Before the age test results of cultural relics come out, everything is guesswork.
But this is a developed pre-business culture, so there is absolutely no problem.
According to the geographical location, archaeologists named it 'Caogou Village Ruins'.
The area excavated in the first phase alone is as high as 400,000 square meters, nearly half of which are furnace smelting and pottery workshops.
There is no doubt that there are so many production workshops, and the unearthed pottery, copper and bronze wares are like a blowout!
Just judging from the number of existing bronze weapons, at least an army of 5,000 people can be armed!
This is simply impossible, and with the unearthed stone axes and spears, it can be equipped with an army of 3,000 to 6,000 servants.
What kind of force? So many troops are needed
It was simply an important town of ordnance production at that time!
Nine days after the discovery of the Caogou Village ruins, the c14 test results finally came out.
The city was established between 2900 BC and 2500 BC.
Most of the bronzes were around 2600 BC. As for the stone tools, the age is obviously earlier, around 3000 BC to 2800 BC.
That is to say, the bronze technology was gradually developed after the city was established, and it was significantly higher than that of the later Taosi site within a hundred years before the city was flooded.
Among them, it was also found during the inspection that the city was flooded twice!
The first flood was around 2500 BC, and the second flood was around 2000 BC.
The time of being covered by the sediment can be directly and accurately calculated, and that is 2000 BC.
In this way, it can be determined that the site is more advanced than the Taosi site in the Tang Yao period, and its technical level is no less than that of the Erlitou site in the Xia Dynasty. It is even more powerful in terms of productivity!
On the eve of the destruction of the ancient city, bronze technology reached its peak at the same time.
The time is about 2500 BC to 2600 BC, which is likely to be the era of Zhuanxu.
For a time, there was an uproar in the archaeological circle. Because too many cultural relics were unearthed, and many of them were buried deeper in the sand, relevant archaeological teams from all over the country began to gather towards Xinzheng.
The filming team of the documentary channel also immediately went to Xinzheng, intending to record the excavation process throughout.
Archaeologists speculate that this is the Ruins of Zhurong in the Zhuanxu period.
Because of the flood, this smelting city was destroyed and abandoned, so the bronze technology has gone backwards!
As a result, the culture has changed and bifurcations have occurred.
Part of the cultural core has transitioned to the later Tang and Yu period culture, and another part of the cultural core, such as the bronze sacred tree, has flourished in Shu and has taken another path of strange style.
The cultures of the Central Plains and the Shu region became more and more different, and it was not until the Qin Dynasty that they were unified.
Of course, this is just a hypothesis.
Strictly speaking, it can only be called 'Caogou Village Culture', and it belongs to the early stages of Longshan Culture and Sanxingdui Culture in terms of types.
There is also no evidence to indicate that this is related to Zhuanxu and the so-called Zhurong Ruins.
However, posts such as [Discover the Ruins of Zhurong, an ancient armory town] and [The ancient city was flooded with water, Zhurong and Gonggong fought] still began to appear on the forums of archaeologists.
Many history majors have started to discuss this.
It is believed that this is where the 'Gong Gong vs Zhu Rong' took place.
The Ruins of Zhu Rong was flooded? Happened twice? The second time happened to be the time when Dayu was controlling the floods, so it should be just a natural disaster.
But what about the first time? Is it possible that it was man-made
Liangzhu culture 5,000 years ago had well-established reservoir facilities, and the water conservancy projects in Zhuanxu's period should have been well developed. The geographical location of the site is very low, and it is not difficult to flood the whole city.
"The Gonggong clan broke the embankment, submerged Zhurong Kingdom, and turned it into the ruins of Zhurong. This may be the prototype of Gonggong's war against Zhurong."
"Strictly speaking, those are myths and legends. According to historical documents, only Zhuanxu and the Gonggong clan competed for the emperor, and Gonggong diverted water to flood the people."
"So Zhuan Xu is Zhu Rong?"
