As the sound of the flute flew out, the red scorpions scurrying around began to be in a daze, and then began to flip their bodies as the sound of the flute flew out. They were about to crawl out, but then turned around and crawled back. The area of influence spread from near to far, with more and more people
The scorpion turned.
Soon a dense swarm of poisonous scorpions was formed, crawling together towards the golden place Huang Yueying mentioned, and started digging within a radius of 500 meters.
The people of Loulan were all frightened. If Latia had sensed so many poisonous scorpions and summoned them all, no matter how stubborn the people of Loulan were to resist, there would still be no corpses left. The ones summoned originally would only be one thousandth.
With so many poisonous scorpions working at the same time, everyone only saw more and more yellow things pouring out. They quickly saw the outline clearly: it was a roof, a square, and a grand staircase.
"It's the palace of the ancient city." Zhan Hailan said excitedly.
Liu Zhang did not listen to Zhan Hailan's words, but looked at Latia's expression. Huang Yueying was the same, not paying attention to the barb she said, only looking at Latia.
Suddenly, the sound of Latia's flute was out of tune. Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying came forward almost at the same time. Finally, Huang Yueying stopped and said nothing. Liu Zhang said: "Latia, stop playing."
"Your Highness, King of Shu, let Queen Latia dig out more of the ancient city."
A Loulan official came forward to plead. All Loulan people are eager to see what the ancient city looks like, but who can excavate as fast as Latia? Manual excavation is not only slow, but also puts workers' lives in danger, and can easily damage the structures inside.
The people of Loulan certainly hope that Latiya can dig up the soil at once and let the ancient city see the light of day again.
"Snapped."
As soon as the Loulan official finished speaking, Liu Zhang slapped him, and the Loulan official was slapped out. Liu Zhang didn't even look at him, but stepped forward and said to Latiya: "That's enough."
Latia nodded and stopped playing the flute. Without the command of the flute, the poisonous scorpions scattered again. Because all the poisonous scorpions that were pressed down below were summoned, the poisonous scorpions fled even faster now. In the blink of an eye, they were gone.
Empty the dug area.
Latia felt a little dizzy and leaned on Liu Zhang's shoulder. Only then did Latia realize that after treating Liu Zhang, her ability to perform magic had declined. Although the scorpion group commanded this time was too large, if
In the past, it would never have been so bad.
However, Latiya had no complaints. She saw Liu Zhang beating the Loulan official out of desperation just now, and he went out of tune for the first time. Liu Zhang had already stood up, which showed that Liu Zhang cared about her, and that was enough.
Latia leaned in Liu Zhang's arms and slowly adjusted her strength. Huang Yueying stood aside. She listened to Latia's treatment of Liu Zhang and asked Latia to dig around the golden barb first. Of course, it was out of
Considering Latiya's body, it is enough to dig out the important parts first.
But now there was no need for Huang Yueying to express her thoughts. She pointed to the place dug out by the poisonous scorpion and said to Liu Zhang: "Look, husband, the real palace there is."
Liu Zhang nodded, and together with everyone else, they saw the palace, and there were still a lot of broken soil. But the general shape was very clear.
This is a magnificent palace, and the building materials have not been damaged much after thousands of years. Haitou City thousands of years ago, Ming Dynasty.
Later archaeological documents were discovered, proving that Haitou City was an ancient name, not the name of the current Haitou City, but the name of this place in more ancient times. Although there is no explanation.
But from the literal meaning, Haitou, the end of the sea, then this is obviously a coastal city.
But now Haitou City is dozens of miles away from Lao Lanhai. The ocean here has shrunk too much.
However, as a glorious coastal city, it still has its legacy.
Zhan Hailan and Liu Zhang each sent some people down to explore the terrain. After reporting that it was safe, Liu Zhang, under personal escort, went down to the bottom and came to the excavated palace.
There were scorpion droppings mixed with soil everywhere, and the foul smell filled the air. Latiya and King Mulu took out some anti-toxic medicine, and everyone who came down took it.
When entering the palace, a large palace appeared in front of you. Two golden cranes, a golden throne, jade railings on both sides of the jade steps, and exquisite reliefs were all presented to you one by one. Those Loulan people who came in almost went crazy and rushed towards
Those antiquities.
"Stop them." Liu Zhang shouted to Zhan Hailan and Wu Tu Gu at the same time. There is no sunlight here all year round, and it is also a place where poisonous scorpions live. If you touch them randomly, you will get skin diseases even if you don't die.
The Sichuan Army soldiers and the Loulan soldiers stepped forward to stop him at the same time, but they were still a step too late. An old minister with dim eyesight touched the shining golden crane, and his hand immediately turned red with blood and numerous rashes appeared.
"Cut off your hand and carry it out." Liu Zhang said, but did not let the Sichuan army move and looked at Zhan Hailan.
The old minister was a veteran of the three dynasties of Loulan. He was loyal and devoted himself to Loulan. It was also because he knew that the old minister wanted to see the ancient city all his life that Zhan Hailan allowed him to come down to the underground city in his old age.
But Zhan Hailan still ordered the soldiers to do as Liu Zhang said.
The old minister's hands were cut off, and the other Loulan people no longer dared to move.
