It’s another new day, and the temperature on the isolated island remains around 28°C, which is very comfortable. Li Mo looked up at the blue sky and took a sip of mineral water. This whole day of transporting treasures was really boring.
The poisonous snake followed him and saw that he looked bored and couldn't help but said: "Boss, how about I accompany you to the sea? You don't eat those crabs with big basins and lobsters with long arms, but we all crave them and can't eat enough. . Why don’t we catch more and put them in the ship’s cold storage, so we can make toothpicks on the way back to satisfy our cravings.”
Li Mo turned to look at him and said with a smile: "We have been raided too hard these days, and it is difficult to catch such a big one. Come on, accompany me to the cave where I lived before. The cave wall with the inscriptions is almost It has been cut and removed, so be very careful when shipping.”
"Okay boss."
When the two were about to leave the valley, Qiu Guangyao's voice came from the intercom, asking him to hurry to the north of the island. There is also a gold treasure hidden by pirates there. It should be that the Ming Dynasty people did not find it before, but Li Mo found it.
"Brother Qiu, what happened? I'll rush over right away."
"Nothing happened. I just found something very special. You are an expert. Come and see if it is valuable."
As long as nothing happened, Li Mo was frightened and nervous for a while. He and Viper rushed to the back and saw Qiu Guangyao squatting on the ground looking at a stone
"Brother Qiu."
Qiu Guangyao looked up at him and waved, "Look at these stones."
There were more than a dozen stones of different sizes and shapes on the ground. Li Mo could tell at a glance that the stones were a little unusual. There were many unknown paleontological fossils on the surface.
He held up a stone the size of his head, and it seemed that there were more than a dozen worm-like fossils on the surface. He had not done any research on these. He could tell that they were fossils of marine ancient creatures, but he didn't know which time period they belonged to. How many years ago were they?
Li Mo looked at other stones and could probably identify more than twenty fossils with different shapes of marine ancient creatures.
"Brother Qiu, where did you find these?"
"There are quite a lot of them in the cave, and they are also on the cave walls."
"Let's go in and have a look." Li Mo followed Qiu Guangyao into the cave and said as he walked, "It seems that this island was also formed by the movement of the ocean crust. It is normal for marine paleontological fossils to appear. I just don't know how valuable it is for research. I will take more photos later and send them back so that domestic paleontological experts can take a closer look."
"Boss, if there are too many fossils like this, we can dig them all out and take them back. Then we will open a Guyunxuan Marine Paleontology Fossil Museum in Yanjiao. I believe children will also like it very much. It is also very educational. The meaning of learning.”
"I have thought about this, but I don't understand this aspect. After taking it back, I need to invite experts in this field to conduct research and identification one by one, so that future museum visitors can know what this marine paleontological fossil really is."
Some of the caves are natural and some were created later by man. Li Mo almost ignored this area when he was alone on Dokdo. After all, the caves here were covered by dense shrubs and mountains.
Fortunately, Li Mo was bored out of his mind. He casually scanned the island with his strange pupils, and then discovered the hidden caves in front of him.
A soldier was carrying out the treasure inside. Not far into the cave, Qiu Guangyao bent down and picked up a fist-sized stone. When the flashlight shined on it, he could clearly see another ancient creature. The fossil looks a bit like an algae fossil.
Li Mo looked around with a flashlight, then walked to the corner and squatted down. When he shined the flashlight, he saw that many paleontological fossils appeared on a huge stone. If you look at it from a macro perspective, it looks like a very strange painting.
The three of them walked a little further inside. Li Mo used a flashlight to shine a light on the many fossil traces on the cave wall.
"Viper, Brother Qiu, let's pick up more fossils and I'll take some high-definition photos and send them to the country."
"good."
The three of them moved forty or fifty large and small stones one after another, and various strange-shaped fossils appeared in front of them under the sunlight.
Li Mo called a professional photographer, and Zheng Bin and six others followed him. They probably heard the news that there were many marine paleontological fossils here, so they came over to take a look.
