Uncle Liang shouted in the village, and immediately a dozen men in their fifties and sixties brought their tools and came to the water storage channel to wait for arrangements.
"Professor Li, I have agreed with them, just two hundred yuan per person per day." Uncle Liang seemed to think the price was a bit high, so he was a little embarrassed.
"Three hundred a day, eat three meals with us."
Li Mo added a little more, and the faces of the old farmers around him suddenly showed smiles. Under Li Mo's arrangement, they were all very energetic when working, and digging soil was too easy for them.
More than a dozen people worked together, and in less than an hour, the area around the pit expanded by more than one meter.
"Uncle Liang, dig down from now on, be careful."
"Okay, it's up to us."
By noon, we were very close to the bronze chariot underground. Li Mo had been paying attention to the situation, and suddenly he called the people in the pit to stop.
He came to the bottom of the pit, dug a few times in a pile of soil, and picked up a long object covered with clay.
"Professor Li, have you discovered anything?"
Professor Zhu Changping asked on the ground.
Li Mo used a brush to carefully clean off the clay on the surface, roughly revealing the true appearance.
"This is a gold-silver beast bow-bearing device, an assembly used on a chariot. I have found a similar pair in the United States before. Quickly, send it to other experts to take a look."
Li Mo handed the wrong gold and silver beast head bow to Chen Xiaojun beside him, and then ordered: "Uncle Liang, let the others go up first, and then we will dig it ourselves."
Soon only Li Mo and Brown Bear were left at the bottom of the huge pit, and then Zhu Changping and others came down one after another. Judging from their excited expressions, they were increasingly looking forward to the origins of the tombs here.
"Professor Li, this kind of gold and silver animal bow bearer is usually mounted on a chariot. Will there be chariot-type cultural relics underneath? A tomb of this size is definitely at the level of the emperor and princes."
Professor Qing Dayu was a little excited, and other experts nodded.
"I guessed that if we dug further down or around, other bronzes might appear, so I asked them to go out and wait while we took over."
Li Mo didn't say anything. After all, he had "seen" it a long time ago, but others didn't know the truth.
"Professor Li, without further ado, let's take action now and strive to make a new astonishing discovery today."
Professor Zhu rolled up his sleeves and was about to take action himself, but was stopped by others. Professor Zhu is already over 60 years old, and many people present are in their 30s and 40s. How could he be allowed to do such physical work?
Li Mo dug downwards with a small shovel, and others followed suit. About ten minutes later, the shovel in Li Mo's hand seemed to hit something hard, and he immediately shouted: "There is something here."
People around him immediately gathered around.
"Professor Li, please be gentle and don't damage the cultural relics."
"Professor Li, the iron shovel in your hand is too threatening, so you should use a wooden shovel to dig the soil."
"Professor Li, how about we clean up the last clay?"
The people next to him were chattering away, and Li Mo didn't hesitate. He stood up and said with a smile: "This is the second time I have participated in archaeological work in a real sense. I don't have much experience, so I will leave it to the veterans." Yes, I’ll just watch from the side.”
"Leave this job to us."
Li Mo stepped aside, looked at Professor Zhu Changping and said, "Teacher, let the young people work on the five large tombs. You all come here and focus on the archaeology of the large tombs here."
"We don't know the specific situation yet. Besides, you discovered this place first. You must manage it as the project leader. If it is confirmed that it is related to the Zhou royal family, you can file a report and transfer people directly. We will listen to you. dispatch."
Professor Yu also smiled and said: "Professor Li, either he doesn't take action, or he takes action, it's a big deal. I heard that the five graduate students you brought out have good qualifications. They like to specialize in research. If they can stay calm, they will achieve great success in the future." It will be low.”
Li Mo's face felt hot when he mentioned the five students. Although they were named after him, he rarely gave them any guidance. Most of them asked them to study on their own. If they didn't understand, they would ask the experts in the museum.
I am a hands-off shopkeeper and I am worthy of the title of teacher.
"I'm envious too."
Zhu Changping sighed with emotion.
"Lao Zhu, if you even say that, then there will be no room for our old faces. In fact, it is enough for you to have Li Mo as your student."
How could Zhu Changping not know the relationship between Li Mo and him? In the eyes of others, Li Mo was his favorite disciple, but in fact he knew that he didn't give Li Mo much help at all.
"Dig it."
Someone yelled, and Li Mo and the others immediately stopped chatting. They took a few steps forward and looked around. A large piece of bronze had been exposed in the soil, but they hadn't dug out all of it yet, so they couldn't tell what kind of bronze it was.
"Everyone, be careful."
Professor Zhu shouted.
As the clay was dug away, the exposed bronze became larger and larger, gradually taking on a rough outline.
"This is a bronze horse!"
The bronze horse is about 100 centimeters long and 80 centimeters high. It is lying in the soil, with most of its body still buried in the road.
"Judging from some of the burial objects we unearthed from Shang and Zhou tombs, the horses buried in those pits were real horses, with some bones remaining. A bronze horse actually appeared in this tomb. Let's continue digging and take a look at this pit. How many bronze horses can be dug out?"
Several experts couldn't help but try their hands at it. Bronze horses were paired with chariots. Such specifications had once appeared in Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and are now on display in Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum for tourists to visit.
Li Mo had known for a long time that there were six bronze horses buried under the soil in this area.
A word suddenly came to his mind: The emperor drove six.
Six horses pull an 'Emperor's Vehicle', which is the highest system of honor for the Emperor of Zhou.
In other words, what is buried under the pit is not the bronze chariot of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, but the emperor's vehicle.
Once all are dug out, it can be directly confirmed that this is the Emperor's Tomb of the Zhou royal family. The current location should be the remains of the chariot and horse pit in the tomb.
Li Mo was still very excited. He scanned the strange boy again, and the outline of the entire tomb appeared in his mind.
Colorful haloes of light rose one after another.
"Professor Li, lunch is ready. Do you want to have a full stomach before continuing?"
Uncle Liang shouted from above, Li Mo gave him 20,000 yuan, and the food and drink must be good.
"Okay, we'll go up in a minute."
Li Mo looked at Chen Xiaojun and asked, "Hasn't the person in charge sent by Luo City officials arrived yet?"
"No, I have called several times, but no one has answered. The police did send four people over to maintain order, but when they got here, they were a bit rough in their working methods, and they even had conflicts with the local villagers."
Li Mo frowned and said dissatisfied: "Didn't you communicate well yesterday? Why can't we contact you today?"
"Not only can't we contact the representative we sent, we can't even contact the official person in charge. I don't know what they are doing. Junior uncle, if we can't contact you again, I'll go back to the city in the afternoon."
"Contact me three more times and see."
Li Mo and the others were divided into two groups. Some people would go up to eat first, and then the second group of people would be replaced after eating.
"Professor Li, if what is dug out is really the 'Emperor driving six', then there is no doubt that this is the tomb group of Emperor Zhou. For the safety of the underground cultural relics here, you need to prepare some work in advance."
Professor Yu pointed to a fruit field in front of him. These fruit trees must be removed, and then a shed will be built here. Each large tomb will be excavated in a planned and step-by-step manner, and detailed archaeological research will be conducted.
