The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

A week later, the archaeological site has changed a lot. In addition to the temporary prefab house built nearby, there is also a strong blockade with a sharp-blade barbed wire around it.

The original head of the household has moved, and the engineering team built them a row of heat-insulated panels not far away.

When the location of the money was found, a block of 40 to 50 square meters was dug down more than one meter, revealing a tomb.

The weathered mud bricks are basically integrated with the environmental red soil. If you look closely, you can see that the tomb was originally made of rough mud bricks. It is not as strong as the traditional Chinese blue bricks. Perhaps the tomb collapsed thousands of years ago. .

At the bottom of the tomb, there are still a few human bones, at least a lot of teeth, and about one-third of the skull remains.

As soon as Zhang Nan arrived, Nong Bosheng handed him a small transparent sealed plastic bag.

Comrade Curator's expression was a little excited. It was rare for someone over 60 to look like this.

"seal!"

Inside the bag was a small square copper seal with a diameter of about 3 centimeters, which was not particularly corroded, so I quickly turned it over to see the bottom.

It seems that there are four characters, but Zhang Nan can't recognize it at once - it seems to be Xiaozhuan, or it is carved in reverse. If you can recognize it at a glance, then you shouldn't be a native master at the beginning. It's normal for everyone to get gold and stone.

"Private seal, engraved with Yang Ming from Mingzhou." Nong Bosheng said with a smile.

"Yongcheng Mingzhou?"

"Yes, just Yongcheng." Nong Bosheng introduced a few tired words.

In the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, that is, in AD 738, Yan County was divided into four counties, Cixi, Wengshan, Fenghua and Yanxian, and Mingzhou was established to govern.

Yan and hat have the same pronunciation. Yan County is also the ancient name of Yongcheng, and it has become Yinxian in modern times. As for Wengshan, it is today's Dinghai.

Later, in the first year of Qingyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty, in 1195, Mingzhou was promoted to Qingyuan House.

In the first year of Zhu Yuanzhang and Wu's reign, it was renamed Mingzhou Prefecture in 1367 AD.

Nong Bo has been the director of the Yongcheng Museum for decades. Although his ancestors are from the north, he is very familiar with the history of Yongcheng.

"Mingzhou Yang Ming." Zhang Nan muttered these four words that were privately printed, "This name is not easy to check!"

Nong Bosheng said: "It's not that it's not easy to check, it's that it's impossible to check at all!

At least 1,200 years ago, no official seals and epitaphs were found. Unless there were big names left in history, there was no way to check them. "

Upon hearing this, Zhang Nan said with some regret: "It's a pity."

"It's a pity?" Nong Bosheng smiled and said: "Anan, it's not a pity, this discovery can at least be confirmed with Yang Liangyao's sea route envoy to the black-clothed food, and Tang Dynasty merchants' goods reached the farthest in East Africa, which is amazing. Great discovery!"

"Yang Liangyao?" Zhang Nan is very unfamiliar with this name, and

"We Tang Dynasty will send envoys to eat food in black?"

Zhang Nan has a good understanding of history, but he is not omnipotent, and it is normal for some things he does not know.

A few people will already be standing by the awning, so let's just sit down first.

Nong Bosheng said to Zhang Nan: "It's not surprising that you don't know, there are not many historical experts who know about this Yang Liangyao.

Because Zheng He's voyages to the Western Ocean have always been an unprecedented feat in the history of world navigation, many people took it for granted that Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty was the earliest diplomatic envoy to go to the Western Ocean in ancient China.

In fact, according to archaeological discoveries in recent years, the earliest known diplomatic envoy to go to the Western Ocean should be Yang Liangyao in the middle of the Tang Dynasty."

After listening to Nong Bosheng's introduction, Zhang Nan knew that there was such a famous person in the history of Chinese voyages.

Yang Liangyao (736-806), courtesy name Liangyao, was originally from Hongnong County, and later came from Longyun Township, Yunyang County, Jingzhao Prefecture of Tang Dynasty, which is now Yunyang Town, Jingyang, Shaanxi Province.

As early as April 1984, a cultural relic worker in Jingyang Xian discovered a late Tang stele near the large and small households of Yangcun in Sweeping Song Township in Jingyang during the field cultural relics investigation, which was called "The Emperor of Yangfu in the Tang Dynasty". The Monument of the Way of God.

Here, Nong Bosheng talked eloquently and continued: "Unfortunately, until now, there are not many professionals who know the monument, and I only saw the real thing when I went to Shaanxi Province for business exchanges a few years ago.

What an amazing discovery!

