In 1982, on a construction site in Qinghai Province, a girl named Tao Jinlan, while she was working, she actually excavated a large number of iron pieces, and after experts came to identify them, she actually said that the value of these iron pieces was very huge, and even became evidence of the warlords, and after she handed over all these iron pieces, she only got a reward of 500 yuan, so what are these things? Interested friends welcome to like, comment, add a follow!
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Dig up two tons of treasure
In 1982, the construction site was organizing people to dig a drainage ditch, one of them was a girl named Tao Jinlan, because her family was poor, she had to do the same work as a man, but at this moment, Tao Jinlan suddenly felt as if she had dug a metal object in the soil, and when she pulled out the soil, she saw that it was a round piece of iron.
She did not pay too much attention, ready to continue to dig down, but the current scene, let her shocked, and then dig down not only the iron pieces did not decrease, but more and more, such a scene, attracted the surrounding colleagues to watch, some people picked up these iron pieces to see that there are patterns on it, some insightful at the same time said, this will not be the Republic of China period silver dollars, but so many people are also very surprised.
Because after the founding of New China, silver dollars have long been replaced by paper money, so will these silver dollars be a prank of children? But Tao Jinlan took these iron pieces in his hand and swept them, and then carefully observed them, there were some delicate patterns on them, and the surface of the silver dollar had been somewhat oxidized, and it looked like the age was a long time ago.
Next to the silver dollar, there were some ceramic fragments, according to Tao Jinlan's colleagues speculated, this may be a vessel containing these iron pieces, and then, they continued to dig down, and sure enough, they found several large ceramic bottles, which surprised everyone even more when they opened it, and it was full of silver dollars.
Dig out the silver dollars
But at this moment, a worker on the construction site suddenly said that these may be fake, because some of the silver dollars are actually carved with eagles, and some are carved with sailboats, and most of the well-known silver dollars are carved with portraits, such as Yuan Shikai or Dr. Sun Yat-sen, which makes Tao Jinlan not know what to do.
Even if this is fake, then the carving is so exquisite must be worth a lot, but if it is really silver dollars, one can be exchanged for dozens of dollars, and this discovery is that there are dozens of large bottles, then these will be a lot of wealth, if you sell it for money, then your life will be improved, but Tao Jinlan said.
Bury the silver dollars
The cultural relics found under the ground are all owned by the state, we can't privately possess them, and all the people on the construction site are all at once undecided. For the sake of safety, the people decided to bury the silver dollars in situ, and decided not to spread the matter to the outside world, and wait until the next day, after reporting it to the relevant departments, before making a decision.
The next day, Tao Jinlan went to the local cultural relics bureau and told him about his discovery, which also attracted the attention of archaeologists, and soon organized relevant personnel to investigate the location where the silver dollar was found. It didn't take long for these experts to come to the site to determine whether the silver dollars were real, and when these experts carefully identified them, they were shocked that the silver dollars were all real.
Silver hammer
After further excavations, even these archaeologists are wide-eyed, from the Qing Dynasty to the end of the Republic of China silver dollars all have, after three days and three nights of excavation by experts, finally all the silver dollars buried underground were dug out, after counting, the number of this discovery, but also shocked the experts, there are more than 70,000 silver dollars weighing as much as two tons, and in addition to the common Yuan Shikai head silver dollars, there are many rare types, including more than a thousand silver coins, which were worth more than four hundred thousand in that year.
In the face of these nearly two tons of silver dollars, there is still a question that has not been solved, that is, why is so much wealth buried here, and who will be the person who buried this wealth?
Ma Yuanhai
The mystery of the buried treasure
In the war-torn era at that time, some rich people would seal their savings in clay pots in order to escape, and then bury them in a hidden place, and then return here after safety to dig out their treasures.
After the experts have checked the information, a more shocking thing. Appearing in front of everyone's eyes, the location where this batch of treasures was found happened to be the residence of the warlord Ma Yuanhai, so this batch of treasures may be owned by the famous warlord Ma Yuanhai. So who is Ma Yuanhai?
