Chapter 1549 [1549] This thing is well made

"That's great!" Zhu Zili couldn't help but clap his hands, "Your father is worried about whether this tiger talisman is real or not."

"I've already given him a promise, but he doesn't even dare to believe it!"

"Why don't you trouble your master, Shaokun, to help take a look?"

Feng Shaokun then looked at Ye Feng, and asked, "Master, how about you help my dad and Uncle Zhu?"

Ye Feng naturally knew that he was creating opportunities for himself to perform.

Hearing the voice, he looked at Feng Zhenyuan and Uncle Zhu, "Then I will respectfully obey your orders?"

Feng Zhenyuan was probably a little curious about him, so he immediately smiled and invited him, "Thank you. Please!"

Seeing that he also agreed, Ye Feng stopped being polite and put on the white gloves that Zhu Zili handed to him. He pretended to pick up the half tiger talisman and examined it carefully.

After observing it for a while, under Zhu Zili's expectant gaze, he put it back and said, "I've finished reading it."

“The workmanship is very good.”

Zhu Zili obviously misunderstood something, and said to Feng Zhenyuan with a look of joy, "Did you hear that, Old Feng?"

"Shao Kun's master said that this thing is well made."

"Now you should have no worries. You don't have to worry about whether this is a fake..."

"Uncle Zhu, don't be impatient. Just listen to what I have to say." Ye Feng interrupted him.

Then, without waiting for him and Feng Zhenyuan to look over, he continued, "What I mean is that this thing is well made."

"The counterfeiters are very skilled."

"Impossible?" Zhu Zili opened his mouth and retorted subconsciously.

Ye Feng was not in a hurry. He just looked at Feng Zhenyuan with a slightly observant look and asked, "Uncle Feng, do you have a high-power magnifying glass or a microscope?"

"Send another kettle of boiling water."

"Shaokun." Feng Zhenyuan nodded slightly and winked at Feng Shaokun.

Feng Shaokun immediately walked out of the yard and started making a phone call.

Seeing this, Ye Feng explained to Feng Zhenyuan and the others, "Although the cast iron softening technique was already known during the Warring States Period, it reached a small peak during the Western Han Dynasty."

"However, these technologies are still highly dependent on manual labor."

“So it’s easy to see the huge difference between modern industry and modern technology in the subtle craftsmanship of various metal castings.”

"These differences may not be distinguishable with the naked eye, but after removing the cover and high magnification, they are clearly visible."

When Feng Zhenyuan heard this, he was obviously interested and his eyes showed some fluctuations.

But Zhu Zili seemed to be less confident, and his voice became much softer. "Before this thing was delivered, I asked many friends in the antique appraisal circle to help appraise it."

"Like the famous 'Bai Zhen Tang' in Jiangzuo, their chief appraiser is Lao Wu; the time-honored antique shop 'Zang Bao Ge' in Jiangzuo, their chief appraiser is Lao Jin; the 'Si Bao Zhai' which has an excellent reputation in the Jiangzuo antique circle, their chief appraiser is Lao Liang..."

"They have all checked it and said there is nothing wrong..."

"These people are considered first-rate appraisers in the Jiangzuo antique circle. They shouldn't be collectively fooled, right?"

Ye Feng did not answer the question directly, but said calmly, "I just said that the workmanship of the thing was very good, and it was not groundless." "The counterfeiter who made this half tiger talisman must be a master who is proficient in antique appraisal. He knows very well what the most high-level appraisers focus on when appraising antiques, so he made up for these points perfectly when making it."

"Plus, things like tiger talismans are extremely rare in the market nowadays. Few people have seen them, so it's not surprising that ordinary appraisers were fooled."

Feng Zhenyuan remained silent, as if he was watching a play.

Zhu Zili began to wonder, "Is this true? It sounds so mysterious."

Ye Feng knew that it was useless to say more at this time.

When Feng Shaokun came over with a high-precision microscope and a pot of boiling water, he immediately threw half of the tiger talisman in.

Then, after the "patina" on its surface was almost gone, it was simply wiped with cotton cloth and placed under a microscope.

"The production process of tiger seals is very complicated. Judging from the few tiger seals that have survived, almost every one of them has delicate patterns and complex shapes, especially the gold-inlaid inscriptions on the military seals. First, the negative text is engraved on the military seal, and then the gold wire is embedded in the negative text, and finally it is polished to a bright finish."

"According to historical records, each pair of tiger seals has its own unique anti-counterfeiting mark. For example, there are often special characters at the seam between the two halves of the tiger seal. For another example, Qin Shihuang's tiger seal has a line of characters in the middle of the two halves, which is divided into two halves. In addition, the character "天" in the middle is deliberately tilted to the right, leaving only the last stroke - that is, the downward stroke - with one-third on the left."

"To complete such complex processes and detailed processing, even at today's industrial level, the number and scale of equipment involved are extremely exaggerated."

"..."

"In other words, if you want to perfectly reproduce the tiger talisman from the Huo Qubing period, the cost is extremely high."

"..."

"However, counterfeiters often forge products in order to achieve the highest returns at the lowest cost."

“If something is too expensive to fake, they won’t make it.”

"..."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Zili seemed to have no confidence at all at this time, and his expression was a little nervous.

"If they spend money and time on some details that everyone pays attention to, then they will definitely cut corners or be lazy on some small details that people usually don't pay attention to." Ye Feng smiled slightly and slightly adjusted the magnification position in front of the microscope.

After finding several defect points revealed by the system's deep scan, he made way and motioned Feng Zhenyuan and Uncle Zhu to come over and take a look.

Feng Zhenyuan was obviously very curious at this moment.

Seeing Ye Feng's gesture, he immediately walked over and took a look at the microscope.

Then, his body shook, he took a deep breath silently, and stood aside.

Seeing this, Zhu Zili could no longer hold back.

Almost the moment he moved away, he quickly followed him to the microscope and began to observe carefully.

After observing the magnified area adjusted by Ye Feng and comparing several other details, he raised his head in a daze, "After removing the copper rust, obvious traces of modern machine grinding can be seen everywhere on the tiger talisman."

"Fake……"

"I spent so much time and effort, used so many favors to get it, and even found a bunch of old friends to authenticate the tiger talisman, but it's actually fake?!"

“Is the water in the antique circle so deep?”

Ye Feng didn't pay much attention to his reaction. He just looked at the half tiger talisman on the microscope with a faint smile on his face, "Do you believe what I said now?"

(End of this chapter)