On the shore of Juyan Sea, the dust is flying. A squadron of the female regiment and a battalion of servants are digging hard with spades and pickaxes. Here are the remains of a Han Dynasty beacon fire and the remains of a castle.
Xiao Niangpi and the others broke the ice yesterday to catch fish, but the results were not good. This place cannot compare with the original richness of the ancient wasteland in Heilongjiang.
After all, this is a desert. We went down with a large trawl net with countless hooks, and only pulled up more than 500 kilograms of fish, which disappointed the ladies.
Fortunately, these fish are very delicious, whether they are boiled fish or braised fish.
After the fishing failed, Xiao Niangpi decided to go treasure hunting today.
So, they came to the ruins of the Han Dynasty early in the morning and started excavation work.
In the Qin Dynasty, China's sphere of influence reached the Ordos area, that is, Henan, today's Neitao area of the Ming Dynasty. It had no influence on the Alxa area west of the Yellow River.
It was during the Han Dynasty that the Han Dynasty began to cross the Great Wall in the Hexi Corridor and develop northward, and then built a series of castles and settlement strongholds near Juyanhai.
Therefore, all the monuments here are from the Western Han Dynasty. There are no earlier ones.
More than a dozen metal detectors, held by female soldiers, kept scanning the ground, and soon discovered many abnormal areas. They marked them with white ash, and after they had finished detecting this large area, they began to dig.
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Xiao Niangpi and Chen Xi, as archaeological captains, sit in high positions and supervise.
As a result, they excavated everything and found not a single bronze artifact. They were all rusty iron artifacts, a small number of bronze weapons, and most arrow clusters because this place was full of military strongholds and farming strongholds.
In fact, if you think about it, the Western Han Dynasty has entered the Iron Age. As a precious metal, copper will no longer be used to make utensils, and even if it is made to make utensils, it will not be used by ordinary people.
These are all low-level officers and soldiers guarding the border at the grassroots level. Where can we find precious bronzes?
The Yang family members are all experienced in excavation, and all the excavated sand has passed through the sieve. Not even a small piece of object can fall out.
"Alas! This is such a waste of emotions. I just dug out some tattered weapons made of broken copper and iron, as well as some broken bamboo and rotten wood chips." The little girl said boredly, supporting her chin with her little hand.
There were piles of bamboo and wood chips in front of me. The only thing worth money was a dozen lacquerware boxes, but they didn't look very exquisite. They were probably used by the lower class people in the Han Dynasty.
One characteristic of antiques is that antiques that are valuable today were also good things in ancient times. Those things were not cheap in ancient times.
For example, ancient coarse porcelain bowls and the like, even pottery from the Han Dynasty are not valuable, costing tens of thousands of yuan. Some of the tatters used on the ground floor in the Tang Dynasty are only worth a few thousand yuan.
"Just don't dig up the rest. It's all tatters. It's really unlucky. Let's just use the roasted sheep as fuel." Lin Yueru's little hands were red from the cold, and she was holding a stainless steel thermos cup while drinking hot tea. She groaned angrily.
Humming and muttering.
But Chen Xi squatted there and looked through it with great interest, her little hands turning red from the cold.
"Madam, these bamboo pieces cannot be burned. Although these bamboo pieces are blurry, there are clearly words on them. They are bamboo slips with scattered flowers. There are also these wooden pieces that can be fastened and pulled up and down. These are from the Han Dynasty.
A letter is called a wooden slip. There are words written inside."
Chen Xi took out a few, raised his little hand, and said: "Some of these things can still be seen clearly. They are written with a brush dipped in ink. Judging from the font, they are official scripts of the Han Dynasty. Judging from the content, they are mainly military documents.
and letters home from officers and soldiers."
"There are also these wooden tablets. The wood pieces below are written on the inside, and then the cover wood pieces are inserted from the grooves of the slide rails, sealed with fire paint, and stamped with seals. I heard this thing from my master. I remember that he thought it was useful for studying social life in the Han Dynasty.
Value. In addition, these lacquers stamped with official and private seals seem to be valuable as well."
Xiao Niangpi was not interested in these things, so she waved her hand and said: "Then let's keep all these things until we finish digging, and send some to the master. If he is interested, keep them. If he is not interested, just dig a hole."
Just put it back in the landfill. I have been busy all morning in vain."
Lin Yueru was also disappointed, but she fiddled with the excavated crossbow, the severely rusted knife blade, some arrow clusters, and the broken armor, and said: "Xiaoyu, please take the maids and scrub them to see if there are any writings.
.The master seems to have said that those with inscriptions should be kept by him."
The little girl's little hands were playing with a piece of bronze mirror. This thing is rare. Because it was not completely oxidized when it was just unearthed, it still has a copper color, not completely green.
She held the handle of the bronze mirror with her little hand and turned it around. Suddenly she let out an exclamation. She found that the light actually passed through the bronze mirror and projected the patterns on the back of the mirror onto the ground.
Suddenly everyone was shocked. How is this possible? This is a light-transmitting mirror!!!
"Isn't this thing made of solid copper? Why is it transparent?" Lin Yueru sat up in shock.
At this time, Aunt Mei and the others all gathered around.
"Light-transmitting treasure mirror! Oh my God! This thing really exists!" Aunt Mei exclaimed loudly.
"Aunt Mei, tell me quickly, what's so special about this baby?" the little girl asked anxiously.
After Aunt Mei finished speaking, Xiao Niang Pile couldn't close her mouth. Hahaha, I'm so lucky today. I thought I was working in vain. I actually found this good thing.
Lin Yueru's eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred. Tu Shanyue, this little bitch, was really unlucky.
To put it in terms of the male and female protagonists in the master's bedtime story, they are the sons of luck possessed by koi fish. All good things belong to her, from the master to all kinds of good things. Even the master's eldest son crawled out of her belly.
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So angry! Lin Yueru's liver hurts because of anger. Why!
Yang Fan received the bamboo slips and wooden slips sent by Xiao Niangpi urgently by steamer, but Yang Fan did not understand that these were magical things.
Yang Fan thought that he hadn't contacted Mr. Guan for a long time and had left it to Sun Xing to contact Baoli. So he took a photo and sent it to Mr. Guan.
"Brother, when I encounter a batch of goods overseas, please help me keep an eye on it," Yang Fan typed on WeChat.
Mr. Guan is in a meeting to prepare for the next auction. Yang Fan's business has become big now. He rarely participates in the antique business personally anymore.
Even Sun Xing's key work is in the group work and the Magic City Small and Micro Enterprise Bank.
Currently, Ma Xiaoxiao is responsible for cooperating more with Baoli in the antique business. Although Yang Fan is no longer in front-line management, both parties will cooperate on several special auctions every year.
All the auction items are provided by Xinghe. This year we will hold a special sale of Song Dynasty calligraphy, a special sale of blue and white porcelain, a special sale of miscellaneous items, etc.
"You haven't contacted me for a long time, so you got some good stuff." Mr. Guan joked.
"I don't know if this thing has value or if it's worth acquiring. They look like ordinary letters from ancient times. They should be used by ordinary people on a daily basis."
"Send it over and I'll take a look at it," Mr. Guan said. He is an expert in ancient books and has profound knowledge in this field.