The old man picked up the "golden hoop stick" and sold it for 12,000 yuan, expert: the loss was large, and the minimum value was 300 million
In the 70s of last century, an old man in Inner Mongolia accidentally picked up a rusty "scrap iron rod", what he did not expect was that this iron rod sold for 12,000 yuan at a sky-high price, in the 70s of the last century, he transformed from a scavenger into a million yuan household, the road to prosperity was also widely praised, and even attracted archaeological experts, after investigation, experts denounced: Because of you, the country lost 300 million!
What kind of treasure did the old man pick up? How can it make experts so sad? Why would an expert say that the loss of 300 million?
The scavenger old man picked up the treasure!
An old man surnamed Chen lives in a small village in Inner Mongolia, because the ancestors of three generations are poor peasants, no money to receive formal education, as he gets older, his life has become particularly poor, but he still has some backbone, and does not want to eat food, does not want to go out to beg, there is no survival craft, he decided to be a waste-picking old man, relying on scrap, selling waste to maintain life, although life is very hard, but the old man feels that he can support himself, do not add burden to the country is also very good, every day is very happy!
In a cold winter day, from morning to night, did not find anything that can sell money, helpless, he just wanted to finish work early and go home, but suddenly found a shining stick in the garbage heap, a closer look, it was actually a rusty iron rod, the surface of the iron rod still has some dirt, it looks dirty, but the old man is still very happy, after all, at that time, the price of metal scrap can be much higher than those waste paper and plastic bottles, the old man also quickly took it to weigh, it weighed 7 pounds, he was very happy, Immediately finish work and go home!
After arriving home, in order to sell a good price, he took out the scrap iron rod and rinsed it with clean water, after cleaning, he was shocked, the original dull iron rod was actually glowing with golden light after washing, and there were many strange symbols depicted on it, he did not recognize the words, and these special symbols were even more unknown!
But he was happy and broken, he thought it was 7 pounds of broken copper and rotten iron, but he did not expect that after washing it was a "golden hoop stick", he happily took the golden hoop stick in his hand and weighed it up, even sleeping on the pillow, his heart puffed and jumped, obediently, this should not be pure gold, right? How much does that cost? I'm going to send...
Thinking of this, he immediately set off with curiosity and a golden hoop stick, came to a gold shop where tong shu was undefrauded, and asked the boss to identify, is it made of gold? Still want your boss to see how much it's worth?
The owner of the gold shop is also a sincere person, directly tell the old man that this iron rod contains gold, but the texture is not pure, so the price will not be very high, it is recommended that the old man melt after purification, and then buy a good price!
The old man heard that he could sell more money, he immediately agreed, after smelting and purification, this 7-pound iron rod was actually refined into 4 pounds of gold, the owner of the gold shop gave the old man 12,000 yuan according to the market price at that time, and the old man returned home happily, for the old man, it was like winning 5 million in the lottery!
After all, at that time, the price of rice was 0.14 yuan, meat was only 0.95 yuan, usually go to a relative to give a gift, up to 2 yuan can be done, the whole village, or the town, there are not many people with 1,000 yuan deposits in hand, and he has become the richest man in the county from a scavenger! With this ten thousand yuan, the old man changed himself from head to toe to new, and also returned to his hometown to build a house, watching the old man suddenly get rich, the neighbors around him came to the door to ask the reason, the old man was also happy to share, and directly told everyone the original version of the matter!
Everyone complained about his good luck, and this strange thing spread quickly in the village, the topic of the old man picking up a golden hoop stick was no less than the current hot search, and after several days of fermentation, the news reached the ears of archaeologists!
What is the treasure of the seven-pound iron rod?
According to everyone's description, experts speculate that the old man may have picked up a national treasure, because as early as a few years ago, some experts found the "Aruchaiden Tomb" in the late Warring States period in Inner Mongolia, and unearthed extremely rare Xiongnu gold and silverware, especially the "Eagle Crown Ornament", whether it is his shape or his artistic value, it is called "Xiongnu art treasure"!
So the experts can not sit still, immediately drove to the town to visit the old man, and implored the old man to take them to the place where the iron rod was found, after the search was fruitless, the cultural relics experts found the owner of the gold shop, the extracted iron rod residue and gold nuggets were repeatedly tested, and asked about the size and characteristics of the iron rod!
Experts concluded that the identity of this iron rod is not simple, it is likely to be a Xiongnu gold tool with a history of thousands of years, because the age is too long, the historical research on ethnic minorities in the pre-Qin period has been in the blank, the iron rod and his inscription value is higher, its appearance is extremely precious, but unfortunately it was smelted, if calculated according to economic value, the country lost at least 300 million!
Old Chen also did not know what the concept of three hundred million is, the expert helplessly told him, it is 30,000 10,000 pieces of it, at that time it frightened Old Chen, the mouth kept muttering: I do a big stupid thing!
But Lao Chen was also ignorant at that time, the treasure worth 300 million was melted away, the loss caused has been immeasurable, although the stick has been melted off, but the experts' research on it is still continuing, because this and the emergence of the stick, to the experts brought a lot of new historical research ideas!
Experts believe that this iron rod is likely to be inseparable from the Zhaojun at that time!
When Emperor Han Yuan was at the peak of the Western Han Dynasty, both economically and militarily, the comprehensive national strength was even more cattle, and the Xiongnu had already been seriously injured after years of conquest, and they also had serious infighting, hu Han evil Shan Yu was defeated by his brother, exiled, helpless, he asked the Han Yuan Emperor for help, and wrote to ask for a Han woman, but the king was defeated, the princess naturally refused to marry him, and the Han Yuan Emperor gave a palace maid Zhaojun from the palace to go and kiss!
Wang Zhaojun brought a lot of advanced culture of the Han Dynasty, especially smelting technology, and the Xiongnu learned to apply, and soon absorbed these cultures, the excavation of this gold artifact is the best proof, but it was melted away!
But things have happened, there is no way to get it back, and we can only learn from it!
The protection of cultural relics cannot be delayed
In 1982, the state promulgated the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics, which clearly stipulates that all cultural relics left in the underground, internal waters and territorial waters of the People's Republic of China belong to the state! Those who deliberately destroy valuable cultural relics and scenic spots protected by the state will be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law!
And encourage many people to take the initiative to hand over the cultural relics hidden by the family to the state, the state will give corresponding rewards, the old man did not expect that the golden hoop stick he saw with his hand would be such a precious cultural relic, although the old man was remorseful, but there was nothing he could do!