The first thousand four hundred and eighty-three chapters treasure house
The basic meaning of "zhuobao" is to make a mistake or miss a treasure. Although Cao Meili said these with a hint of taking credit, it cannot be denied that they have indeed made achievements.
If it was really sold as an ordinary fossil and the discovery inside was exposed, Han Kongque would definitely regret it, because he had never walked past the treasure since he entered the antique shop, and naturally he would not want to go there.
The boat capsized in the gutter here.
Therefore, in the process of treasure hunting, surprises are everywhere. Who would have thought that there would be something else inside a fish fossil?
Cao Meili is indeed proud of herself. Through her persistence, some special fossils were discovered from the lower floors here.
These fossils seemed nothing special at first, but after careful study for a period of time, they were found to be very valuable.
A few days ago, I don't know who dug out a stone. Originally, this stone was not noticed or ignored by anyone, but after Cao Meili saw it, it was said to be an unknown biological fossil.
In those days, Han Kongque happened to give Cao Meili a large sum of money, so Cao Meili started anew and set up a research team. Unexpectedly, after two days of research, they proved that it was a fossil of an ancient mysterious organism.
Suo Su confirmed this and proved that it was indeed a fossil. Soon, some stones that showed the same behavior as this fossil were selected.
It was finally proven that this group of fossils may be the oldest example of complex life forms on Earth, and these fossils may belong to ancient organisms that lived 2.1 billion years ago.
The fossils are flat disk-shaped, about 5 inches (about 13 centimeters) in diameter, with toothed edges and radiating cracks.
Some paleontologists believe that they were either communities of single-celled organisms or early animals.
These fossils advance the appearance of the earliest multicellular organisms by quite a long time.
However, they are still not comparable to the single-celled organisms that appeared approximately 3.4 billion years ago.
Although this is the case, this is definitely a very important discovery, and it is also the oldest creature discovered during this excavation. This at least proves that creatures have appeared here more than two billion years ago. And there are still traces of them left behind.
fossilized.
Proving this, all the professors and researchers involved in the archaeological excavation became excited, because they could all imagine that there must be many biological fossils that have not yet been discovered here.
Facts have proved that their idea was good. After increasing the funds, they showed great favor. After increasing the intensity and scope of the excavation, they cast the net over a large area and quickly made discoveries.
This major discovery is a very accidental opportunity, and it is a proof that stupid people have more money, and stupid people have stupid blessings.
With Han Peacock's massive investment, more and more archaeologists have been attracted to participate in the excavation work.
At first it was some unknown scholars and students, and later professors from famous universities came with a whole team to help.
And now, some Asian and European groups have also been attracted, and they all come together to find something.
There is a reason why so many experts and scholars come here, and the fundamental reason is that Han Peacock is willing to invest.
He only wants things, not scientific research results. In other words, during the excavation work, all the results that can be researched are considered to be those taught by experts. And he only wants the things that are unearthed.
In this way, it naturally attracts many archaeologists, paleontologists and other partial professors and experts who have insufficient research funds. Most of them are people whom grandma does not care for and uncles do not love because they will not give money to investors.
bring profits.
There are far fewer talents in these majors than experts in other majors, and funding is seriously insufficient. Therefore, the conditions provided by Han Kongque are very attractive to them.
This major discovery was a complete accident. There was a research team from China. Because they arrived late, some areas where fossils appeared and some places that were easy to excavate were already occupied by other research teams. There was no such research team at all.
Opportunity to step in.
With no other choice, they persisted, applied for a fund from Cao Meili, and conducted a large-scale detection in a remote area extremely close to the Jinniu Ranch.
They believe that there are likely to be ancient biological fossils in that area. Even if it is a plain area, no one can prove that in the long history, no swamps have been formed there? No volcanoes have appeared? No mountains have been formed? No.
Overcome landslide?
Facts have proved that their inference was correct, because the domestic research team is very good at underground detection, so they made the discovery very quickly.
At first, many foreign teams laughed at the Chinese, thinking that they were fanciful. Even if there might be fossils of ancient creatures there, they would not be everywhere. Looking for fossils of ancient creatures on such a vast plain would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
No one thought they would find anything, and they were definitely wasting Han Peacock's money.
But just like that, this team really discovered an ancient biological fossil, and it was definitely a great discovery that shocked the world.
