After talking, Zheng Zhenze showed an eager look in his eyes: "Mr. Qin, the collection of ancient books has just started. As far as I know, there are many library buildings in Jiangnan, and they are currently in a precarious state. Some owners of books are afraid of being stolen by the Japanese and hid the books in the basement, but the basement is too tide and it is difficult to ensure that the books are not destroyed... Yuhai Hall, Qunbi Tower, Jiaye Hall... there are many ancient books... Mr. Qin, I am determined to buy these books and move them to Kunming and Chengdu. It's a pity that I don't have money..."

Historically, after the liberation, Zheng Zhenze divided a small courtyard in Peking, and his family had a collection of books. After the plane crash in 1958, his family donated all 100,000 books to the country. In addition, a large number of books were taken to Taiwan by the Qingbai Party and treasured in museums.

Qin Di asked: "How much does it cost?"

Zheng Zhenze was overjoyed, but as he spoke, he was hesitant and whispered: "I'm afraid it costs 300,000."

Qin Di immediately wrote a check of 500,000 yuan for him.

Zhang Congyu whispered beside him: "Mr. Qin, you are so rich and powerful."

Qin Di smiled slightly: "Money is an external object. If the ancient books are destroyed, they will never be found."

Zheng Zhenze sighed: "Yes, people who don't know how to know about ancient books think that they are worthless, but I am a person who does 'exegesis' and think that they are priceless. They are the history of the Chinese nation... For example, "Maiwangguan Copying the Ancient and Modern Zaju", 242 volumes, half of which are lonely. If it were not for it, how could future generations understand the history of the peak of Yuan Opera?"

Qin Di said: "Mr. Zheng, if you don't have enough funds, you can leave the account from Ji Yuezhai. I plan to invest 8 million yuan in Ji Yuezhai, specifically to collect antiques, calligraphy and paintings and ancient classics. As for where the books I bought are placed? Now there are chaos and it is not safe to transfer everywhere. I have several secret courtyards in the Demons, and these things can be placed."

Although Zheng Zhenze was happy, he was still worried, for fear that Qin Di was a hammer and accidentally broke the ancient book. Therefore, he asked: "Mr. Qin, I heard that you have collected some calligraphy and paintings. Can you let me take a look? There are many things to pay attention to in the collection of calligraphy and paintings. If you don't preserve it well, it will be miserable!"

Qin Di smiled and shook his head: "That's not possible. The place where I collect books and paintings is the best hidden place in the world. There is no wind and rain, and it is like spring all year round. It will not be broken even if it is left for a thousand years."

"Ah? Where is there such a place in the world? Mr. Qin, are you kidding?"

Qin Di said: "No need to say more, it will be clear after decades."

"Mr. Qin, these things are all national treasures. You cannot transfer them abroad! Otherwise you will become a traitor!"

"Haha, don't worry, I will take it out when the right time."

Qin Di collected all the calligraphy and paintings in the small world of Wuyi Mountain, so naturally he would not allow these two people to enjoy them. After a while, he suddenly asked: "Have you seen oracle bone inscriptions when you were collecting ancient books?"

Zhang Congyu replied: "Of course I have seen it, but none of them are treasures. The treasures are collected by the state."

Zheng Zhenze said: "I heard that there are tens of thousands of pieces of rare oracle bone inscriptions in total, and they were packed with 1,132 boxes and transported to Kunming."

Qin Di asked again: "So, what about the skull of the Peking Man?"

The two looked at each other, feeling strange.

"Mr. Qin, why did you ask about the skull?"

"Since thousands of boxes of oracle bones have been transported away, will the skull be lost?"

Qin Di's heart skipped a beat because the skull was indeed lost in history, and it happened around 1940!

He held his forehead with his hand and searched the memories in his mind, how did the ape man's skull be lost. After a long time, he remembered some records and breathed a sigh of relief.

Peking Man is one of the ancient ancestors of humans and lives in the Zhoukoudian area 500,000 or 600,000 years ago.

After 1920, people mined limestone in Zhoukoudian and dug out "keel bones" from time to time. Once, a fossil of human-like teeth was dug. After research by Bu Dasheng, director of the Department of Anatomy of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, it was believed that it was a fossil of ancient humans. It represents a new species, named the Chinese ape man "Beijing Man". He predicted that the cave in Zhoukoudian is the hometown of Chinese ape man and contains their fossils.

On the afternoon of December 2, 1929, the sun had already set and the cave was dim. Pei Wenzhong, a young graduate of Peking University, found a skull of an ape in the dim light. He was so excited that he dug it out overnight. Before dawn the next day, he carefully sent it to Beijing with a quilt.

The Chinese discovered the news about Peking Man, like a spring thunder, forcing those scholars who were bound tightly by traditional prejudice to admit that in the dawn of human history, there was indeed a "Homoeman" stage. He was both a descendant of the "Asian ape" and an ancestor of the "Homosato" including modern humans, and an important link in the evolution process from monkey to humans.

The human fossils found in Zhoukoudian have been kept in the safe in the anatomy room in the B-building of Peking Union Medical College Hospital and were studied by the famous Swedish anthropologist Wei Dunrui.

In 1941, shortly before the Pearl Harbor incident, Japan-US relations were quite tense, and the US Embassy in China advised the US to leave China. Union Hospital also lacked a sense of security. In order to obtain American nationality and continue his research at the American Museum of Nature in New York, Wei Dunrui also decided to go to the United States. At that time, for the safety of this batch of specimens, he hoped to transport human fossils that belong to China sovereignty to the United States for preservation. However, due to various reasons, the fossils were not set off.

About one day three weeks before the Pearl Harbor incident, the General Affairs Officer of Union Hospital suddenly informed him to secretly pack all the fossils and wrap them with fine cotton paper rubbed with microscopes. Wrap them in the medicinal cotton, then wrap them with powder paper, tie them with fine gauze and cotton on the outside, put them in two large wooden boxes, and transport them to the US Embassy, ​​ready to transport them to the United States with the US Marine Corps.

On the morning of December 5, the "Beijing people" labeled "high-level secrets" and took a special train for the US Navy. They were "escorted" by several soldiers and were transported out of Beijing to Qinhuangdao by "President Khalisson" ship to the United States. However, two days later, when the military train had not yet arrived in Qinhuangdao, the Japanese army sneaked into Pearl Harbor, and Japan and the United States had become formal warring countries. The Japanese army in China quickly intercepted and robbed the US military train. From then on, this batch of extremely precious fossils disappeared without a trace.

This astonishing case of loss aroused strong response from the world. At that time, not only the Japanese were looking for it, but the Americans were looking for it. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, due to the request of the Chinese government at that time, the US Far East Command had investigated the Japanese side, but there was no result.

So, how did the "Beijing people" fossils disappear? One theory is that the Japanese loaded all the boxes unloaded from the train onto a barge and prepared to load them on a cargo ship heading to Tianjin. Unfortunately, the barge overturned and the "Beijing people" fossils sank to the bottom of the sea. Another theory is that the ship was captured by the Japanese army and the fossils were intercepted by the Japanese army. Later, after several changes of hands, their whereabouts were finally unknown. It is likely to be hidden among the Japanese people.

No matter what, since Qin Di remembered this, he could not sit idly and watch it disappear.
Chapter completed!