Live appraising treasures, I became a national treasure expert?

Two people, one on the left and one on the right, passed each other.

Their eyes faced each other, and their narrow eyes narrowed slightly:
"Yazi, look, is this the young man (Japanese) I met at the museum that day?"

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"Ask me!"

"Hi!"

……

Li Ding'an said expressionlessly: "Director Wang, can you check that Japanese?"

How do you know you're Japanese... Huh?

Those people you met at the museum?

"What are you checking, those cultural relics?" Wang Yongqian hesitated: "Isn't it necessary?"

This is a foreign country. Whether they are guarding and stealing, or whether they are colluding inside or outside, they have nothing to do with them in public or private matters.

What's more, when it comes to external affairs between Mongolia and other countries, it's probably still a scandal, so there's really no need to get involved.

"Don't worry, just ask these people about their origins and the contents of their investigation!" Li Ding'an breathed out, "I'm just curious!"

Wang Yongqian thought for a while, nodded, and the secretary went to the side to make a call again.

It was all public information, available on the diplomatic website, so he quickly said: "Teacher Li, these people are an inspection team from the Okura Collection Ancient Society, and the person in charge is Vice President Fujiwara Koichi... This inspection trip to Mongolia should be... Negotiate with the provincial government on investment matters for the reconstruction of the ancient city of Harhalin..."

Haha, Okura Collection Ancient Shrine?

This is the largest privately owned museum in Japan. Nearly half of the ancient books in the Kyoto University Library include unique and rare books from the Song and Yuan dynasties, as well as advanced editions of the "Sikuquanshu" and other imperial collections. Bought from Okuraji Ancient Museum in 2008.

Of course, it’s just books, and there are more other cultural relics: bronze, ceramics, gold and silverware, silk embroidered clothing, lacquerware, wood carvings...

Want to ask them how they got here?

Everyone knows: 70% came from the Anti-Japanese War, and the remaining 30% came from the 1980s and 1990s, a period when domestic cultural relic poaching and criminal activities were most rampant.

So, this guy is a repeat offender.

Think again about those conversations heard in the museum, haha!

Li Ding'an thought for a while: "You go ahead, I won't go in!"

Wang Yongqian looked suspicious: "Where are you going?"

"Make a call."

"to whom?"

"Chen Jingshu, do you want to listen?"

Wang Yongqian choked, pointed at him, and went upstairs with his translator and secretary.

Li Ding'an returned to the car and dialed the phone. The phone rang twice, and a lazy voice came: "It's not easy. I thought you forgot about me?"

"How is it possible...that we just called last week?"

Last week, huh?
You and Yu Huiyin are together every day...

"Just woke up?"

"Why should I sleep in the afternoon? I'm reading..."

"Quite free?"

"Thanks to you."

During this period, Chen Jingshu was in Hong Kong Island, cooperating with Poly and Su Fubi on the leather painting of "Wonderful News", so she was not very busy.

But Li Ding'an didn't know, and he just thought she was saying it casually.

"I have something to ask you: If cultural relics from Mongolia are exported, through what channels? If they are put up for auction, which institutions will take over?"

"Cultural relics, stolen?"

"Correct!"

“There are many ways, such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan that border them... The control of cultural relics in these countries is very loose, and the management and identification agencies are equivalent to none, so it is easy to get out. But If it is to take over the auction, there are only three institutions that are most likely to do it: Sufubi, Christie, and German Nagau! "

"Only these three?"

"It's not absolute, but these three are the most powerful. Other auction houses won't be able to clear their name in a short time..."

Li Ding'an understood instantly: It's just like that leather painting.

Is this easy to handle?

"Then please help me pay more attention to the auction information of these auction houses that are about to be held or will be held soon... there may be several cultural relics in it: a Turkic Kedun phoenix crown and a sheepskin book from the Uighur Dynasty. "Mani Sutra", as well as a set of twenty-four pieces of pure gold harness and a piece of jade..."

