After all this trouble, Li Long no longer wanted to dig Codonopsis pilosula in the ditch. He packed up his things, left the ditch with his gun, and returned to the wooden house.
After resting in the wooden house for more than an hour, Li Long climbed up and went out again with tools and guns. This time he changed to another ravine where the soil quality was better, so Li Long went in to dig.
Li Long has learned well now. After entering the trench, he first checks the soil quality. If the soil layer is thick, then go in and dig. The better thing now is that in these ditches that have not been grassed, or are not worthy of grassing, there are more Codonopsis pilosula and they are larger in size. After all, the Chinese herbal medicine in the entire Tianshan Mountains was basically undeveloped at this time.
Of course, it only takes a few decades from undeveloped to crazy developed. Fortunately, Codonopsis pilosula is not as valuable as ginseng, otherwise it would be like the snow lotus above the snow line of Tianshan Mountains. In just a few decades, it can be seen everywhere, and the last one can no longer be found.
In fact, in places with more Codonopsis pilosula, in herdsmen’s pastures, those herders kill Codonopsis pilosula plants as pasture. Some people living in the valleys deep in the Tianshan Mountains use Codonopsis pilosula as raw material for pickles.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the amount of party parameters is large.
But everything is good after a long time. For example, the head that Li Long dug now must be at least as thick as an adult's forearm. This is the first time he dug such a big Codonopsis pilosula!
This branch must be kept for your own use, and cannot be sold at the purchase station - it is not worth it.
Originally, Li Long thought that this Codonopsis pilosula was similar to the previous one, with a single branch and a depth of tens of meters. After digging less than twenty centimeters, the Codonopsis pilosula began to branch, and it branched into four branches at once. Doesn't this look like a humanoid?
These forks are also two or three centimeters in diameter, and then go down like radishes, slowly becoming thinner, and finally disappearing.
It took Li Long half the time to dig out this extremely thick but very short Codonopsis pilosula. Looking at the image, it looked a bit like an octopus with four legs amputated.
But to be honest, it’s so rough!
Very satisfied!
Li Long carefully collected the Codonopsis pilosula and continued upward.
There is a thick pole on top, but the Codonopsis pilosula pole is located in front of a pile of stones. Li Long hesitated for a moment, and for the sake of the thick pole, he might as well dig it.
This pile of stones is more conspicuous. It can be seen that the largest stone on top should have been here originally. The two stones piled next to it seem to have been moved later. The colors are not consistent. They may also be Li Dragon Illusion.
He just glanced at it without paying much attention.
In fact, the thick pole of Codonopsis pilosula does not necessarily mean that the body of the ginseng below is large. But the branches are small, and the body is usually relatively small.
First, a pile of soil was dug out next to the pole and opposite the stone. Seeing that the reed was not close to the stone, Li Long was a little relieved and continued digging down.
Dig down more than twenty centimeters, and the reed system will end, revealing the ginseng body, which looks quite big. It's just that the position has begun to move closer to the stone.
Now that it had been dug, Li Long did not hesitate to look down. After all, it was unlikely that the Codonopsis pilosula could grow into the stone.
He used a shovel to dig out the outer circle of soil first. Watching the ginseng body approach the stone, he began to use a small grapple to clean the soil there.
The more I cleaned it, the more doubtful I became. Did the ginseng body really grow into the stone? Why is it getting deeper and deeper, not only sticking to it, but also going in...
I dug and dug, and finally I felt that I had dug out the ginseng body, and then I felt that the grappling hook had caught something. It was a hard object. He thought it was a tree root or something, so he tugged hard to cut it off. Unexpectedly, he just pulled the thing out.
It is a copper ring with green patina and some decorations on it. It feels like a collar.
There was still silk fabric wrapped around it that wasn't completely rotten. I don't know if it was a blanket or cloth.
Li Long was startled and stood up - he wouldn't be able to get the ancient tomb, would he?
Then he denied it. Whether they are Han Chinese or ethnic minorities, their tombs are usually in cemeteries. Even if they are buried secretly or unintentionally in the mountains, it is impossible not to wrap them with something.
This does not look like a burial object.
After Li Long confirmed this, he boldly dug out the Codonopsis pilosula first, and then the grapple hook hooked something again. When he pulled it out, he found that it was rusty and stuck to the A big pile of copper coins.
It was extremely rusty.
Is it a hidden treasure?
Logically speaking, this thing has nothing to do with the Tianshan Mountains - this is an inaccessible place, almost no one lives there, and it is not a passage to the southern Tianshan Mountains. How can you hide something here?
With suspicion, Li Long put the rusty copper coins aside and continued to take them out with the grappling hook.
After taking out five or six pieces of copperware in succession, I took out two more blackened objects - they looked like silver ingots, as big as a palm, with two boat-shaped ends. Take a closer look, below. There seems to be some writing on it, but it's also rusty and can't be seen clearly.
Li Long was basically certain that this thing should be a hidden treasure.
He looked at the pile of stones and realized at this time that the top natural stone should be the symbol. The person who hid it was probably worried that one stone was not safe, so he added two more stones. At least under the natural weathering, this thing would not rot for a while.
