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Ding Mu and Shen Gongwang waited for more than half an hour, and Feng Mingdong finally arrived at the public research center. Not only did he look anxious and angry, but he also had a smelly face. He had a lot on his hands and was busy, but he had to come when called by the curator, so he said with a slumped face, "Do you want to call me for something important? I'm busy down below."

"Old Feng, you are already old. Most of the things are left to the young people. You just have to take care of them." Shen Gongwang said with some anger, "Come on, let me introduce you. This is Ding Mu. He has a son." Approval of cultural relics to be collected in our national museum. I said, let him come and see our family background. You know best, please introduce it."

After hearing what the curator said, Feng Mingdong was no longer annoyed. If there are cultural relics that can come in, then if possible, it is not a violation to provide people with the convenience of viewing the cultural relics and to get closer to each other. This is The curator's obligations are also the authority he should use. This is a great thing.

In this case, he, the director of the preservation department, is very willing to serve. Being able to collect a large number of better cultural relics is a "political achievement" of a museum. Feng Mingdong certainly understands this truth. Moreover, the more you say that the cultural relics in your collection are good, the more profound your heritage is. Then relatively speaking, if you want to transfer the cultural relics to our museum, they will become more "average" and it will be easier to lower the price.

This time, his attitude suddenly changed, and he started to explain the moved things in detail. In comparison, the old gentleman paid more attention to the bronze wares. He glanced at the few artifacts brought here and said with a smile: "Young man, these bronze wares look ordinary, but in fact each one is very particular."

"Uh." Ding Mu disagreed with this general statement. These bronzes were all very exquisite. Whether it was the patterns on them or the sophistication of the castings, they were all top-notch choices. If this is average, what’s the highlight?

Feng Mingdong said: "Bronze ware is not only about itself, but also about the inscription. If the inscription has many words, unusual content, and great historical value, then it will be of high value."

"I see." Ding Mu finally understood the value judgment of bronzes.

"Look, the content of this Zhou Sheng Gui is extraordinary. The 104-character inscription records that Zhou Sheng received the protection of the clan leader during a land lawsuit and achieved the purpose of occupying more land."

"I really admire you. You know the number of inscriptions." Ding Mu really admired you.

"Haha." Feng Mingdong smiled proudly and continued, "This piece of support records the content of judicial proceedings in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The inscription mentioned that shepherding cows sued their superiors, and mentioned some criminal laws at that time, such as whipping, ink punishment, etc. Punishment and atonement will wait.”

"Is there any atonement so early?" Ding Mu asked curiously.

"Atonement with property. Atonement began in ancient times. "Shang Shu Shun Dian": "Gold is used as atonement." Kong Yingdashu: "In ancient times, atonements were made of copper, but gold was used in the Han Dynasty." Feng Mingdong is like a book A living dictionary, you can quote scriptures when you ask questions, “There have been atonements in all dynasties, but the systems are not the same. Generally speaking, among the five punishments, ranging from death to rod and flogging, all can be redeemed, and the amount of ransom is specifically stipulated. The property used for atonement was copper in ancient times; gold and sometimes money were used in the Western Han Dynasty; silk was used in the Eastern Han Dynasty; and silk was mostly used after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The Sui Dynasty went back to ancient times and switched to copper. The Tang and Song Dynasties followed the Sui system. Banknotes were used in the Yuan Dynasty, and copper coins were used in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Sima Qian said in "Report to Ren An": "The family is poor, and bribes are not enough to redeem themselves." ’ Finally he was castrated. "

Ding Mu nodded repeatedly, he was extremely impressed. If he was always with such a knowledgeable master, he could learn a lot just by chatting.

Feng Mingdong continued to tell Ding Mu about another artifact: "This one is called Zhaoyou, and it is also something from the Western Zhou Dynasty. It records the land unit 'li'. The 44-word inscription tells the story of the land 'dimension' that the king of Zhou said was located in Bidi. Fifty miles' reward was given to Zhao."

"It turns out that 'li' has been a land unit for so long." Ding Mu learned new knowledge.

"Haha, that's right. This Gerber Gui is also very precious. It records the land transaction." Feng Mingdong continued, "The 82-character inscription records the fact that Gerber exchanged four good horses for Tusheng's thirty fields of land."

"At that time, land was so cheap and horses were so expensive." Ding Mu asked.

"Naturally, at that time, the land was vast and the people were sparse, but it was hard to find a thousand-mile horse." Feng Mingdong, who was obviously a political economist of the Marxist-Leninist school, said, "The relationship between supply and demand determines value."

In this way, Ding Mu and Mr. Feng chatted all afternoon without knowing it. Not only was it an eye-opener, but he also learned a lot of historical knowledge, and felt that he had gained a lot.

Unknowingly, it was already past the closing time of the National Museum. Shen Gongwang, the director of the National Museum who had many things to do, just stayed with Ding Mu all afternoon. How could he not be appreciated? This effort is worthy of praise.

Ding Mu felt impressed and said: "Director Shen and Mr. Feng, to be honest with you, I collected a batch of extremely precious things this time. I also asked reliable experts to check them out. They are all genuine. Today. I have something else to do in the evening, otherwise, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, depending on when you have time, I invite you, Teacher Feng and even other experts to come to my institute and ask a few people to appraise it. If the National Expo wants I have absolutely no problem accepting these things from me."

"Okay, it's better to choose a day than to hit it, let's do it tomorrow." Shen Gongwang is more anxious than Ding Mu, because once these things are realized, his own paintings can be sold to Ding Mu. Isn't this a great beauty? thing.

"I will listen to the curator's arrangements." Feng Mingdong was also very happy. He has the kind of character that is dedicated to the public. Of course, he hopes that the National Museum can collect a group of precious collections. Ding Mu is modest, studious, and easy to talk, unlike some profit-seeking people. Art investors only want to make money, so they insist on high prices. Museums simply cannot afford to accept the belongings of these people. Maybe a year's budget is enough for one treasure.

Ding Mu thought for a moment and said, "No problem, I'll make arrangements tomorrow and send a car to pick you up."

Shen Gongwang waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No, no, I can arrange a driver here, and I will invite experts from the appraisal committee to come. If the thing is indeed genuine, then we will try our best to cooperate. If the budget allows, I will also Try not to let my brother suffer."

Feng Mingdong struck while the iron was hot: "The country's funds are very tight, but there are many good things. Young man, you must not ask for high prices."

"How is that possible? I face all the masters with a learning attitude." Ding Mu said with a smile, "I am very excited to have so many experts visiting tomorrow, so I have to prepare quickly. I'm going to bother you two today. You've been with me for so long, so I won't stay any longer. Thank you very much."

"Okay, brother Ding is busy with get off work and has got off work. You can go with Xiao Dai. Then we will see you tomorrow."

"Sweep the couch and wait!" Ding Mu said goodbye and took Dai Ying away.