I handed in the sand sculpture through the book system

"—Xia Chao?" Mu Chen opened his mouth wide.

Wang Zhi, who had finally regained his composure after a long wait, nodded slightly, but his face still had an uncontrollable flash of joy. ——Of course, as a well-trained history professional, he still maintains due caution:

"From the current evidence, this possibility is the greatest."

Mu Chen opened his mouth again.Even if he is a pure outsider, he has heard a little about the status of the Xia Dynasty issue in archaeology under the help of the media.Since the last century, there have been endless turmoil in the history circles, the century-long debates and battles between the doubters and believers in the ancients, and even the conflict and evolution of the entire historical view and world view in the past few decades. The last and most important key is to put pen to paper. The existence of this Xia Dynasty.Even though Mu Chen was completely ignorant, he could intuitively feel the turbulent excitement under Wang Zhi's calm appearance.If this matter is confirmed by them, I am afraid that the entire academic world will be turned upside down and shaken.

So he hesitated for a moment, but what he blurted out was almost nonsense:

"...Da Yu's Xia dynasty?"

Faced with this nonsense, Wang Zhi did not show any abnormality.On the contrary, he thought about it carefully for a moment before slowly nodding:

"This should be."

Mu Chen was still ignorant, but Xiang Liang who came with him was the first to recall:

"What do you mean?"

Wang Zhi was silent for a while, but his expression was slightly awkward.

"—That's right." He whispered: "Before I called you here, I managed to get some information from the guarding eunuch..."

When Wang Zhi said these few words, he hesitated, making it clear that this method of snooping was not above board:

"But the guarding eunuch recalled it for a long time, and couldn't remember the origin of the tortoise shell. In the end, some old maids on duty at Taiye Pond remembered it and said that it was brought back by the founding emperor of the Northern Dynasty during his east tour. tribute, decades old stuff."

Speaking of this, Wang Zhi paused and explained the inexplicable "Emperor's East Tour" by the way.According to the rule that all the dynasties in the Middle Ages had a bad death, the founding of the Northern Dynasty was also usurped by tricks and tricks; but after the establishment of the government, the government was stable, but it always had to find a way to cover up the old background of usurping the throne.So the emperor thought about it, and simply hit three generations with one pole, and replaced himself with a tall ancestor, that is, King Yu who "could not enter the door, and was sluggish", implying that it was destiny for him to accept the Zen position of the previous dynasty Where to go.And in order to make a full set of the play, every few years, they have to go to the rumored key points of Dayu's flood control to pay homage, and this gilded oracle bone is a treasure unintentionally dug out during the worship in a certain year.It is said that unearthed along with it, there are countless bronze artifacts...

Mu Chen was stunned and couldn't respond, and it took a long time before he finally hesitantly continued:

"So, so to speak, they may have really sacrificed to Dayu's hometown... The emperor of the Northern Dynasty - he was lucky..."

This seems to be suspected by yin and yang historians.After all, since the last century, the professors of the archeology department have dug up the place names related to Xia from all over the world, and there is no conclusive evidence that directly points to the Xia Dynasty; To be able to pull out such a huge treasure in one fell swoop, I have to say that Oufei is different, it's hard to say...

Wang Zhi's face darkened subtly, and then calmly explained the situation:

"—According to the lady-in-law's explanation, because the bronze objects are really heavy and huge, and the Confucian officials and scholars in the court really don't understand the origin of these objects; so it was just a few years at the beginning, and then they became They were all thrown into the inner vault of the palace. It has been five or sixty years now, and it is estimated that they have been buried in the pile of dust and dust long ago, and their whereabouts are unknown. Now I have sent someone to clean them up, but there are more than ten thousand things in the inner vault? I really don’t know which Year of the Monkey will be successful.”

After saying that, he paused for a while, and looked at Mu Chen expectantly, but Mu Chen was still immersed in the shock of digging out the ruins of the Xia Dynasty, and couldn't react for a while.On the contrary, Xiang Liang squinted his eyes, thinking that he was ambushing an army here.However, he was so determined that nothing happened, and he looked away intentionally or unintentionally.Wang Zhi waited anxiously for a while, seeing that there was really no one to argue with, he could only bite the bullet and take the topic by himself:

"—So, the meaning of my discussion with that side is that we should divide the troops into two groups and conduct on-the-spot investigations; the modern side has already selected archaeological team members, and our side can also support it..."

