Chapter 70 [Please read on!] The middle-aged woman who escaped death

"Anna's mother is from the archaeological team?"

"I don't know, she didn't tell me."

"Then why don't you just ask...or why don't you just ask everything at once? It's too troublesome to ask bit by bit like this."

Zhang Yang asked Xiao Shen to find out the situation of this German bronze sword first.

Ask her how to express herself freely.

Because she is a question king, if she can ask herself without any questions, Zhang Yang should understand it all.

The two girls chattered for a long time, and finally stopped when the tea in Zhang Yang's hand had lost its flavor.

"I made sure to find out that her mother is not a member of the archaeological team."

"Her family runs an archaeological team."

Xiao Shen told the truth after finding out the facts.

It turns out that the mother of this German girl is the boss of an archaeological team under a local university.

The funds for domestic archaeological teams are allocated from above.

However, Anna's mother's archaeological team needs to present their research results to lobby institutions and wealthy businessmen for subsidies and sponsorship.

Previously, her family’s archaeological team had been excavating at an ancient site in Greece.

In Anna's words, her mother only stayed in Greece for one month every year. After discovering something, she would immediately use the results to seek sponsorship, hold lectures and organize exhibitions.

I dare not dig more.

I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to find new sites after digging.

Unfortunately, their luck was not very good.

Two years ago, a Chinese archaeological team went to the site in cooperation with the local government.

In just half a year, the site was completely excavated.

It directly drove the local European archaeological team crazy.

Last year, seeing that the archaeological team was about to run into financial problems, Anna's mother had no choice but to buy some imitations, bury and dig them themselves, and finally continued the annual archaeological discoveries.

That bronze sword is it.

However, because the situation was rather urgent at the time, the things they chose were not so authentic. After being reported by the media, it caused a lot of doubts.

So this time, Anna wanted to customize something more authentic.

The pit at home has been dug, only the bronze artifacts inside are missing.

After hearing this, Zhang Yang's expression was extremely surprised.

These two girls, one dares to ask and the other dares to speak!

The two people's personalities are indeed similar, no wonder they can become friends even though they don't speak the same language.

After Xiao Shen's detailed description, Zhang Yang finally remembered where he had seen the bronze sword.

In the past, there was a PhD student who had returned from studying abroad in the museum’s group. He was very keen on posting Western archaeological news in the group.

That photo was posted by that doctor.

After posting it, he also tagged the bronze experts in the group and asked them for their comments.

The then deputy director said something that Zhang Yang still remembers vividly:
"It's also difficult for our European counterparts. They can't excavate as much as we can, but the number of archaeological teams is several times that of us."

"They just swindled some funds. There's no need to hold on to it."

This statement coincides with what Anna said today.

It turns out that this is really the case in reality.

"Brother, can the German bronze ware be made?"

Xiao Shen pursed her lips and looked at Zhang Yang:
"Anna said that the best ones are those from BC. Too many have been excavated after AD, and they are of little value."

Can ancient German bronze ware be made?

This question really stumped Zhang Yang.

He reached out and picked up the tablet, carefully looking at the picture of the scene.

The bronze sword in the picture is shiny and glossy, obviously made of plaster and electroplated with verdigris.

The purchase price is around 100 yuan.

Of course, if it is shipped to Europe, the shipping cost alone will be more than this.

I guess it could sell for 100 Euros?
Under natural conditions, to form such a complete green lacquer tomb, the environmental requirements for the burial are very strict.

Throughout China, among the cultural relics discovered through archaeological discoveries over the years, there are only a handful of ancient green-lacquered bronze artifacts.

It can be seen that the archaeological team of Anna's family obviously had no experience in excavating this kind of green-painted ancient objects, and they dug the pit in the wrong place.

We should find a swamp, a whole "puddle".

If the only requirement is the level shown in the photo, Shen Yiyi can do it.

But to be more realistic...

Zhang Yang recalled the knowledge about bronze ware in his mind, but there was really no knowledge about German bronze ware. Was it that the system had no knowledge about overseas antiques?
That's not right, Zhang Yang remembered that he had searched for the ability to imitate modern Western oil paintings.

Maybe I opened it in the wrong position?
"Junior sister, can you help me ask her what dynasty she wants, and which country cast the bronze ware?"

If Zhang Yang remembered correctly, before the Common Era, Germany was still a "barbarian" country.

Whether the Celts or the Germans, they were all "barbarians from the north" in the eyes of the Mediterranean countries at that time.

"Let me ask."

"..."

“Brother, Anna doesn’t know either.

She said her mother's request was simple:
First of all, it must be several dozen or even hundreds of years earlier than the bronze artifacts of Sanxingdui.

And the casting technology is even more advanced than that of Sanxingdui.”

"Oh my god, she really tells everything!"

Zhang Yang felt that this German girl was so frank that it was frightening.

Even someone as careless as Xiao Shen felt that something was not right after he said it.

She asked Zhang Yang in a low voice:
"If we take on this kind of business, won't it become a rare occurrence?"

"It's obvious that they want to outdo us in terms of historical background..."

"One head?"

Zhang Yang smiled indifferently.

"The Liangzhu culture is there, what can they use to suppress it?"

"Besides, do you really think that what I have copied can be compared to the bronze mask, bronze sacred tree, bronze standing man, etc?"

"It seems so."

"Then should we take this business?" Xiao Shen asked.

"Don't worry, you guys chat first, I'll go back to the room to check the information."

Zhang Yang wanted to go back and see if he had the ability to do so.

The bronze artifacts of Sanxingdui are from the same era as those of Yinxu.

That is the period from the 16th to the 11th century BC.

At this point in time, the mainstream culture in Germany was... Celtic culture.

Zhang Yang looked at the search results on his phone and simultaneously searched the system's capability list.

There is one result:
【Knowledge of Celtic Cultural Relics】

To unlock this ability, you only need 5000 points.

The recognition value required to improve ability is only half of that of Chinese cultural relics.

What does that mean? Is the exchange rate 2:1?
It was so cheap, Zhang Yang didn’t hesitate much and spent 13000 points to upgrade this ability to LV4 (Master Level).

Think back to the photo of the bronze sword.

He was already able to understand the manufacturing process and prototype of the artifacts, just like he was looking at domestic bronze artifacts.

This business that earns in Euros can indeed be taken.

Zhang Yang is confident that he can make a replica exactly the same as the one in the British Museum.

"Junior sister, this business..."

Zhang Yang walked out the door while talking.

Just then I heard Xiao Shen shout:
"Brother, please come out quickly!"

"what happened?"

Zhang Yang hurried down the stairs, only to find a stranger in his house.

At some point, a woman wearing a mask, a black coat and a hoodie came into the yard.

At this moment, he was standing in the middle of the yard with his arms folded.

Xiao Shen and Anna were looking at her with a common hatred.

A standoff formed between the two sides.

Seeing Zhang Yang appear, the woman in the hat pointed at Zhang Yang and asked Shen Yiyi:

"Is this man Zhang Yang?"

Xiao Shen snorted and said arrogantly:

"What if it is? What if it isn't?"

"If so, why don't you ask him!" the woman said in a rough and impatient tone.

"Oh, I almost forgot, sorry."

Xiao Shen shouted without turning his head:
"Brother, this woman said that she is your master's wife. Do we really have a master's wife? Does the master know?"

(End of this chapter)