Chapter 223 Ancestors
unbelievable!

These two short words are Zhang Yang's most pertinent evaluation of Zheng Xiangqian.

After reading the various materials found by Zhu Ruyan, Zhang Yang was dismissive of the official explanation of Xu Fu given by the other party.

Before he looked at it, he was a little confused, but now, a smile appeared on his face again.

No way, can this be called an explanation?

There are ancient books that have clear written records about Xu Fu, but the earliest one can only be traced back to 800 years ago.

Moreover, the original version has disappeared, and only the version added by later generations can be found. It is not ruled out that some people added it deliberately to attract attention.

As for earlier times, not only is there no relevant record of Xu Fu, but there are not many ancient books left about the history of their country.

And to take a step back, according to their division of their own historical era, it was more than a hundred years after Xu Fu sailed east that they ended the history written based on mythological stories and officially entered a slave society with clear unearthed cultural relics.

To put it simply, there is no record of Xu Fu in the official documents.

Even if there are far-fetched explanations among the people, they were not documented until 1400 years after Xu Fu's voyage to the east.

So Zhang Yang said frankly after reading it:

"It's better for you to believe that I am Qin Shi Huang than to believe what they wrote."

"Haha, you are definitely not Qin Shihuang." Zheng Xiangqian answered confidently.

Zhu Ruyan also understood, and looked at Zhang Yang with a bit of surprise, and asked curiously:

"Don't you have a high school diploma? Why do you know so much?"

Zhang Yang smiled modestly and explained:
"I often fight with the Japanese jingoists online and learn a little bit of knowledge. Otherwise, you really can't win the argument with those who get funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

"I see. Then I think we should start with Xu Fu. I'm sure that person from Dongda University will have no objection." Zhu Ruyan nodded and replied.

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because his last name is Haneda, he is considered a descendant of Xu Fu. Isn't it a good thing to find a reliable ancestor for yourself?"

"Sure, then he will enjoy his life."

Zhang Yang briefly introduced his specific ideas to the remaining two people.

The focus of this forgery was on Xu Fu and the Kaihua Emperor who lived a simple life.

"Enlighten" is obviously a verb.

So who is enlightening whom?
It was obviously Xu Fu who civilized their lives and allowed them to progress from a primitive society to a slave society, achieving a great leap in human history.

There is nothing wrong in saying that Xu Fu was an enlightener of civilization.

After listening to this, Zhu Ruyan showed an expression of admiration on her face.

My goodness, Zhang Yang’s words not only made her learn “World History East Asia” in vain, but she also felt that they made a lot of sense.

Zheng Xiangqian certainly had similar ideas.

However, Zhang Yang has not yet decided whether to prove that all the children in Xiao Ri are descendants of the boys and girls taken away by Xu Fu, and Zheng Xiangqian and Zhu Ruyan have a disagreement on this.

Zheng Xiangqian felt that this was necessary:
"This is a foreshadowing, understand?"

"We are not the kind of people who care about their daily lives..."

"You really don't want it?" Zhang Yang interrupted and questioned.

"Well, Sakura girls are rare to me, and Ishihara Satomi was my wife until we got married, but, more important are those islands."

"Do you understand that red flags are planted all over the world? Xu Fu conquered that place more than 2,000 years ago. If there is a chance in the future, it wouldn't be too much to plant a flag on Mount Fuji, right?"

"You're thinking too far ahead, and we don't have that much influence." Zhu Ruyan interrupted Mr. Zheng's reverie and gave the reason for her refusal.

"I think our actions should be more targeted and we should identify the right target groups."

"Our life is different from that of Goryeo and Egypt. Because of their history of forgery, they are not very interested in studying domestic cultural relics. We must first find a great scholar to debate our things, otherwise we won't be able to stir up any waves."

"For example, Haneda, who I just mentioned, is the implementer of our event. He also happens to be a descendant of the legendary Xu Fu."

"He can find other people who recognize themselves as the descendants of Xu Fu. We don't have to do anything. They will do it themselves."

"But if you say that all the people living a simple life are descendants of Xu Fu, then there is no goal, and they have no motivation to prove it."

Simply put, if you make some people feel that they are special, some of them will try to prove that they are really special.

What Zhu Ruyan said makes sense, and Zheng Xiangqian’s idea is also very good.

Zhang Yang thought about it and decided to take a step back and select thirty surnames as Xu Fu's confirmed descendants, and specifically choose those with a large number of people.

