang Hao with a smile, and then called Du Youhao. He would look at Fang Hao from time to time, obviously worried about Fang Hao.

Amao hesitated to speak, he didn't want Du Youcai to call someone over from the bottom of his heart, and he would be unlucky if something happened, but he also knew Du Youcai's character, and he knew that he couldn't be persuaded, so don't waste your words up.Besides, he actually wanted to know what was going on underground, and whether it was really an ancient tomb.

After the phone call, Du Youcai's face was not very good-looking, there was no other way, since Fang Hao was still there, Du Youcai could only tell Du Youhao the reason why he came to Amao's place, and he was scolded.

Du Youcai asked Amao if there were any wooden boards, or something that could cover the sinking, and Amao told him that there were still a few colored steel plates that could be used.

Du Youcai called Fang Fanghao, and they went together to lift three pieces out, barely covering the sinking.

During the period, Fang Hao also looked into the pit, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see what was going on underneath.

The next step is to wait, and it will take at least an hour or two for someone to come over there. Du Youcai is worried about Fang Hao, so he has to look at Fang Hao.

"Brother, it's boring to wait, how about we play cards?" Du Youcai said with a smile.

Fang Hao rubbed his stomach: "Playing cards is fine, but is there anything to fill your stomach first?"

Amao said: "I'm going to take the noon..."

"Don't!" Du Youcai and Fang Hao shouted in unison, which shocked Amao.

Du Youcai said, "Do you have instant noodles and ham?"

"There must be." Amao usually doesn't bother to cook, so these two things are a must-have at home.

"We'll just eat this."

"How bad that is."

"Very good." Fang Hao and Du Youcai nodded again and again.

Amao had no choice but to get instant noodles and ham sausage, and then went to get the bowls and chopsticks and the hot water bottle.

Du Youcai got up, rinsed the bowls and chopsticks and the hot water pot, and made noodles himself. Seeing this, Ah Mao muttered in his mouth, so he simply pulled a chair and sat down.

Taking advantage of this time, Fang Hao asked: "Amao, where do you usually go to see the real bronze ware when you study the making of bronze ware?"

Amao looked at Du Youcai's face, saw him stare at him, he should have warned him not to talk nonsense, smiled and said: "We usually go to museums, or go to friends in the antique market. Turn around, if there is a suitable bronze ware from my friend, I will buy it."

Fang Hao also noticed Du Youcai's hint to Ah Mao, and suddenly thought, could it be that Ah Mao was threatened by Du Youhao and the others and couldn't get rid of it, so he joined them?
This possibility is still quite large.If so, maybe it can be saved.

Fang Hao pretended to be interested: "So, you should have a lot of collections in your hands, can you show me a few?"

Du Youcai was worried that Fang Hao would leave his sight, and hurriedly said: "Fill your stomach first, and let's go quickly."

Fang Hao looked up at Du Youcai, and followed his words: "That's right, you can only be energetic when you are full."

The instant noodles were served with ham sausage, and they were ready soon. Under the leadership of Amao, the two went to the next door, which was his collection room.

Fang Hao saw that there were a large number of large and small bronze wares in the room, which looked quite spectacular, and some of them had obvious features of unearthed traces.

When Fang Hao saw so many bronze wares, another thought flashed in his mind. Could it be that Amao cooperated with Brother Du Youhao because he wanted to obtain more bronze wares?
For technology lunatics, such a choice is not difficult to understand.

"Hey, why are you thinking so much, the police will investigate clearly."

Fang Hao was thinking in his heart, and just about to speak, suddenly the system prompt sounded in his mind again, and this time an arrow seemed to appear in his mind, aiming at the target, he was both surprised and excited: "No What a coincidence!"

Pressing his excitement, he pretended to be amazed: "You have a lot of collections, you can open a museum!"

"where!"

Amao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Actually, most of the things I buy are for research, as long as they are representative of the characteristics of the time, so I basically don't have anything too precious here. Don't look too much at it." , and it’s not worth much when added up.”

"You're too humble."

Fang Hao pointed to the northwest corner: "Why don't we start watching from there, and we can see the same when we turn around."

Amao said: "Okay, there are bronzes from the Shang Dynasty over there."

"Bronze wares from the Shang Dynasty again?"

Fang Hao was a little surprised. Judging from the decoration and other aspects of the bronze ware that looked like a wireless router, it was also made in the Shang Dynasty. Now this is again. Is this just a coincidence?

With this question in mind, Fang Hao followed Amao to the northwest corner, and the target immediately came into view.

