Chapter 310 Open the Door Black? Good Start?
The black market has ushered in a group of special guests, different from other people who need to cover their heads and faces, they wear uniform uniforms (members of the archaeological identification society wear the school uniform of Drake Senior Academy, and the scouts wear military uniforms), swaggeringly from the general few people Walking in through the main entrance, groups of threes and fours started to sweep goods at the stalls on both sides of one end of the black market at the same time.
"Hey, isn't this Teacher Carter? Would you like to take a look at my baby here, and help me out by the way." A stall owner is very familiar with Teacher Carter. At first, he was a little confused about the origin of this group of people and why each student was behind the scenes. There are one or two "soldiers" for personal protection, and now I see Mr. Carter's figure and immediately guess a lot.
Taking students to do social practice is something that many senior college teachers will do, but I didn't expect that Teacher Carter would not take them to dig graves and inspect historical sites, but instead took them directly to this place where the real and the fake are indistinguishable. up.
Mr. Carter is their big customer and a very popular customer, because he needs a lot of "antiques", even if he knows they are fakes, he will buy them back at a relatively low price. As long as he comes, he is not afraid of losing business.
"Although I really want to patronize your business, let's forget it this time. I still have students with me. I will definitely take a closer look next time." Teacher Carter didn't think it was disobedient, and he didn't care if he was treated as a fat sheep. You won't lose a piece of meat, and you can also see some good things that others can't see, and reputation doesn't matter.
Mr. Carter, the big fat sheep from Delake Senior Academy, brought a group of little fat sheep to the black market. The news spread throughout the black market in an instant, so the items in the stalls at the back quickly doubled. Apply for a stall.
"Teacher, I found the target of today's authenticity appraisal. I want to appraise this ancient relic!" Soon the first student who applied for appraisal appeared, and the others cast surprised glances. This speed is too fast. .
Seeing the exquisite but somewhat ancient nautical compass in the student's hand, Carter couldn't help but understand that the student's father seemed to be a maritime merchant, no wonder he was so confident.
"Are you coming or me?" Teacher Carter cast his eyes on Xiaowei, who shook his head slightly: "Let's listen to what he has to say first, and then the two of us will make comments together. I hope he won't be too disappointed."
So a group of members of the archaeological appraisal community gathered around, and the student holding the nautical compass started his appraisal process under the instruction of Mr. Carter: "The nautical compass is one of the important inventions of ancient people's navigation, and it has an indelible position in the history of navigation. And credit. As early as 5,000 years ago, our human race invented the nautical compass, and the original compass was not what it is now, but it was called Sinan."
"Sinan is composed of two parts: a "spoon" and a "ground". The Sinan spoon is made of a whole piece of magnet. Its magnetic south pole end is cut into a long handle, and the round bottom is its center of gravity, which is very smooth. The site is a copper square plate with a smooth circular groove in the center, with grid lines and characters representing 24 directions engraved around it."
"This is the earliest HNA pointing tool, but although Sinan can point, it is not easy to make, and because the clumsy precision of Sinan's spoon is not enough, it is far behind in the vast sea. After countless improvements by navigators, there is a Then the guide fish and now the increasingly accurate nautical compass." The student was clearly well versed in the history of navigation.
"This is a nautical compass from the age of great navigation. It has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is also a representative work of the earliest batch of nautical compasses. According to records, "the boat master knows geography, and he observes the stars at night and the sun during the day. Observing the nautical compass.', when the nautical compass was just emerging, its accuracy was actually somewhat inaccurate, at least not as accurate as the direction of the sun, moon and stars."
"Everyone look at this part,
The early nautical compass actually needed water injection to reduce friction under the buoyancy of the water, making the compass pointer more rounded and more accurate. The workmanship of this compass is slightly exquisite, which is in line with the style of the time. The whole is generous and simple, with some decorations. It should be dedicated to a nautical family. As for which family, you need to go back and compare it carefully. "
"So, my conclusion is that this nautical compass is a real product, more than two thousand years ago, and it belongs to the product of the age of great navigation. Please give me some pointers." The student frowned very proudly after finishing speaking.
Teacher Carter couldn't help being a little amused, and turned his gaze to Xiaowei, who shook his head and said, "Let me do it, so as not to let those self-satisfied guys in the dark say that there is no one in our college."
Smallville said, holding the compass in his hand, pointing to an inconspicuous ornamentation and saying, "Did you see this ornamentation? I don't know what the creator was thinking, or he was processing multiple antiques at the same time. It was easy to carve patterns, so I carved the patterns of a big family in the Carmen Kingdom. Do you know the history of the Carmen Kingdom?"
This question is a bit embarrassing. The Carmen Kingdom was only five hundred years old. The student said a little dissatisfied: "It may be just similar patterns, not necessarily the same, maybe it's just a coincidence. The style of this nautical compass is simple and simple." , obviously an old object."
"Of course it's more than that. Don't you feel it when you hold it in your hand? The weight." Xiaoweier casually nodded. After all, the student came from a navigating family and was stunned. Suddenly, his face flushed slightly, as if thinking of it. What.
"The material of this nautical compass chassis is only available in the last few hundred years. It is light and waterproof. It is the standard configuration of most nautical compasses. It seems to be similar to copper in appearance, but it is not the same thing at all. This is It's a counterfeit, and I'm sure it's not more than twenty years old, do you know why?" Smallville winked playfully, and the group of students shook their heads in unison.
"Take out the magnifying glass and look at this place carefully." Xiaowei pointed to an inconspicuous corner.
The student hastily removed the magnifying glass, and after looking carefully, his face turned red like a boiled crab. "Damn bastard, you actually engraved the production time on this place using micro-engraving technology."
After everyone had seen it one by one, they burst out laughing in unison. The master who made the imitation product was actually an elegant person, and he liked to make such jokes. The owner of the stall was unknown, so after reading it according to Xiaoweier's instructions, there was a black line on his forehead. There was actually a production time, and it was also written on the calendar of the Kingdom of Carmen, so the source was obvious.
"You failed the appraisal, so it's a pity that you don't get points for this part of the authentication activity, but you can buy it back and store it to test other people's eyesight. You must know that this compass is not only made of wrong materials, but the technique is slightly It’s rough, and the rough old-fashioned methods have affected its lifespan, so it’s still good as a exhibit.” Every time Xiaowei mentioned a shortcoming, it made the boss’s face darker, and in the end it was almost as good as the bottom of the pot.
The nautical compass originally priced at 150 gold coins was finally bought by the student at the price of five gold coins and eight silver coins. Teacher Carter's evaluation was slightly higher than the real value, and the level of bargaining needs to be improved. Give bonus points. Only then did the other students scatter and start their own journey of finding the truth.
Lilith quietly approached Xiaoweier, and asked softly, "Is that a low-level witch weapon?"
"The low-level gadgets that have not been started can't be called witchcraft at all. It can be regarded as a low-level rune equipment. I can also make it. The value is probably between 100 and 500 gold coins." , and are more valuable than ordinary antiques, but Xiaoville really doesn't like this kind of thing now.
In fact, if the stall owner is not misled by him and thinks about it carefully, he can understand that people who are proficient in micro-carving technology are ordinary people? At least he is a master-level expert. Even if the things made by the master are fakes, it is impossible to sell them at such a low price. Therefore, this student took advantage of a lot.
"Hey, being able to meet Miss Lilith here is really the protection of the goddess, the arrangement of fate." Suddenly a pleasantly surprised voice came from the front, Lilith and Xiaowei looked up, um, they didn't recognize each other.