Because there are all kinds of birds in the forest, maybe among these people there are archaeology enthusiasts?

"That's a good idea."

Zheng Xiangqian immediately agreed with Zhang Yang's compromise idea and gave further suggestions:

"Ishikawa, Matsumoto, Kuramoto, Hayasaka...all of these are fine!"

"Well, although I don't quite understand, I always feel that these are ordinary movie stars." Zhu Ruyan asked with a frown: "Are you stigmatizing Xu Fu?"

"It seems so. Then tell me." Zheng Xiangqian thought about it and realized that it was indeed what Zhu Ruyan said.

"I don't understand. Just leave this matter to that young man named Haneda."

Zhu Ruyan introduced Zhang Yang and the others the basic information about the Dongda student.

Ryuji Haneda from the Archaeology Laboratory, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Simply put, this person is a typical Heisei loser who originally studied archaeology because of his love for ancient artifacts.

But after I went to school, I found out that this kind of work could not support myself at all. The seniors who graduated before me worked hard for a month but did not earn as much as they did in a day and a night as a gigolo.

As a result, he gradually lost his fighting spirit. In addition, his father was a professor at the Law School of the University of Tokyo and he could rely on his parents for support, so he felt at ease and stayed in the University of Tokyo for many years.

Just when he was about to get his doctorate degree, he suddenly realized that there was not a single bright spot in his student life.

Until one day, he saw a recruitment advertisement for the Fun Alliance on the Internet...

“No, you’re still advertising online?”

Zhang Yang was shocked. Wouldn’t he be at risk of being exposed?
Could it be that the ultimate secret of this alliance of fun people is to have fun with other people in the alliance?

Zhu Ruyan saw Zhang Yang was very surprised and quickly explained:
"We only advertise on those particularly niche historical forums, such as Zhu Yuanzhang Gouzi Literature. Serious academics will definitely not click on them."

"And there are no advertisements in China, all recruitment is done internally."

Zhu Ruyan pointed at the three of them, implying that they were all insiders and different from those found outside.

For example, Ryuji Haneda had an assessment ceremony to join the alliance, but Zhang Yang and Zheng Xiangqian did not.

It is enough to show that they are different from others.

This reason is still acceptable.

After the three people reached a consensus, the plan for the fun people in Xiaoshishou was officially launched.

Once Ryuji Haneda sends back the names he has chosen, things will officially start.

……

Time quickly passed and it was a month later.

Although Ryuji Haneda calls himself a loser, he is actually incredibly proactive. It only took him a few days to give the list to Zhu Ruyan.

When the list came to Zhang Yang, he was overwhelmed by the names such as Onoue Yukiharu, Nanbu Nagayasu, Imagawa Katsutaro, and Hirabayashi Junichiro. Each name was longer than the last.

I can only say that it’s a good thing that there are no letters on the small day, otherwise if a Japanese version of Antetokounmpo came, the things he prepared might not be able to be engraved on it.

But at least he had a reference, which saved Zhang Yang the pain of thinking of the Japanese name himself. He could just carve it according to the name.

The products were completed quickly and delivered directly to the archaeological research laboratory of the University of Tokyo by express delivery.

This batch of fake cultural relics arrived at Xiao Rizi at the end of July.

It just so happened that during this period, experts from the University of Tokyo Archaeology Research Laboratory were excavating a tomb from the Kofun period in Nara Prefecture.

Ryuji Haneda didn't expect the things to arrive so quickly, but he carefully checked the quality of what Zhang Yang made. From his perspective as a doctoral student, he couldn't see any problems.

Since there is no problem, just bury it!

Stones from the Paleolithic period can be buried, let alone some small artifacts imitating those from the Qin and Han dynasties.

It took Ryuji Haneda three days to finally bury the things in the stratum corresponding to Emperor Kaihua, which is the layer around 150 BC.

About a week later, the archaeological team was about to unearth something during their excavation, but Yuta Onoue, who was in charge of the progress, suddenly told everyone to call it a day and even planned to simply backfill the area.

Fill back the previously excavated soil.

This made Ryuji Haneda very anxious.

If I really let them fill it back, not only will my work be in vain, but I will also be blacklisted by the Fun Alliance.

So the first time he received the news, he ran to ask:

"Private Marseille, Onoue-senpai, I want to ask, why don't we continue digging?"

"Oh, it's Haneda-san."

Onoue Yuta answered while putting away his tools:

"If I remember correctly, this should be your first time to participate in the excavation of underground heritage from the Kofun era, right?"