"Obviously, both Zhurong and Gonggong are clan positions. Before Zhuanxu became emperor, he was definitely not a commoner. He must have held an extremely important position. Zhurong's position is just right, under one person, above ten thousand, at the same level Only Gonggong is the only one. When Zhuanxu was still the 'Minister of Defense', he had a fight with Gonggong, and finally won the victory and became the emperor!"
"It's awesome, Zhu Rong is crazy about making weapons, and Gonggong directly opened the gate to release the water, flooding the Seventh Army. In this case, how did Zhu Rong win?"
"Losing the hearts of the people! Gong Gong may win a small victory, but Zhu Rong will definitely not lose, because Gong Gong, who is in charge of water conservancy, broke the embankment and drowned the people. He did it once, how can he do it again and again? If you beat a snake and don't die, you will be blamed! In the end, you will only be called tyrannical!"
"Yes, Zhuanxu has no weapons and no army, but there are still people. Gonggong can flood one city, but can it also flood ten cities? Zhuanxu took the opportunity to guide public opinion and fight with righteousness. There will be swords, guns and soldiers. Since ancient times Those who win the hearts of the people win the world!"
The chatter on the forum flew up. In their view, this was another ancient legend verified by archaeological discoveries.
Of course, there was still no evidence, and Mao hadn't found the text, let alone pointing to the existence of Zhuan Xu.
The water erosion of the ruins is too serious, and what is left to future generations is only this terrifying scale and countless mysteries.
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Nine days have passed since the last time the ancient city was dug.
As early as two days ago, Huang Ji completely cured his grandfather, and finally fulfilled a wish.
So far, the sky is high and the birds are flying, Huang Ji has to focus on the aliens wholeheartedly, and concentrate on development.
At this moment, he had already arrived in Luoyang, not to mention Luoyang, archaeologists from the entire Yu Province had gathered at the Ruins of Zhurong.
Luoyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, only left some young staff.
However, Huang Ji still didn't go directly to the research institute, but wandered around the antique street in Luoyang.
With his eyesight, it is clear at a glance what is fake and what is genuine.
After visiting several stores in a row, everyone in the big stores sold him the treasures in the store, but after Huang Ji gave him a review, he didn't buy anything.
After shopping around the storefront, he went shopping at the stall again.
Someone at the stall recommended antiques to him, but after Huang Ji commented, he still didn't buy anything.
Some people came with fake products, and Huang Ji pointed out the flaws on the spot.
More than two hours passed, and Huang Ji didn't buy anything.
"Brother, what kind of antique do you want to buy?" Lin Li asked.
Huang Ji said, "Cheap antiques."
Lin Li was touched and said, "Brother, you finally know how to save money!"
For Huang Ji's plan, he went to purchase 12.5 kilograms of gold. At this time, their cash flow was not much.
Huang Ji smiled and said, "It's best for free..."
Lin Li was stunned, he didn't understand what it meant, how could there be free antiques
They strolled around again, Huang Ji suddenly said a little louder: "Brother, what about our five million?"
Lin Li was stunned and said, "Didn't you buy gold?"
Huang Ji nodded and said, "Oh, why did you buy gold? Although gold preserves its value, antiques appreciate better these days!"
"..." Lin Li didn't speak, and after cooperating many times, he could already tell that Huang Ji was lying on purpose.
It was clear that he had agreed to buy gold early in the morning, but now that he suddenly asked about it, he naturally didn't really ask him.
"This brother is right!" A person on the street obviously heard it, and suddenly stepped forward to talk.
Lin Li glanced at him, said blankly, "Okay, here we come."
Huang Ji said bluntly, "Who are you?"
"Haha, just call me Baihu. I appreciate brother's vision. Is brother planning to buy antiques?" The man was slightly fat and smiling.
"Nonsense, am I here for a stroll?" Huang Ji spoke very aggressively.
But Baihu didn't mind at all, he still smiled and said, "Would you like to visit my house? The old man is a collector, and there are a bunch of bottles and jars in the house, all of which are old objects. Go and hold your eyes?"
