Master descends to earth

Chapter 87 Across the Ocean to See You

The book discusses in detail the shapes, types, evolution, materials, manufacturing, and decoration techniques of steel swords and swords, using examples from the collections of myself and major museums around the world.

Island countries, Europe and the United States have quite complete research on their own weapons, but for traditional swords, especially steel swords after the Han Dynasty, almost no one pays attention to them abroad, and even domestic research is very little.

In national museums, except for very few steel swords from before the Han Dynasty and after the Qing Dynasty, it is almost impossible to find representative collections of other dynasties.

The sword is the most cold weapon, representing war and killing, and is disgusted by literati and refined scholars.So for thousands of years, very few people have collected them, especially in ancient times, under the imperial power, who would dare to hide a murder weapon at home?
You want to rebel?

Shen Huanwen shook his head, and said helplessly: "Our precious weapons are displayed in the British Museum, Metropolitan Museum, Paris Military Museum, Leeds Royal Ordnance Bureau, Shitennoji Temple in Osaka, and Nara Shosoin, and have even been well studied. "

"In comparison, our own domestic museums are very unsatisfactory in terms of quantity, variety, information description, and even display and maintenance, which is disappointing."

Picking up the invitation card again, looking at the date, he suggested: "Thinking about it, I haven't seen my old friend for ten years. If my brother has time, let's go around together?"

Su Yuan nodded in agreement without hesitation, and called Xu Kui. The idiot agreed without saying a word, and the three of them agreed to go to Hong Kong Island the day after tomorrow and go to Wanjian Villa!

Su Yuan went through the formalities in advance, consigned three Yuan brand names, and the three of them flew to Hong Kong Island soon. Shen Huanwen contacted the other party, and the luxury Mercedes directly picked them up to the huge villa in the middle of the mountain.

As soon as he entered the hall, an old man in white came to meet him. He had a childlike face and a hale and hearty spirit. He pulled Shen Huanwen and said with a smile, "Brother Shen, in ten years, you will be fine?"

"Brother Huangfu, I haven't seen you in ten years, but you still have the same demeanor." Shen Huanwen laughed heartily. He was very happy to see his old friend. He turned around and introduced, "This is Master Su, the strongest swordsmith in Longquan, the top of the list!"

Huangfu Jiang's eyes lit up, he quickly clasped his fists in salute, and said respectfully: "Huangfu Jiang has seen the master, and he has admired his name for a long time, like thunder."

Su Yuan said politely: "I grew up watching your books, senior, so I should still call me Su Yuan, otherwise I will really spoil this junior."

Huangfu Jiang nodded secretly and said with a smile: "In that case, let's talk about swords and become equals. How old am I? How about calling me brother?"

The three laughed, introduced Xu Kui again, sat down one after another, and began to drink tea and chat.Huangfu Jiang took Long Yuan with both hands, he was very excited, studied for a long time, and couldn't help but praise: "It is worthy of cutting thirteen steels, and it can drop nine shots. Seeing is better than hearing a hundred times, and the reputation is well-deserved!"

Huangfu Jiang knew the level of Tianbang well. He had known the Shen family for many years. The strength of Danyang and Qinghua was obvious to all. Longyuan's ability to stand out from the crowd, especially Luo Jiufa, was simply a legendary miracle.

After watching Long Teng and Long Wei, he turned around and took off an ancient sword from the wall. It has flat shoulders and a straight body, narrow blade and thick ridge, and there is a silver cloud in the blood groove. It shows: "I have thousands of collections, my favorite It's still this Sui sword, named Baiyun."

"I saw this almost perfect Sui iron sword in Liulichang in 2004. I bought it for 2 yuan and became my favorite. I often think of the allusion of the white horse passing through the gap, which arouses thousands of loneliness."

He closed his eyes, touched the ancient sword with his hand, and said obsessively: "I have nothing to do when I have nothing to do. I like to use my hands to feel the flowing water and cirrus-shaped patterns on the sword. It's a pity that most of the ancient swords that have been handed down are rusty, and some are antiques. Merchants and even collectors often perform mechanical polishing or chemical treatment to make the patterns look good."

