Chapter eight hundred and ninety-ninth there are windfalls
Looking at the Buddha statue in front of him, Chen Wenzhe felt a little emotional.
If he had not discovered these cultural relics, would these earliest Buddhist statues in China have been buried here forever?
It turns out that the domestic judgment of whether there was a Buddha in the Han Dynasty was based on the two gold and bronze Buddha statues discovered by archeology.
Because the earliest gold and bronze Buddha statues discovered by archeology in the past are considered to be from the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
But a considerable proportion of those statues were not unearthed by archaeological excavations.
Some of those gold and bronze Buddha statues were stolen in the early years and scattered in the market, some were collected by cultural and museum organizations from the private sector, or some were unexpectedly found and handed over on their own initiative.
Most of the background information is unclear, and even fakes are mixed in, causing great obstacles to research.
The batch of statues in front of Chen Wenzhe were different. Although these were also robbed from tombs, these cultural relics appeared in batches.
This can be considered an unprofessional excavation of unearthed cultural relics, which makes the "identity" of several gold and bronze Buddha statues even more precious.
The rich historical information they contain is unmatched by other non-archaeologically unearthed gold and bronze statues.
Supported by accurate identity information, their age information and research value are, to a certain extent, even greater than those statues that have clear dating texts but whose "origins are a mystery."
Keep cleaning, keep discovering.
He seemed to have stabbed the monk's lair, where Chen Wenzhe discovered more than a dozen Buddha statues in succession.
However, these Buddha statues are not very big.
The smallest of these Buddha statues is only 5 centimeters high, and the largest is 12 centimeters. The material is indeed not gold, but the surface is gilded.
At first glance, the glittering gold seems to be a golden Buddha, but if you look closely, you can see that it is a bronze Buddha.
"There are too many Buddha statues here, and they are all so small. Huh? This one is weird. It doesn't look like the Buddha statues in China!"
Looking at the slender arms of the Buddha statue, I feel a bit petty.
"Over there in Elephant Country?"
Thinking of the gold that I saw plundered by the little devils earlier, although the little devils did not fully invade the Elephant Kingdom, that was because the Elephant Kingdom surrendered after fighting for three hours.
Moreover, they became the war puppets of the little devils. It seems that they even declared war with Britain and France back then.
But after the war, he immediately became pro-American, shamelessly pretending to be pitiful, and demanded a lot of war reparations.
Now it seems that there is a reason why people want war reparations.
For example, the Golden Buddha that appears here and has obvious characteristics of the Elephant Kingdom should have been plundered during that period.
"Huh? It's true, I didn't expect there would be an unexpected gain?"
Unable to resist using backtracking, Chen Wenzhe immediately made an unexpected discovery.
He is now very proficient in using the skill of backtracking. As long as he searches for keywords, he can quickly get what he wants to know.
For example, when searching and plundering Buddha statues, the little golden Buddha in my hand really provided a lot of useful information.
The most important thing is that back then, the little devils made a lot of money in the Elephant Country in the name of building fortifications and roads.
This was still a direct plunder by them. Even if they didn't plunder, the Elephant Kingdom would have paid tribute. Otherwise, how could the little devil let them go?
Thinking back to that period, the Elephant Kingdom was also suffering a lot from the little devils. At least a lot of property and treasures must have been looted.
This is the nature of little devils. Now that they have surrendered, can they let the Elephant Kingdom go?
One by one, quite a few Buddha statues were cleared out here, but they were all very small.
These should be things that are easy to move, but why are they stuffed here?
These golden Buddhas were transported here and were only one step away from entering the port.
However, the sea route was blocked and he couldn't travel, so he had to live in a place not far from the coastline, and finally fell into the hands of Chen Wenzhe.
"You actually got so many Buddha statues? It's true that a dog can't change its habit of eating shit!"
Looking back to the end, Chen Wenzhe saw a large number of Buddha statues, and they were all transported from some temples.
Seeing this situation, Chen Wenzhe did not bother to clean up some of the small golden Buddhas here, but exited the cave.
While walking and calculating, Chen Wenzhe soon came to a cave wall.
After touching it, I found that the cave wall here is really strange because it is sealed with cement.
Chen Wenzhe looked at it, chose another location, and dug a few times with an engineer shovel.
Needless to say, it will definitely not be possible to dig. There are weathered rocks everywhere, and all that can be left are hard bones, because the soft ones have been weathered and corroded.
"Boss, is there a passage here?"
Gao Qijing and the others knew that there was something strange about Chen Wenzhe.
Although they did not follow him immediately, Chen Wenzhe's every move was within their sight.
After all, their most important task this time out is to protect Chen Wenzhe.
As for helping to hunt for treasures, forget it, they can only help with transportation.
Seeing that Chen Wenzhe needed help just now, Gao Qijing immediately came over.
They had to be active. They didn't make much contribution, but they got more rewards than they imagined. Everyone felt a little uncomfortable.
As for killing people and seizing treasures, they have no idea at all, otherwise, they would not have been qualified warriors!
"There should be a passage here, but it's blocked!"
Chen Wenzhe didn't hide anything and told the truth.
"The passage? Leading to the port?" Gao Qijing's eyes lit up.
It is also very tiring for them to transport gold. After all, there is too much gold. If they can reach the port directly, they may empty it out in a few days.
"It leads to the port, but the entrance to the outside should also be closed. There should be another passage here."
Although Chen Wenzhe didn't take a closer look, he still knew something about the situation here through backtracking.
This place was discovered by the Japs not long ago, and before they had time to build it, they found that they did not have the strength to continue to occupy this place. Otherwise, this place would be a secret military port for them.
Even so, Chen Wenzhe could not easily open the passage blocked with military cement.
"Need to open it?" Gao Qijing looked at it for a while and asked.
"Can it be opened?" Chen Wenzhe asked.
"It can be opened naturally. If it needs to be faster, then it must be blasted at a fixed point."
Chen Wenzhe glanced at Gao Qijing, did they also bring explosive devices?
"We have everything on the boat, and we also brought some with us. If something unexpected happens, we can quickly open a passage and escape from here. After all, this is underground, so be careful and you won't make a big mistake!" Gao Qijing said sheepishly.
Chen Wenzhe didn't mean to blame. He said directly: "You are right to do this. I also want to thank you. Is it loud when blasting?"
"It won't be very big, but it depends on the thickness of the cement here!"
"Thickness? The thickness of the cement here is not low. It seems that we need to choose another place!" Chen Wenzhe walked around in the passage as he spoke.