Chapter 109 The Supreme Zhao Gao
After hearing what Anna said, Zhang Yang’s first reaction was: Were the British the only ones who ate mummies back then?
The Germans probably did it too.
After all, at that time, it was said that mummies could cure all diseases, and at various noble gatherings, people would chop, grind, brew, and toast to mummies while having fun...
Clean and hygienic!
"Anna, you actually misunderstood me."
Zhang Yang tried to explain to the German girl what a wonderful idea the mummy was.
One thing can serve two purposes, the wooden box outside can be sold as a work of art;
The mummies inside can be sold as food.
But Anna was determined and insisted on only taking the bronze artifact.
Her reasons are:
The members of her family’s archaeological team are quite familiar with bronze.
Even if Zhang Yang knew about mummies and could imitate them very well, the team members would still have to study the relevant cultural relics knowledge, which was really too troublesome.
Simply put, foreign archaeologists are lazy as hell.
I don't want to make any progress at all, I just want to get some sponsorship and get by from year to year.
Zhang Yang couldn't find any fault with this attitude.
You can't force your customers to roll, right?
In the end, he can only do what the customer wants, and the most he can do is ask for a little more money.
"So how big of a pyramid do you want it to be?" Zhang Yang asked.
Anna stood up and measured her height.
She gestured that the pyramid was taller than her, about two meters.
At the same time, if the middle of the bronze pyramid was empty, it would be able to accommodate the remains of a human being from the 20th century BC.
This is their idea of counterfeiting bronze artifacts, using real remains to ensure that there are no problems with carbon 14 detection.
As for the bronze itself?
Sorry, this is a national treasure and cannot be tested by outsiders.
While listening to Anna's ideas, Zhang Yang drew a sketch on a tablet. At first glance, it looked quite realistic.
It looks like a large metal urn.
As we all know, the Egyptian pyramids are the tombs of the pharaohs.
If this bronze pyramid was discovered in Germany, Europeans could say that the pharaohs actually migrated to Egypt from Western Europe.
By then, the international archaeological community will probably be in the midst of another bloody storm.
Wait... Zhang Yang suddenly felt that the smell was a bit pungent!
Why does it look so much like the practice of stealing Chinese people from a country separated from China by a sea?
Now, the way he looked at Anna changed a little.
This girl, doesn't she have any stolen blood?
"Why are you looking at me like that? Zhang Yang?"
Anna blinked her big eyes and said in a cute way.
She is all natural, at least this has nothing to do with stealing the country.
"Nothing, I just want to ask, when is the latest time you want the goods?"
"I've been very busy recently," Zhang Yang explained.
He will guide Shen Yiyi on how to make a seal later.
If my junior sister only wants to make bronze ware, there will be no problem, but seal carving is a new skill, and I'm afraid it will take a lot of time to learn.
After finishing all these, he also wanted to discuss the issue of Zhang Sanfeng with Grandpa Lu.
The Houmuwu Ding will definitely not tire them to death.
That's just a delaying tactic.
We still have to think of a solution that will solve the problem once and for all.
"It's okay. It can take as long as you want. I'll stay here and wait for you." Anna replied quickly.
"???"
"My mom and her friends are going to Qingzhou University for exchange, and I have nothing to do, so I'll just stay at your place! Is that okay?"
"You should have guest rooms here, right?"
"This... really doesn't exist."
Zhang Yang declined politely.
Unexpectedly, Anna became even more excited after hearing this. She clapped her hands and said, "That's great. I can live with you!"
Are German girls so direct?
Zhang Yang finally felt the test.
But with Xiao Shen here, even if Anna really stayed here, she would sleep in the same room with her.
Just thinking about it, it is impossible for Zhang Yang to be really dominated by his lower body.
"Okay, okay, I'll let Shen Yiyi take you to your room later."
"Remember, most of the things here are our goods. If they are damaged, you will have to pay for them."
"I see!"
Anna jumped up excitedly.
Little did they know that someone was watching in secret.
After a while, Shen Yiyi ran out of the room in a panic and asked:
"Brother, what did you promise Anna just now? Why did you make her so excited?"
Xiao Shen has been watching the surveillance camera in the room.
She is really worried about her "home" Tukengduan.
She was relieved to hear that Anna would only stay here for a period of time. As long as she did not agree to pass on the bronze ware technology to foreigners, it would be fine.
Seniors can teach, but techniques cannot be taught.
However, if Zhang Yang knew that Xiao Shen had this idea, he would definitely urge her to go back to the History College of Qingzhou University.
Because at this moment, the archaeological team led by Anna's mother is having a very in-depth academic exchange with the history department expert team headed by Professor Li.
The theme of the conference is "The unexpected encounter of bronze smelting technology between the East and the West."
Simply put, it is to discuss the characteristics of Western European and Chinese bronzes in the same historical period.
And have a deeper communication.
……
After sending Anna away, Zhang Yang quickly explained to Shen Yiyi the matter of the "Fa Qiu Seal".
This is not an easy job.
Although Officer Tu paid little, he had high demands.
It was requested to be exactly the same as the one Zhang Yang made in the photo.
But fortunately, Zhang Yang had the experience from last time.
This time, there is no need to slowly carve on the bronze blank, it can be directly cast using a mold.
Just design the characters on the seal a little wider when casting.
After it is fired, just use a carving knife to cut off the excess parts.
Just like sharpening a weapon, the engraving on a seal can also be done in the same way.
It just so happens that the Fa Qiu Seal is also a weapon, so it makes sense to do this.
"Brother, what on earth is this seal for?"
Shen Yiyi raised her own questions while watching Zhang Yang demonstrate. "Don't you know about the Fa Qiu Seal? Haven't you read Ghost Blows Out the Light?" Zhang Yang asked.