"There are a lot of marine paleontological fossils, Associate Professor Li. This ocean archaeological trip is really worthwhile. If nothing else, just bringing these paleontological fossils back is enough to shock the domestic archaeological community." Associate Professor Zheng Bin looked at it. He said excitedly, "Everyone comes to see this fossil. I have never seen it in the National Institute of Paleontology and Fossils. It should be a new fossil specimen."
Li Mo asked in surprise: "Associate Professor Zheng, do you still have research on marine paleontological fossils?"
"How can I have such ability? My wife is only interested in this kind of fossils. When I was pursuing my wife, I often accompanied her to see those fossils. I have seen them a lot, so I know a little bit about them."
"Associate Professor Zheng, please spread the knowledge with us." A teacher said hurriedly.
"Then let me briefly talk about it. Among the fossils of ancient marine organisms, the oldest fossils are the fungi and algae and ancient algae stromatolites from the Jixian Period of the Proterozoic Era, 1 billion to 800 million years ago. In addition, It is a large amount of Paleozoic calcium carbonate sedimentary rocks, including corals, sponges, ammonites, crinoids, brachiopods, gastropods and other organisms from three to four billion years ago. After these organisms died, the strata that preserved their bodies , after great changes, the stone was finally formed. This isolated island is in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and most likely it was formed after the movement of the crust at the bottom of the ocean."
After Zheng Bin said this, he looked at other fossils.
"This fossil is quite strange. I have never seen it before. Associate Professor Li, after bringing these fossils back, you will be able to produce several good papers just by studying these marine paleontological fossils."
"This is only a small part. There are so many in the cave. I think if we take them all back, we can open a marine paleontological fossil museum."
Li Mo said casually while assisting the photographer in taking photos.
"a lot of?"
Zheng Bin was stunned for a moment, then took a flashlight and walked towards the cave, and the other five teachers quickly followed.
In the evening, Li Mo returned to the ship and connected with Professor Zhu Changping in China while eating rice bowl. The video phone rang for a while before it was connected, but the person who appeared in the camera was not Professor Zhu alone, but a conference room with more than ten people sitting in it. They seemed to be having a meeting.
Li Mo was eating rice bowl. When he saw the many people on the opposite side looking at him, he quickly put down his plate and smiled and said, "It's not the right time to connect. I'm disturbing everyone. You have a meeting first, and I'll call back later."
"No, you haven't contacted us since you went to sea for such a long time. We finally contacted us just to ask about the situation." Professor Zhu said hurriedly, "Is everything going well over there now?"
"Everything went well. 70% of the treasure has been recovered. It will be finished in about five or six days." Li Mo turned to look at the rice bowl on the table, stretched out his hand to pick it up and continued to eat, "Professors, this time The archaeological gains from overseas are coming one after another. We also discovered the Xuande Furnace among the treasures on the isolated island."
"What, Xuande Lu?"
"You heard it right, it's a genuine Xuande furnace."
Li Mo nodded affirmatively.
The professors in the conference room looked at each other, and it was Zhu Changping who said: "The Xuande Furnace was cast in the third year of Xuande, and Zheng He's seventh voyage to the West was in the fifth year of Xuande. It seems that Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty was also very supportive of the policy of going to the West. , the things Zheng He brought with him on his seventh voyage to the West were all the most precious treasures of the Ming Dynasty."
"From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty and until the Republic of China, imitations of Xuande stoves have never stopped. Some imitations are difficult to tell whether they are genuine or not. But you must be fine when you find the Xuande stove on an isolated island. I regret not following you. We went out to sea for archaeology together."
"Lao Zhu, don't say you regret it, we are a little regretful now."
There was laughter in the conference room. Li Mo is an associate professor at Beijing University. When he comes back from transporting the treasure, he will still need their help in the follow-up matters, and the bonus for his merit will not be less.
"Hospital leaders, professors, I am contacting the teacher at this time mainly because I have important matters to ask for advice." Li Mo ate the rice in three mouthfuls, wiped his mouth and said seriously, "I found a large amount of ocean in the Gudao cave. Paleontological fossils, but I have never been exposed to this field, so I took some photos and sent them to you, and I wanted to ask experts in this field to take a look."
The conference room immediately fell silent, and everyone stared at the camera.
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