Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 613: Digging out an ancestor

What did you say? When the foundation was being dug on the construction site, a tomb was dug? There are cultural relics in it? How could this happen? We are provoking someone! Zhang Tao's eyes widened with a depressed expression.

The cultural relics were dug, and the construction was bound to be suspended, which would affect the construction progress of the new factory. For Zhang Tao, this was obviously very bad news.

The heavy machinery factory is already in a state of shutdown. If the new factory is built one day earlier, production can be resumed one day earlier, and if it is delayed by one more day, it will mean an extra loss.

It is the Infernal Affairs who is responsible for the earthwork of the new factory.

Infernal Affairs put on a guilty expression, and said, It's all my fault. I was worried that the foundation would not be solid, so I specifically ordered the foundation to be dug deeper. Unexpectedly, an ancestor was dug out!

Digging the foundation deep is of course not Infernal Affairs' idea, but Li Weidong's idea, which was implemented by Infernal Affairs' hands. This was also the purpose of Li Weidong asking Infernal Affairs to fight for the earthwork work at that time.

The explanation given by Li Weidong is that if the foundation is dug deeper, the construction time will be longer, which can delay part of the construction time. .

Zhang Tao said, You also dug the foundation for the benefit of our factory. You are not to blame for this matter. Tell me about the situation of the tomb!

Infernal Affairs hastened to report: People from the Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics have gone to investigate, and I also asked them. It is said that this should be a tomb from the Qing Dynasty. Because there are funerary objects, experts from the Bureau of Cultural Relics judged that the owner of the tomb Certainly not ordinary people.

However, judging from the excavated porcelain, the workmanship is relatively ordinary, not the fine porcelain of the official kiln, but the ordinary porcelain of the folk kiln, so the owner of the tomb is not the kind of prominent official and noble person.

Later, experts from the Bureau of Cultural Relics inquired about the county annals, and combined with the judgment of the year of the tomb, preliminarily believed that the person buried in this tomb was most likely a Jinshi during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, the family of this Jinshi was considered a famous family in our Qinghe, but later the family fell into disrepair. It is understood that the descendant of this Jinshi left Qinghe for refuge during the Boxer Rebellion, and has been missing since then.

The tombs of Jinshi were left unattended, and slowly turned into farmland. For so many years, the farmers there have never known that there is a tomb of Jinshi under the land.

Jinshi during the Kangxi period? Kangxi was the emperor for more than 60 years, and he had a lot of Jinshi at that time! It's not uncommon at all. Zhang Tao snorted coldly, and then said; This should not be considered a cultural relic. ?”

The staff of the Bureau of Cultural Relics said that although no rare treasures have been found among the funerary objects, the ones dug up so far are all porcelain from folk kilns, and no gold or silver objects have been found, which do not have much archaeological value.

Infernal Affairs then replied: But after all, it is something worth two or three hundred years. According to the national standards for cultural relics, it can also meet the grading standards for general cultural relics, and it still needs to be protected.

Protection? How to protect it! Is it necessary to build a museum! Zhang Tao said with a gloomy face.

That's not the case. According to the meaning of the Bureau of Cultural Relics, since the tomb has been dug up, a thorough protective excavation will be carried out to dig out all the cultural relics inside, and then send them to our city museum for protection. Wait for the cultural relics Once everything has been dug out, we can proceed with normal construction. Infernal Affairs replied.

Dig the grave, just dig the grave, and do the protective excavation. Zhang Tao still looked unhappy, and then asked: Then how long will this protective excavation take?

A Jinshi's tomb will definitely not be very large, and there may not be too many burial objects. The Bureau of Cultural Relics estimates that if everything goes well, it can be completed in a week. Infernal Affairs replied.

That can only wait for a week! Then this area should be handed over to the Cultural Relics Bureau first, but construction in other areas cannot be stopped.

Zhang Tao sighed helplessly, then looked at his watch: Okay, you go to work first, I have to go to the cement factory, let's buy so much cement at once,

Let the cement factory give us more discounts!

Sun Dacheng is 58 years old this year, and will retire in two years.

When he was young, Sun Dacheng had participated in the archaeological work of many projects and was an experienced archaeologist.

It is a pity that Sun Dacheng is not a major in archaeology. He is a half-way monk. He studies while working. The knowledge is accumulated from work. In addition, his ability is really limited, so he has never been an expert in archaeology.

Since he failed to become an archaeological expert, it would be a good thing to stay in the Bureau of Cultural Relics until he retired, at least he would have an iron rice bowl, and his income would be guaranteed in drought and flood.

Now the protective excavation of Baidun'er's Jinshi tomb is led by Sun Dacheng.

Sun Dacheng's body is still very strong, but at his age, he no longer needs to dig the soil with a shovel. This kind of physical work is left to the young people, and Sun Dacheng is responsible for digging out the excavated things. Preliminary cleaning and classification.

