Under Wu Liang's arrangement, Cao Ang, Dian Wei and the guard first went to remove the damaged outermost layer of animal skin coffin.

Wu Liang himself, led Bai Jingjing and Yu Ji, continued to carefully examine the three puppets representing Zhou Yi King Ji Xie, Qi Hu Gong Lu Jing and Ji Yanghou Jiang Weizi.

The main thing is to check whether there are gaps and sealings similar to those of the puppets we have seen before, lest there are worms or eggs that are about to hatch, and we accidentally catch them.

However, Wu Liang soon ruled out this possibility.

Because the parts where the copper nails were driven into these three puppets have developed cracks due to age. These cracks can be large, small, shallow or deep.

The relatively deep crack has almost penetrated the puppet.

Through such cracks, you can see that these puppets are not hollow, but genuine solid wood, and they give the same feedback when knocked.

In addition, Bai Jingjing almost put her ear to the puppet to listen, but she never heard any sound.

So there is nothing to worry about.

When Wu Liang and others finished inspecting the puppets and turned around, Cao Ang and the others had already dismantled the outermost layer of animal skins.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, most coffins and coffins used the classic coffin binding method of "three longs and two shorts" instead of the nailing method that appeared later, so it was not too difficult to dismantle them.

Under the animal skin coffin is a slightly smaller coffin.

The entire coffin was coated with a layer of black paint, but this layer of black paint was also dry and cracked, and had fallen off in some places, revealing the light-colored wood with clear texture inside.

This is basswood.

This kind of wood has moderate hardness, oil, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, uniform and dense intercellular structure, but the wood is mild in nature, so it is not easy to crack and deform. The wood grain is fine, easy to process, and has strong toughness. It is a very practical wood.

It is also more precious during the Spring and Autumn Period.

"Open again."

Wu Liang came to the coffin, squatted down and looked carefully through the peeling black paint, but found nothing unusual, so he nodded to Cao Zhen and others.

The three of them dismantled one layer of the animal skin coffin, and now they had some experience. They were very comfortable in dismantling this coffin.

In just the blink of an eye, they had cut off the rotten leather straps that bound the coffin, and easily moved the coffin lid aside.

Immediately afterwards, everyone's eyes were dazzled by the halo reflected from the coffin.

pearl!

That was a coffin full of pearls!

These pearls are very large in size and relatively uniform, with a diameter of about 1.5-2 centimeters. Even in later generations, they are considered to be relatively precious large pearls.

However, the colors are not uniform. There are white, red, yellow, black, and some mixed colors of variegated pearls.

It should be noted that there was no artificial breeding technology during the Spring and Autumn Period.

That is to say, these pearls are all pure natural products, and their value is undoubtedly more precious than those of later generations. What's more, there are so many sizes and shapes that have obviously been carefully selected.

This is because Qi State is located on the Jiaodong Peninsula near the sea, which has the convenience of collecting pearls. If it were other princes, no matter how noble their status and wealth were, they might not be able to bury so many large pearls of this size.

Not to mention the value of pearls during the Spring and Autumn Period.

Anyway, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, this thing was a treasure more precious than jade. It was a luxury product that the nobles rushed to collect. Only the most noble people were eligible to obtain it.

In history, there is an allusion that Wenlong, the prefect of Guiyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, "offered pearls to Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty to seek favor". It can be seen that even the emperor of the Han Dynasty cherished this thing, not to mention those high-ranking officials.

so……

"Are these beads all pearls?"

Cao Ang had already looked straight in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch upward slightly, but he couldn't believe that this was true.

"Exactly."

Wu Liang nodded, and after carefully checking the situation inside the coffin, he picked up a black pearl and handed it to Cao Ang, saying, "Brother Zixiu, these colored pearls are even more precious. If we can take these pearls out of the tomb, Go, I think it won’t be a problem to trade for a Jinshan Mountain, right?”

Wild pearls are valuable even in future generations.

However, with the increasing maturity of artificial breeding technology, pearls have become an accessory that ordinary people can afford. There are even stalls selling pearls and pearl powder on the roadside in some places.

Under such circumstances, the value of wild pearls is naturally declining.

The most important thing is that with the improvement of science and technology, the composition of pearls has long been known to people. It is nothing more than a product mainly composed of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate and other low-value inorganic substances. Therefore, pearls are also in people's eyes. It's not that magical anymore.

This is somewhat similar to bird's nests and eggs.

Scientific research shows that the nutritional value of bird's nests and eggs is mainly that their nutrients contain more collagen, but the egg white contains a lot of collagen, and the egg yolk also contains other rich nutrients, so in nutrition Scientifically speaking, the nutritional value of eggs is higher than that of bird's nests.

However, in later generations, the price of bird's nest is still not comparable to that of eggs.

This is not because bird's nests are more nutritious, but because they are rare and expensive, coupled with some people's hype and marketing.

Therefore, more and more people in later generations have realized that spending more money to buy bird's nest is basically paying a "double IQ tax". There is nothing wrong with trying it, but there is no need to really use it as a nutritional supplement.