Pile the things you took out into a pile, no matter whether they are useful or not, and put them in your coat - the bag you carry must contain Codonopsis pilosula. Li Long is worried that if these things are mixed with Codonopsis pilosula, they will Disable the Codonopsis pilosula. Although Codonopsis pilosula is not as valuable as ginseng, but after finally digging it out, I still hope it is intact.
Looking at the pit, Li Long did not continue to dig, but continued digging with the grappling hook. Just like the treasure hunt show, he was looking forward to whether the next thing would be a treasure. Then he took out a sheathed scimitar.
The handle of the knife was inlaid with a small piece of emerald, and the scabbard was made of leather. The metal edging on it was already rusty. Li Long held it in his hand and pulled it twice but did not pull it out. It seemed that the inside was seriously rusted.
He also stuffed the knife into the bundle made by tying the knot in his coat, took out it twice more with the grappling hook, and took out a bunch of copper coins, but nothing seemed to come out after that.
Li Long guessed that there should be something inside, but at the moment he had no intention of digging any more, so he filled the hole with a shovel.
The sign here is obvious, and Li Long was not worried about not finding it. He carried his gun, packed his tools, packed the Codonopsis bag with his coat, and returned to the cabin.
Back at the wooden house, Li Long Hulimatang got some food, then opened his coat bag on the wooden floor in front of the house and slowly cleaned it up.
Although it was not a professional technique, he was very curious and wanted to know where these things came from.
It is unlikely that it was hidden by Mr. Laocai Bayi, a former ethnic minority landlord. Looking at these things, they shouldn't be very old. After all, if they were too long, those copper coins would have rusted away.
He first took out the scimitar, found a piece of cloth and slowly wiped off the rust on it, and with skill, he pulled the knife out without damaging the scabbard.
There is not a lot of rust on the knife. If it is to be sharp, it is definitely not sharp, but Li Long feels that it is definitely a good thing to have it repaired by a professional.
He wiped off the rust that could be wiped off first, and then the remaining parts did not move. I'm not a professional and I'm afraid of breaking this thing.
The raised areas on both sides of the two horseshoe silvers were a little curled, probably due to pressure from the soil. Li Long gently used force and managed to break them back a little bit. After wiping, the black rust was not easy to wipe off, but the dirty soil was wiped clean. Then when he saw the words below, there seemed to be something like "Ping Yin". Li Long guessed whether it was Ku Ping Yin, but that was just a possibility. The word "ISKU" has been worn away.
These two are quite heavy and not small. If they are real guys, they should be worth some money if they are kept in the future.
At this time, Li Long slowly began to wonder, could it be left behind by the former gangsters?
Li Long remembered that his elder brother Li Jianguo told the history of this place. In the past, the bandit Usman had robbed and been beaten in this area of Ma County, so it might be something left by his defeated bandits.
Usman was initially the small leader of a minority uprising force against Sheng Shicai. The main reason for the uprising was that Sheng Shicai wanted to collect shotguns from minority herdsmen. The herdsmen did not agree, but there was no fight after the uprising. He passed Sheng Shicai's army and was driven into the mountains.
Usman was the small leader of one of the skirmishers. Later, they gained support from the forces in Outer Mongolia, and their power gradually expanded. Usman also changed from the rebellious herdsmen at the beginning to a bandit leader who wanted to establish himself as king.
The northern slope of Tianshan Mountain was once the scope of Usman's activities.
Li Long felt that his guess was probably correct.
I don’t know who’s belongings were robbed, and finally buried here.
He cleaned it slowly. These two pieces of horseshoe silver must be kept. He pried open a piece of the copper coin and looked at the Qianlong Tongbao exposed inside, feeling that it was not interesting.
There is another piece that is a bit of a surprise. It contains not only copper coins, but also a stack of silver dollars. Although it has been rusted, the rust is not very obvious. Cleaned up, it's in pretty good condition.
As for the copper collar, Li Long didn't clean it out. The green rust was too serious. He doesn't have the technology and ability now.
Wrap these things in a bag and put them in the small room. If Li Long feels free, he will take them back and enlarge the yard, and put them together with the collected antiques, and keep them like this for a few years. It might be worth something.
You don’t have to sell it. After all, with your current ability, making money is nothing. It’s okay to ensure that you are always above the well-off line. Those things, including the seeds of mutton-fat jade, are just for the sake of thinking. In the future, if others have it, I can take it out and have it myself.
It feels like I have found another treasure. Although I didn’t get much back from the Codonopsis pilosula, I feel full of harvest.
Good!
It was no longer hot in the mountains at noon. Li Long squinted in the wooden house for a while, and went to dig Codonopsis pilosula in another ditch with tools and energy.
I had good luck today. Codonopsis pilosula in this ditch mainly grows in the soil. Li Long dug more than a dozen roots and they were all quite big.
Seeing that the sun had not yet set, Li Long didn't plan to dig anymore. He put away Codonopsis pilosula and tools and walked towards another nearby ditch.
That's the hot spring ditch. He wanted to see if there were any prey at the hot springs. If there were any, he would catch one so that he would have something to eat in the next few days.
The temperature in the hot spring ditch was slightly higher than that in the ditch just now. Li Long guessed it was because the water temperature here was high. A smell of sulfur permeated the ditch, and there were fewer mosquitoes in it, making it much quieter than other ditches.
I wonder if there is any prey taking a bath? (End of this chapter)