In the temporary work tent, Sun Dacheng was playing with a porcelain bowl of gossip cloud and crane.

This painting by Yunhe is really ugly. And the gossip and Kun hexagrams are not aligned. This folk kiln is probably not a serious folk kiln. The quality of the fired things is too ordinary, far worse than the official kiln. I remember There was once a blue and white Yunhe eight trigrams porcelain bowl unearthed from the Kangxi official kiln in northern Jiangsu, and the Yunhe painting is really exquisite!

Sun Dacheng put down the porcelain bowl, looking dispirited, and then sighed softly: It seems that this Jinshi is not very rich, and the funeral objects are all broken pots and bowls. There is not a single good thing. Even if there is One that can get the third-level cultural relic standard is fine!

The country has a classification for cultural relics. Cultural relics collections are divided into precious cultural relics and general cultural relics, and precious cultural relics are divided into first, second and third grades.

Among them, first-class cultural relics are representative cultural relics with particularly important historical, artistic and scientific value; second-class cultural relics are cultural relics with important historical, artistic and scientific value; third-class cultural relics are cultural relics with relatively important historical, artistic and scientific value; General cultural relics are cultural relics with certain historical, artistic and scientific value.

In the detailed rules, there are also very clear regulations on jade, pottery, porcelain, bronze, iron, gold and silver, lacquerware, sculpture, stone carving, calligraphy and painting, coins, wood carving, embroidery, ancient books, and celebrity relics. .

However, under normal circumstances, when it is lowered to the standard of general cultural relics, the regulations are relatively general. It cannot be said that the archaeological value of general cultural relics is completely absent, but it is almost the same. .

China has a long history, and there are many cultural relics left over from thousands of years, among which there are some fine works and treasures. This aspect is not like some small countries. The spittoons and urinals hundreds of years ago are enshrined as national treasures. I really can’t get them. If you produce cultural relics, you can find confidence by stealing other people's.

As far as the archaeological level is concerned, the unearthed first- and second-level cultural relics can already meet the needs of archaeology. If it is not enough, use third-level cultural relics to make up for it. There is really no need for ordinary cultural relics.

In other words, many exquisite first- and second-level cultural relics can already help scholars understand the life and culture of that era, and there is no need to study general cultural relics.

Moreover, China's historical records are uninterrupted. There are official histories and various records at the national level, and county annals and county annals at the local level. Therefore, most of China's archeology uses cultural relics to confirm written records, rather than discovering unknown ones. matter.

Among the ancient civilizations in the world, probably only China is like this. Other ancient civilizations have historical gaps. Modern archaeologists can only speculate on past life and culture through archaeology. It's like holding a dinosaur fossil and wondering what a dinosaur looked like.

For Sun Dacheng, the only value of these porcelains from folk kilns in the Qing Dynasty is to be collected as antiques.

Even in domestic collection circles, there are not a few that are more beautiful, more complete than this one, and are made of official kilns.

After all, it is porcelain from the Qing Dynasty, not very long ago, and there are still quite a few intact ones.

With a bored expression on his face, Sun Dacheng continued to clean the soil on the cultural relics with a small brush.

Pick up the next cultural relic casually, which is more than half of a pottery shard.

Pottery? Has the glaze faded? Sun Dacheng frowned, thinking to himself: The descendants of this Jinshi are too stingy! He is a Jinshi anyway, how can he give it to a seventh-rank county magistrate? Dang it! Those who are buried with them are all worthless playthings.

The low-quality folk kiln porcelain is nothing more than worthless pottery, and the glaze color of the pottery has faded. What a stingy look!

Sun Dacheng complained inwardly, and then cleaned the pottery fragments with a brush.

Gradually, a pattern appeared on the surface of the pottery, which looked like a bird.

Is this a bird painting? The bird painting is too simple! It's like a child's graffiti. Sun Dacheng frowned fiercely.

The pottery craftsmen in the Kangxi period couldn't be this kind of painters! They couldn't even draw a bird well? Besides, the workmanship on the pottery of the Qing Dynasty was already relatively exquisite. How could there be such ugly graffiti?

Thinking of this, Sun Dacheng picked up the pottery and observed it carefully.

It's not that the glaze color has faded, but it seems that there is no glaze at all! How is this possible? The ceramic craftsmanship of the Qing Dynasty is already the culmination of ancient China. Even apprentices know that pottery needs to be glazed. No, This pottery piece is not from the Qing Dynasty!

Staring at the scribbled bird on the pottery shard, Sun Dacheng thought of a possibility.

Could it be that it is not a decoration, but a totem!

This thought surprised Sun Dacheng himself.

Decoration and totem, the difference is huge. The decoration is for the good-looking of the utensils, and the totem is the belief of the tribe.

