Jianbao life

Chapter 252 Good News

The inventor of Luoyang shovel is a local tomb robber in Luoyang.Since the beginning of the last century, the magical Luoyang shovel has made ten tombs and nine tombs empty in the Luoyang Mangshan area, where the ancient tombs are most concentrated in our country, and a large number of cultural relics have flowed out.Luo Yangsho became notorious for this.

However, everything has two sides, and the invention of Luoyang shovel is not without its good side.

The famous archaeologist Wei Juxian witnessed the scene of tomb robbers using the Luoyang shovel in 1928, and then used it in archaeological drilling. It played an important role in the excavation of ancient city sites such as the famous Yinxu and Yanshi Shangcheng in my country.Nowadays, learning to use Luoyang shovel to identify soil quality is the basic skill of every archaeologist.

Professor Qin saw that everyone was very interested in Luoyang shovel, so he picked up a Luoyang shovel and explained it to everyone:
"Our common Luoyang shovel has a width of 2 inches, and the width is U-shaped semicircle. Although the long-handled Luoyang shovel on the upper part of the shovel looks like a semicircle, the shape is neither round nor flat. The most important thing is the shape. The creation of the arc of time."

"If a good Luoyang shovel is finished, then it is fitted with a tough wax wood pole and a special rope. After the tough wooden pole is installed, it can be driven into the ground for more than ten meters, or even dozens of meters. In the depths, when the shovel is lifted, a bucket of soil will be brought out from the inside of the shovel head.”

"In this way, we will continue to drill deep into the ground, and we will analyze the soil structure, color, density and various inclusions of the different soil layers we extract. If it is Wuhua soil that has been touched by later generations, there may be tombs or ancient graves underground. architecture."

Li Beibei tried the Luoyang shovel in her hand with great interest. When she heard this, she asked curiously: "Professor Qin, what is Wuhua soil?"

Professor Qin explained with a smile: "The ancients built a cave tomb by digging a rectangular opening in the ground, digging down several meters deep, and digging the cave horizontally. The natural soil piled on the ground was filled into the tomb passage and rammed layer by layer.”

"The natural soil has been excavated and backfilled for a second time, disrupting the original layers and color boundaries, and turning it into a flower soil that combines various soil layers. This is Wuhua soil or Dahua soil. This kind of soil, Even if they are old, they cannot be combined."

"In addition to Wuhua soil, if ceramics, iron, copper, gold, and wood are found in the soil, we can infer the nature and layout of the underground collection."

"In addition, some of our experienced staff can judge the underground situation based on the different sounds of Luoyang shovels hitting the ground and the feel of their hands. For example, the rammed walls are definitely different from the hollow tombs and tomb passages."

After listening to Professor Qin's explanation, everyone nodded in understanding. At this moment, Chu Chen observed the probe holes on the ground and asked, "Professor Qin, are there any specific requirements for these probe holes? It's pretty regular."

Professor Qin said with a smile: "Of course there are requirements. Like us, we usually organize a drilling team with a certain number of people according to the size of the required drilling area, and conduct general exploration within the designated area first."

"The general surveying process is generally to probe points on the ground. The requirement is to drill a hole every one meter, regardless of vertical and horizontal, to form a grid. In addition, a hole must be drilled in the center of each grid. That is, in the A hole is punched in the center of the four eyes within one square meter, and this center hole is commonly known as the "plum blossom point."

"In this way, the shortest distance of each hole is within one meter, and the detection holes are dense to ensure that no problems are missed. Then send technicians to check the suspicious holes found in the general exploration process, and find out the diameter of the problem range. polygon."

After Professor Qin introduced the work process to everyone, he asked the staff to demonstrate the movements for everyone, so Chu Chen and Li Beibei followed the movements demonstrated by the staff with great interest and used the Luoyang shovel.

However, some things look easy, but in practice, it is very difficult.

When Chu Chen arrived, it was good to say that he has the ability to never forget his photographs, and his hands-on ability is also very strong. After a few trials, he has done a good job. When Professor Qin met him, he laughed and praised him as a natural archaeologist. .

On the other side, Li Beibei's performance is undoubtedly much worse. Because of the substandard posture of holding the shovel and her personal usage habits, etc., she often punches the hole crookedly, so the staff next to her have been treating her non-stop. to correct it, but even so, the hole she punched was still a bit crooked.

Often crooked holes are made, and the palms of the hands that are not up to standard posture hurt, which makes Li Beibei feel very discouraged, but she sees that Chu Chen next to him is very proficient in using it, and is praised by Professor Qin from time to time, This made her feel very unconvinced, so she gritted her teeth and persisted.

Two probing holes less than one meter apart, the two probe down at the same time, one vertical hole and one crooked hole, then, at a depth of seven or eight meters, the crooked hole will intersect the straight hole, and the two shovel heads will collide. together.Although this situation is rare, it is not impossible.

