gifted collector

Chapter 384

"Old Niu, you've got the timing too precisely!"

As soon as Fang Ming picked up the knife and wanted to "greeting" to the roasted deer, Niu Ping came out from the darkness and sat down by the fire.

"Hehehe!"

Niu Ping laughed and said, "It's better to come early than to come at a good time!"

With a move of his hand, Fang Ming cut off a piece of meat from the fattest part of the sika deer and handed it to Niu Ping. The piece of meat was roasted golden and steaming under the flickering flames, which was a bit too tempting.

After Niu Ping took it, he put it in his mouth unceremoniously, and started eating.

Fang Ming cut off a leg for Zhao Zhuzi, and then cut off a leg for himself, and started to gnaw on it. Zhao Zhuzi hadn't finished his drink before, and it really came in handy at this time. The last time he gnawed The first one is the cobra, this time it is the sika deer, it is roasted well and steaming hot, compared with the previous cobra, it tastes like heaven and earth!

"Old Niu, what's the result of the inspection?"

After eating meat and drinking alcohol, the movements of the three of them slowed down, and the topic naturally turned to the grave.

"From the regulations, it should be an imperial tomb, but it must have been stolen. The entire building on the ground of the imperial tomb has been blown up."

Niu Ping sighed. He checked a lot of places just now. Although there was no way to go to all the places because of the dark sky, it is basically certain that the part of the imperial mausoleum on the ground has basically been destroyed. was destroyed.

This is really a pity.

"What about next? Is there any chance?"

Fang Ming frowned. Niu Ping is an expert in this field. Since he said that everything on the ground has been destroyed, it has already been destroyed, and it is probably worthless.However, although the things on the ground are important to the imperial mausoleum, the most important thing is the magistrates underground. If the things below are not damaged, then the problem is not too big.

Shaking his head, Niu Ping said: "It's hard to say. I saw some holes, which were obviously dug out. Of course, it doesn't look like they were dug out with a Luoyang shovel. They are relatively deep. If you don’t know the situation, you can’t judge.”

"Let's go and have a look tomorrow morning!"

To be honest, when Niu Ping saw that the buildings on the ground of the imperial mausoleum were blown up, he was not that worried, but when he saw those pits, his heart suddenly became cold.

As a tomb robber, as soon as he saw such a pit, he knew that the mausoleum officials were most likely dug, and judging from the pit, it was a very barbaric digging method. The final result of this digging method was Great damage to local officials!

His only hope now is that those who dug the underground palace did not find the real underground palace in the end, or it is estimated that everything is gone!
Fang Ming also sighed in his heart. He naturally understood Niu Ping's meaning, but this matter is beyond his control. The real situation can only be known after checking tomorrow. .

After eating and drinking enough, the three of them went to sleep in the "stone house" that had been prepared a long time ago. Tomorrow will be a very hard day, and they have already been mentally prepared for this.

The sky gradually dawned. Fang Ming opened his eyes and found that Niu Ping had already woken up and was standing in front of a pile of rocks, looking in a daze.

Walking slowly to Niu Ping's side, Fang Ming followed his line of sight and looked forward. After a while, he said softly, "Old Niu, the situation is not optimistic?"

The imperial mausoleum was finally found, but it was such a situation, it was really sad.

"Well, not optimistic."

Niu Ping shook his head, and said: "I went to see it early in the morning, and there are more than twenty deep pits of different degrees in the vicinity alone, and quite a few of these pits were exploded with explosives. It came out! This is too destructive for the underground officials!"

In traditional tomb robbery, a small hole will be dug into the ground with a Luoyang shovel first, and only when it is confirmed that there is something underground will it be dug, and even if it is dug, it will be very careful not to damage the underground things as much as possible. After all, the real meaning of tomb robbery The purpose is to take out the contents inside and sell them off. If the contents inside are destroyed, the loss outweighs the gain.

However, the potholes in front of me look different in size, radial, and irregular in edges. Judging from the location, they are not reasonable at all. They must have been done by non-professionals, and Niu Ping even found them in some of the pits. shrapnel.

The crux of the problem is that although it is fast to dig these holes with bombs, it will cause huge vibrations. Such vibrations are really huge damage to a magistrate who may have been buried in the ground for an unknown number of years. It is because the underground palace was not found in the end, but after using so many bombs, the underground palace may be knocked down. If such a thing really happens, everything in the underground palace may be destroyed. To give an example, if There is a piece of porcelain in the underground palace, which may have been damaged by the earthquake or because the porcelain was crushed after the earth officials collapsed.