"Wait a minute, Ke Dun Feng Guan... what kind of Feng Guan?"

The sound of turning the pages of a book came from the phone, "Is it the gilt filigree, the wishful crown, the silver crown with the wings of cirrus clouds?"

Wow, you have clairvoyance?

"how do you know?"

"Christie's started promoting it half a month ago, claiming that it was one of the auction items in this spring's auction: the introduction said that an ancient tomb was unearthed near the former site of the Qianquan Khan City (Western Turkic Royal Court) in the north of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. , according to research, it is the tomb of Dulu Khan of the Western Turks..."

Li Ding'an's eyes went straight: Damn, can you still play like this?

This was obviously dug out from the tomb of the Later Turkic Khan Bijia Khan during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. How come it belonged to the Khan Dulu Khan of the Western Turks during the period of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty?

And it’s still so far away: Tashkent is more than 3,000 kilometers away from the Orkhon River in Mongolia.

At first glance, I thought: Do you think the eyes of experts, art companies, and collectors are all venting their anger?

But speaking from the bottom of my heart, it’s really hard to tell: there was only sixty years between the rule of Zhenguan and the prosperous age of Kaiyuan. There is basically no difference in climate, topography, geology, etc. between Uzbekistan and Mongolia.

Therefore, even with high-precision instruments, such as isotope spectroscopy, it cannot be measured:
Is it an object from the early and middle Tang Dynasty?
Is it produced by Wensiyuan, which specializes in gold and silverware for royal courts?

Was it given by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to the Turkic Khan?

Undoubtedly authentic...

But regardless of other things, only the economic value is mentioned. There is a huge difference between the two.

"Old Book of Tang": His name is Ashina Nisse, and his father is Mohe She (a hereditary Turkic official, responsible for thousands or thousands of households). During the Wude period (the reign of Li Yuan), he served as an envoy to Chang'an, where Emperor Taizong lived in the vassal state, and he became a brother... Did you see that Li Shimin was a sworn brother?

But this is only the second step. Here comes the important point: in the sixth year of Zhenguan (630), the people of the country (Western Turks) regarded him as the king. After he was established, he did not dare to take the title of khan, so he sent an envoy to Chang'an... In the seventh year, Taizong (Li Shimin) sent his envoy Liu Shanyin to Qiya (Wangting), and he was canonized as Tun Alouba Xili Biduulu Khan.

To put it more simply: Dulu Khan was the first Turkic Khan in history to be canonized by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. From then on, the Eastern, Western and Post-Turkic dynasties, as well as the Khitan, Uighur and other dynasties followed this example until the fall of the Tang Dynasty.
To put it more simply: setting a precedent in history and establishing a monument to the prosperous Tang Dynasty...

Let’s look at Bijia Khan again: next year (the ninth year of Kaiyuan), Moju (Vija Khan) succeeded to the throne, begged for peace, asked his father to serve the emperor, and promised him... Li Shimin’s sworn brother, and Li Longji’s adopted son, Which one has weight?
There is no comparison...

Also: nearly ten years after the death of Viga Khan, the Turks were destroyed by the Uighurs, which meant that he almost became the king of subjugation.

As far as historical and political significance is concerned, one is in heaven and the other is on earth.

The Japanese are good, but here comes a Li Dai Tao Zong, a fishy person?
In an instant, several idioms popped into Li Ding'an's mind...

He exhaled sharply again: "What's Christie's estimate?"

"Between 400 million and 600 US dollars!"

"Who sent the photo?"

"Tokyo Okura Shukosha!"

I knew it would be you.

"The solid gold harnesses you mentioned are also there. There are twenty-four pieces in total. They also come from the tomb of Dulu Khan."

I haven’t seen the thing before, but I can tell from my butt that it has nothing to do with Dulu Khan.

"There is also the sheepskin Manichae, which was unearthed in Buryatia, Russia, and is said to be the tomb of the Uighur bone power Pero Khan..."

