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Chapter 227 The Scumbag’s Treasure Book
Historically, Zhao Mingcheng's collection consisted mostly of scrolls.
Because he and his wife Li Qingzhao both like calligraphy and painting.
But in fact, Zhao Mingcheng became famous as an expert on epigraphy.
Since he was a child, he has liked to study the inscriptions of ancient people on stone and inscriptions, and has determined to study the world's strange characters.
He himself also wrote "Inscriptions on Metal and Stone", which recorded his research on metal and stone in the Northern Song Dynasty.
As a noble, he also has the same hobbies as other royal families.
He likes to drink tea and wine, but his collection was not dug out from his grave.
Historians generally believe that he donated all the collections to Li Qingzhao and disappeared into the dust of history when Li Qingzhao remarried.
It is mistakenly thought that most of the things he left behind are paintings and calligraphy.
This is a very unusual thing, because officials in the Song Dynasty were notoriously corrupt.
They lived a life of luxury and luxury. Even if the war was tense, they still ate, drank and enjoyed themselves in the rear, and even engaged in palace struggles.
In the end, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed by Song Qinzong, and it left the most shameful event in history.
Shame on Jingkang!
Due to the incompetence of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Han people were enslaved by the Hu people and were called two-legged sheep.
It is the darkest period in Chinese history!
In his early days as an official, Zhao Mingcheng also wanted to do his best to create a career.
But the powerful ministers were in power and the emperor was incompetent.
There was a farce in which the emperor voluntarily abdicated the throne in favor of his son Song Qinzong.
Lin Ran recalled all this because of the ancient book compiled by Zhao Mingcheng in front of him.
The name of the ancient book is unknown. It is written in calligraphy and seems to be his mental journey.
He lived a relatively stable life here and did not want to return to the court. Instead, he placed his affection on the mountains and rivers.
He even came up with the idea of living in seclusion here, but he was burdened with the burden of the Zhao family and the Li family.
As a last resort, he must go back to the court to explain.
This place is left to the servants to take care of, and they are asked to clean it every day.
It also records the cleaning procedures for cultural relics and requires servants not to damage his collection.
In this book, the cleaning steps for more than 50 collections are recorded. It is a complete excavation guide!
"Brother Lin, what is written in this book?" Bai Mao asked curiously.
He obviously couldn't understand the text above, let alone understand classical Chinese.
Yang Jianlong criticized him: "My godfather is reading a book, why are you disturbing him?"
After being scolded by Yang Jianlong, Baimao had no choice but to vent his anger on the workers: "Go back to work. Why are you watching? Will I owe you wages?"
"That bonus..." the worker chuckled.
Lin Ran closed the book and whispered: "You will not be short of money, keep digging."
"Yes! Thank you, supervisor, and thank you, Mr. Lin." The worker continued to work in the field. This was something he accidentally dug out when he was digging.
He carefully put the book away, but he didn't expect that it turned out to be a hotel owned by Zhao Mingcheng.
This guy is a famous collector in the Song Dynasty. If you can dig out all the cultural relics he has collected, you will definitely make a lot of money!
Although there are not many collections in this hotel, Zhao Mingcheng has clearly recorded his "private treasure house" in his handbook!
I carefully put this "Treasure Book" away, planning to find out more when I get my hands on it!
In less than an hour, the workers unearthed three more cultural relics one after another.
Most of them are celadon cultural relics, and I haven't seen the calligraphy and paintings he collected yet.
Even so, it more and more aroused Lin Ran's endless reverie about the place where Zhao Mingcheng collected the treasure house!
Lin Ran couldn't help but think of the family who bought the homestead in his previous life. They lived in poverty before. After buying the homestead, they moved to the city in just one year.
I didn't notice anything strange at the time, and thought it was his family that made money from business.
It turned out to be a treasure trove!
However, Lin Ran still had doubts about Zhao Mingcheng's warehouse.
Although history records that this "scumbag" ran away because he was afraid of war, why did he forget the record of his life's fortune here?It would be great if someone could analyze it with me.
It's a pity that in this era, Lin Ran has no one with whom he can communicate.
Maybe he can go to his teacher and ask him to help identify it?
However, that will definitely result in your homestead being discovered by the state and then expropriated.
In this case, my plan to make a lot of money from homesteading will come to nothing.
Lin Ran put the books away and decided to find an opportunity to chat with the teacher about Zhao Mingcheng.
The construction site was still busy, but it looked weird.
At other construction sites, workers were digging for foundations with hoes and shovels.
But they were digging carefully with shovels, as if they were worried about damaging the land.
Lin Ran thought that after all the cultural relics are unearthed, the important cultural relics will be sold to the museum at a low price, and the others will be kept for cash or collection.
Fortunately, he sent the other villagers away, otherwise there would be so many people talking, and I really don’t know how it would end.
"What are you hiding?" When Lin Ran was deep in thought, Baimao suddenly shouted.
Because he found a worker who was sneaking around and seemed to be hiding something in his pocket.
Everything on the construction site belongs to the contractor.
As the person in charge of the project, Bai Mao immediately came to the worker and held his hand.
He took out a handful of rusty coins from his pocket.
The worker was taken aback and apologized hesitantly: "I'm sorry, supervisor, I don't dare to do it anymore."
Bai Mao slapped him across the face and shouted at him: "Get out!"
The worker was so frightened by him that he knew very well what the boss was capable of and ran away without even daring to ask for wages.
Lin Ran said to Baimao: "Why are you so cruel?"
"You can't be kind to them, or they will all rebel." Baimao cursed, and then handed all the confiscated copper coins to Lin Ran.
The copper coin in front of me is printed with the words Chunhua Yuanbao, and there is a Buddha statue behind it.
The length is about two centimeters, the hole in the middle is 5 millimeters, and there are Buddha statues on the surface.
This is the handwriting of Song Taizong, who had taught Li Yuanhao before, and it is the legendary thin gold body.
In addition to the collection of cultural relics, Zhao Mingcheng's house must also have gold and silver jewelry.
Although workers don’t know the specific value of cultural relics, they still subconsciously collect them when they see money, let alone gold and silver.
Although Baimao's approach was a bit rough, it did solve Lin Ran's worries.
When the workers on the construction site saw this scene, they did not dare to hide the things after digging them out, but handed them to Baimao respectfully.
More than 20 cultural relics have been unearthed now, but Lin Ran is more interested in what is in the ruins?
He looked at it with great interest, but Lin Wanjun looked tired.
"Mom and Dad, I can't help here. I'm going back to cook." Lin Wanjun spread her hands and decided to leave first.
Lin Ran also had this intention and said to Yang Jianlong, "Shall we go back to the store first?"
Yang Jianlong asked: "Godfather, won't you continue to watch?"
Lin Ran shook his head. It would take at least a few days to dig out all the ruins. This would not happen overnight, and he didn't have time to waste it here.
Yang Jianlong called Baimao over, obviously he had something to tell him!