Liu Zhang walked through the main hall, entered the side hall, entered the back garden from the side hall, walked through the side hall on the right, and came to the side hall on the left. Along the way, there were gold, silver and jade articles, and the beads inlaid with them were priceless.
In the past, the coast of Lao Lanhai must have been such a fertile place with abundant products.
"Lord, if we take these back and sell them for food, we will have food for hundreds of years." Hao Sheng said, and several other generals were also gearing up.
Liu Zhang said nothing and entered the left side hall. When he entered the left side hall, both the Loulan people and the Sichuan army were disappointed. There was not a single gold, silver or jade article inside, and the sealed pottery jars were neatly arranged.
The pottery pot was rough and had no artistic value at all.
After a Loulan man took the medicine, he opened a clay pot with gloves. Even though he was wearing a mask, Liu Zhang felt a rotten smell coming from the pot.
"It's wheat, very well preserved," said the Loulan native.
I opened a few more jars and found rice, potatoes, and many vegetables and rapeseeds that Loulan people had never seen before, but people from the Sichuan Army had seen them. They were some broad-leaf vegetables. Loulan lacked water and had not been planted for hundreds of years.
Over these vegetables.
Because everything is sealed and the underground city has not seen the light of day, it is generally well preserved, but of little value. However, this also proves that the environment of Haitou City in the past was very good, at least there was enough water vapor.
"What kind of seed is this? I've never seen it before." Suddenly a Sichuan Army soldier shouted.
The jar was opened by the Loulan people. The Loulan people didn't know it, so they asked the Sichuan Army soldiers to see it. The Sichuan Army soldiers didn't recognize it until the third one. The third one was a rich farmer. His family had a lot of land, but they couldn't hire many.
He is a long-term tenant farmer and basically grows his own crops, so he is very familiar with agricultural products.
But he had never seen anything like this before.
Huang Yueying couldn't help being curious and stepped forward to watch. She was more familiar with farming than the rich peasant soldier, and she had read so many ancient books. She thought she must know something about it, but when she walked over and took a look, she was dumbfounded.
Liu Zhang glanced at it inadvertently and was suddenly shocked. He blurted out three words: "Pumpkin seeds?"
"What is a pumpkin?" Huang Yueying asked, wondering, isn't the Lord from a royal family? How can he understand farming? Even if he understands, how can he be better than herself?
Liu Zhang put on his gloves, took the seeds and looked at them carefully, confirming again that they were indeed pumpkin seeds. There were pumpkins in Haitou City thousands of years ago. Aren't pumpkins from America? How could they have traveled across the ocean and come here? Thousands of people.
There was no continental drift during the year, right?
But Liu Zhang immediately remembered another theory about the origin of pumpkin. There was no evidence for it, but both "Cihai" and "Chinese Encyclopedia Dictionary" said that pumpkin originated in Asia.
There is no archaeological evidence for this theory. Only some county and township chronicles say that pumpkins originated in Asia. Those blurry figures and long history are not convincing at all, so most scholars believe that pumpkins originated in the Americas.
The theory of Asian origin is only passed down orally among some old peasant families.
Unexpectedly, I saw pumpkin seeds in this dungeon, which showed that the theory of origin in Asia was not unreasonable, or that it was not impossible for pumpkins to grow wild in America and Asia at the same time and then be domesticated.
Pumpkin is a high-yield crop, with a yield of more than 3,000 kilograms per mu. If it is planted multiple times a year, it can reach 6,000 to 9,000 kilograms. You must know that the yield of hybrid rice is only a few hundred to 2,000 kilograms per mu. It also requires a large amount of water. Pumpkin is more efficient than hybrid rice.
Rice is much more powerful.
Today’s rice is completely incomparable to hybrid rice, ordinary rice, and Champa rice. It is said that Champa rice is drought-tolerant, but are pumpkins drought-tolerant?
Although Liu Zhang hates eating pumpkins, in this era, it would be good to have a stutter. Pumpkins can be used as vegetables and staple foods. If they are widely cultivated, they will definitely be able to feed a large number of people, and the lives of ordinary people will be much easier. Of course, the Sichuan Army's military rations will also
There will be a lot more.
"Seal it up and never let it go bad." When Liu Zhang saw this jar of pumpkin seeds, he was even happier than when he saw the gold, silver and jade objects. He was afraid that these seeds were too old to be able to grow anything.
The Sichuan soldiers quickly wrapped up the jar, and the people in Loulan were a little puzzled. Liu Zhang started to visit several magnificent halls without making any move, but now he was interested in this jar of seeds. If Liu Zhang hadn't been a great Han Shu
King, they will all think: "Where did this bumpkin come from?"
"My lord, there is also a jar of pumpkin seeds." A Sichuan soldier said happily.
Then he found another jar, a total of three jars of pumpkin seeds. Liu Zhang ordered people to seal them all properly in order to take them back to Chang'an.
"Well? What is this?" A soldier took out a gray-yellow thing, a tuber about one decimeter long and as thick as an arm, and observed it carefully: "Is it taro? It doesn't look like it. Taro is better than this
round."
Huang Yueying stepped forward to take a look, and was frustrated to find that she was once again ignorant. A soldier quickly said: "Tell the lord to take a look." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, you
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