Become the richest man in the world from answering questions

Chapter 89

The surrounding tourists continued to listen to the vendors telling about the tomb of Liu He, the Marquis of Haihun.

It is said that there were too many unreasonable and unruly situations in Liu He's tomb, and even arrogated.

Just now the street vendor mentioned that only the emperor can use the qi-shaped pendant, and other people can seal it. Unless the emperor rewards it, otherwise, using it is an arrogance.

Now the vendor is talking about the situation of the glazed mat, and he continued: "Actually, the glazed mat unearthed in the tomb of Marquis Haihun, if it is more accurate, is called the golden silk glazed mat."

"In the beginning, when the archaeologists unearthed this thing, that is, when they first cleaned the inner coffin, they found chunks of jade pieces with holes in the four corners."

“When you see this thing, what do you think the archaeologists’ first impression is?”

If other people don't know about this issue, then it's understandable, but if Jiang Xiaoli doesn't even know about this, then his interest in history cannot be called an interest.

He only heard Jiang Xiaoli blurt out towards the vendor: "It's a jade robe!"

"That's right!" The vendor immediately affirmed Jiang Xiaoli's answer, and smiled at him and said, "This student is quite good at studying history."

Having said that, Jiang Xiaoli naturally couldn't bear it, he smiled awkwardly, and responded, "It's too much, I'm just interested in history."

Note that Jiang Xiaoli said "very interested", not "relatively interested", he just said this directly.

Of course, no one will delve into whether he really likes history, because everyone is actually quite busy.

Then the vendor continued: "After the archaeologists saw many jade pieces, they immediately became very excited. They thought they were jade clothes with gold threads!"

"You know, in the Han Dynasty, there were quite a lot of golden jade clothes unearthed, for example...the very famous one, King Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Sheng."

"You heard me right, it's the ancestor that Liu Bei has been talking about all the time! Didn't he always call himself the Empress of King Jing of Zhongshan?"

The vendor smiled to himself, and then continued: "Although the jade piece was found, the archaeologists were quite happy at first, thinking that they had dug up a golden jade garment again."

"But as the archaeological cleanup continued, the archaeologists cleaned up for a while and found something was wrong. What happened?"

"It turns out that the archaeologists found that...the jade pieces unearthed from the inner coffin are almost exactly the same in shape and size, without much obvious change."

Hearing this, some people may ask, isn’t it normal that the jade pieces have the same shape and size?

Why!Then you are totally wrong!The reason why archaeologists think that the unearthed jade pieces will be golden jade clothes is entirely because of the large number of jade pieces unearthed.

However, when the archaeologists further excavated the inner coffin and cleared out more and more jade pieces, they discovered that the jade pieces were of different sizes.

Then the size and shape of the jade pieces are different, what new problems does it mean?

Let's listen to the vendor continue to say: "You know, the golden jade clothes are worn on the body for the dead. The ancients hoped to achieve the effect of antisepsis through this method."

"Then since the jade garment is worn on the body, the shape and size of the jade pieces must be different. Please refer to the jade garment unearthed from the tomb of King Jing Liu Shengzhi in Zhongshan for comparison. Alas, the problem has arisen. "

"What? Because the jade pieces unearthed from Liu He's tomb can be said to have been carved out of the same template."

"That's why the archaeologists became suspicious at the time, saying, could this thing be a jade robe? They guessed wrong at the beginning?"

"In order to find out, the newly unearthed jade pieces were quickly sent to the laboratory and handed over to more professional archaeologists for research."

"So in the laboratory, what difference will there be between those jade pieces?"

After saying so much in one breath, the vendor stopped again to look at the tourists surrounding him, hoping that someone would stand up and say a few words.

However, the archeology major itself is relatively unpopular, and it is estimated that not many people will study history seriously.

What's more, almost no one knows about the excavation of Haihunhou's tomb in Jiangxi, even Jiang Xiaoli has never heard of it.

Seeing that no one spoke, the vendor had no choice but to continue: "In the laboratory, the archaeologists first cleaned the unearthed jade piece, and then analyzed its material and age."

"Of course it's more than that. Not only the age of the material must be analyzed, but also whether there are patterns engraved on the jade piece, its diameter, radius, area, thickness, etc. must be analyzed."

"I'll just pick a few important ones here, because the archaeological work is very careful and meticulous, so I won't go into such details, otherwise I won't be able to finish it in three days and three nights."

"Okay!" The vendor shouted, once again attracting the attention of tourists.

He continued: "After testing, the jade-like things unearthed from the tomb of Haihunhou are not jade at all, but colored glaze!"

"By the way, there are so many pieces of colored glaze unearthed in the inner coffin, they are not gold-threaded jade clothes or colored glaze clothes, but golden silk colored glaze mats!"

"It's just a mat, lying on it," the vendor continued. "By the way, this glass was more valuable than gold in the Han Dynasty."

"Why? Because gold can be mined in the interior, what about glass? No, it has to be imported from the Western Regions, and the output is not high."

"Besides, colored glaze is one of the seven treasures of Buddhism. To say that it is more valuable than gold is of course telling the truth. I'm not lying to you."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoli once again had a new problem.

Didn't it mean that Liu He was named Marquis of Haihun only later?He was a commoner before, and later he was Lord Hou. Is he that rich?

There is also gold horseshoe, which is used by the emperor for rewards or gifts, etc., and cannot be circulated in the market, so where did so many gold horseshoes in Liu He's tomb come from?
Jiang Xiaoli couldn't solve these questions that he didn't know the answer to, so the vendors could only solve them.

The vendor continued: "So, Liu He was buried with a golden silk glass mat, which can be said to be the most luxurious among the luxurious."

"Although glass was more valuable than gold at that time, but, but, everyone!"

"However, the central court at that time did not expressly prohibit princes from being buried with colored glaze, but only said that they could not use golden jade clothes, and did not say that colored glaze could not be used."

"So Liu He took advantage of the loopholes and used colored glaze, which is more precious than gold. Not only did his level rise, but he didn't overstep."

(End of this chapter)