golden escape

After leaving that military base, Fang You did not go back directly to the headquarters, but wandered around in the Eastern District. Now that the Eastern District has settled down, there are very few battles, and there are Long Zhan mercenaries constantly patrolling the streets. Even some ordinary residents in the East District dare to go out, set up stalls to sell things, or go to the market to buy some daily necessities.

When wandering around, Fang You didn't have a fixed route. Wherever he wanted to go, wherever he went, along the way, he could no longer see the phenomenon of members of the Dragon War Organization running amok in the East District before, with the merciless methods of Li Zhijun and Wang Zhijun , all members of Long Zhan firmly restrained their inner desires.

Moreover, with the inspections of these Long Zhan members, some lawbreakers in the Eastern District did not dare to act recklessly. When Wu Feixiong was here, as long as he paid some protection fees, he could do whatever he wanted.

However, he once took out some money to bribe the mercenaries of the Dragon War organization, but was slapped to the ground by these mercenaries, "What is your money, I am treated very well in Dragon War, and I took your money , if your matter is discovered, I will not only leave the Long Zhan Organization, but may be shot dead."

Most of the members of Long Zhan are patrolling the situation in the Eastern District. He still can't guarantee that what this criminal who bribed him with money will not be discovered. Once discovered, his life will be over. Think about it Li Zhijun and Wang Zijian's thunderous methods made him feel a little terrified.

Originally, he thought that Africa without good education was a cultural desert, but he felt a little bit emotional during this trip. Although the African culture is not as brilliant as the 5000-year-old Chinese civilization, it has also burst out a splendid civilization.

Needless to say about Egypt, the Sphinx and the Pyramids have been the research objects of scholars from various countries so far. In the city of Gashaka, Fang You also saw many buildings of ancient African tribes, which are different from the ancient buildings of China. flavor.

On the streets of the East District, there is also a local African resident who opened a wood carving shop, specializing in all kinds of wood carvings, and black wood carvings are still the most popular.

Naturally, Fang You would not miss this opportunity to shop for treasures. When he went in, he was a little shocked. On the shelves in this store, there were densely packed wood carvings, of which black wood carvings occupied a large part.

Over the years, Fang You has read many books and has never stopped absorbing knowledge for a moment. Only then in the small island country can he see at a glance that the wood in the hands of Wubu Siren is the extremely rare Qinan agarwood.

Black wood, also known as black sandalwood, ebony, although black wood is everywhere in Africa, due to excessive felling, black wood rarely exists on a forest scale, which also makes this native cultural specialty of Africa impossible to resemble. Huaxia porcelain is average, and large quantities are exported abroad.

It is said that black wood is one of the hardest and most precious wood species in the world. It is a very dense and heavy hardwood.The outermost layer is tawny bark, the outer layer is soft white wood, and the innermost layer is ebony, which is hard, fine-grained, and dark in color.

Almost all black wood carvings in Africa are carved by hand without using any modern equipment, which makes these wood carvings full of natural atmosphere.

In this store, Fang You took a closer look. Most of the wood carvings here are exaggerated animal and figure shapes, and there are also a small number of wooden musical instruments.

This kind of dark tree is very similar to the skin color of Africans. The figures carved out are well-defined and lifelike, as if a real black man is standing in front of you.

Since the East District had just stabilized, there were very few customers in this wood carving shop. A middle-aged man with the same dark hair and body was holding a piece of black wood at the door, and was carving something with a knife.

Fang You smiled, picked up a statue of an African girl, and said to the middle-aged man, "Boss, how much is this?"

The middle-aged man looked at the statue in Fang You's hand, then held up five fingers, "Sir, fifty dollars."

Fang You nodded and smiled. This statue is not too big, and its color is not the best in black. Fifty dollars is already extremely expensive. Although black wood is over-cut, there are still a lot of black wood in Africa, not like China. The scarcity of red sandalwood and yellow rosewood, I am afraid that this price has also increased due to the rising prices in Africa.

Putting down the wood carvings in his hand, Fang You walked towards the store, and activated his escape technique along the way to check if there were any cultural relics left in the long river of history among the wood carvings in this store.

It seems that these wood carvings have not been completed for a long time, and most of them are empty inside, only a few faint traces of spiritual energy appear in a few pieces.

Fang You shook his head with a smile. African culture is not barren, but due to years of war, there are very few ancient cultural relics. I am afraid that only major museums can see some of them.