If Han Kongque hadn't supported a sum of money, this would have been a treasure hunt, because he didn't expect that fossils of ancient creatures could also be found there.
That was a giant penguin fossil. Current research proved that it was the fossil of a prehistoric giant penguin that lived more than 36 million years ago.
This kind of giant penguin, whose scientific name is inkayauparaa penguin, is covered with light gray and brown-red feathers and feeds on fish.
Giant penguins were 5 feet (about 1.5 meters) tall and weighed about 120 pounds (about 54 kilograms) to 130 pounds (about 59 kilograms), which is about twice the weight of modern emperor penguins.
Unlike other penguin fossils unearthed before, this giant penguin also has feathers on its well-preserved forelimbs.
This shows that this prehistoric penguin evolved flippers very early and became an excellent swimmer.
From this, it can be proved that in ancient times, the shore of the Taurus Ranch was probably an ocean. Since there was an ocean, there must be other biological fossils.
The proof of this not only attracted the attention of other research teams, but also Han Kongque.
Such a discovery is absolutely of epoch-making significance. Tropical creatures have been discovered here before, and now penguins have been discovered. What does this mean? It means that it was cold here in ancient times.
How could the experts and scholars here not be enthused about such a meaningful thing and such an easy opportunity to gain fame?
Fame and wealth, fame and wealth, fame is beneficial. They come here to endure hardships and hardships, not for fame and fortune. What are they doing here?
Therefore, within a few days, more than a dozen scientific research teams applied to conduct archaeological excavations in that plain.
As a result, the required funds immediately increased sharply, which naturally put great pressure on Han Peacock, because in the United States, labor costs are really expensive, especially when you need to purchase various insurances, which is a mess anyway.
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In order to save as much money as possible, Han Peacock had no choice but to come forward in person and carefully search the area. Whenever there were abnormalities in the underground, which might be fossils, Han Peacock marked them and attracted those who came there.
The archaeological team is limited to these areas, so even if it wastes some money and time, it will certainly not be too much.
Of course, in addition to this unexpected discovery, there are also other unexpected discoveries, such as honeycomb fossils.
These prehistoric wasp cocoons, called trace fossils by paleontologists, date back 75 million years and will help reveal the environments in which dinosaurs and other creatures lived at that time.
Prehistoric wasps, much like modern wasps, built these shaped cocoons next to dinosaur nests.
Because insects are picky about the location of their nests, they usually choose relatively dry soil environments.
Their living environment must be similar to the dinosaur nest next to it, so paleontologists can also indirectly understand the living environment of dinosaurs.
From this point, it can be proved that this area has undergone countless great changes from ancient times to the present, and it is this great change that has formed a huge fossil treasure house here.
It can be said that these bits and pieces of discoveries have gradually revealed the reasons for the appearance of fossils here, which can be regarded as very important discoveries one after another.
With the continuous surprises, Han Peacock finally became numb. Of course, in this way, Han Peacock didn't feel bad about spending money.
It is really not easy for Han Peacock to make money in the United States. His greatest ability is Taobao. Although there are opportunities to make a fortune in the United States, Han Peacock will never be given the opportunity.
Recently, with the continuous expansion of the archaeological area, the speed of spending money has been accelerating. This has forced Han Kongque to find a way to make a lot of money, otherwise, he will soon go bankrupt.
If Han Peacock can make Han Peacock feel like spending money is like running water, and feel distressed, you can think of how much money Cao Meili has poached from Han Peacock recently.
Han Peacock's specialty is antique appraisal and treasure hunting. For Han Peacock, there are not many opportunities to find treasures in the United States. Han Peacock really doesn't know much about Western antiques, so if he wants to solve the financial problem, the only way is treasure hunting.
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Just when Han Kongque was thinking about where to start and make a fortune, Old Sam and Yang Ying walked into his office together.
"Eh? Why are you here, Old Sam? Didn't you say that our ranch will receive a large number of cows recently?" Han Peacock looked at Old Sam strangely and said.
Yang Ying smiled bitterly and said: "Because of that batch of calves, we bought 60,000 heifers from Texas this time, but there were problems with transportation."
Han Kongque said: "Texas? The largest state in the southern United States? The freight has not been negotiated? If they help with transportation, we can pay more for freight. After all, it is not easy to transport it over such a long distance." (~^