Chapter 158

"You could say that in that era, he was a saint in the eyes of the people, which is why he later became Emperor so easily. Unfortunately, although his reform system was good, it was changed so often that it collapsed before long! It forcibly split the Han Dynasty into the Eastern Han and Western Han."

Everyone listened with great interest, even forgetting that Fang Yang had finished speaking.

Historically, the Xin Dynasty was just a flash in the pan, but Wang Mang's life was extremely colorful.

Just like the caliper in his hand right now.

It was made a full 1,700 years before other countries.

Unsurprisingly, with the excavation of this item, Fang Yang had rewritten history once again.

Letting the whole world know that the Chinese caliper was born as early as 2,000 years ago!

Chen Feng took the caliper and couldn't recover for a long time. "This thing is also a major discovery for our archaeological community!"

Fang Yang smiled. "It certainly counts as a major discovery. I have a feeling there are more things below, so I'll keep digging and see!"

"Okay!"

As the soil was continuously lifted, after digging for ten minutes or so, the mud pit was visibly getting deeper.

Clang~~

A crisp sound rang out.

Everyone was attracted by this sound.

As soon as Fang Yang heard this sound, he knew it must be something metallic.

Logically, there shouldn't be any bombs in this place anymore!

But it was better to be careful, so he slowly controlled the bucket to start digging from the side.

Then he moved from the outside bit by bit into the place where the sound came from.

Soon, a heavy lump was dug out by the bucket.

Everyone curiously crowded around to see what it was.

Chen Feng, as Fang Yang's number one worker, naturally rushed up immediately to clean off the mud.

After a while, an object with a strange shape and covered in cyan rust appeared before everyone's eyes.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

"What is this? It looks like ore, but why does it feel so strangely shaped!"

"Does it look a bit like burnt iron slag?"

"Now that you mention it, it really does!"

Fang Yang walked over and took a look.

A strange, thoughtful look appeared on his face.

【Copper-Iron Slag】

【Weight: 28 jin】

【Era: Xin Dynasty】

This is copper slag? But the problem is, why is it copper slag and not copper-iron?

This explanation left him feeling a bit bewildered.

He turned his head to look at Chen Feng. "This is copper-iron slag!"

"Huh?" Not only did Fang Yang not understand, but they didn't understand either.

"According to what you mean, this copper isn't natural; it's something discarded after being smelted by humans?"

Fang Yang nodded. "I suppose so!"

After returning to the cab, he continued digging.

As it turned out, a large amount of copper-iron slag was dug out in this one spot.

Like the lump from just now, at least a dozen were dug out.

Just selling the copper would make a fortune.

But why this scrap copper appeared here was something everyone found hard to understand.

Just at this moment, Fang Yang finally dug up other things.

When Chen Feng opened it to look, it was actually a piece of pottery!

Pottery is generally not very valuable, so they didn't take it seriously. They spent a lot of effort to clear out the mud inside, but there was nothing there.

There was no other way but to keep digging.

But as he dug, he dug up some copper ore.

This copper ore was very normal, just like it had been freshly dug out of the soil.

Fang Yang had already realized something was wrong, from the various things at the beginning to digging up copper slag and copperware now.

Anyone with eyes knew there was a problem here.

But what exactly was buried below could only be found by digging bit by bit.

Just after he dug up a few pieces of copper ore, he dug up a few pieces of iron ore.

At this time, Chen Feng couldn't help it. "Fang Yang, why do I feel like this place is a blacksmith shop? Otherwise, where would all this copper and iron ore come from? Plus, there's a piece of pottery; it should be for holding water, right!"

Fang Yang pondered for a moment and felt that what he said made some sense.

But it didn't feel quite like it.

"I don't think so!"

"Why?"

"Because if it were an iron shop, why would there be so much copper slag? Shouldn't it be iron slag? Besides, would a blacksmith shop use this much copper?"

These continuous questions left Chen Feng unable to answer.

Although it looked like one, it probably wasn't a blacksmith shop.

Now everyone was confused again.

"Then what exactly is it?"

Fang Yang smiled and shook his head. "I don't know, I'll keep digging and see!"

Not long after, a "Clang" sound came.

Just when everyone thought they had dug up copper or iron again.

Fang Yang dug a rake out of the soil!

Now everyone was even more confused!

Why was there a rake?

This thing was completely unrelated!

Could it be that when blacksmithing, they used a rake to rake the firewood? That really doesn't make sense.

Fang Yang didn't go down to look, but continued digging.

He believed that as long as he kept digging, there would definitely be a result.

Sure enough, he dug up a fork! A very long one!

Everyone was already numb!

——【I'm dying of laughter, what are all these things being dug up? Will he dig up a manure scoop in a moment? Then dig up an iron fork for cleaning out stove ash; then the farm tool set will be complete! If there's no bucket, it doesn't matter; you can use that pottery. I seriously suspect this is just an ordinary farmhouse!】

——【Farmhouse doesn't explain it. Why would a farmhouse have so much copper and iron? And it's clearly been smelted. What ordinary civilian family has the tools and materials for iron smelting? If you ask me, it should be a blacksmith shop specializing in copper or something; that's a more reasonable explanation!】

——【I thought there were some good things here, but after digging for half a day, it's all useless junk. Only that caliper looks interesting; the rest is waste. Of course, if you're willing to give it to me, I'd be happy to take it to a scrap yard to sell; it should be worth some money!】

——【Do you think it's possible there's a mineral vein below, and this was originally a base for miners? They smelted while they dug. These tools should have been left over from when they were smelting copper. I just don't know how they smelted it; would there be fire pits or something!】

Fang Yang was already numb to digging up these things.

He didn't believe it and kept digging.

After digging continuously for a while.

Suddenly!

The cameraman pointed at the excavator's bucket and asked uncertainly, "Brother, look, is there something on the bucket?"

Fang Yang looked closely; it seemed to be something like a square, sheet-like object.

Chen Feng also saw it and immediately walked over to take it off.

When the mud was wiped clean, it revealed the cyan rust on top. "What is this?"

Fang Yang walked over, took it in his hand, and looked.