At this moment, Fang You suddenly felt a strong aura coming into his body from the place he passed by, and he stopped immediately and took a step back.Back to the place just now, carefully explore with the escapism in the body.

After a while, he looked at the black wood carving in his hand, a little unbelievable. If the wood carvings were still like the statues of unknown figures and animals placed in the room, it would be fine. Even if he didn't know him, he wouldn't Such a shock.

However, in the eyes of the Chinese people, the figure of this wood carving is famous. The wood carving in Fang You's hand is the statue of Guan Gong carved from African black wood.

The black wood used for this statue of Guan Gong is not the completely dark wood used before, but a kind of brown black wood with red in the middle of the black. Guan Gong holds the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in one hand, and the other hand is on his waist. On the sword, he was wearing a battle armor with a fluttering beard, which can be described as a heroic attitude.

At Guan Gong's feet, there is a round base, and the engravings on the base are not some flower decorations that are common in China, but some mysterious pictures unique to Africa that Fang You had seen on the carvings in the store before. pattern.

Feeling the image of Guan Gong and the strong aura coming from the base below, Fang You was even more shocked. If the image of Guan Gong had a weak aura, he would not have been so shocked. After all, this might be a Chinese person who came to Africa to pan for gold. brought over from time to time.

However, the aura on it was extremely strong, Fang You took out the magnifying glass he carried with him, put the magnifying glass in his eyes, and immediately, the statue in front of him completely changed into the shape of Guan Gong composed of orange light.

Even the backing is made of orange light. Fang You took down the magnifying glass in amazement. Although the orange light is very weak, what does the orange light represent? He clearly represents the age of this wood carving. The Ming Dynasty.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, science and technology were not developed, and no Chinese people would have come to such a barren land in Africa.

Even if it is as strong as Tie Lijian, it was only at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty in China that it declared the independence of the country, and the technological development of Tie Lijian only started after the founding of the country.

Fang You also thought that this might also be the African gold diggers who came to Africa with antiques to gain profits.

But after thinking about the particularity of black wood, he shook his head and rejected this idea. African black wood is produced in the tropical virgin forests of the African continent, and there is no such species in China.

In the distant Ming Dynasty, Chinese people, who had no ability at all, came to Africa and brought black wood back to China for carving.

Moreover, Fang You is no stranger to the overall carving of Guan Gong, because the carvings used on the African carvings in the room are basically very similar to Guan Gong, and they will never be carved by Chinese people.

This is the main reason why Fang You can't believe it. In the distant Ming Dynasty, how did the African locals know about the famous Guan Gong in China.

Holding this Guan Gong and watching it carefully for a while, Fang You finally gave up thinking about it, because in the absence of information, he had no way of knowing the specific origin of this Guan Gong, but he was certain that it would never be Huaxia. brought here.

"Boss, how much are these three wood carvings?" Fang You thought for a while, then took two statues of African characters beside him, and put them together in front of the boss.

The middle-aged man put down the object he was carving, glanced at it, then pointed to the statue of Guan Gong with some surprise and said, "Sir, you got this wood carving from **."

Fang You smiled slightly, "It's right next to these two statues. This character is unique to China. I'm very surprised. I want to buy it back and study it. Boss, what's the matter? Is there a problem?"

"Oh, no, since the black guy from another country bought this wood carving to me last time, no one has asked about it for a few months. I also forgot about it and thought this wood carving was missing." Middle-aged The man quickly waved his hand and said with a smile.

Fang You suddenly asked a little strangely: "Boss, this wooden figure is unique to us in China. How could it be bought for you by you Africans?"

"Sir, you don't know, according to the black boy who bought me the woodcarving, one of his ancestors had seen the big boats of the Chinese people, and he had obtained several Chinese books, so what they carved were not only African native They also said that this thing is their family heirloom. They came to Nigeria to do business and waited for money, and they were going to sell it to me cheaply. I thought it was all fake at the time. His ancestors How could I see Chinese people? At that time, there were no steel ships, so how could Chinese people come to distant Africa."

The middle-aged man said with some disdain, then shook his head and smiled, "At that time, the young man insisted that he was a family heirloom, and he would bet here for some money first, and then he would exchange it back later. The young man begged me here very much." It’s been a long time, so I felt sorry for him, so I gave him some money, and half a year has passed since I bought this woodcarving, and this young man hasn’t come yet, so I think he must have been fooled.”

(To be continued)