Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 898 Excavation
After making a simple selection, Liang En and the others chose the wall near the south as their target. The reason is obvious, as the wall is located on wasteland rather than agricultural land.

Let's be honest, this kind of pre-exploration work with a group of cows and farm workers watching is not a very suitable thing, especially when they can't find any clues, so they can't apply for a permit.

With the cover of the bushes, Liang En and the others quickly started digging with the probes and shovels they carried with them. Because these things were exposed on the ground, they quickly locked on the target and started digging.

These things were buried much shallower than imagined, so Liang En and the others completed the comprehensive excavation work after only half an hour of digging, and figured out what this thing was:
This is a two-meter-thick wall made of wood and bone mud. If it is placed in the hinterland of the Central Plains, it may be a little smaller than those rural earthen walls, but if it is placed on the grassland, especially the desolate northern grassland, it can definitely be called it. Fortified.

At the same time, this also proves from the side that the identity of the personnel here is indeed very important, so it was time-consuming and labor-intensive to build this small palace under difficult circumstances.

The reason why he no longer insists that this is a city is because the space inside the wall is too small, so it is more likely to be a building similar to a palace than a city.

Of course, the most important reason is that he found a copper shop head that was as huge as the one in the museum but without gilding in the most central section of the southern city wall, which is probably the city gate. from the city.

Because if it is a city, then the accessories on the city gate are definitely based on sturdiness, rather than spending more wealth and taking into account the beauty.

Especially here is the Xiongnu, not the Han Dynasty with a well-developed handicraft industry, so it is very difficult to make such exquisite bronze products, and it is unlikely to be used in those non-critical places.

"It would be even better if it was a palace. After all, palaces have higher archaeological value than the cities in China, but the problem now is how we can go there to check." Joan of Arc said, looking at the cows strolling leisurely on the grass .

"These cows are being watched by people, and we must get their permission to dig with a shovel like we do, otherwise the troubles that will follow will definitely not be small."

"You're right. I should apply for a permit next. Fortunately, this job should be relatively simple. If there are no accidents, I will be able to get the permit at noon tomorrow." Liang En nodded and said.

The efficiency of Russia's work has always been a mystery. Sometimes the same thing may take a long time, but at other times it is just the opposite.But for Liang En, he has a way to adjust the speed to the fastest.

So on the second day Liang En came here, he got that very important permit. On the one hand, it was because Liang En and the others had enough face, and on the other hand, it was just an exploration permit.

After all, Russian law stipulates that items underground on state-run land like this belong to the state, and this kind of exploration certificate only allows exploration and excavation, and will not be allowed to be taken away.

But to Liang En, it didn't matter whether he took things away or not, as long as he was allowed to carry out exploration work, so he came to this farm as soon as he got this document.

The farm is now leased to several families for raising cows and goats, and after Liang En communicated with them with documents, he quickly obtained the permission of the land leaser.

However, Liang En also paid a small price for this permission, such as asking the middle-aged couple to provide logistics and food for him at a price of 120% compared to those items and services in the local market.

Since he had already determined the situation inside the city wall through the appearance of the surrounding city walls, Liang En found the location of his target through a few detections.

After a simple excavation, he found that under a layer of not-so-thick soil was actually the foundation of a house built with stone structures, and the overall scale didn't look too small.

"There is no doubt that this place should be an important relic." After two days of exploration, Liang En, who had roughly figured out the situation here, said seriously. "And it is indeed a palace-style building."

According to the results of exploration, the entire site is 1.5 thousand square meters, the central hall is 12x12 square meters, and there are heating channels under the hall and houses, which are made of stones.

As for more detailed information, the two of them could not handle it, even with extraordinary power, because the area of ​​the ruins was too large after all.

However, this does not mean that they found nothing. Through excavation, they found a very badly corroded ring hand knife, a square and protruding corrugated clay block, a fragment of an oval vase made of green jade, a copper buckle at the tip, and a plow pattern. and corrugated pottery, etc.

Just like the previous jade accessory, the things found here are mixed with the characteristics of the Han Dynasty and the Huns, but compared with the relatively rare items of the Han Dynasty, here are more items from the Huns, and there are even some Western Regions. s things.

For example, among the so-called vat-shaped pottery sherds found here and the grooved and corrugated pottery fragments, the latter are similar to the pottery fragments left by the Huns unearthed along the shore of Lake Baikal.Another example is that agate beads are obviously in the style of the Western Regions.

But for Liang En and the others, the biggest achievement this time was the excavation of five or six complete tiles and the fragments that could be pieced together to form more than a dozen tiles, which proved that this building is indeed Chinese style.

Wadang refers to the cover covering the front end of the building eaves tile in ancient Chinese architecture. It is mainly used for decoration and beautification and to protect the building accessories of the building eaves.

The tiles are engraved with characters and patterns, and there are also patterns of "Suzaku", "Xuanwu", "Qinglong" and "White Tiger", the gods of the four directions, so this is not a purely practical product, but also has artistic value.

For example, among the tiles dug up this time, there are words such as "Long Live the Son of Heaven" and "Chang Le Wei Young", which further proves the connection between this place and China.

"Where do you think these things come from?" Joan of Arc looked at the excavation results of the past two days and asked in a low voice, "I think it should come from someone from China or someone who is closely related to China."

"I think so too." Liang En nodded after hearing Joan's judgment. "It's just that the question now is, who is that person?"

The value of a relic will be determined by many reasons, but for historians, its role in history is the core value.Stories or celebrities related to the ruins can greatly enhance this value.

So for Joan of Arc who had studied with Liang En for a long time, she naturally hoped to get information about this palace, so that it could be regarded as a complete excavation work.

"It's difficult, because we didn't find any clues." Liang En said with a smile, "So it's not easy for us to find the real owner of this palace."

(End of this chapter)