Antique Dealer

Chapter 284
Fang Hao said with a smile: "It's okay, let's talk about it later."

"Please come in." Of course Zou Mao also hoped that he could still have something valuable, but the possibility of this is basically zero, so don't have such extravagant hopes.

Fang Hao entered the house and looked around. The house was still normal. It didn't feel like the house was empty, but it also gave people a sense of depression.

Ma Xiaohu asked: "Is the child not at home today?"

"I went to the hospital. I was with you, but the house buyer called suddenly. I asked my aunt to look after the child for me, and then I came back. Otherwise, you probably would have made a waste of a trip." Zou Mao was going to tell the two of them. glass of water.

Fang Hao saw that Zou Mao was walking with a limp, so he quickly said that he didn't need to bother, and went to see things now.

In fact, Zou Mao also wanted to go to the hospital quickly, so he said politely, and then took Fang Hao and Ma Xiaohu to the door of a room where the sundries were kept.

Zou Mao opened the door and saw that the room was messy and the light was not good. He turned on the light, but found that the light tube was broken. He was a little embarrassed: "Why don't you take it out and have a look."

Seeing that the room is not big and easy to bump into, and the lighting is really bad, Fang Hao agreed.

"Let me get it." Ma Xiaohu volunteered, and took out the things under Zou Mao's guidance.

Before coming here, Fang Hao didn't hold much hope. Now that he saw the real objects, they were indeed some pottery, as well as the very common blue and white bowls of folk kilns, which were basically worthless.

"Boss Fang, how are these things?" Ma Xiaohu asked impatiently.

Fang Hao's reply was more tactful: "These things have a relatively large stock in the world."

"I just said, these things are worthless." Having said that, Zou Mao was somewhat disappointed.

Fang Hao asked again: "Mr. Zou, do you have any other old things in your house?"

Zou Mao shook his head: "Except for some copper coins, there is nothing left."

Fang Hao immediately said: "Copper coins are also fine, if they are of a more precious variety, they are also very valuable."

Ma Xiaohu also said: "Yes, I remember that there are copper coins that can sell for tens of thousands."

"Then I'll get it."

Zou Mao hurried back to his room, and after a while, he came back with a small box containing a hundred copper coins of various types.

Ma Xiaohu frowned slightly when he saw this: "No, I heard you said before that there are a lot of copper coins at home, why are there only so few?"

Zou Mao smiled bitterly: "There were quite a few in the past, but most of them were taken away by my old... oh, I'm about to become an ex-wife, and her mother took it away."

Hearing this, Ma Xiaohu was startled: "That was left by your ancestors, why should she take it!"

Zou Mao let out a long sigh: "Oh, a husband and wife, forget it, let's not talk about it!"

In other words, Zou Mao is still good-looking, but because of his poor legs and family circumstances, he has never found a suitable partner. Later, after someone introduced him, he met his current partner.

The other party is also married twice, but has never had a child. Her ex-husband's family thought it was her fault, and they wanted a divorce. Her ex-husband didn't say anything, and she left as soon as she got angry.

Later, after marrying Zou Mao, she became pregnant not long after. Because of this, she took the opportunity to ridicule her.

In other words, before Zou Mao's child got sick, although the two had bumps in their lives, they were still harmonious. Who knew that the child suddenly got this kind of disease, and the couple felt that the sky was falling.

At this time, Zou Mao's mother-in-law jumped out. She had always looked down on Zou Mao. This time the child was seriously ill, so she came out to try to get them divorced. Zou Mao didn't really want to divorce, but his wife advised him not to treat him. After angering him, he let go of the divorce, but his wife didn't say anything.

The two have already applied for divorce, but there is still a cooling-off period for the divorce, and the two have not yet completed the formalities.

The husband and wife are birds in the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster strikes. Ma Xiaohu can't understand Zou Mao's wife's choice, but what Zou Mao's mother-in-law did is too much. She actually took away a large part of Zou Mao's ancestral copper coins, which is too disgusting up.

"You..." Ma Xiaohu got angry just thinking about it, but seeing Zou Mao's downcast look, he also knew Zou Mao's difficulties, so he took back the words when it came to his lips.

Fang Hao didn't know Zou Mao's situation, but it wasn't hard to guess, and he could only hope that none of the money that was taken was too valuable, otherwise it would be too unfair to Zou Mao.

