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Chapter 385 How to Use the Luoyang Shovel
Niu Ping stood up, his body straightened, his legs spread slightly apart, the hole just made was between his legs, the Luoyang shovel without a pole had already been fitted with a straight pole, and he held the pole with both hands, Put it on your chest, lift it up gently, and then lower it naturally.

"Crack... bang... bang... bang..."

Fang Ming noticed that the Luoyang shovel used by Niu Ping had two important features besides being horizontal and vertical. First, he never seemed to use any extra force. The force generated when one's own weight falls down. In simple terms, what Niu Ping does is to lift the Luoyang shovel, and then let go to let it fall down. The second is that when he shovels, he changes the angle for the first shovel. For example, the first shovel faces east, the second shovel faces south, the third shovel faces west, and the fourth shovel faces west. The shovel is facing north, and then repeat, so a circular hole appears.

Fang Ming stared at Niu Ping's movements without blinking. Niu Ping is a master of tomb robbers. Luoyang shovel must have something special in his hands. What he should pay attention to is These, after all, for a person who uses a Luoyang shovel, the depth that a master can hit is naturally different from the depth that an ordinary person can hit.

Details are everything, especially for such a small hole.

"Crack... bang... bang... bang..."

The voice repeated monotonously. Half a day had passed, but the voice remained unchanged. The more Fang Ming watched it, the more he admired it. This alone is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

It is estimated that many people can do it twice, ten times, one hour, etc., but after half a day, Niu Ping can still maintain it. This is not a simple matter.

"Old Niu, let me try?"

Fang Ming saw Niu Ping's side. After looking at it for a long time, he believed that he basically knew how to use the Luoyang shovel, and wanted to try it himself.

"it is good."

Niu Ping handed the Luoyang shovel to Fang Ming, but he didn't walk away, but stood aside.

Fang Ming took a deep breath, held the rod of Luoyang shovel with both hands like Niu Ping did before, lifted it up gently, and then let go, Luoyang shovel fell down with a "swish", and made a slight sound after hitting the soil. There was a "bang" sound, and when he raised it, Fang Ming noticed that a handful of soil was brought out from the shovel head, and there was a lot of it.

This Luoyang shovel is quite good!
The purpose of the Luoyang shovel is to judge the underground situation through the soil brought out by the head of the shovel. Therefore, whether the Luoyang shovel can bring out the soil becomes a standard to measure whether it is a good Luoyang shovel.A well-made Luoyang shovel is full of weight, and it can "eat" into the soil when you let go of your hands and drop it. This is because after reaching a certain depth, it is impossible to use hand force to punch holes. The main thing is to Use the force generated by the weight of the Luoyang shovel itself. At the same time, the radian of the shovel head of the Luoyang shovel must be sufficient. Otherwise, even if it can penetrate into the sun, it will not be able to bring out the soil. In this way, one hole cannot be drilled. , the soil is clogged, and even if the other one can be beaten, the soil in each soil layer is also muddy together, and there is no way to accurately judge the situation of each soil layer.

But the Luoyang shovel in Fang Ming's hand was completely different at this time. As soon as he loosened his hand, it fell down quickly. It has plenty of weight.At the same time, the soil that was brought out was eaten tightly in the shovel, and it didn't fall off at all after it was brought out!
This is important because all the dirt is lifted out so that there is no excess dirt in the hole.

Looking at it, Niu Ping nodded lightly. Fang Ming's learning ability is too strong. The Luoyang shovel seems simple, but it is not easy to make qualified holes. The most important thing is of course To be vertical, there is no way for people who have not been trained to do this alone.

He knew that Fang Ming had never touched the Luoyang shovel before, but at this time, apart from being a little rusty at the beginning, he quickly became very proficient, loosening, lifting, and gently knocking the soil on the ground... …All the movements quickly form a stable rhythm, and it seems to be flowing, which is really rare.

What's even more rare is that the hole Fang Ming made is completely vertical, which Niu Ping, who has many years of experience, can tell at a glance.

In fact, for tomb robbers or archaeologists, when drilling holes with Luoyang shovels, they often make "plum blossom holes", that is, one hole on each side and one hole in the middle. Eventually the two holes will touch together, so both holes are useless.For truly vertical holes, you can use a strong flashlight or use a mirror to reflect sunlight, and you can go directly to the bottom of the hole!
"Good! Not bad! Pretty good! Go on!"

