"Haha, young man, you are so young, what can you think of?"
Wiping away my tears, I looked back and was stunned. Isn't this the old man who showed me the way in Panjiayuan yesterday?
It was this old man who told me that the Baoguo Temple stall was free of charge.
"Young man, I've noticed you since you came to Panjiayuan yesterday to sell things. If my guess is correct, was the money stolen?"
The old man was wearing casual clothes, had some white hair on his temples, and looked very energetic.
I didn't think much about it at the time. I nodded with red eyes and said that my money for selling goods was stolen and I didn't want to live anymore.
He shook his head and chuckled, "How much money did you lose, young man?"
I said I lost more than four thousand yuan.
"Haha," she smiled and pointed her finger at me.
"Four thousand dollars is money? If you work with me, I can make you twenty thousand dollars in just this time."
Looking at his finger blankly, I asked: "How long? One year?"
The old man shook his head.
"January??"
He shook his head again.
"One week???"
"Haha, I won't kid you anymore, just one minute! As long as you get started quickly, you can spend thousands of dollars in minutes!"
I found it incredible. I thought this person was a human trafficker and wanted me to sell my kidney.
If you want to sell your kidney, I won't do it. It's better to die. If you sell your kidney alive, I have heard people say that you will never be able to have children in your life, and your wife will have to be a cuckold.
He left a word and turned around to leave.
"Young man, if you want to be famous and drive home in glory, then come with me. If you still want to die for that little money, then don't come. It proves that I have misjudged the person."
Yes, four thousand yuan is an astronomical figure for my poor family, but it is nothing for him.
This person is the master who introduced me to the industry.
The way he made a fortune was by robbing graves.
If you are looking for a dragon, you must look at the entangled mountain. Each entanglement is a barrier. If the door has a thousand locks, there must be a prince living here.
From the moment I followed him off the overpass, I was considered to be in the industry.
Not long after I entered the industry, I understood that what the old man said was right, a few thousand dollars is nothing, but you can make it in minutes.
Have you often heard about the four sects of tomb robbers?
The captain who touched the gold, the Taoist who moved the mountain, the warrior who removed the mountain, and the general who made the hill.
In fact, the real situation is not like this. These sects have long since disappeared in the long river of history. Now, those who fight against each other are roughly divided into two groups.
That is, the northern faction and the southern faction.
Some people also jokingly call them bold and timid.
People from the north are bold and wild, and they dare to dig anything with a Luoyang shovel in their hands. However, one thing is that they are not good at digging water holes. Especially the water holes in southern areas such as Hunan, Guizhou, and Zhejiang have been dry for thousands of years and wet for thousands of years.
It only takes half a year to get wet or dry. The water cave is very difficult. It requires people to have the water ability of a water monkey. The water cave is too deep and requires professional cylinder diving equipment.
I'm not going to brag about it, but the Northerners are basically landlubbers. They are awesome on the ground, but they really can't do it underwater.
Many southerners are family-run, with fathers taking care of their sons and grandfathers taking care of their grandsons. They rarely get into trouble with outsiders they don’t know, so they are nicknamed the cowards. This is of course to prevent gangsters from taking advantage of others.
There is a mixed bag of good and bad people in this industry. There are cats and dogs of all kinds. The ones who are awesome are really awesome. They are all people who can memorize the burial sutras backwards and determine the acupoints at a glance. This is not an exaggeration.
There are also those laymen who are just trying to make a fool of themselves, the kind of people who dare to dig graves with just a hoe. This kind of people die the fastest and are the ones who get caught the most.
Those who follow the regular army route are rarely caught.
I'll give it a rough outline.
In a group of six tomb robbers, the one who gets the most money is the eye leader, which means looking at tombs and finding tombs. This is a technical job, and there are people who are eager to get the powerful ones everywhere.
There is also a rice seller. This rice seller is the code name in the industry. Rice refers to money. In some areas, it is also called a salesman. This person is responsible for turning the things poured into cash. This job requires special connections, from south to north.
They all have their own circles and networks, and they especially need to ensure that the items they sell cannot be traced.
There are also earthworkers responsible for digging holes in the back. This job relies on experience. If you dig in with a Luoyang shovel, you can determine the age of the tomb by looking at the soil layer brought out.
