Chapter 171

After so many years of archaeology, if he really threw it away, he could just retire and go home to collect scrap.

He hurriedly handed it to Fang Yang with both hands: "What exactly is this? Or should I go back and bring the beer bottle and beer bottle cap together, and you see if you can make a set!"

Qin Lao and Principal Kong beside them listened with blank expressions.

"What beer bottle? What beer bottle cap?"

Chen Feng smiled bitterly: "A few days ago, Fang Yang dug up a beer bottle and a beer bottle cap that were exactly the same, but one was a Yuan Dynasty glass bottle, and the other was a Ming Dynasty incense box!"

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Chen Feng's words left Qin Lao and Principal Kong feeling baffled. Since when did beer bottles and beer bottle caps become cultural relics?

Now, what everyone was most concerned about was the glass cup Fang Yang had dug up.

Qin Lao stepped up first to pick it up and study it.

When he used a brush and water to clean the mud off bit by bit, a brand-new crystal cup appeared before everyone's eyes.

Now it looked even more like a glass cup.

Principal Kong also curiously leaned in, and the two of them looked at it for a full twenty minutes before exchanging glances.

Qin Lao held the cup and asked: "Fang Yang, this cup should be a crystal cup! We haven't figured out the specific era yet!"

Fang Yang smiled: "Qin Lao, you have a sharp eye. This is indeed not a glass cup; it's a crystal cup from the Warring States period!"

"Warring States?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people around were stunned!

"Could such a cup be made during the Warring States period?"

"Shouldn't the Warring States period be the Bronze Age!"

Such questions arose spontaneously in everyone's hearts!

Fang Yang looked at their astonished expressions and smiled helplessly: "It is indeed from the Warring States period. When you go back, you can use instruments to scan it to basically determine the age. What amazes me, however, is that such craftsmanship existed during the Warring States period!"

Qin Lao smiled bitterly and looked at the cup in his hand: "I've been doing archaeology for so many years, and I've never seen such a cultural relic. If you hadn't told me it was a cultural relic, and it was just dug out of this kind of ground, I definitely wouldn't have been able to tell!"

Chen Feng nodded vigorously, very much agreeing with Qin Lao's words.

Fang Yang hurriedly smiled and comforted them.

"This is also normal. This cup can be said to be a product that transcends the era, because the purity of the crystal used for this cup is very high. Such crystal is extremely rare even in China, so the crystal itself is very precious!"

"Secondly, it's its polishing technology. The polishing on the outside is very simple, but inside the cup, without tools, and with hands unable to reach in, it's truly unimaginable that the inner wall and bottom could be polished so smooth and flat under the conditions at that time!"

"Finally, there is the issue of coring this piece of crystal. You have to know that if you want to polish such a crystal cup from a complete piece of crystal, and it's empty inside, you must take out the core in the middle. The difficulty of this far exceeds the polishing mentioned above."

"So, whether it's the age, the rarity, or the manufacturing difficulty, it far exceeds the Wu Zetian gold slip from just now. Its historical research value is very high! It's just that ordinary people really can't tell!"

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——【National treasures are like Chinese cabbage on the ground; you pick one and it's accurate. Even if you talk until the sky falls, this thing is my family's drinking cup! Doing it once is fine, but doing it repeatedly like this, who would believe it? First a beer bottle, then a bottle cap, and now a cup. Are you planning to get an ancient wine barrel next time? That way you'll have a full set!】

——【Brothers, I'm already numb. Will he dig up a Stone Age mobile phone next? It's unbelievable that such craftsmanship existed during the Warring States period. I can't even make this thing now. Having watched more live streams recently, I've developed an illusion that ancient people were smarter than modern people!】

——【It's really rare that this cup has been preserved for so many years. I suddenly remembered that when I was a child, a glass cup was buried in the mud at the door of my old home. I stepped on it back then. Could that also be a Warring States crystal cup? Am I going to be rich?】

——【It is precisely because of these magical things that modern people are curious about pursuing history. For example, this cup, I really want to know what the scene was like when people were polishing it back then! Just thinking about it feels very interesting!】

——【I guess by tomorrow at the latest, Fang Yang will dig up something related to drinking again. Haven't you noticed? Many of the things he dug up recently are related to drinking. For example, wasn't that Dushan Great Jade Sea from last time for drinking!】

Now everyone finally understood why Fang Yang said those words just now.