The life records of the characters are clear, that Yang Liangyao was an **** who entered the court in the middle of the reign of Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty, that is, from 756 to 758.

In the first year of Emperor Suzong's Yongtai year, in 765, he was ordered to persuade the rebelling Langshan tribe in the Cixi area; in the sixth year of Emperor Daizong's Dali calendar, he declared comfort to Annan and Guangfu in 771, which did not disgrace his mission.

In the first year of Zhenyuan, in April 785, he was ordered to send Black Clothes Dashi, and became the first diplomatic envoy known to China to sail to the Mediterranean coast.

After returning home, he was ordered to preside over the repair of Tang Mausoleums in successive dynasties, and also participated in the suppression of the rebellion in Luoyang.

There is a passage on the inscription that clearly records the process of his mission, this."

Looking at his two apprentices, he said, "Cheng An, do you still remember that inscription?"

Wang Chengan went with him during the inspection and exchange, and this man who remembers ancient prose is a master of masters. Nong Bosheng joked before: If in ancient times, his apprentice would be a good candidate for a scholar exam!

Why be safe?

Great backing!

Sure enough, Wang Chengan nodded twice, and seemed to recall for a few seconds, then said: "In the April of the first year of Zhenyuan, I will give you a red fish bag, recruit the state envoys in black clothes and food, prepare for judges, internal conscience, and receive the trust of the state. ,edict.

Follow the orders, not afraid of the distance. Near the South China Sea, Shelu landed on the boat.

Miao Er has an unscrupulous and dangerous appearance, and he has a certain color that will help. Righteousness is left and right, loyal to ghosts and gods.

Hanging sails and sweating in the sky, holding a boat to ride the spirit of Hao Miao, the night is the magic lamp to show the road, and the day is the front of the fairy and beast.

Xingshuang re-weeks, passes through all countries, spreads the emperor's style to other customs, and is taught by voice to the boundless.

The round trip is as scheduled, and the fate is not lost, and it is also the clear effect of my father's loyalty and trust. "

It went on and on, without stopping.

At this point, Wang Chengan stopped and said, "Teacher, Mr. Zhang, you should remember correctly, there are no missing words."

Bull man!

Zhang Nan also understood.

At this time, Nong Bosheng said again: "The route of Yang Liangyao's mission at the beginning was not specifically recorded, but in the "Guangzhou Tonghai Yi Dao Quan" written by Jia Dan, the prime minister of Emperor Dezong's Zhenyuan period and a geographer, there is a record of congguang zhou's route to East Africa.

Starting from Guangzjou, it goes southeast of Qionghai and goes along the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula in the South China Sea.

After passing through the Gulf of Siam, travel south along the Malay Peninsula, to the southeastern part of Sumatra Island, and sail to Java Island.

Then west out of the Strait of Malacca, through the Nicobar Islands, across the Bay of Bengal to Shizi Kingdom, Sri Lanka, and then along the west coast of the Indian Peninsula.

Crossing the Arabian Sea, passing through the Strait of Hormuz to Abadan, the head of the Persian Gulf, then back to the Euphrates River to Basra, and then northwest for thousands of miles to the Arab capital Baghdad on the Tigris River.

Afterwards, it will leave the Strait of Hormuz from the Persian Gulf, sail westward along the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula through Bahrain, Oman, Yemen to the Bahrain Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea, and travel southward to all parts of the East African coast.

Jia Dan recorded that the route from Guangzhou to Basra took more than 90 days, and it took 48 days to sail westward from Basra to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in East Africa.

The ocean-going ships of the Tang Dynasty could sail in the waters of the Western Pacific Ocean and the North Indian Ocean~www.wuxiaspot.com~ At that time, the ocean-going sailing ability of the Tang Dynasty was absolutely the top in the world!

Ivory, rhino horn pearls, gemstones, ambergris and these went to Huaxia silk porcelain, tea, and iron wares to West Asia and East Africa.

A long time ago, some people thought that there were people from the Tang Dynasty who went further, but it is generally believed that the second half of the ride should not be a Huaxia boat.

But it will be seen, perhaps at that time, Tang Chuan was very likely to have explored the route from the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean to East Africa, and even went deep into the interior of Africa! "

While talking, Chen Jianghua over there moved a long plastic storage box from the prefabricated house with others.

Put it on the table, and after opening it, Zhang Nan saw unearthed cultural relics in a sealed bag.

There were very few things, just two pieces of porcelain and an iron knife that was rusted beyond its appearance.

I was so overwhelmed that I only had time to write for a while in the middle of the night.

(End of this chapter)