Haha, this trick again?
Guli Peiluo was the first Khan of the Uighurs, enthroned by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and was equivalent to the founding emperor of the Uighurs.

The owner of the Manichae, Tengrihan, was the eighth generation and was in the late Uighur period. There was also a huge gap between the two.

Naturally, the value of cultural relics is also one in heaven and one on earth.

What's more, the things are still on display in the museum.

"Is there something real?"

"It's just a picture album!"

"What else?"

Chen Jingshu said the same thing. Li Ding'an compared each item one by one. There were not many items. There were only more than 40 antiques sent for auction by Okuraji Ancient Society, but each one was a valuable item.

Either the Shanyu and Yanshi (Queen), or the Khan and Ketun, the lowest starting price was two million US dollars. Coincidentally, 80% of them are actually comparable to the fakes in the former Hangzhou Provincial Museum.

If you add it all up, it's more than 20 million US dollars?
If you can't buy it with 200 million, it means you can make ten times the profit once you change hands? He frowned: "Are there many interested parties in the country? I mean organizations that are interested in sending cultural relics to be auctioned by Okuraji Ancient Society?"

"There are quite a few. We, Jiade, Rongbao, Shengjia... and several well-known museums have all received VIP invitations from Christie?"

Li Ding'an couldn't help but sneer: You're having fun, buddy, you know we like this the most, right?
During the prosperous period of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the country's prestige spread far and wide...

Do you want me to give you a hammer?
He took a deep breath and said, "The things are all real, but none of them are right. Whoever takes the picture is stupid."

"Ah?" Chen Jingshu was stunned for a moment, "Christie promises that it can conduct an on-site appraisal and guarantee an unconditional refund within 72 hours!"

Not to mention seventy-two hours, even seven hundred and twenty hours would be fine.

"Believe me, let alone experts, you can't detect it even if you send it to the laboratory..."

He told it from front to back. Chen Jingshu seemed to be shocked and remained silent for a long time.

"I understand, can I remind Quan Ying?"

"Of course, I'll remind you as much as possible. You'd better be more serious and say that it was discovered by the top experts in the country..."

"Top expert?" Chen Jingshu smiled again: "You?"

"I'm not far behind the top experts, right?" Li Ding'an laughed, "You're just kidding, you can mention anyone, but don't mention me."

"Ah, is it dangerous?"

"It's not dangerous, but I've met that little devil twice. If I knew the news was coming from Mongolia, maybe they would guess me..."

To put it bluntly, this is a foreign country...

"I understand, you have to be careful!"

"rest assured!"

"Then when will you come back?"

"It's probably June at the earliest?"

"So long?" Chen Jingshu paused for a moment, "Can I go see you?"

Li Ding'an said without hesitation: "Any time!"

Chen Jingshu smiled silently.

You are so smart, but you are not aware of Huiyin's strength and emotional intelligence at all?
It shows how busy you are?
For a moment, she even became less jealous...

"Don't work too hard and get more rest!"

"I know!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Li Dingan breathed a long sigh of relief.

Little Japan is such a bad guy, and his methods are extremely high. He never thought that he could still use this trick?
It's a pity that I don't have time, otherwise I would have to go to Hong Kong Island to fight.

What's even more pity is that you can obviously trick the little devil, but you can only watch helplessly?

No matter what, the ruins must be found first, and everything else must give way...

Sighing, Wang Yongqian walked out of the building. The expression on his face softened a lot, and it seemed that the negotiation was concluded.

"Professor Bart agreed to officially lead the team to join us starting tomorrow..."

"There won't be any more demonic moths, right?"

"rest assured!"

"how much did you spend?"

"Only one, not many!"

Li Ding'an was stunned for a moment: "There is another one, Professor Mei Lin?"

"It's Dean Meilin, but he has to accompany the Japanese inspection team and really doesn't have time!"

One person is fine.

He doesn't even have to do anything, he can just be a mascot...

Li Ding'an breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought for a while and opened the car door: "You can go now, let me tell you something on the way!"

