Qingben beauty

Chapter 667 What If You Pay a High Price?

In the stack of photos, there are more than a dozen of those bamboo slips.

But look carefully, that is, five pieces.

After I looked at it carefully, I said to Mr. Jin: "Ask them, what period did they dig this pyramid?"

The three-storey tomb, when we left, Professor He and Professor Fang hadn't made a final definition, but I remember that when studying those bamboo slips, Lu Li mentioned that it might be the writing of the Qin State during the Warring States Period .

If calculated based on this time, Egypt is in the post-dynastic period, but it is also possible that pharaohs built pyramids.

The question is, at that time, how did the bamboo slips come from Qin to Egypt!
After Mr. Jin conveyed my words, he raised his eyebrows after hearing what the two said, "They said that the pyramid was from the post-dynastic period, but these pieces of bamboo are not from the pyramid. It was found inside, but in an abandoned town next to the pyramid. That place is now a desert, but it used to be not far from the bend of the Red Sea. There should be green land and grasslands. In history, it should also be regarded as ..."

Mr. Jin's voice paused.

I gently continued: "The channel connecting Europe, Asia and Africa."

Mr. Jin nodded and said, "That's what it means."

I looked at those photos and said, "Ask again, did they find other things? Like porcelain, woodware?"

The Silk Road recorded in our country was first started by Zhang Qian’s mission to the Western Regions. Later, since the Han Dynasty, government missions continued to visit the Western Regions, but more of them were those who ran businessmen.

As a historical record, all official histories are not good at recording the whereabouts of large caravans, let alone traveling merchants. Therefore, how far and where those merchants who live in the open and travel to other places in pursuit of profit will go. No record will be left.

At least, in all the records before the end of Ming Dynasty, there is no mention of anyone having been to Egypt.

And if you want to judge the age, then porcelain and wood will be more accurate.

After Mr. Jin told me, the two said a few words, and he said to me: "They said no, the town has been eroded by the wind and sand, and they can find very few things. This is all in a It was picked up by chance from the bunker."

After Mr. Jin finished speaking, the two talked a lot excitedly.

Mr. Jin continued: "They said that the writing on it was somewhat similar to some of their ancient Egyptian inscriptions, and they were not sure at first, but the writing was similar, but there was no bamboo in ancient Egypt, so they did it in After confirming that this was a piece of bamboo, I thought that this might be an ancient Chinese character. If it is confirmed that it is an ancient Chinese character, then this is a great discovery. This shows that Egypt had already communicated with China around the first year of AD. and contacts."

"The first year of AD?" I exclaimed in surprise, and said, "Ask, can they confirm that this bamboo slip arrived around the first year of AD?"

Mr. Jin raised his eyebrows, turned his head and said.

The two chattered and chattered, and they got into an argument by themselves. They took a few photos from me that were not bamboo slips, and quarreled with each other.

After listening for a while, Mr. Jin said to me: "One of them thinks it is 100 BC, and the other thinks it is 100 AD. The deserted town, and some business records that once appeared there..."

When Mr. Jin said this, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "They all said that their own ideas are the right ones. Now they are speaking in Arabic, so I don't quite understand that."

I nodded and frowned slightly looking at the photo.

Around the first year of AD, it happened to be the junction of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty, that is, when Wang Mang established a new dynasty.

And in the three-story tomb, the tomb owner on the second floor should be from that period.

After arguing for several minutes, the two turned their heads to look at me at the same time, and said a word at the same time.

Mr. Jin said: "They ask you, are you sure this is Chinese characters? What period is it?"

I flipped through the photos and rolled my eyes a little.

Mr. Jin said in a low voice: "It's impossible for you to only look at the real objects. The management of cultural relics here is very strict now, and all the real objects have to be handed over. They can produce imitations and photos, but it is definitely a risk to take out the real objects." Yes, unless..."

I interrupted him softly and said, "What if you pay a high price?"

Mr. Kim blinked.

I said softly: "You just say, I'm not sure if this is true, because in China, there are many fakes, and things like bamboo slips are very fake, so I'm not sure if this is something from ancient China or modern times. Some people throw it away when they take it to the desert, but I'm really interested in it, and if they want it, I'm willing to pay for it."

Mr. Jin raised the corners of his eyes at me twice, then turned his head and said a lot to those two people.

The two people showed frustration on their faces, and the person who was behind said a lot to Mr. Jin quickly.

Mr. Jin said: "I just said that the one you mentioned may be a fake. This person said that it is absolutely impossible, because even the locals don't go to that desert, let alone tourists, and , that bamboo slip also has very definite wear marks left by time."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Jin raised the corners of his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Against them, you can't tell them that you will pay a high price from the very beginning."

I groaned, nodded and said, "Then you tell them, the text on it, I think, is like the text of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, that is, the text of around 500 BC. At that time, the Chinese even the Western Regions I don’t know much, but it’s a bit difficult to get here, so it’s not justified, even if it is reported in the world history circle, it will be very difficult to produce evidence.”

My voice paused, and I said again: "You can also tell him that I specialize in the study of ancient Chinese characters. By the way, you can ask someone for a pen and paper, and I will write it for them."

The corners of Mr. Jin's brows were trembling again. After being kicked by me, he said a few words to the two of them, and then waved for hospitality.

The waiter brought pen and paper.

After looking at the photo, I wrote down the two words on that piece of paper according to one of the bamboo slips.

Although it's not that the brush is less charming, it still has six or seven images.

Those two people were full of astonishment, and their eyes were rounded.

I put the pen down with some pride, and said, "Tell them, although it is difficult to confirm that this is from ancient China, but I am very interested in the font on it, if they are willing..."

I paused, thinking about how I should word it.

Mr. Jin has already turned his head and started chattering.

then……

He didn't translate for me at all, and chatted with those two people for more than ten minutes.

After I drank the cup of coffee with the monkey leisurely.

Mr. Jin sighed, and said with a frustrated face: "They said, they can treat those few pieces of bamboo as fakes, but, hard work, one piece of [-] US dollars, nothing less, they said, they Digging the sand is also very hard work.”

(End of this chapter)