There are also drafters below the earthworks. As the name suggests, drafters are drafters. They must have good eyesight and sharp ears. This kind of people should not be underestimated. Whether a big job can be done, drafters are also very important. Some drafters,
They would even take action a year in advance, opening supermarkets and other pretexts to mingle with local residents and gain their trust.
Another job is the logistics office, which is usually staffed by one person. This person does not work in the pit, but is only responsible for equipment replacement and purchase.
Mouse clothes, diamond shovels, small cyclones, gas masks, Luoyang shovels, fire folders, waterproof flashlights, walkie-talkies, canopies and bedding, pots and pans, toothbrushes and toothpaste must all be purchased by one person. This is to reduce exposure and avoid exposure.
identity.
Finally, there is another job called Santu.
What I did when I first entered the industry was loose soil.
The amount of money paid by a loose worker is the least, but even if it is the smallest amount, it is still much more than what a part-time worker earns.
For the job of loosening soil, the more popular the person, the better. I was chosen because of my popularity.
Who would have nothing to do and pay attention to a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child every day? After eating enough, he would be able to hold himself up?
On the other hand, if you are too handsome or too ugly, you won't be able to do the job. People may find out before the dirt in your pocket is gone.
Carrying a little at a time, pretending to be walking with the dog, spread the grave soil along the trouser legs without leaving any traces.
Afterwards, we secretly divided the money so that no one would notice us.
The old man who introduced me to the industry is called Wang Xiansheng, and everyone in the industry calls him Wang Bantou. It is said that he has touched thousands of large tombs in his life, from the War Han Dynasty to the Pre-Qin Dynasty, to the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, basically all of them.
There are two favorite tombs among people in the industry, one is the tomb of the Han Dynasty and the other is the tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The reason is very simple. Bronze wares and ancient jade are very valuable. People often say that nine out of ten tombs in the Han Dynasty are empty. This is absolutely true.
The tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty is even more impressive.
The beacon fire plays on the princes. In that era, princes were everywhere and people were buried in elaborate burials. If you are lucky enough and find a deep pit filled with bronzes tombs of princes and kings of the Western Zhou Dynasty, congratulations, your children and grandchildren will not have to go to work for three generations.
Similarly, the tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty were the deepest in all dynasties. Qin Shihuang built the Mausoleum of the First Emperor after he unified the six kingdoms. From then on, sealing mounds became popular.
Changes in mountains and rivers.
All the large tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty are generally more than fifteen meters underground and have no mounds of earth, making them difficult to find and even more difficult to dig.
On the surface, the relevant departments prohibit the sale of bronzes, but everyone knows very well where the bronzes in the treasure appraisal column of the TV station come from?
The number of bronzes handed down from generation to generation is less than one percent of the total number. Could it be that the rest came out by themselves?
The sources are all the same, they all come from our line of work.
When Wang Boutou took me out of Beijing and asked me not to contact the outside world in the near future, my first job was in Shunde.
This job was for a Western Zhou tomb. Because there was a serious shortage of manpower, I was chosen by the king and asked to do the job of scattering soil. I was the youngest member of the gang at that time.
When we arrived in Shunde, Wang directly threw a thousand yuan at me, saying that it was a rule and a red envelope for joining the industry. He let me spend it as I wanted, saying that I could play with my sister.
I was only a little older at that time, so I didn't dare to go to see my sister. I couldn't spend much money on food and drinks.
I ate Shunde's water snake soup, four cups of chicken, fried fish cakes, Jun'an steamed pig, etc., and they were all delicious.
After wandering around Shunde for two days, Wang called me over. He said, "Yunfeng, it's time to do something tonight. How about it? Are you ready? Have you remembered everything I taught you?"
I nodded and said: "Remember, the dust will not scatter when it is dawn, the dust will not scatter when there are cars, the dust will not scatter in the park, and the dust will not scatter when there are many people."
Wang nodded with satisfaction and asked me again, "Then let me ask you, where are you going to go?"
After thinking about it, I told him: "Look back, next to the construction site, demolished house, in the woods, in the garden."
"Haha, that's right. I haven't taught you this yet. It's not bad, it's very spiritual."
"Be smart and follow us. I will make you the richest man in your village within two years. Do you understand?"
With a happy face on my face, I immediately nodded and said yes.
