Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

"What did you say? When we were digging the foundation at the construction site, we dug a grave? Are there cultural relics inside? How could this happen? Who are we provoking?" Zhang Tao's eyes widened with a depressed expression.

After the cultural relics were excavated, 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 suspension of production. If the new factory is built one day earlier, production can be resumed one day earlier. But one more day of delay will mean more losses.

It was the "Infernal Affairs" who was responsible for the earthworks of the new factory.

Infernal Affairs put on a guilty expression and said, "This is all my fault. I was worried that the foundation was not strong enough, so I specifically asked the foundation to be dug deeper, but unexpectedly, an ancestor was dug out!"

Of course, it was not Infernal Affairs' idea to dig deep into the foundation, but Li Weidong's idea, which was implemented with Infernal Affairs' hands. This was also the purpose of Li Weidong asking Infernal Affairs to take charge of 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 dug the foundation for the sake of our factory. I don't blame you for this. You should tell me about the situation of the tomb!"

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

However, judging from the excavated porcelain, the workmanship is relatively average. It is not the fine porcelain from the official kiln, but the ordinary porcelain from the private kiln. Therefore, the owner of the tomb is not a high-ranking official.

Later, experts from the Cultural Relics Bureau consulted the county annals, combined with the judgment of the year of the tomb, and initially 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, this Jinshi's family was considered a prominent family in Qinghe, but later he fell into disgrace. It is understood that this Jinshi's descendant left Qinghe to take refuge during the Boxer Rebellion, and has been missing since then.

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

"Jinshi during the Kangxi period? Kangxi has been emperor for more than sixty years. He didn't catch a lot of Jinshi at that time! It's not rare at all." Zhang Tao snorted coldly and continued; "This shouldn't be considered a cultural relic. ?”

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

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

"Protect? How to protect? Don't we need to build a museum?" Zhang Tao said with a gloomy face.

"That's not the case. According to the Cultural Relics Bureau, since the tomb has been dug, 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 is dug out, we can start construction as usual." Wu Jiandao replied.

"Just dig graves, and do protective digging." Zhang Tao still looked unhappy, and then asked: "How long will this protective digging take?"

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

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

Zhang Tao sighed helplessly, then looked at his watch: "Okay, you go and do your work first. I have to go to the cement factory. We buy so much cement at one time, so we have to ask the cement factory to give us more discounts!"

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

When he was young, Sun Dacheng participated in archaeological work on many projects and was an experienced archaeological worker.

It is a pity that Sun Dacheng is not an archeology major. He is a monk on the way, studying while working. His knowledge is accumulated from work, and his ability is really limited, so he has never become an expert in archeology.

Since I failed to become an archaeological expert, it would be a good thing to stay in the Cultural Relics Bureau until retirement. At least it would be an iron rice bowl, and the income would be guaranteed despite droughts and floods.

Today's protective excavation of Bai Dun'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 things. Initial cleaning and sorting.

In the temporary work tent, Sun Dacheng was playing with a Bagua Yunhe porcelain bowl.

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

Sun Dacheng put down the porcelain bowl, with a look of waning interest, and then sighed softly: "It seems that this Jinshi is not very wealthy, and the burial objects are all broken pots and bowls, and there is no 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 relic collections are divided into precious cultural relics and general cultural relics. Precious cultural relics are further divided into first, second and third levels.

Among them, first-level cultural relics are representative cultural relics with particularly important historical, artistic, and scientific value; second-level cultural relics are cultural relics with important historical, artistic, and scientific value; third-level 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, sculptures, stone carvings, calligraphy and painting, coins, wood carvings, weaving and embroidery, ancient books, and celebrity relics. .

However, generally speaking, when it is lowered to the standard of general cultural relics, the regulations are more general. It cannot be said that the archaeological value of general cultural relics is completely absent, but it is almost nothing. .

China has a long history. There are many cultural relics left over for thousands of years, including some fine works and treasures. Unlike some small countries, spittoons and urinals from hundreds of years ago are enshrined as national treasures. I really can’t get them. If you want to produce cultural relics, you can rely on stealing other people's to gain confidence.

From an archaeological perspective, the unearthed first- and second-level cultural relics can already meet the needs of archaeology. If they are not enough, we can 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 local annals of prefectures and counties. Therefore, most of China’s archeology uses cultural relics to confirm written records, rather than discovering unknown things. matter.

Among the ancient civilizations in the world, China is probably the only one like this. Other ancient civilizations have historical faults. Modern archaeologists can only speculate on past life and culture through archaeology. Whether it is accurate or not depends entirely on guesswork. This is similar to holding a dinosaur fossil and wondering what the dinosaur looked like.

For Sun Dacheng, the only value of these porcelains from Qing Dynasty folk kilns is as collection of antiques.