Thinking carefully, the research value of this cultural relic is indeed extremely great.

It lets people know that cups made of crystal existed as early as the Warring States period!

It is different from glass; its rarity, manufacturing technology, and difficulty level far exceed glass.

But one thing is certain: in that era, people who could afford such a cup were definitely upper-class figures.

The students around listened with great interest; this kind of class was much more interesting than sitting on a chair at school.

You have to know that this is real-object development, and they are the first witnesses, so they naturally developed curious thoughts.

With the support of these thoughts, they were more willing to take the initiative to understand it.

So all the students on the scene were taking notes with great concentration, and those who couldn't keep up were recording with their mobile phones.

Even students with drawing skills drew the prototype of the cup directly.

Principal Kong saw this scene and showed a gratified smile.

If classes could be like this every day, I guess no student would not love to listen to this kind of class!!

From this, he thought of the teaching building.

He immediately spoke up: "By the way, Fang Yang, the school plans to build another archaeology building and name it the Fang Yang Building. I don't know if you agree!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone except Qin Lao was stunned!

Fang Yang Building!

Fang Yang Museum!

Following this progress, will there be a Fang Yang Academy, a Fang Yang Grand Theater, and a Fang Yang Bath Center!

By then, Xihai City will become a tourist attraction, and Fang Yang will naturally become an iconic figure of Xihai City!

Just thinking about it feels incredible.

And Fang Yang himself felt a bit unbelievable when he heard such words!

He asked uncertainly: "That... Principal... you're not joking, right? I don't have money to donate for a building!"

There was a burst of laughter around.

Principal Kong was stunned, and then smiled awkwardly: "You don't need to donate money; I just want to use your name as the name of this building, so I want to ask if you agree!"

Fang Yang smiled and waved his hand when he heard this: "I thought it was a big deal. Use it, use it, just give me some property rights fees!"

"Property rights fees?"

"Uh... it's okay if you don't give it, do whatever you want!"

Principal Kong was dumbfounded; he didn't even know how to speak.

Qin Lao hurriedly came over to smooth things over: "Since Fang Yang has already agreed, then let's start construction as soon as possible, Principal!"

"Alright!"

At this time, Chen Feng walked up and asked: "By the way, besides this cup, what is this wooden box in your hand for?"

Fang Yang looked down and suddenly remembered that he still had this thing in his hand: "I don't know either. It's best if you clean it up. My intuition tells me that it should also be a cultural relic!"

"Alright!"

Chen Feng immediately called several archaeological staff, holding a brush in one hand and spraying water, cleaning the mud inside the box bit by bit.

Soon, the bamboo slips inside the wooden box were revealed!

The moment they saw the bamboo slips, the archaeological experts present all became excited.

One had to know that bamboo slips are things from more than 2,000 years ago. First of all, there is a high probability that it is a cultural relic.

And the age is not low.

Of course, the specifics will have to wait until the archaeological staff cleans it up before they can know.

At the same time, Dean He regretted it a bit after watching Fang Yang's live stream!

He regretted coming back so early.

He especially wanted to study the gold slip in Fang Yang's hand carefully.

But what interested him most was the crystal cup.

This thing doesn't exist in the whole of China; it can be said to be second to none!

He hadn't even seen it, let alone heard that someone could make such an exquisite crystal cup during the Warring States period.

For the archaeological community, this is undoubtedly a major discovery.

If it could be studied carefully, it might be able to uncover a touch of history from that year.

Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still, and immediately took out his phone and called several old friends one by one.

He called them to go online together to watch the crystal cup Fang Yang dug up, and everyone had a video call to have an online seminar.

Although the live stream had already ended.

But the videos on the Internet were already flooding.

#Fang Yang digs up Wu Zetian's gold slip#

#Fang Yang digs up Warring States crystal cup#

Some people even made his videos into a collection.

As soon as the old archaeological experts opened the video, they could see countless bullet comments rushing over.