"Of course I know this. What I'm asking is, what are 100 Fa Qiu seals used for? If they were just ornaments or toys, there would be no need for the police to ask us to make them, right?"
"I have also thought about the problem you mentioned."
"But Officer Tu won't tell me. Even if I use my ultimate weapon and tell him that the Riddler has a rotten asshole, he still won't reveal any information."
"Hiss~" Shen Yiyi took a breath of cold air.
"That seems to be a big deal indeed!"
"Yes, so just wait. I feel that with Officer Tu's personality, he will definitely not be able to hold it in."
Zhang Yang said with a solemn oath.
……
At the same time, on the largest local snack street in Wudu, Officer Tu really couldn't hold it back anymore.
"Ah!"
He covered his mouth and sneezed loudly, but fortunately he turned his head in time and did not contaminate the beef noodles in front of him.
Opposite him, a man wearing a black mask cast a worried look:
"Brother Tu, are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay. I guess it's just some petty person who's talking about me behind my back."
"Ah!"
Officer Tu waved his hand, picked up his chopsticks and wanted to continue eating noodles, but suddenly lost his appetite.
"Forget it, let me talk about the matter first."
"Well, you talk, I'm listening." The masked man nodded and replied.
"You should know about the arrest of Ghost Leg Seven, right? What is the situation of the teams under his command now?"
"It's a mess."
"Before, when Uncle Seven was here, he would restrain them, but now that he's in, everyone is in chaos."
The masked man said with a frown.
Clearly he didn't like the situation very much.
"Where is your team?" asked Officer Tu.
"We are fine, because we mainly cheat people in Japan, and we have no conflict of interest with these domestic teams."
"Okay, then please be careful. It's really not easy to find someone with a sense of justice like you nowadays."
Officer Tu said this with some emotion.
Then he took out a photo from his pocket.
It’s exactly the same as the one given to Zhang Yang.
They are all Fa Qiu seals.
"This thing is the reason why Uncle Qi was imprisoned this time. It's quite funny to say that an old country scholar who has worked diligently for most of his life ended up falling into the law because of a legendary thing."
"What is this?"
"It's the Fa Qiu Yin, don't you know it?"
Officer Tu looked at the man's puzzled eyes and suddenly realized that the other party was an international student.
He went to study abroad in Japan before he graduated from junior high school. At the age that was most suitable for reading novels, he chose to read anime.
It’s normal not to know.
Officer Tu explained in a way that the other party could understand better:
"To put it simply, this thing is like Neon's Doujikiri for tomb robbers. Minamoto no Raikou can use Doujikiri to kill Shuten Douji, and Faqiu Zhonglangjiang can use this seal to subdue the big zongzi in the ancient tomb."
"You should know about the big zongzi, right?"
The masked man widened his eyes and exclaimed as he looked at the seal in the photo:
“Then isn’t this a national treasure?”
"That's not the case. Our country has too many national treasures. This thing can only be considered a treasure in the eyes of tomb robbers."
"That's pretty awesome!"
"Yes, otherwise why would Uncle Seventh fight with others over this thing?" Officer Tu said with a smile.
"So Brother Tu, do you want to buy this thing?"
"I can help you look for it in foreign markets. Maybe this thing was lost overseas."
"No, don't waste your money."
"Forget it, I'll tell you the truth. Actually, this thing is already in my hands."
Officer Tu showed a proud smile on his face:
"And I asked someone to make a hundred copies."
Although Zhang Yang did not admit it, Officer Tu knew that the Fa Qiu Seal in Guijiaoqi's hand was his work.
He is the only antique shop owner on Yanjiang Road, and his surname is Zhang.
Everyone else's surname is Duanmu, Murong, Dongfang, etc., only he is non-mainstream.
"I need you to use this Fa Qiu Seal to exchange all the stolen goods from other tomb robbers in your gang."
Officer Tu explained his plan:
"Of course, you have to do this cleverly. You can't let them run into each other, otherwise you'll be in big trouble..."
"I understand."
The masked man looked into Officer Tu's eyes and nodded heavily.
He felt that he already understood what this "Brother Tu" was thinking.
There are too many tomb robbers under Uncle Qi, at least two or three hundred of them, divided into more than a dozen teams of different sizes.
Throughout the East China region.
It is almost impossible to catch all these people in one fell swoop.
Because these people will inform each other.
Once a team loses contact, the remaining people will quickly enter a "silent" state, or even temporarily change their careers to move bricks on construction sites or go home to farm.
Only when they get accurate information will the tomb robbers gather together again and start working again.
Since we can't catch them all, we can collect the cultural relics in the hands of these tomb robbers and also make merit.
And it’s sustainable.
I have accomplished my mission this time, and I will find another reason to continue next time.
Thinking of this, the masked man looked at Officer Tu with eyes full of awe.
Even though he is only a deputy team leader now, if he collects the cultural relics and makes a contribution this time, he will definitely be promoted to team leader.
Then he climbed up step by step and finally became Zhao Gao, the highest person, second only to the emperor and above everyone else.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Officer Tu suddenly felt a chill in his crotch when he was stared at by the masked man.
"Nothing, I just think you're awesome."
"Haha, no need to flatter me, we are in a cooperative relationship."
"Give me your address, and I'll send the stuff to you when the time comes."
After Officer Tu got the delivery address of the masked man, he sent it to Zhang Yang immediately.
Shipping from Zhangyang's antique shop is much more covert than sending it from the Wuhan Municipal Bureau.
Moreover, he needed Zhang Yang's help with something else.
Just take this opportunity to make an appointment.
(End of this chapter)