Xiang Liang's eyebrows moved slightly, but then calmed down instantly, and even his tone didn't change.

"Then." He said softly, "Where is the place where the emperor of the Northern Dynasty visited the east to offer sacrifices to King Yu, and even dug up this treasure?"

"—Hey." Wang Zhi licked his lips: "Probably in Dengfeng, Henan? It's not too far away..."

There was a moment of silence around.Even Mu Chen couldn't help widening his eyes, staring straight at Wang Zhi, his expressions were extremely shocked.

Wang Zhi was speechless for a moment.

Dengfeng, Henan!

Of course, what he said was not wrong—the distance between Henan and Chang’an is indeed very close, and the transport plane only takes more than half an hour. It sounds like an understatement and an extremely easy task, but there are countless pitfalls behind it—to put it bluntly, In this era, the Yellow River has not been bloated by upstream sediment and blocked daily diversions, nor has it been polluted by ecological collapse due to long-term mining. So far, the banks of the river are still fertile fields.Henan, Hebei, and even Shandong and Shanxi are all plump and beautiful lands nourished by the Yellow River. It is really the richness and essence of the Central Plains!Two-thirds of the world's wealth is probably gathered in the lower reaches of the river.

But precisely because of the plumpness and the critical terrain, since the chaos of the world, the heartland of the Central Plains has always been big. The capital city of Chang'an in Guanzhong has always been obedient and obedient.According to the investigation before the crossing, the north and south of the Yellow River are densely packed with blockhouses, and the entire Central Plains are basically highly fortified fortresses.The defense is strong and tenacious, enough for any dynasty to drink a pot.

In such a situation, how easy is it for them to go to Dengfeng?To put it bluntly, the authentic emperor of the Northern Dynasty promulgated an edict. Maybe the powerful people in the Central Plains would ignore it and go their own way, not to mention that there is only one king of Qi who is not right and wrong?

Considering this reality, if you want to send a team to investigate the ruins of Dengfeng, there is basically only one feasible idea - use force to wipe out the unstable factors nearby, and clean it thoroughly...

In other words, they had to find a way to cut from Chang'an all the way to Henan.

Of course, in terms of the force of the traverser, although this request is a little outrageous, it is not difficult.However, in the past few days, Bei Yan expanded the bond to attract funds, relying on various unimaginable operations, he has managed to balance the expenditure for several days, and controlled the unstoppable deficit growth since the crossing; Try to maintain a balance, and even gradually rely on the financial resources of the Middle Ages to complete the reform.But now that the soldiers move forward and the gold is ten thousand taels, then this tense balance will definitely not be maintained...

Mu Chen was still astonished, but gradually realized Wang Zhi's operation - no wonder he wanted to take advantage of Bei Yan to go out to check the items, and made an appointment with Xiang Liang alone!He probably felt that he couldn't stand Bei Yan's pressure, so he wanted to win over two allies to share the offensive...

Of course Mu Chen didn't want to take the blame.But after thinking about it carefully, he found that it was difficult to refuse. After all, with the true thoughts deep in his heart, he also really hoped to see the remains of the Xia Dynasty, and even the major changes in history...

So he hesitated for a moment, and could only reply expectantly:

"Can't... just push it a little bit?"

Anyway, let's wait until the deficit comes down a bit!

Wang Zhi also hesitated for a moment, then heaved a long sigh.

"Of course I know that this is an unfeeling request, and it is not appropriate." He said: "But there are reasons for it—first, the modern archaeological team has been selected, and the horses and soldiers are about to set off—no, In other words, we have already set off, so don’t underestimate the motivation of those people. For high-precision archaeology, after all, it is better for both sides to cooperate; second, it is a more realistic worry: in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the generals who support themselves will not At least, the civil strife has never stopped. If the flames of war accidentally spread and destroy something that shouldn't be destroyed, then I really can't explain it..."