Master Archaeologist

Chapter 19 Then Make Another Bowl!
A bowl of noodles from 20 years ago was found in No. F4000 of the Archaeological Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences.

This incident quickly spread throughout the excavation site of the Lajia site.

A dozen or so archaeological teams from four archaeological sites were all shocked by this sudden news.

It's just that while digesting the news, many people also questioned the news and didn't want to believe it at all.

Professor Pan Xiang, the team leader of the Zhejiang Institute of Archaeology, crossed half of the construction site and ran to the excavation area of ​​the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences.

It took a lot of effort before he found Kong Jianwen who was finishing the excavation.

"Old Kong! Director Kong Da!"

"I heard that you found a bowl of noodles in Tanfang that has been preserved to this day?"

As soon as he found Kong Jianwen, Pan Xiang held him tight, and a bunch of questions gushed out of his mouth.

Kong Jianwen had no choice but to temporarily put down the work at hand, gave Pan Xiang a cigarette, and chatted with him by Tanfang.

"Shoo!"

After taking a sip of the bonus group beautifully, Kong Jianwen said calmly, "That's right, it was discovered by my students."

"You don't know, when you first found out, the noodles were still lifelike, as if they were just cooked."

"It's a pity that it weathers very quickly after exposure to air."

"By the way, here are the photos I took the first time they were unearthed. Let me show you."

Kong Jianwen flaunted and took out his mobile phone, and showed Pan Xiang the photos copied from Zhang Jianbo's camera.

Pan Xiang's jaw dropped in shock when he saw the pale yellow unearthed object that resembled noodles in the photo.

Are there really noodles that can be preserved from 4000 years ago to the present?

Lao Kong's luck is too good, it can be found by the archaeological research of the Academy of Social Sciences.

According to the unspoken rule that whoever digs it out, the result belongs to him.

This bowl of the earliest noodles in the world will probably become the largest archaeological discovery of the Academy of Social Sciences this year, and even the most outstanding archaeological discovery in the past five years.

For scientific research institutions, SCI is the most important thing, and it is the top priority that can affect the influence and funding of the entire institution.

And the discovery of this bowl of noodles, just related papers can make the major domestic and foreign journals of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Social Sciences give it a face!
The SCI index went up!
This made Pan Xiang envious.

Not only him, there were seven or eight members from other archaeological teams following him, each of whom was at least at the level of the team leader and professor, and they rushed forward and snatched the phone from Kong Jianwen.

"Tsk tsk tsk are really noodles."

"With this color and thickness, the noodles eaten by the ancestors of the La family are no different from ours now!"

"Old Kong, old Kong, what kind of crop is this made of, is it wheat?"

A rush of exclamation, mixed with a few questions, kept ringing in Kong Jianwen's ears.

For such "enthusiastic" colleagues, Kong Jianwen had no choice but to choose some important answers.

"Well, this is noodles."

"And it's a very special noodle. According to experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it's made of millet and millet, not our common wheat noodles."

However, what Kong Jianwen did not expect was that as soon as he said this, these colleagues who had been looking at the physical pictures on their mobile phones without end, immediately exploded.

"Huh? Made with millet?!"

"how can that be?"

"Old Kong, you're not mistaken, right? Millet flour is very sticky, how could it be possible to make such long noodles?"

"No way, even now, millet noodles are hard to find, let alone the ancients 4000 years ago, how could they have this skill?"

"Could it be that this is not noodles, but something similar to noodles, but because it has been buried underground for thousands of years, some of the material has decomposed, and the rest of it just happens to look like noodles?"

To be honest, everyone has great doubts about the fact that the ancients made noodles 4000 years ago.

The theory of the origin of noodles in the Middle East and Italy has existed for hundreds of years in the minds of all the researchers of history, archeology and ordinary people in this world.

No matter which faction it is, the focus of the debate is whether Italy is the country of origin of noodles, or the Middle East is the origin.

Now a bowl of "noodles" suddenly appeared in the Lajia ruins, which is shocking enough.

It turned out that this bowl of noodles was not made of wheat, but of extremely sticky millet, which was even more unacceptable.

All kinds of doubts flooded towards Kong Jianwen like a tide.

Everyone is engaged in archaeology and scientific research.

He is not a pedantic or unreasonable person, and all he comes up with are convincing reasons for questioning.

Their doubts are indeed questioned to the point.

Modern people, without the help of wheat flour, have a hard time making noodles from millet, which is extremely sticky.

How could the ancestors of prehistoric civilization do it?

Compared to believing that the Lajia ancestors made noodles 4000 years ago.

They prefer to believe that this thing is not noodles, but the leftovers that happen to resemble noodles.

For example, this thing was originally a rice cake made from boiled millet, but most of it has been weathered, leaving some broken roots, so it looks like noodles.

Hearing voices of doubt from the crowd.

Kong Jianwen's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he was trembling with anger.

These doubts are indeed very reasonable and indeed reasonable.

but!

These words should not come from the mouths of these Chinese archaeological researchers from various archaeological institutes and universities!

To question, it should also be questioned by those Western scholars who think that European and American culture is higher than Asian culture, and that everything originated in Europe and America!

As a Chinese, how could he take the lead in firing at his own people before such a horoscope!
That can increase the ambition of others and destroy one's own prestige!
"Why, are you also going to be the Suspicious Ancient Sect!"

Kong Jianwen pointed angrily at the leaders of the most skeptical archaeological teams, and scolded, "What's wrong with millet? Why can't Chinese ancestors use millet to make noodles?"

"I think your heads have been washed away by those Westerners who advocate the theory of Western supremacy and the origin of the West every day!"

"If you want to destroy your country, you must first destroy its history!"

"Those Westerners have been working hard to deny and discredit our China's 5000-year inheritance, and you Chinese people are still helping?!"

Since the Republic of China, RB and some Western historians have been committed to overthrowing the influence of traditional Chinese culture.

What are "Yao, Shun and Yu were forged by Confucianism", "The Rites of Zhou was forged by Liu Xin", "The history of Shaokang Zhongxing was fabricated by the Eastern Han people", "Xia is actually ancient Egypt, and the Chinese people migrated from Egypt."

All kinds of arguments that deny the history of China, deny that China is an independently developed civilization, and believe that Chinese culture grew under the influence of other cultures are popular at home and abroad.

Even the saying that the Chinese are not native residents of East Asia, but migrated from Egypt, has many Chinese and foreign scholars swearing that it is true!

These arguments have influenced many Chinese scholars.

Even some foods and tools that were originally thought to be definitely created by the Chinese themselves, under the long "Ancient History Discrimination Movement", have begun to have foreign theories, and it is believed that they may not have been developed locally, but imported products.

What Kong Jianwen hated the most in his life were these ancient doubters.

Why do Westerners believe that noodles came to China from the Silk Road?
Why can't our Chinese ancestors have the technology to make noodles?

Any arguments and opinions that have no conclusive evidence to prove are not necessarily correct and can be overturned!

"I tell you!"

Kong Jianwen's eyes burst into flames, and he roared angrily: "Since this bowl of noodles from 4000 years ago was found in the Lajia ruins, the country of origin of these noodles must be our Huaxia!"

"Isn't it just a bowl of noodles made of millet?"

"You said you couldn't do it, right?"

"Then I'll make another bowl for you to see!"

　To reiterate, the world view of this book, or the results of archaeological excavations in China, is probably at the level of 1930.

　　That's when the Doubtful Sect became popular.

　　It is best to read this chapter together with the next chapter ~ otherwise there will be some misunderstandings.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)