Chapter 215
Seeing that his immediate boss valued him so much, Xiao Ke was so excited that it took him less than seven days to return from Sichuan to Yinchuan. Judging from the speed of transportation at that time, this speed could be said to be extremely fast. It couldn't be faster. .
Returning to Yinchuan again, this time Xiaoke spent money to expand his manpower. He found more than 20 local farmers who grew crops and promised to give each of them half a pound of money. (The silver dollar will be issued a few years later).
The honest farmers in Badajiao didn't know anything. After receiving the money, they just followed the instructions to dig soil and sand. This time they expanded the scope of their exploration and expanded the two underground palaces they originally dug to the surrounding area by more than ten miles. They also discovered something new. There are three hidden underground palaces.
Xiaoke may have concluded at that time that there were too many treasures in Heishui City in Xixia. Because the Mongols were approaching fiercely and time was urgent, there was no time to store and organize them, so they were scattered and buried around them.
Here comes the problem.
Did he dig up the ruins of the main city of Blackwater City 800 years ago?
There are two opinions on this point.
One was to dig out Blackwater City under the sand, the other was not to dig out, and he only found the treasure underground palace scattered near the ruins.
Xiaoke was born in 1863 and died in 1935. He lived for more than seventy years. Due to the special requirements of the Royal Geographical Society, he did not leave any autobiographical books. The few books that can be found today were not written by him. of.
I prefer the latter statement. Even though the group he led did not find the main city of Blackwater City, his judgment was justified because this second illegal excavation lasted less than three months. If he had found Blackwater City, he would have used it. It is impossible to clean it up in two or three months, and it will be about the same in two or three years.
From 1900 to 2001, exactly one century and one year, it is possible that the stone carving panel that Uncle Aji dug up came from a building somewhere in Blackwater City...
After eating the mutton that night, the old patriarch went back to rest early because of his old age and poor health.
After getting rid of the guide Lao Zhang, the only ones left were our own people. At this time, Douyazai said happily: "It's done, it's done, are we going to do it! When we dig into Heishui City, I will be the first to dig." Go in and get the baby!”
He shook his head, not very happy, but a little worried. Qin Xingping was the same, smoking a cigarette with a straight face.
Dou Sprout asked puzzledly: "What's wrong with you? Why are you all drooping and unhappy? Could it be that I said something wrong again." Dou Sprout pointed at himself as he spoke.
"Hey..." He sighed and then said, "Ya Zai, at first I was as happy as you, but then I realized that we had gone astray."
"What do you mean," Dou Sprout scratched his head and asked, "We haven't set off yet, how could we go astray?"
He rubbed his head and temples and said, Yunfeng, you can tell me.
I nodded, looked at Dou Yazai and said, "Ya Zai, why are you so stupid? Have you forgotten why we came to Yinchuan from Handan in the first place?"
"I haven't forgotten, how could I forget," Douyazai pointed at Qin Xingping and said, "Brother Qin said there might be a Xixia Tomb here in Yinchuan, wait... the tomb..." Douyazai at this time Only then did he react.
"That's right..." I glanced at him and said: "Our original plan was to find the tomb, the underground palace where the treasures are hidden, not the main city of Blackwater City. Let's use an analogy. For example, we were originally looking for sesame seeds that fell on the road, but the sesame seeds were gone and others swept them away, and there was an extra watermelon on the road in front of us. Isn't this a mistake?"
Digging tombs and digging for cities are two different concepts. If you decide to do it, if you are unlucky and just rely on our few people, it may take ten or eight years to dig...
"Forget it, don't think about it since it's very late today," he stood up and said, "Let me consider this matter carefully to see if there is any feasible solution in the end. Everyone, go to bed first. The old patriarch asked Aji I’ve prepared the room for you.”
It was said that the rooms were actually cave dwellings. Dou Yazai and I shared a room, and Baotou and Qin Xingping lived in the same room. It was inconvenient for Xiaoxuan to live in a room by herself because she was a girl.
An interesting thing happened this night.
Because they had been wading in the sand for the first few levels and were very dirty, the old men were fine, but Xiaoxuan was not feeling well. She clamored to wash herself and asked Aji to help find water.
Aji said in embarrassment, "No, we haven't had water for the past two days. We usually use sand to wash our faces and hands."
Xiaoxuan's eyes widened and she asked, "How can I take a bath with sand?" Do you just have to rub it with sand?
I thought it was a joke, but Aji nodded and said, "Yes, scrape it with dry sand and rub it back and forth. The mud on your body will fall off and it will be clean."
