As one of the four ancient civilizations, China has a long history and culture. From the Xia Shang Zhou to the present, although history has disappeared in the long river of time, it has left some traces. With the development of modernization, there are often things that find cultural relics. One of the most famous is the construction of the Xi'an Metro, which excavated a number of ancient tombs. However, in our story today, the protagonist is an old man who scavengers —
The scavenger old man picked up 7 pounds of heavy iron rods and sold them for 12,000 yuan
It happened a long time ago in Inner Mongolia. At that time, it was close to the Spring Festival, and an old man got up as usual, ready to start the busy day.
The cold wind of winter is like a dagger that can scrape people into pieces. The old man worked in the suburbs, which was basically uninhabited. He came here every day to pick up some discarded appliances and take them to the recycling bin to sell.
On this day, the old man was preparing to return home. Suddenly something flashed his eyes. When I stepped forward, there were actually some rusty iron rods.
At that time, a pound of iron was about 1 yuan, and the old man was happy in his heart, and today he finally did not do it in vain. He picked up 7 iron rods and went home, intending to roast them on fire. People in the past used this method to remove rust.
As a result, the iron rod actually became brighter and brighter. The brilliant yellow color gradually revealed. The old man found that this was not an ordinary iron rod, but full of gold.
Then he quickly returned to the place where he found the iron rod to see if anything was missing. The mess was added together, and finally seven pounds of gold were picked up.
Before it was dark, the old man carried the gold and went to a gold shop in the market. The owner of the gold shop said: "These iron rods contain too many impurities, not pure gold objects, and must be smelted and purified." ”
In the end, these iron rods refined a total of four kilograms of gold, and the old man made a profit of 12,000 yuan. In those days, "ten thousand yuan households" were extremely rare. Not long after, the old man picked up the gold and spread throughout the ten miles and eight townships.
Experts cry: at least worth 300 million yuan
The magical experience of the old man soon attracted the attention of the local cultural relics department. The relevant personnel immediately drove to the old man's home, and according to the old man's description of the appearance of the iron rods, they also made a field investigation in the place where the iron rods appeared.
Subsequently, experts repeatedly tested the refined gold. It was eventually concluded that this was not an iron rod at all. It is a gold artifact from the Xiongnu period, which is a very precious historical relic.
Therefore, experts concluded that the value of this gold was 300 million yuan. But because of this cultural relic, it was accidentally picked up by the old man, and he did not choose to hand it in, but melted it.
This rare Xiongnu gold artifact disappeared in this way, and everyone present sighed. I don't know if the old man will regret it in his conscience after he knows the truth and looks at the 12,000 yuan?
In fact, after thousands of years of historical ups and downs in China, there may be many cultural flows to the people. When we can't be sure, we should report the artifacts to the experts. In this way, the value of the cultural relics themselves can be contributed, and they should not be like the old man, who only seeks his own selfish interests and buries this precious cultural relics.
Today's Topic:
If you were an old man, would you choose to turn it in?
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