It's a strange device somewhat similar to a hamburger.

Counting from top to bottom, there are a total of four circular stone slabs pressed together, and between each stone slab, there is an unknown layer of black dried mud-like substance, which looks like a meat with several layers of beef.

Patty super burger.

besides.

There are also two wooden bars fixed horizontally on the upper and lower ends of the "Super Burger", and the two ends of the two wooden bars are tied with ropes, just like a huge shelf holding the "Super Burger".

And judging from the traces left on the wooden pole, this thing should be able to continue to increase the clamping force by adding ropes.

At the lower end of this device, there is a bronze...large funnel?

The inside of the large funnel is polished very smoothly. If any liquid drips on it, it will immediately slide down.

Below the big funnel.

There is also a small jade bowl placed neatly...

At this moment, the layers of black dry mud-like substance sandwiched between the round stone slabs have become severely decayed. The intentional parts have become sticky, and patches of mottled mold and pili have grown. There are some sticky

Thick black liquid seeped out from inside.

The black liquid slid down the "super burger".

It happened to be caught by the huge bronze loophole.

Then slide into the small jade bowl with the smallest surface.

After so many years, the capacity of the small jade bowl has obviously been insufficient, and a large black dry mark has been left underneath it. Only the part that overflowed recently remains moist.

Even if you say.

It has long passed the peak period of large amounts of "black liquid" leaking out, and what is still leaking out is only the spoiled substances produced by the unknown black powder that became moldy.

"What on earth is this..."

Wu Liang put a gas mask on his face to block the smell that was so strong that it choked his nose.

Dian Wei, Bai Jingjing and Yu Ji also quickly followed suit.

Breathing really became easier.

Although the aroma that can be smelled by doing this is still very strong, it at least relieves the soreness in the nasal cavity and prevents you from choking and making you want to sneeze, and even the tear glands start to twitch.

"What the hell is this?"

Under the gas mask, Bai Jingjing made a gurgling sound.

"If I guess correctly, this may be a set of tools for extracting oil."

Wu Liang said attentively.

In fact, vegetable edible oils had already appeared in the Han Dynasty. When Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty returned from his mission to the Western Regions, a large number of new species were introduced to the Central Plains, including flax (sesame), which was later used as the raw material for oil extraction.

Therefore, the most primitive vegetable oil pressing process has gradually emerged.

However, this thing is still very, very not popular in this era. Except for the top princes and nobles who can enjoy sesame sesame oil on a limited basis, the common people have never seen it, let alone the craftsmanship involved.

The device in front of us has a similar principle to the "thousand catty drop pressing method" that only appeared in records during the Northern Wei Dynasty.

It's just that the craftsmanship is obviously more backward.

Wu Liang also came to such a guess based on this.

But obviously.

The raw material contained in the set of tools in front of me is not flax or other things that can be pressed into vegetable oil, otherwise neither the taste nor the liquid that leaks out will be like this.

As for what exactly?

Wu Liang suspected that it was a mixture of spices...could it be used to make incense?

This possibility is not small!

It should be noted that incense was used more frequently in the Han Dynasty. Not only Xun Yu, whom Wu Liang had already met, liked incense, but many spices and incense utensils were also found in the tomb of Mrs. Xin Zhui in Mawangdui excavated by later generations.

besides.

There are many related records, and it is said in "Zhao Feiyan's Biography": "Hou bathed in the Five Yun Qixiang Decoction, Ju Tongxiang submerged in the water, Si Liao burned the gods with Bai Yun Xiang, Jieyu bathed in cardamom soup, and Fu Luhua Baiying powder.

"

What we are talking about here is the beautiful scene of the concubines taking fragrant baths, incense and applying incense in the palace.

It can be seen that the use of incense among the royal family has become a common practice, leaving aside many ordinary people who do not even have enough to eat.

But even so, there are still some things that make Wu Liang puzzled.

Whether it is taking a fragrant bath, incense, or rubbing incense, these are just common uses. It seems that there is no need to use a process similar to "oil pressing" to process spices.

At least there has never been such a record in historical documents.

In addition, as far as Wu Liang knows, this process is somewhat similar to the method of refining essence when making perfume in later generations. Although the process between the two is still very far apart, the purity of the extracted essence is completely different...

…

"A tool for extracting oil?"

Dian Wei, Bai Jingjing and Yu Ji all looked puzzled. Apparently they couldn't immediately understand even this kind of tool. Isn't the oil obtained by roasting fat meat?

"Let's do some research first."

Wu Liang was not in the mood to explain to them in detail at the moment and continued walking into the tomb.

Soon he discovered a millstone not far from this extremely primitive set of oil extraction tools. On the millstone were piled some thoroughly dried spices, including more than a dozen small oval-shaped hair balls.

Wu Liang knew that this thing was musk!

Under the grinding disc, a part of the black dry mud-like substance similar to that in the "Super Burger" has been ground out.

This further confirmed Wu Liang's guess.

"Master, there are corpses over there, but not one!"

Bai Jingjing suddenly pointed to a niche with an iron fence not far away and said that she still remembered what Wu Liang said before that "a person was buried alive in the tomb."

"Um."

Wu Liang nodded.

After still looking carefully at the millstone and not finding anything unusual, I finally came to the front of the niche.

Under normal circumstances, the niche in the tomb will not have a door, let alone such an iron fence. After all, this is the place where the owner of the tomb will live after death. Setting up such a niche similar to a "cell" is not only

It is inconvenient and unlucky, and it does not provide any protection or concealment.

Through the iron fence, Wu Liang saw more than ten withered bones in the niche.

It seems that these dead bones have not been touched for many years. Although the clothes on them are rotten and faded, they still maintain their original appearance to a certain extent.

"These should be clothes worn by women, right?"

After taking a brief look, Wu Liang turned back and asked Bai Jingjing.

"Probably, and he shouldn't be very old."

Bai Jingjing nodded, and then added, "Pants like this were only worn when I was a child. Moreover, the clothes are not wide enough. It looks like they are the clothes of a little girl, probably only ten years old at most."

"This is strange..."

Wu Liang frowned slightly.

At this time, human sacrifice was no longer popular, and there is no record of human sacrifice in "Tomb Building Records" at all.
Chapter completed!