Fang Hao poured out all the money in the box, sorted them into categories, and checked the editions one by one, and found that most of them were ordinary copper coins from Xianfeng, Guangxu, etc., which were basically worthless.

However, among the remaining copper coins, Fang Hao found a Chongning Tongbao Xiaoping coin.

Chongning Tongbao is a copper coin minted during the Chongning period of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty for a total of four years.

Chongning Tongbao is in ten types, and Qianwen belongs to the year money handwritten by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, so it is called his imperial book money, and is very popular among collectors for its Jimei font, style and version.

Regarding this money, there is a legend that it was written by Cai Jing, and when Cai Jing wrote it with ulterior motives, he connected the vertical pens of Shan and Zong in the word "Chong" into a line; The omission of "heart" was accused of "deliberately destroying the Song Dynasty, but unintentionally peacefuling the country".

There are many versions of Chongning Tongbao. Among them, the so-called Xiaoping coin is the most common form of copper coin, that is, a small coin, also known as flat coin, which is the smallest currency unit in the era of using copper coins.

This copper coin is handed down from generation to generation, and if it is graded, it can be extremely beautiful, which is relatively rare.

Seeing Fang Hao take out a copper coin and put it aside, Ma Xiaohu immediately asked: "Boss Fang, how much is this coin worth?"

Fang Hao thought for a while: "It should be able to sell for six thousand."

"Ah! Can you sell so much?" Zou Mao exclaimed.

Fang Hao smiled, and briefly popularized some knowledge about Chongning Tongbao.

After listening to Fang Hao's explanation, Zou Mao asked, "If it's bigger than this, how much is it worth?"

Fang Hao explained: "There are many versions of Chongning Tongbao, and the values ​​of various grades are also very different, so the specific price depends on the real thing, but generally speaking, the rarer the more precious it is. Just like, there were also Chongning Tongbao Tiemu auctioned for 300 million."

"Two two million?!"

Zou Mao's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

Ma Xiaohu was also a little shocked, but at the same time felt that this was an opportunity for Zou Mao: "Old Mao, I think you should get back the copper coins you took away."

"Yes, I want to take it back!"

Zou Mao was also in a hurry, but immediately, he was discouraged again: "How can I get it, she definitely can't return the copper coin to me!"

Ma Xiaohu shook his head secretly, since the things had already been in the other party's hands, it would be extremely difficult to get them back. Now I can only say that fate is too unfair to Zou Mao!
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, and a woman's voice shouted: "Zou Mao, open the door!"

Zou Mao was very surprised. It should be said that Cao Cao was here. Cao Cao arrived, and his ex-mother-in-law actually came.

The other party kept banging on the door: "Zou Mao, open the door quickly, I know you are inside!"

"and many more!"

Zou Mao yelled and motioned Fang Hao to put the copper coins away so as not to be seen.

Fang Hao waved his hand: "I thought of a way, you go and open the door first, I'll come here when I call you."

Zou Mao hesitated for a moment, but still chose to trust Fang Hao, and walked over to open the door.

A thin old lady rushed in aggressively immediately, and Zou Mao quickly stopped her: "What are you doing?"

"Why? What do you say I am doing!"

The old lady's voice was very high-pitched. If it was louder, it would make people's ears hurt: "You want to sell the house, right?"

As soon as Zou Mao heard this, he knew what the old woman was up to, and the fire burst out in his heart, but thinking of the character of the old woman, the angrier he was, the easier it was for him to think, so he could only hold back his feelings. Angry: "Yes, I want to sell the house, but this house was left to me by my parents, so it has nothing to do with you, right?"

The old lady said convincingly: "Xiao Fei has been with you for so long, even if there is no credit, there is hard work. You should sell the house and give her some."

Zou Mao felt that his anger could hardly be suppressed: "Don't you know why I want to sell the house?"

"I know, but those are two different things."

"I just want to ask, why are there two different things." Zou Mao smiled angrily.

The old lady was still looking into the room: "Zou Mao, why are you so stubborn? Do you need me to explain something so clearly?"

Zou Mao felt that his complexion should be getting darker and darker: "Come on, tell me a reason!"

"Then let me just say that the child's illness can't be cured at all. Instead of throwing money at the hospital, it's better to do something meaningful. Although my words don't sound good, they are true."

Zou Mao heard the old lady's nonsense, and was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. He wished to give the old lady a big mouth right now.

Fang Hao in the room also heard what the old lady said, and was speechless in his heart. If it was him, he would have kicked people out now, and thanks to Zou Mao, he could still survive.

