After the cultural relic seller left, Ye Fan's heart was racing. He wanted to persuade the villagers to hand over the cultural relics to the country.
If it was like before, it would be fine if only three families had the cultural relics. However, the current situation had greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.
It wasn't just the first seven people who entered the tomb. Later on, the tomb was discovered by other villagers. The news spread secretly, and it was unknown how many villagers had entered the tomb to take the cultural relics.
In the beginning, Ye Fan at least had a goal in his heart and knew who had the cultural relics. But now, no matter who encountered this matter, they could only be in the dark.
If the villagers did not say that they had the cultural relics in their hands, then no matter how capable Ye Fan was, it would be useless. He could only watch as the cultural relics were lost, but he could not take them back.
"I don't know what to do?" Li Luo smiled confidently and said,"Ye Fan, remember, not everything needs to go through the normal procedures. You still need to learn more about this.”
Ye Fan shrugged his shoulders. He knew that Li Luo definitely had a way."Uncle Li, do you have an idea?"
"Yes." Li Luo was full of confidence." It's not a solution. I'll give you a chance to learn more."”
Of course, Li Luo and Ye Fan's exchange was in a low voice. After all, although these villagers knew little, they were not fools. If they heard this conversation, they would definitely react to it.
Clearing his throat, Li Luo lowered his voice again and leaned his head into Huang Dashun's ear. He whispered a few words to Huang Dashun, and Huang Dashun nodded repeatedly.
After Li Luo finished speaking, he confidently walked away. Yang Yu didn't ask any more questions and just followed Li Luo. As for Ye Fan and Cheng Qingyu, they couldn't guess Li Luo's thoughts and actions.
"Let me tell you some good news. Specialist Li from the Cultural Relics Bureau said that he will be buying cultural relics from our fishery tonight. The price will be 20 yuan each. The one who sells the most will be rewarded with 500 yuan in cash.”As soon as Li Luo left, Huang Dashun shouted at the top of his lungs.
When he finished speaking, the people below immediately boiled over.
"Brother Dashun, is it true that it's twenty yuan each?”
"Big Brother Dashun, will Specialist Li really reward the person who sells the most money with 500 yuan?”
"Ahem, Dashun, you can't lie to me. Are you sure the expert will give us 20 yuan to buy it?”
Ye Fan felt a chill down his spine. A cultural relic worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. Why was everyone so excited about it? Could it be that there was something fishy going on?
In fact, Ye Fan didn't expect that the price given by the cultural relics dealers just now was based on the size of the purchase. The smallest one was 10 yuan, the big one was 15 yuan, and the slightly better-looking one was only 20 yuan.
This was also a misunderstanding. He knew the value and market of cultural relics, but how could these villagers know? They only thought that they were some old funerary objects. Originally, they felt that it was unlucky to leave them at home, and they were reluctant to throw them away. However, now that they knew that these things could be exchanged for some money, they were naturally extremely happy.
Twenty yuan for one item sounded like a small amount, but if each person had ten or fifteen items, it would be at least two to three hundred yuan.
As for the money for the acquisition of cultural relics, it was naturally the 15,000 yuan that Ye Fan had yet to distribute. When he made this decision, he even specially looked for Huang Linsheng, Zhang Kunming, Dashui, and the Dashun brothers to unify their words and tell them not to say anything about the reward.
The remaining three families who did not receive the reward could only admit that they were unlucky. There was nothing they could do. They could not let the other villagers resent them for the cultural relics in their hands.
Since this matter was almost done, Ye Fan could be considered to have barely completed the task that Li Luo had given him this time. Next, it would depend on the acquisition at night.
Ye Fan and Cheng Qingyu agreed on a time with the villagers. After purchasing at Huang Dashun's fishery at 7 pm, Ye Fan and Cheng Qingyu returned to the tomb. After all, they were very curious about the jade tomb and could learn a lot from the work of the archaeologists.
It had to be said that the archaeological team moved very quickly. In just one day, they had sorted out all the data and made a written report. When Ye Fan and Cheng Qingyu returned to the tomb, Yang Yu was already prepared to go to Lan Ning City with Li Luo to approve the report.
Ye Fan didn't have any thoughts about it, but when Cheng Qingyu found out that Li Luo was going back to Lan Ning City, he insisted on going back with Li Luo.
"Xiao Yu, don't you like archeology very much? Why can't you stand it and want to go back after only two days?”Li Luo deliberately pulled a long face and said in a lecturing tone.
Cheng Qingyu pulled Li Luo's arm and said coquettishly,""Uncle Li, it's not that I'm not coming back. I'm just too bored here. I want to go back and play for a day before coming back with you guys.”
