gifted collector

Chapter 390 Plopping Soil and Flower Soil!

The sunlight hits from the top of the head, through the leaves, and hits the place, mottled, and the sound of a bird's cry from time to time makes everything around it seem unusually quiet.

"boom!"

"Bang! Bang!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The rhythmic voice echoed, it was Fang Ming and Niu Ping, and they continued to drill holes with the Luoyang shovel.

Last night, after being reminded by Zhao Zhuzi, knowing that there might be a gold vein below was actually quite high, Fang Ming and Niu Ping felt relatively calm. In fact, finding a gold vein is already quite a good thing, and , if this is really a gold vein, it is normal for those people to come here to look for it. After all, gold is a hard currency, and it is completely worth the exchange of people's lives.

Of course, there is no answer to why Shinto appears here and what happened to those bombed buildings and sculptures.

However, instead of saying that Fang Ming and Niu Ping are looking for the imperial tomb, it is better to say that they are trying to determine the extent of the underground gold veins.

However, gold veins may be a very tempting thing to others, but to Fang Ming and Niu Ping, they are far from that big. In contrast, they still hope to find the imperial tomb, after all, one is playing Tomb robbers, one is playing with antiques, no amount of gold can compare to an antique!

Therefore, although Fang Ming and Niu Ping were still digging holes with Luoyang shovels, their moods were completely different from before.

"Hey, Mr. Niu, if there is really a big gold vein down there, what shall we do?"

During the break, Fang Ming chatted with Niu Ping. He really thought about this problem when he was drilling the hole just now, but he found himself in a "dilemma" and didn't know what to do.

As for digging, one is that this thing belongs to the country according to the law, and there are certain requirements for mining technology, which is not so easy. The key to the problem is that this thing is not very attractive to me.

If you don’t dig, it seems that staying here is not an option. If you don’t dig it yourself, it doesn’t mean that others won’t dig it. If someone finds this place in the future and digs it secretly, it’s not appropriate.

"There are two ways. One is to report to the relevant department that a gold vein has been found here; the other way is to pretend that nothing is known and nothing has happened."

Seeing Niu Ping who was not worried at all, Fang Ming scratched his hair, wanted to "refute" but couldn't come up with any other solid reasons.

"Okay...Old Niu, what you said makes sense..."

He raised the cup he brought and took a big sip of water. Niu Ping said: "This place is really strange. It's not an imperial mausoleum, but there are buildings like Shinto. If there is, we have built so many buildings before. None of the holes were discovered, and it was finally discovered, but the problem is that now it seems that more of them are gold veins!"

It's impossible not to be disappointed, but now Niu Ping has adjusted.

"what!"

Seeing the resigned but unwilling expression on Niu Ping's face, Fang Ming couldn't help laughing, and said, "Old Niu, it's still possible to find the imperial tomb."

Shaking his head, Niu Ping said, "It's unlikely, I'm resigned to my fate."

"By the way, Old Niu, I want to ask you something."

Since it was a chat, Fang Ming simply asked Niu Ping for advice. You must know that such opportunities do not come often.

"Well, what's the problem?"

Fang Ming already knew how to use the Luoyang shovel now, and he was able to use it with ease. He had become a veteran, but he was still a little unclear on how to judge whether there was a grave below based on the soil, so he thought for a while and said: "Old Niu, how do you judge whether there is a grave below based on the soil shoveled out of Luoyang? You have already said something before, but I still don't understand one thing."

Niu Ping admired Fang Ming very much. He brought him out this time because he wanted to teach Fang Ming his experience for many years. Naturally, he did not hide anything at this time, saying:

"Soil can be divided into dead soil and living soil. Generally speaking, dead soil refers to the soil that has not been excavated by humans for thousands of years. In modern terms, it refers to those sedimentary soils and alluvial soils. It refers to soil with 'traces' of human activities, for example, soil that includes grass ash after burning."

"So, if we use the Luoyang shovel to dig out dead soil, then there will be no graves underneath; if we dig out living soil, then it is possible."

"Living soil is usually divided into different colors, black and white, yellow and red. When building a tomb, you first need to open a rectangular opening on the ground, dig down, and then dig a hole horizontally to place the coffin. Put it in and then seal the door of the tomb. The soil used for backfilling is often the soil that was dug out and piled aside before, and this kind of soil has a special name called natural soil."