Huang Ji sized him up and said with a smile, "Okay."
"Just in the front yard, follow me!" The man led Huang Ji and Lin Li into the deep alley.
There was a courtyard door in the deep alley, the man knocked on the door, and someone inside asked, "Who is it?"
The white tiger said: "Hairy monkey, it's me, open the door."
With a creak, the door opened, and Bai Hu led Huang Ji in.
Lin Li paused, but still followed, and saw that the man inside was thin and tall, like a bamboo pole.
Huang Ji looked around, and as soon as he entered the main room, he saw bottles and jars all over the floor, some were painted pottery, some were porcelain, and even bronze wares.
Some are quaint in style, while others are extremely exquisite.
Huang Ji first bent down, and carefully examined each piece, especially a bronze mirror, which he looked at for an extra minute.
Then Huang Ji stood up and smiled, "That's it?"
Baihu smiled and said: "Well, it seems that I can't hide it from my brother. Actually, I don't understand. They are all collected by the old man at home. After the old man left, I feel that they should all be valuable. I don't like this, so I want to take it all out. Sell it."
"Have you identified it?" Huang Ji asked.
Baihu shook his head and said: "I took out a piece of porcelain for appraisal, but the appraisal fee cost 40,000 yuan, and it was said that it was only from folk kilns in the Song Dynasty. No expert expert earns much... Where do you go to reason?"
Huang Ji tilted his head and said, "Ah? Is the appraisal fee so expensive? You won't be cheated, right?"
The hairy monkey chimed in and said, "Isn't it? So I said don't do the appraisal at all, just sell them in bulk."
"One hundred thousand pieces, a total of four million, if you like it, you can take it all!" Bai Hu said.
Huang Ji smiled and said, "There are fakes mixed in here, right?"
Bai Hu shook his head and said, "I don't know, I don't understand this. If you want to know the goods, you will buy them all. If you don't believe your eyesight, then forget it. I will wait for the goods to know the goods."
Huang Ji swept his eyes and said, "This, this... and this one are all fakes, how dare you sell them for 100,000?"
He arrogantly listed more than a dozen fakes, all of which were modern handicrafts.
Seeing that Huang Ji easily pointed out the counterfeit, the hairy monkey at the side opened his eyes and did not speak.
Bai Hu said blankly: "Ah? Don't lie to me?"
"Why am I lying to you? I don't want any of these fakes." Huang Ji said.
Bai Hu asked: "What about the rest?"
"Let me see..." Huang Ji pretended to taste it again, and then said in distaste: "This porcelain bottle is a fake... This teapot is also a fake..."
After he continued to say that several of them were fakes, Bai Hu interrupted directly: "Stop talking! Are you going to say that they are all fakes?"
"There are still real products..." Huang Ji laughed.
Baihu didn't believe it: "If I just pick a piece of porcelain and appraise it, it's worth 100,000 yuan. How can there be so many fakes? Do you know the goods?"
The hairy monkey yelled from behind: "Anyway, one piece is 100,000 yuan, and it's sold wholesale. If you want it, don't push it down!"
Huang Ji pondered for a moment, glanced at the bronze mirror, and had no choice but to say: "All right, but I don't have cash, can gold work?"
"My brother, I exchanged all the money for gold bars."
Of course Baihu knew, he had heard about Huang Ji's five million gold bars.
Anyway, gold is easy to exchange into money, so he nodded and said, "Gold is also fine..."
"Okay, my brother and I will drive to get the money." Huang Ji said, and left with Lin Li.
After the two left, the hairy monkey leaned on the wall and looked out. After seeing Huang Ji walking away, he came back and said to Bai Hu: "Brother Hu, the inscription mirror with flying fairy pattern is really sold for four million?"
Baihu patted the hairy monkey's head and said, "What else do you want? Don't be too greedy, you can't sell it in the store, right? Anyway, there is no money to buy, and there are a bunch of fakes mixed in. Selling it for four million is enough."
"It was not easy for us to meet someone who is knowledgeable and rich. We are lucky."
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