Tang Sancheng heard zippo as "po". Bai Yi couldn't laugh or cry, and said patiently: "This is English, zippo. This is a very famous lighter abroad. It has been around since 1932. Look at this style.
It’s relatively early, and there are indeed people inside.”
"It's unlikely." Lei Zi said, "This lighter will never rust. It's so bright."
"This kind of design is like this." Bai Yi explained: "The ancient silver coating or bronze coating on the surface of the fuselage is polished to give it an antique effect, and then a layer of transparent protection is applied on the surface.
Lacquer, the ancient silver on the surface will become brighter and brighter over time, because it is protected, that's why it looks like this."
"Bai Yi, look at this lighter, can you guess what year it is?" Shi Wenbo asked nervously.
"Yes, this brand of lighters will have anti-theft codes on them. The anti-theft codes are different for lighters from different eras. I can roughly deduce it." Bai Yi said: "This is probably a product that was produced not long ago in the 1930s."
"Well, could it be the Stein that Professor Shi was talking about?" Lei Zi asked.
Shi Wenbo shook his head: "If this lighter was produced in the 1930s, then it has nothing to do with Stein. Stein is known as the biggest thief in Dunhuang. His treasure theft began in 1900.
Stein spent the best years of his life on exploration and archaeological activities in the hinterland of Asia. With the support of the British and Indian governments, he conducted three Central Asian expeditions: the first one was from 1900 to 1901, which mainly excavated
Ancient ruins in Hotan area and Niya.”
“The second time was from 1900 to 1908. In addition to revisiting Hotan and Niya ruins, we also excavated the ancient Loulan ruins, went deep into the Hexi Corridor, excavated a large number of Han bamboo slips along the Great Wall near Dunhuang, and visited the Mogao Grottoes.
He took pictures of the cave murals and took advantage of Taoist Wang's ignorance to buy twenty-four boxes of Dunhuang manuscripts and five boxes of silk paintings and silk fabrics unearthed from the Sutra Cave at low prices."
"What?" Lei Zi jumped up: "What a shameless old man, he dares to take away our things. Damn, he must have lived a little early, otherwise I would have to break his neck."
No!!”
"This Stein was particularly interested in cultural relics in Central Asia. He then conducted a third expedition, revisiting Hotan, Niya, and Loulan ruins, and went to Dunhuang again, where he obtained 570 artifacts from Taoist Wang.
More than ten Dunhuang manuscripts were excavated, and ruins in Heichengzi and Turpan were also excavated. In 1930, the fourth expedition to Central Asia was planned, but was rejected by the Nanjing government. The whereabouts of a small number of cultural relics obtained are unknown." Shi Wenbo said: "
It can be said that this guy has done all kinds of bad things here."
"There is no way. The environment at that time was special. It's just a pity that those cultural relics were taken away by him." Bai Yi said: "It's impossible for Stein, then it's even more impossible for the French explorer Goernard."
"Well, the time doesn't match up at all." Shi Wenbo said.
Tang Sancheng felt that they had made the matter too complicated: "In my opinion, there are two possibilities. One is that although Stein did not obtain the approval of the authorities, he came here privately, and the other is that he was thirty years old.
During the 1990s, a team of foreigners came in, which had nothing to do with Stein. You are thinking too much."
Bai Yi stared hard into Tang Sancheng's eyes. Tang Sancheng was horrified by the sight: "What's wrong?"
"No, you were possessed today, right?" Bai Yi laughed loudly: "You are right in your analysis. We thought too complicatedly. We always wanted to connect these things together at first, but it is entirely possible that they are not related at all.
No, it’s just that a foreigner expedition team came in. What else is inside the hill?”
"There are a lot of things." Xiaoshan said, "The things are still there, but maybe the people are missing."
Everyone was silent for a few seconds, and Lei Zi said: "This guy Xiaoshan is not good at expressing himself. It would be best if we could go in and have a look, but can this hole be expanded?"
Xiao Ning was not here, otherwise everyone would not have to worry about this problem. Lei Zi said: "What are you afraid of? There is gunpowder. At worst, use less and expand it under the safest premise."
"Leave it to you." Bai Yi knew that everyone's physical strength had not fully recovered at this time, so he had to let Lei Zi give it a try. The main reason was that Lei Zi had always been very trustworthy when it came to gunpowder.
Lei Zi prepared the dosage of gunpowder and placed it on the lighter currently in Bai Yi's hand: "This is a foreign brand. Let me try it. Can it still work?"
Bai Yi threw the lighter into his hand. Lei Zi held it in his hand and felt a little embarrassed: "How does this thing work? Why can't I figure it out? Foreign gadgets are complicated."
"What's so complicated? Let me try, but it may not work." Bai Yi asked Lei Zi to step aside and light the gunpowder himself. Not to mention, it can really make a fire. Bai Yi lit the gunpowder.
, he held his head and ran back. The sound of the bang was very small, and the dose was not large. Looking at the edge of the hole, it was indeed blown to pieces. Everyone moved the stones away, and the hole more than doubled. Qixie was so
He is tall and can come and go freely.
Everyone got in through the hole and saw the environment clearly. Finally, they were able to understand what Xiaoshan said. Things were there, but people were missing. There were still two tents set up inside, with a pile of ashes in the middle and some scattered ones.
Clothing and dust, the most important thing is to have a backpack when returning clothes in the tent.
"This situation is a bit like something happened when this group of people took a break. All of them disappeared, leaving only these things here." Bai Yi said: "Dry clothes, make a fire, and bake food."
Bai Yi kicked his foot. It was a canned luncheon meat. These people were undoubtedly foreigners. I had seen this kind of canned luncheon meat abroad and had eaten it. The taste was not good, like rotten meat, but it was convenient.
Carrying it, Bai Yi's eyes finally fell on the backpack, and he lifted it out. This backpack was specially made and could hold a lot of things. Although it was a product of the 1930s, it was much taller than Bai Yi's.
The number of paragraphs.
Bai Yi rummaged through it, and found some personal clothes and the like, but there was a diary at the bottom. Shi Wenbo said, "It's great to have a diary. Now I know where these people are."
But when he looked at it again, all the words in the diary were in English. Shi Wenbo was dumbfounded: "My English is not very good, what should I do now..."
Lei Zi sneered and said: "We are not counting on you. We, Bai Yi, are doing business abroad and our English is good. Professor Shi, don't worry about this."
Shi Wenbo laughed awkwardly and asked: "Bai Yi, what is written in it?"