"Natural soil is excavated, backfilled, etc., and the soil that was originally clearly separated will be mixed together, and the original layers and so on have been disrupted. The soil after the chaos is also called flower soil. It has been impossible to 'melt' the soil into a uniform color for many years."

"At the same time, although the backfilled soil has been carefully rammed, it is also different from the original soil."

"That's why we may be able to tell by looking at the density of the soil whether the soil below has been tampered with or dug."

"We can use the Luoyang shovel to detect the shape of the mouth and the depth of the bottom of the tomb. If it is round, the mouth is small and the bottom is large, the soil is soft and grayish brown, including broken bones, pottery fragments, etc. , it may be a tomb; if it is rectangular, the soil is compact, rammed red, and there are flower soils, other than that there are no pottery fragments, it is likely to be a tomb passage.

The unfilled soil is often left around the tomb passage. This kind of soil has a special name called 'flutter soil'. Its composition is the same as that of the flower soil in the tomb passage, but its thickness is not too large. If found You can find the tomb passage based on this. "

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Fang Ming listened intently, these are the most critical content in the tomb robbery, because if you don't know how to judge the ground from the soil, no matter how powerful the Luoyang shovel is "dancing", it will be useless.

"Old Niu, that is to say, if we find Hua Bai, then it is possible that we have found the grave?"

"Well, that's right."

Niu Ping nodded and said, "That's true. Generally speaking, the flower soil is backfilled into the tomb passage, so if we hit the flower soil with a Luoyang shovel, it means that we have found the tomb."

"Okay, enough rest, let's continue to drill holes, I wish you hit the flower soil!"

Fang Ming returned to the hole he had made before, and the Luoyang shovel drove down slowly one after another, still maintaining the original rhythm.

The soil brought out by Luoyang's shovel was knocked to the ground little by little, but there was no change at all.

Shaking his head, Fang Ming simply left the big hole, found a random place, connected the Luoyang shovel to the pole, and beat slowly.

"what!"

Fang Ming picked up the Luoyang shovel and found that what Xiaotou picked up turned out to be "colorful" soil.

No way?
Fluttering soil or flower soil?
Fang Ming quickly looked at the pole of the Luoyang shovel in his hand, and found that the depth he had driven into the ground was about one meter. Then he looked at the soil he knocked off from the Luoyang shovel. The soil he knocked down before was all black. Yes, but the soil from this shovel is a mixture of various colors.

"Isn't it such a coincidence? As soon as Niu Lao opened his golden mouth, did he really hit it?"

As if his body was suddenly filled with strength, Fang Ming held the pole of the Luoyang shovel with both hands and pushed it down forcefully—at this time, he had already forgotten that he should actually maintain a stable rhythm and strength.

Fang Ming used a lot of force, and this time the Luoyang shovel brought up a lot of soil, and after careful identification, it was still mixed soil.

"Damn! This time it seems that I really hit it!"

Fang Ming clenched his fist tightly, then waved it, and then shouted loudly: "Old Niu!"

Fang Ming's yell was because he took a deep breath, full of breath, and the surroundings were quiet again, so it was like a tiger roaring in the forest, and the sound shook the whole field. Niu Ping was not far away. How could it be impossible to hear a loud cry?
But, where would he have thought that Fang Ming would suddenly call out like this?
Startled, Niu Ping also yelled: "Fang Ming, what's wrong with you? Why are you yelling all of a sudden?"

"Old Niu, come here quickly!"

Niu Ping gave a sudden pause, threw away the Luoyang shovel in his hand, and quickly ran towards Fang Ming. Fang Ming was a stable person, so he was so excited, so he must have discovered something.

"What's wrong, what did you find!? What did you find!?"

Not far away, Niu Ping is not young, and his body is still very healthy, but this time he was too excited, so he was panting like a cow after running for a while.

"Old Niu, come and take a look. Is this... flower soil or fluttering soil?"

Fang Ming pointed to the soil he had dug out with a Luoyang shovel, until now his heart was still beating like a big drum.

Niu Ping squatted down, stretched out his hand to break up the dirt that Fang Ming had punched out, and looked carefully.

"Black...yellow...brown..."

Niu Ping divided the soil carefully. He was calm at the beginning, but later, his hands were shaking.

"How many meters did it come out?"

Niu Ping's voice trembled a little, which made Fang Ming nervous, and said, "One meter away."

"This place is likely to be splashed with soil, how many shovels have been shoveled?"

"Currently there are two shovels. I called you over without continuing to fight."

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(End of this chapter)