"I am most opposed to machine grinding. Before the Yuan Dynasty, swords were often used for too long and the rust was too thick, so grinding should be avoided. Only a little surface treatment can be done to prevent the rust from continuing to penetrate."

"However, if the ancient blades of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are not too rusted, the sword body can be derusted and ground if conditions permit. It must be ground by a master himself. Only by using your fingers, eyes, and ears to experience the beauty that gradually penetrates can you make a rusty The stained and seemingly ordinary ancient sword has regained its brilliance."

"In my opinion, traditional swords, which are among the five most famous swords in the world, along with Indian and Japanese swords, Malay swords, island samurai swords and Western swords, are the most gentlemanly!"

"Longquan swords are mostly soft swords, soft, tough and sharp. Although they are not as dangerous as Persian sabers, they use the speed of horses to take people's heads invisible; they are not as aggressive as samurai swords. They hold the sword with both hands and use every blow with all their strength. Do your best to kill."

"The sword is about holding the sword with one hand. It is elegant and invisible, and it uses softness to overcome strength. In a duel between masters, the point of the sword point is mostly a vital point rather than a fatal part. A sword pierces the opponent's wrist and knocks down the weapon. Then retreat and close the hand, and return the sword. Sheath, don't let people die."

Shen Huanwen put down his teacup after listening to Huangfujiang's pretentiousness, and joked: "I haven't seen you for ten years, and you still like to talk high-spirited? Since that's the case, hurry up and tell everyone about the great achievements of Qianlong's Tianzi Baoteng waist knife that you planned to miss in those years?"

"You..." Huangfu Jiang was in high spirits. He was just about to give some advice when suddenly a basin of cold water greeted him, and he said embarrassingly, "Hmph, you're still the same after all these years, you're the cold king who doesn't know how to chat!"

Looking at Su Yuan's expectant gaze, he said helplessly, "Hey, speaking of the Proton Knife, that is the pain of my life!"

"Qianlong Yuzhi Tianzi No.17, the Proton waist knife first appeared at the Munich auction of the German Hermann company in 2005, and the estimated price was only 6000 euros!"

"There was also a big discussion on authenticity and value inside and outside the collection circle. After research, I was one of the few who believed that it was worth the money. I asked my sister to conduct a telephone auction and gave a psychological price of 10 euros. must."

"Unexpectedly, there were more than 2 bids in less than 70 minutes, and the price rose nearly 6000 times from the starting price of 12 euros. As a result, a German private collector won it for [-] euros."

"On April 2006, 4, the knife appeared again in the Proton Prosperity - Qianlong Treasures and De'antang Baiyu Collection held by Sotheby's Hong Kong Island Auction Company, and finally sold for 10 million Hong Kong dollars!"

"Not only broke the world auction record for imperial handicrafts, but also set the highest auction price for antique swords in the world at that time, and also drove the collection of ancient swords and swords in the next few years."

Thinking of this, Huangfu Jiang touched his chest with his hands, and said with pain in his heart: "Missing is the pain of breathing, Mr. Shen, you really can carry which pot without opening it!"

Everyone roared with laughter, Su Yuan asked: "Then now the Baoteng Saber..."

"Hmph, in the hands of the richest man, Papa Ma!" Huangfu Jiang said angrily, "He is rich, self-willed, and also obsessed with martial arts. I heard that when CCTV filmed Xiaoao Jianghu, he found a director and wanted to play the hero Feng Qingyang."

"Speak boldly, as long as you can play Feng Qingyang, no matter how much you invest, it's a matter of one sentence! Fortunately, the director still has integrity, otherwise Master Feng will be famous all his life..."

Papa Ali?

Su Yuan suddenly realized that Ma Yun's liking for martial arts was already a household name, but didn't he play it well back then?Now people spend money directly, find more than a dozen martial arts stars, invest and play by themselves, in the name of promoting traditional martial arts.

Tai Chi fighting wolf is looking for teeth all over the place,
Huang Feihong, the master of Haibian generation,

In the end, even Ye Wen knelt down and called Dad,

This is called,
rich,

capricious!
(End of this chapter)