Starting to go to the sea: I really didn’t want to be a sea king

The room was silent.

Xia Tian first took a magnifying glass and looked at the 15 silver ingots and ambergris, then took out a small box as big as a pencil case from the box. After opening it, there was an unknown instrument with a display screen inside.

"This is a C-14 tester, which can be used to measure the age of the test object." She explained.

Chu Yang had heard of carbon 14. It is a radioactive isotope that decays over time.

The principle of carbon 14 dating is also very simple, that is, by comparing the C14 content of the sample with the known original content, the approximate age of the sample is determined.

For example, in ancient organisms, the carbon 14 content will generally decrease to half of the original after about 5730 years.

Xia Tian scraped some silver flakes and put them on the instrument, and quickly got the result.

"According to the inscriptions and C14 test results, your batch of silver ingots should be the salt silver of the Ming Dynasty. I initially speculated that they should be lost at sea when Zheng He sailed to the West. As for the specific source, I will discuss it with my colleagues later."

Hearing this, Chu Yang's eyes lit up.

It turned out to be silver ingots from the Ming Dynasty. Zheng He sailed to the West, which was during the Yongle period, more than 500 years ago, a longer history than he imagined.

"So long, these silver ingots should be very valuable, right?" he asked.

Xia Tian shook his head and nodded.

"How should I put it? In addition to the age, the value of antiques is determined by rarity, appearance and historical origin. Generally speaking, the rarer and more historically originated, the more expensive it is. For example, Yuan blue and white porcelain is more precious than Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties..."

"For example, Cixi's jade bracelet is not as good as ordinary ice-type glass jade now, but because of the historical origin, the price is hundreds or thousands of times that of the latter..."

"Your 15 silver ingots have similar historical origins. They are all from the same batch, but the appearance is different."

Chu Yang was helpless. He didn't want to know these things. He just wanted to know how much his silver ingots could be sold for.

"Just give me an estimate."

After hearing his question, Xia Tian paused for two seconds, then took out three silver ingots separately and said:

"Among the 15 silver ingots, these three are in the best condition, with clear inscriptions, meeting the requirements for auction. The average price should be between 60,000 and 80,000 yuan per in auction. If they are auctioned in a package, it is estimated to be around 200,000 yuan."

"That's not worth much."

Cai You said.

200,000 yuan, not even as expensive as the giant clam last time.

Chu Yang was quite satisfied. He had estimated that the 15 silver ingots could be sold for 100,000 yuan in total. Now 3 of them are 200,000 yuan. With the other 12, it must be at least 207,000 or 208,000 yuan, which is nearly three times more!

"What about the ambergris? Is it real?" Cai You continued to ask.

Chu Yang also wanted to know. In his opinion, this thing is the big deal.

I don't ask for tens of thousands per gram as mentioned on the Internet, I just want to sell it for 2,000 per gram like the one Professor Zhu bought.

"I can't say for sure. Ambergris is a miscellaneous item. I'm not good at it. If you agree, I can invite another colleague of mine to evaluate it." Xia Tian replied cautiously.

Cai You glanced at Chu Yang, obviously asking for his opinion.

The latter nodded.

"Of course no problem."

"Okay, then I'll contact my colleague now."

As soon as the voice fell, Xia Tian took out the phone and dialed in front of the two of them.

"Hello, Judy..."

It turned out to be in English. It seems that Xia Tian's colleague is a foreign devil.

But it's not necessarily true. There are many banana people in Hong Kong who regard bird language as their mother tongue.

After the call, Xia Tian took photos of the ambergris in all directions, and also measured, weighed, burned, etc., and sent the photos and various data to her colleagues.

Next, just wait for the results.

The three of them couldn't just sit there and wait. Since Xia Tian had come, Cai You and Chu Yang, as the hosts, had to welcome her.

Chu Yang asked them where they wanted to eat, but the two women were tired and didn't want to go far.

Fortunately, there were more than a dozen high-end restaurants on the 4th and 5th floors of the hotel. In the end, Cai You recommended a Japanese restaurant called "Jiang".

To be honest, Chu Yang didn't like Japanese food very much.

In his opinion, Japanese food, apart from raw food, only had various rice and noodles.

But he had to admit that Japanese restaurants were very good at pretending to be cool, which was very attractive to young people.

So Chu Yang still respected the choice of the two.

When they arrived at the door of the Japanese restaurant, as soon as they entered the door, the kimono girl at the door gave a standard 90-degree bow with a smile on her face.

In any case, the service level was quite high in this day and age.

In the lobby, you can see elements of daily life everywhere.Blue door curtains, dead wood ornaments, cherry blossom decorations, and various bamboo and wooden products.

The three of them chose a private room to sit down.

It was called a private room, but it was actually a row of small compartments separated by bamboo mats, and the door was blocked by a blue curtain.

This reminded Chu Yang of the time when he was in junior high school, when the men's toilet also had such a row of compartments, and there was no curtain. When squatting, either the gun or the flower was facing outward, which was so exciting.

"What are you thinking about?"

Cai You waved her hand in front of Chu Yang's eyes and asked with a puffed mouth.

"Ahem~ Nothing!"

Chu Yang was not so stupid as to say out what he was thinking about.

It was time to eat soon. If he dared to bring up such a disgusting topic, Cai You would bite him on the spot.

"Well, you guys order!"

Chu Yang handed her the menu.

"Nothing?"

Cai You looked at Chu Yang suspiciously, and decided to fill her stomach first.

Soon, the waiter started to serve the dishes.

Tempura (fried prawns), yakitori (grilled chicken skewers), sizzling beef tongue (iron plate beef tongue), kabayaki eel (braised eel), and finally a sashimi platter and miso soup.

The two women immediately immersed themselves in the food, chatting about the interesting stories in their lives over the years while eating.

Although Chu Yang thought that the food in this restaurant might be average at first, after looking through the menu just now, he believed that the chefs in the store must have good skills, otherwise why would they sell it so expensively.

Three skewers of grilled chicken cost 199, which is even darker than his mother's Red Romance. 199 can get a small vegetarian set meal.

The key is that he has to pay the bill today.

So Chu Yang could only turn his grief and anger into appetite and ruthlessly destroy these sinful delicacies.

The two beauties ate and chatted, and it was quite dark. After Chu Yang finished eating, he lit a cigarette and smoked it after obtaining Xia Tian's consent.

In order to prevent the beauty from being smoked, he deliberately lifted the curtain.

As it turned out, there was also a table of people eating across from me. There were two men. On the left was a tall, thin man in a shirt, and opposite him was a short, fat middle-aged man.

The middle-aged fat man was holding a wine glass, drinking with his eyes slyly moving.

Suddenly, his green eyes suddenly widened.

"Yoshi, Hua girl!"