"Hai!"

"That's right, Haneda-san, please remember that no matter how deep you dig in the strata of the Kofun era, there will be nothing there."

"Why?" asked Ryuji Haneda puzzledly.

He is a slacking PhD student and really doesn't know the twists and turns involved.

The only thing we know is:

Many triangular-rimmed mythical animal mirrors from the Han Dynasty were unearthed in the tombs of the Kofun era. They are said to be "ship mirrors" transported here from the Wei State.

This kind of mirror has only been excavated from tombs of the Kofun period in the world, with a total of more than 300 pieces, so every one unearthed is a huge gain.

The triangular-rimmed mythical beast mirror has not yet been found in this medium-sized noble tomb excavated this time. Logically, we should continue digging deeper.

What if the slaves at that time dug the grave deeper?

If you stop work now, won’t you miss it?

Yuta Onoue knew that Ryuji Haneda was a half-baked person, so he patiently explained:

"Because below the Kofun Age is the legendary Mythology Age, and no useful artifacts have been found in the strata of this age."

"If we continue to dig, even if we reach the earth's crust, it will be useless."

"You don't have to dig to the earth's crust, just dig one meter down!"

"One meter? Why?"

"I mean, I don't mean to dig another meter. Anyway, since we are here, why don't you give it another try, senior?"

Haneda Ryuji was a little excited, clenching his fist and saying:
"What if the chance to change history is in our hands?"

Onoue Yuta turned his head and looked at him.

I sighed in my heart: This kid's brain is damaged from studying for a PhD.

Poor Professor Haneda, who had a great reputation throughout his life, ended up having a useless son. Now it's time for his doctoral graduation examination, and he just remembered that he has no academic achievements.

But even though you are a loser, it would be pointless for you to come to my territory and act crazy.

Yuta Onoue was just about to act like a senior and criticize the other party.

Suddenly, Ryuji Haneda walked over and stopped the students who were transporting the equipment.

The stopped student looked at Onoue Yuta in confusion and asked:
"Sensei, what's going on with Haneda-san?"

"Let him go, Mr. Haneda." Yuta Onoue sighed and said helplessly.

"No, the metal detector cannot go away." Haneda Ryuji said firmly, "Without it, how can we find the treasure buried underground?"

"The premise is that there are treasures underground."

"Yes, there must be." Haneda Ryuji said, pulling up the student who was carrying the metal detector: "Come on, Natsume-san, let's detect it again, shall we?"

"Ah?"

"Then you guys go and run it again! Thank you for your hard work, Natsume-san." Yuta Onoue shook his head helplessly.

After sending Ryuji Haneda away, Yuta Onoue could finally pack his luggage.

It's 4:55 pm now, and I have 5 minutes left before I get off work. It's another hard day of working for 7.5 hours!

But before he finished packing, he suddenly saw one of the team members, Yuta Kasahara from the Archaeology Research Laboratory, walking past him in a hurry.

Didn't even say hello to him.

Everything else is fine, but it's so rude not to say hello when meeting someone, bastard!
Onoue Yuta quickly stood up and called him:

"Kasahara-san, where are you going?"

The latter did not even stop, but replied very hastily:
"There's a big discovery ahead. I'll go take a look."

"What discovery made you so anxious that you couldn't just say hello to me before leaving?"

Yuta Onoue was still asking, but no one paid attention to him. Yuta Kasahara had already quickly left the scene.

It seems like there really is a shocking discovery.

Seeing this man so anxious, Yuta Onoue realized something was wrong and hurriedly followed him.

When he caught up with Yuta Kasahara, he was squatting beside a probe, holding a green object like chopsticks in his hand, craning his neck to observe carefully.

In the exploration area right in front of Yuta Kasahara, Ryuji Haneda was half exposed, with his hands on his hips and a smug smile on his face.

In this scene, it is obvious that he dug something out and Yuta Kasahara is studying it.

Onoue Yuta hurriedly followed and just heard Kasahara Yuta draw a preliminary conclusion:

"Yes, written on it are the four characters [Kasahara Masato] in Chinese Qin Dynasty seal script. This should be the true ancestor of our Kasahara family."

"Ah?" Yuta Onoue was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

But before he could open his mouth to ask, he heard the man in front of him say:

“We found another one!”

"I know these words. His name is Onoue Koji. Tell the captain quickly that I have dug up his ancestor!"

(End of this chapter)