Chapter 207: Antiques with patterns were unearthed
Shen You found a place and just put down two shovels, but the snowman's belly hadn't even come out yet.
Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of something in the ground!
A piece of stone looks nothing special at first glance, but at a second glance, something is wrong.
It has patterns on it!
Shen You quickly put down the shovel, swept away the scattered snow with his hands, ran into the shop, and took out the eating utensil, magnifying glass, and flashlight.
The stone is embedded too deep, and it will take some effort to dig it out, so I'll take a look at it first.
Shen You lay half-lying on the snow and looked carefully. There were indeed traces of carving, but it was very weathered and the lines were difficult to distinguish.
Digging a little deeper, there are not only patterns on the broken stone, but also words!
It's Oracle.
Strangely, oracle bone inscriptions usually appear on animal bones and are mostly used for divination, that is, divination.
The gold inscriptions are simpler in shape, equivalent to printing, and are mostly used for records. They are also more formal and are often found on bronze ritual vessels.
The carvings on the stone slabs may be ancient tombs or ancient city ruins, and it is said that they will use bronze inscriptions.
Is it because of the difference between this plane and the real world?
But you can also find bronze ritual vessels engraved with gold inscriptions in Daqi. Shen You has not studied them, only looking at the manuscripts left by the former eunuch.
Some glyphs will be a little different from the real ones, but they're pretty much the same.
The strokes of oracle bone inscriptions themselves are not standardized and there are variant characters.
"What kind of word is this? I can't see it clearly." Shen You frowned and muttered to himself, adjusting the angle repeatedly.
In the past, I had only heard about other people fishing and farming, and picking up patterned things, but I never thought that one day it would be my turn!
That excitement in my heart!
Unfortunately, it was so worn that she didn't know much about things so long ago, and could only look at bronzes.
There are so few objects with oracle bones and they are only used for research in museums.
Stones, animal bones and the like are not valuable in terms of money, but they are very valuable in historical research.
Nowadays, there are many empty tombs of local officials from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The stone carvings are quite good and they are still there.
Shen You held the shovel and moved carefully. If he didn't dig this thing out today, he wouldn't be able to eat or sleep well.
Daqi is certainly much closer to the period of Oracle than modern times are to this period.
In other words, some records and items are better preserved.
Interpret an oracle bone script and get a correct reward of 100,000 yuan!
When Liu Yunyan brought the people over, they saw the master in their hearts squatting there, moving the shovel for a while, and then using his hands for a while.
It looks busy, but I don't know what I'm busy with.
"Shopkeeper Shen, what are you doing?" Liu Yunyan came over and showed an incomprehensible look.
Everyone looked around in confusion. It was just a broken stone. Why was the master so happy?
"Dig out this stone." Shen You said without looking back.
Originally, only a small piece was exposed, but the more you dug, the bigger it became.
It seems that this place is not simple!
"How can you do such a small thing? Let's do it. Let's do it."
Liu Yunyan put down his spear without saying a word, and the others quickly followed. It was an honor for everyone to be able to help the master!
Shopkeeper Shen saved Shuozhou City, not to mention digging rocks, but even digging mountains was not a problem for everyone.
"Thank you, but don't break the stone." Shen You reminded.
"Don't worry!" Liu Yunyan nodded confidently. This little thing is not a problem.
With everyone's help, it will be much faster.
Soon, the stone was dug out. To be precise, it should be a part of the stone slab.
Shen You held up a flashlight and explored the soil to see if there were any other debris. This location is at the foot of the mountain. There are many rocks on the mountain, the snow is thick, and the soil is frozen hard.
Does she have any other tools?
Mainly, she works as an antique restorer, not as an archaeologist. It's normal to have no tools. She can only use a flower planting shovel and search further.
Seeing her being so serious, Liu Yunyan and others didn't know what she was doing, so they also stared with bated breath.
Until she heard it, Shen You said in surprise, "It's true!"
The parts that can be seen are very smooth, with obvious polishing marks!
It's just that the bottom part is more difficult to dig. You have to clear away all the surrounding snow first, and then slowly pry the soil underneath.
It was completely dark, so a few people turned on the lights and worked hard for a while. They dug out a stone about the size of a 10-inch flat plate.
Several soldiers also helped move two stones into the shop and placed them next to the wall near the entrance.
Shen You planned to wash it off later and take a closer look.
"This stone looks worthless. Why does the master look like he has found gold?" A soldier stood next to Uncle Zhou and asked in a low voice.
Uncle Zhou explained in a low voice: "What do you know! This is the difference between masters and ordinary people like us. Masters may not like gold."
"You can come to the house where an expert lives. Please restrain yourself. Don't move or look around."
Uncle Zhou gave another uneasy instruction before following behind.
Shen You took the speaker that Liu Yunyan handed over and it needed to be charged. "If you still need it, you can wait until tomorrow to get it."
"Okay!" Liu Yunyan also had a cheerful temper and was not polite to Shen You.
In the past, we could only find people with loud voices, line up one line at a time to spread the news, and there were drums and military flags to give orders to the soldiers.
The trumpet is really fast for giving orders. When it is spoken, it is deafening. No matter how loud the voice is in the army, it cannot be compared.
Shopkeeper Shen said that he would come to pick it up tomorrow. It should be that the spell needs to be re-injected before it can be used.
"Thanks to you, Shuozhou can survive today." Liu Yunyan breathed a sigh of relief after sitting down.
Only when she walked into this shop and saw the bright lights did she feel that she could relax for a moment.
The wind and snow outside are too harsh.
"It's just that there aren't many Molotov cocktails left. The foreigners will come again next time."
Shen You knew their concerns, "I can make Molotov cocktails at any time, you don't have to worry about this problem."
She pointed to the boxes piled aside. There weren't that many empty bottles in the small store, so she later bought a few more boxes of beer.
"It's just that this thing is not very effective against foreign heavy cavalry."
The Lancheng version of the Molotov cocktail is okay. It can even explode tanks, but it really can't be used in ancient times.
Shen You continued, "According to what you said, if the foreigners must capture Shuozhou, they will probably mobilize some heavy cavalry troops."
It depends on who arrives first, the army led by General Jingcheng and Wen Zhi, or the heavy cavalry.
Liu Yunyan: "That's true, but the weather in the North is bad. An old man who has lived in the city all his life, according to past experience, said there will be a blizzard tonight and it should last for two or three days. Even the heavy cavalry will have difficulty moving forward smoothly. .”
At this moment, some signs of a blizzard can already be seen outside.
"That's why today's failure makes the foreigners even more angry."
"That's good." Shen You smiled and nodded, "I have some grapefruit here, do you want to eat them?"
Several people followed her gaze and saw bags of fresh grapefruit piled on the ground. The bright color and the unique fragrance of grapefruit peels occupied their sight and smell.
Pomelo is a tribute in Daqi!
Guess what Shopkeeper Shen dug up~