Master Archaeologist

Chapter 122 Found with the country!
"Tong Ge?!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Han immediately put the bronze halberd back into Lin Ya's hand, and walked towards Su Sa.

Ge and halberd are similar weapons.

Ge was born first, and later on the basis of Ge, the halberd appeared.

Ge is a short blade with a horizontal protruding edge at the end. The edge of the blade faces inward, which can be used for horizontal strikes and hook kills. Its shape is like a small knife that is turned sideways.

The halberd is a combination of Ge and spear. It is a fighting weapon with dual functions of hooking and stabbing.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Ge and Halberd were the mainstream weapons for soldiers.

On the one hand, it is easy to use, and more importantly, it is cheap to make. It needs very little copper. It only needs to make a copper head and insert it into a wooden stick.

Unlike knives and swords, the entire body has to be made of copper.

The copper used to cast a long sword can be used to make more than a dozen.

It was not until the Southern and Northern Dynasties that Ge and Ji were completely eliminated due to the advancement of social productivity.

"How is it? Is there an inscription on Ge's body?" Chen Han quickly walked to Su Sa's side, and looked at Ge in her hand.

The appearance of this Ge is not as good as that of the King Wu's Halberd.

It may be because the proportion of alloy smelting in making weapons is constantly improving.

The bronze weapons from the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, after thousands of years of oxidation, will not be as green as the bronze weapons of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Usually the color is darker cyan, darker blue, it still looks like a "cold" weapon.

This shows that the copper content is gradually decreasing, and the proportion of other metals is increasing.

The bronze halberd that Lin Ya found seemed to be blackish blue, and the sharpened surface was obviously more delicate and smooth.

The bronze smelting technology in the land of Wuyue was ahead of the princes of the Central Plains at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, which has long been heard in history books.

But how far ahead?

Just look at the difference between these two spears and halberds.

The copper dagger in Su Sa's hand has completely oxidized and turned green.

This shows that when Zeng Guo's bronzes were smelted and manufactured at that time, the proportion of copper was still very high, which is why the rust was so serious.

Obviously, Zeng Guo is far inferior to Wu Guo in terms of bronze smelting technology.

This can also understand why the great-grandson Shao loves the "Wu Ziguang" halberd so much.

Not only because this halberd was used by the king of Wu, but also because the craftsmanship of this halberd is far better than the weapons made by Zeng Guo.

Who doesn't like more exquisite workmanship, more advanced and sharper weapons?
Is there anyone who doesn't like Dongfeng Baiyang militia, but prefers India's second kicker?
The great-grandson Shao who got Prince Wu's halberd would probably dislike the weapons made by his own craftsmen immediately.

However, disgust is disgust, rust green is rust green, and the inscriptions on weapons will not be affected by rust.

"There is an inscription, nine characters! It's not a bird book, it looks similar to the inscription in Zeng Houyu's tomb!" Su Sa said in surprise.

Chen Han quickly took the Ge from her hand carefully, and looked at the inscription on the Ge.

After being influenced by more than 200 inscriptions in the tomb of Zeng Houyi, Chen Han consciously grew up at the level of the bronze inscriptions.

An inscription usually engraved on a weapon.

Most of them can't escape words like "XXX self-action" and "XXX's spear, sword, and halberd".

It is nothing more than to introduce who the owner of this weapon is.

Compared with King Wu who can add inscriptions to his weapons with Jincuo craftsmanship, this Ge is not so extravagant. The inscriptions are just engraved on the Ge.

However, when Chen Han saw the first word on the inscription, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

"This"

"It's random!"

"Follow Da Sima () to fight!"

"The first piece, a bronze with the inscription "Sui" unearthed by scientific excavation, has been found!"

"It's still in the tomb of a grandson of the Marquis Zeng!"

With trembling hands, Chen Han carefully held the "ugly" bronze dagger, almost going crazy with excitement.

"Ding dong!"

"Mission: Solve the mystery of Zeng Sui."

"Finish!"

"Reward: 300 Archaeological Expertise Points!"

"Host archaeological expertise level: LV2 (500/1000)"

"I hope the host will continue to work hard and become the strongest archaeologist!"

The system, which had been silent for a long time, finally reappeared.

Chen Han in Naka has some tasks that he wants to live and die, and he is finally judged to be completed.

A series of knowledge kept pouring into Chen Han's mind.

As if he was born knowing it, he felt that he quickly mastered the huge ability to read, write and interpret bronze inscriptions.

It seems that the 300 knowledge points rewarded this time were added to the golden seal.

However, when Chen Han looked down at the unrecognized word on the bronze spear again, he found that he still couldn't understand what the word was.

He thinks that after accepting this wave of knowledge, his level of interpretation and reading of bronze inscriptions is not the first in the country, but at least it is at the level of an expert and professor.

But he still couldn't make out the word clearly.

It just vaguely feels like a variant of Xizi.

However, the word "you" after the combination seems to be interpreted as "Jiayou" or "xianyou".

This made Chen Han very helpless.

The ability to interpret bronze inscriptions given by the co-author system is not invincible.

Chen Han thought to himself that the system bestowed his abilities according to the current highest level of China's research on bronze inscriptions.

In other words, the knowledge or skills given by the system should not exceed the current highest level in academia.

It is comparable, but it is impossible to be able to read these inscriptions 100%.

This kind of thing may not even be possible for the nobles in the Spring and Autumn Period.

After all, there are so many princes in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the characters used by each country are different, and there are many words and characters unique to each country.

Even the same word can be written in more than a dozen different ways and have different meanings.

It is too unrealistic for modern people to fully understand the seal scripts of various countries in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by relying on these unearthed inscriptions.

It's like trying to restore the entire forest with a few leaves.

It's hard to be human!
Chen Han is already very satisfied to be able to have the level of exquisite inscriptions that can stand shoulder to shoulder with domestic scholars.

He excitedly said to the bewildered Su Sa:

"For the time being, let's take it as the word "jia"."

"Follow Da Sima Jia as you go!"

"The Great Sima is an official, in charge of military power."

"Da Sima Jiayou" and "Great-grandson Shao" are the same person, that is, a one-character relationship. "

"The ancient names and characters are related in meaning, "Jiayou" and "Shao" both have the meaning of "beauty"."

"The name Shao may have been specially cast after his death. That is to say, the name Shao should be the title given by the owner of the tomb after he stepped down as the chief minister."

"And "Jiayou" should be his name when he was the chief minister."

"Similar to the names of princes during life and after death."

"The most important thing is that the word "Sui" on this inscription undoubtedly directly proves that Zeng was Sui!"

"And I guess, this great-grandson Shao should be in the same period as Zeng Houyu!"

"He is Zeng Guoda Sima during the reign of Zeng Houyu!"

(End of this chapter)