Play treasure master

Chapter 111
Yu Yao went on to say, "The blade of this sword has a very special quenching technique, which can be seen from the unique color faintly revealed! Perhaps a special water agent has been prepared. This technique is obviously to make the weapon more powerful. Tough and sharp, it has gone beyond the scope of conventional bronzes. It will never exist in modern times, and I don't believe the old man can master it!"

Bronze ware is different from iron ware, and generally does not need to be quenched; but there are also general situations.

Most of the things that need to be quenched are sharp blades and musical instruments.Moreover, ordinary bronze ware cannot be quenched, and it will crack if it is not quenched well. High-tin bronze ware is required.

Teng Kunwu nodded secretly, this kid is not only good at eyesight, but also a master who loves to learn, "If that's the case, then it's the real thing! Why do you still say that it's not right to tell the truth, and it's not right to tell the lie?"

"This short sword must be the best bronze sword from the Warring States Period, that's right." Yu Yao smiled slightly, "However, you can't just add a wrong gold inscription on it because Mrs. Xu made the sword! Mr. Teng !"

"Good boy!" Teng Kunwu suddenly stood up, "How did you see that?!"

All of a sudden, it is equivalent to saying that Yu Yao is right!
But equivalent does not mean it is.

Therefore, Yu Yao didn't say anything, but just looked at Teng Kunwu.

Teng Kunwu sighed, "Forget it, you won! Now can you tell me how you saw it?"

Only then did Yu Yao say, "The wild ones are definitely different from the domesticated ones."

Among masters, there is no need to talk nonsense.

Teng Kunwu narrowed his eyes slightly, "Can you say a few more words?"

"This is something that can't be helped, it's not a technical problem." Yu Yao shook his head lightly, "In the Warring States period, the wrong gold had to be inlaid, but this is an ancient and heavy weapon, so you must have it when you chisel the grooves." Psychological barriers make it difficult to complete it smoothly. With this foundation, Zhao Guo's seal characters are a bit special, and finally revealed subtle clues."

Wrong gold is a craft on bronzes that only appeared in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period. It flourished from the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty.

This is a very delicate craft with extremely high technical requirements.

There are two main techniques for inserting gold. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the mosaic method was mainly used, which is also called engraved gold.

The inlay method is to reserve grooves when casting bronzes, or chisel the grooves after casting, and then inlay them into the grooves with gold wire or gold pieces.

There is another method, called painting method, which is also easy to understand. Instead of gold wire and gold flakes, gold mud is used to smear into the grooves.After the Han Dynasty, it was more common.

The bronze short sword that Teng Kunwu took out, the gold on it is naturally inlaid.

However, this is the wrong money added by Teng Kunwu, which is more difficult than the wrong gold at that time.To carve grooves on a bronze dagger that is more than 2000 years old must be very careful.

Just like what Yu Yao said, even if Teng Kunwu's chiseling skills are fine, the psychological obstacles are hard to overcome.

His decision itself was grotesque.You think Mrs. Xu made the sword, so you suddenly want to add a label to it?I won't discuss this much for the time being. After all, it belongs to him, and he can do whatever he wants. It's nothing more than a personality problem, and no one else can control it.

However, even if he decides to do it, his skills are fine, but it is difficult for him to remain calm psychologically.After all, this is not an ordinary thing, and he must like it very much. If it is not done well, not only will it not be able to complete the "icing on the cake" in his mind, but it will also create a "dog-tailed mink", or even throw away everything!

This psychological obstacle made it difficult for him to be really smooth and clean when chiseling grooves.

Of course, even so, it can be further finely trimmed, but this is not a new sword, but an old sword with new work. After trimming, there are still differences.

In fact, if there is only this little difference, Yu Yao may not be able to see the problem.

There is another obstacle here, not psychological, but objective, and that is the particularity of these four wrong gold fonts.

Since Mrs. Xu was from Zhao State during the Warring States Period, the wrong gold font should follow Zhao State's font at that time, at least Teng Kunwu thought so.

Before Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, the characters and fonts of each country were different.Zhao Guo's characters are similar to big seal characters, but the font features are obvious.One of the most important features is that it has a strong handwriting meaning.

The chiseled grooves are not done in a smooth manner, and the fonts formed by inlaying gold threads must have a strong handwriting meaning. In this way, the four seal characters that appear to be neatly integrated on the surface will reveal a "wild" feeling.

But originally, the wrong golden seal character should be "domesticated" by the dagger!

Of course, it can be explained in general, but to really see it, you need extremely high eyesight and insight into the details.

Hearing what Yu Yao said, Teng Kunwu had a strange expression on his face and paced back and forth. After seven or eight times, he stood still and said, "Give me a cigarette!"

"Didn't you quit?"

"Stop rambling! I'll smoke one and continue quitting!"

Teng Kunwu lit a cigarette, took a few deep puffs, and then looked at Yu Yao, "Even if you started learning from the womb, it's impossible for you to have such eyesight!"

"Old man, I'm studying archaeology, and I'm lucky today..."

"Bullshit doesn't make any sense! You can't understand archeology." Teng Kunwu shook his head again and again, "Who is your master?"

"Did the gods reckon with the master?"

"It's even more bullshit!" Teng Kunwu stomped his feet, "Forget it, it's a bit taboo after all; if you don't want to say it, I won't force it. Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Just as Yu Yao was about to open his mouth, the door opened again, and the tall man bowed first.Teng Kunwu flicked his sleeves, "Say!"

Tall man: "The guests are here, I have already invited you into the back hall!"

"Don't be too busy talking, don't worry, I won't play tricks. Go! Stay tonight and have dinner together!" Teng Kunwu said, and went out directly.The tall man carefully put away the camphor wood box.

"Hey? Old man, I have something to do tonight!" Yu Yao followed suit.

Teng Kunwu walked quickly like the wind, walked directly to a small door at the far end of the house in the courtyard, opened the door and walked in.

"Old man?" Yu Yao had no choice but to follow closely.Behind this small door was not a room, but a corridor.Pass through the corridor and come to the second courtyard.

"You came here from Jiangzhou, what can you do at night?" Teng Kunwu opened his mouth, "It's cheap for you! Can anyone eat my meal?"

Yu Yao raised his eyes and saw that the second courtyard was quite different from the first one. The first courtyard was empty, but the second courtyard was full of singing birds and fragrant flowers. There was only a path among flowers and plants.

There are still five main rooms, and there are no side rooms, but under the red tiles, there are no exposed red bricks, but painted beige; the doors and windows are no longer green paint, but vermilion.

The double doors in the middle are open, the sky is already dark, but the lights inside are brightly lit, and you can see a lot of classical furniture.

Teng Kunwu walked to the door, and a person inside greeted him.

(End of this chapter)