Vibration, this has always been the biggest killer of the tomb.

But the imperial mausoleum in front of me was "bombed" by bombs many years ago, and now it has been so many years, so I don't know what kind of situation it is!
"When will we start doing it?"

Fang Ming looked at the rocky hillock in front of him. No matter how much he thought about it, he still didn't know what it was like underground. The only way was to dig a few holes into the ground to see what was going on. one thing.

"Well. Let's get started then."

Niu Ping picked up the Luoyang shovel that had been prepared on the ground beside him and walked forward.In fact, why didn't he know that what Fang Ming said was right?It's just that he has been looking for this imperial mausoleum for a lifetime. When he saw the scene last night, his heart turned cold. I am very worried about the result that I don't want to see.

Fang Ming walked forward behind Niu Ping, and found that Niu Ping did not immediately start drilling, but walked slowly, stopping every now and then, and then continued walking after changing the direction. Moreover, Fang Ming There is also a problem, that is, Niu has been working hard to maintain the stability of his foot span when walking parallel.

"Old Niu is observing the terrain, and he must be calculating the length."

Fang Ming quickly saw the way. Of course, it is impossible to just find a random place when digging a hole in the tomb. You must find the right place, or you may miss the "righteous master".You must know that the principle of Luoyang is to distinguish the soil brought out by the shovel head, so as to distinguish whether there are antiques underneath. If the position of the hole is not right, the soil brought out will naturally not be used as a "sample", so the location must be calculated.

The stride length of a person is fixed, and the distance can be judged naturally by counting how many steps you have taken.

After half an hour, Niu Ping stopped. First, he stepped on the ground with his foot, creating a hole, and then inserted the Luoyang shovel in his hand.

"boom!"

"Boom!"

"Bang bang bang!"

……

Fang Ming didn't step forward to help, but looked at Niu Ping's hands without blinking. The first problem he found was that Niu Ping's movements were not large, and he didn't use much strength. The reason for the hardness seems to be that every time you hit it, you can only hit a little bit of soil.

However, Niu Ping repeated such actions one after another, without being anxious at all—even if he only made a pothole about ten centimeters deep after half an hour, he still dug in a leisurely manner.

"This...Grandpa Niu's strength is too weak."

Zhao Zhuzi also came over. Seeing that it took Niu Ping such a long time to make such a small hole, he murmured that he only had to push down such a deep and shallow hole, and it would be made immediately.

Shaking his head, Fang Ming said, "This...isn't that simple, and it doesn't work if you hit it fast."

"Oh? Brother Fang Ming, is there anything else to pay attention to?"

Zhao Zhuzi scratched his forehead. In his opinion, isn't Niu Ping punching a hole?Just punch out the hole, it's not that difficult.

"Boss Niu did this for at least the following reasons. First, the rhythm is unhurried, which is what is most needed in long-term combat. If you just use brute force, although it is said that the digging is fast, it is very difficult to dig." I will soon run out of strength; second, the holes made in this way are more detailed and not easy to collapse. We all know that in order to see if there is any fall below, the holes that are often drilled will be more than ten meters long or deeper. There is no support on the wall of the cave. If you don’t know how to hit it, if it tilts or other circumstances, you will definitely not be able to hit the target depth and it will collapse. Third, I think it is also the most important point. Even if it is like this In fact, the real purpose of the small force is to reduce the vibration. You must know that the underground palaces of these tombs have been underground for hundreds of thousands of years. No one knows what happened during such a long time. How strong is the supporting capacity of the underground palaces? How much, no one knows, so you must be careful when looking for a hole, because if the underground palace is already in a very dangerous state, the vibration generated by the Luoyang shovel may cause the underground palace to collapse..."

"No way... so there are so many details!"

Only then did Zhao Zhuzi understand what was going on, "It seems that it really takes such a hard work!"

"Zhuzi, you need to observe more and use your brain more in the future."

Niu Ping was digging a hole, but his ears were pricked up. He naturally heard Fang Ming's words, "It's the so-called slow work that produces meticulous work. The method of using a Luoyang shovel is very simple, but why some people can drill a hole tens of meters deep? And some people collapse after hitting a few meters, the key is to pay attention or not, and don't be in a hurry..."

(End of this chapter)