The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

This is a very long bronze spearhead with a length of about 45 centimeters. The whole body is green and rusty. The two wings are more obvious, the centerline is strengthened with ridges, and the cutting edges on both sides are slightly damaged.

After playing with bronzes for so many years, Zhang Nan can also tell that this is a genuine cultural relic-level spear-the patina is natural, or the kind that has not been out of the soil for a long time. Such a rust layer cannot be formed within a thousand years.

As he picked it up and looked at it, he asked, "Where did it come from?"

"Someone over there was arranging the useless wasteland to complete the vegetable garden, saying that it was dug up at noon, and put it aside. I asked a few words when I saw it, and the worker sold it to me for two hundred dollars. .

Brother, have you lost? "

"almost."

Two hundred dollars a bronze spear of such a big size, it is not a loss or a profit, the girl is happy to buy it.

It's almost fine, of course Charlize Theron doesn't care about 200 dollars, but the money is still paid by her bodyguard, and she doesn't have the time to carry money with her.

If the elder brother said that she had lost, then she would lose face when paying back the money to the bodyguard.

"Brother Guan, is this bronze spear from the Roman era?"

Charlie was curious, but didn't ask Zhang Nan who was looking at things, but Guan Xingquan on one side.

"The Romans of Trajan had been here, but I think it might be earlier..." Guan Xingquan hadn't said that he also played antiques for so many years, even if he didn't play it, he would be regarded as an expert every day.

The heyday of the ancient Roman territory was the period of Trajan's rule, that is, around 100 AD. At that time, the Roman Empire controlled about 5.9 million square kilometers of land, and the Mediterranean became the empire's inner lake.

According to records, the southern shore of the Black Sea was the territory of the Roman Empire at that time. Their troops also visited southern Ukraine and the northern shore of the Black Sea, but they did not establish permanent bases or cities in this area.

Guan Xingquan said again: "I think this spearhead looks like ancient Greece, Anan, what do you think?"

I don't know why, when Zhang Nan heard this, the classic "What do you think of Yuanfang" popped out of his head, and couldn't help but smile.

"This spearhead is right with the ancient Greek style, but even if Alexander marched eastward, the northern army did not seem to have reached this area. The farthest is now the Danube Delta region of Romania.

At that time, it was the territory of the Scythians. Although this nomadic regime was defeated by Alexander and his father, the Macedonians also had nothing to do with the nomadic military people who ruled this large area.

Besides, at that time, the wealth of the Black Sea and the northern coast of the Caspian Sea was completely inferior to that of the Near East and the Middle East in the south. Alexander was not interested in this area.

A few battles are okay. If you wanted to rule this area for a long time more than two thousand years ago, it would not be worth the loss. Whether it is the Greeks or the Roman Empire, it is estimated that the Scythians in this area will slowly be dragged to death.

However, the control area is more than 200 kilometers away. It is normal for this spearhead to spread from the Greek control area. Greek-style weapons would still be very popular..."

As he spoke, Zhang Nan stopped: the spear head was turning to the other side, and his brows were frowned.

There is a piece of patina on the top whose color is different from the other parts. I scratched it slightly with my fingernail. "It's rust." I immediately made a judgment: This piece of rust was glued on after years of contact with ironware, and it has been fused with patina Together.

"Is there any iron dug out over there?" asked Charlie.

"I didn't pay attention, the two people didn't say."

Zhang Nan put his spearhead on the coffee table and clapped his hands, "Go and see, this thing is really a Scythian left behind by accident.

If it were those guys, there must be other things buried in the ground. "

The boss was dispatched and Miss Charlie led the way, and everyone naturally followed. Here Andre stretched out his hand and gestured twice. Naturally, someone hurried ahead to the place that Miss Chali said: It is still within the sanatorium, which is more partial.

It’s a bit of a real feeling for big people to travel.

Zhang Nan said that this may be something from a Scythian, and there may also be other items, but among a large group of people, only Andrei has heard of a Scythian, because he was educated in the Soviet Union, and there is this term in history textbooks. .

Others didn't know. Charlie said that there were hundreds of meters in the past, so Zhang Nan simply walked and said, lest everyone don't understand the situation and feel boring.

"The Scythians are the Scythians I mentioned before. They are called different names in the history books of different countries, and they are commonly used in modern times.

From the 8th century BC until the 3rd century BC, those people were scattered across the grasslands of Central Asia and South Russia. They belonged to the nomadic peoples of the Indo-European East Iranian language family.

