"Why do these treasures seem to be newly put in? Isn't there any corruption or weathering?" Yue Guanchao discovered from observing the treasure ships just now that these ships are a bit too new and do not look like ships that have been here for thousands of years. In his understanding, , any wooden product must be rotten by insects, and it may fall apart after taking a few steps. Judging from the situation when he went to the tomb, the changes in the wood were indeed becoming more and more rotten.
This kind of almost brand-new wood is not normal at all. Now, seeing that the treasure has no signs of corrosion and weathering at all, I feel that there is something wrong here.
Sun Daqiao pointed at these things and said: "Elder nephew, there is a saying that it will dry for a thousand years, wet for ten thousand years, and it will only take half a year to be dry or wet. I guess it is probably because the environment here is very special..." The meaning of this sentence , most of the craftsmen who fight back know what it means.
As long as you come across an ancient tomb that is dry and dry, there is no problem in preserving it for thousands of years, and 55% of the things can be preserved to the present day; if it is an ancient tomb that is completely soaked in water, then you will make a lot of money. Due to the infiltration of water, 88% of the contents inside can be preserved. Even after tens of thousands of years, as long as the constant humidity here is flooded, it will remain intact.
I'm afraid that in this neither dry nor wet place, no matter what it is, it will rot and decay quickly. Although it won't be as short as half a year, compared with extremely dry and extremely wet, it is indeed not that easy to preserve.
Sun Daqiao continued: "We don't know the reason, but the saying is passed down like this. I guess that the water flow in this underground lake slows down, the air flow slows down, and because it is close to the water source, most of the dust in the air is adsorbed. The water seems relatively pure. Under this special situation, the treasure ship can maintain its original shape after thousands of years." Song Siyuan interjected: "Yes, this underground lake can hold a lot of water, and it is probably as big as an otter. Like a nest, it can automatically adjust according to Feng Shui or when the water is dry. It can be regarded as creating a relatively stable environment in this underground lake. It is not surprising that it can last for thousands of years."
"Mr. Hua, now that the treasure has been found, do we need to call someone in to transport all the treasures out?" Luo Shiniang looked at John Hua and suggested.
"Don't worry, let's continue going to the upper floor. Maybe there is something else on the upper floor." After saying these words, Yue Guanchao and the others walked to the door and walked up the stairs to the third floor. Many rooms were not completely closed. They walked into one of them. In a room, after opening the door, something appears that makes people retreat.
"Is this a corpse?" Yue Guanchao continued to open the doors of other rooms. Although it was magnificent and decorated, there was a hanged corpse inside. Judging from the pattern and style of the clothes, they were all women's clothing.
"Why are there hanging corpses here?" Song Siyuan carefully observed these corpses. Due to the special environment of the giant ship, these corpses still maintained their pre-death state. Their bodies were shrunken and black, but there was no decay or loss, like completely shrunken raisins. , dry and numb.
"Looking at the golden crown and hairpins on the head, I guess he must have been a noble at that time." Song Siyuan looked at the flashlight and shined it on the face of the corpse. She could see pain and unwillingness on the face full of withered folds. It seemed that they were forced to commit suicide. As for the other rooms, the corpses were different, but they all looked unwilling.
"These are probably the concubines on the imperial ship, or the common people who were kidnapped by the Jin soldiers." She turned around and explained to everyone: "When the Jin soldiers conquered the country, they did capture noble women. Some people were unwilling to do so. Barbarians who surrendered themselves to what they regarded as barbarians would choose to hang themselves or drown themselves..." They opened the rooms on the third floor one by one, and corpses began to appear, including men, women, and children, including craftsmen, writers, musicians, and private school teachers. These people either took poison or surrendered. It can be seen that these people are indeed people of the Song Dynasty. Most of them were kidnapped by these Jin soldiers and put on ships to be taken to the north.
Song Siyuan looked around along the zigzag corridor, and her mind became clearer. She explained: "After the city of Bianjing was destroyed, more than 100,000 people were plundered by the Jin soldiers..." These people went to the north, of course, not to enjoy happiness. They basically served as coolies in all walks of life. The Jin Kingdom did not even have a decent imperial city at that time, but any common people with some productivity might be captured by them. In this way, they could accumulate enough slaves, or They were used to cultivate fields, or were used as construction coolies, or they were directly awarded to nobles and became slaves.
At that time, not only were the captured people living in misery, but even the nobles were still living in precarious conditions and humiliation. In order to survive, Huizong and Qinzong accepted the titles of Hunde Gong and Chonghunhou, and suffered grievances in the Five Kingdoms. The city was like house arrest, and the treatment of the concubines of the two emperors would only be worse. As for the wives and daughters of the ministers, it was even worse.
It was precisely because the Southern Song Dynasty court and scholar-bureaucrats saw the humiliating treatment of the Northern Song Dynasty royal family when they were escorted to the Jin Kingdom that they began to advocate the death festival, which meant that the subjects and scholar-bureaucrats should stick to the death rule.
As she walked, she explained the truth about why these people died together: "At that time, the people of the Song Dynasty actually thought that they could live a stable life no matter who was the emperor. It was nothing more than a change of dynasty. How did they know that these barbarians were basically He doesn't like acting, let alone pretending. He can't appease the people when facing them, and he just plunders blindly." It can be said that the people of the Song Dynasty have been in peace for a long time, and they have been bathed in kings. They have forgotten that they are surrounded by barbarians and foreigners. Waiting for the Jin Dynasty The national iron cavalry trampled the lives of their wives and children to death. Only then did they realize that the barbarians were barbarians and would not treat them as subjects, and no one would save them.
It was also the brutal rule of the Jin people that caused the north to degenerate into the slave age. Those who fled south had no choice but to give up their illusions and fight against the Jin people to the end, lest the south also become a land of devastation.
King Yue Wumu was able to summon civilian volunteers to help the government and army fight against the Jin people, which has shown that there is much help. Without the brutality of the Jin people, there would be no heroic resistance to the enemy in the south.
At the end of her sentence, she already knew what the corpses meant: "Looking at these corpses now, most of them died in service to their family and country while being escorted. Although these people have not killed a single Jin soldier, their integrity is not inferior to that of the Southern Song Dynasty." Rebels, I guess the Southern Song Dynasty rebels kept these corpses as they were, just to let future generations remember the humiliation of the Song Dynasty. At the same time, for them, these corpses are also heroic souls, and they were specially kept in the Tomb of Heroic Souls."
"Of course, this is not the most tragic. The most tragic was when the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed." Speaking of this, Song Siyuan sighed: "During the Battle of Yashan, the official ship of the Southern Song Dynasty was chased to the sea by the enemy. Prime Minister Lu Xiufu saw that the entire Song army was destroyed. The situation was over, and they threw themselves into the sea with the young emperor Zhao Bing on their backs..." Not long after they jumped into the sea, many loyal ministers, officials, soldiers, and palace people also followed. In total, one hundred thousand soldiers and civilians jumped into the sea to die for their country. After their deaths, The corpses were floating and rotting on the sea surface, completely covering the sea surface. The blood covered the sky and the sun, blocking the oceans and rivers.
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