In the early years, local tomb robbers in Luoyang were very ruthless. Because of conflicts of interest, there were many cases of burying people alive behind the scenes.
I witnessed all this with my own eyes behind a big tree. My heart was pounding. I never dared to show my head. If I said I wasn't afraid, I would be lying. I was afraid.
Thinking of Mr. Li's smiling and kind face during the day, and comparing it to just now...it can be said that they are completely different.
I hid until these people dispersed, and then I dared to go down the mountain quietly.
After returning home at about 5 o'clock in the morning, I told the boss about this.
As soon as he finished washing his face, he wiped his face and said: "Yunfeng, don't say anything. Mr. Li is from Tian Sanjiu. What you saw at night, don't tell anyone except me. You should pretend that you didn't see it."
They were the ones who provoked Mr. Li first, and those two people may have become immortals."
The "Cheng Di Xian" mentioned on the head is a slang term in the industry, which means that after offending someone, you will be killed by the gangsters. This is the saying of the older generation in the north, while the south calls this kind of "living species".
Many new post-00s tomb robbers don’t understand this kind of old incision. For example, the northern sect calls big tombs “big piers”, the southern sects call them “big mushrooms”, and tomb robbers also call them “dig withering” and so on.
It's daybreak, breakfast is at 8 o'clock in the morning, on the dining table.
Yuan Bao's face was pale and he looked weak.
He looked listless while eating, and his new wife, Xiaoxiaguang, lowered her head to eat and said nothing.
At this time, Douyazai touched me and whispered: "Fengzi, what do you think I said? It's really powerful. The little lady's waist is a life-threatening knife. Most people will never be able to withstand it."
I poked him with my chopsticks to tell him to shut up.
At this time, he raised his head and took a sip of tea, smiled and said: "Master Li, I think you will have a great-grandson soon."
The new daughter-in-law turned red with embarrassment, stood up and said, "I'm going to wash the dishes," and ran away. Yuanbao followed her out.
Watching the two people leave, the old man smiled as if from the bottom of his heart. He said: "Old friend, it is my greatest wish to have a grandson, so I will lend you a good word."
He nodded: "Master Li, what I told you yesterday..."
"I know."
"Xian Sheng, you also know that the situation in our area has been tense since the year before last. The blacksmith shops in the village have been forced to close and no shovels are allowed in Luoyang. There are spies in the village. Anyone who dares to do it secretly will be caught by the relevant departments.
The punishment will ruin everything.”
He was telling the truth. In those years, the local blacksmiths in Luoyang who used Luoyang shovels were punished to death by the relevant departments. This situation continued until the next 10 or 11 years, when Luoyang shovels were rated as Henan Province
The intangible cultural heritage project has gotten a little better.
If it weren't for the efforts of "that handful of people", you wouldn't be able to buy a Luoyang shovel online at all now. Only archaeological teams can use it legally, just like buying a native gun, which is controlled.
The most authentic Luoyang shovel in the world is produced near Hougou Village and Sanshili Village. The Li family has long given up on blacksmithing, because it is more profitable to rob tombs than to help others make tools.
If you want to do something good, you must first sharpen your tools.
I came here by train with a big head, and I didn’t dare to bring the Luoyang shovel and other tools I originally bought. Now that I have arrived at this holy land of tomb robbers, I must buy a few good Luoyang shovels. Otherwise, I won’t be able to do anything without a shovel.
Of course, many people in the village have them, so we can buy their old ones.
But I feel it is unlucky. I don’t want to use second-hand goods that others have used. I want all my things to be first-hand and good.
Putting down the tea cup, Mr. Li smiled and said to the boss: "Old friend, we are all good citizens who abide by the law and naturally respond to the call of the country."
"But I can recommend a person to you. You can go to him for help and order a few. This is the person with a bit of a weird temper."
