According to the approval document for the joint inspection and archeology of the ancient well and underground river in Tunliu Village, the team's inspection and archeology started as scheduled.
On this day, every household in Tunliu Village prepares drinking water for several days. The entire 300 square meters surrounding the ancient well were blocked off. A crane with a gondola, a generator truck and a support van entered the scene.
The windlass at the wellhead was dismantled, a rainproof and sunproof shelter was erected, temporary desks and lights were set up beside the well, and emergency oxygen pipelines and life-saving rescue facilities were prepared.
Wang Ke is still leading the charge. He wears a safety helmet, deep boots, carries a pony lantern, and has a walkie-talkie hanging around his neck. Standing in the basket of the crane, he was slowly lowered into the well.
This time the crane prepared a total of 160 meters of wire rope, which is theoretically sufficient for the depth of the well.
The hanging basket of the crane contains water pumps, impact drills, solid parts, drinking water, first aid kits, etc. There's even a camera.
Professor Wen served as the ground commander of this ancient well investigation and archaeology.
Wang Ke went down into the deep well again after more than three months. He still brought the pony lantern, not for lighting, but to monitor the oxygen at the bottom of the well.
When you go down to the bottom of the well, you first stand in the hanging basket and use an impact drill to install several fixed places on the well wall. Install lights and water pumps. The next step is to use a water pump to drain all the water from the ancient well through the hole leading to the underground river.
With this pumping, the bottom of the well immediately dropped to a depth of more than ten meters. The hanging basket went down again and fell to the bottom of the well. Wang Ke once again worked as quickly as possible to set up lights underground, build a safety net and safety baffles, and lay raincloths on the safety baffles.
It took several strokes and more than two hours for Wang Ke to put everything in order.
Professor Wen immediately directed the crane to lift up the well, and then he went down personally wearing a safety helmet. It is mainly necessary to conduct on-site observations and first-hand inspection records, take photos, and determine temporary excavation and archaeological plans on site.
The rigorous work attitude of the old scientist infected everyone. This kind of holiness cannot be understood at all if you are not there.
As soon as Ye Pianxian heard Professor Wen go down the well, he immediately said:
"Uncle Wen, I will accompany you down."
"No, no, you stay up there with your dad."
"I'm also a member of the team, why can't I? You are the on-site commander, why don't you stay on the well. I'm the youngest here and I'm in the best health. I can go down and take on-site records and take photos for you."
Upon hearing this, Professor Wen looked at Professor Ye Rongguang. Ye Rongguang was heartbroken for his daughter, but he also knew her true thoughts, because Wang Ke was still underground for more than two hours. He nodded.
"Okay, then you go down with me, but you must obey the command when you go down."
"Hey! Don't worry, Uncle Wen." As he said that, he got into the hanging basket.
The two people hung up their safety belts and slowly rode the gondola down to the bottom of the well, where they met Wang Ke under the safety baffle at the bottom of the well.
Along the way, Professor Wen looked at the smooth well wall, without a single brick or stone. A well was dug out of a hundred meters of rock. I couldn't help but sigh. I have great admiration for the indomitable will of the craftsmen of those days.
As soon as he saw Professor Wen coming down, Wang Ke immediately said: "Professor Wen, the water at the bottom of the well seeps very quickly. It may be necessary to dig while pumping water."
Professor Wen took a look and saw that the water had indeed reached a height of more than a foot. Wang Ke had already taken off his deep boots and rolled up his trouser legs above his knees.
"Comrade Xiao Wang, you have to put on your shoes, otherwise you will get sick from the cold." At this time, Professor Wen could already feel the chill at the bottom of the well, with the temperature at most seven or eight degrees, and possibly even lower.
"It's okay, I'm not afraid of the cold. My hands are warm!" Wang Ke said, stretching out his hand.
"Let me touch it." Before Professor Wen could touch it, Ye had already grabbed Wang Ke's hand. The soft hand touched the palm and then the back of the hand. "Well, it's not cold."
Professor Wen laughed when he heard this, "Girl, have you touched enough? If you have touched enough, help me take some photos of the situation at the bottom of the well." After that, he said to Wang Ke: "Hey, Comrade Xiao Wang, I'm very surprised. You Standing in this well water, don't you feel that the water is very cold?"
"Teacher Wen, the water is a bit cold, but I'm not afraid."
The young man was full of energy and Professor Wen didn't think much about it. "Then you go up, and a comrade from our research institute will come down to replace you."
"No, I'm familiar with the situation underground. We can start. Let the migrant workers come down. If anything happens, I can report to you at any time through the walkie-talkie."
"Okay, pump some more water."
"Well, I've dug a hole. This little water won't take more than a minute."
The mining team composed of migrant workers quickly went into the mine in groups. Under the command of Wang Ke, the cleanup began. The hanging basket was replaced with a square vessel made of steel plate and eighty centimeters in diameter.
The first basket of silt was hoisted up. Professor Ye Rongguang directed the crane to dump the silt aside. Then, the second basket was hoisted up quickly. In the blink of an eye, more than 20 baskets were hoisted up.
The safety shutters, water pumps, and lighting fixtures sank again. The bottom of the well, together with what Wang Ke and his reconnaissance team had cleared previously, had cleared a total of more than 20 meters, but there was still no sign of reaching the bottom.
During the cleanup, a steady stream of buckets and measuring instruments from past dynasties have been dug out. The migrant workers' careless excavation obviously made Professor Wen dissatisfied, and the damage was serious.
