The solvent prepared by Mr. Liu is colorless and odorless, and it immediately mixes with clean water when poured into the sink.
Then Mr. Liu found a pair of rubber gloves and put them on before picking up Li Shizhen's Golden Money Sword and putting it into the water.
"This sword needs to be soaked for about five minutes. Then I will decide whether to increase the concentration of the solvent in the sink or replace it with a solvent specifically used to remove copper rust." Mr. Liu said as he took off his gloves.
Yang Jing quickly folded the paper with the names of the raw materials for preparing the solvent and put it in his wallet. There are more than 20 different raw materials needed to prepare this solvent. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen, so it is best to write it down.
"Xiao Yang, you have to remember one thing. It is not a bad thing to have rust on ancient copper coins. The rust on ancient copper coins is actually the mark left by time and environment. Many times, we cultural relics workers rely on the thickness, color, firmness, etc. of these rusts to identify the age and authenticity of ancient coins. However, it is precisely because of this characteristic of ancient copper coins that many people who make counterfeit ancient copper coins now try to artificially make fake rust on the copper coins to deceive buyers. Therefore, as long as the rust on the unearthed ancient copper coins does not affect the reading of the coin text, generally do not remove the rust on the copper coins..."
"Also, removing the rust on ancient copper coins or copperware depends on the situation. You can't use those rust removal methods rigidly to remove the rust, otherwise it is easy to damage these ancient copper coins, and more often even destroy these precious ancient copper coins. Just like the two copper coin swords you brought today, they look very rusty on the surface, but in fact most of them are soil rust. So when removing the rust, you must first use a soil rust removal solvent. If there is a lot of copper rust inside after the soil rust is removed, we will need to prepare another solvent specifically for copper rust removal..."
During the waiting time, Mr. Liu told Yang Jing a lot about the maintenance methods of ancient bronze coins and even bronze artifacts, which made Yang Jing very happy.
Mr. Liu is the leading expert on ancient bronzes and bronze artifacts in the Palace Museum. It is a rare opportunity for Yang Jing to be able to receive personal instruction from this great man. Yang Jing wishes he could use his mobile phone to record everything Mr. Liu said.
Unfortunately, the waiting time was only five minutes, and after Mr. Liu finished talking for a few paragraphs, he took out the golden sword.
At this time, the solution in the sink had become extremely turbid, and the golden sword immersed in it could no longer be seen.
Yang Jing put on rubber gloves first and said, "Mr. Liu, let me do this kind of work. You can just give me some guidance."
Old Liu smiled and nodded, saying, "Then you better be careful. The hemp rope of this sword is probably rotten. Once the rust is removed, the whole sword may fall apart."
Yang Jing carefully reached his hand into the sink and soon touched the sword.
To Yang Jing's surprise, the sword did not disintegrate as he had imagined. At least it still felt quite solid.
"Mr. Liu, this sword doesn't seem to be falling apart. It feels pretty solid to me."
Hearing Yang Jing's words, Liu Lao also showed a look of surprise on his face. He put on rubber gloves and said, "Don't move yet. Let me see what's going on."
Yang Jing retracted his hand, and Old Liu carefully put his hand in, and then a surprised smile appeared on his face.
"Haha, this sword should be made of hemp rope mixed with metal wires, otherwise the sword would have disintegrated long ago. Well, if my estimation is correct, this sword should have a very interesting origin."
As he spoke, Old Liu gently took the sword away from the sink and placed it on the table.
"Haha, Lao Cai, come and take a look. The hemp rope used to weave this sword is indeed mixed with a lot of metal wires. Look at these black filaments. Aren't they the metal wires mixed in the hemp rope? Hmm? These two are..."
Old Liu's face became solemn. He took out a magnifying glass and looked closely. After a while, a look of surprise appeared on his face. "Oh my God, there are actually a few gold threads mixed in here! This sword is definitely not something that ordinary people can own. It should be an authentic Taoist Golden Money Sword!"
Hearing what Liu Lao said, Yang Jing also saw the dark yellow filaments mixed in with a small bunch of black filaments. This sword has been buried underground for who knows how many years. If it were ordinary metal, it would have oxidized and changed color long ago. Only inert metals like gold can be buried underground for hundreds or thousands of years without changing color, at most it will just become darker.
Cai Yi also came over to look at it for a while, and then said: "The shape of this sword is also different from the money sword in the north. I remember that this kind of money sword was popular in the Yangtze River Basin for a period of time?"
Old Liu smiled and said, "Yes, judging from the shape of this sword, it should be the Taoist Golden Money Sword that was popular in Jiangnan and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River during the Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli periods of the Ming Dynasty."
The shape of this sword is indeed different from the Golden Money Sword that Yang Jing had seen before. The Golden Money Sword that Yang Jing had seen before had a guard between the hilt and the blade, which was also the hand guard, but this sword had no guard. From the hilt to the front, it was directly the blade, and the whole sword looked like a stick.
Yang Jing had never seen such a strange golden sword before, but when he heard what Mr. Liu said, Yang Jing immediately gave Mr. Liu a thumbs up in his heart.
The appraisal result given by the Holy Ring is that this sword was made by Li Shizhen himself in 1573, and 1573 happened to be the first year of the Wanli period, the second year of the reign of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty.
"Hey, Lao Liu, there seem to be words on the hilt of this sword." Cai Yi suddenly shouted loudly. It was obviously not an ordinary discovery that could make someone like Cai Yi exclaim in surprise.
"Oh, you guys who deal with antique porcelain have really good eyes. I didn't see it, but you did. Yes, it looks like an inscription, but it's covered by rust and can't be seen." After looking at it for a while, Old Liu also laughed and teased Cai Yi. Obviously, the protrusion on the sword guard that looked like a font made Old Liu and Cai Yi very excited. The sword guard is the protrusion behind the hilt, usually used to balance weight and tie the sword tassel.
For unearthed cultural relics like this that cannot be traced back to ancient times, it would be the best thing if an inscription could be found on it, because the inscription usually has a great possibility of explaining the origin of the cultural relic.
"Wow! This sword is a standard Qiankun magic sword, and it is woven with hemp rope mixed with gold threads. There are inscriptions on the hilt. This sword is not simple! No, I have to study this sword carefully. Maybe it will be a great discovery." Old Liu seemed extremely excited.
Yang Jing thought to himself that if they could really figure out this sword, it would definitely be a great discovery. The sword of the Medicine Saint Li Shizhen, if not a great discovery, what else could it be?
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