Mr. Li said: "This man lives in Xingyang City near Luoyang. His specific address is in Xishan, Dongguang, Guangwu Town, Xingyang. In a village on the mountain, he is an old man living alone. He has a nickname of Kong Laoxie."
Mentioning this man, the old man was full of praise. He raised his thumb and said, "Old friend, I dare say that this man's shovel is the best in the world. Who knows how to use it?"
We couldn't do any work without a shovel, so Brother Yu and I went to find someone else's house in the afternoon, while the others stayed there to look at things and belongings.
Xingyang is very close. You can get there in just over an hour by car. I don’t know what Kong Laoxie’s real name is. His skill in shoveling Luoyang is passed down from his ancestors.
I also wonder why this person was not included in the list of intangible cultural heritage in the Luoyang City Review of Handmade Luoyang Shovel.
If you have friends who live in Guangwu, Xingyang, you must know that there are two heritage villages there, called "Hanwang City" and "Bawang City."
There is a long ditch between the two heritage villages, called the "chasm". Don't we usually say, "That so-and-so, we are not suitable for each other. There is an insurmountable gap between you and me."
The source is from here.
More than a thousand years ago, this was the dividing point between the Chu River and the Han Dynasty, and the two lines on the chessboard pointed here.
Many people don't know.
This "gap" was not originally a large ditch. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, it was dug by an unknown local ruler. In order to divert water from the Yellow River, a "grand canal" was made. This is the Chu River and Han River on the chessboard.
"Chu River."
After arriving at Honggou at around three o'clock that afternoon, I looked up and saw some old houses vaguely visible on the top of the mountain. Brother Yu frowned and said, "There must be no electricity on the mountain. This guy named Lao Xie lives in a remote place. Where do we go up?"
Huh? I didn’t see the road.”
I didn’t know where the way up the mountain was, so I just kept walking forward to see if it was so high that I would definitely not be able to go up here.
Not long after walking in the big ditch, I saw two young men, holding shovels and bags in their hands, bending over to dig something.
I winked at Brother Yu and walked over quietly.
"What are you doing!"
"What the hell!"
This man was startled. He turned around and saw it was me and him. He immediately said loudly: "I was scared to death! Why did you conduct a surprise attack? What did you two do?"
I glanced at it and saw that the sack in his hand was bulging. Is there any treasure here?
"Didi didi..."
Just hearing a short electronic alarm sound, another person said anxiously: "Brother Ma, Brother Ma! Quick! There is it here! Dig quickly!"
It turned out that these two people were digging for copper coins and miscellaneous copper items here to search for treasures. The sack was filled with rotten copper coins and miscellaneous items.
My memory of what these two people looked like is very vague, but I remember that they dug down with a shovel and dug out several large rusty copper coins. They seemed to be large Xingchao Tongbao coins from the Ming Dynasty. One copper coin was about 5cm in diameter.
"Brother, how much can you dig in one day?" I asked him.
The man shook the tool in his hand and coaxed: "It depends on the situation. As long as the detector has power, I can dig several kilograms a day."
"What kind of tool is this? It looks very convenient." I asked curiously.
This person said: "This is the detector used in the college entrance examination room last year. It scans mobile phone keys and other metal objects. It is used to catch students cheating. I bought it at a high price."
The type of detector he was talking about is a handheld detector that can only detect about 10 centimeters from the surface and is useless at depth.
Even so, I guess these two people have made a lot of money, because even the locals don't know that Tugou used to be an ancient canal dug by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. It is said that he found this place from historical books.
It's been more than 20 years now, and I don't know if it's still okay to go now.
Anyway, I dare say that many people don’t know about this big ditch in Guangwu Town.
Spend a few hundred dollars and buy a second-hand metal detector, go and play with it if you want.
Maybe you can actually dig something out. If you are caught, just say: "I will hand over everything I dug up. I haven't had time to hand it over yet, so why don't you take it away."
It's fine if you say so. At most, the tools for committing the crime will be confiscated.