Professor Wen temporarily decided that in addition to keeping Wang Ke, two people from the joint team would go down each time. He used an archaeological shovel to excavate gently, and when major discoveries were made, he and Professor Ye Rongguang did the digging themselves.
Each group can only stay underground for an hour, otherwise the people will not be able to bear it. Professor Wen urgently bought three sets of cotton-padded clothes and trousers from the village canteen for the people in the mine to wear.
The project slowed down, and Wang Ke was still standing barefoot in the cold well water.
At the beginning, Professor Wen didn’t pay much attention. But when it was his turn to go down to the bottom of the well, he discovered this very special phenomenon. "Comrade Xiao Wang, are you really not cold, or is it for some other reason?"
Professor Wen said, asking Wang Ke to lift his feet and touch it himself. My feet were already a little white from the well water, but they were indeed warm.
"Lao Ye, look at your son-in-law. It's strange that his feet are not afraid of the cold." There was no one else down the well, so Professor Wen had no worries about what he said.
Wang Ke suddenly blushed and said, "Tell Teacher Wen, I don't..."
"Stop talking and let Professor Ye touch it too."
Professor Ye stretched out his hand and touched Wang Ke's foot with the back of his hand. He was also very surprised. "Xiao Wang, don't you feel any discomfort?"
"Tell Professor Ye that my health is great."
But no matter how good a person is, he can't stand being soaked in this cold well water. What's more, Wang Ke has been working underground for more than three hours since he went down to the mine.
"You go up and rest for a while, let us two old men stay down the well for a while, and then you can come down again. And your bare feet can easily be punctured."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Ke heard "Ouch" and his foot seemed to be hit by something. Then Wang Ke dug out something three inches long from the mud under his feet.
What's this?
Wang Ke's sole had been poked with a small cut, and blood was already flowing out. Professor Wen shouted: "Hurry up and sit down on the baffle. Don't come into contact with the sewage to prevent infection."
When Wang Ke heard this, he didn't dare to neglect and immediately climbed up to the baffle and sat down. Professor Wen grabbed a first aid kit, took out an alcohol cotton ball, disinfected Wang Ke's feet first, and then wrapped the small opening with the gauze from the first aid kit. Finally, he took over the deep rubber boots that Wang Ke had taken off earlier and asked Wang Ke to put them on.
After taking care of the wound on Wang Ke's foot, Professor Wen took the three-inch long object that had just stabbed the sole of Wang Ke's foot, rinsed it in a puddle on one side, and then held it under the lamp. "Arrow!" he shouted.
Ye Rongguang also came over. It was a bronze triangular arrowhead. After wiping away the mud and sand, it was as sharp as new.
"This arrowhead also has a history. From the Shang Dynasty to the early Warring States Period, the arrowheads of the nomadic peoples in the Central Plains and surrounding areas were mostly double-winged arrowheads, and some had barbs. The double-winged arrowheads were divided into solid round collars and hollow talons. They began to appear in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Three-winged arrowheads are three wings separated from the head of the arrowhead, and the cross-section is slightly concave and triangular inward. At the end of the Warring States Period, the Qin State began to equip the army with a large number of three-edged arrowheads, and their cross-sections were in the shape of a regular triangle. From the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang There are only a few three-edged arrowheads unearthed that are exactly the same as what we see now. Note that from the perspective of this arrowhead, the technological content is not high. Look at the length, radian, angle, weight, and even three facets of this arrowhead. If you use a caliper to measure it, it will be almost exactly the same, with no difference, and the surface of the arrowhead seems to be plated with a layer of copper and chromium, so it will not rust after thousands of years."
Professor Wen is truly an archaeologist and knows all about this history.
He finished speaking in one breath and looked at the two people, "Don't you think it's strange? How could there be today's high-tech technology at that time? No one can solve this mystery. To be honest, I just saw this arrowhead, and I also I don’t understand. Our national culture is so magical. Under the technological conditions at that time, our ancients were able to create such exquisite things thousands of years ago and create sharp tools comparable to modern technological levels. It’s really unimaginable. By the way. , Yuan Zhen, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a five-character ancient poem "Arrow Arrow" specifically for this purpose. The poem said..."
Wang Ke quickly took out a piece of paper and wrote down the verses that Professor Wen sang in one breath.
Arrowheads are meant to be profitable, but it is very difficult to temper them well.
What is the use of sharpening? Sharpening is used to shoot cruelty.
If you don't sharpen it, you can't shoot it, and if you don't shoot it, you will feel uneasy.
If you are a thief, you should shoot. I would rather ask about private people and officials.
The shooting official at night was robbed, and he was hit by a bloody langan.
The king brought an arrow to complain, but the king was unhappy.
He had been a thief for a while, and he had accumulated hundreds of arrows.
The tears of competing children add to the bitterness.
…
After reciting, Professor Wen asked: "Do you know the word quenching? Quenching and sharpening are one of the key processes for making swords and arrowheads sharp. Quenching is to immerse the red-forged arrowheads in water and sharpen them quickly. Cool it to enhance its hardness. Since such high-tech arrowheads could be made at that time, it would not be difficult to make tools for craftsmen to cut stones."
The biggest gain today may be this arrowhead.
So the three of them went up the well together, and Professor Wen was going to study the arrowhead carefully. Professor Ye Rongguang wanted to see if there were any new discoveries in the mud at the wellhead after cleaning.
The archaeological inspection was temporarily suspended for half a day.