More importantly, totem worship in the Central Plains was still in the Neolithic age!

If this is really a Neolithic pottery shard with totems painted on it, it will be a safe first-class precious cultural relic! The porcelain bowls from the nearby folk kilns, pulled over by a cart, are not as valuable as this pottery shard.

Sun Dacheng suddenly became excited, his hands began to tremble uncontrollably, he was so frightened that he hurriedly put the pottery on the workbench, for fear of breaking it again.

As an archaeologist, dig out a Neolithic totem pottery, which can last a lifetime!

Calm down! Calm down! Sun Dacheng took a few deep breaths, and after his blood pressure dropped a lot, he picked up the pottery piece to observe again.

We need to confirm the source of this pottery fragment!

Thinking of this, Sun Dacheng picked up the pottery, rushed out of the tent, and shouted to the young man outside who was digging the ground with a small shovel and hammer: Who dug out this pottery?

Ms. Sun, did I dig it? Someone immediately raised their hands.

Where did you dig it? Are there any other pottery fragments? Sun Dacheng continued to ask.

The man walked to a place and pointed to the ground: It was dug here, and this pottery fragment was dug out.

Go ahead and dig here to see if there are any other pottery fragments, as do other people. If you find pottery fragments, give them to me immediately! Sun Dacheng finished speaking and returned to the tent.

After returning to the tent, Sun Dacheng began to think carefully.

How could there be a Neolithic pottery fragment in the tomb of a Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty? This is thousands of years ago! But this pottery fragment did appear here, so there are two possibilities.

The first possibility is that the Jinshi of the Qing Dynasty collected a Neolithic pottery jar, and the descendants of the Jinshi buried this pottery pot in the tomb together with the Jinshi as a funerary object.

The second possibility is that this Neolithic clay pot was originally buried here. After years of geological changes, it was mixed with the burial objects of Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty, and then we dug it out.

If it is the second possibility, then there are two possibilities. The first is that someone buried Neolithic clay pots here in the past, and the second is that there is a Neolithic site here!

Sun Dacheng looked at the scribbled bird on the pottery piece again, and muttered to himself: If I remember correctly, the totem of Dongyi civilization is mainly birds! Is it the birthplace of Dongyi civilization?

At this moment, a shout came from outside: Mr. Sun, I dug up another pottery fragment!

On this day, the young men unearthed a total of five pottery fragments.

Two of the pottery fragments can still be put together. Although they are still incomplete after being assembled, it can already be seen that this is like a vessel for wine.

Judging from the appearance of the utensils, it must be a product of the pre-Qin period.

With the development of the situation to this point, it is no longer possible for Sun Dacheng's archaeological research to be in charge!

Hurry up and take pictures, develop the photos, we have to report to the superior!

The archaeological experts sent by the capital soon came to Qinghe, including a professor Zhang from the School of Archeology of Peking University, who studies the archeology of the Neolithic Age and is an authority in this field.

Several professors and experts discussed those pieces of pottery.

This is a cultural relic from the Neolithic Age. I think there should be no doubt about it. Since it is the Neolithic Age, it should be the product of the Dongyi civilization. The Dongyi civilization was between 8,300 and 3,000 years ago, basically spanning the entire A new era. An expert said.

Now there is a problem. These artifacts were brought by later generations, or they were here in the first place. If they were here in the first place, it means that there is a ruins of Dongyi civilization buried here.

Yes, I also hope that there are relics of the Dongyi civilization here. It's just that these pottery fragments were discovered together with the funeral objects of a Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty, so the possibility that descendants brought them cannot be ruled out.

At this moment, that Professor Zhang from Peking University finally said, Everyone, don't forget about geological changes! There are several major earthquake zones in China, and Qinghe City happens to be on the Tanlu earthquake zone, so it is also considered an earthquake-prone area.

I also checked the records before I came here. One of the three 8.5-magnitude earthquakes that occurred in my country in history occurred here, which also shows that the earthquake here may cause geological changes.

Moreover, the civilization of the Neolithic Age was mainly concentrated near the river, which is not far from the river. I think it is qualified to breed a Neolithic tribe. So I am more inclined, there is indeed a ruins of Dongyi civilization buried below!

If there are Dongyi civilization ruins, it will be a major discovery for our archaeological community! Maybe it is no less than Sanxingdui!

You are a bit bragging. The area of ​​Sanxingdui is 12 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 18,000 acres. There are only two to three hundred acres of land here! And the surrounding area is still under construction, and the area that can be used for archaeological research is even smaller. !

When it came to construction, Professor Zhang was shocked.

No, the construction must be stopped immediately. If there is a Neolithic tribe down here, there will still be dozens of acres of land. At least one hundred acres of land around here must be protected!

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