Ma Bufang
In the early days of the establishment of the Republic of China government, when there were many warlords on the mainland, there was a Ma family army in the northwest, and Ma Yuanhai was the cousin of Ma Bufang, who was the chairman of Qinghai at the time, so Ma Yuanhai lived a very rich life from an early age, so he developed a very rebellious character in order to achieve his goals, he could do whatever it took.
At that time, In order to exercise his cousin, Ma Bufang sent him to a local county, but what he did not expect was that Ma Yuanhai, who had just arrived here, spent money to bribe others. Establish good relations with the powerful people in the local area, then establish your own power, and start scavenging the local people on your own.
Bandits
It was not until after the Liberation War that the People's Liberation Army began. The bandits and warlords everywhere were all solved, and Ma Yuanhai was one of them, although Ma Yuanhai did not have any strong strength, but Ma Yuanhai had plundered a lot of people's fat over the years, in order to escape the fate of being wiped out, Ma Yuanhai began his life of escape, and his treasures disappeared in his way to escape.
Until he was arrested, there were only a few dozen silver dollars on his body, no matter what kind of interrogation, Ma Yuanhai insisted that his money was robbed by his subordinates, but no one believed his words, because how could a cunning warlord put all his money in one place?
Tao Jinlan
In this way, until 1951, Ma Yuanhai died of his treasure, there was still no news, did not expect that in the past thirty years, Tao Jinlan accidentally found the treasure, which made Ma Yuanhai's treasure see the light of day. The money was also reused for the construction of the motherland.
And after this incident, Tao Jinlan did not immerse herself in the joy of finding the treasure, and did not show off because of the honor she had received, still doing her work in a low-key manner, whenever someone asked if he would go home, the money was handed over, she would always say that she could eat and drink enough, want so much money, and these silver dollars can only play a greater role in the hands of the state.
Silver
Two tons of silver dollars were dug up on the site, which shocked the people present at the time, but at the same time there was a question, entangled in the hearts of everyone, that is, why these silver dollars are so diverse, some even written in English, what is going on?
The development of the silver dollar
Faced with such a variety of silver dollars, the expert Tao Jinlan explained to Tao Jinlan. The beginning of the circulation of silver dollars on the mainland also began from the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, when Sino-foreign trade began to circulate, when China still used silver ingots and broken silver as currency, so a large amount of silver flowed out of the mainland at that time
Westerners
As a result, the domestic economy was seriously affected, and some thoughtful officials at that time proposed to the emperor that silver dollars would be minted to cope with foreign influences, which is why these silver dollars were carved with eagles and English.
As for the silver dollars carved with human heads, we have to mention the Xinhai Revolution, when under the leadership of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, after the success of the Xinhai Revolution, in order to commemorate the success of this revolution, the head of Mr. Sun Yat-sen was engraved on the silver dollar, and after Yuan Shikai stole the fruits of the revolution, he established himself as the president and had the familiar Yuan Datou silver dollar, and the silver dollar engraved on it with a sailboat, the meaning of which was to shoot down the fighter, smooth sailing, but when it was first issued,
Sailboat silver dollars
When the September 18 Incident occurred, some people interpreted the pattern in it as the rising of the Japanese state and the sailing ship that overrode the mainland, and for a time public opinion in society accused the government of publishing this silver dollar, in this case, it had to be ordered to stop publishing this silver dollar, so this kind of sailing silver dollar is very rare, and the price of each one is even more than two thousand yuan.
Hearing the expert's explanation, Tao Jinlan's mood was very excited, if there was this money in her own life, it would be greatly improved, but after hearing the expert's explanation, the value of some of her silver dollars far exceeded its own price. And because of the education he received from childhood, that is, he was not ignorant of gold, although this money was very tempting, Tao Jinlan still decided to hand over all these silver dollars to the state
Unearthed silver dollars
In order to commend Tao Jinlan's spirit, Qinghai Province also rated him as an advanced personal pacesetter of spiritual civilization, recorded the first class merit once, and awarded a cash reward of 500 yuan, and not long after, they were named the national March 8th Red Banner Bearer, and they were also received by the leaders of the state at that time, full of honors, and their spirit was also widely spread at that time.
Tao Jinlan's spirit of picking up gold and still handing over the treasure is worth learning, and his spirit is also worth inheriting and passing on, such deeds should be known to more people, so that this spirit will be passed on forever.