gifted collector

Chapter 426 Heather Nodules
Fang Ming stood up a little, then sat down again, picked up the wood that Zhong Ping put down, and looked at it.He didn't dare to take it lightly at all. Although Zhong Ping is not a professional but just a fan, a fan like Zhong Ping often has a very high level, because people like Zhong Ping often only work in a very small area. Research within a small area, so you can delve into things very deeply and understand a lot.

On the contrary, Fang Ming knew that his strengths were not in wood, but that he had collected data specially because he wanted to buy furniture before. Of course, because of his strong memory, he could remember as long as he had seen things. There are countless materials related to various types of wood, which is why he dared to promise Zhong Ping to try.

Zhong Ping’s stone was very heavy. I don’t know why, but there was a hole in it. It may be because it was soaked in water or exposed to nature. It was a little black, but the inside could still be seen clearly. some situations.

"It looks like the hole was opened with a knife."

Fang Ming touched it with his hand and found it was very smooth. It should be a sharp knife or an ax that came out with a single blow. If it was natural, even if there was a hole, it should be rough. If it was cut with several knives, there will still be knife marks.

"Well. Yes. This piece of wood must have been processed by someone, but it just flowed outside somehow."

Zhong Ping also nodded, he also thought of this.

"However, I don't think it's wood."

Fang Ming's words stunned Zhong Ping for a moment, and he couldn't help saying strangely: "It's not wood? What is that?"

The piece of wood in front of him has been in Zhong Ping’s hands for a long time. He usually plays with it when he is not busy at work. What appears is black carbon.

Now Fang Ming actually said that this is not wood?

"Heh... Senior Officer Zhong, I'm not quite accurate. It should be said that this is not the wood we usually refer to, because I think it is a tree root."

Fang Ming was a little embarrassed. What he said just now was not very clear. In fact, tree roots belong to wood, but generally speaking, wood refers to trunks and branches. Tree roots are not wood in people's eyes.

"How to say?"

Zhong Ping did not expect such a result.

"No matter what kind of wood it is, there will be annual rings. Of course, if the tree grows in a place where the four seasons are not much different, then the annual rings will not be obvious, but no matter what, there will always be."

On the cross-section of the trunk of woody plants, there will be a substantially concentric circular pattern.

This is because the climate is different in a year, and the speed of plant growth is different. Generally speaking, spring and summer grow faster, the wood is looser, autumn and winter are slower, and the wood is tighter. These two layers of wood will form an irregular shape. This is the annual ring of woody plants, which can be used to infer how many years the plant has grown. Of course, this is only more accurate on the trunk.

Zhong Ping was taken aback by Fang Ming's question. Annual rings are an obvious feature of trees, but maybe because they are too obvious, they didn't notice them.

Zhong Ping picked up the wood and looked at it carefully, and even picked up a piece of sandpaper from the side to carefully polish the opening that had been made for a long time, and finally found that it was exactly as Fang Ming said, The features of the annual rings presented above are so small that they are almost invisible.

"On the contrary, there are no annual rings on the tree roots, or the annual rings are relatively inconspicuous compared to the tree trunk. However, there is a kind of precious tree in this world that has no annual rings on the roots or root nodules at all. Annual rings but with beautiful patterns."

"Oh?"

Zhong Ping looked at Fang Ming and said, "What kind of tree are you talking about?"

"Heather, only the root nodules of this kind of tree have such characteristics."

In fact, when Fang Ming picked up the "wood" mentioned by Zhong Ping before, Fang Ming found that the brave came out, and judging from the depth of the color, the scene in front of him was about 30 cm long, 10 cm wide, and 10 cm high. The value is around 500 million!
To be honest, Fang Ming was taken aback by this, and a big one at that!

There is such a precious "wood" in the world?After seeing that there were no common annual rings at the opening, Fang Ming boldly guessed that it should be a tree root. With these as a reference, Fang Ming could easily learn from the materials he had read. In the world, there is a tree whose roots are really worth the money, and that is the so-called heather.

"Heather?"

Zhong Ping is obviously a political genius. Governing the region is what he is best at, but after all, he is only a hobbyist in collecting. If it is wood such as red sandalwood and rosewood, he does have a deep research, but he is not as good as heather. I don't know much.

"Well, yes, Briar, this piece in front of me should be a root nodule of Briar."

