Master Archaeologist

Chapter 253: The Main Tomb!
Opening the main tomb is definitely the most important link in the archaeology of a tomb!
Because the main tomb is the most important location!
The tomb owner's most precious possessions, the most important possessions, are all placed in the main tomb, even in the coffin!
And the main tomb of Haihunhou Liu He is undoubtedly an important place that has attracted the attention of the whole country!
The Han Dynasty was a very magical dynasty.

Why are there ten chambers and nine empty Han tombs?
On the one hand, it is because the tombs of the Han Dynasty are indeed too conspicuous, and the soil is so high that it is easy to be patronized by tomb robbers.

On the other hand, it is also because the Han tomb is the most abundant funerary objects in the tombs of the past dynasties!
The gold and silver treasures in the tombs of the Han Dynasty are countless!
Legend has it that Cao Cao’s official tomb robbery dug a pile of tombs of the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty in the north. The proceeds from one tomb could help him raise tens of thousands of troops for a year!
You know, raising tens of thousands of troops in ancient times cost a lot!

Don't look at "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", where the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu always dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops in battles, as if soldiers were worthless.

But in fact, in the official history, the combined armies of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu did not have 50 people.

In the famous Battle of Chibi, in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is said that Cao Cao led an army of 80 to the south, Liu Cong, who controlled Jingzhou, had 60 sailors, and Sun Liu's coalition army also had 50 million. That scene was a big one.

But in fact, in the official history, Cao Cao had at most about 15 soldiers and horses at that time, excluding the 6 or [-] soldiers left by Ma Chao, Han Sui and others who were on guard against Xiliang.

In fact, he only brought one hundred thousand soldiers and horses with him when he went south.

Then [-] to [-] soldiers were recruited from Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

Add up, also 15 people.

And the number of the Sun Liu coalition army was also very small. At that time, Liu Bei was still nesting in Xinye. He and Liu Biao's son Liu Qi's soldiers and horses totaled no more than 3 people.

Although Sun Quan has already occupied Jiangdong, Jiangdong is an undeveloped place in the Three Kingdoms. In fact, the entire Jiangdong has only [-] soldiers.

Moreover, in order to suppress the Baiyue rebellion in Jiangdong, Sun Quan could only use up to 5 people to participate in the Battle of Chibi at that time.

This is also the reason why only Liu Bei in Xinyeyicheng was able to unite with Sun Quan.

He and Liu Qi's [-] soldiers and horses are already a lot for Sun Quan who can only mobilize [-] soldiers and horses, enough to become allies!
In other words, in the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's 15 men fought against 8 Sun and Liu coalition forces.

Although the ratio is still as high as one to two, this battle is indeed not to the point where it cannot be fought at all.

In the end, Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Chibi.

Otherwise, if he really had 80 people to fight the Battle of Chibi, what would the Sun Liu coalition use to fight Cao Cao?
And Cao Cao, who has mastered the core and rich land of the Central Plains, only has 15 soldiers and horses on hand. It can be seen that raising soldiers at that time was a costly thing!
Even raising so many soldiers and horses alone made Cao Cao so poor that he had to use the underground tombs to make money for military expenses.

Then, something happened that he didn't expect.

He knew that there were many treasures in the tombs of the nobles of the Han family, but he didn't expect that there were so many treasures!

The treasure dug up from the tomb of a prince is actually enough to feed tens of thousands of soldiers for a year!
This really surprised him, so Cao Cao's great career of tomb robbery has been out of control ever since.

After hearing the news, Sun Quan was also ready to move, and also wanted to find the tomb robbers of the Han Dynasty on his own land.

However, in the area of ​​Jiangdong, there were no great nobles above Liehou during the Han Dynasty, and the "resources" must not be as rich as the Central Plains.

But Sun Quan guessed that he also got the sweetness, and made a fortune in his underground tomb.

Otherwise, after he occupied Jiaozhou, he would not have sent someone to find the tomb of the Nanyue king, and finally dug out the third generation Nanyue king Zhao Yingqi.

On the Shu side, however, there was no official news of the tomb robbery.

But it is understandable to think about it.

Liu Bei believed that he was the one who inherited the Han tradition and rejuvenated the Han Dynasty.

People's official country name has always been called Han, and there has never been a saying of "Shu", but later generations are used to calling it that way.

Then Liu Bei, who inherited the Han Dynasty and was himself a clan member of the Han family, naturally couldn't let his subordinates dig Han tombs in the ruling area.

Isn't this digging your own ancestors!
However, after Cao Cao and Sun Quan's toss, everyone knows that there are treasures in the tombs of the Han Dynasty.

In the next 2000 years, Han tombs were dug up all over the place, and it was very difficult to find Han tombs that were not stolen.

And this tomb of Haihunhou in Nanchang is a very rare tomb of a senior nobleman in the Western Han Dynasty that was almost dug up by tomb robbers!
No one knows how many rare treasures will appear in the well-preserved tomb of Lord Haihunhou, and even what historical relics will appear!

This is no joke.

For modern people, the history of the Han Dynasty is still covered in a layer of fog.

For example, in the history books, there are not many exchanges between the Han Dynasty and Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia and the Philippines across the sea.

However, a few years ago in Sumatra, Indonesia, a pottery stove engraved with the words "the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty" in the Western Han Dynasty was unearthed.

This shows that during the time of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, the businessmen of the Western Han Dynasty had traveled all over Southeast Asia, and even sold their goods to the Straits of Malacca.

Emperor Han Yuan was the son of Emperor Xuan of Han.

During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, it was the peak time of the entire Western Han Dynasty, when the national power was the most prosperous and the territory was the most prosperous.

From Mobei in the north, Central Asia in the west, North Korea in the east, and Southeast Asia in the south, the emperor of the Han family dare not refuse to obey!
At that time, the Western Han Dynasty was the largest empire in Asia, and all nations came to court!
And Haihunhou Liu He happened to live in this prosperous period!

In his main tomb, there may be rare treasures from all over Asia, and it may even change the history of Southeast Asia, West Asia and other countries!

For example, the discovery of spices from Sumatra in his main tomb can prove that during the Western Han Dynasty, the Malacca region had extensive exchanges with China.

It is also possible to discover other things that changed the history of China.

Like those cordyceps, that still, that peanuts...

This Haihunhou tomb has already given archaeologists too many surprises.

Correspondingly, everyone's expectations for the main tomb are even higher.

A date has now been set for the excavation of the main chamber.

All the staff of the entire joint archaeological team were immediately alive and full of motivation.

The cleaning work, which was already very fast, sped up a bit again.

The cultural relics in the east and west storage rooms are cleared out at a speed visible to the naked eye every day, and loaded into the archaeological base for laboratory archaeology.

The archaeological plan for the main tomb is also under intense formulation.

In fact, there is nothing complicated, it is the same as before, remove the upper cover plate, and then build various steel operating tables and footholds, and then the cleaning work can be carried out.

Under the high expectations of the archaeological team, a week later, the mysterious main tomb was finally unveiled.

However, the main tomb displayed in front of everyone once again refreshed the archaeologists' understanding of the tombs of the Han Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)