After Zhuang Rui and Professor Meng talked on the phone, about an hour later, an armed police captain and a squadron of soldiers, led by Peng Fei and Battelle, came to the Swan Lake.
The captain of the armed police was ordered to follow Zhuang Rui's instructions and leadership. However, Zhuang Rui had never personally presided over archaeological excavations and was not very good at these things, so he simply let Dr. Ren make the arrangements.
When Ren Chunqiang used to conduct archaeological excavations, he often dealt with the local garrison or armed police, so he was very familiar with the work.
Due to the importance of underground tombs, Ren Chunqiang classified the area within 300 meters of the Swan Lake as a restricted area. Sentries were set up every 20 meters, almost completely surrounding the area.
With the cooperation of local people like Bater and Timur, it was announced that the troops were training here, which saved a lot of trouble. However, some enthusiastic Mongolians still brought milk tea and food to the soldiers.
The armed police soldiers all carried supplies, including tents, and set up tents in an orderly manner on the shore around Swan Lake after dark. Zhuang Rui had hardly relaxed his spirit that day. He also felt tired now and did not enter the darkness again.
River, but slept beautifully all night.
…
Early the next morning, the roar of helicopters made the lakeside become noisy. It seemed that I had never seen this big iron bird. Chasing the wind, it hissed on the ground. I looked at the slowly landing helicopter with a little uneasiness.
Lift the plane.
"Zhui Feng, it's okay, don't be afraid..."
Zhuang Rui heard the roar of Zhuifeng and quickly comforted him. He watched the three military helicopters land in a shape not far from the shore.
"teacher?"
With sharp eyes, Zhuang Rui suddenly saw that the person who got off the first helicopter was Professor Meng, and he hurriedly greeted him.
"Teacher, why did you arrive so early? I thought you wouldn't come until the afternoon..."
Seeing that the teacher's white hair was somewhat scattered under the strong wind of the helicopter propeller, Zhuang Rui was filled with respect. It could be seen that after Professor Meng arranged things in Beijing, he rushed over without delay.
Professor Meng looked a little tired. He waved his hand and said to Zhuang Rui: "Let's not talk about this for now. Minister Ouyang is also here. You can greet him first..."
"What? My uncle is here?"
Zhuang Rui was frightened when he heard this. He was not a member of the system, and there was no need to cover up and address Minister Ouyang in front of others. He took a step forward and happened to see Ouyang Zhenwu getting off the helicopter behind Professor Meng.
Zhuang Rui supported Ouyang Zhenwu and complained: "Uncle, why are you here? Can you bear this torment all night long?"
Among the younger generation of the Ouyang family, Zhuang Rui has the best relationship with Ouyang Jun, and the one who respects Ouyang Lei the most is Ouyang Lei. As for the elders, he is the closest to his brother-in-law, and is not as serious and rigid as his uncle.
Ouyang Zhenwu looked at his only nephew and laughed and scolded: "You kid, you are so wild that you don't want to go back as soon as you are released. Your grandpa has talked about you many times. If you don't go back, he will send troops to take you back...
"
As one of the core members of the Ouyang family, Ouyang Zhenwu knew a little about Zhuang Rui's miraculous medical skills and had personal experience. If the old man hadn't been in good health recently, I'm afraid Zhuang Rui would have been recalled to Beijing long ago.
Hearing Ouyang Zhenwu mention the old man, Zhuang Rui looked a little gloomy and said in a low voice: "Uncle, don't worry, I'm done with my work this time. I'll go back to Beijing to guard my grandpa..."
Although Zhuang Rui has never stopped treating the old man in the past few years, the seemingly omnipotent spiritual energy cannot withstand the erosion of time after all. In recent years, he has become very old, but fortunately, it is just pure
The body functions are aging and there are no diseases.
"By the way, uncle, how can I help you this time?"
Zhuang Rui saw many more people disembarking from several helicopters, and immediately changed the subject. He was really curious. Although the discovery of the tombs of the Mongolian emperors was a big event, it would not make Ouyang Zhenwu, a big man like him, a big deal.
Will the minister come in person?
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Ouyang Zhenwu's face became serious and said: "Zhuang Rui, in recent years the country has been considering developing the grassland economy and launching grassland specialty tourism. However, except for some traditional projects, there have been no other features.
If the tombs of Mongolian emperors can really be unearthed this time, it will play an immeasurable role in promoting the economic development of Inner Mongolia..."
As the head of the domestic cultural department, Ouyang Zhenwu naturally has a far-sighted vision than Zhuang Rui.
Ouyang Zhenwu also has a deep knowledge of traditional Chinese culture and the Mongol-Yuan history. He knows that if a Mongolian emperor's tomb is really unearthed, its sensational effect will not be as great as that of Qin Shihuang's terracotta warriors and horses.