It is not a highly centralized nomadic regime. It should be more like a loose alliance of a large number of tribes. It is not as tightly structured as the Huns’ regime. There are also English historical materials called him Siguti or Sesiah. Human...

There are many names. The ancient Persians called them the Sakas, because the Scythians belonged to the tribal alliance and occupied a wide area. The ancient Persians also divided them into those with pointed caps, those who drank sesame juice, and those from the sea. Cypriots.

The ancient Assyrians called them Ashkuza, the ancient Indians called them the Sekas, and the ancient Greeks called them Skutoi or Sekhs.

There are also records of the Scythians in China’s "Historical Records" and "Hanshu". At that time, the Scythians had already gone downhill. The Chinese historical books called them "Sai" or "Sai", and also called them pointed-hat plugs or people. Sakya..."

"These people like to wear pointed hats?" Charlie asked.

"Yes, it's like being criticized...oh, you don't understand that stuff, it's a bit like the high hats of the 3K Klan..."

There is a nation recorded in the history books of China, and it was a nation that galloped in Eurasia earlier than the Huns. Thinking of that long time, the wonderful feeling that Zhang Nan liked the most came again.

Guan Xingquan heard what Zhang Nan said, and said as he walked: "You said that Sima Qian's pointed-hat man has gone downhill, so he still has contact with the Han Dynasty. At that time, our army killed far enough!"

"Of course it's far away. I have killed the Pamirs and Altai Mountains and arrived at Kangju.

However, there is a record in the "Historical Records" that it was not because the army of the Hans killed the Pamirs that they knew the Scythians, nor did they hear about them from Central Asian merchants before.

In ancient times, it is reasonable to say that we knew the existence of the Scythians in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it can be said that the Scythians were indirectly driven to Central Asia and the South Russian region by our ancestors.

During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties in the Central Plains of China, these Scythians lived on the eastern edge of the Altai Mountains and then moved westward. "

At this point, Guan Xingquan heard more and more interesting-can it still matter so far?

Zhang Nan looked at the eastern sky and said: "Our ancient historical materials have lost too much, but combined with archaeological and historical records that can be found, before the 9th century BC, these Scythians were mainly distributed in the east of the Altai Mountains.

At that meeting in the early 8th century BC, King Zhou Xuan conquered hunks, Xirongs, hunks and Xirongs, unable to fight against the Zhou dynasty army, and was defeated. He could only move westward, and in the end he oppressed the Scyians further west. Crossed the Altai Mountains and walked south Russia.

A large number of Hetian jade articles were unearthed in the ancient tombs of the Shang Dynasty. At that time, the people of the Central Plains knew that the situation in the Western Regions was normal. Unfortunately, the records were often missing, and they did not know from which corner Sima Qian found the information.

However, some people think that natural disasters at that time may also be one of the reasons for the westward migration of the Scythians. After arriving in the Caucasus and the northern shore of the Black Sea, these Scyrians drove the Simrians in this area to flee west and move south.

Big fish eats small fish, Xiaoyu eats dried shrimps, dried shrimps can only eat soil, that's it.

Most of the Scythians settled in the large area from the Caucasus to South Russia, another part continued to move westward to the Danube River Basin, and some followed the Simrians south to Asia Minor and the northwestern region of the Iranian plateau.

I can't beat the Huns and Xi Rong, but it's okay to bully the natives here. This is a bit like the Huns hundreds of years later. If the Huns who moved westward were the Huns, then the same principle would apply.

In the 7th century BC, the Scythians who settled in the Ukrainian steppes developed into a powerful nomadic people, which continued to prosper until the 3rd century BC.

These Scythians invaded West Asia and Southern Europe many times, and had conflicts with Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, and Macedonia, and they were basically winning more than losing.

According to the records of Thucydides, an ancient Greek historian and military general in the fifth century BC, the Scythian army at that time had a total of more than 150,000, and they were basically cavalry, and their combat effectiveness was very strong!

Later, as the Scythians continued to conquer the surrounding settlers, and the Scythians gradually became accustomed to settled life, the proportion of infantry increased in the later period.

According to the records of the ancient Greeks, the Scythians were light cavalry who could not afford horses, equipped with javelins, bows and shields.

Cavalry is generally light cavalry wearing only leather clothes, and nobles act as heavy cavalry, iron armor!

As for equipment, the difference between the light cavalry and the heavy cavalry is only in protection. The weapons are basically the same. They are all equipped with short spears, javelins, bows and long swords.

In combat, the enemy is generally weakened by a rain of arrows, at least 10 to 12 arrows can be fired in a minute, and the range is very long.