"I told you to learn more from Ye Fan. See, Ye Fan also asked to go back.”Li Luo glanced at Ye Fan and asked Cheng Qingyu to treat Ye Fan as a role model.
Cheng Qingyu pouted in dissatisfaction and turned around to glare at Ye Fan."Uncle Li, Ye Fan also wants to go back, but he's too embarrassed to say it.”
Being shot while lying down was exactly what Ye Fan was feeling at the moment. Who did I offend? Why is everything related to me?
"If Ye Fan wants to go back, then I'm very willing to bring him along. However, have you completed your mission to recover the lost cultural relics?”Li Luo smiled and asked back, bringing the question to the matter of the lost cultural relics.
His attempt to change the topic had obviously failed. Cheng Qingyu only heard the first half of the sentence."Ah, Uncle Li, you're biased. Why are you so willing to bring Ye Fan back when he wants to go back?”
Li Luo rubbed his chin and wondered why he could say such a thing. He hurriedly changed his words."My slip of the tongue, my slip of the tongue. What I want to say is that even if Ye Fan wants to go back, I won't bring him back.”
The reason why Li Luo didn't bring Cheng Qingyu back was very simple. He just wanted Cheng Qingyu to learn more experience here and familiarize herself with the archaeological process. This would be very helpful for her future work.
Ye Fan was meticulous and naturally knew what Li Luo was thinking."Stop fooling around. Uncle Li wants you to stay because he wants you to learn more here.”Ye Fan frowned and said.
"It's not like I'm not coming back. I'm just going back for a day. Besides, there's nothing else to do here.”Cheng Qingyu retorted.
"Tonight, we'll go to Brother Dashun's fish farm to collect cultural relics. It'll definitely be exciting. Don't you want to see it?”Ye Fan followed Cheng Qingyu's words, wanting to arouse her curiosity.
Cheng Qingyu, as a big-breasted brainless representative, was naturally fooled.""It was you and Uncle Li who tricked him into buying you a cultural relic for 20 yuan. What's there to see?”
"Things are not that simple. The good show usually happens at the end.”Ye Fan's eyes revealed an inexplicable light. Although he was spouting nonsense, his acting skills were superb to the extreme. If he were to tell him in front of a mirror, he would probably be deceived.
In front of Ye Fan's bluff, Cheng Qingyu quickly fell for it. He firmly believed in Ye Fan's wonderful words."Alright, I've decided. I'm going to stay here and learn archeology. Uncle Li, you're too bad. You actually wanted to kidnap me back to Lan Ning City.”
After saying that, Cheng Qingyu turned around and left with a smile. He disappeared in a flash, leaving Li Luo where he was. He looked at Yang Yu and then at Ye Fan. In the end, he could only sigh,"I'm innocent."
The approval of the documents was only a nominal matter. To put it bluntly, it was just to submit the documents and let the higher-ups know that the cultural relics bureau was going to start digging. It was just like the cultural relics bureau informing the higher-ups and then digging.
As for the approval, there was no reason not to. This was a political matter and it was not convenient to talk about it.
"Ye Fan, should we prepare anything now?”After Li Luo left, Cheng Qingyu looked at Ye Fan with anticipation.
Ye Fan was stunned. He thought to himself, how did this girl become so smart? She knew that she needed to prepare."Of course we need to prepare, but we don't need to do it ourselves.”The corners of Ye Fan's mouth curled up into a subtle arc.
"Look at your wretched appearance." Cheng Qingyu rolled his eyes at him and said,"Do you have any bad ideas?”
"Am I that bad?" Ye Fan deliberately revealed a thoughtful look."Although the villagers are now willing to buy the cultural relics in their hands to us, no one knows if some people know the value of the cultural relics and are unwilling to sell them. Therefore, we need to make some preparations to deal with this.”
Cheng Qingyu's eyes lit up.”
Ye Fan shook his head and said,"It's not exciting. We don't even need you and me to come forward."”
"We'll get Huang Linsheng and Big Brother to go to the houses of those people in the village who have cultural relics. Then, we'll get them to exaggerate the consequences and charges of hiding cultural relics. Then, we'll slowly guide and persuade them. When the news spreads, naturally, no one will hide cultural relics.”Ye Fan smiled meaningfully.
Letting Huang Linsheng do this could be said to be killing two birds with one stone. First, Huang Linsheng would tell them that he was guilty of hiding cultural relics. This would not only make Huang Linsheng gain a reputation, but he could also take back all the cultural relics. This would also make the villagers have a sense of respect for the government, so that the subsequent archaeological work could proceed smoothly. After all, a strong dragon could not suppress a local snake.
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