The old professor hurriedly picked up his phone and called Han Shuang. At that time, Han Shuang had just been sent to the airport by Yun Ke.
It was summer vacation, and Han Shuang was preparing to fly to Shaanxi and Gansu.
Her father had used his ability to earn money to find her an internship in an archaeological team. She believed that archaeology was something she loved to do.
"Hello, Professor Zhao?" Han Shuang was a little surprised. She did not expect such a busy teacher to call her.
"Han Shuang, is there anyone else nearby? What I'm asking is more important and needs to be kept strictly confidential.”
Old Zhao said in a low voice, afraid that someone around Han Shuang would hear him.
"I'm at the airport now. There's no one around.”
Han Shuang also looked around seriously. The airport in Sutian Town was not big, and there were not many people at the moment.
Archeologists sometimes did it to protect cultural relics or unexcavated ancient tombs. Han Shuang knew that many things had to be kept secret.
"Where did you get this picture of the Green Bronze Swan Goose? Tell me in detail." Professor Zhao asked with relief.
He originally thought that the other party would ask about the bronze cauldron with strange patterns. He did not expect it to be this small Green Bronze Swan.
Han Shuang told Professor Zhao about Su Tian's situation and Su Tian's own words.
Then, he added," Professor Zhao, although I don't know much about the swan goose, the two artifacts are definitely modern replicas. They are very new, probably less than 20 years old.”
What Han Shuang didn't expect was that this modern imitation would be classified.
Professor Zhao seemed to have read Han Shuang's doubts from her tone. He hesitated for a few seconds before making up his mind.
"Since you're Old Han's granddaughter, I believe that you won't leak the secret. I'll tell you the truth, this Bronze Swan Goose is related to a Qin Dynasty relic.”
"Qin Dynasty ruins?" Han Shuang suddenly became interested.
The purpose of archaeology was to uncover the history that no one knew about.
However, ruins were different from ancient tombs. Ancient tombs were completely sealed underground buildings.
All kinds of designs were specially built to preserve the tomb for a long time.
However, there were very few ruins. At that time, people did not build the buildings on the ground for permanent preservation.
Also, the Qin Dynasty was mostly made of wood and rammed earth. After more than 2,000 years of weathering, very few valuable ruins could be found.
Even the most famous ruins of the Great Wall of Qin were nothing more than remnants of an earth wall.
"Yes, this matter has not been announced to the public. The main reason is that it is quite unbelievable. Once it is confirmed, it may overturn the history we are familiar with.”
"The ruins of the Qin Dynasty were built at the foot of the mountain near the earthquake fault zone. An earthquake completely buried them, which was why they were relatively intact.”
"After repeated carbon-14 tests, it was finally confirmed that it was around 200 B.C.”
As he said this, he took advantage of the gap between Professor Zhao's breaths.
"Professor Zhao, wasn't he completely buried?" Han Shuang asked. Then couldn't the excavated remains be identified? Why would they need to repeatedly identify the carbon-14 to be finally determined?”
She understood. The main point was the word 'repeated appraisal'.
What kind of thing would make archaeologists go through so much trouble? He had to get to the bottom of it?
This logic didn't make sense, so he asked.
Professor Zhao knew that this top student from Qinghua University would ask this question. He smiled bitterly and said,"That's because…during the process of sorting out the ruins, we discovered something extraordinary.”
Impressive?
Han Shuang was slightly stunned. What was it that needed to be kept a secret, and this professor even said it was extraordinary?
"Can you believe it? 2200 years ago, the Qin Dynasty already used traditional Chinese characters?”
What? Han Shuang's brain could not react in time.
She felt as if ten thousand grass mud horses were galloping across her heart…
Didn't the Qin Dynasty…use the little seal script? Didn't the Han Dynasty only use official script? There was a difference of at least 500 years between Xiaozhuan and regular script!
Regular and traditional Chinese characters, this…was he serious?
She finally understood why it was necessary to repeatedly appraise the ruins to determine that it was from the Qin Dynasty.
Well, in that case, it was necessary to keep it a secret. For archaeologists, this discovery was really a world-toppling one.
"It's not over yet…"
Professor Zhao seemed to give Han Shuang some time to react before he continued.
After all, such a subversive thing would take time for anyone to recover.
"This Qin Dynasty relic is a smithing workshop.”Professor Zhao continued.
However, Han Shuang was not too surprised. There were already ironware at the end of the Qin Dynasty, so it was normal for there to be ironsmithing workshops.
However, Professor Zhao's next words caused her heart to suffer hundreds of thousands of critical damage.
Old Zhao's words gradually became excited, as if he could only dream about this!
"Do you know how they make iron?”
"Qin Chao! 2200 years ago! They used the blast furnace method to make iron and used coal as fuel! The monthly production was already close to the level of the mid-20th century!”
Anyone with a little common sense would know that the blast furnace ironmaking method used coal as fuel. This was a process that only appeared in Europe in the 16th century.
At that time, the trees in Europe were almost cut down, and they had no choice but to start using coal.
During the Qin Dynasty, the land was made of wood. How could they dig for coal?
"Not only that, but they also used iron to forge stirrups, horseshoes, ring-headed knives, and other tools and weapons. In the past, these things were definitely not from the Qin Dynasty!”
Hearing Professor Zhao's excited words, Han Shuang felt her breathing quicken.
No matter which one of these was, the archeological world had already determined the age of their appearance. Now, they had all been overturned?
It was too shocking. No wonder this was classified as a national secret. Once it was announced, it would simply overturn history...
" It's not over yet..." Professor Zhao continued.
"We…actually found a letter from home in a leather bag.”Professor Zhao took a few deep breaths in excitement.
Han Shuang's curiosity was piqued, and she heard Professor Zhao say,"
"You know that letter to home…that letter to home was actually written on a piece of white paper!”
Boom…Han Shuang felt like her worldview had been shattered!
Was there a mistake? Qin Dynasty! How could he write a letter with paper? What kind of joke was this?
"Then the contents of the letter…have they been restored?”Han Shuang asked tentatively.
Don't look down on a letter. This was the most incredible thing. The amount of information written on paper was definitely much greater than on bamboo slips.
"Of course it's restored. Let me tell you the general meaning of the letter. According to the content of the letter, it should be written by a family member to a certain craftsman in the ruins.”
"From the 38th year of Emperor Qin Shihuang, the family began to use the seedling method to grow rice. The Zhuang family grew very well!”
" Also, taxes have been reduced by nearly half this year. He doesn't have to send money to his family for the next two months. He can eat better here…"
After hearing Professor Zhao's words, Han Shuang couldn't even count how many breaths she took.
Growing rice seedlings? Are you kidding me?
The Qin Dynasty actually reduced taxes for the people? F * ck.
Not only did Han Shuang feel like her worldview was shattered, but she also felt like her facial features were about to distort from the shock…
"Eh? Wait a minute! Professor Zhao!"
Han Shuang suddenly felt that something was wrong!
What the f * ck, was this a big joke?
"You said the letter was written in the thirty-eighth year of Emperor Qin? Are you sure?"
She suddenly had the urge to swear!
Didn't Qin Shihuang die at Xingtai Dune in the year 37?
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