Wang Yongqian didn't care and got into the car.

As the car drove towards Hala and Lin, Li Ding'an spoke briefly and concisely.

The secretary stared at the pictures on his phone, stunned.

Regardless of whether what Li Ding'an said is true, just look at those pictures: the promotional pictures for Christie's auction are exactly the same as the actual photos in the museum?
So which one is true and which one is false?

It just so happens that Okuraji Ancient Shrine sent them all for the photoshoot. Do you dare to be more coincidental?
Wang Yongqian was fine at first, but when he heard that many domestic units were the key invitees for Christie's spring auction, including state-owned collection companies such as Baoli, Jiade, Rongbao, and Shengjia, his face suddenly darkened. Come down.

What does this mean? It means that Okura Shukosha is targeting these domestic companies.

What if it's not discovered?

Two hundred million is just the second thing. When word spreads out afterwards, it will make a lot of people laugh, especially in Japan...

Wang Yongqian's face turned darker when he thought of this.

"Don't worry, I've asked Mr. Chen to remind all units. No one will be fooled..."

"I won't be fooled this time, but what about next time?"

Where can there be a next time?
They all specialize in this, how could they be deceived twice by the same thing?

Just as he was suspicious, Wang Yongqian shouted: "Stop!"

"What are you doing?"

"I'll report!"

Immediately, Wang Yongqian got out of the car.

No, it’s just such a small thing, what do you report?

Li Ding'an didn't know why, and was about to ask Secretary Liu when a few words came vaguely: Japanese-Mongolian alliance... Tomb No. 1 in Gaole Maodu.

What the hell?
Li Ding'an's eyes almost popped out: "Secretary Liu, what is Director Wang talking about?"

"Dean Mei Lin said that the provincial government asked him to accompany the Japanese delegation to inspect Tomb No. 1 of Gaole Maodu. If everything goes well, they may jointly excavate... So he didn't dare to accept the money we gave him..."

"Okura Collection Ancient Society is a non-governmental organization, how can they unite?"

"They are just organizing, specific excavations, probably the archeology department of Tokyo or Kyoto University..."

What's the difference?
His uncle...

Golmaodu Tomb No. 1 is the second large-scale tomb site in Mongolia after Tomb No. 2. So far, more than 200 tombs have been discovered, most of which are the tombs of Xiongnu nobles from the Western Han Dynasty to the early Eastern Han Dynasty.

Unearthed are four-leaf flower-shaped gold inlaid jade, iron-core gilt bronze handles, copper, silver, gilt wine vessels, chariot and horse vessels engraved with "Yongshi first year (Western Han Dynasty Pingdi)", as well as bronze mirrors from the Wang Mang period, Jade, pottery and other cultural relics.

Letting Okuraji Ancient Society excavate it, isn't it like putting a weasel in the henhouse?
The important thing is that everything of some value is a cultural relic from the Han Dynasty in China. Guess whether the same old trick will happen again, using handicrafts to replace the real things?

After it is replaced, who will it be sold to?
Simply.

"Why don't you cooperate with us?"

Secretary Liu thought for a moment and said, "Too many!"

Li Ding'an choked for a moment: first there was Hebo, then Luobo, and then there were the National Museum represented by himself and Wang Yongqian. There were already three, and the scope of investigation covered half of Mongolia...

But do you just watch it?

probably not……

No, definitely not!

I can even mess with him...

Li Ding'an opened his eyes, scratched his head for a while, and scratched his ears for a while.

It was almost half an hour before Wang Yongqian hung up the phone.

"How's it going? Are you disturbed?"

Wang Yongqian glanced at him and sighed sadly: "We must hurry up with the progress of the inspection!"

No, I'm talking about the East, are you talking about the West?

What does my inspection of the ruins have to do with not letting the Japanese excavate the No. 1 Tomb of Gao Jin Maodu?
Sigh...it seems like there could really be some connection?

After a pause, Li Ding'an said: "No, the little devil is going to do something bad!" (End of chapter)