Especially for some newcomers, this situation will still happen even after receiving guidance.

This is the current situation. I saw Chu Chen and Li Beibei both shoveling at the same time, but Chu Chen was so strong that he reached the bottom first, while Li Beibei's shovel followed closely behind, and then the two felt their hands vibrate.

Chu Chen was fine, but felt something hit his Luoyang shovel.

Li Beibei did not expect to encounter such a thing at all. In addition, in order to catch up with Chu Chen's speed, she shot quickly and with great strength, and because she was a novice, her hands had already been blistered. After reacting, the blister on the palm of her hand was immediately worn out by the handle of the shovel, and she yelled out with an "ow" in pain.

Everyone thought that something happened, so they hurried to Li Beibei to ask.

After Professor Qin learned about the situation, he asked a female staff member to bandage Li Beibei, and then pulled out her Luoyang shovel. Seeing a dent in the head of the shovel, he immediately guessed what caused it , Said: "It should be that the probe hole was drilled crookedly, and it went to Xiao Chu's side."

Now Qi Baolin also knew Li Beibei's stubborn temper, and said helplessly: "Li Beibei, since you can't do this, don't try to be brave, okay?"

Li Beibei retorted after hearing the words: "Captain, I'm not trying to be brave. I'm just inexperienced and misunderstood. According to the normal situation, I'm more inquisitive than Chu Chen!"

Qi Baolin frowned and said: "You also know that you are not in a normal situation now, and Mr. Chu is not as embarrassed as you, right? Li Beibei, let me tell you, in this job, we should avoid doing things beyond our control. If you use this method at work, I will ask my superiors to transfer you back."

Hearing what Qi Baolin said, Li Beibei opened her mouth to complain, but she thought that she was Qi Baolin's soldier after all, and she would always be the one to suffer when she committed the following crimes, so she could only take back the words that came to her lips.

Feeling aggrieved, Li Beibei scolded Chu Chen, and vowed that when her plan was successfully implemented, she must trample Chu Chen to relieve her hatred.

But thinking of the original plan, Li Beibei felt powerless again.During this period of time, she has been trying her best to show her kindness to Chu Chen, but Chu Chen refuses to accept her tricks, and just responds to her politely, which makes her somewhat feel like a dog biting a hedgehog.

"Bah, bah, bah! I'm not a dog! But what's going on with Chu Chen! Is it because I'm not attractive enough? Or because of the previous incident, he has always held grudges? It can't be, is there still such a thing? Careful man?"

After thinking for a while, Li Beibei didn't come up with a reason, and secretly said: "It doesn't matter, it won't be a problem if it goes on like this, we have to think of a way, first we can deal with the relationship well, but what method should we use? "

Chu Chen didn't know that Li Beibei was racking his brains to plot against him. At this moment, he was looking at the soil that he brought out from the cave with some excitement.

"Professor Qin, come and take a look, the soil seems to be a bit different!"

Professor Qin was taken aback when he heard the words, and then hurriedly came to Chu Chen's side. When he saw the soil Luo Yang shoveled up, he was overjoyed and said excitedly, "This is shoveling soil, haha, Xiao Chu, you are so lucky! "

"Plopping dirt?"

Chu Chen asked with some doubts: "Professor Chu, what is plopping soil?"

Professor Qin explained emotionally: "Although the filling of the tomb passage has been rammed, its structure is not as compact and hard as the natural soil. The remaining soil was not filled, and the leftovers were scattered around the tomb passage, forming turbulent soil. The flower soil in the tomb passage is the same, but the thickness is not large."

"Generally, when the thumping soil is found, after drilling and identification, the scope and depth of the originally excavated tomb passage and tomb chamber can be determined."

After listening to Professor Qin's explanation, Chu Chen was also very excited, and asked, "So, there is a tomb passage nearby?"

Professor Qin said excitedly: "Yes, the passage to the tomb must be not far away, Xiao Liu, please check the nearby area carefully, and try to find the direction of the passage to the tomb as soon as possible."

The staff got orders from Professor Qin and quickly started surveying and surveying.Director Wang on the other side also became extremely excited after answering the phone call.

Director Wang made this call for a full 15 minutes, and when he hung up the phone, he said to Chu Chen and the others in ecstasy, "Good news, good news! Captain Qi, the group of tomb robbers you came to investigate this time There is already news!"

"what!"

Director Wang's words made everyone stunned for a moment, and when they came to their senses, Qi Baolin hurriedly asked: "Director Wang, what's going on, please tell us the specific situation!"

After seeing this, everyone should have understood that the news about the tomb robbers that Director Wang said was obtained from Zhao Yiping.

(End of this chapter)