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Chapter 16 Wooden Boxes Worth Ten Millions

"Thousands of years...nothing is not corrupt for thousands of years...Immortality--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"What?" Teacher Jin and several other experts stood up and exclaimed.

Several experts and teachers looked at each other and saw a deep shock from each other's eyes.

"Impossible...Impossible..." Teacher Bai sat on the chair in a daze and muttered to himself.

Xiao Yu and others also knew that this wooden box was not simple when they saw the appearance of several experts. Xiao Yu had never been exposed to antiques or heard of golden nanmu. However, the square and radius were different. As the general manager of the Antique City, he also studied some antique information and learned about golden nanmu. It was because he knew that he felt very strange and asked: "Dear experts and teachers, as far as I know, golden nanmu is scarce and valuable, but with your eyes and insights, shouldn't you be so out of control for this golden nanmu?"

Hearing their question, Teacher Cai sat down, pondered for a moment and looked at the wooden box slowly and said: "Golden nanmu, also known as Yumu, has been exclusively enjoyed by emperors since ancient times. In ancient times, officials in Sichuan and Hunan regarded tribute to gold nanmu as a top priority. If they do well, they can also be used as a standard for promotion. If ordinary people pay tribute to a golden nanmu, they can also get rewarded by the court.

Because this golden nanmu is only found in the deep mountains and forests of Sichuan and Hunan, and in ancient times there was no such developed transportation as modern society. The saying "The road to Shu is difficult, it is harder than going to the blue sky" shows that the road to Shu is difficult. Often, a golden nanmu has to be transported to Kyoto, and it takes dozens or hundreds of lives. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong raised the construction of a palace of golden nanmu, so he sent an army to transport wood. However, when he returned to Kyoto, only half of the people came back alive, and the other half remained on the road to Shu forever, so there was a saying that it was difficult to buy golden nanmu for a thousand gold.

"Teacher Cai, I heard that the dragon throne of the emperor in ancient times was made of golden nanmu. Is it true?" After hearing Teacher Cai say that golden nanmu is precious, Fang Yuan suddenly thought of a piece of information he saw on the computer and asked.

Hearing Fang Yuan’s question, Xiao Yu also turned his ears and sounded. Teacher Cai nodded slowly, affirming this statement, and then said: "This is true. The dragon chaise placed in the Forbidden City is made of golden nanmu."

When Xiao Yu heard Teacher Cai’s introduction, he knew the preciousness of the golden nanmu. Suddenly, he thought of the fact that the wooden box was observing the death breath floating out of the wooden box under the Yin and Yang eyes, and asked curiously: “What is the effect of this golden nanmu? What makes it so precious?”

Teacher Cai thought for a while and said with a smile: "When I was studying the Dragon Chair of the Forbidden City, I summarized the three major effects of golden nanmu: anti-corrosion, insect resistance, and deformation resistance. Anti-corrosion, you can bury the golden nanmu soil and soak it for thousands of years, but it will not rot; anti-worm prevention, things made of golden nanmu will never be bitten by insects. Generally, the golden nanmu used in ancient emperors' coffins to prevent the remains from being damaged; anti-deformation, the golden nanmu has excellent material, unchanged and smooth texture, no matter how big the temperature difference is, hot or cold, when exposed to the wind and sun, it will not be easy to crack and deform. Generally, doors and windows made of wood will easily deform as soon as the sun is sunlight!"

Speaking of this, Teacher Cai paused before continuing: "In fact, there is another biggest feature of golden nanmu, which is as hard as iron stone, and it is hard to hurt swords. It is also this feature that makes us lose our composure when seeing wooden boxes. Although golden nanmu is precious, we have seen a lot of them. However, it is the first time that the things carefully carved out of golden nanmu. In ancient times, craftsmen tried their best to carve the finest thing was the dragon chaise. At that time, there were not as many high-tech things as modern times. At that time, it was completely handmade. It often took more than ten years for craftsmen to carve a dragon chaise. It was unprecedented to carve such a fine box."

"Yes! Lao Cai was right, so when we first looked at the wooden box, we didn't look at its material. This thing was a wooden box from Mingchu with wide open doors, so we thought it was just ordinary nanmu, because in our understanding, it was impossible to use golden nanmu to carve such a delicate thing in ancient times." Teacher Mao took the speech and said. The other experts nodded.

After hearing the expert's words, Xiao Yu nodded calmly, but thought a lot in his mind: "Is it because of the slow dissipation of the golden nanmu wood? Who carved this wooden box? Suddenly Xiao Yu thought of a possibility. Since Zhong Kui is real, other immortals, demons and monsters should have existed. Since the ancients could not have carved it out, could it be them...?"

"Then...why do you guys, how much is Dr. Xiao's wooden box worth now?" Fang Yuan asked stutteringly.

"This is hard to say. There is no similar thing on the market that has ever appeared for the price, but I guess it is at least one... ten million!" Teacher Bai said with a finger.

"Ah! "What! Ten million?" Zhang Xiaoying, who had been standing next to her, covered her mouth and screamed. Although Zhang Xiaoying didn't know antiques, it was normal for her to watch Zhubao to know that a good thing is worth one or two million. So she was not too surprised when she said it was worth one million at first. She just envied Dr. Xiao for his good luck. Unexpectedly, it would be worth tens of millions in a short while, and at least, which made her scream.

Fang Yuan sat there as if he was stupid, thinking to himself, why isn’t it my own thing? Ten million! Not a thousand yuan, he can’t earn so much in his life!

Although Xiao Yu was also surprised, he was still calm. Since he integrated Zhong Kui's memory, although he did not regard money as dirt, his ability to bear it has increased a lot. He thought: "No matter how good or precious this thing is, it is useless to keep it. It is better to sell it and exchange it for money, so that my mother will not have to work so hard."

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Dear brothers, I want to take action on this thing. You have a wide range of connections and help me contact us."

After Xiao Yu said that he would sell the wooden box, the experts were stunned and the room became quiet. When they thought, it would be best to keep such a good thing in their hands.

In the end, Teacher Cai couldn't help it: "Brother Xiao, are you considering how to sell such a peerless thing......"

"No matter how good things are, they are useless to me. I don't understand and don't like these things. It's better to sell them!" Xiao Yu said with a faint smile.

"Brother Xiao..."

Teacher Mao was still trying to persuade him, but was interrupted by Teacher Cai: "Forget it, Mao, stop persuading him. Since Brother Xiao wants to sell, he must have his own ideas. Let's help him contact the buyer!"

"Oh, okay!" Teacher Mao sighed and shook his head helplessly.

"Brother Xiao, we want to catch the plane, so let's leave first. I'll contact the seller to notify you!" Teacher Cai said. Teacher Cai is a miscellaneous expert and has the most complicated things to do, so he has the widest connections in this area in Beijing.
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