Seeing that Fang Ming was able to make a good hole, Niu Ping went to the side to rest. He is old, so it is good that he can not do such a thing, after all, it is a waste of energy.

"Hey, Grandpa Niu, how about I make a hole too?"

Zhao Zhuzi also came over, and this time he brought more than one set of Luoyang shovels when he went out.

"Row!"

To accurately check the underground situation, just a hole is not enough. Niu Ping found a place about ten meters away from Fang Ming for Zhao Zhuzi. In comparison, Zhao Zhuzi was not so easy to learn. As a result, it took Niu Ping nearly two hours to teach Zhao Zhuzi how to use the Luoyang shovel. Even so, the holes he made were so-so.

When he returned to Fang Ming's side, Niu Ping found that the two-meter pole had basically hit the end, that is to say, it had already driven two meters deep into the ground at this time.

"Old Niu, this pole has come to an end, what should we do next?"

Niu Ping didn't speak, but went to Fang Ming's side and knelt down to carefully look at the soil Fang Ming had made.Although this place is in a desert, the soil layer is not sand, but a kind of black soil.Niu Ping soon discovered that the soil Fang Ming dug out with the Luoyang shovel was always black.

"Fang Ming, the main purpose of Luoyang shovel is to see the soil brought out."

Fang Ming stopped what he was doing. He knew that Niu Ping was imparting experience to him, so why didn't he immediately prick up his ears?
"If the soil you bring out is the same as the soil you dug out initially, including the same color, density, composition, etc., it means that there are no graves underground. This is because if there are graves, there must be digging and digging. Soil filling—where the soil has been dug or filled, the density, color, and especially the composition of the soil must be different. Pay attention to this and you will be able to judge what is underneath.”

"For example, the soil layer you hit half an hour ago is darker than the sun, but the next shovel is yellowish, so you should pay attention to it. This kind of loess that suddenly appears may be filling soil. Of course, , this is not necessarily true, and it is very likely that it is a natural soil layer. However, after such a situation occurs, we must pay attention to carefully observe the density of this new soil layer, that is, pinch it to see if it is very tight. , if it is not tight, loose, or even relatively dry, it may be filled, otherwise it is a natural soil layer!"

"The most obvious feature of graves below is that the excavated soil has tiles or the like, so there must be graves. In a word, we must always pay attention to the soil brought out by Luoyang shovels. Once there is any change, it means that there are graves. It means that there is something below, as for what there is, it has to be judged according to what is in the soil.”

Fang Ming nodded lightly. This kind of reasoning is not difficult to understand. He understood it as soon as he heard it.

"I took a look just now, and the colors of the soil you drilled are basically the same, and the brightness is also about the same, and there are no impurities such as porcelain chips, so it can be judged that the depth you have drilled so far is lower. There is no grave."

"Shall we continue fighting?"

Fang Ming looked at Niu Ping, he didn't have much experience in this field.

"Hit! Of course! Hit at least to about 15 meters."

"But... our pole is almost at the end, what should we do? Is there a longer pole?"

In fact, Fang Ming knows that there is no longer pole. The Luoyang shovel pole he brought this time is actually a retractable pole, but the longest length is just over 2 meters. Now it has reached a depth of nearly two meters. There is no way to continue fighting.

Do you want to use local materials?
There are quite a few big trees around, but most of the branches of the big trees do not have straight branches with a length of two meters. About meters!
"Oh, no pole."

Niu Ping laughed.

"Without a pole? How do you fight without a pole? How do you lift Luoyang out?"

Fang Ming looked at Niu Ping incomprehensibly. The way to use the Luoyang shovel is to use its own weight to hit the ground, but after hitting it, you have to lift it up. If there is no pole, how can you lift it?
Niu Ping walked to the big backpack, searched for a bundle of ropes, raised it, and said, "Just use this."

"Rope? Rope is okay?"

Fang Ming was amazed, could he hit the ground 15 meters with a rope?

"Bring the Luoyang shovel over here."

Fang Ming took out the Luoyang shovel stuck in the hole and walked to Niu Ping's side. He wanted to take a closer look at what kind of medicine Niu Ping was selling in his gourd!

Niu Ping didn't say anything, and took Fang Ming's Luoyang shovel and immediately removed the pole...

(End of this chapter)