"Mr. Zou, I have something to go back to deal with, can I trouble you to come here?"

Zou Mao still remembered Fang Hao's words, and immediately responded. The old lady also took the opportunity to enter the house. When she noticed the pile of copper coins on the table, especially the one that Fang Hao picked out specially, her eyes lit up. a bit.

Fang Hao finally saw the old lady's appearance, and she was as she said, with a sarcastic appearance.

He said to Zou Mao: "Mr. Zou, how about the price we said before for these two coins?"

"and many more!"

Before Zhoumao could open her mouth, the old lady rushed to say, "This copper coin cannot be sold."

"Why!" Zou Mao glared: "You took away those hundreds of copper coins, and I don't have the right to distribute the rest?"

The old lady rolled her eyes: "What do you mean I took it away, I just helped Xiaofei keep it."

Zou Mao finally exploded: "That is a copper coin left by my ancestors, what does it have to do with your family?"

"Don't talk about this with me." The old lady was arrogant and unreasonable: "If I say you can't sell it, you can't sell it!"

"I want to sell it!"

The old lady looked at Zou Mao's red eyes, and felt a little hairy in her heart. She coughed: "Xiao Zou, let's compare our hearts. Xiao Fei has suffered so much in your family for the past few years, and has done a lot for your family. Don't contribute less, now that you are old and poor, you have to give some compensation no matter what."

Zou Mao sneered and said, "Go on."

Seeing that Zou Mao's anger had calmed down a bit, the old lady cheered up again: "Our requirements are not high, it's fine for you to sell copper coins and houses, as long as you give us a third, we can get together well." Otherwise, I feel that there are some things that do not need to be signed."

Zou Mao is actually not afraid of the old lady's threat, but if the other party deliberately obstructs it, it will cause a lot of trouble, which is exactly where the old lady feels confident.

Zou Mao wanted to cut through the mess quickly, so he said, "I can only give one-tenth of it at most. In addition, I have to bring back all the copper coins you took away earlier."

Fang Hao's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that Zou Mao was in a hurry. In this way, the old lady might think that Zou Mao cared about the previous copper coins. In this way, his plan would not work.

Fortunately, by mistake, the old lady thought that Zou Mao would only agree to give one tenth, and thought that the copper coin Fang Hao had chosen was very precious, so she was only willing to give her one tenth.

She changed her mind and said with a smile: "Then I'll ask someone to bring the copper coins over."

Zou Mao didn't expect the old lady to be so talkative, and felt that she must be playing some crooked idea again, but his idea now is to get back the previous copper coins, which is exactly what he wants.

The old lady made a phone call, then moved towards the table, and finally saw the copper coin in Fang Hao's hand.

She saw that this copper coin looked big and thick, and its color was bronze. She had never seen the words on it on the hundreds of copper coins she brought back.

"Could it be that this is an out-of-print coin? Isn't that old and valuable!" The old lady's eyes seemed to be glistening with excitement.

The old lady smiled and asked, "Young man, what kind of money is this? I don't think I've seen it before."

"This is not our country's money." Fang Hao quickly held the money in his hand.

After hearing this, the old lady wanted to spit on Fang Hao, thinking that she couldn't see that the copper coins were written in Chinese characters?

When Fang Hao saw Mrs. Ao's appearance, he knew that his plan should come to fruition. What he had in his hands was indeed not domestic copper coins, but spending money derived from "He Tong Kai Ding".

"He Tong Kai Ping" is the currency minted by the emperor of the Nara Dynasty of Japan and Tongyuan in the first year of Dongying, imitating the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" coin of the Tang Dynasty in my country. As the earliest legal tender in Dongying, it ranks first in the history of Dongying currency.

Dongying did not produce copper in the past, but copper mines were discovered in the local area during the reign of Emperor Yuanming, and the copper was called "Hetong" (Dongying Copper), and the year name was changed to "Hetong" (708-715).

With copper, Dongying began to cast money, and the four characters "He Tong Kai Ding" were cast on the face of the square hole money. "Hetong" means "Hetong"."Tongqian" is recorded in the payment account of a temple in Gaochang, where "Tong" is also the abbreviation of "Tong", which can be compared with "Hetong".

This kind of money imitates the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" of the Tang Dynasty regardless of its shape, size and money text, especially the character "kai", which completely copies the special writing method on Kaiyuan coins.

(End of this chapter)