After getting close to the opponent, the javelin was thrown, and then the heavy cavalry rushed into the center of the enemy formation in a dense formation.

Their heavy cavalry has received rigorous training, able to regroup after the impact, and reverse the direction to impact again.

Once the opponent's formation was broken up, the light cavalry surrounded them to end the battle.

It is a pity that the Scythians have no written words. Their history in Europe and Central Asia is recorded by the ancient Greeks: the ancient Greeks also recorded in detail a battle of at least 50,000 people in the Scythians. It was a battle between two princes and two brothers. Throne, even Greek mercenaries and Thracians participated.

I forgot exactly how to fight, but the high-speed Scythian cavalry was in a disadvantaged situation, and they were able to maintain a whole body in the fierce battle, defeating their opponents, and finally winning. "

When Zhang Nan said this, Guan Xingquan asked: "Do they have iron weapons?"

"Well, the Hittites were the first to use iron. The remaining Hittite forces in the 8th century BC were killed by the Assyrian Empire, and Assyria reached its final glory in the 7th century BC.

Even if it is called the bloodiest and most brutal empire, it will not be able to defeat the Medes of New Babylon and the Iranian plateau in the final stage, and the Assyrians in this border area will not be better than the Scythians.

I guess that the Scythians learned to smelt iron and use iron weapons there. According to the unearthed cultural relics and carbon-14 determinations, the Scythians used iron weapons in the 6th century BC.

This bronze was still in use, and it was mixed in the third century BC, but the Scythian nobles in the fifth century BC even replaced their armor with iron armor.

And it can be imagined that this Scythian should be a good blacksmith. Their nobles used iron fish scale armor at least 2500 years ago. "

Advanced, very advanced, it was the sixth century BC!

As for how Zhang Nan knew?

Needless to say about Zhang Nan, Andre answered this question: "I have visited several museums with cultural relics unearthed by the Scythians. The Scythians have a very good tradition: when they are buried, they will put all their weapons and equipment on the dead.

It is said that up to now, more than 5,000 Scythian tombs have been excavated, and a lot of information has been obtained. "

Andre has a great memory.

Zhang Nan added: "100 years ago, almost all the history of Scythia relied on ancient Greek records. Who left them with no written words, and did not know how they ruled in the first place.

Perhaps they have used the writings of surrounding countries, but there are no preserved records. Modern people rely on some ancient Greek inscriptions and a large number of Scythian names, place names, and clan names in the works of classical writers to know that such a nation and country existed.

In the past few decades, I have relied on archaeological discoveries in Russia and the Soviet Union, and I have learned a lot about Scythia..."

With that, the place is here.

The sanatorium is very large. There are not only beautiful sanatorium villas, buildings, and gardens, but also some undeveloped wasteland.

With small shrubs and weeds growing, the logistics staff of the nursing home felt that there was a shortage of supplies, and the season was right, so they simply borrowed an excavator from the shipyard to turn the extra open space into a large vegetable plot.

Anyway, there are people who work, but the big deal is that the people who do the work can get more vegetables and potatoes back.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of materials, and so are vegetables. This reminds Zhang Nan of those vegetables that are sometimes comparable to the price of meat or even more expensive after twenty years!

At that time, if the people in the city could grow vegetables in two or three quarters, it would be extremely happy: but the residents had no land, and there were very few people who could afford a villa to stand upright, and the garden would become a vegetable plot.

There are mountains on the edge of the county town in that hometown, and many people have illegally cultivated and ordered vegetables on the mountains, and the government is too lazy to take care of these trivial matters.

The people in this nursing home have a similar idea: It's really hard to say that the cost of vegetables for a family a year is quite high, let alone an era of shortage of supplies.

There is a very interesting saying before and after China's reform and opening up: Residents, residents, are not as good as a ridge of farmers!

After reclaiming the land, the excavator was done, and the spearhead was found during manual sorting.

The vegetable plots have been opened all these years, and the water also cares about your cultural relics. The capitalist lady of the rich foreign rich family is curious and just sells it casually.

It's not expensive, I asked for two hundred dollars, thinking that one person would get a hundred good points.

This side is also very happy, and now the deal is sold, and the two pairs of spearheads feel whether they are selling at a loss.

As for Zhang Nan's judgment that it might be a residue of the Scythian civilization, in addition to the shape of the spear, there is also a trace of the mixture of rust.

Perhaps there is a Scythian tomb there, and the spear has been in contact with other iron objects, there may be something left behind.