It was a bronze mirror, round, with a bridge button, two string patterns around the button, four groups of double string patterns connected in the middle, four semicircles distributed in a cross shape, a central column, and half string patterns on the inner side of the mirror edge. There are four circles, with short oblique lines on the edge of the mirror. The decoration of this mirror is simple and simple, simple, thick and thick, which has the characteristics of early bronze mirrors.

When Fang Hao came into contact with the bronze mirror, the database began to be repaired again, but this time the progress was much slower than before. It seems that the amount of data should be quite large.

He didn't understand, in what form was this data stored on the bronze vessel?
Now is not the time to think about this, the data reception is slow, and there are people watching over him, Fang Hao must find a reason to hold the bronze mirror until the data is received.

He flipped through the bronze mirror and said with a smile: "This bronze mirror is interesting. The combination of the mirror button and the peripheral pattern looks like a flying saucer."

Not to mention, the combination of this pattern really looks like a flying saucer with four wheels and a childlike style.Coupled with the system data, he became more and more suspicious that the system was made by aliens.

Amao smiled: "At the beginning, I also thought that the bronze mirror of the late Shang Dynasty had interesting decorations, so I bought it."

"Hey, sleepy pillows come!"

Fang Hao was overjoyed, and immediately asked, "Do you think it's from the late Shang Dynasty?"

Amao nodded and said: "Generally speaking, the most obvious feature of utensils from the early and mid-Shang Dynasty is that the walls are thinner, but this bronze mirror is relatively exquisitely made. I tend to think it is a work from the late Shang Dynasty."

"I think it's up for debate."

Fang Hao shook his head: "The bronze decorations before the late Shang Dynasty were expressed in flat carvings, with rough and powerful decorative lines, while the surface decorations in the late period were dense and exquisite. But the decorations on this bronze mirror are relatively simple. The technique, I think, is closer to the early and mid-Shang Dynasty.”

"There's some truth to what you're saying, but I think..."

Amao explained his thoughts to Fang Hao, and Fang Hao retorted back. The two of them came and went, so lively.It's just that the public said the public was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right. After Fang Hao finished receiving the data, the two of them didn't argue about the reason.

However, this debate also made Amao feel that Fang Hao's research on bronze ware is also very in-depth, and he feels like he has become a confidant.

Du Youcai, who was on the side, watched the two arguing, and felt deeply about the profound knowledge of the two, especially Fang Hao. Among them, it can also be regarded as the top level.

"and many more!"

Du Youcai suddenly thought of something, and some doubts arose in his heart, and he looked at Fang Hao with a little suspicion.

After eating instant noodles just now, and after arguing with Amao for so long, Fang Hao felt a little thirsty, so he stopped. At this moment, he suddenly noticed Du Youcai's suspicious eyes, and felt that something was wrong .

Fang Hao's thoughts changed sharply, and he immediately realized that his performance was too eye-catching, which might make Du Youcai aware of it, and he had to make amends immediately.

He made a pause gesture: "Stop, stop, stop, if this goes on, even if the discussion lasts until dawn, we will never try to convince each other, let's put aside the dispute."

Ah Mao was a little bit unsatisfied, but since Fang Hao didn't want to talk about it, he had no choice but to give up.

Next, Fang Hao picked up a bronze goblet with animal-mask patterns next to it. After observing it, he boasted a few words. In fact, this bronze goblet with animal-mask patterns was deliberately said so for the sake of remedy.

Sure enough, Amao corrected his mistake, Fang Hao argued with him for a while, and finally pretended to lose the battle: "Hey, no matter how many books you read, you can only follow the map, unlike you, who have much more actual combat experience than me." gone."

Amao told Fang Hao not to be discouraged. Everyone has to go through this step. In the future, if you visit more museums, your experience will gradually increase.

Fang Hao's clumsiness made Du Youcai lower his vigilance a little, but he was worried about Fang Hao at first, but now that he was like this, his eyes fell on Fang Hao a little more.

Accompanied by Amao to visit the collection in the house, Fang Hao felt that the time passed very quickly, and felt that after a while, the person Du Youcai contacted through Du Youhao arrived.

What Fang Hao didn't expect was that Zhao Hulu, Xu Qi and Liu Tiehan were all here, even Du Youhao was here!
Is this a one-pot meal?
Since they didn't get the news in advance, Zhao Hulu and others were quite surprised to see that Fang Hao was here.

Zhao Hulu and Liu Tiehan, the two insiders, when they saw Fang Hao, they could be described as enemies meeting, and they were extremely jealous. They thought it was because of Fang Hao that they fell into the police's snare. He beat Fang Hao hard to relieve the hatred in his heart.

(End of this chapter)