You must know that the ticket revenue from visiting the Terracotta Warriors and Horses every year is as high as 200 million yuan, and this is not a large amount, because the tourists' expenses such as food, drink and accommodation alone far exceed the ticket cost. This means that,
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses attraction alone can bring more than 1 billion in revenue to the local area every year.
If such a tourism project can be developed on the grassland, it will surely drive the rapid development of the surrounding economy and solve the problem of a single tourism project that can only be used for horseback riding and wrestling in grassland tourism.
But these alone were not enough for Ouyang Zhenwu to come in person. After taking a look around, Ouyang Zhenwu whispered to Zhuang Rui: "I heard that you have made achievements again, let me come and see you."
…”
As the old man got older, he missed his children and grandchildren very much. The old man had just not seen Zhuang Rui for more than 20 days, so he thought too much. Hearing that Zhuang Rui had made another major archaeological discovery in Mongolia, he simply asked him to be in charge of cultural work.
Ouyang Zhenwu went on a trip.
"Uncle, thank you grandpa..."
Zhuang Rui could feel the old man's love and care for him. Whether it was his grandfather in Beijing or his uncle in front of him, his concern for him was from the bottom of his heart.
"Okay, we've finished talking privately. Now let's talk about business. Zhuang Rui, this battle is going to be big. If you lie about the military situation, I will take action..."
Ouyang Zhenwu smiled and waved his hand. Following his words, many people got off the other two helicopters.
Among these people, there are also many domestic archaeological experts and language experts that Zhuang Rui is familiar with. Being able to summon so many people in just one afternoon and send them here overnight shows that the country attaches great importance to this matter.
There is even a camera crew, which pointed the camera at Minister Ouyang and Zhuang Rui as soon as they got off the plane. They were sent by CCTV and will completely record the entire archaeological process from now until the end of the excavation.
As the helicopter arrived here, there were also some instruments and equipment. Soon, a huge tent was set up more than 20 meters away from the lake. After Ouyang Zhenwu entered first, all the experts entered one after another.
tent.
"Let's first listen to Zhuang Rui's findings about the early stage of this scientific expedition. Let's observe the actual objects, and then we will decide on the subsequent work..."
Ouyang Zhenwu was very pragmatic and didn't talk nonsense. He asked Zhuang Rui to take out the gold cakes brought out from the river and handed them to the experts and scholars on site. When he entered for the second time, he brought out a few more pieces.
At the same time, Zhuang Rui also explained the process of discovering the entrance to the underground maze in detail to everyone present, including the undercurrent of water and grass in the river and many other difficulties.
From time to time, some scholars raised questions in the venue, and Zhuang Rui also answered them one by one. After understanding all this, the experts all showed excitement on their faces.
These experts didn't know that it was just a back road for the craftsmen who built the tomb at that time. In their understanding, the underground river was the entrance to the tomb.
Of course, this understanding is not wrong. From the various shapes of the mausoleum that Zhuang Rui observed, only the passage at the bottom of the lake is the most convenient way to reach the mausoleum.
"This... what is written here is Bo'er Jijin. This is the earliest writing in Mongolia, and it was only spread among the Mongolian royal family. Because there were too few people who learned it, it was slowly lost later..."
Soon, a Mongolian language and writing expert holding a gold cake recognized the words above.
"Yes, this is indeed a child. Although no tombs of the Mongolian royal family have been unearthed so far, there are also some items of the Mongolian royal family that have been handed down, with these words engraved on them..."
An expert on Mongolian culture also put forward his own opinion, "Gold cakes of this size and shape have never been unearthed before. I suspect that they were used for burials of emperors. This discovery in Xiaozhuang is very likely to be a
Mongolian royal mausoleum..."
"It's hard to say this. We still need to conduct some investigation first, otherwise it will be a joke..."
"Yes, there is no survey video now, so we can't judge..."
"Aren't these objects all evidence? I think we can set up a headquarters first and then conduct further investigation work..."
The archaeological meeting was not like a government report. For a while, the experts present put forward their opinions one after another. Those who were mature and serious wanted to dig out more clues. Those who couldn't wait to enter the emperor's tomb were in favor of setting up an archaeological site command center immediately.
"Okay, let's stop arguing. Let's... Xiaozhuang will lead the team and form a five-person survey team to go down below and bring in some wireless equipment so that people above can see it. Then we will discuss whether to carry out excavation and
Let’s talk about specific matters…”
Seeing the commotion in the venue, Ouyang Zhenwu and Professor Meng discussed in a low voice before coming up with a decision.
Archeology is a very rigorous subject. Excavation cannot be carried out simply by relying on the few gold cakes Zhuang Rui took out. It also requires a lot of detailed work.
However, Ouyang Zhenwu appointed Zhuang Rui as the team leader, which had two meanings. Firstly, it was because Zhuang Rui had been there before and was familiar with the journey. Secondly, this team leader also established Zhuang Rui's presence and status within the command headquarters.