I don't want to get anything, I just want to personally feel the civilization of that time and get in touch with that distant history.

Once there, the person who sold the spearhead to Charlize Theron was still there, and he didn't dare to leave when he saw the battle: many in military uniforms blatantly carried the AK74!

"Give them 500 dollars and ask where did you find the spear?"

As soon as Zhang Nan ordered, the two of them didn't dare to fool around, so they pointed out the place directly.

The $500 is not only for consulting fees, but also for work.

One word: Dig!

The land was leveled, all highs and lows were flattened. As a result, the ground loosened by the excavator in that place was just scratched with a thin layer, and there was an abnormality.

There should have been a layer of overburden with a thickness of 60 or 70 centimeters, but now it has been dug out. This will reveal a large piece of rust. The soil that was turned over by the shovel still contains a few pieces of rusty, small pieces of iron. Quality items.

Asking people to stop, Zhang Nan went up and took a look, "It's the beetle of the fish-scale armor, and the soil of Ukraine is neutral, otherwise the damage will be gone."

The leaders of the shipyard and the navy will come in just over an hour, and Zhang Nan has no time to be a clean-up worker.

But no problem. The two working workers were very happy to do this job, and the two security personnel watched it.

I have been to Mongolia to dig the tombs of the Huns with Zhang Nan. I have some experience and know how to keep people from digging.

Use a small vegetable spatula to dig slowly. This armor is stacked in two layers. Just remove the soil layer above it and look at it when the boss is free.

As for Zhang Nan, he temporarily lost interest after seeing a large piece of fish scales and an iron sword with a length of nearly 70 cm after seeing it for more than half an hour.

This is a noble tomb, but I have more important things to do, and I will see it again tomorrow if I have time.

If you are not free...

Let the shipyard take care of it, and this trip can be of interest to the tutor.

The treasures of the former and the Red Navy weren't for the Xixuya.

Besides, what can the Scythians have?

At most a few weapons and one or two pieces of gold ornaments are not as attractive as those warships and auxiliary ships that the shipyard and the Ukrainian navy want to shoot!

...

Everything went smoothly, and the business negotiations with the shipyard and the Ukrainian navy were very pleasant, and there were great harvests on both sides.

It's a bit weird to see the Varyag aircraft carrier, which has begun to rust, and I can't tell what it's like.

As for the tomb of the Scythian unit, Zhang Nan did not take anything other than the spearhead that Charlie bought with money, not even the tomb owner’s iron tomahawk with a ring of golden hoop. Let the shipyard handle it by itself.

When he went to Kiev to attend the wedding of the daughter of a corrupt official, Guan Xingquan went directly to Moscow instead of returning to the United States with Zhang Nan.

The "Flying" project started ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The ticket price of 21 million U.S. dollars was negotiated. Not only that, Russia also got another big deal: in May it started construction of a super "goldfish" at the shipyard in the north, with a titanium alloy pressure hull, fourth-generation technology, and Zhang Nan paid for it and leased it to Gambia in the future. navy.

It's renting, not selling: nuclear submarines cannot be sold. There are a lot of international agreements and so on.

With reference to the sunken Communist Youth League membership, the Russians can not only make money, but also use Zhang Nan's funds to retain a group of technicians and skilled workers, and they can also accumulate experience.

An aircraft carrier cannot be built, but Russia has a complete system for building nuclear submarines, and it cannot lose it: in the future, they dare to pit A San, and the transformation of an aircraft carrier will make Ah San dying, but they really dare not pit Zhang Nan.

This is the guarantee given by Andre and others: you have made a lot of money, you can try it if you want to die!

I also bought equipment that can make up an ocean-going fleet. There are not many new ones, and many of them are forced to be eliminated because they accept semi-finished products and cannot afford to support them. They all need to be slightly modified to adapt to tropical waters.

Some businesses can be made public now, and some have to be kept secret for a period of time, which is convenient for everyone.

Guan Xingquan wants to go to space. It's great. As soon as the news comes out, the news is hot; the cruiser changes hands and the President Zipper calls!

Zhang Nan's words left Mr. Zipper speechless: "My big ship will never go to China.

Also, William, to be honest, you have a pile of aircraft carriers and cruisers. Don't close your eyes and blow my threats. They will be seen as a joke by others.

It's not very interesting..."

President Zipper made a phone call as a routine business. Now he was relieved: a glorious-class ship would blow the threat theory. He was really boring to think about it. The person who blows it is like a beaming clown.

...

On March 30, Andre and Alexander drove across the bridge over the strait, and the operation would start.