Similar to this, there are diamonds.

This thing can be called one of the most successful "marketing" and "scams" in human history. It is obviously the least valuable carbon element, and it can be synthesized artificially for a long time, but it can be sold for sky-high prices.

However, more and more ordinary people in later generations have realized this. Although they will buy diamond rings as tokens of love when they get married, many people only rationally regard them as a symbol and buy one of about the same size. What I mean is that I am more willing to use the money I save to buy gold products.

After all, the recycling price of gold and the recycling price of diamonds have already explained everything. Even the merchants themselves are afraid of getting it into their own hands...

Wu Liang is a very rational person.

In his eyes, these pearls are just a bunch of inorganic objects with no archaeological value... Of course, as a tomb robber, he is also like a diamond merchant, hoping that people will pay as much IQ tax as possible, so that he can get more from Boss Cao The greater the credit you earn.

In fact, he hoped to find as many treasures as possible when robbing tombs, so that he would not have to deal with those exquisitely crafted gold objects that reflected the humanity and craftsmanship of the time.

"A talented and wise brother..."

Cao Ang held the black pearl carefully, with a pair of eyes exuding a scorching light, and said excitedly, "Let me just say this, if the current situation was not turbulent, in the past few years, pearls of this quality would only be available for sale."

With ten of them, you can get an official position in the imperial court with an annual salary of at least 2,000 dan, and it is an important position with a lot of money."

"Hahaha, God bless your envoy, God bless my army, Cao Cao."

Wu Liangmei said with a smile, the credit has been completely lost.

As long as he can go back alive this time, he feels that he is close to becoming the legendary "Faqiu Zhonglang General" and getting the legendary "Faqiu Seal" from Boss Cao. However... the problem is that now Cao Cao

Does the boss have the so-called "Faqiu Seal" in his hand?

This is really hard to say.

Anyway, so far, Wu Liang has not heard about this from anyone, and he doesn't know where this "Faqiu Seal" comes from. Did Boss Cao find someone to carve it specifically to reward him, or did it come from someone else?

Boss Cao got it by chance from some unknown place.

If it was specially carved by someone, I always feel that it would not be so magical. I don't know if its actual function is worthy of the legendary title of "an irreplaceable divine object in the hands of the hill digger".

Of course, it is also possible that the so-called "Faqiu Seal" is just a folk legend and does not exist at all.

Because the rumors about this thing in later generations are also very vague. They only say that the "Faqiu Seal" is engraved with the characters "Blessed by the Heavenly Official, and there are no taboos."

for specific functions.

"What my dear brother said is absolutely true."

Cao Ang was already smiling from ear to ear and said repeatedly, "But in Brother Yu's opinion, although these pearls are valuable, compared with them, talented brothers are the real treasures. They are the blessing of my father and Cao Jun.

My father must also understand it deeply!"

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"Brother Zixiu is so complimentary."

Wu Liang smiled modestly.

Then he reached out his hand and pulled apart the top layer of pearls, and soon found the matryoshka coffin covered under the pearls.

Only then did Cao Ang realize that these pearls only filled the gap between the two layers of catalpa coffins, not the whole coffin. In this way, the number of pearls was greatly reduced, at least three-quarters less.

However, he was not very disappointed. These pearls were an unexpected surprise. The more the merrier, they are naturally beautiful and this quantity is also acceptable.

"Come on, the four of us will work together to carry out the coffin inside and inspect it."

If these coffins are to be used to avoid the pests, these matryoshka coffins must be disassembled one by one first, so that the space in the coffins can be rationally utilized.

…

The remaining three layers of matryoshka coffins inside are not light at all.

However, Dian Wei was a tough guy with extraordinary strength, and Cao Ang and his bodyguards were no ordinary people. Wu Liang was paddling beside him to provide some assistance. Although it took some effort, he was finally able to lift him out.

When he was carrying it, Wu Liang had a feeling that the coffin inside must be filled with other things, and it was very dense. Otherwise, just three wooden coffins and a corpse should not be so heavy that even

Dian Wei's face was already swollen and red, and he squatted on the ground and panted for a long time before he regained his strength.

As a result, when Wu Liang opened the next basswood coffin, he didn't see anything dense inside.

The space between the two coffins was only filled with some very thin silk.

Yes, silk had already appeared during the Spring and Autumn Period, and relatively mature textile techniques appeared. Although there was still some gap with the silk in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, many nobles had already used exquisite silk products.

As the king of a country, Duke Ai of Qi was naturally much more luxurious than ordinary nobles, and silk was certainly not an issue.

In addition, the silk in this interlayer has also been cut and sewn with some patterns similar to curtains. It is divided into many layers and filled in the interlayer between the two coffins. When stacked, it looks like they are arranged one by one.

The flower clusters appear together, but due to the printing and dyeing technology of the Spring and Autumn Period, the color of these flower clusters is darker.
To be continued...