My identity as a collector was exposed by the village flower

Chapter 335 The Lost Seismograph
As soon as the mayor and the others left, Mr. Qian came.

"Xiao Fang, your distant relative overseas sent you back a batch of precious cultural relics. The customs said that there are a lot of bronze wares."

Bronze?
Fang Xing was slightly startled.

Although the system stated that it was a batch of national treasures that had been lost overseas, the specifics were not marked, so Fang Xing did not know.

Overseas, bronze auctions are not uncommon, and sky-high prices have been auctioned repeatedly, with several pieces exceeding [-] million yuan.

However, in China, the bronze market is not so hot.The main reason is that the government has relatively strict control over bronze wares. Even the top domestic auction giants need strict approval from the Bureau of Cultural Relics if they want to auction bronze wares.

In order to protect underground cultural relics, only orderly handed down bronzes and bronzes returned from overseas are allowed to be traded in the domestic market.

In China, only one bronze ware worth more than 2.1 million yuan has been auctioned, and that is the bronze Xijia plate from the Western Zhou Dynasty, which was sold for [-] million yuan.

"Will you be detained?" Fang Xing asked.

Mr. Qian shook his head: "That's not true, but the cultural relics department is rushing over. I heard that there is a national treasure inside, a bronze square statue with gluttonous patterns from the Shang Dynasty.

You should have also heard that two years ago, a bronze square statue with gluttonous patterns from the late Shang Dynasty was auctioned in New York, and the transaction price was 2.57 million yuan.

And this time the one brought back is bigger and more exquisite than the one auctioned in New York. "

Detention is no detainment!
After all, everyone knows Fang Xing's background, even the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has to save some face.What's more, this is the private property of others, a national treasure returned from overseas.

However, because it is an important weapon of the country, the Bureau of Cultural Relics will definitely keep it in their hands for a few days to study.

It is very likely that the information of the national treasure was recorded on the file on the spot, and then marked as a national first-class cultural relic.Then, if Fang Xing wants to put it up for auction, it will be a bit troublesome.

"More than 100 pieces of bronze wares, plus others, almost [-] pieces of national treasures. It seems that one of your distant relatives is really planning to leave the inheritance to you." Qian Lao laughed.

The older generation is most willing to see this kind of national treasure cultural relics returned from overseas.

Whether the national treasure is in a private collection or returned to a museum collection, they don't have much opinion, as long as they return to China.

The previous time, they were basically Western antique works of art, as well as Chuanguo Yuxi.This time, they are all from their own country. It seems that the Chinese has collected a lot of national treasures overseas.

"It's a pity! He didn't come back, and he didn't say where he is, otherwise I can take the time to visit." Fang Xing pretended to regret.

Qian Lao sighed: "Hidden merit and fame!"

They knew very well that just by sending the Jade Seal back to the country, the Chinese would receive a high reception from the country, and they would be able to leave their name in history and last forever.

However, he didn't even bother to mention his name, obviously he didn't care about his reputation.

For this kind of person, Qian Lao couldn't help admiring him.

After finishing speaking, Mr. Qian handed Fang Xing a faxed photo: "Let's have a look!"

"what?"

"See for yourself, it's also among those national treasures." Qian Lao said.

Fang Xing took a look and was surprised: "Is this a seismograph? Is it real or not?"

The seismograph is a masterpiece handed down from ancient times created by Zhang Heng, a scientist in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It is rumored that the seismograph has eight orientations, they are east, south, west, north, southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest. Each orientation has a dragon head with a dragon ball in its mouth. correspond.If an earthquake occurs on either side, the dragon ball contained in the dragon's mouth in that direction will fall into the toad's mouth, and the direction of the earthquake can be determined from this.

This is more than 700 years earlier than the history of using instruments to record earthquakes in Western countries. Unfortunately, the seismograph has been lost, and there are no real objects and pictures left, only some brief written records.

It is because there are no real objects and patterns left that many people are now questioning the real existence of the seismograph.

"We'll know when it's shipped back. Now, the news has spread, and there are research experts from the capital rushing over." Elder Qian's expression also became serious.

When receiving such a "seismograph", many people were stunned.

You know, from 1875 to the present, more than 100 years have passed, and countless scientists have explored on the seismograph.

There used to be 13 conceptual seismograph restoration models, including the works of Wang Zhenduo, but none of them could be tested for earthquakes. A large number of experiments will eventually fail to give the world a satisfactory answer.

As a result, some people no longer believe in the existence of seismographs.

In fact, we no longer need a seismograph to measure earthquakes, and we have more scientific instruments for measurement.But there are still experts who persevere in restoring the seismograph, just to prove that we already had such advanced technology in ancient times.

"Hiss!" Fang Xing's teeth ached.

Those rewarded by the system will definitely not be fake.

When the final verification is true, it is hard to say whether the seismograph can stay in Yunwu Village.

"Haha! Don't worry! If this treasure is real, the country will not ask you for it again. It can be placed in your private museum.

However, a site must be built specifically to house it. "Qian Lao laughed.

"That's no problem!"

This is the famous ancient "black technology" in textbooks!

As the news spreads, many people will definitely come to visit in the future.

Those who question the seismograph will also be severely slapped in the face.

Some Chinese people are cheap bones and always like to question things about their own country.Like the seismograph, they were forced to delete it from the textbook.

At that time, many netizens were so angry that their heads were smoking.

But there is no way to refute it. After all, the seismograph is indeed lost, and there is no record of its working principle.What I see now is just a counterfeit product according to the records of research experts, which is useless.

……

Three days later, Qian Lao and others were shocked.

A magnitude 6 earthquake occurred on Taiwan Island, which was actually detected by the seismograph under study.A bead fell out of the dragon's mouth in the direction of Taiwan Island, which stunned the experts who were studying it at that time.

What the hell!

It can actually detect earthquakes.

Sincerely, there is no longer any doubt.That is the seismograph made by Zhang Heng in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which can also be called the most important weapon of the country.

There is no doubt that this will also be a national first-class cultural relic.

"They're going to hold a press conference." Qian Lao told Fang Xing.

A press conference was held specially for a national treasure cultural relic, which was the treatment only given to the national jade seal last time.

"Press conference? When?"

"Tomorrow, so hopefully we'll all be there. Pack up! We're off right away."

The earthquake was detected on the spot. This is no joke, and it will definitely cause a sensation all over the world.

(End of this chapter)