"Heather forests mainly appear on hillsides and rock walls in the Mediterranean region. It is characterized by extremely slow growth, as if it will never "grow up". The most valuable part of this tree is located between the roots and stems. part of the root nodule, because such a thing can be used to make something that drives some people crazy - pipes!"

"The root nodules of briar wood are characterized by firmness, fine wood, and the most beautiful wood grain in the world, and its most precious part is that it has countless small holes that are invisible to the naked eye. You must know that when tobacco burns, it will burn. Forming water vapor and heat, because of the existence of small holes, the heat will be released more easily when the water vapor is released, which is conducive to maintaining the fragrance and original flavor of tobacco, and at the same time, it will also make the pipe lighter. It also has a feature, that is, its surface It will burn, but it will form a thin layer of carbonization, and that's it, it will not burn, and the odor of the wood itself is very small, and it has almost no effect on the taste of the tobacco itself."

"Because of this characteristic, it is the best choice to use heather root nodules to make pipes."

"Oh, it turned out to be used to make pipes. This thing is not very common in our country."

Zhong Ping heard that it was originally used to make pipes, and only recently did he realize why he didn't know anything about it.You must know that in China, smoking pipes do not exist, but the main material is brass. Of course, brass is mainly used to make tobacco pots. As for tobacco rods, they are made of bamboo or other things. The most famous pipe smoker in the world is Ji Xiaolan.

In addition, there are snuff, hookah, etc., and pipes are mainly Western.

In addition, domestic precious wood is mainly used to make furniture or carvings. It is not mainstream to make pipes. Zhong Ping usually likes wood, but it is also mainly concentrated on traditional wood. The piece in front of him " "Wood" is not within the scope of his research, especially if it can't be counted as wood but root nodules. Could it be that he couldn't figure it out after a long period of research.

"By the way, Fang Ming, how much is this thing worth?"

As long as it is a collectible, there is no one who does not care about this issue. Although Zhong Ping is the head of a province, he is also very curious about this issue at this time.

"Five million or so."

Zhong Ping has been in politics for many years, and he has already cultivated the ability to be able to hold the top of the mountain without changing his face, but at this time, Fang Ming's words still made him tremble with fright.

"This thing... is worth so much money?"

The piece of wood in front of me was picked up by Zhong Ping. At that time, I just thought it was special and different from ordinary wood. I thought that even if it was worth a little money, it would be good if it was worth eight thousand. That one hundred thousand would be insane, but who would have thought that it would be worth so much money?
"Well, yes, it is indeed worth so much money."

There may be mistakes in other aspects, but in terms of pricing, because Fang Ming has Paixiu's help, he can't be wrong.

Zhong Ping stared at the wood on the table for a long time, then suddenly picked it up and knocked on the table a few times with a "bang bang bang" and said, "Is this stuff really worth so much?"

Seeing Zhong Ping like this, Fang Ming was also happy, nodded again emphatically, and said, "Yes, there is absolutely no mistake."

"Is this wood very valuable?"

Fang Ming looked back and found that Ke Liu and Ke Moran were walking in, and it was Ke Moran who was talking.

Zhong Ping smiled wryly, and said, "This kid Fang Ming actually said that this piece of wood is worth 500 million."

"impossible?!"

Ke Moran was taken aback, but she immediately took a step forward, snatched the wood from Zhong Ping's hand, and said, "It's worth 500 million, and you still knock it like this? What if it breaks?"

Zhong Ping smiled wryly again. He accidentally picked up this piece of wood on the side of the road when he was walking with Ke Moran some time ago. Just like this, he picked up 500 million?This is too amazing.

"Is it really worth so much?"

Ke Liu walked to Fang Ming's side, but her eyes fell on the wood Ke Moran was holding. She was also shocked. Fang Ming said before that the pair of walnuts were worth several million, and she could tell a little bit. After all They are gourd-shaped, and they are a pair. If you think about it, you know that this thing is rare in the world, but the piece of wood in front of you is so inconspicuous, why is it worth so much money?

Touching his nose, Fang Ming said, "It's not expensive at all to buy a briar root nodule for 500 million yuan. You must know that such things are quite rare now."

"Impossible, right? Didn't you just say that heather mainly appears in the mountains near the Mediterranean Sea. In such a large area, the number will not be too small, right?"

Zhong Ping felt that Fang Ming was exaggerating a bit, no matter how one piece of such a root nodule could be worth so much money.

(End of this chapter)