Even in the domestic collection circle, there are not a few that are more exquisite and well-preserved than this one, and are also products of official kilns.

After all, it is porcelain from the Qing Dynasty, which was not that long ago, and there are still many that have been completely preserved.

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

He casually picked up the next cultural relic, which was most of the pottery fragments.

"Pottery? Has the glaze faded?" Sun Dacheng frowned and thought to himself: "The descendant of this Jinshi is too stingy! After all, he is a Jinshi, how can he be an official of the seventh grade county magistrate? Damn it! Those buried with you are all worthless toys.

It’s just inferior porcelain from folk kilns. Even worthless pottery is put in, and the glaze of the pottery has faded. How stingy is this! "

Sun Dacheng complained in his heart, and then used a brush to clean the pottery pieces.

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

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

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

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

"It's not that the glaze has faded, but that it's not glazed at all! How is this possible? The ceramic craftsmanship of the Qing Dynasty is already a masterpiece of ancient China. Even apprentices know how to glaze pottery. No, This pottery piece is not from the Qing Dynasty!”

Sun Dacheng stared at the scrawled bird on the pottery piece and thought of a possibility.

"Don't tell me it's not a decoration, but a totem!"

This idea shocked Sun Dacheng himself.

The difference between decoration and totem is huge. Decoration is for the artifacts to look good, while totems represent tribal beliefs.

More importantly, totem worship in the Central Plains is still in the Neolithic Age!

If this is really a Neolithic pottery fragment with totems painted on it, it is surely a first-class precious cultural relic! The porcelain bowls from the nearby folk kilns, even if they were brought over in a cart, could not compare to the value of this pottery piece.

Sun Dacheng suddenly became excited, and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably. He was so frightened that he quickly placed the pottery pieces on the workbench for fear of breaking them again.

As an archaeologist, digging out a Neolithic totem pottery fragment can last a lifetime!

"Calm down! Calm down!" Sun Dacheng took a few deep breaths. After his blood pressure dropped a lot, he picked up the pottery fragment and started observing it again.

"We need to confirm the origin of this pottery fragment!"

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

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

"Where were they dug? Are there any other pottery fragments?" Sun Dacheng asked next.

The man walked to a location and pointed to the ground: "It was dug here, and this pottery piece was dug out."

"Go on and dig here to see if there are any other pottery fragments. The same goes for everyone else. If you find any pottery fragments, give them to me immediately!" After finishing speaking, Sun Dacheng returned to the tent.

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

"How come there are pottery fragments from the Neolithic Age in the tombs of Jinshi from the Qing Dynasty? There is a difference of thousands of years! But these pottery fragments do appear here. In this case, there are two possibilities.

The first possibility is that the Jinshi of the Qing Dynasty collected a Neolithic pottery pot, and the descendants of the Jinshi regarded the pottery pot as a burial object and buried it in the grave with the Jinshi.

The second possibility is that this Neolithic pottery jar was originally buried here. After years of geological changes, it was mixed with the burial objects of the Jinshi of 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 pots here in the past, and the second is that there was a Neolithic site here! "

Sun Dacheng looked at the scrawled bird on the pottery piece again, and murmured to himself: "If I remember correctly, the totem of Dongyi civilization is mainly birds! Isn't it the case in Handong Province? The birthplace of Dongyi civilization?”

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

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

Two of the pottery pieces can still be put together. Although they are still incomplete after being put together, it can be seen that it looks like a vessel for holding wine.

Judging from the appearance of the artifact, it must be a product of the pre-Qin era.

When the situation has developed to this point, archaeological research like Sun Dacheng is no longer in charge!

"Hurry up and take photos and develop them. We have to report to our superiors!"

Archaeological experts sent from the capital soon came to Qinghe, including 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 the pottery sherds.

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

"Now there is a question. Are these artifacts brought by later generations, or were they originally here? If they were originally here, it means that there is a Dongyi civilization site buried underneath."

"Yes, I also hope that there are relics of Dongyi civilization here. But these pottery fragments were found together with the burial objects of a Qing Dynasty Jinshi, so we cannot rule out the possibility that they were brought here by later generations."

At this time, Professor Zhang from Peking University finally said, "Don't forget the geological changes! There are several major seismic zones in China, and Qinghe City happens to be in the Tanlu seismic zone, which is also an earthquake-prone area.

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

Moreover, Neolithic civilization was mainly concentrated near rivers. This place is not far from the river. I think it has the conditions to breed a Neolithic tribe. So I am more inclined to believe that there is indeed a ruins of Dongyi civilization buried underneath! "

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

"You're bragging a little bit. Sanxingdui covers an area of ​​12 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 18,000 acres. There are only two to three hundred acres of land here! And there is still construction around it, so the area that can be used for archeology is even smaller. !”

Professor Zhang was startled when he mentioned construction.

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

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